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1st Trailer for THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT Remake hits online!

AM I FIRST? by VALENTINEproductions	Jan 8th, 2009 07:33:24 PM
WHOA. I really could care less.
something i made for batman fans by VALENTINEproductions	Jan 8th, 2009 07:35:18 PM
This is for the animated fans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =wkh3qtbfJYg
So a remake of a 'remake', (ahem, Virgin Spring), just 4 da reco by Prague23	Jan 8th, 2009 07:37:52 PM
it'll come up again, just gettin my hands dirty...
It actually look alright by Power_Girl	Jan 8th, 2009 07:41:57 PM

Another trailer showing the entire movie by Hellboy	Jan 8th, 2009 07:45:32 PM
No need to see this one! Thanks, marketing!
Interesting by Saltoner	Jan 8th, 2009 07:45:45 PM
I like the family spin they put on it. Could be a fun, no-brainer horror remake. The Guns n Roses cover sounds pretty good too. Hm, I actually might see this, who would have thought?
What? by Raindog789	Jan 8th, 2009 07:47:56 PM
...no squid?? I won't see it. Wes Craven raped my childhood. Danny Gloversdickblood ate my hamsters. Harry is fat Damn you Michael Bay...and other such lame talkback cliches Other then that, this looks pretty good.
Well no point in watching that by Razier	Jan 8th, 2009 07:50:43 PM
Since they just showed the entire fucking movie in that trailer.
Wes Craven pushing his love for G&R?!? by Prague23	Jan 8th, 2009 07:51:30 PM
The fact that he's involved, which is a surprise actually, adds to my sadness that this film is being 'brought back' yet again. However, of course the world needs to see this: just how 'fucked up' the world is. Because sticking pins in the 'American dream' is exactly what the world needs right now. Good use of time/energy everyone. A round of applause for everyone involved. You're really 'pushing the envelope' with your use of unnatural lit night shots and all. Goth high school kids around the USA have been waiting for such a film to 'relate to' that I just can't believe how 'finger on the pulse' this production is. This type of shit is why I didn't subscribe my life to the Hollywood system in the first place. That coming from someone who actually knows the meaning of the phrase 'Holly wood' in the first place, BTW. I hate everthing about this. My use of profanity is finished.
The original was sooo overrated by BobParr	Jan 8th, 2009 07:52:24 PM
Maybe it was groundbreaking for its time but it is horribly amateurish with a weird comedy subplot of bumbling Dukes of Hazzard style sheriffs that can't seem to get to the house. Horrible acting, camerawork, and dialogue. One disembowelment scene doesn't make up for this awful movie.
This looks pretty good. by fanboy71	Jan 8th, 2009 07:56:48 PM
All I remember about the original is the chisel on the teeth thing, and I like Tony Goldwyn alot, so I'm in.
Razier: I know, right? by Playkins	Jan 8th, 2009 07:56:54 PM
Anyone that has seen the original knows what goes down, but it's nice to see that nothing has changed. That being said, the original looked like a home movie, it will be nice to see a modern (and hopefully more graphic) take on the story.
The Virgin Spring . . . by Man in Suit	Jan 8th, 2009 08:05:25 PM
the source material for the original, is not really that good (in terms of Bergman films) and the Craven film is not good at all. However, this trailer looks pretty cool. If people are going to remake horror, I like seeing curious failures remade, rather than canon like TCM.
Failure by shodan6672	Jan 8th, 2009 08:13:06 PM
The original (uncut) was not a failure. In any way. For fuck's sake the lead killer couldnt get work afterwards his performance was so effective. People have to remember that the film was made on no budget whatsoever.
