The Latest Reviews of Horror Movies http://www.esplatter.com 2007 ESplatter.com An ingenious, awesome zombie movie, "Deadgirl" is about as far away from a popcorn horror movie as you can get. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=902 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=902 Clive Barker movies have been getting the short end of the stick lately, heading straight to DVD into cinemas, which is where they belong. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=901 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=901 At first, going into "Babysitter Wanted," you are led to believe this is another "When a Stranger Calls" rip off -- albeit a good one, because Sarah Thompson, as the babysitter of the title, has plenty of charisma and the acting chops necessary to headline a film like this. Actually, all the acting and production values are pretty good. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=900 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=900 After the awesome success of "Shaun of the Dead" out of the UK, a terrible thing happened. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=899 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=899 "Drag Me to Hell" is a true bubble gum horror movie -- safe, vapid, fun and uniquely American. It was of course directed by Sam Raimi, whose name became synonymous with horror once "Evil Dead 2" was released in the mid-1980s. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=898 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=898 A slick big budget movie to the ultimate low budget horror classic, 2009's "Last House on the Left" is without a doubt a "good movie" -- well acted, hitting all the right emotional notes. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=897 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=897 "I was born with seven clits. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=896 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=896 The western and the horror film are two genres that rarely get blended together. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=895 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=895 There are some films that deserve at least one extra star simply because they don't let a lack of investment capital get in the way of lofty ambitions and "Eden Log" is just such a movie. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=894 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=894 Made on a shoestring budget near Oakland, Calif., "Black Devil Doll" may go down as a classic. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=893 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=893 "Plague Town" is one of those rare modern horror movies that manages to successfully evoke a 1970s vibe. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=892 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=892 If Platinum Dunes is the remake factory devoted to redoing slashers from the '80s, then Dreamworks' horror division is clearly the remake machine devoted to redoing classic Asian horrors. A redo of "A Tale of Two Sisters" was announced quite some time ago. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=891 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=891 A very efficient and effective (for its budget) zombie-infection-sci-fi-thriller, "Splinter" bears more than a passing resemblance to "From Dusk Till Dawn." Both films feature bad guys who kidnap their victims, then become good guys when everyone concerned is pitted against a monstrosity so evil that everyone's survival depends upon working with each other. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=890 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=890 The best evil doppelganger movie ever, obviously, is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Take that, combine it with Alex Aja's "Mirrors," then reduce the budget to way less than a million and you are left with "The Broken," a British entry in the 2009 AfterDark Horror Series that fails to deliver enough suspense or terror during its brief running time. It bears a little similarity another AfterDark Horror Fest title -- "The Deaths of Ian Stone." Also filmed in London, "Deaths" had a much better pace and ultimately delivered the horror goods with its uber-limited budget. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=889 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=889 A highly entertaining grindhouse slasher, "The Centerfold Girls" drifted out of print for decades following a VHS release from Media in the 1980s. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=888 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=888 Available on DVD in the UK before it hits the U.S., "The Children" is Tom Shankland's follow up to his less-than-well-received horror film "The Killing Gene." Robbing wholesale from the Spanish horror film "Island of the Damned," it's about a group of Brits who head to a wintery home for a vacation with a group of kids. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=887 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=887 Personally, I'm sick and tired of horror movies that have people tied up in chairs getting tortured. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=886 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=886 Directed by Dan Curtis and written by Richard Matheson, the TV anthology horror film "Dead of Night" was a no brainer for a DVD resurrection. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=885 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=885 Not to be confused with the new "George A. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=884 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=884 A brilliant debut for writer-director Edward Anderson, "Shuttle" is the kind of horror movie that sticks with you long after you've seen it. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=883 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=883 Austria's answer to "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Dead in Three Days" (or "In 3 Tagen bist du tot") is an excellent slasher film that starts off by-the-numbers before morphing into a really unique and very effective horror ride. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=882 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=882 Damn good forgotten horror movie from the Reagan era, "Night Warning" enjoyed a VHS release from Thorn EMI before drifting out of print and never getting a proper release on DVD. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=881 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=881 With most of the good horror these days being released directly to DVD and bypassing the theaters (theatrical releases tend to only be PG-13 or remakes in '09), it shouldn't come as much of a surprise at just how good "Red Sands" is -- despite the shoddy artwork on the DVD box. "Red Sands" is surprisingly realistic given a small budget -- and remarkably current. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=880 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=880 An OK, but for the most part foretable ghost/possession movie from Ireland, "Dorothy Mills" borrows elements from "Stir of Echoes", "Sixth Sense" and "The Exorcist," waters them down, them delivers them TV movie style. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=879 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=879 A moldy oldie from the slasher-filled early 1980s, "Sweet Sixteen" was one of those pseudo-public domain titles you could pick up for a couple bucks at your local Long's before Code Red released a "director's cut" in 2008. The film may generate a little bit more interest this year because "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" seems to have taken a little inspiration from it. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to "Happy Birthday to Me," but not quite as entertaining, the film is a murder mystery about a 15-year-old Melissa (Aleisa Shirley) who moves into a small town with her family. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=878 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=878