The first ten minutes…

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mrkovacs1 — 9 years ago(May 08, 2016 04:47 AM)

are incredible. The cinematography really captures the sunlight gloom of the southwest, , the score is perfect, the slow zoom on James Woods and the house is just badass, clearing out the nest, beautiful.
I'm a big John Carpenter fan and I remember seeing this in the movies opening night. I thought "John's back. This is going to be a classic." Then the rest of the movie happens and while it's not bad it never lives up to that initial promise of greatness.

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SheHawGol84 — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 09:05 PM)

I agree!!!

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jnericsonx — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 09:35 PM)

The beginning of the movie, up through the motel slaughter, is the most similar to the book.

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mrkovacs — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 05:27 AM)

Interesting. I've been meaning to read the book for a long time. Guess I'll get to it.

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kuatorises — 5 months ago(October 19, 2025 02:26 PM)

THis is an awesome Carpenter flick. Violent, funny, and entertaining all around. Love how hammy some of the performances are.