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As for why Kane was never in FvJ, I heard a different reason than @DarthDimi above. I heard that Ronny Yu wanted a Jason to act with his eyes (odd thing to say, given that Kane acted more as Jason in one film, than Ken Kerzinger did). Seems fairly straight forward, right? Wrong. Yu claims that he was happy enough to have kept Kane on (he'd been Jason in 4 previous films, and saw no reason to replace Kane) claiming it was execs at New Line that pushed to recast Jason. They claim that it was Yu who wanted to recast Jason.
Kind of feels akin to Brosnan and Bond, where it seems he wasn't told he was on the way out and was more surprised by a replacement and a new direction out of nowhere.
Just like Brosnan, yes. They were lead down the garden path, only to have the door slammed in their face. Kanes attitude toward FvJ has changed in the years since, thanks in no small part to the Hatchet films, and the Friday game. I've never been the biggest fan of Brosnan, but that is beside the point. Not telling him to his face, and with diplomacy, was a shitty way to tell him he wasn't coming back.
@DarthDimi It might have been the 'His Name Was Jason: 30 Years Of Friday The 13th' documentary, where I got that from. It was definitely a documentary, because I remember a clip of Yu, saying that he was fine with Kane playing Jason in FvJ, followed by an exec at New Line saying the same thing.
Saw that one too, but alas a long time ago. ;) Should give it another try, probably.
http://comicbook.com/horror/2018/02/16/it-chapter-2-filming-begins-summer/
Awesome. The first was great; hyped for the next!
It Follows is brilliant. I was less keen on The Babadook, thought it was good but a bit overhyped. The Witch is another really good recent one. I think horror as a genre in general is doing great to be fair. There's always at least one or two really good ones a year and even the more mainstream jump scarey ones have had some gems. The Conjuring films (pretty much anything James Wan makes), Annabelle 2, Lights Out. The creepy paranormal stuff is doing alright.
But the Slasher genre I think has suffered a bit and needs a renaissance. There is still good stuff out there but nothing really making the same impact as the old icons. I to be able to watch a big scary bastard with a memorable look killing teenagers in gory inventive ways in a packed cinema again. I think You're Next might be the last big one that kind of fits the bill, but I think you can sort of class home invasion as a sub genre of its own.
Alas I can only agree with you on The Witch. The Babadook bored me to tears, but I thought It Follows, for the most part, was quite excellent.
But between you, me, and @thelivingroyale, we have all bases on these films pretty well covered. ;)
You know, I was quite impressed by this when I caught it in a cheap theater as it was making its theatrical exit - rewatched it maybe three or four years later, and found it to be incredibly dull. Not sure why such a disparity after having not seen it (and loved it) in years. I still have to give it credit for being unique and playing on the typical horror tropes the way it did.
I haven't rewatched it and don't think I'll bother. I thought it was great at the time, clever violent fun, but I think it might be one of those films where if you watch it again and know what's coming it won't be as good.
That definitely could've been the case, as I saw so little of the film's marketing beforehand, so I had absolutely no clue what to expect.
I usually don't fluctuate in opinion (I either like or hate something and when I do change my mind I like something more than I did before instead of hating what I loved), but I do see your point. Cabin could be one of those movies where, once you've seen all the surprises, there's little left to it. The characters and events are very dull for me, so when the underlying mystery is revealed there's little reason to come back. But I didn't even like the mystery or reveal, so I can't go that far in my praise. I just thought, "People liked this?"
I could see some praise coming from how it plays with tropes, but I would implore those people to watch movies like Scream that did the tropes, homages and clever twisting of genre and expectation better over a decade prior. Coming upon Cabin at the time I did and with the catalogue of what I'd seen in the genre at the back of my mind, I just couldn't fathom what the big deal was.
Some directors just have it, a control over the conventions of film that keep you coming back even after the mystery is cracked. Just like Hitchcock or Kubrick.
Nick Castle back after all these years is probably the coolest news a horror fan could ask for.
But consider this: how amazing would it be if Tony Moran was also coming back as unmasked Michael and they’ve been keeping it a secret?!?
That would be so epic my head could explode!!
The more I hear about this movie, the more excited I get:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3484946/returning-michael-myers-nick-castle-says-new-halloween-lot-like-original/
It would be fitting if the success of Halloween (2018), leads to the next F13 finally going into production, as it was the lukewarm reception that met Rings, which made Paramount get cold feet on F13 (2017). Hopefully, New Line are already, unofficially, working on the next film.
That would make me very happy. Still bummed the recent F13 got so close to shooting before getting canned. I'll take a new, proper Hellraiser and A Nightmare On Elm Street some day, too.
I've heard of it, sounded like it was a nice twist on the slasher genre (if I'm thinking of the right movie, that is).
EDIT: Nevermind, just read your review. I'll have to give it a go at some point. I think I keep getting this one mixed up with The Final Girls that I've heard about. Seems the latter one is more of a comedy; can't stand horror comedies most of the time.
Yeah, Last Girl Standing is a serious horror film. t's funny how in the same year, we had 3 similar themed titles: Last Girl Standing, Final Girl and The Final Girls. The latter two being especially confusing.