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SimonJ 03:33 pm UTC 01/26/07 |
| In reply to: | For Jim: Some horror stuff - Brian 09:15 am UTC 01/26/07 |
| I'm going to put a word in for Wilderness - it came out around the same time as Severance, and is played more as a straight horror as opposed to a comedy. A bunch of British teen reprobates are sent on a morale building weekend in the Scottish highlands. Cue people being picked of one by one. Well worth a look if you like non Hollywood stuff. > - DESCENT is now on dvd, i forget if you saw it or not > but if not, you definitely should. ditto neil marshall's > previous film, DOG SOLDIERS. of all the new directors he > is the only one i would place among the legends of my > youth (Carpenter, Romero, etc) > > - I have been working on the side for a horror website, > www.bloody-disgusting.com, the #1 trafficked site on the > net for horror, apparently. mostly i just do editing > work, but i occasionally get to interview someone and/or > go to press screenings. therefore, i saw a movie called > SEVERANCE that is possibly the best comedy/horror hybrid > ever. its about arms dealers going into the woods for a > team building exercise weekend, and a slasher comes along. > Office Space meets Friday the 13th in Deliverance > country. HIGHLY recommended. and its british! i think > it comes out in April. > > - THE HITCHER remake is beat for beat identical to the > original. the only real thing that was changed was having > the girl right from the start and making her the main > character. so its not nearly as creepy or interesting, > but its enjoyable nonetheless (tho i suspect my enjoyment > stems primarily from the cute-as-hell lead girl). for > those who havent seen the original, i highly recommend you > do so. rutger hauer is amazing in it. > > - i havent seen them all but so far the new season of > masters of horror is a slight improvement over season 1. > brad anderson (session 9, another underrated gem) did an > episode about a guy with an extremely accelerated sense of > hearing. and john landis did one with george wendt as a > killer, and managed to pull it off. yes, norm is scary. > > | |
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