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Haven't watched any of that garbage.
The RZ Halloween had a single scene that ruined the entire movie for me.
Consider this a companion thread to my "iconic slasher villain" thread.
I'm sure most of you remember the relatively recent reboots of the NOES, Friday the 13th and Halloween franchises. You also probably noticed that these were mostly one and done, with Friday the 13th and NOES never coming back to haunt us again, and Halloween only getting a single sequel.
For those who saw them, what did you think of these new versions of classic horror tales? And do you think they deserved to spawn a new series, as was undoubtedly the original intention?
I never understood the hate for house of 1000 corpses.. I thought it was super unique and extremely well acted (it’s what you expect the characters to act like, in this case). The references to Alice in Wonderland always interested me. Going into Dr. Satan’s “rabbit hole” is one of my favorite movie scenes. Lol.Jackie Earl Haley was the BEST aspect of the NOES remake, but the movie was just so ...lackluster feeling to me. But you’re right the dirdctors and stuff may have the heart behind doing the originals justice, but redesigning these iconic characters for todays audiences, when “what made them great” was how they were written back in their heyday... like they were written for a completely different audience and their films reflect that.... todays film demands very cookie cutter plots/characters to get in audiences
Like people hate Rob Zombies house of 1000 corpses but I dunno I think that movie is good in a verrrry uniquely bizarre way
If it was released in the 80’s it’d be a cult classic probably
I was sick of Hollywood's lack of ideas and spinelessness two decades ago.
One justification could be the same reason James Bond was rebooted with Casino Royale: There are more stories to tell with these characters.
Presumably if these new versions had spawned sequels then the sequels would've been new stories, not remakes of the old stories.
I have to disagree on that one.
For me, that subject is such an uncomfortable one that I can't have fun with it. All the fun factor would be killed if I'm watching 90 minutes of a pedophile trying to murder kids. At the end of the day these films are still supposed to be entertaining and that is just not entertaining to me. It's the wrong kind of creepy.
Well? What scene was it?
When he kills Danny Trejo's character. The Micheal Meyers character is set up so that he only seems to be killing people who have wronged him. Trejo's character was good to him and seemed to have a decent working relationship. But he kills him anyway, which makes the "he's going to get his sister back" plotline moot imo
This movie almost killed me once. I was really high and the way the old man from the beginning talked and acted was making me laugh so hard that I actually passed out briefly and fell down in my kitchen. Gave the wife a good scare. If the guys from the original have anything to do with the newer movies, I'd be interesting in watching them.
Also, this song rocks.
I Spit On Your Grave and Last House on the Left also had pretty good remakes.
Didn't see the remake of I Spit on Your Grave. I only saw the original once...and that makes me not want to see the remake. The excruciatingly long scene in the original with her and the three rednecks just made me feel awful watching it. And then the last scene in the bathtub... My stomach just turned thinking about it. The remake can't be nearly as gnarly, is it?
Thanks bro, I appreciate it.
It's funny how people's tastes go. Because you think it was the worst of the three while there are others ITT who say it was the best.
Props for being a /Film (a.k.a. Slashfilm for those who don't know) reader.
Their podcast is actually my favorite movie podcast. I've been listening for years.
Like I said in an earlier post, I thought the NOES remake was okay, but I didn't like the pedophilia overtones and I didn't think all that was necessary. To quote myself, "It was the wrong kind of creepy."
Other than that though, I remember thinking it was a solid enough reboot, though Freddy being a wisecracker was always one of my favorite things about the character.
Been a long time since I last watched any of the films in the original series, except for the first one, which I saw just a few years ago. When I was younger I remember really liking The Dream Master, but I would have to go back and re-watch them all today to re-assess the franchise to have a real opinion.
Didn't see the remake of I Spit on Your Grave. I only saw the original once...and that makes me not want to see the remake. The excruciatingly long scene in the original with her and the three rednecks just made me feel awful watching it. And then the last scene in the bathtub... My stomach just turned thinking about it. The remake can't be nearly as gnarly, is it?
I never understood the hate for house of 1000 corpses.. I thought it was super unique and extremely well acted (it’s what you expect the characters to act like, in this case). The references to Alice in Wonderland always interested me. Going into Dr. Satan’s “rabbit hole” is one of my favorite movie scenes. Lol.
It would be hard to top that movie unless they go full Eli Roth with the torture porn.
Damn, there was some brutal stuff in the original.
Didn't she get raped in the woods, and then while she was walking home to recover from that rape, she got raped again?
So just a quick rating out of 10 on the Zombie Halloween. Did you like it better than Halloween 4?
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