Harry the answer to your question is simple... by thecomedian	Jan 8th, 2009 08:18:59 PM
January is when the studio put out shit just like late August early September. Unfortunately for all the press the Platinum Dunes and Japanese remakes get horror has still been cornered into being this shithouse b-genre and it could be so much more. When's the last time we saw an A level American horror film that actually scared people and had real talent behind it. Snyder's Dawn of the Dead? Perhaps. The Devil's Rejects? Nope that was an unnerving rallying cry for Satanism disguised as a big budget snuff film. When was the last time a horror film really effected mainstream audiences and became a cultural staple? Probably not since the 80s. Okay I'll get off my soapbox now.
and that trailer looks like a WB show by thecomedian	Jan 8th, 2009 08:22:46 PM

So if I saw the original... by Mr. Profit	Jan 8th, 2009 08:24:02 PM
Why would I see the remake of a film I have already seen when the trailer for the remake summarizes the ENTIRE film in 2 minutes? Whoever cut that trailer should be fired. They showed that Mary lives, the killers getting fucked up, and Krug's head in a microwave. Why would I pay to see this now? And for the record, I'm not someone who thinks the original is untouchable. It's not. The scenes of brutality and the premise was good. But breaking up the violence with scenes of bumbling cops in a chicken coup truck was stupid.
I wonder what the "I Spit on Your Grave" remake is gonna look li by thecomedian	Jan 8th, 2009 08:30:10 PM
Will it have a trailer with soft girlie piano music playing? Will it be shot like to look like an LL Bean catalogue? We'll see.
My one problem.... by The Dum Guy	Jan 8th, 2009 08:31:01 PM
Is that the chick lives to tell the tale. They should'a stuck with the original's way of the parents finding out. Other than that, it actually looks better than what I expected.
Where's the squid? by bee152	Jan 8th, 2009 08:31:31 PM
I need more squid!
No squid? by bee152	Jan 8th, 2009 08:31:47 PM

christ by yubnubrocks	Jan 8th, 2009 08:51:53 PM
Yep. Like others said, yet another trailer showing the entire movie. Excellent.
whoever made that trailer... by yubnubrocks	Jan 8th, 2009 08:52:53 PM
If they had created the trailer for The Sixth Sense, they would have showed old Brucey realizing what was really going on in the trailer. Awful.
I didn't enjoy the original. by Barrock	Jan 8th, 2009 08:54:43 PM
And it doesn't look like I'll enjoy this. The hotel scene really reminded me of The Devil's Rejects. Also I don't remember the father paralyzing the guy and then sticking his head in a microwave in the original...
Sweet Child O' Mine cover in trailer by Ozy	Jan 8th, 2009 09:00:12 PM
The cover sounded good so I found out who the singer was doing the cover. Her name is Victoria Bergsman and it was a single from her Taken By Trees album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6dqVDQ-lF4Q
thecomedian by BobParr	Jan 8th, 2009 09:09:48 PM
How about 1408? That was a good, scary horror movie.
Monica Potter as the mom? by Pompoulus	Jan 8th, 2009 09:12:45 PM
I am too friggin' old.
I was against this remake from the beginning. by HorrorFan81	Jan 8th, 2009 09:22:44 PM
However, that was a pretty okay trailer. I'll check it out.
Looks Good by A-COD	Jan 8th, 2009 09:31:55 PM
Got my attention. A great trailer.
Not doin' it for me by JackNF	Jan 8th, 2009 09:34:33 PM
Haven't seen the original, and this trailer isn't exactly making me want to rush out and see this remake. Maybe I'm just still in the glow of uber-awesomeness that was catching Army of Darkness in 35mm this evening.
This was an AWESOME trailer...until by StrokerX	Jan 8th, 2009 09:39:51 PM
that microwave gag...what the fuck was that cheese ball shit.
Didn't Wes Craven say he was ashamed of this movie? by DarthBakpao	Jan 8th, 2009 09:48:26 PM
Given the amount of sexual violences in the original one, he once said he was ashamed of it. What happened now? Wes Craven gotta eat?
stroker by kgerm	Jan 8th, 2009 10:01:42 PM
strap yourself to a table, stick your head in a microwave and turn it on. lemme know how cheeseball it is after that.
You've seen the economic news, right? by Mal Carne	Jan 8th, 2009 10:07:57 PM
This is an AWESOME time to be releasing horror movies. It fits right in.
