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Title: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 18, 2007, 04:54:52 am
Not sure how many horror film buffs are out there but Her Majesty loves her horror movies. Lately they have been making remakes to the classic horror movies and to me failing miserably. My point being look what happened when they tried to remake Texas Chainsaw Massacre....HATED IT. Now it's the remake of Halloween. I remember the original use to scare the shit out of me when I was a Princess. Now Rob Zombie is doing the remake. I am hoping he will do it justice. I am giving him the benefit of the doubt because I loved his movie The Devil's Rejects which really wasn't horror but good to me nonetheless. He also gets some love because we share the same birthday. What are your thoughts? Has to say I was disappointed that he didn't wait til Halloween to release it like they use to do back in the day.

(who needs a good cream, uh, I mean scream)
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 18, 2007, 09:30:24 pm
*pouts*....Oh come on, there has to be some horror fans in the house..... :o
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Andy Velez on August 18, 2007, 09:36:12 pm
Can marriages be re-done with a different cast or does it always come out the same?

How about it, Queen? Or does this question constitute a hijack? .....
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: JamieD on August 18, 2007, 10:01:38 pm
I love horror movies, too, QA. I think Rob Zombie will do great for the remake of "Halloween". "House of a 1000 corpses" and "The Devil's Reject's" were awesome movies.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Basquo on August 18, 2007, 10:02:36 pm
Give me the horror I grew up with:

Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte  I was six and my parents let me stay up in my jammies on the floor to watch it.  I could swear I saw the red blood running down Bette Davis' dress, but when I see it now it's in B&W.

Shall I go on?

 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: tester8888 on August 18, 2007, 10:06:29 pm
I like horror movies, as long as they are not the slasher movies that just show the constant ways a body can be mutilated.....sees enough of that at work.  Prefer the more ghost like ones maybe?
Favorite's:  Pumpkinhead, Salem's Lot, Children of the Corn, The Others, Sixth Sense, Rose Red?, Skeleton Key
Really like the B-movies too, remember The Monster Club?
Bought some great B-movie compilations off the $1 rack at Target last Halloween.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: MoltenStorm on August 18, 2007, 10:11:03 pm
I like "psychological horrors" such as Silence of the Lambs. I also like occult/religious horror. The Order, Constantine, & The Exorcist (remake) are my favorites in that category. I saw the original Exorcist, and it was ... dull.

One I've always wanted to see is Lord of Illusions, but I can't find it.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: tester8888 on August 18, 2007, 10:16:13 pm
ditto, add the occult, witchcraft, magical, and psychological ones to my list too.
I love the new show in Sci-fi  Dresden Files
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 18, 2007, 11:24:57 pm
When I was 8 years old, I was utterly terrorized by the marketing campaign for this movie...especially the poster (below).  When had woods behind our house and my imagination went wild that there was a critter like this just waiting to chow down on me.

Saw it years later.  Kind of a bust, but would make a kick ass remake with a better write of the script and today's effects tech.

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Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: JamieD on August 19, 2007, 12:18:19 am
If some of you like a horror movie with a good twist, like the Sixth Sense type twist, check out "High Tension/ Haute Tension". It is an amazing thriller, with a very good twist.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 19, 2007, 01:14:41 am
Can marriages be re-done with a different cast or does it always come out the same?

How about it, Queen? Or does this question constitute a hijack? .....

Damn Andy, now why you gotta ask questions that require me to use a lot of brain cells. I am trying to keep some in reserve... ;D...Hmmm, let's see...A marriage redone, wouldn't that be considered getting remarried? And if so, it would automatically have a new cast. Now if you're speaking of a current marriage, I would say yes, that's called renewing your vows and the only cast that would be different would be the guests. Nothing has to come out the same, you could always change some things, whether it be something small or something major.

Is it a hijack, not if your past marriage reminded you of a horror film.... ;D And if your current marriage reminds you of a horror film, I would say RUN BITCH RUN.....Which what I call the females who are being chased... ;)


(thinks I covered everything)
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 19, 2007, 01:17:09 am
I love horror movies, too, QA. I think Rob Zombie will do great for the remake of "Halloween". "House of a 1000 corpses" and "The Devil's Reject's" were awesome movies.

