No one decides who a true horror fan is. If you like remakes like I do doesn't mean aren't true horror fans, I appreciate the origianls but there is always room for improvement. I do think it is VERY necessary to make a movie about the origins of the Sawyer family, I'm sure there is a lot of people curious about why the Sawyer family is so crazy.
Originally posted by Myers Man
I do think it is VERY necessary to make a movie about the origins of the Sawyer family, I'm sure there is a lot of people curious about why the Sawyer family is so crazy.
By the way, this isn't on the Sawyer family. It's on the Hewitt family. 😛
Originally posted by MattLeatherface
"true" horror fans are just afraid of change.
Change would be a director making a new and fresh idea into a movie, no?
Originally posted by Wolfie
They're cannibals. They torture people. They eat people. It's quite a simple concept and doesn't take an hour and a half to explain with an "origin" movie.By the way, this isn't on the Sawyer family. It's on the Hewitt family. 😛
Doesn't change imply doing something different? And isn't doing something different about the opposite of a remake?
Change would be a director making a new and fresh idea into a movie, no?
No, what I meant is, they wont accept anyone to improve upon already existant movies with the up to date technology.
I just got home from seeing this. It was just an excuse to make another TCM movie. Since they couldn't make a sequel to the remake, they made a prequel.
Being a prequel, they were looking for ANYTHING to tell a backstory on. What happened to Uncle Monty's legs? What happened to Sherriff Hoyt's teeth? ANYTHING!
Other than that, it was just rehashed stuff from the remake. Same basic plot. Young people driving down Texas, get caught by the Sawyer... er... I mean Hewitt family, they get killed, one girl drives away
Spoiler:.
to be killed herself, actually
It upset me that they were trying to recreate the dining room scene. No movie has ever tried to recreate this as well as the orginal TCM did.
Not to mention, they were more tame than the remake. No meathooks were used!
Bad movie. I didn't like it at all. the remake was good, but this was terrible. The characters were incredibly dumb and the was a biker who had absolutely no point in the movie.
It was almost like a remake of the remake. The first one who dies is the muscular guy everyone expects to take some mf with him before he goes down. The second is the girl who looks like a tart and had not point in the movie. Third is the guy trying to protect the girl.
boring movie, and the angles were terrible. Everytime somebody was gutted, it would show a close up and flash back and forth. i couldn't figure out what the scene was of until it was over.
Originally posted by WolfieWell the first one wasn't recreating it they were creating it. So yeah..might i inquire what was so amazing about the original?
It upset me that they were trying to recreate the dining room scene. No movie has ever tried to recreate this as well as the orginal TCM did.
Originally posted by WolfieWell that's because he wasn't that much of a psychopath Hoyt killed most of the people he just skinned them and the biker chick was dangling upside down from a meat hook. But he was hesistant to kill the biker and he just killed his boss because he closed the shop. Hoyt was much more murderous.
Not to mention, they were more tame than the remake. No meathooks were used!
Originally posted by BlackSunshine
Yeah very true. I'm sure this will make millions of dollars from people who are stupid enough to see it OR especially those who HAVE to watch this movie out of insatiable curiosity even though they know that it will be a dud.
Originally posted by LaHaine
**** the TCM remakes. They're terrible. But I still will go to see it.
Originally posted by Kelly_LS
cry You called me stupid! I'm seeing it tomorrow.
Originally posted by Bocaj
Well the first one wasn't recreating it they were creating it. So yeah..might i inquire what was so amazing about the original?
Originally posted by Bocaj
Well that's because he wasn't that much of a psychopath Hoyt killed most of the people he just skinned them and the biker chick was dangling upside down from a meat hook. But he was hesistant to kill the biker and he just killed his boss because he closed the shop. Hoyt was much more murderous.
Originally posted by Myers Man
No one decides who a true horror fan is. If you like remakes like I do doesn't mean aren't true horror fans, I appreciate the origianls but there is always room for improvement. I do think it is VERY necessary to make a movie about the origins of the Sawyer family, I'm sure there is a lot of people curious about why the Sawyer family is so crazy.
The mystery of their origin is one of the most unnerving things about the original. Not knowing why they do it, and only know THAT they do what they do, is very discomforting and much less cinematic and more realistic, helping the documentary style filmmaking in the original. Because in real life, some things just aren't known.
The TCM remake wasn't as terrible as the other remakes, but the idea that it somehow improved on the original is silly, it did nothing better than the original, it did many things worse.
Originally posted by Bocaj
Well that really doesn't help your arguement then....it was badass as long as you're not one of the faggity horror fans who has to have the new one exactly like the original you know no suspense only an hour long horrible ending..that kinda stuff
Uh, no suspense? Do you even know what the word means? The original has some of the best suspense in the genre, and it's not suspense created by generic pounding music and loud noises like new horror films. It's so formulaic that if you know the genre you can pretty much pinpoint when something is going to happen. No, it was organic in the original, the suspense in the original was in that once we see this psychopath for the first time, we know we're goign to see him again, but we don't know when. Combine that with the overall dark brooding feel and the slow buildup of tension and you've got some great suspense. Much more affecting than shitty jump scare repeated over and over again to create the illusion of suspense.
Originally posted by Bocaj
Well that really doesn't help your arguement then....it was badass as long as you're not one of the faggity horror fans who has to have the new one exactly like the original you know no suspense only an hour long horrible ending..that kinda stuff
I just got back from seeing it. It was ACTUALLY better than I thought it was going to be. Mother and I were debating on The Grudge 2 or this and were actually in TG2 but exchanged our tickets and went to see this instead. Good gore, I must say! It was quite boring at times, but none the less I'd give it a 6.5/10. It wasn't as good as the 2003 movie.
oh wow.. what can i say, i just came back from the movies, watched it with my brother. anyway in overall i think it was pretty good. lots of blood, and lots of torture, just how i think a movie with such a title shall be. now, i liked the remake, loved the original. this is a lot more bloodier than the remake. When i went to the movies, i knew what to expect, everyone dies, so i didnt feel bad for any of the characters. in overall i think its a great film, a great way to set up and explain the birth of a legend so i highly recomend you see it if your a fan. iT EXPLAINS LOT OF THING! i hope it does good at the box office, right nwo it doesnt seem to do good, but it needs to make beyond $80,000,000. if it makes it beyound that mark, we might get a sequel or something, a sequel to the prequel and a prequel to the remake. plz go to the movies!