Comments on: Strangers in the night, exchanging glances (and axe-swings)

By: shameless plugs, the Thursday edition « Larry Clow

shameless plugs, the Thursday edition « Larry Clow — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:38:57 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Retroman DC

Retroman DC — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:26:47 +0000

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.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:14:18 +0000

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.

By: Bryan White

Bryan White — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:34:30 +0000

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.