I was not thrilled with The House of 1,000 Corpses.....But loved The Devil's Rejects....."Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these!!!!!"
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 19, 2007, 01:21:03 am
I like horror movies, as long as they are not the slasher movies that just show the constant ways a body can be mutilated.....sees enough of that at work.  Prefer the more ghost like ones maybe?
Favorite's:  Pumpkinhead, Salem's Lot, Children of the Corn, The Others, Sixth Sense, Rose Red?, Skeleton Key
Really like the B-movies too, remember The Monster Club?
Bought some great B-movie compilations off the $1 rack at Target last Halloween.

Has seen all the Pumpkinhead movies, has Salem's Lot, the remake to that sucked royally, Children of the Corn, has seen most of them and each new sequel becomes weaker than the last, hated The Others, loved Rose Red and has never heard of The Monster Club.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: tester8888 on August 19, 2007, 01:22:12 am
Monster Club is B-movie classic, with Vincent Price    ;D
pure Cheese
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: JamieD on August 19, 2007, 01:23:04 am
I was not thrilled with The House of 1,000 Corpses.....But loved The Devil's Rejects....."Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these!!!!!"

OMG! Baby was totally freaky. She was so sadistic, and sociopathic. She thought all of the things she did were funny. That movie was great, but it bordered on a little bit too disturbing.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 19, 2007, 01:25:05 am
I like "psychological horrors" such as Silence of the Lambs. I also like occult/religious horror. The Order, Constantine, & The Exorcist (remake) are my favorites in that category. I saw the original Exorcist, and it was ... dull.

One I've always wanted to see is Lord of Illusions, but I can't find it.

Loves Silence of the Lamb, has all those but Silence and Hannibal Rising...Don't think I would buy it unless it was in the 99 cent bin. I have all of the Exorcist movies except the 2nd and 3rd, has the newer versions though. The original use to scare me and give me nightmares. Constatine...wasn't feeling it although Keanu looked yummy as always. You never saw Lord of Illusions? Wow..All I will say is watch it and make up your own mind.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 19, 2007, 10:17:56 pm
I was going to reply the other day but had to sign off: 

As for being a horror fan, I  read both Arrow and bloody disgusting almost everyday and if you want the scoop on remakes check out http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/ (http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/)

I am thrilled about Danielle Harris being in the Halloween remake and have a groove on Zombie's directing it, but am not so keen on the some aspects - like the fact that Sherri Moon plays Myers mom and we get this whole back story of her being a stripper/pole dancer at the Red Rabbit Lounge (Think matchbook cover from first movie) sort of like Michael's mom is a whore and thats why he went crazy!

All that said I'm reserving final judgment until I see it.l
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 20, 2007, 01:20:32 am
I went to that site and had a hard time trying to pull the Halloween trailer up. But I am a bit buzzed at the moment... ;D Um, who is Danielle Harris? I don't remember there being a back story to the mother in the original, wonders why he is trying to make one now? I think they made a good choice on the guy that plays Dr.Loomis in this one although no one can do Loomis better than Donald Pleasence...RIP..I need to see the original again but notices that the movie channels never play anything but h2o. I know AMC shows the original around Halloween time but plays part 4 and 5 to death. Does Rob put his wife in all his flicks?
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 20, 2007, 11:49:19 am
Danielle Harris played Jamie Lloyd (Laurie Strode's daughter) in Halloween 4 & 5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Lloyd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Lloyd)

As for Rob Zombie's wife - yeah - I think she just said something at a convention where she plans to only work in her husband's movies.

Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: pozattitude on August 20, 2007, 02:53:58 pm
I saw The Exorcist when I was only 6....BIG MISTAKE...as a good Catholic boy that I was, this movie FUCKED ME UP for the rest of my childhood.  I had to become an antheist before the trauma was gone for good....lol.

