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Not Sold on Alexandre Aja's MIRRORS? Try This Red-Band Trailer!
Beaks here...
As far as I'm concerned, it's all wheel-spinnin' until Alexandre Aja gets to PIRANHA 3-D. But after that disappointingly tame first teaser for MIRRORS, I'm happy to see that the Aja we know and dread from HAUTE TENSION (Official Selection: Butt-Numb-A-Thon 2003) and THE HILLS HAVE EYES is back to his flesh-rending ways in this red-band trailer (hosted by our pals at IGN).
In case you care, the film stars Kieffer Sutherland as an ex-cop who's hired to patrol the grounds of a decrepit, closed-to-the-public museum filled with a bunch of spooky mirrors. Turns out these mirrors have a way of making you inflict some seriously nasty harm on your person, which is a problem if you're not into that kind of thing.
Before you check out the age-restricted trailer (and don't bitch at me if you can't watch this shit in Luxembourg), know that it contains what appears to be a pretty big spoiler with regards to the fate of a name actor. And plan on paying to see it opening day (August 15th); the only thing more appealing than PIRANHA 3-D is PIRANHA 3-D with a $100 million-plus budget.
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Ok, maybe I'm just tired, still not used to REAL RED BAND TRAILERS, and coming to this with the idea of another crappy Resident Evil on my pallet, but that kinda did it for me. Aja is just one of these new guys I keep wanting to like. Hope it's good!
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Sorry, I had a 24 flashback.
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halfway. but i swear this movie was done before wasn't it? Or am I just used to ghostly reflections in horror movies causing a jumpscare? Ever see the movie Dead Birds? That had a cool subtle moment involving a reflection.
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That I liked the Hills Have Eyes remake, much better than the original, and as a standalone horror film. It was awesome. Notice how I did not mention the sequel.
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fucking spooky mirrors, who knew?
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is where I start to fucking love The Hills Have Eyes remake. Sequel was shite. Dripping stomach acid rectum scorching shite.
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shoot the mirror in the knee, and ask "WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?!?"
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I loved seeing a man pushed too far then just going as bugnuts as the freaks stalking him. Loved it.
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That jaw-ripped-open scene was too much for me... of COURSE, I'm going to see this!
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Just kidding. I saw the warning. Hey, that trailer ain't half bad.
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Seriously??? Or was that sarcasm??? I can't tell. So if it was sarcasm...hahaha.If you're serious...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Sorta the thing now. Popped up in road trip and served as the HOLY SHIT of that movie. Recently, we had that great jaw fuck up in The Orphanage (wanted to love that film... but sadly it fell apart at the end) and between them was the great jaw fuck up tongue ripper, Dead Silence... a film that I liked the idea of, but just fell short of working. What is with horror movies fucking up mouthes not working lately? Why can't we have nasty images AND god horror?
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Yep. Bed time. Peace.
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Especially when the third dimension is involved.
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from a distance, guy's screwed up.. gotta love him for that though..I will see this..Oh, I will
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YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF!!!
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Pretty decent Korean flick, nowhere near as gory as that though, loved the ending. Aja does seem to love remakes, Piranha will be his 3rd and he isn't even 30 yet.
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Pretty decent Korean flick, nowhere near as gory as that though, loved the ending. Aja does seem to love remakes, Piranha will be his 3rd and he isn't even 30 yet.
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Seriously - people who 'eh' or 'meh' this, I can't imagine how they could be horror fans. This evokes in me the same feeling of dread as the first time I saw the trailer for PRINCE OF DARKNESS. This looks like old-school Carpenter goodness with the veneer of all the GOOD elements of horror we imported from j-horror. I can't wait to see this. NOW!
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Keifer shades of his father in Don't Look Now.
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do I even need to go to the movie now?
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No matter what he does!
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actually kind of kicked ass. Ending was unnecessary but didn't kill it for me. That being said, why would I see an American remake of a Korean film? Let's not forget that Sutherland was in another horror remake: the piece of shit version of the astounding The Vanishing.
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Still not quite sure what happened in the end of the Korean Original (Geoul Sokeuro) but it was totally freaky and much more original than your average run of the mill slasher.
