Diabolique

Pros: based on a classic tale that should have been both topical and terrifying
Cons: the need to "update" the original, proving that these folks didn't understand the source material

Remaking a classic is a thankless affair, especially when that classic is as big a classic as Les Diaboliques. The original 1955 thriller from Henri-Georges Clouzot was such a stunning masterpiece, with its secrets within secrets and its ingenious use ...

Pros: Stylish, clever
Cons: Disappointing ending, many feel this remake is inferior to the original (surprise, surprise)

THE PLOT (for murder) Guy (Chazz Palminteri, Jade) is a terrifying man. He runs a boarding school with his wife, but he treats her and his many mistresses like garbage. He is completely dominating and chauvinistic towards women. Both his wife, Mia ...

Pros: funny,campy beautiful people being evil to each other
Cons: Acting quality/casting not compatible w/ storyline

This movie goes in to category of those cheesy 70's, vampire and wannabe gothic horror flicks, except there is no vampire and no monster. However there is a lot of humor in this campy version, that one might miss if they were expecting it to be like the...

Pros: good cinematography
Cons: everything else

I have to admit, this is one of the very few movies that I have rented and stopped watching before it was done. I turned it off in the first fifteen minutes, so I can't tell you if the rest was any good. I had seen enough. If you want to see this story...