What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

LoathsomePete · 04-24-2012, 06:42 PM

I'm judging from the movie poster you tried to watch the 2006 remake? The 1976 film is a decent enough film that kind of caught the wave of possession movies after The Exorcist.

Astronomer · 04-24-2012, 06:43 PM

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I'm judging from the movie poster you tried to watch the 2006 remake? The 1976 film is a decent enough film that kind of caught the wave of possession movies after The Exorcist.

Yep the 2006 remake! I haven't seen the original, is the 1976 version better?

LoathsomePete · 04-24-2012, 06:44 PM

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Yep the 2006 remake! I haven't seen the original, is the 1976 version better?

As is the case with every remake thus far of a horror film, yes. That said though, I've never really considered The Omen to be one of the more important horror films in the history of the genre.

Astronomer · 04-24-2012, 06:49 PM

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As is the case with every remake thus far of a horror film, yes. That said though, I've never really considered The Omen to be one of the more important horror films in the history of the genre.

Fair enough! I think I might give it a miss... doesn't sound like anything special!

Key · 04-24-2012, 07:27 PM

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I just watched this...

But I fell asleep halfway through. Is it worth watching the whole thing? It seems pretty creepy... but it's gotten mostly terrible reviews.

I liked the remake, honestly. I'd say watch it just so that you can say you've seen it. It's worth a watch in my opinion.

Guybrush · 04-25-2012, 01:03 AM

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As is the case with every remake thus far of a horror film, yes. That said though, I've never really considered The Omen to be one of the more important horror films in the history of the genre.

So true. Although the remake of Fright Night surprised me in this regard. Not sure if it's better, but it's not as abysmally bad as they generally are.

I'm quite fond of the TV movie The Woman in Black from 1989. It's a very creepy ghost story about a lawyer Arthur Kitt who's job it is to inventorize or whatever it's called this mansion left behind by its recently dead owner. Of course there's something creepy going on there ..

Now there's a remake out with Daniel Radcliffe in the lead. From the old movie, you'd think a remake would have the potential to be a sophisticated, exciting film, but my knee-jerk assumption is they probably turned it to ****. I still may have to watch it though.

LoathsomePete · 04-25-2012, 08:43 AM

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So true. Although the remake of Fright Night surprised me in this regard. Not sure if it's better, but it's not as abysmally bad as they generally are.

I'm quite fond of the TV movie The Woman in Black from 1989. It's a very creepy ghost story about a lawyer Arthur Kitt who's job it is to inventorize or whatever it's called this mansion left behind by its recently dead owner. Of course there's something creepy going on there ..

Now there's a remake out with Daniel Radcliffe in the lead. From the old movie, you'd think a remake would have the potential to be a sophisticated, exciting film, but my knee-jerk assumption is they probably turned it to ****. I still may have to watch it though.

I've heard nothing but good things about The Woman in Black (2012), although I was not aware it was a TV movie, now I'm sad

Guybrush · 04-25-2012, 09:00 AM

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I've heard nothing but good things about The Woman in Black (2012), although I was not aware it was a TV movie, now I'm sad

Well, the original was. The remake is probably a regular cinema blockbuster.

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By the way, I liked the top review on imdb of the original :

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I've only seen this movie once in my life and have never forgotten it. I was thirteen years old and a teacher showed it in class on Halloween. I had to leave the classroom and have never, ever, forgotten the Woman in Black's face.

The big climax scene is beyond frightening, as can be expected, but I found the earlier scenes to be just as terrifying. The general tone of the film leaves you unsettled, even when nothing particularly scary is occurring. It is very, very subtle, but no other film has ever had quite such an effect on me.

If you think ghosts are scarier than slasher movies, I would definitely recommend this movie. Unless you hate being scared. In that case, don't ever watch this.

The reason I saw it the first time many, many years ago is because a friend of mine had a similar story to this. A teacher had shown them this film in the classroom when he was a kid. He was quite traumatized.

jackhammer · 04-25-2012, 08:29 PM

Outside of Maniac, The original Omen still has the best head loss scene in cinema.

Astronomer · 04-26-2012, 01:22 AM

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Outside of Maniac, The original Omen still has the best head loss scene in cinema.

Really? Now that gives me a reason to check it out...

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