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Amy Smart is hot. There was a great scene in that cancelled Ray Liotta show where she pulls up her underwear and you almost see her snatch.
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But that sucked. This reminds me a littleof that...
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Haven't seen 24 though.. ever
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Frak! That really was a Red Band trailer ! That s&*t was rough!
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If you thought the mutant raping the hot chick in The Hills Have Eyes was disturbing...
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I like the look of that but maybee it had too much Mirrorage!? Looks like it gets carried away with the reflections thing. This guy can obviously deliver the shocking gore but should possibly remember that sometimes especially where horror is concearned Less can be so much more!
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I think that's the first time a trailer ever *actually* scared me. I'm talking about the "name actor" bit.
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I love it when they play around with the studio logos.
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But can it top Kieffer's performance in Dark City? I'm so looking forward to the director's cut coming out later this month. Yeah, I know. Most people hate Kieffer in that movie.
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That is one movie that got BETTER is went along. The ending was amazing, any else here agree? If not.....now fuck off.
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Poltergeist and the early 80's The Boogey Man. Remember that one? Where the serial killer got at his vicitms thru reflective objects? It sucked. Maybe there are no original horror ideas any more.
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Golden Compass. Wasn't a horror, but that was about the best part of a forgettable film.
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I loved High Tension and thought the "twist" was totally amazing! I was totally fooled and actually thought the movie was going to be the same old shit you always see in these movies. Brilliant!
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...has become so predictable. i don't see horror movies in the theater anymore...ever since...the "house of wax" incident...
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Geoul Sokeuro = (Into the Mirror)
Geoul (rhymes with Seoul) = (Korean word for) mirror. -
...doesn't get nearly as much airtime as it deserves. "full house" would still be on the air if they had embraced mutant rape. not even comet the dog would be safe...from mutants that rape.
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Okay, it's not really rape and Jim has always offscreen sex with his wife, but I think you get my point...
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...had a leper rape episode...
the execs at CBS had the show take a stand AGAINST leper rape, FYI.
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That jaw rip scene was incredible. Here's hoping Aja delivers the goods. He's certainly got the knack for tension and dread, now he just needs to work on his plotting.
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When Jack Bauer looks into the mirror, he sees a green, plastic plant staring back at him.
REMEMBER SAMMY JANKIS! -
Actually we might be onto something: trailer length movies on the internet. I would have payed fifty cents to watch that. Multiply that times the number of people who read this article and you got what...a few hundred bucks? Not bad for 30 seconds of video. Anyway, the best part was the fox logo and the regency logo in a mirror image. Clever, that. Otherwise, it looks like this movie should have been called Jack Bauer's Happening.
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where satan was coming to kill us all by way of a mirror inside some church? I remember little else than the final scene being really a big "uh okay what did that actually mean?" kind of moment.
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I don't know what you people were smoking. I saw the "twist" in Tension coming a mile away and it wasn't even all that interesting a twist. The gore was standard stuff, nothing inventive. *Maybe* the decapitated blowjob, but even that was not only gratuitous but doesn't make sense in context of the twist. Because I saw the twist coming, all the tension was completely drained from the movie. Even had I not seen it coming, it was no more interesting or well-done than any frigging Friday the 13th. Spare me. And Hills was awful. The biggest mistake in that was the use of sound and score. When the protagonist is locked in the freezer Aja MURDERS the tension by having these non-diagetic screeching sounds play. The better way to go with that would've been no score at all and just let the thumping on the glass do all the work for you. And that's pretty much what he did throughout the film. Killed his own tension with stupid audio or visual tricks. Don't even get me started on the Hero Music when the protagonist finally gets the balls to fight back. That was ridiculous, unwarranted, unintentionally hilarious, and maddeningly frustrating. Mirrors does seem to have some inventive gore so kudos there. Maybe it'll be okay, but I'll wait for DVD before I shell out theater money to that craptastic hack again.
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The Dark City director's cut is due for release on July 29. Google "Dark City Director's Cut" for more info.
