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| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
No. Fuck off. Modern remakes of 70s horror classic are invariably shit. Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake? Shit. The Hills Have Eyes remake? Shit. Dawn of the Dead remake? Shit.
Nobody who knows anything about horror films gives any time to these lazy, boring, shitty updates. |
Hey J, although I'm with you regarding the unnecessary nature of these updates and, worse yet, the prospects of simply trying to cash in on its predecessor's success, I don't see how it thereby translates into bad movie making insofar as technical and aesthetic matters are concerned. In this particular case, a number of people I discussed the movie with didn't even know that there was an original to begin with, which would prevent them from even holding their impressions of the original as a frame of evaluative reference.
By the way, in case you haven't seen this, here's a list of additional classics on the chopping block:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=514026
That said, I felt that this film stands head and shoulders above the slew of classic horror remakes that have been churned out over the past several years. I felt the direction was superb, injecting a great deal of tension and dread throughout the build-up and into key moments. The 'survival' aspect was presented rather realistically, and this is one of those horror movies in which both the protagonists and villains weren't responsible for committing any ridiculous acts of stupidity that conveniently put them in peril. The only things I didn't like were that its stated themes didn't really surface as prominently as it probably should have, and the closing scene was a very...awkward means of wrapping things up.
Certainly not a great movie, but certainly an enjoyable one, which I feel deserves to be looked at in and of itself in addition to the broader context in which most people (rightly) evaluate horror movie remakes.
Last edited by Paradox Lost on Mar-23-2009 at 21:54
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