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The remake of the 1979 horror was on last night. I hadn't actually seen it all, and decided to give it a go. This had to be perhaps one of the most dire movies I've seen in a long time. I mean ok, its normally the case a lot of remakes are bad, the same can be said about The Haunting (remake of the 1963 version), which was also dire.
This one was more or less just a show up of bad actors, using sex as a front to cover up their hidious acting (the 9 year old kid was a better actor then the older cast), and just straining the plot out into a thin paste. Ryan ReynolRAB taking his shirt off at any availble moment might have a lot of people drooling, but lets face it, do you really endure watching 3 minutes of shirtless action well the rest of it is crap? If I had to pay the same about of money on just seeing a movie about a guy taking his shirt off, I'd sooner buy an axm magazine.
The whole truth and lies surrounding the amilyville horror always insteaded me when I first watch the 1979 version, and learned there really is a place and some of the events may or may not have happened.
I just don't think however that in times today, you can get away with making a movie with this kind of plot to it, I mean how is it that you can watch a scary movie from pre 1970 and it still grips you with that shame chill it did on first release, but film makers are totally unable to recapture those subtleties today, and rely on using dodgey camera angles and over the top cgi?
I was laughing through this film more then getting chills.
The remake of the 1979 horror was on last night. I hadn't actually seen it all, and decided to give it a go. This had to be perhaps one of the most dire movies I've seen in a long time. I mean ok, its normally the case a lot of remakes are bad, the same can be said about The Haunting (remake of the 1963 version), which was also dire.
This one was more or less just a show up of bad actors, using sex as a front to cover up their hidious acting (the 9 year old kid was a better actor then the older cast), and just straining the plot out into a thin paste. Ryan ReynolRAB taking his shirt off at any availble moment might have a lot of people drooling, but lets face it, do you really endure watching 3 minutes of shirtless action well the rest of it is crap? If I had to pay the same about of money on just seeing a movie about a guy taking his shirt off, I'd sooner buy an axm magazine.
The whole truth and lies surrounding the amilyville horror always insteaded me when I first watch the 1979 version, and learned there really is a place and some of the events may or may not have happened.
I just don't think however that in times today, you can get away with making a movie with this kind of plot to it, I mean how is it that you can watch a scary movie from pre 1970 and it still grips you with that shame chill it did on first release, but film makers are totally unable to recapture those subtleties today, and rely on using dodgey camera angles and over the top cgi?
I was laughing through this film more then getting chills.
Try watching Near Dark a 1987 vampire film starring Adrian Pasdar of Heroes fame, my friend rented it from Blockbuster and because I made him sit through my awesome foreign language choice The Beat My Heart Skipped I was forced to sit through this crock of shite.
Yes that little girl plays the role of Nick's daughter Kiki on Dirty Sexy Money.
Was my favourite parts really. 
