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Old 01-16-2012, 09:43 AM
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I didn't like "Drag Me To Hell" it had a tad bit too much puke the only movie that did vomit good was The Exorcist.
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Old 01-16-2012, 09:59 AM
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Dude really? Nightmare on Elm Street, Let The Right One In, Dracula, The Howling, Carrie, Sleepy Hollow, and The Omen? REALLY?

Lol seriously though, you're free to like and dislike whatever you want. I agree with you on 28 Days Later as i didnt like that but i did like 28 Weeks Later.

For me the biggest one has gotta be The Shining. I hated it and everyone loves that movie. Also The Hills Have Eyes Remake was raved about and i thought that was terrible. I'll come up with some more later.
The Shining? Wow, one of the best! You're right though, everyone has the freedom to dislike what they want. I also liked 28 Days Later much better than the second. To each his own.
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:02 AM
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remakes of old classics
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:59 AM
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i like this thread....

TWILIGHT if you can even call that horror....

SAW (ALL of them, gross not scary)

HOSTEL (Same)

Final Destination (same rehashed shit over and over with characters no one cares about)

ill think of more as i read more of the thread
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Old 01-16-2012, 02:30 PM
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The Shining? Wow, one of the best! You're right though, everyone has the freedom to dislike what they want. I also liked 28 Days Later much better than the second. To each his own.
I got that same reaction when i first posted it. I think later in the thread i explained that i'm not a big Kubrick fan and i loved the book and hated that it was so different.
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Old 01-16-2012, 02:52 PM
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The movie wasnt half as good as the book. And im a fan of the movie. Its just the book thats so good. I like to consider it two entirely separate movies that have the same name. Still wish the complete adaptation of the book made its way onto the big screen though.
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Old 01-16-2012, 03:17 PM
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The movie wasnt half as good as the book. And im a fan of the movie. Its just the book thats so good. I like to consider it two entirely separate movies that have the same name. Still wish the complete adaptation of the book made its way onto the big screen though.
There is the miniseries which i actually liked. I just hate that the movie gets credit over the book when the book is so superior.
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Old 01-18-2012, 06:41 AM
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I love the book, but Stanley Kubrick's film was a masterpiece.
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Old 01-18-2012, 07:02 AM
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Kubrick is a very polarising director and some people find his work very sterile and clinical (not me, I love him, he's one of my favourites) not to mention that film is very different to King's book (King disliked it for the same reason) but I also think it's a great film.
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Old 01-18-2012, 08:35 AM
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Sorry, That list is totally wack. How could anyone like "28 Weeks Later" better than "28 Days" ? "Weeks" had a lot of action but a very silly plot, "Days" seems the opposite. Less action, more plot character driven. I don't know anything, the mom being the "carrier" in the ending was lame for me. TWwwwwwwwiiiist.

"Let the right one in" is a masterpiece, maybe a teenager might be bitter towards the romance/horror. It's a non-gay twilight haha. But it's great... in my opinion.
Are we talking about the remake? The remake made it more romantic, but the original was just about two lonely kids who became friends.

I tend not to like american remakes of movies because of little changes like this. there was no need for it at all. And if I remember correctly, was the remake not released within a year of the original? I think that's testament to people's unwillingness to try anything unfamiliar.

"This film's really good but people wont want want to watch it if they have to read it. Let's completely remake it in English so we can tap that market".

In response to a few of the other points raised in here. 28 weeks better than days??? really? weeks was mediocre at best. Pretty much a standard run of the mill big budget zombie movie. Days was tense, like, really tense. I've watched that film a bunch of times and I still get a bit 'on edge' sometimes.

Devil's backbone was another astonishing movie. I went into it not knowing anything about it, so when the horror angel came in I really really dug it.

Wickerman, Elm St, Omen and Carrie... They're classics. That's all I can say about that really. I think as a horror fan they're a must. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy them all, and my liking of them isn't based on the fact that I should like them, I just don't think I've ever met a horror fanatic that doesn't like them.

Films like Underworld and sleepy Hollow I like, but I can understand why a lot of people don't. They are both very typically "hollywood". Zombieland though, I thought was amazing. It had a perfect balance of comedy and horror. Also, Woody Harleson was astounding in it. That man should have won an award for that performance.

I don't really have many movies I really hate to be honest, apart from remakes (as this post and others I have made all over the forum will probably make clear). Think the last one I physically hated was the Elm St remake.

and finally, the Hills have eyes remake was better??? Behave :p
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