I always loved horror movies, especially vampire movies...there was a whole series of vampire movies done by Hammer Film Productions starring Christopher Lee as Dracula from 1958-1970's.


Rich
(who still loves vampires)
 

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Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: ubotts on August 20, 2007, 03:05:48 pm
I love the old horror movies, but now as i watch them, they dont seem so scary.
Psycho..i watched it lately and i wasnt scared at all.
Now since they have come out with much better horror movies, the old ones arent scary at all.
I saw the exorcist, and was scared shitless..I believe that was 1974 when i saw it at
the Beacon theather in nyc..Now that scared me real good..
Loved silence of the Lambs..one of my favorites..
Remember the house of wax with Vincent price...thought that was scary then, not so
now..
Love a good thriller...If you know of any ..let me know..ciao my friends
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: aztecan on August 20, 2007, 03:46:17 pm
I love the old horror classics. They must be viewed in black and white though. This digital remastering and colorization sucks. They were not shot to be seen in color, they don't play out well that way.

Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolf Man (that one used to scare me half to death).

Some newer ones include Salem's Lot, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tomb of Ligea.

Of course, no collection would be complete without those wonderfully campy 1950s horror films such as Tarantula, Earth vs. the Spider, Them!, When Worlds Collide, (I know a little of pre-science fiction, but still fun).

I loved The Exorcist, The Omen, The Prophecy (not the same as listed above), The Wickerman.

Don't much care for slasher movies, though.

HUGS,

Mark

Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 20, 2007, 04:11:31 pm
I hate to say it but not really into the oldies when it comes to horror films. I tried to watch some on AMC once and it really just bored me. I do like Salem's Lot but finds that I fall asleep when I watch it. I forgot all about the Omen movies, I didn't like the remake of that either. It would be interesting if they made a newer one showing that Damien took over, as in being full grown. Do you mean the Prophecy with the war among the angels? The one who has Christopher Walken in it? I just watched that last night. I just wish that when they decide to make sequels that they stick with the past storylines, ya know. The only one I have seen do that is the Saw trilogy.

Someone mentioned vampire flicks, uh, with the name I have, of course I love vampire flicks. Mark, have you ever seen Blacula? Loves that movie and about as classic as I go. My fave is Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned, like duh... :D Didn't really care for the Wes Craven spin on vampires as in Dracula 2000 and the 2 sequels that followed. The same goes for John Carpenter's Vampires. I liked the 1st and 3rd Blade movies, was starting to like the series on Spike but then they pulled it. And how about Forver Knight, that use to be my show. And of course, Dark Shadows...
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 20, 2007, 04:25:53 pm
Quote
It would be interesting if they made a newer one showing that Damien took over, as in being full grown.

Queen - that's what the Omen 3: Conflict was all about. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082377/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082377/)

Or do you mean you want to see a remake where he does bring about the complete end of days?

Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 20, 2007, 05:10:22 pm
Yes, Iggy that is what I mean, I want to see Damien try to bring about the end of days but then someone would have to try to play the hero....
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: MSPspud on August 20, 2007, 05:33:46 pm
Oh wow, I didn't realize Halloween was being remade by Rob Zombie.  I am so there!

A good remake that comes to mind was Dawn of the Dead a few years back.  I agree that many are a bust though.

Another movie I CAN'T WAIT for is Thirty Days of Night.

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/30daysofnight/index.html (http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/30daysofnight/index.html)
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: BT65 on August 20, 2007, 05:35:20 pm
I think my favorite horror movie of all time is Brahm Stoker's Dracula.  But I can't make up my mind if I think this is a horror flick or romance.  Just very well done.  Also loved Interview with the Vampire.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: AlanBama on August 20, 2007, 08:25:34 pm
I'm with Mark, I've always loved the "Universal Monsters".   When I was a boy, it was trendy to put together monster model kits.....I had Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, the Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon....

We went to see the original "Halloween" when it was first released (late 70's)? and when I got home that night, our gay neighbors had slipped into our apartment and one of them was hiding under my bed....when I sat down to pull off my shoes, he reached out and grabbed my foot.....

