http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/06/04/strangers-in-the-night-exchanging-glances-and-axe-swings/ A celebration of cheap thrills Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:11:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/06/04/strangers-in-the-night-exchanging-glances-and-axe-swings/#comment-1593 shameless plugs, the Thursday edition « Larry Clow Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:38:57 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=265#comment-1593 [...] Thursday edition Jump to Comments First off, I’ve got a review of The Strangers up at cinema-suicide.com. There’s also a review of Sex and the City up at The Wire. The short verdict on both: meh. [...] [...] Thursday edition Jump to Comments First off, I’ve got a review of The Strangers up at cinema-suicide.com. There’s also a review of Sex and the City up at The Wire. The short verdict on both: meh. [...]

]]> http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/06/04/strangers-in-the-night-exchanging-glances-and-axe-swings/#comment-1581 Retroman DC Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:26:47 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=265#comment-1581 I saw "Them" a few months back and really enjoyed which this is supposedly a partial remake of or heavily influence of. I'll definitely check it out when it hits DVD. and yeah heard the ending was a bit of a let down. I don't mind unhappy endings if it grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go but endings that just make you say "uh that's it?" irritate me. The trailer gave this movie a bit of Halloween vibe to it so we'll see how well they play it. When will hollywood learn that the most effective horror is the one that makes the audience use it's imagination and where the director and writer toy with them in the same way Larry was describing. a sense of dread and atmosphere go a long way. I saw “Them” a few months back and really enjoyed which this is supposedly a partial remake of or heavily influence of. I’ll definitely check it out when it hits DVD. and yeah heard the ending was a bit of a let down. I don’t mind unhappy endings if it grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go but endings that just make you say “uh that’s it?” irritate me. The trailer gave this movie a bit of Halloween vibe to it so we’ll see how well they play it. When will hollywood learn that the most effective horror is the one that makes the audience use it’s imagination and where the director and writer toy with them in the same way Larry was describing. a sense of dread and atmosphere go a long way.

]]> http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/06/04/strangers-in-the-night-exchanging-glances-and-axe-swings/#comment-1579 Steve Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:14:18 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=265#comment-1579 Happy to hear about a Hollywood horror movie that isn't torture porn. The marketing made it look like it was (it does sell, right?). The lack of any real motive (or payoff), though, makes it seem a bit too meaningless. Who knows why, but I am still interested. Happy to hear about a Hollywood horror movie that isn’t torture porn. The marketing made it look like it was (it does sell, right?).
The lack of any real motive (or payoff), though, makes it seem a bit too meaningless.
Who knows why, but I am still interested.

]]> http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/06/04/strangers-in-the-night-exchanging-glances-and-axe-swings/#comment-1578 Bryan White Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:34:30 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=265#comment-1578 I'll tell ya. In spite of the lukewarm review this makes me want to see it. I thought the marketing for this movie was fucking terrible, omnipresent and it constantly suggested that it was some kind of new Hollywood torture porn flirtation. It's also interesting to me how some first-time director wound up directing an original piece of horror. Usually those guys wind up working on a remake of some minor horror movie from the 80's. I’ll tell ya. In spite of the lukewarm review this makes me want to see it. I thought the marketing for this movie was fucking terrible, omnipresent and it constantly suggested that it was some kind of new Hollywood torture porn flirtation. It’s also interesting to me how some first-time director wound up directing an original piece of horror. Usually those guys wind up working on a remake of some minor horror movie from the 80’s.

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