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Has Dean Koontz sued over this piece of trash yet?

posted 11 years ago by Croc-O-Dyle
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Since this is direct, criminal plagiarism of "Intensity", and there have been statements regarding the publication of its French translation and the time of the "writing" of the "screenplay" for this dreck, Koontz's case would be won before it even began.

It's understandable that he wouldn't want to promote an ineptly made porn video vomited out by aja, who took the plot of "Intensity" and vulgarized it, adding a cretinous twist in an idiot's attempt to mask the plagiarism; it's understandable that he wouldn't want his name associated with this trash, either - but aja could and should be made to pay up for his crime.

[–] BertramWilberforceWooster 11 years ago

From his website:

In the past, Dean has been aggressive about plagiarism and has succeeded in every action he has taken against every plagiarist. In this case, a win appeared inevitable, but he decided to ignore the offense because he found the film so puerile, so disgusting, and so intellectually bankrupt that he didn’t want the association with it that would inevitably come if he pursued an action against the filmmaker. Maybe the lesson is that if you’re going to steal from Dean’s work, you better make your version as disgusting and misanthropic, as full of loathing for humanity, as you can; then you might get away with it!

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[–] ofuoku71 11 years ago

That's hilarious!

[–] nicholaslauren67 11 years ago

[–] elwyn5150 10 years ago

Since this is direct, criminal plagiarism of "Intensity"

Please don't misuse the word "criminal" here. Plagiarism is a civil case.

[–] ben-leos 10 years ago

Theft is criminal

[–] neil-476 10 years ago

But plagiarism isn't.

[–] aprilllls 9 years ago

I want to read the novel so badly now!!! Is the ending much different then?

Has anyone read the novel to compare??

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[–] mav100000 9 years ago

Yes, the ending is completely different, and if I remember correctly, up to the twist in the movie is nearly identical, but there is almost a second half of the book not touched upon in the film. I may be a bit off there, I read it years ago, but really enjoyed it!

Cheers mate!

[–] aprilllls 9 years ago

Thanks for your reply, I'm going to have to buy a copy and compare for myself, it sounds like I'm missing out! :)

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[–] janus3 9 years ago

anyone that thinks the book and movie are identical are idiots.

this is all they have in common, girl and friend to meet friends parents.

killer kills family

girl drives a car at some point to follow

everything else is different

book spoiler: the best friend is dead before she gets in the motorhome

[–] user-15159 9 years ago

80% of the movie is from the book.
It is plagiarism

[–] JackAteSally 9 years ago

Haute Tension in and of itself.

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[–] stopitgoaway007 9 years ago

Hitchcock were from Britain but he made most of his films in Hollywood, not to mention that is where he lived for decades. He were the master of suspense, not horror, big difference. Hitchcock made thrillers, that were his forte'.

"Intensity" (mini series not book) is definitely a thriller, not a horror movie. The horror genre is comprised of such films as The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Child's Play, Friday the 13th, etc...

There is no doubt at all about High Tension being the plagiarized version of "Intensity", and as the other person already mentioned in this thread, the ending twist were done simply to appear at least somewhat different from the material it ripped off in case Dean Koontz wanted to sue for copyright infringement.

"Intensity" were leaps and bounds better than the French clone.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Even the title 'High Tension' is similar to 'Intensity'.

It's definitely one of the more blatant rip-offs I've seen. It copied the first part of Intensity almost scene-for-scene only made it gorier and added the hit-or-miss twist.

Koontz probably should have sued.