Wonder what Demon Dave will think of this?? by SkinJob69	Jan 8th, 2009 10:12:39 PM
If you haven't read Vern's review of the Chaos DVD (another LHOTL remake) and the incredible talk-back that followed, here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/qkczf Probably the funniest thing I've ever seen on this site-
Tony Goldwyn! by gotilk	Jan 8th, 2009 10:37:18 PM
Yeah it was cool to see him work in film. He's been directing Dexter, too. Some of the good ones, in fact.
Trailer showed it all, too bad, gooda been worth watching by Stormwatcher	Jan 8th, 2009 10:38:43 PM
Seriously, who cuts trailers these days? Virgins? Give too much up front man. Maybe just the microwave shot that's it. Build questions, confusion, mystery. No mystery whenyou know she survives to make it home.
Prague23 by gotilk	Jan 8th, 2009 10:42:58 PM
Do you even know what a goth kid IS? And please explain why this would actually appeal to them. Or maybe you meant to use the blanket term "emo" that old shits use to categorize everyone still fucking attractive people?
I'm interested by Xandar1977	Jan 8th, 2009 10:49:34 PM
Not that the original was a great piece of filmmaking, but this looks decent. It looks like it has a pair of balls to some degree, whereas most horror movies these days pull their punches or just go for the cheap shit. Gotta say I like the Hills Have Eyes remake as much as I fucking love the original. That was a pretty brutal movie, and this looks like it could be the same. Only thing though is that the killers don't look tough enough. The gang in the original looked like a bunch of sociopathic nutbags, but these guys just look like actors. Oh well, how much can you expect these days?
I'd rather see this than Friday the 13th by Xandar1977	Jan 8th, 2009 10:50:36 PM
Because F13 looks like dildos.
And just for good measure... by Xandar1977	Jan 8th, 2009 10:52:38 PM
I think the dude in the hot-tub outside my apartment is getting a BJ. Hope she brought a snorkel.
Goddamnit - I'm Pissed by Mr. Winston	Jan 8th, 2009 11:25:10 PM
For YEARS I've been praying they'd remake this one. The original had so many incredible themes to play on, but Craven just wasn't good enough at the time to make it the right way and it ended up mostly a piece of shit - but an important piece of shit. Then, a couple of years ago, the remake script started floating around...and Christ, it was great. And apparently written by one of the producers' assistants at that. It did EVERYTHING the original didn't do and, at the same time, did everything it did. And now THIS? Sure, that's a slick-looking trailer, but they couldn't have cast less-menacing actors for the killers if they trotted Grimmace and the Hamburglar out there. I'm sorry - Mary gets SHOT in the water? And she SURVIVES? And what the HELL was with that microwave thing? The entire point of the violence in the original, at least from the angle of the parents, was that there was nothing premeditated - it was just animal and raw. Fuck me. I'm really disappointed.
WhinyNegativeBitch by shodan6672	Jan 9th, 2009 12:31:28 AM
Yes, but Chaos was a pathetic rip off of Last House on the Left, so who cares? Just do yourself a favor and watch the original.
Surprisingly effective trailer by Lando Griffin	Jan 9th, 2009 12:44:45 AM
I forgot this remake was coming and it fell of my radar but that trailer hooked me. I'll check it out
WhinyNegativeBitch by shodan6672	Jan 9th, 2009 12:45:58 AM
Please tell me that you didn't think Last House on the Left was worse than the chechclear video. That was a REAL life for God's sake. If that wasn't the meaning of your post, I apologize. Seeing (and for some reason I give in to curiosity and always watch those videos) real life vids like chechclear and the Ukranian murder videos always have a different feel to me than even the most shocking films. I guess they are the ones that always give me a feel that I just saw something that I can't "unsee".
As someone who has a family member who was in the original by Ckuouka	Jan 9th, 2009 01:12:44 AM
I really expected to hate this and to go back and tell my dad how much this sucks, but it doesn't look horrible. Still, the original cast aren't very happy about it, but when are original casts ever? I think Adam West is still waiting for the phone to ring to make him Uncle Batman.
