View Full Version : My thoughts on LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake
Ferox13
06-16-2009, 02:11 AM
Went to see it last night with a six pack of cider - my thoughts (Spoilers duh):
Pros: No shitty OST by David Hess
Decent Acting
I liked the up close and personal camera work
Cons: No shitty OST by David HEss
No scenes of forced urination
VERY happy ending
no piss yer pants scene
Wolcott wasn't as scary as Hess despite Vitimin S
No BJ castration
Needed more piss scenes
No chainsaw
Did i mention the lack of pee
The chicks looks looked too young
Overall it was way better than i expected it to be.
roshiq
06-16-2009, 03:15 AM
yeah..it wasn't as violent or brutal as the original was. In compare to David Hess I found this new Krug guy quite gentle & polite! Moreover, other characters like Francis & Justin weren't as freaky & unpredictable as Weasel and Junior were and yeah..here Mari looked pretty young. Though I didn't that much like this 'no one dies at the end' idea (perhaps after watching some recent 'victimization' flicks, I have become quite fond of dark & making pissed off kinda ending.:D) but I also like to admit that in terms of a remake it was pretty decent one.
hacelikewhoa
06-17-2009, 05:57 PM
yeah..it wasn't as violent or brutal as the original was. In compare to David Hess I found this new Krug guy quite gentle & polite!
This is why my bf refused to watch it with me at first glance. He is a big fan of the original. I'm not much a fan of brutality or cruelty in horror films, though they are much scarier. I enjoyed the original, but I liked the remake a lot actually.
Rodus
06-19-2009, 07:52 AM
Loved the original but just couldn't get into the remake. It came across as cheap and sleazy rather then the brutally hard hitting impact of the original flick. Shame as I was looking forward to it.
ManchestrMorgue
06-19-2009, 01:14 PM
Now here's a man who likes his piss :D
Went to see it last night with a six pack of cider - my thoughts (Spoilers duh):
Pros: No shitty OST by David Hess
Decent Acting
I liked the up close and personal camera work
Cons: No shitty OST by David HEss
No scenes of forced urination
VERY happy ending
no piss yer pants scene
Wolcott wasn't as scary as Hess despite Vitimin S
No BJ castration
Needed more piss scenes
No chainsaw
Did i mention the lack of pee
The chicks looks looked too young
Overall it was way better than i expected it to be.
Now here's a man who likes his piss :D
he's clearly Pissed Off
leonkennedy
06-30-2009, 08:25 PM
i've seen it. It really sucks!
Ferox13
07-01-2009, 01:37 AM
i've seen it. It really sucks!
Why did you hate it so much?
I thought they kept the tension up pretty well for the whole film - it was well shot without rsorting to too much shakey camera work that is over used these days.
stenchofdeath
07-15-2009, 09:49 PM
I was watching a preview recently with violent scenes and that. Then right at the end the title was for this movie. I was shocked because i wasn't aware of a remake. From the sounds of it here, i'd be better off chasing down the original.
Elvis_Christ
12-04-2009, 03:41 PM
Watched this the other night. It was way to nice and slick and it totally missed the point of the original. Dumbed down and targeted for the Hostel and Saw crowd especially the fucking stupid last scene. How in the fuck does a microwave work with the door open? I did sit down with an open mind like I do with most remakes but the more this flick went on the more annoyed I got with it. In its defence there were a couple of nicely framed/staged shots that looked dope.
...and yeh NO PISS SCENES!
Ferox13
12-05-2009, 01:03 AM
How in the fuck does a microwave work with the door open?
In fairness though they did make a (laboured) reference to the microwave and how the door was broke in it...
Elvis_Christ
12-05-2009, 06:59 PM
Did they? Missed that one... still doesn't make that scene seem any less tacked on and unnecessary.
Ferox13
12-06-2009, 03:13 AM
Did they? Missed that one... still doesn't make that scene seem any less tacked on and unnecessary.
No it doesn't....
Elvis_Christ
12-10-2009, 02:46 PM
Between this and the awful My Bloody Valentine remake I'm gonna stop being a machochist and stop watching remakes.
Doc Faustus
12-14-2009, 12:52 PM
Boring, thoroughly vanilla. Halfassed rape and menace. C-+ (71.57 out of 100)
Elvis_Christ
12-14-2009, 04:26 PM
Yeh people should just skip it and go watch House on the Edge Of The Park instead.
I've always like that one better than Last House on the Left I thought it explored the "are you any better than the killer/rapist by taking revenge" theme a lot more effectively.
Don't get me wrong I still dig Last House on the Left a lot. Might give it a rewatch sometime soon because my girlfriend's never seen it.
Ferox13
12-15-2009, 12:03 AM
Yeh people should just skip it and go watch House on the Edge Of The Park instead.
I've always like that one better than Last House on the Left I thought it explored the "are you any better than the killer/rapist by taking revenge" theme a lot more effectively.
Don't get me wrong I still dig Last House on the Left a lot. Might give it a rewatch sometime soon because my girlfriend's never seen it.
The only thing I didn't like what the contrived reason for getting the 2 psychos to the house in the first place - I liked the idea of all out Class War way better...
John Morgan is way better than Sadie/Weasel/Jnr team..