Freaky stalker well-chick, that's who.
Dan? Have you gotten caller ID yet, as we discussed here? I think you might have a well to house call ... will you accept the charges?
I can't WAIT. It's not getting good reviews, but I can't wait anyway. The first one was unPLEASantly scary.
Bring it on! Maybe I'll go see it tonight.
Posted by sheilaWell I'll almost definitely put it on the List.. but I don't think it was a wise decision for Hideo Nakata. Welcome to Hollywood. That said, his original version is one of the most unnerving movies I have ever seen.
Posted by: peteb at March 18, 2005 2:17 PMAh yes ... I suppose I shouldn't have said "the first one" - since in reality "the first one" was a remake. Which was also unpleasantly frightening.
Posted by: red at March 18, 2005 2:24 PMHeh. I could dismiss it as "the remake", Sheila.. but that wouldn't be fair.. I think whichever version is seen second, of those two, loses part of the impact by seeming familiar.
That said.. I thoroughly recommend the original to anyone who hasn't seen it.
Posted by: peteb at March 18, 2005 2:51 PMIt's like the original Dutch version of The Vanishing - NOT the American re-make (with my man Jeff Bridges, and Kiefer Sutherland).
To this day, the original Vanishing is one of the most frightening movies I have ever seen - and it's all psychological - it almost has a documentary feel to it.
I can't recommend it highly enough - and I also have to say: SEE THE ORIGINAL before you see the stupid Hollywood version with its stupid deus ex machina.
Have you seen the movie of which I speak, peteb, by any chance??
Posted by: red at March 18, 2005 6:19 PMWell.. I haven't seen the Holllywood remake of The Vanishing, so it would be unfair of me to make a comparison.
But I would still name the original Japanese version of The Ring (Ringu) as the most unsettling movie I've ever seen.
Posted by: peteb at March 18, 2005 6:31 PMso ... did you see the Dutch version of The Vanishing? Or ...