"When a stranger calls" remake
01-15-06, 02:05 AM
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I saw the trailer before Hostel yesterday. Both the girlfriend and I thought it looked like a terrible movie. I agree with conscience saying the girl couldn't act.
I may rent it, but I certainly will not be seeing it in the theater.
I may rent it, but I certainly will not be seeing it in the theater.
01-17-06, 05:23 PM
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I'm suprised no one has mentioned the house the girl is babysitting in, in the ads it seems every room is shot like they are in some multi-colored aquarium. It looks pretty, but just screams of the director needing to fill the screen with SOMETHING. It's also not very scary or realistic.
I was also thinking, aren't the days of taking 20 minates and needing the person to stay on the line to trace a call long over with? Add in cell phones and there's no suspense left in this senario (which they show you all of in the ads, anyway!)
I was also thinking, aren't the days of taking 20 minates and needing the person to stay on the line to trace a call long over with? Add in cell phones and there's no suspense left in this senario (which they show you all of in the ads, anyway!)
01-25-06, 09:59 PM
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god the commercials are getting annoying
"this is the police, total urban legend time, the calls are coming from inside the house"
"this is the police, total urban legend time, the calls are coming from inside the house"
01-25-06, 10:29 PM
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"The calls are coming from inside the house!"
Seriously, are they for real with that?
Why not just throw in a kid who can see dead people for good measure? And make sure everyone knows that they're in a horror movie!
Seriously, are they for real with that?
Why not just throw in a kid who can see dead people for good measure? And make sure everyone knows that they're in a horror movie!
01-26-06, 01:52 PM
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Actually, the original is a pretty good movie. I liked the way the movie fleshed out the the killer and made him into more of a three dimensional character than the typical faceless slasher flick boogie man. Although I can also understand why that wouldn't play well for your typical horror fan who doesn't want all of that boring character development and story @#$% getting in the way of the thrills.
Never saw the sequel, although I know it was a made-for-TV. I've heard opinions that it was either great or terrible (and nothing in between), so I was never really sure if it was worth seeking out.
As for the remake, I could see the concept working if one doesn't expect too much, but it will probably suck like most contemporary big studio horror stuff.
Never saw the sequel, although I know it was a made-for-TV. I've heard opinions that it was either great or terrible (and nothing in between), so I was never really sure if it was worth seeking out.
As for the remake, I could see the concept working if one doesn't expect too much, but it will probably suck like most contemporary big studio horror stuff.
01-26-06, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Sex Fiend
Actually, the original is a pretty good movie. I liked the way the movie fleshed out the the killer and made him into more of a three dimensional character than the typical faceless slasher flick boogie man. Although I can also understand why that wouldn't play well for your typical horror fan who doesn't want all of that boring character development and story @#$% getting in the way of the thrills.
Never saw the sequel, although I know it was a made-for-TV. I've heard opinions that it was either great or terrible (and nothing in between), so I was never really sure if it was worth seeking out.
As for the remake, I could see the concept working if one doesn't expect too much, but it will probably suck like most contemporary big studio horror stuff.
Never saw the sequel, although I know it was a made-for-TV. I've heard opinions that it was either great or terrible (and nothing in between), so I was never really sure if it was worth seeking out.
As for the remake, I could see the concept working if one doesn't expect too much, but it will probably suck like most contemporary big studio horror stuff.
02-04-06, 03:07 AM
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I saw it tonight. It was really scary. My girlfriend was clinging on to me almost ripping my arms off, because she was so scared. For PG-13 they did one hell of a scary movie. See it.
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02-04-06, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2K Falcon
Am I the only one who noticed that the first good review is from someone with their myspace page in their sig?
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02-04-06, 01:10 PM
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The trailer of this movie looks awful. But i like simon west the director. The first tomb raider movie is fun, mindless film and con air was entertaining. I wonder why he hasn't made a film since tomb raider 1. bad trailer hopefully a better movie. but the pg 13 rating and bad trailer will make me wait til dvd.
02-04-06, 02:55 PM
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When I first saw this trailer I thought it was a farce, how many horror movie clichés can they manage in 30 seconds? I thought it was one of those AMC commercials where the cell phone goes off and ruins the movie.
02-05-06, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2K Falcon
Am I the only one who noticed that the first good review is from someone with their myspace page in their sig?
Sad that they had to remake this movie. Also Sad that they are remaking movies so quickly too. Wasn't it not even 20 years ago that the original came out?
Looks like there's no end in site for remakes of horror movies that I saw when I was a teen. What's next, a remake of the Original Poltergeist?
02-06-06, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by JTp8ntball
Is that a problem, Mr. Y2k Falcon.
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I haven't spoken to my son about this yet, but I'm assuming the screen could have been a still of a potted plant and he would have enjoyed the time "messing around" with his gf. But highschoolers are easy to please.
Can someone spoilerize a reply?
Did the kids live?
Did they flesh out anything besides the in-the-house scenario?
Did it just turn into another Jason/I know what you did... chase-the-girl-around-endlessly flick like the preview looked like? Heck, I think Home Alone did that genre best.
Did the girl give any lines that weren't either in monotone, or screamed?
Did the police do anything besides sound inept and ripe for a future lawsuit (and like an old-time radio announcer? - "And now a word from our sponsor: It's coming from inside the house.")
TIA.
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02-06-06, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by riley_dude
And he's quite the lady's man too.
Sad that they had to remake this movie. Also Sad that they are remaking movies so quickly too. Wasn't it not even 20 years ago that the original came out?
Looks like there's no end in site for remakes of horror movies that I saw when I was a teen. What's next, a remake of the Original Poltergeist?
Sad that they had to remake this movie. Also Sad that they are remaking movies so quickly too. Wasn't it not even 20 years ago that the original came out?
Looks like there's no end in site for remakes of horror movies that I saw when I was a teen. What's next, a remake of the Original Poltergeist?
Spielberg probably wouldn't let a remake of Poltergeist happen. Maybe in thirty or forty years after his death it could happen though.
02-06-06, 11:59 PM
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Okay, just got back from this. The good is that it's very atmospheric and the setting/house lends itself to the movie very well. The bad is that the script is just plain horrible. It's loaded with moments where I couldn't help but to laugh.
I could go on, but nah. The sad thing is there are some decent potentially suspenseful moments in there, but they are generally ruined by something stupid happening the next frame.
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I could go on, but nah. The sad thing is there are some decent potentially suspenseful moments in there, but they are generally ruined by something stupid happening the next frame.
02-07-06, 09:04 PM
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DRG... The movie is literally bursting with moments like that. Completely ridiculous.
Just the fact that the plot is hinged upon the fact that she was grounded (therby being forced to babysit) because she went over her cell phone minutes talking to her boyfriend who kissed her best friend.
Huh? Was this movie written by a 13 year old? Probably...
Just the fact that the plot is hinged upon the fact that she was grounded (therby being forced to babysit) because she went over her cell phone minutes talking to her boyfriend who kissed her best friend.
Huh? Was this movie written by a 13 year old? Probably...
