I honestly have major questions for people who enjoy torture-porn the likes of Hostel and the Saw series. Do they really enjoy seeing other people get tortured to death? It also makes me wonder if as a society, our level of tolerance for violence and torture has been so desensitized that horror flicks like the original I Spit on Your Grave (1978) , banned in several countries (notably the UK) is making a new millennium comeback. Wasn't once enough? What is it with the studios need to remake something which is extremely distasteful and obscene?
The Skinny: A young woman is raped and left for dead by some hill-billies. She survives and hunts them down one by one adopting literally the adage "Revenge is a Bitch". Weapons of choice includes a really large pair of rusty clippers, applied in the nether regions ... ouch.
The Helmer: Steven R Monroe - Mongolian Death Worm (2010 TV), Complacent (2010), Ice Twisters (2009 TV), Wyvern (2009 TV), Storm Cell (2008), Ogre (2008 TV), Dual (2008), Left in Darkness (2006 V), Sasquatch Mountain (2006), It Waits (2005), House of 9 (2005), The Contract (2002), The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds (1996 TV)
Release Date: 8th October 2010
The Prediction: I'm going to give this one a miss. I'm just putting this prediction up for those who may have heard about this movie, and wants to know what its about. Its about vengeance, in a very nasty way. The original has been billed as a 'video nasty' by the British so you should know what you're in for.
I bet this remake will not be as raw as the original version - which was quite disturbing, coming from a gore/torture movie fan like me. One can only expect a 'Hollywood remake' to be 'watchable' for at the least mature audiences. Why re-make in the 1st place?
ReplyDeleteExactly my point. Some movies should just be left alone as a remake would only distant its original fan, and disgust its new viewers. I'm surprised video nasties have a way of slipping into mainstream cinema ...
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