WNB by Pompoulus	Jan 9th, 2009 02:36:45 AM
Your statements are just getting odder and odder. This is a good example of a guy who can't distinguish fantasy from reality. The former was real, but the latter was longer. Okay, well gee -- that does make it tough.
WNB by Lost Jarv	Jan 9th, 2009 05:09:35 AM
Seek therapy. Fast.
Saved me from watching the whole thing by MontyPigeon	Jan 9th, 2009 07:08:51 AM
The original was shit and they've condensed the whole new film into a Quicktime trailer. Thanks for saving me money.
Yeah... I almost want to see this by Neosamurai85	Jan 9th, 2009 07:27:16 AM
The parents' arc in the original was the one thing that made it interesting to me. The trailer showed for the most part a focus on the things that would make me want to take this hell ride again and a reduction of what would make me not want to... until it starts to look like more of a torture horror than the original. They got the tone I'd want right, but then they showed way too much, as everyone else has said. Trailer editors... not a lot of good ones out there methinks.
Definitely want to see this by bandus	Jan 9th, 2009 08:39:52 AM
This looks like it could be a fun ride.
hadnt cared about this being remade by palewook	Jan 9th, 2009 08:48:10 AM
but actually will give it a chance now that i've seen the trailer
Fucking quicktime by Eyegore	Jan 9th, 2009 10:02:50 AM
I could watch videos on youtube or thousands of other sites no problem, but fucking quicktime links never work without a lot of tweaking, downloading, and reinstalling. That's how apple shit just works right? I'll tell you what works. Youtube. Now in HD. Drop the fucking quicktime already, it's time has passed. Let it die. Stop sucking apple's dick and expecting us all to join in just because you like the taste of it.
Remakes is what gets the originals re-released by Omegaman	Jan 9th, 2009 10:35:17 AM
on DVD. My Bloody Valentine was censored when it was released orginally in the 80s; all the gore and kill scenes were cut out because it came out the same time there was a real serial killer in the news. Now its being rereleased on DVD uncut, uncensored. That would have never happened without the remake. Thats one reason why remakes are a good thing.
stupid - whats the parents motivation? by thecrimsoncurse	Jan 9th, 2009 10:58:24 AM
if she lives, what are the parents motivation to drug and place a guy headfirst in a microwave? too elaborate and like someone else said, too premeditated. especially if she survives it all. also i hate how they "hollywood-ed" up the scene where she is shot. so now she is diving under water as bullets swim past. the original scene where she slowly walks out into the pond utterly defeated was so haunting, why screw it up?
Im fucking Amazed by Lane_myers111	Jan 9th, 2009 11:44:28 AM
Its a fucking joke how much of the film they revealed in that trailer. I am absolutely amazed at who thought that putting every beat of the story in it was a good idea. Seriously no need to see the film after that. And whats really mad is that it looks like they did a really good remake and thats such a rarity. P.s The original sucked no matter how many people say it was gritty or real
Better than I was expecting by drewlicious	Jan 9th, 2009 11:47:52 AM
Kind of tempting. Plus I'm a fan of righteous vengeance and I've never seen a man's head in a microwave before.
Looks good... by Desk of Steel	Jan 9th, 2009 12:04:39 PM
and I thought the original was just ok. The original had a look that was as bad as black sweaty pantyhose smell (I guess that made it gritty). The music in the original was also pretty great. If I remember correctly, it was happy hippy music with lyrics about the characters. It was darkly comedic to me. I'll certainly give the remake a shot.
thecrimsoncurse (spoilers from original) by Neosamurai85	Jan 9th, 2009 12:26:36 PM
I'm pretty sure it's their daughter's friend that survives in the trailer, which would mean they actually knew more clearly what happened to her and make them even more homicidal. Also, whoever it is, it's not clear that she lives through the experience longer than to get back to them, she seems pretty fucked up, and frankly, I think most parents would still go pretty psycho on someone who raped their daughter and carved words in her abdomen with a knife. Still, the premeditative nature of the killings was also a problem in the first one. I could never accept the biting off the dick scene, it just didn't make sense as something they would consensually plan to do. "Ok, honey, I'm going to set up some proto-Home Alone style traps and got crazy on these guys with a chain saw." "That's great hon, I'm going to lead one of the guys I think raped her outside away from you and put his dick in my mouth... then bite it off." "Good idea honey, you go suck that rapist dick." See what I mean?
