'A Nightmare On Elm Street' Review - New York Post

The Post's Kyle Smith says there will be better horror films to watch on cable than this movie. http://video.nypost.com

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[risingthedead1]

thumbs up if you think this guys talking shit and dont even think hes a real film critic

[sleedolfine15]

@Johnlindsey289 One of the scariest films I've ever seen was the 1960s horror film,the HAUNTING based on the Shirley Jackson novel THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE. The movie like the novel was a ghost story where there was partically no violence,no special effects and without a single sighting of a maleviolent spirit. The horror came from the mood,as conveyed primarily by a team of excellent actors whereas HOSTEL & SAW bored & disgusted me..without creating fear. It's a matter of personal taste.

[Johnlindsey289]

@sleedolfine15

Do you think The Thing remake is only for people who are into Saw or Hostel? do you think Carpenter's remake is as raw as those movies?

I thought The Fly 1958 was laughable, the remake was better and was sad. I like my horror raw and tough sometimes.

What's wrong with going for the jugular like Hostel or Saw? these films were not tongue in cheek, these films were raw, tough and go for the jugular.

[sleedolfine15]

@Johnlindsey289 I didn't like Hostel or Saw because while I sometimes like action oriented--even violent horror ala Dog Soldiers,I don't care much for torture or sadism. I like a good scare,but sitting & enjoying a victim's torture doesn't so much scare me as lower my human compassion. I didn't find for the Blob remake memorable. I like Jeff Goldblum,so I liked the Fly remake,but the orginal's garden scene where the fly is pleading out of it's little human head atop an insect body is horrific.

[Johnlindsey289]

@sleedolfine15

What do you think of stuff like Hostel or Saw? I'm sorry but i thought The Thing remake was better than the original and way more faithful to the original novel since the original monster was a shapeshifter, Carpenter grew up with both the original and book since he was a kid and he paid respect to both sources. Any thoughts on The Fly or The Blob remakes?

[B1Kobe0824]

What about them? If you wondering what I think about those movies well let's see The Fly was great both of them, The Thing awesome, Body snatchers is good as well. But I'm failing to understand what you are getting at.

[sleedolfine15]

@Johnlindsey289 I prefer the orginal Thing. I don't necessarily dislike new horror. I like the first 2 Alien films for instance,also 2 action oriented independent scare film--Dog Soldiers,about a small core of british soldiers trapped in a isolated farmhouse fighting off a family of werewolves & Descent about a group of women in caves fighting off a countless creatures in the dark. But those are orginals. Remakes are hard because they take a film idea out of its time and move it to another.

[Cropsy25]

@Johnlindsey289 yes i like invasion of the body snatchers but i dont think the thing was as good as a lot of ppl made it out to be, i like the original better.

[Johnlindsey289]

@Predatorocks

Were John carpenter and David Cronenberg remaking 50's Sci-fi horror movies for money or love for the original?

[Johnlindsey289]

@mmcgill0415

Part 2 is only good if your gay