FROM '7TH HEAVEN' TO 'TEXAS CHAINSAW' HELL.Byline: - Glenn Whipp Jessica Biel doesn't get many horror scripts, so when her agent sent her the screenplay screenplay Written text that provides the basis for a film production. Screenplays usually include not only the dialogue spoken by the characters but also a shot-by-shot outline of the film's action. for a remake re·make tr.v. re·made , re·mak·ing, re·makes To make again or anew. n. 1. The act of remaking. 2. Something in remade form, especially a new version of an earlier movie or song. of the cult classic ``Texas Chainsaw Massacre,'' her first thoughts were 1) why me? and 2) what are they thinking? ``I just knew people would be very upset if it wasn't done right,'' Biel says. ``And fans of this movie aren't the kind of people you want to upset.'' After meeting with German director Marcus Nispel, though, Biel came on board, confident that he and the producers (Michael Bay among them) were going to capture the creepy creep·y adj. creep·i·er, creep·i·est Informal 1. Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin: a creepy feeling; a creepy story. 2. documentary spirit of the 1974 original. The story remains the same - five teens pick up a hitchhiker and wind up being chased by cannibals bearing power tools - but Nispel has brought a more modern sensibility sensibility /sen·si·bil·i·ty/ (sen?si-bil´i-te) susceptibility of feeling; ability to feel or perceive. deep sensibility (not to mention a bigger budget) to the proceedings. The results have generated a strong buzz in the horror community, making ``Chainsaw'' this year's must-see Halloween movie (it opens Oct. 17). Biel, for one, was sure scared. ``Every day was a heavy screaming day,'' says the 21-year-old actress best-known for her stint on TV's ``7th Heaven.'' ``You couldn't get around it. Every day we were terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. and freaked out and scared and confused. I lost my voice two or three times. Sometimes, my mouth would be open and I would be letting out air, but no sound would come out. I had to loop it because I had no voice. I lived on tea and lemon and honey to keep going.'' Band-Aids, too. One scene called for Biel to fend off Verb 1. fend off - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" deflect, forefend, forfend, head off, avert, stave off, ward off, avoid, debar, obviate an intrusive in·tru·sive adj. 1. Intruding or tending to intrude. 2. Geology Of or relating to igneous rock that is forced while molten into cracks or between other layers of rock. 3. Linguistics Epenthetic. chain saw using nothing more than a little metal lunch box. ``When you're in the scene and right in the moment of being freaked out and scared to death with this metal chain saw coming over your head through a car roof, you just take that lunch box and slam it as hard as you can,'' says Biel, who tore the skin off her knuckles in the process. ``You're going to get cut. If you don't, it wouldn't be real enough. You have to go for it.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Oct. 17 |
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