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     Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
I suspect even Lord P, Kate and Zed will think this a pile of steaming shit on a shovel.http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/news/trailer-night-demons-remake Poor Edward Furlong! | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.9.142.11 |
Every time I see a thread with a similar title to this, I tune in excitedly - only to find that it's still not referring to the much touted Ken Branagh remake of the classic NIGHT OF THE DEMON. I read something about this several years ago, and have heard nothing more since. I thought it seemed like an excellent idea at the time, though I was a tad worried when Branagh was quoted as wanting to "move right away" from the original. Why move right away from something that was nearly flawless? | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
The thought of Branagh doing a remake of 'Night Of The Demon' is enough to give me sleepless nights!! He may be from my hometown but the man can't direct for toffee. Look what he did to 'Frankenstein', or rather, don't look if you can at all help it! | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.225.194 |
I detest Branagh's FRANKENSTEIN far more, than my other famous film detestations. It is so bad, it's almost comedy... except, Branagh's direction and acting and everything - his stuff comes off as so affectedly self-aggrandizing, you only hate what you're watching. Branagh's best roles? In CELEBRITY, as a whiney Allen-stand-in, totally self-absorbed, ego-maniacal and self-destructive; and in the second Harry Potter movie, where he plays someone... totally self-absorbed, ego-maniacal and self-destructive. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Oh heck, you had me in a panic there! I thought for one horrible minute someone had tried to remake Night of the Demon. If ever there was a film which definitely SHOULD NOT be tampered with in any way, this is it! And the idea that Branagh might try to do it ... arrrrrgghhhhhh! | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.9.142.11 |
I'm sorry I mentioned it now. But isn't it at least time the DVD got a Region 2 release? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
I think Brannagh's version of Frankenstein is okay, personally. But I also love Coppolla's Dracula, so what do I know... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
'But I also love Coppolla's Dracula, so what do I know...' And I thought I was the only one who liked that :>). | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.5.47 |
I liked Coppollas DRACULA too. Even if it is flawed, compared to Branagh's version of FRANKENSTEIN...? It's like comparing Shakespeare to shit-smear. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 81.100.126.191 |
Paul, UK and US cuts available on DVD soon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Night-Demon-plus-Curse-U-S/dp/B003WL825Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U TF8&s=dvd&qid=1283374276&sr=8-1 | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.155.251 |
There's been a R1 release of both cuts of ...DEMON for some years:- http://www.playusa.com/DVD/Region_1/3-/104705/-/Product.html ...although not quite as cheap as that upcoming release on Amazon. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Damn you, Stu...that's another bloody DVD I've had to pre-order.  | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 81.100.126.191 |
Maybe it's not too late to cancel that order for Busty Babes VII. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
It's Busty Babes I to VI I need to worry about... | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
I'm with you, Craig, Coppola's 'Dracula' is a fascinating movie, with much to commend it, but a complete failure as a horror film, and as a supposedly faithful adaptation of the book , whereas Branagh's 'Frankenstein' is just exceptionally awful on every single level you care to name. As an actor he's okay, if a bit ripe, but as a director he's utterly ridiculous imho. | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.9.142.11 |
One of the stories I heard concerning MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN was astonishing. Supposedly, the production ran out of money part of the way through. This was offered as a kind of excuse for the movie's failings, but how any producer can budget so inadequately, or exercise so little control over his director that production suddenly stumbles because there's no cash left, is beyond me. |