[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
There was a film out not long ago (Pontypool) where the scariest parts were the ones in the beginning where you saw nothing, but your imagination went wild upon hearing how a man outside was describing the horror that was occurring around him.
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Wow, thanks for all of that ID. Sounds pretty great and I’m not quite sure how I’ve overlooked it. I will definitely scout it out and give it a view. A horror movie that pulls of minimalist successfully truly is impressive, and this seems to fit that bill.[/quote]
It worked AT THE BEGINNING. The ending lost its way. It was perfect up to a point just like Insidious was before the clown showed up.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
There was a film out not long ago (Pontypool) where the scariest parts were the ones in the beginning where you saw nothing, but your imagination went wild upon hearing how a man outside was describing the horror that was occurring around him.
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Wow, thanks for all of that ID. Sounds pretty great and I’m not quite sure how I’ve overlooked it. I will definitely scout it out and give it a view. A horror movie that pulls of minimalist successfully truly is impressive, and this seems to fit that bill.[/quote]
It worked AT THE BEGINNING. The ending lost its way. It was perfect up to a point just like Insidious was before the clown showed up.[/quote]
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
There was a film out not long ago (Pontypool) where the scariest parts were the ones in the beginning where you saw nothing, but your imagination went wild upon hearing how a man outside was describing the horror that was occurring around him.
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Wow, thanks for all of that ID. Sounds pretty great and I’m not quite sure how I’ve overlooked it. I will definitely scout it out and give it a view. A horror movie that pulls of minimalist successfully truly is impressive, and this seems to fit that bill.[/quote]
It worked AT THE BEGINNING. The ending lost its way. It was perfect up to a point just like Insidious was before the clown showed up.[/quote]
Exactly.
Still worth a watch JUST for that beginning part.
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I enjoyed Pontypool at the beginning, as you have said, because it was horrifying. I enjoyed the ending as well, because the concept of a word-born virus was so novel to me. I thought it was excellent.
True horror will never be obtainable if the curtain is drawn back. Freud is the father of horror - it all comes from fear of the repressed. Horror is looking at a mantle place and wondering what once sat in the empty spot between two family photos.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
There was a film out not long ago (Pontypool) where the scariest parts were the ones in the beginning where you saw nothing, but your imagination went wild upon hearing how a man outside was describing the horror that was occurring around him.
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Wow, thanks for all of that ID. Sounds pretty great and I’m not quite sure how I’ve overlooked it. I will definitely scout it out and give it a view. A horror movie that pulls of minimalist successfully truly is impressive, and this seems to fit that bill.[/quote]
It worked AT THE BEGINNING. The ending lost its way. It was perfect up to a point just like Insidious was before the clown showed up.[/quote]
Exactly.
Still worth a watch JUST for that beginning part.
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I enjoyed Pontypool at the beginning, as you have said, because it was horrifying. I enjoyed the ending as well, because the concept of a word-born virus was so novel to me. I thought it was excellent.
True horror will never be obtainable if the curtain is drawn back. Freud is the father of horror - it all comes from fear of the repressed. Horror is looking at a mantle place and wondering what once sat in the empty spot between two family photos. [/quote]
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
There was a film out not long ago (Pontypool) where the scariest parts were the ones in the beginning where you saw nothing, but your imagination went wild upon hearing how a man outside was describing the horror that was occurring around him.
[/quote]
Wow, thanks for all of that ID. Sounds pretty great and I’m not quite sure how I’ve overlooked it. I will definitely scout it out and give it a view. A horror movie that pulls of minimalist successfully truly is impressive, and this seems to fit that bill.[/quote]
It worked AT THE BEGINNING. The ending lost its way. It was perfect up to a point just like Insidious was before the clown showed up.[/quote]
Exactly.
Still worth a watch JUST for that beginning part.
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I enjoyed Pontypool at the beginning, as you have said, because it was horrifying. I enjoyed the ending as well, because the concept of a word-born virus was so novel to me. I thought it was excellent.
True horror will never be obtainable if the curtain is drawn back. Freud is the father of horror - it all comes from fear of the repressed. Horror is looking at a mantle place and wondering what once sat in the empty spot between two family photos. [/quote]
Also why Hitchcock was so successful.
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Have to love Hitchcock. The Birds terrified me as a child.
