New Horror Movie called Turistas

[The Apatow Crew]

Plot Summary: After a terrifying bus accident maroons a diverse group of young adventure travelers in a remote Brazilian beach town, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles are concealing a darker, unsettling secret.

Release Date: December 1, 2006
Studio: Fox Atomic
Director: John Stockwell
Screenwriter: Michael Ross
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Raul Guterres, Andréa Leal
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (strong graphic violence and disturbing content, sexuality, nudity, drug use and language)
Official Website: MySpace.com/Turistasmovie

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I saw a tv spot for this while watching tv and i thought it looked interesting. Funny there showing it now since it don't come out till December 1st.

 

[Johnichi Chiba]

I saw the trailer before Saw III and it looked too much like a rip-off of Hostel.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I saw the trailer before Saw III and it looked too much like a rip-off of Hostel.

I heard its something about organs being stolen and sold.

 

[The Dark Defender]

I saw the trailer before Saw III and it looked too much like a rip-off of Hostel.

Yeah, and that incompetent hack Roth isn't involved.

It could be Hostel, but good.

 

[Johnichi Chiba]

I think the whole torture horror film genre is getting way too overdone. Its starting to become the new Japanese horror.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Yeah, and that incompetent hack Roth isn't involved.

It could be Hostel, but good.

I heard it's also being compared to the saw movies. The director is John Stockwell his previous movies include Into The blue and Blue Crush. Plus i like Josh Duhamel from the tv show Las Vegas.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Yeah, but this is the type of horror aimed toward the hardcore horror fanbase instead of the mainstream brand of horror like the J-ghost thrillers.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Plus this is the new side company of fox producing it Fox Atomotic. There also producing the Hills Have Eyes Sequel thats suppose to come out next year.

 

[Johnichi Chiba]

Plus this is the new side company of fox producing it Fox Atomotic. There also producing the Hills Have Eyes Sequel thats suppose to come out next year.

oh goody.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

People really need to stop al lthis crap they have against fox. Cause it's getting annoying.

 

[Johnichi Chiba]

People really need to stop al lthis crap they have against fox. Cause it's getting annoying.

I don't have anything against Fox, its the sequel to the Hills have Eyes that I think is unneeded.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I don't have anything against Fox, its the sequel to the Hills have Eyes that I think is unneeded.

Well maybe you should see something before you make up your mind.

 

[Johnichi Chiba]

Well maybe you should see something before you make up your mind.

I don't think I'll end up seeing the sequel. The remake doesn't need a sequel, its fine by itself.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I don't think I'll end up seeing the sequel. The remake doesn't need a sequel, its fine by itself.

Its not a direct sequel. Its not going to have the same premise as original the hills have eyes 2.

no one from the remake will be in the sequel.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Actually, Michael Bailey Smith(Pluto in Aja's HHE film)is back to play the lead mutant.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Actually, Michael Bailey Smith(Pluto in Aja's HHE film)is back to play the lead mutant.

Well i mean characters from the first one.

 

[TheSaintofKillers]

Yeah, but this is the type of horror aimed toward the hardcore horror fanbase instead of the mainstream brand of horror like the J-ghost thrillers.

Saw has made more money than any J-Horror combined. Well, maybe except for the first ring. Anyway, my point is, the moment they became such big success, they became mainstream.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Saw has made more money than any J-Horror combined. Well, maybe except for the first ring. Anyway, my point is, the moment they became such big success, they became mainstream.

The mainstream may be starting to go for them, but they're the brand of horror primarily intend for hardcore genre buffs and aren't watered down for the mainstream, as the excessive PG-13 ghost flicks are.

 

[TheSaintofKillers]

The mainstream may be starting to go for them, but they're the brand of horror primarily intend for hardcore genre buffs and aren't watered down for the mainstream, as the excessive PG-13 ghost flicks are.

Mainstream. Are Japanese horror flicks mainstream ? I mean, Ju-on in japan IS maintream, but here, it never had the chances to go mainstream (unlike the remake, of course). So I'd say it's pretty hard.

Now, maybe the first saw wasn't supposed to be mainstream, but since then, every movie (hostel, saw 2, 3, etc) with torture scenes have been made ONLY because of the first Saw's success, hence they are all mainstream made movie. The producers' goal behind these new movies isn't to please the hardcore horror fan's wet dreams, but rather to jump on the mainstream bandwagon Saw has created.

