My Halloween Movie Playlist

My Halloween Movie Playlist

by Eli Henry

  This upcoming Wednesday is Halloween. Sounds like a good time to make up my mind about what movies I'l be watching...

Blood On TV: Death Valley

Blood On TV: Death Valley

by Eli Henry

  Death Valley is a mockumentary TV show on MTV about a special department (the Undead Task Force, or UTF) of the Los Angeles Police Department that dispatches the werewolves, vampires, and zombies that mysteriously descended upon Calfornia a year before the show's opening, and are now living in the San Fernando Valley. The show is structured like some kind of COPS from Hell. 

Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Review: Rocky Horror Picture Show

by Eli Henry

  Dammit, Janet! This is going to be a fun review. 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' is the best Frankenstein parody/homage (sorry, 'Young Frankenstein'), and by far the best musical ever created, and I've had the fortune of parents who own the film, and also enjoy it. This is stuff fresh off my mind, I watched RHPS just two nights ago for the second time. Here goes.

O v. R: Halloween

Original v. Remake: HALLOWEEN

by Eli Henry

  1978 saw the release of what would become one of the most influential horror films ever made: John Carpenter's 'Halloween'.  2007 saw the release of what would become one of the worst horror film remakes ever made: Rob Zombie's 'Halloween'. Oh, boy.

O v. R: The Hills Have Eyes

Original v. Remake: The Hills Have Eyes

by Eli Henry

  'The Hills Have Eyes' opens on a family on their way to California, who decide to take a detour through New Mexico, and come face-to-face with cannibalistic monsters.

Pre-Release Hype: Sinister

Pre-Release Hype: Sinister

by Eli Henry

 'Sinister' comes from the writer-director of 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose', Scott Derrickson, and follows a mystery writer (Ethan Hawke) and his family, who move into a new house where the horrific murder of an entire family occurred. 

Review: Fright Night (1985)

Review: Fright Night (1985)

by Eli Henry

  Tom Holland's 80's vampire masterpiece is my second favorite vampire movie (only second to 1987's 'Near Dark'... which I'll hopefully review in the future). Keep that in mind.

  So: Charlie Brewster's new neighbor is a bit strange... he only comes out at night, and the town's citizens have been disappearing. Soon, Charlie's convinced that his new neighbor is a murderous vampire. 

Trailer-Talk: Texas Chainsaw 3-D

Trailer-Talk: Texas Chainsaw 3-D 

by Eli Henry

 'Texas Chainsaw 3-D'. That's what they're going with. Anyway, I'm a big fan of the first two (AKA Tobe Hooper's) Texas Chainsaw Massacre films, the first a strictly horror (and man it was horrifying), and its sequel a satirical horror-comedy (akin to certain segments of Evil Dead 2). All of the sequels that followed sucked. Badly. However, the remake was actually pretty good, but the remake's prequel (does that make sense?) was banished (and rightfully so) to the "forgotten-TCM movie zone". 

Review: House at the End of the Street

Review: House at the End of the Street

by Eli Henry

 With a name a little too similar to Wes Craven's masterpiece 'Last House On the Left', I went into 'House at the End of the Street' without reading any interviews, and seeing little footage (as not to either influence my opinion or spoil too much). I'm going to be honest with you, I like Max Thieriot (My Soul to Take, Jumper, etc.) and Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, X-Men: First Class, etc.), so I did have an expectation for at the very least decent performances. I was right.

Review: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Review: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

by Eli Henry

 Let me begin by saying that Wes Craven's 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' has always been one of my favorite horror movies, and one of the first I ever saw, so I have fond memories of it. Excuse me if I get excited. 

 Wes Craven is truly a master of horror. Sure he's had a few misfires (Shocker, anyone?), but he's the man that brought us the classic horror movies 'Last House On the Left', 'The Hills Have Eyes', 'Scream', and of course 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'. If you haven't noticed yet, I'm a huge fan. 

Why Only Meta-Horror Movies Are Worth Making, Now

Why Meta-Horror Movies Are the Only Horror Films Worth Making, Now

by Eli Henry

 Let me begin by saying if you're reading this and you disliked both Wes Craven's "Scream" or this summer's "Cabin in the Woods", you will completely disagree with everything I have to say here, and you should just exit out now. This also applies for those who haven't seen either of those movies, as SPOILERS abound. If you did enjoy them, by all means, read on.