Prepare to Enter 'Quarantine' A Week Earlier
Filed under: Horror, Thrillers, Sony, Distribution, Remakes and Sequels
Whenever Scott and I aren't out fighting crime together, we tend to be chatting each other up about horror films, as he has often either pointed me towards many a overlooked gem or brought to my attention the best titles currently making the festival rounds.
Whether or not Weinberg was the one who got me initially amped up for [REC], I can't accurately recall, but the point is that I can support his many praises over the film, and I think it's safe to say that we're both cautiously optimistic about the forthcoming American remake, Quarantine. It seems that Sony's smarter minds are also prone to cautious optimism, as Shock Till You Drop informs us that the film's release has been bumped up a week, from October 17th to October 10th.
Now, the 10th is a crowded weekend - we also have a crime thriller, a family adventure, and a teen sex romp - but what's important is that not only do none of those films appeal to the same horror-seeking demographic as Quarantine, whereas video game adaptation Max Payne might on the 17th, but the move gives it an extra week to rake it in until Saw V comes around and effectively dominates the market come the 24th.
As for me, I'm still curious about Quarantine director John Erick Dowdle's previous film, the still-unreleased The Poughkeepsie Tapes. Is it some sort of staring contest between them and the equally delayed All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, or what?
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7-05-2008 @ 8:13PM
dana said...
It's weird, because the theater I usually go to STILL has a Poughkeepsie Tapes poster up, so I'm always halfway expecting it to come out soon. It's not?
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7-05-2008 @ 8:23PM
William Goss said...
I couldn't tell ya. I remember seeing the trailer attached to The Mist back in November, expecting it to open this past February - which I'm certain wasn't the initial date. Time came and went, and... nothing. It was oft rumored that the not-so-hot Butt-Numb-A-Thon screening last December was responsible for the apparent scrapping.
Either way, legend has it that, if you shut your eyes and listen real closely the next time you're at the multiplex, you can hear the film moan and groan and creak and scratch from its new home in TBD release purgatory, where it finds itself flanked by the likes of Fanboys and Killshot on either side.
7-06-2008 @ 4:06AM
Seen K said...
You guys are cautiously optimistic, I am firmly pessimistic.
It would be one thing if the makers of the English translation used the concept and larger budget to expand and improve the original, but after seeing the trailer it looks like a straight-up rip, from the sets, to the dialogue, even the framing. These guys got paid to just recreate the movie ala "Funny Games US"?
Obviously it could deviate from the original, but by the looks of it this is just a mindless cash grab with a less appealing female lead (try to deny that, I dare ya!).
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7-06-2008 @ 4:12AM
William Goss said...
I say 'optimistic' because they have one hell of a blueprint to follow, although some of the promotional tactics so far - i.e. shamelessly flaunting what one presumes are still the final frames of the film - are where 'cautious' enters the equation.
Look, it's coming whether we like it or not. I'm not saying that it's going to be good, but if I'll be sitting through it regardless, that's the mindset I'd rather walk in with. The original will always be there for fans-to-be to seek out, even if that obviously isn't being made easy Stateside.
In all fairness, Jennifer Carpenter isn't unattractive. Can we agree on that much?
7-06-2008 @ 6:47PM
bongo123 said...
will be interesting to see anyways, the original is untouchable
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