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I saw the trailer a few nights back as its now starting to be aired on TV. After all the talk here about how promising it looks, I was expecting something a bit better than what I saw.
Doesnt appear to be a patch on the original Japanese version.
Bloody stupid title too.:lol:
I think you've got your wires crossed there Jim, Fear.com (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0295254) isn't the Ring remake, the ring re-make is actually called The Ring (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0295254).
Unless of course you've just got the titles mixed up. :nono: :p
Well the trailer I saw was for a film called fear.com in which victims die exactly so many minutes/days after viewing a freaky website.
Sounds alittle to close to Ring to not be it, unless theres another film similar to Ring doing the rounds.
I saw that trailer - I also assumed it was the remake of the Ring. If not then the Ring producers should sue! :lol:
It's a classic case, there is ALWAYS a "similar" movie coming out around the same time some other, higher profile is being made.
Someone always hears something, tells the other, and concepts get stolen and made into another script.
...the (second?[+]) remake is indeed called <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Details?0298130">The Ring</a> with a script based on the screenplay of the Japanese original Ringu...
(...[+] I believe there has already been a Korean remake of the Japanese movie...)
...the other movie referred to above is titled <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Details?0295254">FearDotCom</a>...
. . . :o . . .
yup, fear.com has nothing to do with ring, yes it sounds similar, but its not based on ring :)
The Ring is based on ring :D
The Ring remake is actually suppose to be half decent. Fear.com is suppose to be complete bull stuff.
I thought they had changed the plot a little too much for a remake
Do you like to watch?"
A woman's voice beckons from the computer. Images flash across the screen - parted lips, bound wrists, flesh. Her seductive tone summons you closer, inviting you in...
"Do you want to see more?"
If you click "yes" - and you know you want to - you'll be logged on to the internet site feardot.com, and the game begins. What follows is a miasma of hellish images that leave unsuspecting voyeurs suffering from morbid hallucinations and unspeakable terror.
When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly (STEPHEN DORFF) teams with ambitious Department of Health researcher Terry Huston (NATASCHA MCELHONE) to uncover the cause behind their violent and inexplicable deaths.
The only common factor shared by the victims? Each died exactly 48 hours after logging on to feardot.com. Were they being punished for their inquisitiveness? For succumbing to temptation? For indulging their guilty pleasures?
Determined to confront and destroy the evil force behind the deadly site, Mike logs on and the clock starts ticking. Now he's got 48 hours to face his own worst fears and solve the mystery, or suffer the fate of the victims before him.
Together with Terry, he delves deep into a forbidden universe of contaminated souls and shocking imagery, each step bringing them closer to the horrifying counter-reality of feardot.com - and a life-and-death confrontation with Alistair Pratt (STEPHEN REA), a sadistic murderer who has eluded Mike and the FBI for years. What they discover is as mystifying as the deaths themselves... and more terrifying than anything they ever dreamed.
"Time's almost up..." -- © 2002 Warner Bros.
If you want to compare fear.com with a Japanese film then it would be Kairo (aka Pulse) which is more mystical in that it involves problems with a web site linked to the afterlife rather than a serial killer ( I won't say anymore as I can't be bothered to use spoiler blocks).
In fact this sounds like a cross between Kairo and that BBC series Killer Net where the serial killer uses a computer game to get people to set up a murder scenario with victim for him. Kairo is a great film if you like mood style horror films rather than slasher flicks, Killer Net requires a certain degree of computer ignorance to enjoy.
killer net was on c4 :)
looks like Wes Craven is gonna remake "Pulse" in the US.
Do you think "fear.com" might be a remake of "deathnet.com" a HK movie of a year or so ago. Not having seen deathnet.com cannot comment - but the trailer of fear.com reminds me of an old episode of millennium (I think).
The cool thing about HK is they can jump on a band wagon (e.g. the .com boom) before the bandwagon has left town.
Hollywood is so full of paper pushers they'll probably get around to making a film about anthrax in 2004.
apprently, altho this is off topic. there is gonna bea remake og The eye as well, jeeze hollywood is remakking alot of asian films
Doesnt appear to be a patch on the original Japanese version.
