I am glad you’ve seen the light! Just rewatched TCITW recently, actually. Still holds up. Just so much fun. What’s interesting about it now (like Scream before it) is how it knowingly emphasizes the horror tropes of its era while also doing the more old school horror formula self-awareness. Zombies, supernatural curses, torture porn style kills. It feels like a historical document of where the genre was in 2009 when they shot it. Horror movies are kind of like pop music. So aware of what’s “in” at a particular time that it ends up eating its own tail immediately. In a good way.
It’s a bummer that BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE didn’t turn out that great, but maybe I owe that one a rewatch too…
The Strangers: Chapter One is almost shot for shot a remake of the original, which is… an interesting take. It’s not bad but it’s not good, either. Although my favorite of the series is actually Prey At Night, so who knows.
Yeah, I was disappointed by BAD TIMES also. I thought about it a bunch as I was planning and writing this one.
I'll also say: as I was writing I also thought a lot about the whole Deadpool enterprise. (I did not like either of the first two, and though I think I basically have to see the third, I'm very wary.) What I like and respect about Cabin is that it's able to poke fun and have fun and still respect both the genre and the audience. (I really find offensive how often Deadpool goes out of its way to insult comic stories and comic fans.)
I am glad you’ve seen the light! Just rewatched TCITW recently, actually. Still holds up. Just so much fun. What’s interesting about it now (like Scream before it) is how it knowingly emphasizes the horror tropes of its era while also doing the more old school horror formula self-awareness. Zombies, supernatural curses, torture porn style kills. It feels like a historical document of where the genre was in 2009 when they shot it. Horror movies are kind of like pop music. So aware of what’s “in” at a particular time that it ends up eating its own tail immediately. In a good way.
It’s a bummer that BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE didn’t turn out that great, but maybe I owe that one a rewatch too…
The Strangers: Chapter One is almost shot for shot a remake of the original, which is… an interesting take. It’s not bad but it’s not good, either. Although my favorite of the series is actually Prey At Night, so who knows.
Agreed with your opinion of FURIOSA.
Yeah, I was disappointed by BAD TIMES also. I thought about it a bunch as I was planning and writing this one.
I'll also say: as I was writing I also thought a lot about the whole Deadpool enterprise. (I did not like either of the first two, and though I think I basically have to see the third, I'm very wary.) What I like and respect about Cabin is that it's able to poke fun and have fun and still respect both the genre and the audience. (I really find offensive how often Deadpool goes out of its way to insult comic stories and comic fans.)