This is Dark Harvest, which I remember being a pretty good book by Norman Partridge. The movie is filled with baffling dialogue, incompetent fights, and yes, moronic CGI gore. Best things to say about it are that it's relatively brief and good for unintentional laughs, except for those unfortunate times when it's trying to be funny.
I only just caught up on the news that the Coen Brothers are not only getting the band back together but working on a horror movie. Good news, because after tonight I'm convinced that the genre could use whatever they have to bring to it.
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Since there appear to be several movies with that name should I assume you mean the one from 2004? The plot sounds about right as do the baffling dialogue, incompetent fights, and moronic CGI gore, but not being a fan of gore fests I'd be sitting in the other room reading a book.
Then there's Dark Harvest 1992 that could be about right too. Then again, maybe not as it's described as having bloodless killings but lots of boobs.
It couldn't be the one with James Caan.. nah.
Ooops, just found the one from 2023: In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival. Okay, 80s horror movie made in Winnipeg, the place the 80s never left.. a richness of embarrassment works.
With such a dearth of interesting new movies it's good to know the Coen brothers have decided to make a new one together. Neither of us is very confident they're capable of making one as scary as No Country for Old Men but you never know. Blood Simple was not what you'd call horrific and that goes for Fargo too, frightening situations and lots of tension . I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed they don't make a slasher movie. I like reading books but it's more fun to watch a movie I'll be likely to enjoy.
Weird that the same title keeps popping up like that. On the other hand it's two simple words that complement each other, so I guess why not. The 2004 movie has a killer scarecrow, which is kind of in the same ballpark.
The 1992 movie apparently has a real dead dog as a prop. The crew found it, thank God, instead of, you know, causing it. Still, I don't think the boobs would be worth it.
Can't really say anything about the James Caan movie, since it doesn't seem to have been released. Maybe it will be, and maybe not.
Yeah, 2023 it is. The movie is supposed to be set in the 50s or early 60s, but the filmmakers seem to have had trouble remembering that at various points. For example there are shots where a crusty old shopkeeper is defending his store from rioting youths, but his ponytail makes him look less than authentic for the period. Shooting in a city that's stuck in the 80s must have confused things even more.
Yeah, I was glad to learn they were collaborating again. I don't know when exactly their next movie will be complete and released, and certainly can't guess any details as to what it's about. Chiguhr was a very good bogeyman, yes. Probably true that Blood Simple didn't have anyone quite as intense, but Visser the private eye gets points for being relentless and hard to kill. It's nice when a movie can reward the attention you give it.
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