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Psycho (1998)
A travesty
This is without a doubt the single worst "remake" movie ever, and in fact one of the worst films I've ever seen, period.
Van Sant took everything that was great about the original and bastardized it. Billed as a "shot for shot remake" Gus amateurishly apes the Hitchock film, poorly imitating the original. But that not being bad enough, he also occasionally adds scenes that weren't in the original film - like Norman Bates masturbating while looking through the peep hole at Marion undressing, complete with gratuitous sounds to fully illustrate his not-so subtle action.
This is a ham-fisted clumsy attempt to parrot a much more talented director's work. It isn't art, it isn't clever - it is plagiarism and badly done at that. It adds nothing to the original except color and tacky scenes, and that certainly ain't an improvement.
BOMB.
Monster Kid Home Movies (2005)
Amazing collection of short films
This DVD is simply a treasure. It is a collection of short films, shot mostly ON film, by kids from the 1950's through the 1980s. They are all inspired by horror and sci-fi movies, and are accompanied by audio commentaries by the creators. In many cases these film makers went on to successful careers in the field of horror and science fiction - Robert Tinnel went on to direct Frankenstein and me with Burt Reynolds, Kerry Gammil is a successful comic book artist and has done design work in Hollywood films, Tom Weaver is an award winning and highly respected writer and interviewer, etc.
I highly recommend to anyone out there, go grab a copy of this DVD TODAY - these movies are fun, creative, and heart warming, and presented with a loving touch by fellow monster-kids.
What would YOU have done with access to a film camera as a kid?