Alexandre Aja or Eli Roth?
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jjbiggz777 — 19 years ago(December 31, 2006 05:28 PM)
Let's look at it this way
Cabin Fever VS. High Tension
Cabin Fever by a mile. High Tension was weak, and had a terrible ending.
The Hills Have Eyes VS. Hostel
The Hills Have Eyes without a doubt. This film shows more strength and has far better characters/ better scares/ better story.
As directors, I'd say Aja is far more talented at setting up tension. However, he lacks the originality that I think that Eli Roth has. -
willthethrilldirector — 19 years ago(January 01, 2007 12:36 PM)
There's no need to even contemplate this question. Aja is better, period. You really cannot say, "better." Aja is an outstanding filmmaker, but Eli Roth is just bad. He's just a kiss ass director who thinks the ideal horror film is to insert 75% nudity and 25% violence. Why even put Roth on the same scale with Aja?
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aria_macabre — 19 years ago(January 02, 2007 05:07 PM)
Hahahaha. No way dude. Cabin Fever was amatuer as all hell. High Tension was definitely better. At least it had gore. All Cabin Fever had was that fingering scene. High Tension's ending wasn't even that bad and the Hills Have Eyes was damn good. Can't say the same about Hostel. Let's just hope Roth doesn't ruin Cell.
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halopain01 — 19 years ago(February 07, 2007 10:47 AM)
you're kidding right? lets see a sam raimi wannabe horror/comedy that is at best only amusing and with unused potential next to an extremely tense, dark, original and frightening piece of work that only really fails with the twist ending but up until then remains one of the scariest and tense horror films to ever hit the screens - ill admit i thought the twist was unneeded but everything else about haute tension was brilliant - cabin fever was fun but ultimately nothing special
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SergeantSickboy — 16 years ago(October 08, 2009 03:04 PM)
I cant believe I am hearing so many people say Cabin Fever is amazing :L:L:L:L and to call it originali dont see how but then again im not saying Aja is completely originalHigh tension obviously draws alot from Dean Koontz Intensity if any of you have seen it?
God Cabin Fever sucked!!! -
davsny1 — 19 years ago(January 14, 2007 10:01 PM)
Well to quote old chief McKlellin, from Night of the living Dead, "That's pretty hard to say!" I saw Cabin Fever in the theaters and really enjoyed it, some nice gore, funny lines, good acting, good cast, all around decent throwback/homage to the great 60's - 80's horror films. Bought the DVD right when it came out (which isn't saying much cause I usually do that for my passion for great films, great deals, cool collectables, which is probably why I have 450 DVDs and about 1000+ video tapes). Anyway, never saw Hostel and from what I hear, I didn't miss much, but I'll be the judge of that. Never sat through all of High Tension, but I loved what 5b4I saw. However, The Hills Have Eyes is my favorite movie of all time. Aja took Wes Craven's excellent film and reworked it/revamped it/retold it/redid it/remade it whatever euphemism you want to use, into a masterpiece. For a man who is two years my senior, on his second run around he hit the mark! They both seem like really nice guys with a lot of talent and in hollywood everyone is allowed at least one mistake, I guess only time will tell! However, with my rambling excessive banter, on the tertiary level beyond the critics, studios, MMPA, and the masses of moviegoers, I'd have to say with crystal clarity, that Aja wins my vote for talent, gore, story, casting, cinematography, tension, believablity, philanthropy, and all around skill!
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icri — 19 years ago(January 17, 2007 03:03 AM)
Aja, by a hundred thousand miles. Eli Roth is a stupid prententious guy that would like to make us believe he is gonna re-invent horror movie. Hostel is, by the way, the biggest disappointment from last year. It was announced as one of the most barbarian films ever made, and it had hardly three gore scenes, all of which being laughable.
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DeepDriven828 — 19 years ago(January 17, 2007 06:57 AM)
Aja is the future of horror cinema. He is so talented at his craft, and being that he is still so young I would assume he is yet to master it. Aja at his young age seems to comprehend the essence of true horror cinema more so than most vets. Horror cinema has taken a plunge in quality over the last 20 years or so, but he is bringing it back. He builds suspense and balances everything else out with precise perfection.
I was not impressed with 'Hostel'. I thought it was wack. The only thing 'Hostel' had better than 'High Tension' was a better ending. The only part of 'Hostel' I liked was the end when Jay went into the Mens room, and handled the guy. I thought that was great. 'High Tension' is my favorite horror film to date, but I didn't like the ending. I thought there were way too many loopholes, and unanswered questions. Aja has defended this, and I know how he feels, but many viewers agree with me that the ending was just too out there. However, everything else was great about the film. Aja mastered the art of building the suspense. 'Cecile De France' was brilliant in this role as 'Marie'. The directing was great in this film. The location was great. The soundtrack and score was precise. And most importantly of all, he paced the film so well. It wasn't too slow, nor too fast. It was just right, and that is something else most other horror directors/writers can't seem to do anymore. There hasn't been a better paced horror film done since John Carpenter's 'Halloween 1&2'. Those were both paced extremely well.
'Roth' on the other hand did not pace 'Hostel' well at all. The first 45 minutes were way too slow, and then it went way too fast. 'Hostel' was just terrible, although the ending was good.
But Aja beats out Roth, and probably any other horror director that I can think of. I do think 'Rob Zombie' is a pretty good director, but I think Aja edges him out. I am really looking forward to seeing what Rob does with this new 'Halloween' remake-prequel set to come out this August. -
toph_000 — 19 years ago(January 18, 2007 09:02 PM)
I agree with icri, Hostel was definitely falsely advertised. Didn't Roth actually say that he was the savior of the genre?? That's a bit too much for me. Aja beats Roth hands down. I can't wait for him to make another one of his own movies, but it looks like it might be a while. IF I had to cast a vote I would say that Aja is the best in the game right now. High Tension and Hills were both great and the guy is still pretty young. The fact that he will grow and become a better film maker definitely interests me, and I can't wait to see his future films.
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andell-2 — 19 years ago(January 22, 2007 02:54 PM)
I dont realy know who is the best of the two, i like them both and i will buy their next films for sure.
Aja and Roth are for sure the 2 most promising Horror directors today and i am sertain that at least one of them are going to become a legend like Carpenter, Fulci, Craven, Raimi, Romero, and maybe even like the Godlike master Argento.
These two guys are for sure a promising future of horror when the old masters have passed on, cause there doesnt seem to be many others that have any potential (that i know of) to keep horror movies alive.
They should both have credit for having the guts to show some great gore scenes in their movies to, i sure hope that they wont go over to more mainstream friendly horror movies like wes Craven did with all his movies from scream and forward. (like the pg-13 rated warewolf movie cursed, beep did that movie suck mainstream weenie just a little to much?)
or sam raimi, who i have heard rumors regrets having anything to do with the ber classic Evil Dead well its only rumors and i hope they are fake, and if they are i apologise to Raimi, but if they are true i will have to hate him. -
andell-2 — 19 years ago(January 29, 2007 08:20 AM)
well i forgot about Zombie indeed, but i have only seen hiss house of 1000 corpses.
it was nice thou, and devil reject have been given great rewievs, so he is defenitivley one of the upcomming horror heroes but i still like roth and aja more than him.
well that is what i personaly think and it doesnt have to meen that i am right or wrong about who is better.