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It's been nearly three four decades since Wes Craven made his mark on the horror scene with The Last House on the Left, and he's recently grown more adept at merely producing remakes of his own work, such as 2006's take on The Hills Have Eyes -- which I found to be a perfectly nasty piece of work (yes, that's a compliment).

Well, at the risk of sounding completely and utterly immoral, I find myself similarly intrigued by this new trailer (watch below or over on Apple) for this new take on Last House, in which Sara Paxton gets seriously bullied by some local punks, who in turn unwittingly seek refuge with understandably vengeful parents Monica Potter and Tony Goldwyn. Scott, our resident horror-hound whose assessment of the original I happen to agree with (overrated, though not without merit), had this much to say after watching the trailer: "Uhh, motel room? She survives? Microwave? Eep. Nice to see Tony Goldwyn getting work, though."

Okay, I'll give him the somewhat silly microwave bit, but other than that, I think this looks like an interesting enough revenge thriller that doesn't totally upend the original. And kudos to Rogue Pictures or whoever they have handle their trailers -- the ones for this, The Strangers, and The Unborn work pretty well, even when the final films*cough*Unborn*cough*don't.

Whoa-whoa-oh, sweet trailer of mine...

NOTE: You can find the new trailer right here.

It's been a while since I've seen a good spoof. I don't think that I've even bothered watching one since Scary Movie. So of course, a Leslie Nielson movie that doesn't have him playing President Harris makes me curious -- especially when he's playing Uncle Ben. A trailer for Superhero Movie (previously called Superhero!) has popped up online, and you can see it right here.

As you can tell from the trailer, it looks like this flick should be called "Dragonfly-Man." It's basically a trailer full of Spider-Man spoofs, although IMDb doesn't list Spidey among the spoofs, but does list Batman Begins and Fantastic Four. That's my only real complaint about the trailer, which makes it look like it just took the Spider-Man script and spoofed it scene by scene. Still, I loved the spastic rush to change into the superhero outfit, because you just know that it isn't as easy as Spider-Man or Superman make it seem.

The comedy opens March 28, and also features Sara Paxton, Drake Bell, Christopher McDonald, Brent Spiner, Jeffrey Tambor, and Marion Ross.

I see in my future another guilty pleasure starring Amanda Bynes (do I consider her a celebrity crush if all I want to do is squeeze her cheeks like an annoying relative?). Myspace has the trailer up for the young actress' latest, which is titled Sydney White (formerly Sydney White and the Seven Dorks), and I can't deny that I think I'll enjoy it. A teen college comedy apparently loosely adapted from the Snow White story, it is basically the same direction Bynes went in with last year's Shakespeare remake She's the Man. And yes, I kinda liked that one. This time around she doesn't have to pretend to be a boy, but she does become one of the boys -- or dorks -- when she befriends a house full of losers (including Freaks and Geeks' Samm Levine). The movie's equivalent of the evil queen is Sara Paxton, pretty much recycling her role from Sleepover (both that film and this were directed by Joe Nussbaum) as a prissy sorority diva who makes enemies with Byne's S. White. In the trailer, she's shown as the butt of a cheap but great gag involving a nod to the "Heigh-Ho" song from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

As for the movie's Prince, a guy appropriately named Tyler Prince, the role belongs to Matt Long, who was last seen as a young Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider. He doesn't get much screen time in the trailer, which concentrates more on the social awkwardness of the dorks (some of which are very un-dwarf-like in height). Speaking of the dorks, they may be my only issue with the otherwise innocent, cute little movie. I'll just never buy the idea that geeks are really that amazed to see a girl's underwear. I didn't believe it 20 years ago in Sixteen Candles and I don't believe it now. Real dorks may be socially awkward, sure, but they aren't morons. After seeing modern dorks done right in Knocked Up, I don't know if I could accept them as portrayed in Sydney White. But I do like watching Bynes' facial comedy, so there's still a chance I'm interested. Now that the actress has received more exposure recently via Hairspray, a lot more people may be interested, too.