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blue_lotus13Anyone who is a regular reader of this page, or who knows me well at all may already know that I am an absolute baby when it comes to horror films. I refuse to watch anything that is even the least bit scary. I haven't seen "28 days later", and I refuse to see many films, which includes everything from "The Blair Witch Project" to "The Exorcist."
So while I'm very interested in Johnny Depp's new movie "The Secret Window", I probably won't be in the theatres to see it. It's the story of a writer accused of plagiarism. He is then haunted or threatened by some kind of psychopath. When I saw the trailer, I thought immediately of Stephen King. Investigation of the website revealed that the story is in fact, by Stephen King.
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/secretwindow/cms/
Apparently Johnny Depp spends most of the movie in a bathrobe. While some might be turned off by this, I think it would probably turn me on.
Though I can read horror, I can't watch horror movies. And since I relate far too well to stories about writers, this would add an extra dimension of fear for me. In my opinion, the scariest Stephen King novel is "The Dark Half" (about a writer whose creation comes to kill him.)
While I've seen "Misery", I'm not brave enough to attempt "The Shining."
So while I'm very interested in Johnny Depp's new movie "The Secret Window", I probably won't be in the theatres to see it. It's the story of a writer accused of plagiarism. He is then haunted or threatened by some kind of psychopath. When I saw the trailer, I thought immediately of Stephen King. Investigation of the website revealed that the story is in fact, by Stephen King.
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/secretwindow/cms/
Apparently Johnny Depp spends most of the movie in a bathrobe. While some might be turned off by this, I think it would probably turn me on.
Though I can read horror, I can't watch horror movies. And since I relate far too well to stories about writers, this would add an extra dimension of fear for me. In my opinion, the scariest Stephen King novel is "The Dark Half" (about a writer whose creation comes to kill him.)
While I've seen "Misery", I'm not brave enough to attempt "The Shining."
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Date: 2004-02-23 10:59 am (UTC)johnny depp? in a bathrobe? with creepy, menacing john turturro? i'm there!
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Date: 2004-02-23 12:15 pm (UTC)You really should see 28 Days ... I'm a fan of the genre but it's been a long long time since anyone has done anything this decent. I can't stand slasher pap and all that formula crap.
I have to one to recommed to you ... THE CHANGLING ... no gore, pure chills. One of my favorite Canadian movies ... hmmm, now that I think of it, it was PG too. Caught it in re-run awhile ago and it still had the same effect on me as it did when I saw it as a kid. Not bad for a movie that's twenty four years old.
Ill.
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Date: 2004-02-23 12:34 pm (UTC)Scared the shit out of me. then a few years later, we ended up visiting the hotel/resort in CO where it was filmed. I refused to stay very long.
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Date: 2004-02-23 06:19 pm (UTC)However the TV version was good, it was more like the actual book. Better character development, more attention to detail, etc. Steven King was actually involved in that one.
The Jack Nicholson one wasn't really like the book at all.