Is anyone out there into movies??? Upcoming ones of course... First of all, I like to say that I cant wait for Freddy Vs Jason, would like to see what story line they gave Jason since he has been killed so many times. Stay tune for it. on Aug 13.
Another movie I like to hear opinions on is The new upcoming move... Texas Chainsaw Massacre... on October 17.
Did anyone see the movie "Wrong Turn"... should have been scary, or how bout 28 Days Later....
As u can see, im into scary movies.... If anyone has an interest... let me know so we can talk movies!!!
Rene :blink:
The Order - (also known as The Sin Eater)
For centuries, a secret Order has existed within the Church. Following a series of unexplained murders, a renegade priest (Heath Ledger) begins an investigation that hurls him into a maelstrom of unimaginable evil, murder and the knowledge that there is a fate worse than death.
The priest’s search takes him to The Sin Eater – a key figure in this mysterious and ancient Order. The immortal Sin Eater’s role is nothing less than playing God on earth by absolving the unforgivable of their sins outside the Church, allowing great evil to go unpunished.
Burdened with centuries of evil, The Sin Eater craves the luxury of death. But who will eat his sins and grant eternal peace? Who will carry on his dark tradition and continue the work of the Order?
As the young priest uncovers the answers and pursues these paragons of evil, he fights to save his own soul and that of the woman he loves (Shannyn Sossamon).
Twentieth Century Fox presents a Baumgarten Merims production, The Sin Eater. The film is written, produced and directed by Academy AwardŽ winner Brian Helgeland, and produced by Craig Baumgarten. Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Benno Fürmann, and Peter Weller star in the film.
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Jeepers Creepers II - The UK Review
As is the norm nowadays, any film that does vaguely well at the box office spawns at least one sequel. And even more the norm nowadays, they are nearly always dreadful imitations of the original. Indeed, compiling a slurred list of superior sequels often becomes a favoured task for film fans in pubs throughout the world. These lists are never very extensive, however, simply because contenders for this coveted title are few and far between.
OK, so we have the usual entries into this minute canon such as The Godfather Part 2, The Empire Strikes Back and (arguably) Aliens, but it is fair to say that Jeepers Creepers 2 does not deserve such an accolade. Because it's rubbish.
Still, you can see why it was made. The original Jeepers Creepers was a success on its release in 2001. Written and directed by Victor Salva and produced in part by Francis Ford Coppola's company American Zoetrope, it was hailed as a straight, efficient and genuinely scary return to form within a genre that was becoming bloated with pale imitations of the more self-referential horror flicks that emerged in the wake of the Scream franchise. Sadly, Jeepers Creepers 2 falls way short of the mark and will be destined to fester amongst the pile of worthless, totally unnecessary follow-ups that deserve to be forgotten for all time.
So, why is it so bad? Well, presented with the opportunity to make a follow-up, Salva decided to expand on the claustrophobic element from the first film, this time incorporating a larger cast in an effort to explore the relationship between them, while at the same time supplying the horror element in the form of The Creeper, a mysterious killer with a penchant for collecting human body parts. This time we follow a bus along a deserted highway, containing a varsity basketball team and its cheerleaders on their way back from a triumphant state championship game. But what they don't know is that the area is the Creeper's feeding-ground, who was revealed towards the end of the first film to actually be a mutant, killer budgerigar in a hat. Needless to say, the Creeper causes the coach to breakdown and starts preying on the contents one by one.
The first film owed it's success in part to the mysterious element; no one knew exactly what it was that was hunting them; at first it was perceived to be simply some lunatic vagrant. Now that the supernatural secret of the Creeper has been revealed to the world, Salva is left with nothing in this film on which to hang any suspense whatsoever. The film plods along with tedious inevitability as this ridiculous giant flying thing picks off the cast, and any attempt to explore the relationships between the characters fails since the script is weak and the acting is uniformly terrible. It is just impossible to care for the plight with which this nasty bunch of kids are faced. In fact, whenever some poor unfortunate is snatched away, it's a blessed relief since they are all highly punchable.
