Despite little creepy touches here and there with the imagery, such as the more grotesque faces of the victims, for me the real clincher was the scene when the little kid (spoiler) says to his mom towards the end "you helped her?" I just found that a really creepy moment, when you thought that it was just another "see, the ghost just wanted help solving its murder" wimpy horror movies, and it totally screws with that expectation.
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32. "yeah, I go back and forth" In response to Reply # 18
I'm a huge Martin Balsam fan, so that gets my vote. But I really do like the acting work in the new one. It's really just a preference thing with this one, I don't think either is better per se.
"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams
56. "They sell both of them together now on DVD." In response to Reply # 41
And the separate releases are out of print.
So more and more people will discover the 1934 version, which is good in its own right, but not on the level of the Lana Turner/Juanita Moore/Susan Kohner version.
43. "Can it you twit (c) Violet Beauregarde" In response to Reply # 11
"Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one"-Anonymous
The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath;the deadliest poison is covetousness;the fiercest fire is hatred; the darkest night is ignorance.-The Buddha
>This is an oldie but goodie, but a remake of a film that's >better than the OG version. > >Can include foreign to domestic conversions. > >one >k. orr
35. "RE: The one with Jack Nicholson?" In response to Reply # 33
>No im saying liked the Rick Moranis version better than >Jack's
I follow. I just wasn't sure if there was a previous musical version, since I remember the original to be more of a weird horror thing. If it was a comedy, I was too young to realize that when i saw it.
>wow i just read back that statement & that should'nt ever be >right lol
Rick Moranis should savor this post forever.
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63. "you know i did like it better" In response to Reply # 30
i think it was the funny fly voice in the first one that made it meh ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
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