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HollyGolightly

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Well I was not impessed by it. The original was way better.I would not buy it again. I mean it was ok in fairness but again re-make.
Oh wow - I really thought with Julianne Moore it would be pretty good! Really, in many ways, even with new graphic technology, you just can't beat the original version of so many movies. I can see Carrie being one of those.
 

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The Richard Bachman Books, an anthology of Stephen King's work under the pseudonym "Richard Bachman". I attained an older edition of this book, which holds the story Rage, now pulled from the shelves in the light of it being affiliated with a felony. I still wanted to read the story, however, once I heard the gist of it; and although I did enjoy it, I found it unfortunate that it elicited certain behavior. And thus I do understand King's motive for pulling the story, though I find it to be very reactive, rather than proactive. The [very] short-story Cain Rose Up involves a homicidal and depressed college student named Curt Garrish who goes on a lethal murderous sniping spree from his dormitory room, and that is similar in some themes to the character Charlie from Rage that takes students hostage and kills a few teachers. Yet one can easily read Cain Rose Up from the book The Skeleton Crew...
 

notebookgirl

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Bought The Dark Half and Dolores Claiborne in hardcover. Also bought another Dark Tower IIi: The Wastelands. Thought I didn't have it, but I guess I did buy it earlier in anticipation of reading it.vSo now I have two copies! Anyone know the different between the train cover and the cosmic looking cover? Which came first? I might be getting a Colorado Kid as someone bought a collectors edition for her daughter and then returned it to the store. I guess she said she didn't like it. They were looking for it and hopefully they will give me a call. The guy thinks the owner of the store brought it home to read. It's a second-hand book store!
 

ZombieDrama

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Oh wow - I really thought with Julianne Moore it would be pretty good! Really, in many ways, even with new graphic technology, you just can't beat the original version of so many movies. I can see Carrie being one of those.

I haven't seen the new one yet, but my thoughts on new graphics technology such as CGI, computer generated ghosts and the like tend to sometimes be overdone. <=) Sometimes less is more.
One of the reason I prefer older horror is they use atmosphere, i.e. an old abandoned, dilapidated Victorian house living room with cobwebs and an old piano with a couple keys missin', all shot in an antiqued/aged black and white lighting/film. Then one of the keys on the piano pushes down once, then stops, 'The Changeling' spoiler >>
like in 'The Changeling'. Or like when the ball bounced down the stairs or an old dusty freakin' wheelchair comes chasing you down the hall!?
Now that is spooky stuff man! =D I just love a good spooky movie that uses a good atmosphere and those are rare these days as far as I know.

I think CGI can be awesome when used in moderation. There were some pretty cool effects in 'A Haunting in Connecticut 2' ... but ... overdone. Pretty good movie though and had a good story, good acting.

Sorry I got off topic *blushes* <=)
I am still reading Doctor Sleep, haven't made it that far yet. Interesting so far though!
 

kingricefan

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I haven't seen the new one yet, but my thoughts on new graphics technology such as CGI, computer generated ghosts and the like tend to sometimes be overdone. <=) Sometimes less is more.
One of the reason I prefer older horror is they use atmosphere, i.e. an old abandoned, dilapidated Victorian house living room with cobwebs and an old piano with a couple keys missin', all shot in an antiqued/aged black and white lighting/film. Then one of the keys on the piano pushes down once, then stops, 'The Changeling' spoiler >>
like in 'The Changeling'. Or like when the ball bounced down the stairs or an old dusty freakin' wheelchair comes chasing you down the hall!?
Now that is spooky stuff man! =D I just love a good spooky movie that uses a good atmosphere and those are rare these days as far as I know.

I think CGI can be awesome when used in moderation. There were some pretty cool effects in 'A Haunting in Connecticut 2' ... but ... overdone. Pretty good movie though and had a good story, good acting.

Sorry I got off topic *blushes* <=)
I am still reading Doctor Sleep, haven't made it that far yet. Interesting so far though!
Have you seen Picnic at Hanging Rock? It's an older film directed by Peter Weir (?) and it has some real spooky moments in it. It's more of a psychological scary rather than any thing jumping out at you.