Don't blame the trailer editor by yer mama	Jan 9th, 2009 12:26:51 PM
The executives at the studios and the public are to blame. Testing ruined the mystery of trailers. Telling the whole story tests better than not. Why? Cuz the sheep go to trailer tests aren't smart enough to realize they are seeing an ad. No, they're looking for a story so everything better be crystal clear. Then the even bigger idiots at the studios decide the trailer that tells everything MUST be better cuz it tested better than the one that didn't give away the ending. And since the executives have limited talent at best, they have to go with the "scientific" facts to cover their ass. That said, this trailer is well cut and has good music...which is all done by the editor. So, don't blame him for a trailer that is a cliff notes for the film. Blame yourself.
God... by Neosamurai85	Jan 9th, 2009 12:28:04 PM
you know the more I think about how much of the film is revealed in that trailer... the more it really pisses me off. I mean, what the fuck? But that's not saying anything new. But still... agh!
fuck..... by axemurder	Jan 9th, 2009 12:36:49 PM
buttons !!! they used my friends band for the opening music !!!!
re: yer mama by Neosamurai85	Jan 9th, 2009 12:42:26 PM
Good defense of the editor and a fair argument... up to the "Blame yourself" bit. I know it's always fun when having a moment of insightful wisdom to end it with some kind of catching zinger line, some sorta punch, but the fact is that at least in my case I'm not a test screener, and unless they start doing test screenings for horror movies in Virginia, I probably won't ever be anytime soon. I imagine thats ture for a lot of people annoyed by this trailer. So while it's fair to blame the higher levels of the system for the form of the trailer and give credit to the editor for the quality of the delivery (not sure about the music call though, editors do get that call I suppose but if its a track already on the sound track it might have been expected of him/her... like the "Hush" cover for I Know What You Did Last Summer) I think the likely hood that any of us had anything to do with it besides going to films despite their trailers. I know I didn't.
This looked... by TraumReiter	Jan 9th, 2009 12:42:55 PM
...pretty good. I wanna see that movie. I've seen "Chaos" this year for the first time and it was actually ok till it differt from the original. It just became laughable.
neosamurai85 by yer mama	Jan 9th, 2009 12:49:12 PM
I was using "you" to represent the general public. Anyone on this board actually likes movies and understands the idea of a trailer being an ad. The general public? Not so much. I wish you could sit in one of these test screenings and hear the inanity uttered by some 15 year old wiseass trying to impress his dumb friends. Then try and sit there laughing to yourself as the executive 2 rows over nods his head in agreement with the nitwit.
This looks sweet by brandon11	Jan 9th, 2009 01:04:45 PM
maybe a horror movie actually worth seeing in this whirlwing-bitchstorm of shit horror? time will tell.
fuck this by jcrash	Jan 9th, 2009 01:32:02 PM
I'm a fan of the original, but this looks terrible. Worst possible casting ever.
Nifty by DarthChimay	Jan 9th, 2009 01:36:34 PM
This could be pretty good. I mean, it won't be easy to watch, but the part with the microwave was pretty damn funny.
Sweet Child O' Mine by chaddyd	Jan 9th, 2009 01:41:59 PM
The only remade version of this song I will consider good is the douchebag Huff family singing it in their car in Step Brothers. That shit was awesome.
Damn thats looks pretty bad ass! by Series7	Jan 9th, 2009 01:50:41 PM
I dug the hell out of the first one. Maybe AND JUST MAYBE!! Someone has finally me a good remake! Also like the use of the Deadwood/Jesse James/Sarah Coner show/a lot of other things actor as the bad guy, he is creepy as hell. And was that Fuck Buttons at the start of the trailer?
it actually looks ok to me... by cifra	Jan 9th, 2009 02:03:13 PM
... of course it won't top Bergman's original version, but certainly it can't be much worse than Craven's overrated remake.
