by: ahf
Posted on 11.11.09 in All Horror Films > Screenshots > Thriller/Suspense > Torture

So, this movie had me at hello. I don’t know if it was a mood I was in, but right from the weird mummified tube tortured dude before the credits, I was ready for more. It seemed Captivity was gonna freak me out just a little. And it did. A little.
Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) is everywhere. Billboards, television, magazines…she IS America’s next top model. But here, …

by: NYCalling
Posted on 11.10.09 in All Horror Films > Cult/Erotic > Torture

Horror films, and especially exploitation pictures, have always been about selling the sizzle as opposed to the Steak.
David Friedman, one of the high kings of exploitation films, noted that exploitation films by nature were always better in the trailer then in the actual film. The taglines and trailers are used to entice you into see these films. And most times, a film won’t live up to all the hype. Believe me, there …

by: Dylan
Posted on 11.10.09 in All Horror Films > Torture

Uwe Boll is one of the most hated film directors of all time, due in part to his terrible horror-themed adaptations of second rate video games. He’s ranked up there alongside Ed Wood in most people’s books, but unlike Ed Wood, whose films seemed to get abysmally worse, Boll’s films are progressively getting better. His directing chops seem to get better with each new film. Postal was better than In the Name …

by: NYCalling
Posted on 11.10.09 in All Horror Films > Cult/Erotic > Torture

Snuff is one of the most taboo subjects in film. The idea that someone would want to film the last moments of a person’s life being taken from them is horrific, and you have to wonder at the sort of person who would enjoy such films. Of course, that doesn’t mean that horror films haven’t been mining that vein for a long, long time. The Last House on Dead End Street is …

by: KFear
Posted on 11.10.09 in All Horror Films > Slasher > Thriller/Suspense > Torture

Horror filmmaking, it’s still that indie wave that most amateurs want to ride into the warm shores of Hollywood success. The films are generally terrible (almost as bad as my metaphors), but yet, they demand to be viewed by the eyes of an audience that must look for the films substance and integrity beyond that true initial quality that we see in other major releases. Some of the “actors” will make …

by: KFear
Posted on 11.10.09 in All Horror Films > Cult/Erotic > Exploitation > Torture

Exploitation films walk a fine line between complete sadistic trash to amazing works of artistic imagery. Directors already know that they have crossed the line in terms of what is appropriate or socially acceptable for everyday film goers, and it’s true, most films, such as I Spit on Your Grave and Last House on the Left, do come across as a bit overbearing in terms of rape, torture, and murder, but …

by: ahf
Posted on 11.10.09 in All Horror Films > Slasher > Torture

The Hills Have Eyes and its sequel are two of my favorite slasher/horror films. And believe me the originals are just as fantastic. But this remake is pretty amazing and amazingly scary.
The Carter’s decide to take a family vacation. It’s been ages since they had one, so the whole “fam” takes off in a bit of a caravan consisting of one Winnebago and a truck. The family consists …

by: ahf
Posted on 10.10.09 in All Horror Films > Monster > Screenshots > Slasher > Torture

In my review for The Hills Have Eyes I forgot to mention the awesome scary make-up effects used to create the mutants that inhabit the actual hills. The hills of this deserted nuclear test site are filled with people that have been deformed from radiation poisoning and decades of in-breeding in the deserted mines that have been all but forgotten by civilization, until now.
The government has taken a new found interest …