The Latest Reviews of Horror Movies http://www.esplatter.com 2007 ESplatter.com Whenever you make a sequel to a classic, you are guaranteed to disappoint – even if your movie is pretty good. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=938 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=938 A leisurely paced, offbeat horror comedy refreshingly free of CGI, "The Innkeepers" makes up for its low budget and even lower body count with an excellent cast and even better dialogue. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=937 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=937 Clearly inspired by redneck-survival horror films of the past 10 years, such as "Wolf Creek" and Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects", "Red State" is also about a homicidal southern family -- only this time the family in question aren't satanists, but rather warped bible thumbers who kidnap gays and horny teens and sacrifice them during all-night church services. Led by pastor Abin Cooper (played amazingly well by Michael Parks), the fictional cult is clearly based somewhat on a number of real-life militant, anti-gay Christian groups -- but with a more homicidal edge. The film opens as many horror movies do, with a group of high school kids -- in this case three guys -- sitting around talking about how ready they are to party. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=936 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=936 Out of print for decades, Ivan Reitman's decent early '70s horror comedy "Cannibal Girls" finally saw its way back into the public eye in the fall of 2010, when a remastered DVD made its way to stores. While not the greatest movie from the grindhouse horror era that produced the likes of "Last House on the Left" and "Blood and Lace," "Cannibal Girls" is still a highly entertaining camp film -- especially when viewed with a theatrical audience. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=935 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=935 The last horror film Hilary Swank hade made when she made this New York-based fear film for the recently re-constituted Hammer Films had been the awful “Sometimes They Come Back … Again” way back in the 1990s. This film isn’t much better, even though it features Christopher Lee in what amounts to a cameo as a creepy neighbor in an apartment building that Swank’s independent woman character moves into, after a breakup with a sleazy boyfriend (Lee Pace). http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=934 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=934 "Let Me In" is the best horror movie since "Let the Right One In," the superior Swedish film upon which it is based. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=932 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=932 This is an underrated Hammer Frankenstein film that saw a DVD release but not a Blu-Ray release. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=933 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=933 Even by 2010's high standards for special effects, 1968's "The Green Slime" is a great movie -- and a must watch for fans of the "Alien" franchise. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=931 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=931 Christopher Smith's "Severance" was an overrated letdown of a British horror-comedy, so I didn't have much faith in the director when I watched "Triangle" a couple years ago. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=930 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=930 Considering the travesty that was "Blair Witch 2," it's a miracle that the studios got it right this time and actually made a sequel to a hit horror mockumentary that emulated the first film in every aspect. "Paranormal Activity 2" is almost the same movie as the original "Paranormal," but with more characters, better acting and some special effects. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=929 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=929 If watching redneck rapists being castrated, sodomized with shotguns, and having their eyes plucked out by black crows is what floats your boat, then this horror remake is for you. Unless you're a horror fan whose lived under a rock the past 30 years, you should know the premise of "Spit" and already seen the original. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=928 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=928 Whatever happened to the days when the two words "euro horror" put together meant both intensity and quality? They passed us by a few years ago, I'm afraid. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=927 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=927 "Splice" is one of those movies that just makes you ache, because it almost achieves greatness, and just falls short. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=926 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=926 Generally speaking, the horror movie remake craze of the first decade of the 2000s has been a travesty. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=925 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=925 An incredibly strange movie that somehow managed to elude notice for 33 years, "Hausu" was finally resurrected and released to U.S. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=924 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=924 "Survival of the Dead" is the very worst George Romero zombie film. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=923 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=923 Rumor has it this was originally written as a "Blade" film some years back. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=921 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=921 Produced by Paul Anderson of "Resident Evil" and "Event Horizon" fame, "Pandorum" is a moderately budgeted sci-fi horror film that, like "Event", borrows liberally from the horror films of its day. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=922 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=922 Underrated '70s thriller, this movie was badmouthed by starlet Linda Hayden who was forced to do perhaps one or two too many sex scenes for it. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=920 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=920 An overrated, out-of-print horror film (if it even ever was released on VHS), "Eye of the Cat" looks and feels like an elongated episode of Rod Serling's "Night Gallery" -- and it's opening credits even use the same font style. Writer Joseph Stefano was best known for penning the screenplay of Hitchcock's "Psycho". http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=919 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=919 An unjustly forgotten horror movie if there ever was one, "The Island" was widely publicized upon its release in 1980, mainly because it was based on a book written by Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" was still the basis for bad sequels. His novel, and inevitable film, are both horror stories about real-life pirates in the modern day. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=918 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=918 No one hates bashing a Dario Argento movie more than I do. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=917 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=917 I'm a big fan of modern day horror films that evoke the spirit of the '70s stuff. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=916 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=916 Time travel and horror traditionally never traveled together. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=915 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=915 Playing the festival circuit for years before it finally got a direct-to-DVD release date, "Trick R Treat" was easily one of the most hotly anticipated horror titles of 2009. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=914 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=914