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We completely agree on this point. I was reading all these posts going, seriously? You guys LIKE Aja's previous stuff? Not only was the "twist" in Haute Tension obvious, but it doesn't make sense in light of the rest of the movie. It's one of those things that if you go back and rewatch, it REALLY doesn't work. And if the people in The Hills Have Eyes were any stupider... I don't have anything to follow that up with, cause they were all so stupid (although not even close to as bad as the sequel - the mind boggles at how all this shit gets made). I've just never found Aja's work scary, or even all that interesting. That being said, this trailer totally sucked me in. I'll be there. Let's just hope I'm not apologizing to my boyfriend like I had to after dragging him to The Hills Have Eyes (and Dead Silence, and ...).
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I believe you're talking about Carpenter's PRINCE OF DARKNESS. First of all, that wasn't Kiefer, and second of all: That movie fucking rocks. The ending you describe as "uh okay what did that actually mean?", it was "holy fucking shit now I'm really scared shitless" for me. Of course I saw it before 1999 so now it's dated, but still an awesome movie.
On the other hand, despite his involvement with P2, I really trust Aja so I'll be there opening day. I got a weird POLTERGEIST III kinda vibe with all those reflections rebelling against their originals, but it looks much more promising than your average horror crap we get these days. (I hope he doesn't overuse the CGI and keep it cool like he did in Hills). -
Tried to go the Pan rout, but didn't have the right story to make it work. I like the twist and all, but my problem is the bag kid. They completely drop that plot. We are to understand he killed all the kids, that he was attracted to her, and NONE of that is resolved at the ending. He's sitting beside her with all the other kids THAT HE KILLED and it's all peachy. Um... No. Not peachy. Conflict not resolved. A lot of great ideas building up into something that just got better and better and... it couldn't tie it all up at the end, so they tried to go with the Pan ending, but it didn't quite make sense for this film. Perhaps if it ended on a dark note... like... The Dark. But the hey, let's all huddle down and read a story with the happy music playing thing bugged me. And I'm fine with a twisted but happy ending, but the bag kid needed to be resolved somehow in a more convincing manner. Otherwise, great movie.
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Indeed. Another great jaw rip. Yet again, a limp to lame film. It's like a deal with the devil or something. One+ great gore effect that will make you squirm = an otherwise bleh movie. Hope this is the exception. And yeah, forgot about The Grudge, that had a nasty one too... if a little silly.
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in the Orphanage, which really worked for me. Maybe I missed that part, or you misinterpreted? I don't know. [SPOILER - if you haven't seen it] I thought the ending was actually pretty dark with her killing herself to be with her dead son, but I will totally agree that the music was way off. I even commented on that at the time, that the music was far too cheerful for the ending. It didn't ruin it for me though.
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We're two for two on TB agreement.
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This site and others built up The Orphanage to be this great, creepy movie. I wasn't sold. I enjoyed it for the most part, but it just wasn't creepy. The most tension in the film is when she's got her back turned and she's counting, then looking around. And they're closer. THAT was creepy and I wished the movie had been 100% that. As it was, though, I didn't find the ghost kids very menacing.
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Hmmm, perhaps I am mistaken. Though I am pretty sure that was how it worked out. When she found their bones. I'm almost positive she said he took revenge on them. If he didn't kill them all, then who did? Either way, they did screw him over royally and he did seem to be involved in his mother's death and was attracted to her. I just can't by that (dead or not) they would all gather together and be OK at the end without any of these things explained more. She killed her son by accident, granted, but too many plot holes remain, even if my memory is shot to hell on this one. As for creepy factor, I agree necgray. The jaw fuck up was also well composed, but over all it was more a good ghost story than a horror movie. Reminded me of other horror movies I like, such as The Changeling, but never had a good holy shit moment. No wheelchair of doom. It's funny, for all it's flaws, I can't stop thinking about how much I liked The Dark. Anyway, wherever we fall on The Orphanage, I in no way mean that it was a bad as the other mentioned jaw rip/fuckup films. Just disappointed me, as much because I was getting into it's great build as AICN's gushing over it.
