Chaos tried to be a remake of Last House and was HORRIBLE, BUT, I guess I'd give anything a try right now. This year's been good to us horror wise so far so I'm open to more.

Chaos was an official remake at one stage...Hess was involved as was the guy who played Junior.

Scream was awesome. End of story.

Yeah I don't get that at all - Scream was great....it did produce a lot of awful self-referential band wagon jumpers but thats no reason to hate it...


I must say I love Last House but can understand why ppl don't like it and its not quit the sacred cow TCM is...Same goes with Hills have Eyes. Great film , classic in my eyes but not with out flaws. I like Deadly Blessing but Swamp thing/and the bunch of Tv movies he did were just weak..Nightmare on elm street is a classic - like Sperpant and People under..non of the rest stand out (that i have seen) - the last Freddie is did though was way better than i'd of thought...

The Hills Have Eyes remake? Probably not as graphic as a Last House remake should be (or even the original) but it certainly had all those things and did quite well.

And it was so bad I can't help but mention it every time somebody mentions "bad movies". I still think gorehounds should see it once, same with Murder Set Pieces, but I would never own it and NEVER suggest that it was good.

Chaos is in Roger Ebert's book Your Movie Sucks! which I agree with, except for his comments on Gojira and Cecil B. Demented.

I can't find any evidence of a Ms. 45 remake.

I thought 45 was a Ms. 45 remake.

I disagree with a lot of his picks but I still enjoy the book, he's insightful even if I don't share his opinion.

i dont think they are in the same league at all ...

the origional hills have eyes wasnt as graphic or disturbing as Last House on the Left, and the remake was even less so.


i recently watched last house on the left and i spit on your grave - and found last house to be the more disturbing of the 2.

i think it compares better to irreversable ...

i dont think a lot of people flocked to see that one - or bought it on video

Just imagine the impact the movie had back in the early 70s. Add to it the word-by-mouth notoriety it faced upon initial release.

I remember the original radio ad campaign-

Just keep repeating to yourself: IT'S ONLY A MOVIE, IT'S ONLY A MOVIE...

Ok,some of you like Scream some dont.I hate it.I watched it at the cinema at the time and it was billed as something new.Nah it wasnt.A different take on horror yes it was,maybe but for the wrong reasons.

Bringing in lame humour always fails unless it is supposed to be a comedy outright,like say Shaun of the Dead.The kills where pathetic and so was the whole story.

Now dont attack me with this one,like i said some like some dont.For me it was a backward step in horror,when you consider Craven brought us Last House and to a point Elm Street he has done nothing to take the horror genre forward only to create a cash cow for the popcorn brigade.

Nope, not a remake.

.45 was an indie revenge movie with Mila Jovovich and how she uses the people around her to get out from under her crazy boyfriend's thumb.

Yeah, just saw it on sale used today. She looks good on the cover but the movie sounds pretty crappy. I just got some wires crossed.

I wouldn't consider Re-Animator a full on comedy and the humor works well there. Same with Chainsaw 2 - American Werewolf in London and Near Dark.

I suppose you may be right Ferox.It is hard to find that perfect combination.

As for Chainsaw 2...........that has got to be one of horror low points,but that needs to be covered on a different thread i think.Man,that film is dreadful.

i love TCM chainsaw.



never understood the problem people had with humor in horror.

as anything - it's been used badly in horror movies - but so has bad acting/writing/direction - and crap effects.

when the writing is well done - humor adds more than just comedic relief .. it makes you feel safe for a second which makes the horror elements even more horrible.
if you have 90 minutes of unrelenting horror with nothing to balance it .. no highs and lows .. then that kind of horror movie often fails - not always - but often.

it makes the characters a bit more multidimentional.

i like when you identify with or at least like a character in a film. not everyone walks around miserable their whole lives - even in times of tension. people use it in real life as stress relief when the shit is hitting the fan ... why wouldnt someone do it in a movie ?

sometimes life is funny ... for most people. when fantastical films have their roots grounded in realistic characters - i find i invest more in the film.


otherwise you could just end up with a flat souless movie.

Its the goofy humour i dont like,such as in Scream,Troma movies,Friday 13th sequels,Cabin Fever, the list goes on.All of which are actually humourless and add nothing to the movie.Cheap lame gags,and young girls flashing their titties while some young lads giggle in the background.

Well the Evil Dead Series are definally goofy - they take a lot of inspiration from the 3 Stooges yet the whole trilogy is excellent.

Same with Brain Dead (aka Deaqd Alive) - the violence verges on that of the road runner but its till a great film (because of rather than inspire of).

I do agree with you that Crap films with crap humor in them tend to be ..well Crap..

To be honest i dont rate Evil Dead 2 and 3 that much,sure they are fun but not films i can rewatch over and agin.
Brain Dead is a rarity in that it is meant to be funny from the off.And does it well.
Humour has to be dealt with in the proper manner overwise it becomes a mess.

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT REMAKE in Pre-Production
 

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Wes Craven and Marianne Maddalena are producing under his Midnight Pictures shingle, along with Sean S. Cunningham, who produced the original. Adam Alleca rewrote the original to give it a more realistic tone. Pre-production has started this past March in Africa. I have no further info. Pretty exciting.

Garret Dillahunt has joined the cast of Wes Craven's "Last House on the Left" redo for Rogue.

You're a little late there, nOOb......http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32879

there was a thread on this quite some time ago. there was a AWFUL trailer for it too.

...at least Craven and Cunningham are in on the re-make...there is hope I would think, no?

Guess I missed that thread posted five months ago. What was I thinking?

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We'll let it slide this ONE TIME.

When was the last time Craven made a good horror movie?

LOL

Good comeback.


BAN HIM!!!

Just letting you know that we're way ahead of you. :D

Yeah well, that's forgivable, it's not like there's some magic button you can use to search this section of the forum for the same topic.







Wait a minute...

I think were on to something!Bring out the Booze and hookers!:D

Last House on the Left ....
 

I just came across this on youtube.. The trailer seems less than what I hoped for...

Yeah. It's going to be stupid.

From what I've seen (not that trailer) it seems to follow the plot of the original pretty closely.

Whoever is responsible for that Guns'N'Roses cover should be shot.

Looks to me from the trailer that this will be a pretty faithful remake. I bet it's pretty hard hitting to some, especially those who couldn't take or didn't see the original.

The trailor looks really good. It was hard hitting even after seeing the original.

Well it looks like it'll be missing the "camp" from the original (the goofy music etc...) that helped pull the first film back from really staying in that dark place that Craven had created. As far as the GnR cover goes, I kind of dig it, a much different vibe than the original and it's nowhere near as good but it seems to fit a different mood pretty well. Better than Crow's version for Big Daddy that's for damn sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dqVDQ-lF4Q