@slade: "Now that it's out on dvd, what did everyone think of the remake?? I just saw
it because I had to check out the Gein documentary on the 2 disc set. I have
to admit that it's better than all the chainsaw sequels which were all
remakes in my opinion (except the second). It's way better than the 4th film
and I'm sure we can all agree to that. They could have really screwed this
up by changing quite a few things like they did but if it was duplicated
shot per shot (remember PSYCHO?) then that may have been a real let down.
You can't really compare it to the original since the original was never a
"studio" film to begin with. Considering that Hooper himself liked it, it
can't be all bad. Sure it doesn't have the "real" feel of the original but
it is entertaining and that's all I really wanted. I guess you can call it
TCM on steroids. Any thoughts from those who saw it?"
    @kiska: "news:<email_address>
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make
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I agree, I watched it on DVD (a Thai copy I bought on holiday which had a
vey grainy picture which may of added to it).
I like the way they changed the story enough to keep me interested! I will
end up buying this on DVD and I hope the picture quality dosent spoil it!
Kiska
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    @justin_kerswell: ""Eerie Smilodon of Unusual Size & Typing Ability" <email_address> wrote in
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   ... agreed. I love trashy slasher flicks, but I expected more (am I
saying this?) from this remake. That they substituted the supremely
torturous dineer scene of the original with a peek-a-boo finale of the
remake said it all, really.
Justin Karswell
"Dogs don't smash boats, or break paddles in half ... or do they?"
The kids ponder whether a psychotic pooch could be behind their mounting
misfortune in HUMUNGOUS (1981)
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5 years of slasher trash with panache!"
    @kane: "<quote>
saw
have
film
Gore, MTV visuals, anaemic freak family and a hi-tech Letherface -
sandwiched between sub-Blair Witch bookends.  Dross.
Varizo on Abu Hamza 27/03/04
"If you mean that bloke w one eye and hooks for hands, i kno of sombody who
fancys him".
<url>"
    @drwalpurgis: "<quote>
It's slick, but zzzzzzzzzzz . . . and doomed to be a footnote to a film 
it shares a title with but cannot hold a candle to. The budget for 
Hooper's movie wouldn't have paid the cocaine bill on the sequel, yet 
it's the original cheapie that still packs ten times the wallop, and 
will be the one we're still discussing thirty years from now.
"Here's a prime example of a moron who has nothing to offer a newsgroup
  discussion. No wonder most folks think horror fans are morons. Next
  reply will probably be: OH MATRON!!!! Whatever the fuck that means."
  My Bloodless Valentine, alt.horror, 20/01/03"
    @anthonywilson16: "news:c4ht73$edd$<email_address>
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saw
Reasonably good, but too slick to leave you feeling dirty like the original.
Some good characters in there though, the sheriff was great.
I saw the Blair Witch ending coming from a mile off."
    @jazzapuss: "i like both versions of the film.
my best scenario would be to take parts of both films and combine them to
make a great movie.
Both of them had shortfalls.
the bits I wanna keep : family, the butchery theme/narrative and woods scene
from the original.
Erin and most of the victims, the treatment of the violence/gore, the
additional interaction with the folk of the forest/caravan.
Hmm is that it?
I agree too that the griminess of the original was stylish and yeah the BW
ending... knew it... but i did like how they just got down to it.
Pity they insist on referring to it as a true story... and then changing the
narrative.
j
Flaming's one thing. Holy Water's another.
news:LA1bc.3$<email_address>
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original."
    @jriddle73: "<quote>
Complete garbage that removed everything that made
the first one great and replaced it with awful (and utterly
predictable) jump-out-and-get-you "scares" which are
only "frightening" to very young children and imbeciles.
But that's like saying this rancid pile stinks less than
that rancid pileyou don't want to eat either.
I was let down early in the film when the filmmakers
were, in fact, reshooting scenes from the original.
It's more like TCM on saltpeterlots and lots of 
saltpeter.
Treat it appropriately: Wipe and flush."
    @me: "news:<email_address>
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I'm not arrogant - just vastly superior to you on every possible level."
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