A few months ago I was lamenting that the only movies I was looking forward to were "big budget" films (Spiderman 2) or well-known indies (Garden State). How does one find those diamonds in the rough nowadays? Oh well.
Over the years, however, I've acquired more of an appreciation for the Horror genre and three worthwhile candidates are in the pipeline.
The "How Messed Up is That?" trailer for Saw is now available. I have to admit that for some reason this trailer played with my mind much more when I first saw it in low quality than the later high. Love the look of the film, the plot strikes at the meaning of humanity, and a not recently heard from but respectable group of actors.
The sequel of the "best (and most surprising) movie of 2002" will be out this November - why not for Halloween? I believe it's still currently being filmed, but a looping flash trailer of "the movie" is available. As mentioned previously, I have not discovered which of the 3 sequels this movie is a remake of, but if it's of Ringu 2, hopefully it will be better.
Soon there will be a wave of Japanese horror remakes upon us due to the success of "The Ring" (and probably because they are cheaper to get the rights to and make). One of the first in this line will be The Grudge (trailer), with Sarah Michelle (doesn't she look adorable in the stills?) going back to her roots (I Know..., Buffy) after her Scooby fiascos to get her career back on the Naomi Watts path. Plus Sam Raimi is connected to it as a producer so that's a plus.
These Japanese horror (really, supernatural thrillers) work so well since they combine Hitchcock directing and plot style with the supernatural (something Alfred never did, though one may argue that birds attacking San Francisco may be out of the realm of normal instinct). The shower scene in the trailer is reminiscent of the one in Psycho (interestingly enough, the "false ending" in The Ring ends/begins in a shower I believe). Plus Hitchcock loved his blondes, and doesn't Sarah seem a little Tippi Hedren-esque in these scenes?
Btw, one of the goals of this site was to maintain an "up-to-the-minute" account of buzz for films in the minds of the authors - kind of a pre-release Movie Lens. We're obviously still working on the system.
Posted by boo at June 23, 2004 01:11 AM | TrackBack