The only relief does come when an old farmer (played by Ray Wise, recognisable by many as the dad of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks) who, having lost his son at the claws of the Creeper, has decided to dedicate his life to destroying this monstrosity, has built a truck come tank come arsenal - a machine that the A Team would be proud of - and comes to save what's left of them. And that's another thing: so little effort was put into the story development that half of the cast just disappear halfway through and the filmmakers either forget or simply can't be bothered to let you know what happened to them. Did they escape or did they perish at the claws of this oversized chaffinch? Even though most films like this get away with portraying the victims as nothing more than two dimensional fodder for the Beast, given that Salva deliberately set out to create a character-based horror narrative, this neglect for half the bloody people in the film redefines the word 'shoddy'.
In all, you'd be better off avoiding this unsatisfying waste of time and spend an hour and a half sitting at home, honing your own creative skills by drawing a nice picture of a lovely house in the beautiful Welsh countryside. Which, rest assured, will be far more frightening than Jeepers Creepers 2.
CABIN FEVER - Web Page >> http://cabinfevermovie.com/index_flash.html
Be patient and wait for the page to load to view a preview... Seems really good.
Director Eli Roth talks about his film Cabin Fever: "I have been a horror movie fanatic for as long as I can remember. Films like Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” and Wes Craven’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” were made with uncompromising terror, and pushed my childhood imagination into dark corners I never knew existed. I aspired to make a horror film that would have a resonating scare, one that would stay with the audience long after they left the theater.
Somewhere around the mid-80’s, my favorite horror directors “graduated” into big studio movies, the new horror films were made with less care and craft, and the genre that once fueled the movie industry came to a grinding halt. At the end of the 1970’s horror films were written around the basic premise: what is horrifying? By the end of the 1980’s, horror films were written around the premise: how can we kill this group of kids?
I set out to make a film that would be a throwback to the late 70’s/early 80’s heyday of horror. This would not be a comedy – it would be a straight scary movie, one that would use humor to both release tension and draw people into the film. I hope I have succeeded, and that audiences have as much fun watching the film as we had making it.
The Inspiration for “Cabin Fever”
The initial idea for “Cabin Fever” came about while I was working on a horse farm in the south of Iceland when I was 19 years old. I had been cleaning out a barn, and got a skin infection in my face. I woke up in the middle of the night scratching my cheek, thinking I had a mosquito bite. I looked at my hand and saw chunks of skin. The next morning I attempted to shave, and, literally, shaved half my face off. The strangest part was that not only did it not hurt – it actually satisfied some strange itch underneath my skin. I went to see a dermatologist, who, judging by the horrified and puzzled look on her face, had never seen anything like it before. She gave me some steroid crčme and, luckily, it cleared up. (I am to this day obsessed with skin care products as a result of this incident.)
The Script
Shortly after my skin incident, I found an article about a flesh-eating strep that devours humans in less than 24 hours. I wrote the film playing on my own personal fears of getting sick, and how I deal with the question “Can you take me to the doctor?” I’d love to think I’m the type of person who would give myself a ride, but if someone’s really too sick to drive then I don’t want them in my car. It’s that very dilemma that drove the script, and every character deals with it differently. I think people may be shocked by some of the things these kids do, but I hope it’s never so far out of reach that they wouldn’t consider doing the same things themselves.
I wrote the first draft and showed it to my friend Randy Pearlstein, with whom I had made over 30 short films at N.Y.U. film school. I remember hoping that Randy would be scared out of his mind, but soon after I handed him the draft I could hear him raucously laughing from the other room. He finished the script, and, with tears in his eyes, said “This is the funniest thing I’ve ever read!” I couldn’t understand what he was talking about – this was the flesh eating virus! How could this be funny?