We had to call a truce soon after that, because I slipped over there in the middle of the night and cut off their power....then tapped on the windows.....
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: tester8888 on August 20, 2007, 09:24:57 pm
Forgot to include Underworld, Underworld Evoloution, and Ninth Gate.  Thought they were great!
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 20, 2007, 10:51:03 pm
I think my favorite horror movie of all time is Brahm Stoker's Dracula.  But I can't make up my mind if I think this is a horror flick or romance.  Just very well done.  Also loved Interview with the Vampire.

That is one long ass movie. After I finally sat thru it w/o dozing off, I realized I liked it too. I would consider it a twisted love story.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: MoltenStorm on August 20, 2007, 11:47:01 pm
I would agree, Queen. It is, at its heart, a love story - be it a twisted one.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: mjmel on August 21, 2007, 03:45:29 am
I love the title of this post.
 ;)
Mike
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: BT65 on August 21, 2007, 08:54:04 am
The first horror flick I saw was "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi.  I was like five or six and saw it on Creature Feature.  My mother had to lay with me until I fell asleep that night I was so horrified.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 21, 2007, 10:29:20 am
The first I saw was Children Shouldn't Play with Dead things and it was on local TV's Chiller Theater.

I think the commercial break claymation hand that took the letters from Chiller Theater scared the hell out of me more than any movie I ever saw at that time.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: BT65 on August 21, 2007, 01:45:03 pm
Oh, I can't forget The Howling.  I love werewolf movies almost as much as good vampire ones.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 22, 2007, 10:32:22 pm
pssst:

http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=1135 (http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=1135)
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 28, 2007, 03:50:47 am
I can finally say this is a first for me...I saw the new Halloween movie. I bullshit you not. Before it even came out...Hooooo Raaaaaah. I am not one to give away anything but I thought it was rather decent. The one thing I will say is I wanted more blood, not to say the kills weren't exquisite. I think Rob Zombie put his own spin to it along with sticking to some of the classic scenes from the original. I don't think I gave away anything....For those you dying to see it, I don't think you will be disappointed.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 30, 2007, 09:45:54 am
In honor of tomorrow's opening, it is important that we celebrate the original:

http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/halloween-where-are-they-now (http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/halloween-where-are-they-now)
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: ademas on August 30, 2007, 10:08:30 am
I love a good horror movie (ever since the original "The Haunting of Hill House" with Julie Harris scared the piss out of me when I was a kid--and yes, the remake sucked.)



Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 30, 2007, 10:17:11 am
I can finally say this is a first for me...I saw the new Halloween movie. I bullshit you not. Before it even came out...Hooooo Raaaaaah. I am not one to give away anything but I thought it was rather decent. The one thing I will say is I wanted more blood, not to say the kills weren't exquisite. I think Rob Zombie put his own spin to it along with sticking to some of the classic scenes from the original. I don't think I gave away anything....For those you dying to see it, I don't think you will be disappointed.

Holy crap - I missed this post of yours! 

I am jealous btw.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 30, 2007, 11:00:21 pm
Awww, Iggy. I'm sorry. My Godson put me down with this one website that had it on there. Also peeped the new Jet Li movie War which I was a bit disappointed with.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 30, 2007, 11:11:41 pm
s'okay, I'm seeing it tomorrow or Saturday and will give my reaction.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 31, 2007, 02:15:34 am
s'okay, I'm seeing it tomorrow or Saturday and will give my reaction.

Yeah, I'm glad you are going to see it. I consider you a horror fan like me and I want to hear your opinion on it and discuss some of the scenes, well maybe not that cause I wouldn't want to ruin it for those who hasn't seen it yet.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 31, 2007, 02:46:55 am
Wow, Queen!  Utter coolness!  You got to see Halloween in adbance, eh?  I'm gonna go sometime soon and see it.  I just have to.

