I’ve never read the book and I saw the original so long ago that I don’t remember anything about it except for the pig’s blood scene so the only thing I had going for this was the crappy looking trailer and a bunch of negative reviews out here on WP – well – except for this one. I didn’t really have a big desire to give this a go any time soon but there was literally NOTHING else to watch at my disposal so – why not? The verdict? It was a LOT better than I thought it was going be – but this is because I thought it was going to be a dog of a movie. I’ve seen MUCH worse.
It was alright, little boring overall.
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I agree – it wasn’t miserable – LOL
and Judy Greer is always welcome : )
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Hehe. Judy Greer. That’s just weird! ; )
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What you got against Greer?? She’s good lookin’!
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If you say so…. ; )
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Says the girl who thinks Steve Buscemi’s HOT….
: )
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Lol! Oh yeah…. Think of the child those two could have together!
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No one should ever mate with Steve Buscemi….
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Love Judy Greer, always good.
Wish they were more creative with the telekinetic kills, could literally do anything with that.
Thinking of some interesting ones right now 😀
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You should write a screenplay!
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You joke but I have half written an original screenplay 😀
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I hate the format of a screenplay…
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You mean the way everything is sepreated, like the dialogue from the room descriptions?
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Yep… I have a half written one too…
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Really? What genre does you script take?
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Horror / Grindhouse : )
Yours?
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Sci fi / Action 😀
Nobody is surprised by are choices 😀
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LOL – NOPE!
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Thanks for the mention! I’m glad you didn’t HATE it. : ) But… Now I have to yell at you for not remembering the far superior original!!!! ; ) You don’t even remember William Katt’s perm??
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LOL just vaguely – I think it was the first movie I ever watched on HBO (when HBO first came out)
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I thought you only had the Playboy channel…
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That was a long time ago when I didn’t have that channel….
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When you read my review, you said were never going to see this. I call contradiction. 😉
Seriously, though, I’m glad you like this more than me.
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I really had very little desire – there was NOTHING else to do. It was between this and something miserable on netflix streaming. Or cable TV. Or golf.
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I would have gone cable TV.
But not golf. Even this is less miserable than that. 🙂
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I like golfing but watching it is misery.
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I loathe the original, book and movie. (And trust me, I was definitely the target audience for both back in the day) So I went into this one expecting to hate it as well in spite of doing jello shots throughout. Turns out it really wasn’t that bad. I dig Chloe (wish she’d shown some full frontal during that shower scene!) and while it certainly wasn’t great, it was far better than the steaming pile of excrement that was the original. (Note: This is only my opinion and keep in mind that I enjoy movies like Nude for Satan and Killer Klowns for Outer Space so if any fans of the original read this, just chalk it up to taste and we’ll agree to disagree.)
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Nicole!!
I figured I would hate the fuck out of this thing but it was all right. (Ditto on the shower scene. C’mon Chloe…) You’ve seen Nude For Satan??? HAHA!! There’s a post for that out on my Movie Index page. What a movie!!! (It’s OLD so my style is different now) (I think)
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Even if 99% of this movie was good, that piece of shit ending would have ruined it anyways. It was pretty bad, man. CGI for the lose.
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I tried to keep this post short – but – do you mean how the house caved in because of all of the rocks?? I mean – was the house made of fucking rocks??? Or the stupid and ridiculous gravestone thing that made no fucking sense?
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Mostly the gravestone bit. That had me rolling. Who’s terrible idea was that?
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That was HORRIBLE!!
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*Killer Klowns FROM Outer Space… can’t believe I typo’ed that movie. Sacrilege! 😉
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Heresy!! Six lashes!
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Haven’t gotten around to this one. I’m a bit meh about it.
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Trust me – so was I – and I still am – it really is “just OK”. I wouldn’t waste any money on it ~ but it’s not “fucking terrible”.
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I liked this film If I’m honest and it did take me by surprise considering its hype, I gave it 3/5. It was entertaining and much more emotional than the original, gore was there yet I feel like it wasn’t really a horror, I wasn’t horrified, scared, terrified as I should had been! Special effects and all that were good but I think it was too over the top an needed toning down! Good post!
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Thank you!!!
I have no clue why this was rated R??
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Was it really? Over here it was a 15 but I suppose our system is kind of flawed but I couldn’t see it scary anyone if I’m honest.
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LOL – yes…?
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All I can say is that the poster is pretty cool. And that seems to mean the movie is shit.
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HA!!
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Good review. Yet again, Hollywood throws another remake out at us and comes close to ruining the legacy of the original it is re-doing.
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I can’t really speak to that but I don’t know why a movie like that has to be remade… I mean – we all know how it ends…
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I told you you’d like it. 🙂 I thought this one was pretty good – especially compared to the original.
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: )
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My money was better spent on the Super Mega Skittles Combo that I bought to eat while watching this movie: $14.95 for a large popcorn, large soda, and super sized bag of skittles. Highway robbery, for sure. But very very delicious robbery.
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No nachos???????????????????????????
: (
Movie nachos are the best!!
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Ew, I never eat movie nachos! I have a serious aversion to that fake shitty cheese sauce that comes with them. If I can’t have nachos with a bunch of real cheese that I know someone had to grate, then I’d rather no nachos at all, lol.
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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT?? I LUUUUUUUV movie nachos : )
But I also like hot dogs. Both = synthetic food LOL
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Hot dogs get a pass because they are so effing delicious. Damn, it’s like -15 here right now and all I can think about is a street meat covered in pickles and ketchup. But it’s probably too cold for the vendors to be out hawking dogs.
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YOU HAVE HOT DOG VENDORS???????? God damn, I’m moving in with you!!!
If I want a greasy, stomach cramp inducing dog I have to go to a gas station : ( (or the movies)
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Yeah, dude. That’s like the number 1 perk of city living: hot dog vendors on almost every street corner. It’s so convenient!
A few years ago on my birthday, I got hammered at the bar obviously, but then on my way home I got this major craving for some street meat. So I got one all smothered in pickles and ketchup, and walked home while I chowed the thing down. Best drunk eats ever! I then passed out as soon as I got home, in my clothes. The next morning when I woke up, I thought I had fallen and scraped myself up real bad, but it turns out it was just an excess of ketchup that I’d spilled all down the front of my shirt and pants from walking/eating at the same time.
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That story is fucking awesome!! That’s kind of like waking up in a sticky, stinking bed and remembering that in the middle of the night you had gotten up and pissed on the fan and then got back in bed. But I wouldn’t know because that never happened to me when I lived with those two dudes in that rental house back in the 90s.
I also never drank 44 beers and passed out in the front yard.
Or woke up stark naked in a living room full of people.
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Hahahaha! Yeah, I can’t really picture you doing any of that stuff. It’s just so beneath you and all of your top hats.
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Right!!!!!!
#classymotherfucker
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I agree with you man. I quite liked this film. Not really sure why it has gotten so much hate.
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It’s definitely not THAT bad… : )
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I want to see the original Carrie.
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I need to see it again…
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Not seen this one yet but I haven;t heard great things. When it’s free on demand I might check it out.
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That’s for the best – free. And beer.
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I still need to see this, nice review!
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Why – thank you very much!!
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God you’re an animal for getting 65 comments on this short of a review. What’s your secret….?
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Beats me… that’s a lot for my place… everyone must have skipped night church…
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