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Live in Chicago? Wanna see the Wes Craven-produced THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake? Capone has the details!!!
Hey folks. Capone in Chicago here. I realize things have been kind of quiet on the screening front for readers in the Chicago area, but let's face it--has there been anything that opened recently that you really wanted to see? That I wanted to see, for that matter? All of this is about to change. If all goes according to plan, I'm going to be offering up four screenings in the first half of March (all before I leave for SXSW on March 12), and a couple of them are going to include very special guests. (And let me just put this on the table now so there's no confusion--I won't be giving away any passes to a WATCHMEN screening. Sorry guys.)
The first screening is a doozey. We're doing the exclusive Ain't It Cool News Chicago screening of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, a Wes Craven-produced remake of Craven's first film from 1972. Unlike a lot of the horror remakes we've been seeing lately, the filmmakers actually bothered to hire serious actors and not just WB pretty boys and girls. And while this version of LAST HOUSE does up the suspense quotient a bit compared to the original, you have to remember this story never played like a slasher film. The killers/torturers are all-too human; no masks necessary. Directed by Greek filmmaker Dennis Iliadis (hand picked by Craven, if I remember correctly), this remake is as brutal and effective as the original. It stars Sara Paxton as Mari, Monica Potter as her mother Emma, Tony Goldwyn as dad John, the fucking awesome and scary Garret Dillahunt as Krug, Riki Lindhome as Sadie, Aaron Paul as Francis, and Spencer Treat Clark as Justin.
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT will screen Monday, March 2, 7:00pm at a downtown Chicago theater. Only the winners of this contest will be informed of the screening details or be allowed in the screening. Do not enter this contest if there's even a slight chance you can't come. If you have a job that might force you to drop your plans to come to this screening, do not enter. If your wife or husband is eight-and-a-half months pregnant, do not enter. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, DO NOT ENTER. You can get your folks to enter and bring you, but you can't enter. We've got about 260 seats to fill.
Here's how to win. Send me an email at capone@aintitcoolmail.com with the subject line: "IT'S ONLY A MOVIE". In the body of the email, I need your full name, whether or not you are bringing a guest (no guest's name required), and an answer to the following question: What horror film featured a scene or scenes so appalling that you felt noticeably uncomfortable or even had to leave the theater? Limit your entries to 50 words but go into as much details as you can about the moment that made you crack.
Winners will receive an email from me with the details of the screening. I've got a lot of seats to fill, so start entering. Believe me when I say, you want to see this movie. Good luck! And stay tuned, we've got another contest coming your way very soon.
-- Capone
capone@aintitcoolmail.com
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scarcest thing in Hollywood: originality
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i can't even come up with anything to say
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...it's only a movie, but I think it looks FUCKING AWESOME.
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Fucked my shit up for weeks.
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The original sucked ass. Looked like a porno without the porn. This, on the otherhand... looks pretty brutal. I also like the Sweet Child O Mine cover song used in the trailer.
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space!
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where the hell is the news?
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and perhaps people hold fonder memories of this than it deserves. The actors portraying the mother and father roles are painfully amatuer. The police are idiotic to the degree of retarded (an early role for Martin Kove, looking like an early version of Dewey in Scream). There are song selections and music choices that make absolutely no sense (comical music during some dramatic scenes). There is power in the abduction scenes in the woods, and that may be due to the grainy documentary feel of the photography. But this is a movie that where I think its reputation exceeds its quality.The only thing I fear a remake will do is gloss it up too much, and lose the documentary feel.
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With Alan Richman and Peter Dinklage.
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Because the original basically has the same plot as Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring.
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I was watching that on my own one afternoon with the curtains drawn, and by the time I got to the "revenge" scene I had to stop and go out for fresh air. The build up, the tension, that godawful whining music and a violent retribution goaded on by a drunken crowd. Haven't looked at fire extinguishers the same since...
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I'm going to see it, having appreciated (but not truly loved) the original. It's such a fucked up premise. Seriously though, what genius decided to give away what potentially could be one of the most brutal kills ever put to screen (head in the microwave) in the fuckin' trailer?
That shit should have been a "fuck no, oh no they are not" kind of reveal. Not given away in the trailer.
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Is this really what Wes Craven is doing now? Doing remakes of past films? A true shame. The man was once a master at his craft.
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This may be the one remake that is almost guaranteed to be better than the crappy original. That doesn't mean it will be good, but it can only be better.
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Good call on AUDITION - I think it's the greatest horror film of the last twenty years. And that fire extinguisher scene from IRREVERSIBLE is the pretty much the definition of unwatchable. And probably the most "effective" use of CGI used in a realistic film. It's hard to get that visual out of your head.
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FUCK REMAKES!!! What is your goddamn problem? Have you lost your mind? When will this end?
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I Spit On Your Grave?
Who should be cast in this lead? -
Feb 19, 2009 6:37:04 PM CST
Saw the trailer for this with 'Friday the 13th'. Looks great!
by monkey_king
Loved the atmosphere, the chilling cover of 'Sweet Child of Mine' playing while the scenes roll by, the near death of the daughter and Tony Goldwyn's chilling answer to the incapacitated killer.."We couldn't find any rope, so we paralyzed you below the neck." Looks great. One remake done right.
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See above.
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I was going to say that, in answer to the question of "Wanna see the ... remake ...", "not I." But I might make an exception if it's by the same guy who did it in the first place. Hitchcock did it to one of his own films and, without studio interference that time, it was indeed better. So, there might be hope.
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The Wayans Brothers are all over this shit...you don't want to admit it but you know it's going to happen. And when it does, I'll spam "Toldya So" more than FMB spammed "Fuck Michael Bay."
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This is a remake I can get behind.
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BC its a film that was very low-budget and can use the update, and its a movie not many pple know about. THIS is what should be remade- not F13, not Nightmare on Elm St, but most of all, DEFINITELY NOT A PERFECT FILM LIKE POLTERGEIST.
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Feb 20, 2009 2:19:15 AM CST
"BACK TO THE FUTURE" REMAKE - with ZAC EFRON - it's official
by ray gamma
I just heard it's defnitely happening now.
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The rape scene was too much for me. I fucking hate torture porn, and usually have an intense dislike for people who enjoy it.
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in Chicago. Suggested by Rick Santelli on CNBC (?) and jumped on by nearly 100,000 people online. It's gonna be huge. HUGE!
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where's fred lincoln when you need him? FFS he owned PLATO'S RETREAT! i feel that, lacking the sleaze factor that came from a deuce background and without the truly real-life screwed in the head david hess that this movie will suck. but then again, i'm just a hater.
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