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mrhelmand t1_iuixqla wrote

I watched this on a Twitch stream a couple of years ago [and again this past weekend] and was struck by how something made so long ago and with no audible dialog can have much more tension that most horror movies made today.

I know a remake is in the offing but there's no way it will come close, surely?

Oh, and if you've not seen Shadow of the Vampire, get on that, very underappreciated film.

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AmeliaMangan t1_iujhmzl wrote

>I know a remake is in the offing but there's no way it will come close, surely?

There was a remake in 1979, by Werner Herzog, and - I say this as someone who counts the original as one of her favorite films - it is an absolute masterpiece. (The upcoming one is by Robert Eggers, of The Witch and The Lighthouse fame; he's talented, but the fact that he's been publicly slagging off Herzog's astonishing film does not fill me with confidence.)

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mrhelmand t1_iujk3i2 wrote

I forgot about the 79 version, I will have to check that out!

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