Eight more days
Oct. 23rd, 2003 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiSo, eight more days, and the horror is in the air. Our Simpsons reruns are almost all Treehouse of Horror episodes now. Life is good.
So, what's your favorite horror remake? I've got a few favorites: John Carpenter's version of The Thing is at the top of the heap, of course. But props should also be given to the under-appreciated Dark Castle redo of The Haunting of Hill House, as well as to Evil Dead II, which is basically just Sam Raimi remaking his own movie.
And the worst? Two obvious ones are the remakes of Psycho and The Haunting, two movies that were damned near perfect the first time.
Of course, this isn't even counting the near-infinite takes on Dracula, which range from great to atrocious.
So, what's your favorite horror remake? I've got a few favorites: John Carpenter's version of The Thing is at the top of the heap, of course. But props should also be given to the under-appreciated Dark Castle redo of The Haunting of Hill House, as well as to Evil Dead II, which is basically just Sam Raimi remaking his own movie.
And the worst? Two obvious ones are the remakes of Psycho and The Haunting, two movies that were damned near perfect the first time.
Of course, this isn't even counting the near-infinite takes on Dracula, which range from great to atrocious.
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Date: 2003-10-23 05:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-23 05:57 am (UTC)Worst: Night of the Living Dead
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Date: 2003-10-23 06:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2003-10-23 06:33 am (UTC)Then you've got the furry guys. An American Werewolf in London is still high on my list, and I didn't mind An American Werewolf in Paris too much either.
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Date: 2003-10-23 06:55 am (UTC)Wow...
Date: 2003-10-23 06:55 am (UTC)Did you see "From Beyond" with the tuning forks and the pineal gland? Now thats fun camp!
Also, there's "Lifeforce". Not scary, but riveting for pretty much one reason. And it ain't Patrick Stewart. Or is it?
The movie that scared me the most actually, was the original "Poltergeist."
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Date: 2003-10-23 07:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2003-10-23 07:23 am (UTC)We're them and they're us. It's hopeless.
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Date: 2003-10-23 07:32 am (UTC)I said it wasn't a horror flick. But it is a vamp flick...
One thing I never could stomach about living in Santa Carla.
All the damn vampires.
(And Echo and the Bunnymen's job on "People are Strange" is one of the best covers ever... really got Jim Morrison's style, and made it cleaner...)
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Date: 2003-10-23 07:35 am (UTC)However, I agree with you from yesterday, Red Dragon sucked compared to Manhunter.
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Date: 2003-10-23 08:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-23 09:28 am (UTC)Re: Wow...
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Date: 2003-10-23 09:30 am (UTC)Re: We're them and they're us. It's hopeless.
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Date: 2003-10-23 09:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-23 09:55 am (UTC)It was much better and more faithful to Harris' book than Red Dragon.
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Date: 2003-10-23 10:30 am (UTC)The art direction makes me swoon.
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Date: 2003-10-23 10:47 am (UTC)But I have the sneaking suspicion the fascination with forensic investigation stuck with Petersen the whole time... until C.S.I.
Re: We're them and they're us. It's hopeless.
Date: 2003-10-23 10:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-23 11:27 am (UTC)I would have to say the 1982 Cat People is my favorite remake. Yes, it was crap, but it was crap that I enjoyed. The 1942 original is excellent as well.
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Date: 2003-10-23 04:50 pm (UTC)Actually, it was just Marg Helgenberger and a bunch of real life CSIs...interesting, but I was so hoping to see Billy Petersen..for more than thirty seconds. LOL
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Date: 2003-10-23 08:45 pm (UTC)The abruptness at both ends, the King-like lack of reason for horrible things happening, the sheer despair of it all... shudder.
It was seeing most of that and then They Live that made me realise the guy wasn't making movies any more... he was fixing nightmares on celluloid.
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Date: 2003-10-23 09:38 pm (UTC)I read one book and pretty much tossed him as a writer.
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Date: 2003-10-24 05:44 am (UTC)And An American Werewolf in Paris was kind of freaky, and didn't seem much like a sequel.
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Date: 2003-10-24 06:07 am (UTC)