I must admit that I haven't seen Tobe Hooper's 1974 TCM (it's still on the Black List in Germany), and I didn't know too much about it, so Marcus Nispel's version was an entirely new movie for me. (Okay, I saw a movie with Renée Zellweger from the 1990s, but don't get me started on that one.)
The movie scared the hell out of me! I sat there on my seat as if I were trapped in hell for an hour and a half. Nispel's TCM is extremely well made; the atmosphere, setting, art direction, music, editing, and photography re-presents film art at its finest here. And even the acting was good (which is not very often the case in this kind of movies, you must admit); Jessica Biel gave an extraordinarily intriguing performance, and so did the handsome Mike Vogel (can't wait to see him in another movie, he's incredibly hot!), not to mention Jonathan Tucker from "The Deep End" and "The Virgin Suicides".
All in all, I gave this movie 8 out of 10 and can highly recommend it. A beautifully made horror shocker!
The movie scared the hell out of me! I sat there on my seat as if I were trapped in hell for an hour and a half. Nispel's TCM is extremely well made; the atmosphere, setting, art direction, music, editing, and photography re-presents film art at its finest here. And even the acting was good (which is not very often the case in this kind of movies, you must admit); Jessica Biel gave an extraordinarily intriguing performance, and so did the handsome Mike Vogel (can't wait to see him in another movie, he's incredibly hot!), not to mention Jonathan Tucker from "The Deep End" and "The Virgin Suicides".
All in all, I gave this movie 8 out of 10 and can highly recommend it. A beautifully made horror shocker!
