am i the only fan who loved the WHOLE film not just the beginning/end?
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Mithrandir-Olorin33 — 14 years ago(November 08, 2011 11:30 AM)
All 3 acts are good, but the film jumps around between different Genres, that can be appealing in some cases but not in others.
The title in my opinion far more accurately describes the Remake, in this it only fits the 1st 20 minutes.
This is ultimately more of a Portrait of a Serial Killer type film, or maybe a detective film, with the Suspense thriller being just a glorified prologue.
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knight-in-black-leather — 11 years ago(June 02, 2014 08:59 PM)
I didn't hate the middle, and actually found it an interesting take - to show the killer's POV and his make-up etc, but I think because the end and beginning were so good, it would have been better to leave the middle for a lesser film and concentrate more on the babysitter/family.
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FranLovesBetteD — 11 years ago(June 21, 2014 07:09 AM)
Since I had seen the remake first, I was hoping that the original version would be similar, then I got truly disappointed when I first watched it, about three years ago. I was like "who cares about the murderer? Why expose him and the detective all that much?".
However, I re-watched it a couple of nights ago, and I must confess I enjoyed it much more this time around, and yes, the whole film, not only the beggining and the end. I think it had to do with the fact that Collen Dewhurst was such a magnificent actress, and even though she wasn't the main character and we get to see her only a few minutes, her screen presence was so powerful and her amazing face and attitude convey so much that she gets you to care about her. Of course, Charles Durning did a great job, as well, and so the actor who played the killer.
It's a rather unconventional horror movie, with many psychological-thriller elements in it, which makes it all the more interesting, though it must be rather boring for the fans of the genre who are only expecting for gore. Very well directed for the most part. The climax at the end really gave me the creeps. The last 20 minutes, or so, are really unsettling.
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