The Latest Reviews of Horror Movies http://www.esplatter.com 2007 ESplatter.com 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 "Zombieland" is many things, but it's not a horror movie. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=913 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=913 A shameless rip off of "Ginger Snaps," "Jennifer's Body" shares so much in common with that film it's a shock nobody sued. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=911 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=911 Ripping off "I Know What You Did Last Summer" doesn't automatically make a movie lame. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=912 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=912 What if a baby was born "undead" and craved human blood instead of milk? You might have the storyline of "Grace," a small-cast low-budget shocker which did pretty well on the festival circuit prior to a tiny theatrical run and inevitable DVD release. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=910 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=910 A lost Hammer gothic thriller, "Crescendo" made its way back to DVD via the "Warner Archives" series in 2009, making it one of the last Hammer films to see any kind of official release. While "Crescendo" isn't the greatest Hammer thriller, it's pretty damn good. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=909 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=909 What I love about "The Devil's Rejects" is that it's a true grindhouse movie. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=908 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=908 Horror train films are few and far between, but one inevitably shows up every decade or so. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=907 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=907 An unjustly forgotten horror movie from 1975, "The Love Butcher" enjoyed a release to VHS in the 1980s before drifting out of print and into obscurity where it remained before apparently getting a new DVD release in 2006. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=906 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=906 A brilliant, cheeseball horror thriller that takes some of the concepts of the flawed '70s thriller "The Godsend" and amps up the tension by a thousand times. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=905 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=905 A very leisurely paced cheese fest with a discofied soundtrack and unintentional laughs aplenty, "House of Death" is a forgotten horror movie worth watching if you have lots of time to kill and a taste for bad movies. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=904 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=904 "True" ghost story movies have had mixed success over the years. http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=903 http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=903 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