Marcus Nispel’s woeful remake reduced its source material to the cliches of the myriad lesser movies it inspired. The original Texas Chain Saw Massacre kickstarted the slasher craze. It was essentially the sound of nu metal passing the torch to the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal. Ill Niño, Mushroomhead and Slipknot had songs next to ragers by DevilDriver, Killswitch Engage and Lamb Of God. Those savvy enough to pick up the CD instead of the DVD, however, got a rare treat. It instead wasted time trying to make this mash-up make sense when all anyone wanted was blood. Yet, rarely did the film live up to its title. Nightmare On Elm Street/Friday The 13th crossover Freddy Vs Jason flogged millions of tickets effortlessly. It even featured the long-awaited debut of Axl Rose’s “new” Guns ’N’ Roses: the industrial rocker Oh My God was the band’s first original song in eight years. At least Korn, Limp Bizkit and Rob Zombie were able to compensate for Arnie’s diabolical antics with an intense nu metal soundtrack. However, by 1999, the future Governator was being usurped at the box office by new action heroes like Keanu Reeves and Brendan Fraser – and End Of Days’ cliches and overacting did nothing to reignite his fading stardom. “Arnold Schwarzenegger vs The Devil” could have been the most metal movie premise of all time. The sole consolation is that co-producer Jeff Most corralled one hell of a soundtrack, featuring unreleased tracks from Korn ( Sean Olsen) and Deftones ( Teething), as well as covers from Hole (Fleetwood Mac’s Gold Dust Woman), White Zombie (KC And The Sunshine Band‘s I’m Your Boogieman) and Bush (Joy Division’s In A Lonely Place). Naturally, that didn’t stop Hollywood from churning out this charmless sequel. The chances of 1994’s The Crow getting a sequel should have been zero given that original star Brandon Lee was killed on set.
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