[leongfun]

Mirrors


AKA: Into the Mirrors, Geoul sokeuro
Plot: A man is head of security at a department store plagued by unexplained deaths. The store is also the target of demonstrators wanting compensation for an earlier staff fire tragedy. The man becomes intrigued by a disturbed woman. She claims her sister, who died in the fire, is exacting revenge, using mirrors as a gateway back into the living world.

Cast:
Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson

Other 2008 Asian remake threads:
F: The Echo
HK: The Eye
J: Battle Royale
K: A Tale of Two Sisters
K: Mirrors
K: My Sassy Girl
K: Possession
T: Shutter

[cathyy_]

oh interesting!
i've seen the korean version and i sure loved it
i wonder how the english remake would be
hahaha i'm sure it would be good too
i'm happy that americans think this movie is worthy for a remake

[fallentenshi]

I don't think Americans can make good horror movies... Japanese and Koreans does much better job at it.
Americans are re-making alot of asian movies nowadays... but I still find the original much better.

[glittergemz4mee]

it will be interesting to see how it turns out ^-^

[HeffyEnd]

I don't think Americans can make good horror movies... Japanese and Koreans does much better job at it.
Americans are re-making alot of asian movies nowadays... but I still find the original much better.

The director and writers are French.

And I've seen hundreds of horror movies, from all kinds of countries, and I can say without question that there have been really good American horror films. It's just that if you're only looking at modern mainstream films, you probably won't find any there.

The director of this film (Alexandre Aja) is actually a really good horror director. He made one of the best horror films of the decade, Haute Tension, as well as a good remake of The Hills Have Eyes. I actually haven't seen the original but I'll see this because he's a good director and I like him. I'll probably watch the original first though.

[Epikt]

I agree with HeffyEnd about the Americans doing (sometimes) good horror movies.
Hollywood remakes a lot ? Indeed. But all those remakes (of foreign movies or old american movies, like Texas Chainsaw Massacre) are not the whole production. And you think Asian horror movies are good ? Makes me laugh, except few good and unique horror movies (Kairo, Uzumaki, Strange Circus, Memento mori,...), it's been 10 years they're doing the same movie again and again, with just the minimum of variation so the audience believe it's different : there is not more commercial than Asian horror cinema, and that's exactly what Hollywood major studios nead for their remakes.
Last years the best horror movies (not dealing with weird obscur underground movies, but the one released in theater) were American (The devil's reject, Silent Hill,...) and even more European (The Abandonned, Fragile, Saint Ange, Calvaire,...).


PS : but I totally disagree about Alexandre Aja, this guy is a total fake, I can't understand how people can call him "one of the best (the best ?) French horror director". Haute tension was OK, but HHE was a ***** (I prefer to censor myself !). Just look at his current project (Mirror, remake of Into the mirror by Kim Sung-oh, and Piranha, remake of Joe Dante's Piranha), it's enough to see he has no originality and no personnality, and is just a yesman in the studios' pay.

[HeffyEnd]

Well now, I thought he did a good job of updating HHE and making it socially relevant, as the original was the in 70's. Sure it was more violent and bloody, etc., but that's how movies are nowadays. I wish he wouldn't just do remakes now but he's a better director overall, imo, than overrated fanboys like Rob Zombie and especially that douche bag Eli Roth.

I agree with you about asian horror films though, there are a handful that I really like or think are okay, but after watching two or three, they totally lose their scare factor because they all use the same techniques and it gets old. I prefer older horror in general (pre-1990), but for modern horror films, there are good films from every country, I've found. My top four horror films of this decade are from America, Korea, the UK, and France. For modern American horror films you just need to look a little deeper. Some good ones are May, Session 9, Ginger Snaps and Dead End. But most of the people here probably haven't heard of those films, you see. Most people now just see crap like the Saw and Hostel films, and bad remakes of good films they didn't know about (The Wicker Man, The Hitcher, etc.)

Edit: I just remembered that Ginger Snaps is Canadian. Pretty much the same thing though lol.

[Epikt]

Well now, I thought he did a good job of updating HHE and making it socially relevant, as the original was the in 70's. Sure it was more violent and bloody, etc., but that's how movies are nowadays.

It's not about the violence (actually, I love gore/extrem/ultra-violent movies ), but more than its violence really doesn't hide the consensuality of the movie - it's suppose (and it claims) to be a radical uncompromising deep-seated movie, but it's not. The first part was ok and fun (the guy burned alive, the massacre in the caravan,...) even there is nothing new, at least it was efficient. But what's next is just "what the f*ck ?" (negative signification ^^). A lot of titles of movies went through my mind seeing HHE, but it's not flatering for an horror film : Home alone, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Pearl Harbor,...
(if you read French I wrote something about this movie, here)

overrated fanboys like Rob Zombie

Arrrrrggghhh !!!!! but Rob Zombie is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD !!!!!!!!!!!
(am I exagerating ?)

overrated fanboys like[...] especially that douche bag Eli Roth

Agree.