So, yes, i'd say they are watered down to mainstream on many other aspects other then gore. People ate Saw like Candy. It worked. Gore was suddenly mainstream. Studios knew it. After a third saw, do you really think they are trying to please the hardcore horror fans, or the big mainstream public with their millions of dollars with the gore ?

 

[The Dark Defender]

I wasn't talking about the Japanese counterparts, I was referring to the Americanized versions.

Whether they were making millions of dollars off of it or not doesn't change that they were the type of brutal, uncompromising, balls to the wall horror that's geared primarily toward the hardcore horror fanbase. Regardless of the goal, they are sticking to what appeals to hardcore horror fans, if it becomes mainstream too, I couldn't care less.
What you just said is a huge part of why I love SAW so much, it made that type of horror more common. It had a great influence on getting more hardcore horror made.
I love The Ring, but it did far more harm to the genre than good. Those PG-13 pop up jump scare ghost flicks that flooded the market because of its success are really not at all what appealed to the hardcore horror fanbase, it just appealed to the general public. If films like SAW make what appeals to hardcore horror fans appeal to the general public too, I'm fine with it.

 

[TheSaintofKillers]

I wasn't talking about the Japanese counterparts, I was referring to the Americanized versions.

Whether they were making millions of dollars off of it or not doesn't change that they were the type of brutal, uncompromising, balls to the wall horror that's geared primarily toward the hardcore horror fanbase. Regardless of the goal, they are sticking to what appeals to hardcore horror fans, if it becomes mainstream too, I couldn't care less.
What you just said is a huge part of why I love SAW so much, it made that type of horror more common. It had a great influence on getting more hardcore horror made.
I love The Ring, but it did far more harm to the genre than good. Those PG-13 pop up jump scare ghost flicks that flooded the market because of its success are really not at all what appealed to the hardcore horror fanbase, it just appealed to the general public. If films like SAW make what appeals to hardcore horror fans appeal to the general public too, I'm fine with it.

Well, the ring was a good remake. It didn't work because it was a japanese remake, it worked because it was a good movie. Typical of Hollywood to not see it that way. They see a movie being a success, and instead of asking themself how they could get good talents and originality together to make another smash hit, they think the reason it work was that it took it's ideas from Japan.

And since then, well, it's of course been crap after crap of bad japanese remake. They tried, though. They even hired the original director of Ju-on for the remake, or hired a cool young actress (buffy), and even went to hire an actual good actress for another one (Connelly). But, even though they failed on all the quality fronts, the mainstream ate it up, and backed Hollywood once more.

Same with Saw! It worked because it was original in itself. Why aren't we getting a bunch of more original concepts ? Nah, we're getting copycats instead. I hate it. And the worse is, their strategy works.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Aside from Hostel, I've loved just about all of the hardcore, brutal, in your face horror of the past 5 years or so.
I can't think another of another PG-13 supernatural ghost thriller that I really liked aside from The Ring.

 

[TheSaintofKillers]

Aside from Hostel, I've loved just about all of the hardcore, brutal, in your face horror of the past 5 years or so.
I can't think another of another PG-13 supernatural ghost thriller that I really liked aside from The Ring.

I'll agree on the supernatural ghost thriller in Hollywood. But Ringu, Ju-on and The eye were all spectacular horror movies when they came out in asia.

Personnally, aside from those 3, the descent is the only other horror movie i've enjoyed in the last 5 years. I also liked the direction of Aja on both Hills have eyes and Haute-tension, but both script suffered immensely in both originality and execution. I also loved the creatures designs in Silent Hill and the music, but the rest was pretty disappointing, especially given the money and the source material they had.

Oh, and 28 days later was efficient. The second half very disappointing (just like the descent, imo, english director have so much potential in originality, but usually looses it in the second half too easily, alas) but the first half was damn good, probably the best upgrade on zombie movies since Romero's trilogy.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Personally I never found Ju-On much better than The Grudge, I was pretty indifferent to both.
HT wasn't so much script-based as what's in the direction(hell most of it doesn't have dialogue), but I loved the writing in HHE. I genuinally loved that family.
I didn't know much about the SH soucre material going in, but I enjoyed the movie quite a bit.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

So i bet your all pretty pissed at all japanse horror remakes huh?

and i bet your all even more pissed there remaking the eye.