The vampire has been a powerfully tenacious movie villain for the past century or so, and every once in a while there comes a new flick that adds some much-needed creativity to the classic creature. Veteran of hundreds of movies both half-decent and entirely rotten, the vampire doesn’t get to star in all that many “good films,” but hell, here’s one: David Slade’s 30 Days of Night, which is based on the graphic novel by Steve Niles, and is one of the roughest, toughest, and most novel vampire stories you’re likely to come across.More
Both Hostels and all three Saws; I actually dig ‘em all. There must be something wrong with me, right? Possibly, but if being shocked and jolted by some “big boy” horror flicks is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. But just because I consider the original Hostel to be a damn fine horror flick, that doesn’t mean a new “double-dip” DVD is going to get a free pass — so let’s just see what’s new and on display as part of the Director’s Cut edition of the flick. We start off with a section of my original Hostel review…More