...and dropped it in the sink (wash basin).
In this, the same-ish character has a semi-close encounter (ha) with an electric drill.
Not exactly in the same league.
Pretty much sums up the whole movie.
I actually liked the drill scene.
shareThe drill scene was by far the best scene in the film. It was actually pretty disturbing. I wanted to like this movie becuase I like Sam Rockwell and the original trilogy was my favorite horror/paranormal series. The film felt too rushed and too cheap. Its like they took aspects from all of the three previous films and put them into a blender. It was bad but not terrible and far from the worst remake, that nod goes to Planet of the Apes. There were elements of the film I enjoyed but I felt to quote The Shining on this, that their heart was not in this, they haven't the belly for it.
shareYes,I agree. That was my complaint about the remake. Many of the scenes seemed forced and rushed. I think certainly the tree scene in the original was much scarier. At least the tree in that one tried to eat Robbie,while the tree in this merely played with the little boy and then set him down on the ground. At least they should've made the parents have to climb the tree to save the boy like in the 1982 original. I too am a big fan of the original 1980's trilogy and felt real sad when actors from the trilogy died,especially those that died young,most especially Heather O'Rourke; who played Carol Anne,died back in 1988. I'm such a fan of the original trilogy that,if I have a daughter one day,I plan to name her after Heather's character; Carol Anne. I liked the movie more as a standalone or sequel than a remake. I envisioned this being more a third sequel to the original trilogy than a remake. I also totally get what you meant by taking elements from all 3 movies of the trilogy and throwing them together,like the hand coming out of the muck grabbing the older sister in this being like the puddle scene in Poltergeist III and going into the "other side",to retrieve Madison at the end of this compared to the final scene in Poltergeist II.
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