Ugh, American Horror

[dreiser]

Seriously. I love love love love horror films but can American filmmakers PLEASE stop remaking good foreign horror films already? Almost without exception they make a dumbed down shite version of an original brilliant piece of work and it's starting to seriously piss me off.

Now they've remade Let The Right One In. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? Why would you do this? This is a fantastically scary and just plain chilling vampire movie (that has a genuine realism in the plot/characterization) which is hard to achieve in the age of Twilight version vampires and Hollywood decides to remake it for Americans? Blerh. Oh yes. The director of Cloverfield is responsible. This will be great. (Sarcasm.)

If you have any interest in seeing Let Me In then please please please just rent Let The Right One In. I can guarantee it's going to be far superior. Just like Rec was to Quarantine and Into The Mirror was to Mirrors. Maybe if people stop going to see them they'll stop the remakes of good foreign horror and concentrate on attempting to make some original movies of their own that are halfway decent instead of ruining good ones in existence.

And here's the trailer for Let The Right One In.

Fabulous and freaky, no? Yes. Yes, it is.

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SPOILERS

[uhimighthave.livejournal.com]

I love Let The Right One In. Such an awesome film. And, they're scrapping the entire [Spoilers for anyone reading this] eunuch aspect of the storyline. Because Americans obviously can't handle it, it's so scandalous *le gasp*

And you can bet that the American remake of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will be so watered down it's not funny, also.

Re: SPOILERS

[vertige.livejournal.com]

Oooooo.

I have yet to see the movie. And I never think I will. I love the book too much to risk being let down by the movie.

Seriously. If you haven't read the book, you must!


Oh, and how could you ever make a Girl With The Dragon Tattoo without Noomi Rapace. She IS Lisbeth Salander. I loved those books too, but I did see the movies. Can you guys get the extended TV-versions on DVD over there? Those 30 extra minutes per film are definitely worth it. And movie two and three are much better than the first one. You get too little of the characters in the first.

Re: SPOILERS

[uhimighthave.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I think the movie was pretty well done. They left out some of the backstory on Eli, and some of the sorta parallel investigation that was going on, but the relationship between the two was really very well done. Casting was spot on, too.

Despite my love for Daniel Craig, I am not holding my breath for the American version. She was just so good as Lisbeth, I can't imagine anyone else doing the twisted character the justice she deserves. Also, I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the second movie. My favourite movie critics weren't glowing about it, so I was a little concerned :P

[fleshandfantasy.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU.

Have you read the book?