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Although I agree with both you and Neosamurai about the fact that it wasn't creepy, I did feel an eerie undertone throughout. I don't think I read the gushing on AICN, so I didn't have a whole lot of expectations going in. I thought it was a good little ghost story (with the counting scene being one that was quite creepy). Neosamurai, man I think I need to rewatch that flick - how confused was I? I thought that the bag kid led the son into the basement knowing he would fall and die, so that he would have more company. Actually, I think I thought that's how all the kids died. I must have been really tired that night.
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cunt sandwich. Just for you, my new fave phrase.
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what are the appropriate condiments for a traditional cunt sandwich?
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Jul 02, 2008 1:20:56 PM CDT
The killing (people should just see it so these won't be SPOILER
by neosamurai85
Well, we're sorta both right about that. It's tricky because of where bag boy ends and the kid dressed as bag boy begins, but he does run down to bag boys cellar and then his mother accidentally barricades him in, then he falls through the stairs. And yes, the suicide and the boy's dead body are creepy, but that music is like a bandaid on a severed femoral artery. Just made me frustrated.
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Of THE ORPHANAGE. And by you guys I mean Neosamurai. And the rest who hasn't explained the movie right. Spoilers: THe bag kid didn't kill anybody, it was his mother. It goes like this: orphan kids bully the bag kid, they accidentally kill him. Bag kid's mother poisons the rest of the kids... And hide their bones in the cellar. Nobody notice the crime since the kids are orphans. When Laura comes back, she tries to get the bones back... Only Laura's kid (also an orphan) sees the ghosts... And also dies accidentally. What follows is the mother trying to get his kid back. And getting him in that sad awesome ending. (She also got to do what he wanted: to take care of those nobody wanted). You welcome.
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I'd totally thank you if your weren't being a bit of a dick about the whole thing. That clears up a lot, and explains it well. I saw the movie a long time ago, and couldn't remember the details.
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Now I feel bad. I'm a good guy though, I swear.
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And in that case, thanks very much. It helps mucho. I'm with you on the end - I thought it was wonderful, but I also agree with Neosamurai that the music did not fit well - it was too Hollywood happy times.
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Remaking into the mirror , seems pretty pointless.It's an okay film at best , that kind of blends in with a lot of other minor asian horrors.Apart from it's gimmicky mirror tricks {which poltergeist 3 or was it 4? seemed to pioneer} It just doesn't seem worth a remake.
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It was awhile ago and I'll happily admit if I'm wrong (especially when it means a movie was better than I first thought it was). I have absolutely no memory of any scene where the bag kid's mother is revealed to be the killer, but I think I got interrupted a couple of times viewing it and probably missed that bit. So... ok. However, is the mother's death ever clear? I'm just wondering because that still strikes me as odd. I mean, did her son kill her (if so, why?) or the kids? If it wasthe kids, wouldn't the son be all Jason out of the lake on them? Not trying to to drag this on, and yes, I'll just go and rewatch it sometime, but that final still leaves me a little confused. Too happy. Though there is something kinda funny about a Hollywood happy times suicide.
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It was Poltergeist one that had the fantastic face melting in the mirror sequence, if that's what you are referring to Rameses.
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What I find funny and a little sad about Poltergeist III's use of mirrors is that the original basically pwned the mirror scare when that researcher ripped his face off. That, my friends, scarred me for life. To this day I don't like looking in a mirror at night, all thanks to Poltergeist.
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The mother killed herself. Not the kids. The kids were not aware of her or them being dead. And yes, it was clear. You see a plate in the orphanage that states "In loving memory of Laura, Simón and the kids". There's also a little detail: The husband gave Laura a little necklace... He said to her "I'm not giving this to you, I'm borrowing it. You give it back to me when Simon and you are together again". That's why he finds it in the end... and smiles. He knows his wife found what she was looking for.
