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Utterly pointless
posted by Howard BurnsSTAFFMOD on February 21, 2017 at 10:48 PM
Gotta be among the worst & most disengaging remakes ever. Nothing worked here and any attempt to mock the original came off as vacuous and low-grade, especially when trying to "modernize" it. Even Rockwell slept through this thing but understandable considering what little he had to work with. Total waste of time & talent.
Reply by Dawn Of The Ed
on February 21, 2017 at 11:04 PM
Yeah, taking a timeless classic and turning it into a run of the mill modern ghost story was pretty useless. Not a lot of creativity to be found here.
Reply by tmdb43737777
on July 30, 2017 at 3:17 AM
Basically the reshoot all the scary scenes from the original and made it boring. The only good part was Sam Rockwell
Reply by movie_nazi
on December 14, 2017 at 9:32 AM
It is absolute garbage. Throw it in the Hollywood cash grab pile with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Reply by jorgito2001
on October 18, 2018 at 2:37 PM
I was toying with the idea of rewatching this one...having rewatched Poltergeist I, II & III this Halloween season and experiencing the AWESOME haunt at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights based on the original film (best house this year)! I noticed FXM had it on this morning, so may watch it via the FX app on my phone, JUST for giggles (& be a completist of some kind..lol)....
Having Sam "Evil Dead" Raimi as a producer and Gil Kenan, the director of the VERY awesome (& Halloween Favorite in my household) Monster House, my hopes were high for this one...not sure what the he77 happened! Studio interference?! Too many chefs in the kitchen?! This movie shouldn't have been as bad as it turned out! This is the bottom of the pile of remakes...down there with the Psycho, Fog & Nightmare On Elm Street re-do's!
Reply by movie_nazi
on October 18, 2018 at 3:38 PM
I agree. One of the worst remakes out there. Just no real effort in the creeps department. Just a shoot-by-numbers Hollywood turd.