Eyegore you're insane by MurderMostFowl	Jan 9th, 2009 03:04:51 PM
Quicktime is just about the only software I've never had trouble with. Lemmie guess... you're one of those people with like 30 extensions to Internet explorer or something. Install firefox. Delete any extensions/plugins Install Itunes. Done.
Weirdest part - goofy acoustic "Sweet Child" cover by Subtlety	Jan 9th, 2009 03:20:45 PM
Whoever thought that would work for this... wrong, wrong wrong. The song's way too silly even to work ironically in this setting. Too well known too, especially since even at the most literal level the song doesnt have anything to do with the plot here. Add to that a version which is sort of soft and flabby but in no way haunting and just... yeeech. Not that this was going to be good anyway, but come on, rookie error.
My new years' resolution was to stop watching horror remakes by Jack Burton	Jan 9th, 2009 03:25:15 PM
This looks like an excellent place to start.
Enough with the remakes by HerbWestAustin	Jan 9th, 2009 04:17:25 PM
FUCK REMAKES!!! Stop it.
has nice colors... so do all the new horror remakes by ufoclub1977	Jan 9th, 2009 04:58:18 PM
The best thing about these new films is their color grading... Tranformers included! Do they not let their white points actually go to white and rather dull them slightly with a color cast?
Surprisingly decent looking. by HoboCode	Jan 9th, 2009 05:08:53 PM
I'm sure it will still suck but this trailer gives me a much better vibe than Unborn's did.
Wow this looks so... by quintana007	Jan 9th, 2009 05:09:36 PM
artless, random and uninteresting.
Monica Potter is my hummingbird by xannibal	Jan 9th, 2009 05:40:31 PM

blasphemy by torpedoboy	Jan 9th, 2009 06:13:48 PM
Just FUCKING blasphemy
The original LHOTL by TheBloop	Jan 9th, 2009 07:40:24 PM
Had some strange fucking hillbilly folk music in it. Real makes it laughable when you watch it now. This one is ok to be remade. Now stay the hell away from Fright Night bitches, that one still works.
The hillbilly folk music by Ckuouka	Jan 9th, 2009 11:32:11 PM
is actually David Hess, as in Krug, the main bad guy. To me, that makes it even funnier.
THE GIRL DOES NOT DIE + MONICA POTTER = FAIL by reflecto	Jan 10th, 2009 03:35:21 AM
FUCK THAT
OH AND FUCK THE PLANTS PUTTING DOWN THE ORIGINAL by reflecto	Jan 10th, 2009 03:37:53 AM
LHOTL IS A CLASSIC
HILLBILLIES + MICROWAVE = FAIL. by alice 13	Jan 10th, 2009 02:45:57 PM
wtf that guy lying in front of a microwave? how can you close the door to nuke his head?
reflecto by Stuntcock Mike	Jan 11th, 2009 08:18:15 AM
Right on the money. Potter is brutal. Get Maria Bello. Preferably in a cheerleader outfit.
David Hess by Groggy	Jan 11th, 2009 01:20:52 PM
Went to a 35mm screening of LHOTL in the UK a good few years ago where David Hess was there to talk about the movie afterwards and sign stuff. I kid you not even as an old bloke everyone was quite wary and unnerved by Krug sitting there not 10ft from you - what made it worse that he was being so very nice and entertaining. Very disconcerting. It's a shame but Nuevo Krug hardly looks like he can create such a monster that transcends the boundary of the movie.
Rule number 1 of remakes... by Baked	Jan 11th, 2009 10:34:19 PM
Make it better than the original. Helps to start with some exploitation schlock. Next up, penis julienne in the remake of "I Spit on Your Grave," because we never get tired of severed penises. (Although Last House on the Left did it best.)

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