And regarding the music I must admit it worked for me. It was a "Hollywood happy ending" but all around a suicide and a bunch of dead kids. And as my grandmother likes to say "That's fucked up, man". You should rewatch it. Even after all the hype I thought the movie was amazing. The sequence where Geraldine Chaplin tries to contact the ghosts scared the crap out of me. -
It's sort of a combination of the fact that the mother used to be one of them, so there's probably a feeling of "you belong with us" or "you should have been there, too". That's how kids think. But there's also the fact that they were betrayed by their own mother. So they're projecting a need onto her. In most fiction, ghosts are goal-oriented. They have a need or desire that the protagonist has to fulfill before they can be "laid to rest". For the kids in The Orphanage, that need was for a mother figure AND for closure with their childhood friend. Conveniently, they get both with the protagonist. And I think the reason her son doesn't object is because he just wants his mom. It's a really beautiful film and I like that it's got a strong emotional core, but again I just wasn't sufficiently creeped out by it.
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The kids factor is true, and I'll definitely give it a rewatch. Thanks guys.
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that don't automtically move to the next field when you filled the last one out! FUCK the TAB KEY!Jack Bauer will shoot out every mirror on the goddamned planet.
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There were no ghosts. They were in the mother's head as she was going crazy and rationalizing her son's disappearance. You can pretty much take all supernatural elements out of the movie and it makes sense. The kids "sneaking up on her" at the end were in her mind as her back was turned. She never turned around and "saw" them. Also, the items that were left behind that led her to her dead son were left behind by the son BEFORE he died. It was the game he wanted his mom to play with him.That's why the movie is brilliant...it works as a "ghost story" but is really a psychological horror of a mom going batshit crazy after her son disappears.rewatch and comment...
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maybe a few dumb guys too, but mostly women like retarded horror films.
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was there a poltergeist 4? I don't remember that? I thought the little girl died while making the third one (or is that one of the movie urban legends?). Chicken or the egg: are mirrors kind of freaky because so many horror and suspense flicks use them in creepy ways, or do so many horror flicks use them cause it's inherently creepy that there could be something in the reflection that you were unaware of (or doesn't exist)? I know I don't like mirrors in my room, but I can't remember if that predates my horror watching years. Just curious.
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I think that's stretchning it too far... The ghost lady and fat dude were given too much importance, and we did hear the children... There's also plenty of stuff that require extremely imaginative spectators to fill, like "the game", and how she got to the bones, etc. I choose to believe. I want to believe. Believe, man.
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Like a motherfucking hurricane. If he can make this as good as the final chapter of Hills Have Eyes and the first chapter of High Tension, I'm sold.
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Then I'm going to start hurting you, and I will keep hurting you until you tell me where the bomb is mirror!!!!
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Forget wheezy dinosaurs like Pam Anderson (anybody see BLONDE & BLONDER, the "comedy" that matched Anderson with another chestnut, Denise Richards? Didn't think so. Both has-beens volunteered to pose nude for Playboy as a p.r. coup. Do you smell desperation?). Amy Smart is underrated and hot (because she isn't a Spears/Lohan diva, she forfeits tabloid visibility). MIRRORS reminds me of an episode from the classic THRILLER series called "The Hungry Glass" (written by Robert Bloch. If the movie is HALF as good as the original b&w episode, it'll be well worth the price of admission).
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Come on! That scene at the beggining where she went "I dreamt I was chasing myself" was a complete give away. I couldn't stop thinking "What if this is one of those twisty stories, wouldn't THAT be funny?". And yeap, it wasn't.
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I guessed that ending buying popcorn. I shit you not, this is what I thought "Hey this guy always does cameos... how is he gonna appear in this old American village? I've never seen people from India in this kind of movies... Oh I know, it turns out it's a modern day village and it's all made up". After that I was done with it. Couldn't stop thinking of it. And there it was, M. Night as a park ranger. Sigh.
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Amy Smart reminds me of a girl who refused to date me.
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So that girl was also Smart. Zing!(Sorry I'm bored)
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the whole glitchy face thing is over done and dumb... but the movie looks pretty entertaining.
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Sorry. I tried but if you have to try to care you don't really care.
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I win! I saved my fambly and the status quo has been re-established despite the worst efforts of the Forces of Evil to upset the apple cart of our collective psychological well being! Ha ha! Take that Forces of Evil!
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...Poltergeist III? hehe. See, I laugh at my own jokes. It speaks to my vast resorvoir of insecurities.
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Jul 03, 2008 7:41:46 AM CDT
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