Another John Carpenter film I am a huge fan of is The Thing.  I think that flick is fantastic.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on August 31, 2007, 09:41:04 pm
Wow, Queen!  Utter coolness!  You got to see Halloween in adbance, eh?  I'm gonna go sometime soon and see it.  I just have to.

Another John Carpenter film I am a huge fan of is The Thing.  I think that flick is fantastic.

Is that the one with Adrienne Barbeau in it? You know the chick with the big hooters back in the day. She played in the HBO series Carnivale also....
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 31, 2007, 09:46:58 pm
Is that the one with Adrienne Barbeau in it? You know the chick with the big hooters back in the day. She played in the HBO series Carnivale also....

Nope.  Kurt Russell.  Wilfred Brimley was also in it.  And lots of blood and goo.

The film had a high "squish factor".  A most excellent clip is below....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Q-5VSqzEk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Q-5VSqzEk)
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 31, 2007, 09:54:55 pm

here's the trailer for it.  gives you a better feel for the overall film.  it rocks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4_6equEYKI&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4_6equEYKI&mode=related&search=)
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 31, 2007, 10:27:09 pm
Now this is how you do a Halloween remake:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Pe_rpkafU&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Pe_rpkafU&mode=related&search=)


other parts available, but this is good for now.


Boo!
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 31, 2007, 10:58:18 pm
Well...I just got in from seeing it ...HATED IT!!!!

HATE

HATE

HATE

HATE

HATE

Maybe I am too much a fan of the first, maybe it is impossible to reimagine...I dunno.

Was nice to see Dee Wallace and Ken Foree and Sherri Moon was pretty good - but damn this one blew chunks for me.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 31, 2007, 11:00:37 pm
Is that the one with Adrienne Barbeau in it? You know the chick with the big hooters back in the day. She played in the HBO series Carnivale also....

You are thinking of Swamp Thing
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: aztecan on August 31, 2007, 11:03:17 pm
Nope.  Kurt Russell.  Wilfred Brimley was also in it.  And lots of blood and goo.

The film had a high "squish factor".  A most excellent clip is below....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Q-5VSqzEk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Q-5VSqzEk)

Oh, you mean the remake starring Kurt Russell.

This is the original from 1951.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/

Not much blood, but lovely suspense.

HUGS,

Mark
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 31, 2007, 11:05:43 pm
Yes, the John Carpenter remake.  It also has some great suspense.  Very claustrophobic and paranoid.

And lots of squish.


Everyone must check out my link above about how to do the Halloween remake (post 47).  I love what this guy did, um...putting the pieces of the original story together.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: aztecan on August 31, 2007, 11:07:28 pm
Anyone seen "Skinwalkers"?

I understand it is about werewolves, and has nothing to do with the Hillerman novel of the same name.

Just wondering.

HUGS,

Mark
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 31, 2007, 11:14:24 pm
Just saw a trailer for Skinwalkers.  Looks kind of like the Howling in some ways, but with some battle over some kid thrown in.

Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 31, 2007, 11:23:01 pm
Anyone seen "Skinwalkers"?

I understand it is about werewolves, and has nothing to do with the Hillerman novel of the same name.

Just wondering.

HUGS,

Mark


DO NOT waste time or energy on that piece of crapola....
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on August 31, 2007, 11:39:33 pm
Now this is how you do a Halloween remake:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Pe_rpkafU&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Pe_rpkafU&mode=related&search=)


other parts available, but this is good for now.


Boo!

I just finished watching 4 of the parts - that is scary in how good it is - they have some of the camera angles and movie scenes down perfectly!
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on August 31, 2007, 11:45:21 pm
I KNOW!  The camera work going up and down the stairs is fantastic!  That guy is now a hero of mine.

They also have a cute one of The Thing, but I like the Halloween ones the best.  There is still one part left to make, apparently.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on September 01, 2007, 12:54:15 am
Awww you didn't like it? What didn't you like if you can tell w/o giving away...
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on September 01, 2007, 10:23:00 am
Well - I admit real bias in this as I lost track of how many times I've seen (and still watch ) the original.

