But I don't live on Elm Street so I'm okay. Still, I didn't find this to be particularly scary or anything. I haven't seen Wes Craven's Last House On The Left but it seems to be in the same sort of documentary/amateur horror genre. It does look very novice and it's far from Craven's best work but it is slightly interesting.
Plus, I have no clue what all the fuss is about regarding the shock and gore. There is hardly one spot of blood in this movie and I just finished watching the uncut version. Horror and gore is implied but never really shown or excessively displayed.
I kind of felt that the character of Pluto was quite sympathetic even tho he was one of the bad guys. I felt sorry for him when the dog bit him. But none of the other characters provoked anything out of me. They were just either dull or stupid and not even in a typical horror movie way. Wes Craven kind of shoots himself in the foot by limited the possibilities early on, resulting in a movie with an annoyingly abrupt ending and no subtext or subliminal quality whatsoever. It works perfectly as a Drive-In movie but as a horror it's weaker than a twentieth-time-around tea-bag.
The DVD sports a truly dodgy looking 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1 that fails to impress at all and a bunch of features, including Audio commentary from director Wes Craven and producer Peter Locke, An all-new featurette featuring Wes Craven, Peter Locke, Janus Blythe, Susan Lanier, Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman and cinematographer Eric Saarinen, 'The American Nightmare' documentary (directed by Adam Simon and is actually really good), Stills gallery, TV spots, Trailers.
I guess if you're a fan then it is a must buy.
Plus, I have no clue what all the fuss is about regarding the shock and gore. There is hardly one spot of blood in this movie and I just finished watching the uncut version. Horror and gore is implied but never really shown or excessively displayed.
I kind of felt that the character of Pluto was quite sympathetic even tho he was one of the bad guys. I felt sorry for him when the dog bit him. But none of the other characters provoked anything out of me. They were just either dull or stupid and not even in a typical horror movie way. Wes Craven kind of shoots himself in the foot by limited the possibilities early on, resulting in a movie with an annoyingly abrupt ending and no subtext or subliminal quality whatsoever. It works perfectly as a Drive-In movie but as a horror it's weaker than a twentieth-time-around tea-bag.
The DVD sports a truly dodgy looking 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1 that fails to impress at all and a bunch of features, including Audio commentary from director Wes Craven and producer Peter Locke, An all-new featurette featuring Wes Craven, Peter Locke, Janus Blythe, Susan Lanier, Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman and cinematographer Eric Saarinen, 'The American Nightmare' documentary (directed by Adam Simon and is actually really good), Stills gallery, TV spots, Trailers.
I guess if you're a fan then it is a must buy.