So what did you guys think of the movie that have seen it so far? I enjoyed it. Obviously it was different than the original Evil Dead and the second one. If you love gore and buckets of blood than this is for you.
Spoiler alert:
Did anybody think when that dudes girlfriend got bit on the hand and it was starting to come possessed, that she was going to saw it off and the hand would pull an Evil Dead 2 thing?
[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
So what did you guys think of the movie that have seen it so far? I enjoyed it. Obviously it was different than the original Evil Dead and the second one. If you love gore and buckets of blood than this is for you.
Spoiler alert:
Did anybody think when that dudes girlfriend got bit on the hand and it was starting to come possessed, that she was going to saw it off and the hand would pull an Evil Dead 2 thing?[/quote]
I’m kind of glad at how it turned out, I didn’t expect it to perfectly live up to the original, and I had a feeling all the humour would be dropped, but it was still a very good homage to the first film.
It doesn’t have the same feel as the old Bruce Campbell Evil Dead, with the whole low-budget shooting, clay-mation-esque gore and juxtaposed hilarity, and I’m sure almost anyone who looks at both would greatly favour the original in comparison, but it by no means ruined the sense of Evil Dead.
I’m such a fan of them keeping the tree rape scene, I’m glad Raimi had the balls and confidence to keep that in there. The gore in this one was very satisfying, on it’s own accord the more polished and plentiful splatter gore is very satisfying. It’s still filled to the brim with creepy scares and that makes me a happy man.
Overall, my impressions are that it is not the original, nor shall it ever be heightened to the same prestige of the original, but it was an honest and well done effort on Raimi’s part to make a high-budget, 21st century, mass audience-centric horror film holding in tow a delightful memory of it’s past and I feel that he pulled it off in the long run. If you’re still wondering what this is going to be like, just imagine Raimi without the funny. Thumbs up.
Saw it last night, agree with pretty much everything said so far.
Definitely satisfying and enjoyable as a whole, had the feel of the original at times. The girl did a great job being possessed and the bookworm teacher guy was probably my favorite character throughout.
The brother and his girlfriend did feel kinda generic though, like I just couldn’t connect and didn’t care what happened to them.
Stay past the credits. It’s only a few seconds, but I thought it was worth it.
Ive got tickets to see it tonight, based on the IGN review i read and what im hearing from you guys, im sure ill enjoy it. I love the Evil dead trilogy and im not going into this expecting it to be the same movie, so as long as it delivers in the gore/creepy department, with some nice throwbacks to Evil Dead, i cant see how i’ll be disappointed.
[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:
Ive got tickets to see it tonight, based on the IGN review i read and what im hearing from you guys, im sure ill enjoy it. I love the Evil dead trilogy and im not going into this expecting it to be the same movie, so as long as it delivers in the gore/creepy department, with some nice throwbacks to Evil Dead, i cant see how i’ll be disappointed. [/quote]
Trust me, the gore is exquisite, it’s the main selling point of this remake as far as I’m concerned, and it comes out brilliantly.
what I’ve read is they are doing an army of darkness 2 aka evil dead 4 and a sequel to the remake and somehow combining the two stories where ash shows up and uses his boomstick.
Just got back from the movies, and fuck me, that shit was intense.
While there were definitely some questionable plot-points and “oh, come on, man” moments, it was all in service to setting up those brutally disgusting scenes that this flick was full of. Every stupid thing that happened is forgivable because it inevitably led to something awesomely fucked up happening.
That was definitely one of the most intense horror flicks ive seen, its not very scary, but it is creepy, suspenseful, intense, and delivers hugely on the gross shit. I cant think of another movie that does gore in this much quantity, with such impeccable quality.
My face is tired from cringing, definitely made me squirm at times. I wont talk about the specific scenes cause i want to give people some time to see it before i spoil everything, but it was a worthy successor to the title “Evil Dead” and had some great throwbacks to the original series.
I also really liked how they handled the “hand” scene, i dont think they could have done anything to live up to Bruce Campbell’s performance in that scene, so im glad they took the route they did with that.
Bet you guys didn’t know this abomination of cinema was shot right here in New Zealand; Auckland specifically, for around $17 million dollars. Fair to say the Kiwi producer and the distribution company are pleased with their margins so far.
Somebody used the word “exquisite” to describe the gore, i would have never thought those 2 words could go together, but once you see the movie you’ll understand that its the perfect word to describe it.