I didn't care about a single character in this movie outside of Sherri Moon's to be honest.  I understand from an interview that Zombie wanted to make this Michael's movie vs. Laurie's movie, but the fact is that I didn't groove on the new Michael. I thought the scens when he was a kid and evil were really worth getting into, but the older huge Michael to me was just a joke.  I read someone on a horror board say it was Halloween the 13th and I think that kind of dead on.  Laurie annoyed the crap out of me in this movie too which is like a sin to me.  If Zombie wanted to redo how we see those characters and make Laurie someone you hate - I could actually dig that - but I hated her simply because she was unrecognizable to me from any other girl in a horror movie since the mid 90's - There was no character to her at all.

Outside of the mask - there was no "Halloween" to this version and it felt like zombie was doing more of a homage to modern movies than he was to Carpenter.  If Zombie really want to remake this movie he should have made it a solid prequel because I think the whole second part where it just basically repeats a lot of the stuff you already know from the original sucks ass  and just feels like a hodgepodge of scenes that were included simply so fanboys can say - "oh yeah - I remember this scene in the original". 

I guess the bottom line was that if this was a stand alone horror film I would have thought it was decent by today's standards which is not necessarily a great grade either - but this really sucks all hell as a Halloween.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Queen Tokelove on September 01, 2007, 02:28:07 pm
Wow...I liked the scenes from when he was a kid and the boy who played him was excellent to me. I don't get the Michael vs Laurie thing, why would it be like that? I don't think it was a vs thing in the orignal, it was just Michael going after Laurie. My thing with all the Halloweens was why was Michael trying to wipe out his family in the first place? With the Carpenter movies, I think the last one was before Donald Pleasance died went into a Pagan thing which to me which I thought was not right. And even doing that I still didn't get it. But I do agree that horror movies are not the same like they use to be.....
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: megasept on September 01, 2007, 03:26:02 pm
Give me the horror I grew up with:

Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte  I was six and my parents let me stay up in my jammies on the floor to watch it.  I could swear I saw the red blood running down Bette Davis' dress, but when I see it now it's in B&W.

Shall I go on?

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So, then, homosexuality is a learned behavior. lol. Gotta love your Parents!

 8) -megasept
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on September 01, 2007, 09:29:37 pm
Wow...I liked the scenes from when he was a kid and the boy who played him was excellent to me. I don't get the Michael vs Laurie thing, why would it be like that? I don't think it was a vs thing in the orignal, it was just Michael going after Laurie. My thing with all the Halloweens was why was Michael trying to wipe out his family in the first place? With the Carpenter movies, I think the last one was before Donald Pleasance died went into a Pagan thing which to me which I thought was not right. And even doing that I still didn't get it. But I do agree that horror movies are not the same like they use to be.....

I may have been unclear in my post - I did dig those scenes myself just thought they weren't done enough and actually my problem with the film is that zombie jumped too early in the film from that stuff to just get to the replay of scenes from the original movie.

As far as the question of Michael going after Laurie - I'll answer it based off of the original and part two - In my mind the son of a bitch was just fucking crazy and wanted to wipe out his family.  All those years in the mental institution with  nothing else to focus on made him just become stuck on the idea of "shit I missed one - gotta go clean up that little mess) 

As far as the zombie version - it was this whole thing of him trying to get back with Laurie who he loved but I thought it was b.s.   
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: milker on September 01, 2007, 10:38:04 pm
The gay bed and breakfast of Terror (http://www.modeanpictures.com/video/tease1.htm)

and

http://www.modeanpictures.com/video/tease2.htm
http://www.modeanpictures.com/video/tease3.htm

 ::)

Milker.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on September 01, 2007, 10:41:36 pm
bhwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa   

The third one was my favorite btw
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: tester8888 on September 01, 2007, 10:45:07 pm
The gay bed and breakfast of Terror (http://www.modeanpictures.com/video/tease1.htm)

and

http://www.modeanpictures.com/video/tease2.htm
http://www.modeanpictures.com/video/tease3.htm

 ::)

Milker.


