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September 29, 2004
Season of the Witch
It's almost October, and it's an exciting/terrifying time to be a fan of horror movies. With the success of films like The Ring, 28 Days Later, and the recent Dawn of the Dead remake, studios are viewing horror titles as good investments, which is fucking great news for us. There are a few really promising titles that have just come out or are on the horizon.
Shaun of the Dead has already picked up a lot of buzz, and people who've seen it tend to pretty much flip for it. If we don't get to see it this weekend, we're going to be very upset.
The American remake of Ju-On: The Grudge looks pretty promising. Of course, we've got our initial misgivings over such an obvious attempt to cash in on Ring fever (Come on, another japanese horror remake where dead girls with stringy black hair make with the evil? Really?) and to do so with Sarah Michelle Geller, no less. But we're more than willing to put those on hold, considering that the director of the remake is Takashi Shimizu, who also directed the original. Better yet, the whole affair was conducted under the auspices of Ghost House, the brand new production company helmed by none other than Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert (the legends, I say legends, behind the Evil Dead films. Not a bad pedigree.
Lastly, and we might be going out on a limb here, but the buzz on Saw (sorry, but that's not the last time you'll hear that one) has been pretty stellar. There's a lot of talk about it being the next Seven. We don't know about all that, but there's also been a lot of talk about it being absolutely terrifying. The trailer looks pretty sweet. At the very least, it looks like there are a lot of good, gory death scenes, so that's a plus.
We've got a history of being badly burned by getting too psyched about horror films that almost inevitably turn out to suck extra hard, but we've also got a history of always getting psyched about the next round.
So yeah, exciting and terrifying.
Posted by matt at September 29, 2004 11:56 AM
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New greenideas motto: EXCITING AND TERRIFYING. Alternate motto: no one actually reads us, we just pop up on Google!
Posted by: Kevin at September 29, 2004 01:42 PM
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