"The Last House on the Left"...how is this not "Otis"?

[Kitsa]

Daughter is victimized, family is angry, k, I see what you're doing here.

Movie entails angry family going after badguys and beating the shit out of them, mm-hmm, okay.

But they already made this movie, and it's called Otis (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/1647).

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Edit: *sigh* I was specifically talking about the remake, why did they bother with a remake, and I didn't watch or care about the original anyway. At least I did my part in making you feel (http://www.google.com/) you had superior (http://www.imdb.com/) knowledge (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/), right?

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

They already made this movie, it was called Last House on the Left. This is a remake of a 1972 Wes Craven movie that is damn near legendary. Otis is an okay little hidden movie horror snobs like to throw around.

[Kitsa]

I never saw the original. I guess I was wondering why they bothered with a remake, since so many remakes are shitty nowadays.

I'd like to disqualify myself from horror movie snobdom by saying I didn't like Otis.

[Big Papa Goat]

Apparently the original Last House on the Left was also considered by some people to have been a kind of a rip off of some other movie, but they were both apparently loosely based on some medieval scandanavian story.

[Zomboid]

I'd like to disqualify myself from horror movie snobdom by saying I didn't like Otis.
I'd say the fact that you've never seen (and from the sounds of it, never heard of) the original Last House on the Left already disqualifies you.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

Apparently the original Last House on the Left was also considered by some people to have been a kind of a rip off of some other movie, but they were both apparently loosely based on some medieval scandanavian story.

According to IMDB, Wes Craven based it on the 1960's movie Jungfrukällan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053976/)

[Kitsa]

Zomboid: zing!

There are a hell of a lot of "classics" I just don't give a fuck about. I'll admit that. My thing is Asian Extreme.

[Big Papa Goat]

I was looking at the imdb page for Jungfrukallan, and there was a link to a list of well known movies that were ripped off of lesser known movies. The Predator 'original' looks pretty good, although apparently it was never released on either VHS or DVD, so I can't imagine it would be possible to find =/

http://iconsoffright.com/news/2008/07/teds_top_10_thought_they_were.html (http://http://iconsoffright.com/news/2008/07/teds_top_10_thought_they_were.html)

[Big Papa Goat]

Also, it seems that the 'original' for The Others might have itself been an adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, which it seems was also quasi-remade in the recent "In a Dark Place". Fun facts!

[Tadao]

This read is a rip off of my 1992 thread about how the original was a rip off.

[Babs]

I would actually say that House on the Edge of the Park is a rip off of the original of Last House on the Left.

[Mockery]

The Last House on the Left is a rip off of The First House on the Right. >:

[kahljorn]

whatever guys don't you know that architects reuse the same house designs with subtle differences :rolleyes

[Babs]

It's to honor the aesthetics of the film. Brilliance, pure brilliance I say.

[Nick]

I was going to be snobby about this film, but you guys beat me too it.

[Ant10708]

Daughter is victimized, family is angry, k, I see what you're doing here.

Movie entails angry family going after badguys and beating the shit out of them, mm-hmm, okay.

But they already made this movie, and it's called Otis (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/1647).

:\ your an idiot

[Kitsa]

my must be.

[Tadao]

:lol

Get a Brain Morans!

[Dr. Boogie]

It's to honor the aesthetics of the film. Brilliance, pure brilliance I say.

More like ass-thetics.

[Kitsa]

There just aren't that many original stories out there. Everything's going to be a ripoff of something else and usually on multiple levels.

[Dr. Boogie]

That's what my old boss used to say when he was about to rip off a bunch of stuff.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

My dad had a copy of the original on VHS when I was seven. Was right about to stick it in the VCR to check it out and he stopped me. Probably a good idea.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

It's obviously a rip off of Hilarious House of Frightenstein.

[Kitsa]

Yes, well, I'll be sitting out this whole circle-jerk because I'm not watching the remake, either.

[Babs]

such a ripoff of the ring, NOW THAT'S A CLASSIC

[Kitsa]

truly. I'm all about Samara or whatever they called her that time.

[Big Papa Goat]

I'd just like to point out in this thread that I felt kind of ridiculous for feeling all proud of myself for watching the new Last House on the Left preview and knowing that it was a remake almost right off the bat.

[Tadao]

I would like to point out that I felt very silly for feeling all proud of myself by watching the new Last House on the Left trailer and knowing that it was a remake almost immediately.

[pac-man]

I would like to remake Last House on the Left by watching myself and almost immediately feeling ridiculous.

[Kitsa]

I feel kind of ridiculous for posting in the Movies forum at all.