PS : I like Ginger Snaps a lot (in fact, mainly the third opus).

[del32]

still havent seen the original, was it creepy?

[HeffyEnd]

Arrrrrggghhh !!!!! but Rob Zombie is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD !!!!!!!!!!!
(am I exagerating ?)

I thought House of 1000 Corpses felt pretty much like a 90 minute music video. The Devil's Rejects was ok/good, but I think his remake of Halloween, as strong as it sounds, is a disgrace to horror. It was supposedly one of his favorite films and it's widely considered one of the greatest horror films of all time and he went and turned it into sleezy trailer park horror. And lots of people think he's the future of horror for some reason. I think he's on ok writer (I liked the writing in The Devil's Rejects) but I personally just don't think he's a good film director.

PS : I like Ginger Snaps a lot (in fact, mainly the third opus).

I'm glad you said that, not a whole lot of people talk about the third film. I actually much prefer it to the second film, which I like but think is overrated.

I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree about The Hills Have Eyes, lol. Personally I don't mind that Aja is doing the remake to Mirrors. I just hope he does something in the future that isn't a remake. And I also hope to see more original mainstream horror films, instead of just remakes of modern asian and old American horror.

I'll probably watch the original soon. I like the actor in it on the poster (I forget his name- he was in Oldboy and Attack the Gas Station). Hopefully I'll like it and the remake won't suck.

[Epikt]

I think his remake of Halloween, as strong as it sounds, is a disgrace to horror.

I think you'll agree with me, all those "future of horror" things are just journalist my happy poopoo.
(edit : arf, I hate forum's automatic censorship ! but "my happy poopoo" is a nice expression, I keep it)
Actually I don't see him as an "horror director"... it's just a guy strongly influence by horror and genre movies (is White Zombie's music "horror music" ?).

It's a coincidence, yesterday I watch (it's been a long since I first saw it) the original Halloween by John Carpenter.
I'm not a great fan of Rob Zombie's version, but it's somehow fascinating, and it's maybe the most intelligent remake I've ever seen. In its second part, which is a very close remake of the original movie, in a way he admit the inutility of doing a remake of a great movie. Indeed, how can you dare to say "I'm gonna make a better movie" from a film you concider perfect ? Remaking a great movie is useless (that's why all the "I love the original movie, **** is such a great director" on the mouth of directors of remake just drives me mad), what worth a remake are movies with good ideas, but wasted.
So, what shall we do from great movies like Halloween ? That how Zombie's Halloween is good, because before it asks the question of remaking great movies (and admiting its powerlessness) it gives the anwer in its first part. The only thing you can do from a movie you love and concider perfect is to draw inspiration from it, and make a movie which is not a remake (a "make again") but something new coming form the "intersection" between you and the movie - your interpretation of something that moved/questionned/passionned you, in Zombie's case what's hiding behind the sequence-shot opening Carpenter's movie.
(unfortunately the "theorical" part of the movie make it weak as a real movie)(hum... is it clear/English ?)

It makes a real difference between Zombie and all the hollywoodian remake wave.

I'll probably watch the original soon. I like the actor in it on the poster (I forget his name- he was in Oldboy and Attack the Gas Station).

Yu Ji-Tae ^^
The original dispointed me. At first I wasn't expecting anything for it (just like al the other Korean horror/thrillers) but the opening was quite good (and with Lee Young-Jin ). Unfortunately what's next wasn't

[leongfun]

Poster Update

[.moony.]

holy crap why did you have to post that creepy SCARY pic twice. gosh i had two heart attacks just now...didnt know this was a scary movie. lol

[miyachan11]

koreans are really good in making horrors
and im glad americans are having interest in remaking it ^^

[tracycutie]

I didn't know this was a remake, but I really wanna watch it because
I love Kiefer Sutherland ever since catching him on 24.

[juhee]

holy crap its like 3:09 here and the poster scared the HELL out of me!!!
EEK!!!
*goes and gets ice cream for comfort!*

[Blu_Velvet_Sea]

never seen the original version, maybe I'll watch it tonight if I can.

I wanna see this, but I don't know if my friends wanna watch this though, boo!

[kissez*]

I didn't realize this was a remake.
Interesting. I might check out the original first.

[iloveren]

i just watched this!! i don't think it was very good.... not very scary. only 2 parts were AWESOME/disgusting. the one with the dude and his neck and the lady in the tub. gahhh i was gagging and clutching my neck XD

[oneimmortalsoul]

I thought it was really scary! One of the scarier American horror movies/remakes I've seen in awhile. The plot took awhile to develop, but other than that, the movie was good. It gave me the creeps the whole time!

If you have a weak stomach, I suggest you close your eyes at some parts!