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this is the worst idea i've ever heard.

posted 11 years ago by joshua_carpino
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the texarkana phantom has had a resurgence of popularity recently. there is a play based on the case,the original "town" is on dvd and shown on tcm underground a couple times a year,a fictional book about the case came out last year,and a long overdue non fiction book is coming out. sounds like it's time to make a new film about the case(fictionalized or not)...right? but instead we're getting a very cheap gimmick that might make a few bucks on opening weekend if it even gets made. to quote lt. dan from "forrest gump": "well that's...that's just PERFECT!"

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[–] joshua_carpino 11 years ago

wow,logic for the win. guess i shoulda known.

[–] johnwills3 11 years ago

Yea man stop being stupid and stating your opinion on a message board.. didnt you know that your wrong.

Btw... *beep* this movie.

www.soundcloud.com/professorwobbleswerth

[–] macabre_madness 11 years ago

Don't worry Joshua, these idiots don't care that the real victims and their story are being exploited for the sake of a cheap cotton candy slasher flick that'll never hit theaters and be lucky to find its way into Redbox. It IS a STUPID concept and only a moron would be in the mindset (this could work...we'll have to wait and see!) to the point where they'd be on here defending this waste.

[–] walkerfe 11 years ago

I did not even know it was actually based on true events. But then again isn't every horror movie nearly marketed as such? Why is this one more exploitative than any other?
I'm personally amped up for this, it looks like there could actually be some quality work produced from this project. Potentially good writer and director combo and some better than expected acting talent.

[–] joshuacarpino 8 years ago

i rest my case.

[–] Wuchak (8732) 4 years ago

the real victims and their story are being exploited for the sake of a cheap cotton candy slasher flick

Seriously? When this flick was released the five victims had been deceased for almost seven decades. And anyone who actually knew the victims would be around 90 years-old, give or take (obviously not the target audience for a bloody, sleazy slasher).

If anything, this movie and the original one from 1976 inspire viewers to look up the true events of 1946, which memorializes the victims and their story.

[–] monty-britton 11 years ago

The original came out in 1976 some thirty years after it took place. Why not let the original film stand on its own? Do teens want to see a movie about killings almost seventy years ago? The original film is pushing forty years! Unless the writers ruin the authenticity by changing the killings to modern day and just stealing the title. Somebody needs to halt this from happening and respect the victims and their families. There should only be one Town That Dreaded Sundown and it has been made and released and is a classic horror film. Let things alone.

[–] paceman90 11 years ago

Kinda like going back to 1997 and asking if anyone would want to see a movie about a boat that sank 85 years ago.

[–] johnwills3 11 years ago

Im tired of movies being remade to satisfy these millennial sh*theads. Seek out the classics or go watch Twilight you *beep* morons.

www.soundcloud.com/professorwobbleswerth

[–] Thrill_KillZ 11 years ago

I'm tired of all "you people" who think every horror film made in the 70's is a f'ing classic! And don't play that twilight BS on me I was born in the 70's.

[–] johnwills3 11 years ago

Guess what this movie is a *beep* classic

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[–] lazarillo 11 years ago

Since the real incident happened in the late 40's, I doubt too many of the real people are around to be offended. It's no worse--and probably better--than making movies about the Zodiac or Manson or Dahmer or any other real-life murderer.

The 1976 Charles Pierce movie is really endearing, but it's no cinematic masterpiece. But these "re-imaginings" really have no effect on the original movie one way or the other. If they're good, they stand on their own, and if they suck, they make you appreciate the original even more.

And one genre I genuinely enjoy seeing the much-maligned "Millennial" generation in is horror movies. They show off their twenty-something bodies (lead actress Addison Timlin has an especially nice one)and then they die horribly! What more could the cranky (and horny) ageing children of the 70's and 80's ask for?

[–] von_karolinas 10 years ago

To be fair, this really isn't a remake.

[–] MadRotaryOne_DDCgod 10 years ago

The story seems original too me. Plus the 1976 movie was really more or a f aux documentary style, with many of the killings completely changed from the original. Such as the 'trombone' death scene, that never really happened, the girl was tied to a tress and stabbed or strangled, but the trombone death was more creative so they went with it.
This new movie seems to be centered on a girl or something, I will wait until I watch it ti judge it.

[–] jimmyste 10 years ago

They tied into the whole trombone aspect because she was walking home from band. They found her trumpet by the road and found the body from there. Just a little trivia from a Texarkana native.

[–] JeremeK 10 years ago

Wrong. It was completely made up. The real-life victim played saxophone not trombone. She wasn't walking home, and the instrument wasn't found for six months.

[–] svalinanikola 10 years ago

Im tired of movies being remade to satisfy these millennial sh*theads. Seek out the classics or go watch Twilight you *beep* morons.

If you think that's the reason movies are remade then you're really delusional.

[–] von_karolinas 10 years ago

A worse idea than Sharknado?