How exactly would a crowd react if a regular Joe wandered onto the field of a youth baseball game with a shotgun in tow and a blank stare leading his way? Director Breck Eisner handles this scenario and many other “not right” elements of The Crazies with surprising dexterity and evenness. While not a one-to-one remake of George Romero’s 1973 original, Eisner’s Crazies quietly tears at your sense of domestic security and calm with all the precision and destructiveness of a rusty scalpel. Call it a spontaneous outbreak of talent and inspiration. You wouldn’t expect the director of Sahara and writers of recent lame remakes (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror) to create a warmed-over scare that actually scares. Don’t let the bad rep for horror remakes keep you from checking out The Crazies this weekend.
Looks like the marketing machine is kicking into high-gear for the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street remake with the release today of a new one sheet, and the impending (Thu) debut of another trailer.
As the vampire-version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Willow liked to say, ”Bored now.” Maybe that’s not completely true for every minute of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, but it certainly applies more often than not.
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Daybreakers is certainly making an effort to stand out. The trailer smells of a pretty interesting recipe, and this poster is definitely in line with that flavor. I can’t wait for this one.
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With the groundswell of support that’s spreading Paranormal Activity across the U.S. beyond its paltry initial distribution, the film is clearly going to the sleeper success of the year. And considering it’s mockumentary style and subject matter, not to mention to a painfully low budget of $15,000, comparisons to 1999’s Blair Witch are spot-on. Yet whereas Witch was a pretty disturbing affair and took audiences to a different level of cinematic experience, Paranormal Activity does not. The real phantom here is the idea that Paranormal Activity is the scariest film in recent memory, and good enough to deserve one million votes to expand nationwide. It’s not. Activity’s meager roots make it a solid accomplishment, to be sure, but the film, aside from two choice scenes, is largely pretty boring and lacks the convincing nature that made the Blair Witch so ground-breaking.
In a cutthroat world where luck is just as important as skill, only a few survive. And when every day is a struggle, the hope of finding some happiness along the way just seems unobtainable. Yet it’s this one simple, common goal — wanting to make it in a world that’s harsh and unforgiving — that unites a group of strangers. No, they’re not a bunch high school kids at a performing arts school. In Zombieland, they’re the sole survivors of the human race when everyone else is either dead or the living dead.
Ooo buddy, this is an intense one. While the underlying themes aren’t anything new, director Breck Eisner (of ugh…Sahara) seems to cooked up The Crazies with a pretty dark recipe.
Yet another classic horror remake/reboot/re-imagining. Although with A Nightmare on Elm Street, we do get to enjoy Freddy Krueger as played by the very capable Jackie Earle Haley. It’s hard to tell if this one will rise above the usual drivel we’ve seen over the years, but I’m holding out hope.
