Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by AudioHead (A) on September 10, 2004 at 06:11:37

In Reply to: A different take on the girl posted by auricle on September 09, 2004 at 07:03:26:

IMO, Mitchum has a more natural, stealthy menace in his portrayal of
Cady than DeNiro, whose role is more contrived.
As for Lori Martin, who is 50ish innocent as you say, and seems to
be younger than Lewis' character in the remake. Dramatic contrast
tween Martin and Mitchum seems greater than twixt Lewis and DeNiro.
Look at the chilling suspenseful scene in the original where the
young girl sits alone in car waiting for mom, Cady approaches, she
panics and flees into bldg....
To me, the original is more suspenseful, while the remake is more
shocking. As I said, I like both,but prefer the original, much as
I prefer The Thing From Another World's suspense over The Thing
remake's greater shock effects. Just my preferences. ~ AH