Bloody stupid title too.:lol:
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I think you've got your wires crossed there Jim, Fear.com (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0295254) isn't the Ring remake, the ring re-make is actually called The Ring (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0295254).
Unless of course you've just got the titles mixed up. :nono: :p
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Well the trailer I saw was for a film called fear.com in which victims die exactly so many minutes/days after viewing a freaky website.
Sounds alittle to close to Ring to not be it, unless theres another film similar to Ring doing the rounds.
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I saw that trailer - I also assumed it was the remake of the Ring. If not then the Ring producers should sue! :lol:
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It's a classic case, there is ALWAYS a "similar" movie coming out around the same time some other, higher profile is being made.
Someone always hears something, tells the other, and concepts get stolen and made into another script.
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...the (second?[+]) remake is indeed called <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Details?0298130">The Ring</a> with a script based on the screenplay of the Japanese original Ringu...
(...[+] I believe there has already been a Korean remake of the Japanese movie...)
...the other movie referred to above is titled <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Details?0295254">FearDotCom</a>...
. . . :o . . .
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yup, fear.com has nothing to do with ring, yes it sounds similar, but its not based on ring :)
The Ring is based on ring :D
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The Ring remake is actually suppose to be half decent. Fear.com is suppose to be complete bull stuff.
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I thought they had changed the plot a little too much for a remake
Do you like to watch?"
A woman's voice beckons from the computer. Images flash across the screen - parted lips, bound wrists, flesh. Her seductive tone summons you closer, inviting you in...
"Do you want to see more?"
If you click "yes" - and you know you want to - you'll be logged on to the internet site feardot.com, and the game begins. What follows is a miasma of hellish images that leave unsuspecting voyeurs suffering from morbid hallucinations and unspeakable terror.
When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly (STEPHEN DORFF) teams with ambitious Department of Health researcher Terry Huston (NATASCHA MCELHONE) to uncover the cause behind their violent and inexplicable deaths.
The only common factor shared by the victims? Each died exactly 48 hours after logging on to feardot.com. Were they being punished for their inquisitiveness? For succumbing to temptation? For indulging their guilty pleasures?
Determined to confront and destroy the evil force behind the deadly site, Mike logs on and the clock starts ticking. Now he's got 48 hours to face his own worst fears and solve the mystery, or suffer the fate of the victims before him.
Together with Terry, he delves deep into a forbidden universe of contaminated souls and shocking imagery, each step bringing them closer to the horrifying counter-reality of feardot.com - and a life-and-death confrontation with Alistair Pratt (STEPHEN REA), a sadistic murderer who has eluded Mike and the FBI for years. What they discover is as mystifying as the deaths themselves... and more terrifying than anything they ever dreamed.
"Time's almost up..." -- © 2002 Warner Bros.
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If you want to compare fear.com with a Japanese film then it would be Kairo (aka Pulse) which is more mystical in that it involves problems with a web site linked to the afterlife rather than a serial killer ( I won't say anymore as I can't be bothered to use spoiler blocks).
In fact this sounds like a cross between Kairo and that BBC series Killer Net where the serial killer uses a computer game to get people to set up a murder scenario with victim for him. Kairo is a great film if you like mood style horror films rather than slasher flicks, Killer Net requires a certain degree of computer ignorance to enjoy.
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killer net was on c4 :)
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looks like Wes Craven is gonna remake "Pulse" in the US.
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Do you think "fear.com" might be a remake of "deathnet.com" a HK movie of a year or so ago. Not having seen deathnet.com cannot comment - but the trailer of fear.com reminds me of an old episode of millennium (I think).
The cool thing about HK is they can jump on a band wagon (e.g. the .com boom) before the bandwagon has left town.
Hollywood is so full of paper pushers they'll probably get around to making a film about anthrax in 2004.
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apprently, altho this is off topic. there is gonna bea remake og The eye as well, jeeze hollywood is remakking alot of asian films
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