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Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 01:27 pm: | |
Not really interested myself, but thought some of you might appreciate this: namely Zed and Lord Probert -http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/piranha-3d-trailer/2sfy81ym |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 01:35 pm: | |
Sad man that I am, I'm really looking forward to that. If it's even half as much fun as it looks it'll be a belter. I'm a huge fan of the original. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 02:24 pm: | |
If I'm not mistaken, isn't poor Richard Dreyfuss in this? |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:00 pm: | |
Oh no! Is this a 3D remake of the original? I remember seeing the original Piranha and laughing my head off at the dreadful special effects and hammy acting. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:04 pm: | |
You were meant to - it was an affectionate satire. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:04 pm: | |
James Cameron wrote the original, didn't he? Wasn't it directed by Dante? I mean Joe Dante before anybody makes any funny remarks about inferno's and such. I bloody love Gremlins. Almost on a par with The Howling. Talking of werewolves, which I know I am the only one currently doing so now, which takes this thread a little further off course, I saw 'American Werewolf In Paris' recently. It defies belief, or I wish it did, that this film even made it into the cinema. Absolutely nothing redeeming to recommend it. And I mean nothing. |
Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:29 pm: | |
I know Cameron directed Piranha 2 - although he tries to leave that off his CV these days. |
Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:29 pm: | |
Flying piranha fish jumping out of the corpse and eating the pathologist... oh dear. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:44 pm: | |
In my version I'd have the pathologist jumping out of the corpse and eating the piranha. Just saying, like. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 08:07 pm: | |
John Sayles wrote Pirhana (and Alligator) and Dante diorected. Cameron directed Pirhana 2: Flying Killers (his first film; a jobbing director's role). |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 08:09 pm: | |
'American Werewolf In Paris' was directed by Anthony Waller - the British director behind the rather good "Mute Witness" |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 09:07 pm: | |
Of course, Sayles. How could I forget that. Great screenwriter and great director. Never seen Mute Witness, and on the evidence of AWIP, I'm not sure I want to chance it. But I may give the chap another go. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 09:09 pm: | |
Alligator and Brother From Another Planet were great B movies, better than most of their bigger budgeted counterparts, though thinking about it, BFAP is not really a B movie, but rather a B movie with a limited budget. |
Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.136
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 09:11 pm: | |
Mute Witness is excellent. You should definitely check it out, Frank. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 09:13 pm: | |
Let me have a look on Wikipedia, Steve. It rings a bell, but it might simply be because somebody has mentioned it before (on this board I mean). |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 09:17 pm: | |
Just had a look, and now I know why I recall the title. I remember seeing a late night film show reviewing it. It got a great review as well. I just never got round to seeing it. Okay, so that's another movie/DVD added to the to be ordered list. |
John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.209.76
| Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 06:00 pm: | |
As ever I'm with Zed on this - a 3D remake of Piranha could be loads of fun, and I love the original (which is getting a whistles & bells Region 1 DVD re-release in August as well - hurrah!) |
Ian Alexander Martin (Iam)
Username: Iam
Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74
| Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 06:46 pm: | |
I remember the original Piranha coming out, which was just at the end of the "dangerous fish" trend in films, which started with Jaws obviously. I remember thinking at the time "that's rubbish!" and wasn't the bitter, cynical, wizened old bastard I am now. Re-making it, even with the sexy 3D, cannot possibly add any depth to what is already a shallow plot. See what I did there? 3D? Depth? Shallow? Water? Nice, eh? Why an "interviews and extras" DVD is being done is beyond me, though. In some ways there's no possible way that this re-make could be any worse than the original, as there's nowhere to go but up. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.64.9.233
| Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 06:57 pm: | |
I've been looking at monster B movies today. One of the best :>). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-mDrE4iUH8 |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.64.9.233
| Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 07:02 pm: | |
And it is up for a remake. http://www.the-reelgillman.com/news/remake.html |
Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw
Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1
| Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 11:54 am: | |
I do love a good creature feature... Jack Arnold was the master of the form. They can shove their remake! |
Kate (Kathleen)
Username: Kathleen
Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76
| Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 01:22 pm: | |
Looks like brilliant trashy fun - count me in! |
Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo
Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.3
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 08:03 am: | |
Wasn't former dark lady Barbara Steele in the original "Piranha" movie as her latest appearance on the silver screen? Or was it Cronenberg's "Shivers" early movie? |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 08:34 am: | |
Yes, Piranha was her last appearance - a few years after Shivers, I think. |
Kate (Kathleen)
Username: Kathleen
Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 09:00 am: | |
Couldn't have been her last appearance - she was in the remake of Dark Shadows in the early 90s. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:17 am: | |
I think it was her last film appearance (rather than TV). I could be wrong, of course. JLP will know for sure. |
John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:34 pm: | |
JLP will know for sure. What about Silent Scream made two years later? |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:39 pm: | |
See; I told you he'd know. |
Kate (Kathleen)
Username: Kathleen
Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:43 pm: | |
Ah yes. He knows (and remembers!) everything. Even though I'm the one who showed him Silent Scream, he's the one who remembers it! (And when it was made. Who directed it. Where it was shot. Who did the catering.) |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:49 pm: | |
Is it any wonder we love him Kate? |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:50 pm: | |
Btw, John - I finally got a copy of Who Can Kill a Child? I may watch it this very evening. |
John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 01:03 pm: | |
I'll be interested to hear what you think Zed. Btw - we saw Imago Mortis last night. It's very flawed but you'll need to see it because: a) It's Italian b) It does indeed look Spanish (as someone has alluded on another thread) c) It was co-written by Richard Stanley See? |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 01:20 pm: | |
Richard Stanley? Really? I'm sold. |
John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 01:32 pm: | |
One of about 4 or 5 writers, mind. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 01:36 pm: | |
I'm not allowed any more books or DVDs until we move house - the missus os off work boxing things up, and the number of boxes filled with my stuff is becoming slightly irritating. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 01:42 pm: | |
Wasn't it poor Richard Stanley who got chucked off 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' remake with Brando and Kilmer? He actually snuck back on set dressed as one of the 'monster' extras. Considering the final product, perhaps it was best he left it to Frankheimer to make a pig's ear of. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 01:43 pm: | |
I will forever love 'Dust Devil'. Magnificent, and truly scary. Hardware was also a great little movie. |
Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 01:53 pm: | |
Was it the Island of Dr Moreau where Brando was permanently naked from the waste down on set to ensure they only shot upper torso shots of him? he didn't want to be seen full height on screen. |
John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 02:11 pm: | |
I have a horrible feeling all those Dr Moreau stories are true. I also understand that Val Kilmer started copying Brando, though whether that extended to the below the belt nudity I'm not sure |
Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw
Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 04:06 pm: | |
'Dust Devil' is second only to 'Seven' as the best horror film of the 1990s imho. 'Hardware' was an entertaining sci-fi/horror B-movie of the type people like Neil Marshall & Christopher Smith excel at these days. I've never seen the definitive, Charles Laughton, version of Moreau - 'Island Of Lost Souls' (1932) and wonder why that is? Never shown on telly or released on DVD to my knowledge despite its legendary status. |
Kate (Kathleen)
Username: Kathleen
Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76
| Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 05:11 pm: | |
Lord P and I were fortunate enough to see a borrowed bootleg of Island of Lost Souls recently and I'm also baffled as to why it's never been released. Why haven't Criterion or Anchor Bay got hold of it? For that matter, why is the fantastic Murders in the Zoo (1933) languishing in a box set of obscure Universal horror films ("Mad Doctors & Monsters") and not out there on its own? |