That looks great, can I pay-per-view it on my dish network?
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on September 01, 2007, 11:00:08 pm
OMG.  Fuck Halloween.


I need to see The Gay Bed & Breakfast of Terror.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: aztecan on September 02, 2007, 01:10:15 am
I hate to say it but not really into the oldies when it comes to horror films. I tried to watch some on AMC once and it really just bored me. I do like Salem's Lot but finds that I fall asleep when I watch it. I forgot all about the Omen movies, I didn't like the remake of that either. It would be interesting if they made a newer one showing that Damien took over, as in being full grown. Do you mean the Prophecy with the war among the angels? The one who has Christopher Walken in it? I just watched that last night. I just wish that when they decide to make sequels that they stick with the past storylines, ya know. The only one I have seen do that is the Saw trilogy.

Someone mentioned vampire flicks, uh, with the name I have, of course I love vampire flicks. Mark, have you ever seen Blacula? Loves that movie and about as classic as I go. My fave is Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned, like duh... :D Didn't really care for the Wes Craven spin on vampires as in Dracula 2000 and the 2 sequels that followed. The same goes for John Carpenter's Vampires. I liked the 1st and 3rd Blade movies, was starting to like the series on Spike but then they pulled it. And how about Forver Knight, that use to be my show. And of course, Dark Shadows...

Hey Akasha,
Yep, I've seen Blacula. It was campy and I found it rather amusing. I loved Forever Knight. I had an enormous crush on Knight's vampire sidekick, the one with the dark, curly hair and nice tush.
Oh, and Dark Shadows. I have the first one or two seasons on video.
Ah, to be such an accomplished sucker.

HUGS,

Mark
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: thunter34 on September 02, 2007, 01:11:58 am
Ah, to be such an accomplished sucker.


Butcha are, Mark.  Butcha are.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: aztecan on September 02, 2007, 01:23:13 am
  ;D
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: MOONLIGHT1114 on September 02, 2007, 03:00:43 am
I remember scaring the shit outta myself as a kid, trying to watch those movies on our Betamax, lol.  I would turn the sound down and peek through my fingers as the movie got to a really scary part, lol.

Anyone remember the beginning of the movie "Prom Night"  ? It was a cheesey horror flick, and all I can remember to this day is a bunch of 10-year olds chanting "The killers are coming, the killers are coming" as they back a child to the open window of an old deserted house.  The kid falls to his death, I believe.   Creepy.......

Sustiva should be GREAT tonight!  Shit.
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on September 02, 2007, 10:06:56 am
I remember scaring the shit outta myself as a kid, trying to watch those movies on our Betamax, lol.  I would turn the sound down and peek through my fingers as the movie got to a really scary part, lol.

Anyone remember the beginning of the movie "Prom Night"  ? It was a cheesey horror flick, and all I can remember to this day is a bunch of 10-year olds chanting "The killers are coming, the killers are coming" as they back a child to the open window of an old deserted house.  The kid falls to his death, I believe.   Creepy.......

Sustiva should be GREAT tonight!  Shit.

it was "her" death actually....oh yes ...I remember it well
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: MOONLIGHT1114 on September 02, 2007, 01:31:27 pm
Iggy~

I swear we were separated at birth, lol!  Didn't one of the kids, a girl maybe, have on a horizontal striped shirt, turtleneck, and long brown ponytails?  I may have to order this on Netflix, but I live alone.  I'm scared now 25 years later, that it would still creep me out!

Halloween is coming, what the hell, right?  Time to get spooked!   :o
Title: Re: Everything becomes a remake....
Post by: Iggy on September 02, 2007, 02:41:32 pm
both the boy and girl did if I am correct...if not I do remember the boy wearing a turtleneck.

Actually you should make it a Jamie Lee Curtis scream queen trilogy fest:  Prom Night, Terror Train & Halloween...if you are still in the mood for an oldie but goody beyond that I highly suggest Happy Birthday to Me and My Bloody Valentine.

All were some of my favorites from that time period.