Randy pointed out a number of structural and character flaws in the story, all without ever once succumbing to any puns about “fleshing out the characters.” Once I told him what I was trying to communicate, he said “What you’re describing to me is scary, but it’s not in this draft.” What began as a notes session soon turned into a 4-week collaboration of intense writing and rewriting, and it is because of Randy the script is what it is today. Randy has a wonderful knack for dialogue as well as storytelling, and we combined characters and completely restructured the story into what is now on film. All the while we kept the focus on the very idea that drove all my favorite horror films: what is terrifying?
Casting the film was far more difficult than I originally anticipated. I watched David Lynch cast projects just by talking to actors, and that for me is my favorite way to audition. However, you never have time to talk to everyone, so some people get a conversation, and others just read. From a simple conversation with Jordan Ladd, I knew she would be perfect for Karen. When James DeBello didn’t want to stand up when I asked him to, just the look he gave me and the way he rolled is eyes told me he was the guy to play Bert. Rider Strong nailed the audition with no direction whatsoever, and won the job on the spot.
On a film like “Cabin Fever,” which takes place primarily in one location in the woods, we knew we needed actors who were not just right for the role, but ones that would be easy to get along with and wouldn’t mind the long hours or the blood and guts. The actors truly went above and beyond what was required of them, and having actors who were so well prepared and ready to give everything may have spoiled me as a director.
We also had the good fortune of working with a number of local actors from North Carolina, who we never would have found had we shot this film anywhere else. Amongst the actors who make their screen debut in the film are Robert Harris (Old Man Cadwell), Hal Courtney (Tommy), and Richard Boone (Fenster.) Every single one of these actors created a memorable character with their very screen presence. It is so exciting discovering actors the world has never seen before, and hopefully we’ll be seeing more of all of them.
We rehearsed with the cast for a week before shooting, and we mostly told stories about our own germophobia. By the end of the week everyone had come up with little character tics, phrases, words, and moments that really defined their character. We knew the relationships on screen had to feel real or the film would not work. Fortunately the cast got along great, and hopefully that bond comes across on screen.
Violence and Humor
I have always had what people call a sick sense of humor. While I do not find real life violence at all funny, I greatly enjoy movies that are so violent and disturbing that they become funny. I wanted to make a film that would have a certain level of violence, but would never cross the line into exploitation. “Cabin Fever” is about the destruction of friendships, using the body as a metaphor for their deterioration. In order to effectively convey this, we have to see these kids rot to death. However, we thought that if we went too far overboard, then the film would become about the special effects, and no longer be scary.
I have always felt that humor is a very important safety valve in a horror film. With “Cabin Fever” we tried to give the audience a chance to breathe and feel safe and release tension, so we could scare them when they least expect it. However, we also didn’t want to go too far with the humor, for fear the audience would no longer take the film seriously. David Lynch taught me that you truly can have the balance between humor and horror, and that the two are closely related. You need to have scenes where audience members have an excuse to put their arm around their date, but you also need to have scenes where you can shake off your dead-arm and wipe off the palm sweat.
From that example, we wanted “Cabin Fever” to be a film that walks the fine line between the grotesque and the absurd. So we tried to let the humor breathe organically from the horror of the situation, yet always insisted that both characters and the film take the situation seriously. The Special Effects
When the main subject of the film is a flesh eating virus, we knew the special effects were crucial. In the tradition of some of the classic horror movies, we wanted all the effects in the film to be organic make-up applications, with nothing in the film computer generated. K.N.B. effects had done the special effects make up on almost all my favorite films: “Evil Dead 2,” “Army of Darkness,” even “Boogie Nights.” Howard Berger, along with his partners, Robert Kurtzman and Gregory Nicotero, read the script and vowed to help us make the scariest horror film possible. They sent their best make-up artist, Garrett Immel, to the location in North Carolina, and he was a miracle. Garrett could not only work at lightning speed, he could make anything look terrifying, even with last minute schedule changes. It was always fun for the crew to wait in anticipation to see one of the actors come out of the make-up trailer, and to hear them scream when they saw how Garrett had deformed them.
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