Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 26, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 26, 2011 Welcome back Kitano  Outrage - redband trailer  man, its been so long since ive watched a Kitano film. I'll be watching that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Texas Chainsaw remake was better than the original, which is possibly the shittest, most overrated and overhyped film of all time.  Are you on glue?   Jessica Beal's vest in that film gave me many an erection, great tits  I will agree on that point though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted October 26, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 26, 2011 Texas Chainsaw remake was better than the original, which is possibly the shittest, most overrated and overhyped film of all time. Jessica Biel > Fat Squealing Cripple. Â I do think the hype has damaged TCM for new viewers, but for it's time it was quite a good movie. It still pisses me off when it's reffered to as a video nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Texas Chainsaw remake was better than the original, which is possibly the shittest, most overrated and overhyped film of all time. Jessica Biel > Fat Squealing Cripple. Â I do think the hype has damaged TCM for new viewers, but for it's time it was quite a good movie. It still pisses me off when it's reffered to as a video nasty. Â I think if you try and compare it to a modern movie it's going to look like a sack of crap but that was always part of its appeal to me, the nasty production,the unknown actors. It can't compete on the gore stakes with things like Saw or Hostel biut that was never really the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_kahoona Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I think if you try and compare it to a modern movie it's going to look like a sack of crap but that was always part of its appeal to me, the nasty production,the unknown actors. It can't compete on the gore stakes with things like Saw or Hostel biut that was never really the point. Â I think I`ve mentioned it before somewhere but i`ll repeat the sentiment. Â `Video Nastys` or the `banned` films of yesteryear have to be viewed on a 3rd generation video tape. The film itself is not important, it was the excitement, the law breaking and the fuzzy picture that made the experience of watching a film 10x better than any digital 3d pish you get these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 The ending shot from the original of Leatherface dancing around with the chainsaw as the sun rises is so fucking beautiful that the rest of the film could be stock footage from a box company and I'd still love the film to pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 I think if you try and compare it to a modern movie it's going to look like a sack of crap but that was always part of its appeal to me, the nasty production,the unknown actors. It can't compete on the gore stakes with things like Saw or Hostel biut that was never really the point. Â I think I`ve mentioned it before somewhere but i`ll repeat the sentiment. Â `Video Nastys` or the `banned` films of yesteryear have to be viewed on a 3rd generation video tape. The film itself is not important, it was the excitement, the law breaking and the fuzzy picture that made the experience of watching a film 10x better than any digital 3d pish you get these days. Â It's because of the 3rd generation shittiness of the quality that films like Snuff "Had real murders" in them. Â The quality of the special effects now look appauling, but in the grainy heyday, they were so real it was untrue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheman Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Â Best of the lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The ending shot from the original of Leatherface dancing around with the chainsaw as the sun rises is so fucking beautiful that the rest of the film could be stock footage from a box company and I'd still love the film to pieces. Â Sir I could hug you. I've been blabbing on for years about that scene, it's only about 10 seconds long but you're right, it's beautiful. It's just such a departure from the rest of the movie, he doesn't give a shit that the girl got away, it's strangely peaceful and just epic as fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CuckedByMenry Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 The ending shot from the original of Leatherface dancing around with the chainsaw as the sun rises is so fucking beautiful that the rest of the film could be stock footage from a box company and I'd still love the film to pieces. Â Sir I could hug you. I've been blabbing on for years about that scene, it's only about 10 seconds long but you're right, it's beautiful. It's just such a departure from the rest of the movie, he doesn't give a shit that the girl got away, it's strangely peaceful and just epic as fuck. Leatherface [thinking to self]: "No girl to keep an eye on, creepy brother's dead, the cook is back at the house - I'mma gonna do my chainsaw dance!" Â Â "Bet you can't do this can you, grandpa, you bastard!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted October 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2011 The ending shot from the original of Leatherface dancing around with the chainsaw as the sun rises is so fucking beautiful that the rest of the film could be stock footage from a box company and I'd still love the film to pieces. Â Sir I could hug you. I've been blabbing on for years about that scene, it's only about 10 seconds long but you're right, it's beautiful. It's just such a departure from the rest of the movie, he doesn't give a shit that the girl got away, it's strangely peaceful and just epic as fuck. Â I've always said that the remake absolutely destroys the original, barring two moments that are pretty untouchable in the whole of horror. One is that ending. The sound of that chainsaw, as he whirls around, is horror for me. It's just so wild. The second is the sheer bluntness of the first(?) kill. The door slides open, there's an absolutely brutal hammer hit, he drags the body inside, and... what the fuck did we just see? It's incredible. Confusing in the way it just happens out of nowhere, and to this day, the most violently blunt kill in all of horror. But other than that, the remake has its number on all levels. Biel's sweaty tits, R. Lee Ermey as one of the most grotesque characters ever, and Old Monty falling off the toilet. Mwah, my friends. Â Another horror remake that's awesome, and probably better than the original (I haven't seen it, but it's a Troma film, so probably wasn't much cop) is this year's Mother's Day, which is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 I haven't seen even the original Texas Chainsaw so I can't really talk about those, but the best horror remake by far has to be The Thing. It took an amazing original and made it even better. Probably John Carpenter's greatest achievement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted October 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2011 I haven't seen even the original Texas Chainsaw  How does this happen?!  And yeah, Carpenter's The Thing is a top 5 all time horror movie, for sure. It's in that weird category of remakes that don't feel like remakes though, because the 50s aesthetic is so far removed from the 80s vibe, like The Fly, and it's just so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 How does the The Hills Have Eyes remake compare to the original? Only seen the recent one, and thought it was fairly decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 I haven't seen even the original Texas Chainsaw  How does this happen?!  And yeah, Carpenter's The Thing is a top 5 all time horror movie, for sure. It's in that weird category of remakes that don't feel like remakes though, because the 50s aesthetic is so far removed from the 80s vibe, like The Fly, and it's just so great.  Texas Chainsaw is one of those films, I think we all have them, that you have heard so much about that you almost feel like you've watched it and therefore don't need. Do you know what I mean? I don't doubt I will soon enough, though. Straw Dogs was like that with me for years as well and I was blown away by it when I finally watched it.  As for The Thing, certainly, they are very different in many ways but it's a great example of how you can take an excellent idea and an excellent film and make it into another excellent film. I adore the original but I am a huge 1950s sci-fi fan.  How does the The Hills Have Eyes remake compare to the original? Only seen the recent one, and thought it was fairly decent.  Again, very different. I thought the remake was very good indeed, far better than I was expecting. I only wish Alexandre Aja could have concocted as satisfying an ending for Switchblade Romance as he did for The Hills Have Eyes. The original is more than different enough that it warrants a watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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