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Lucem Ferre 06-28-2018 04:30 AM

Recently watched Let Me In. It's the American remake of Let The Right One In. It's not a bad film, but the whole time I was watching it I was just wishing I was watching the original which is one of my all time favorite movies. It tries really hard but just doesn't succeed in catching that same atmosphere and that finally scene in the pool is ruined with out the radio playing Flash In The Night before it gets kicked in. (Don't know why, but that song really plays into the atmosphere of that scene)

Also watched Kaleidoscope. Strange little indie film about a dude who starts losing his mind when his mom comes to visit. The ending had a twist I didn't see coming. It's a really eerie and strange film. Kind of builds up the psychological torment the main character is going through, who I'm fairly sure is schizophrenic.

YorkeDaddy 06-28-2018 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 1967274)
Recently watched Let Me In. It's the American remake of Let The Right One In. It's not a bad film, but the whole time I was watching it I was just wishing I was watching the original which is one of my all time favorite movies. It tries really hard but just doesn't succeed in catching that same atmosphere and that finally scene in the pool is ruined with out the radio playing Flash In The Night before it gets kicked in. (Don't know why, but that song really plays into the atmosphere of that scene)

Agree on all fronts. The original is incredible, the American remake is unsurprisingly mediocre

Suspiria is an interesting film for me. I haven't watched it in a pretty long time and I think I should rewatch it now that I'm a little more analytical in how I assess my horror films. I remember thinking it was beautifully shot and choreographed but painfully boring in terms of plot progression. Nowadays a good slowburn, creepy atmosphere horror is some of my favorite **** to watch so I think I would appreciate it more.

Lucem Ferre 06-28-2018 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy (Post 1967286)
Agree on all fronts. The original is incredible, the American remake is unsurprisingly mediocre

Suspiria is an interesting film for me. I haven't watched it in a pretty long time and I think I should rewatch it now that I'm a little more analytical in how I assess my horror films. I remember thinking it was beautifully shot and choreographed but painfully boring in terms of plot progression. Nowadays a good slowburn, creepy atmosphere horror is some of my favorite **** to watch so I think I would appreciate it more.

I wonder if the movie would have been as bad if I never saw the original though.

I like Suspiria because of it's beautiful shots. I've only seen two movies by Dario Argento but both of them were very beautifully shot. Suspiria was much better even though it has so many slow points while the other one, Tenebrae, had some really really stiff acting.

The Batlord 06-28-2018 11:01 AM

I haven't seen the original and really liked the remake. It was horrifyingly sweet.

Frownland 06-28-2018 11:08 AM

It's the same film almost shot for shot. Both are great.

YorkeDaddy 06-28-2018 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1967381)
It's the same film almost shot for shot. Both are great.

Worse acting, less heart, reeked of cash grab

Also the fact they remade it so quickly for no reason except to appease American idiots that refuse to read subtitles meant I was inherently annoyed going into it from the start

Frownland 06-28-2018 11:12 AM

Both films had passable performances tbh, that's not where the magic comes from.

MicShazam 06-28-2018 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 1967292)
I wonder if the movie would have been as bad if I never saw the original though.

I like Suspiria because of it's beautiful shots. I've only seen two movies by Dario Argento but both of them were very beautifully shot. Suspiria was much better even though it has so many slow points while the other one, Tenebrae, had some really really stiff acting.

I'm not really into horror movies, but last year, I saw Suspiria in a movie theater with my brother. Pretty wacky movie, but spectacular to look at.

Oriphiel 06-28-2018 12:51 PM

The soundtrack is >

Justthefacts 06-28-2018 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1967378)
I haven't seen the original and really liked the remake. It was horrifyingly sweet.

I agree. No one's knocking Let The Right One In, but Matt Reeves did an incredible job with the remake, far from mediocre. I have to admit it holds 88% on RT too. So you guys are objectively wrong.


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