It's that time of year again, time to take a look back at the past twelve months of horror films in theaters, VOD or film festivals. The "best of" will garner some attention later this month, but for episode 193, the Grue-crew are going to get the unpleasantaries out of the way, taking a long look at The Worst Horror Films of 2016. This year Kevin Smith earns the unique distinction of being on all four lists, entering the top tens for Dave Dreher, The Black Saint, Thomas Mariani, and Doc Rotten. While a few candidates make a multiple hits this year (Shin Godzilla, Viral, Cell, Rob Zombie's 31), The Black Saint would be content with filling the entire list with films from Blumhouse. Sigh.
The feature review this week is Abattoir, a low budget film from Darren Lynn Bousman with a rough history getting the film in the can. The film has terrific cinematography and a creative concept behind the story. Any film featuring Lin Shaye is worth a look see. Jessica Lowndes and Joe Anderson lead the cast while Dayton Callie stars as the film's villain Jebediah Crone. The Grue-Crew chime in with their reaction to the film debating what worked and what fell short.
Dave guides the Horror News of the Week with a reaction to the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer, the Deadpool Golden Globe nomination, and the new Marvel comic from RL Stein, Man-Thing. And Doc is set to visit the Walker Stalker Charlotte convention December 17 & 18, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Co-hosts Doc Rotten, Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr., Dave Dreher and Thomas Mariani are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week! Oh, and don't forget - Stump the Saint! (Brought to you by Gruesome Magazine)
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Episode 193 – Abattoir (2016) – The Worst Horror Films of 2016
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Fan favorite director Darren Lynn Bousman (Repo! The Genetic Opera, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV) returns with Abattoir where he takes a unique stab at the haunted house genre. Bousman enlists a terrific cast including Jessica Lowndes, Joe Anderson, Lin Shaye, Dayton Callie, Michael Pare, and Bryan Batt. Callie is especially terrific as Jebediah Crone, a mysterious man who buys houses - houses that are reportedly haunted - and rips out the rooms where the haunting originates. What he ends up doing with those rooms is quite extraordinary.
Special Feature: The Worst Horror Films of 2016
While 2016 was a crappy year in general, it was a fairly decent year for Horror Films. They struck gold at the box office and some true gems went straight to VOD. The Grue-crew will be getting to the best horror films in a few weeks, for tonight, their heading down the lonesome road to The Worst Horror Films of 2016. Dave Dreher, The Black Saint, Thomas Mariani, and Doc Rotten each provide their top 10 (or is that their bottom 10?). One film made it onto each list, Yoga Hosers, while Rob Zombie's 31, Cell, and Shin Godzilla made it on three. Here they are in all their...glory.
Dave Dreher 10) Shin Godzilla 09) Phantasm Ravager 08) Viral 07) Zoombies 06) Rob Zombie's 31 05) Yoga Hosers 04) Hardcore Henry 03) Jeruzalem 02) Cell 01) Bite Santos Ellin, Jr. (The Black Saint) 10) Terror Toons 3 09) Cell 08) Baskin 07) Viral 06) Phantasm: Ravager 05) The Greasy Strangler 04) Blair Witch 03) Incarnate 02) Yoga Hosers 01) The Darkness Thomas Mariani 10) Zoombies 09) Shin Godzilla 08) Jeruzalem 07) The Disappointments Room 06) Pride + Prejudice + Zombies 05) Martyrs 04) Rob Zombie's 31 03) Night of Something Strange 02) Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween 01) Yoga Hosers Doc Rotten 10) Incarnate 09) The Veil 08) Rob Zombie's 31 07) Shin Godzilla 06) Satanic 05) Shelley 04) Yoga Hosers 03) Getting Schooled 02) Ghost Team 01) Cell
OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE [00:00:38]: Intro [00:02:33]: Walker Stalker [00:03:08]: Gruesome Magazine 2017! [00:04:07]: Horror News of the Week [00:04:23]: Deadpool & Genre Golden Globe Nominations [00:09:08]: War for the Planet of the Apes Trailer [00:13:16]: Man-Thing by RL Stine [00:16:32]: James Franco in Alien: Covenant [00:19:58]: Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer [00:29:36]: Support HNR [00:30:13]: Featire Review: Abattoir [00:54:03]: Special Feature: Worst Horror Films Of The Year 2016 [00:56:30]: Dave's List [01:01:29]: Santos' List [01:11:04]: Thomas' List [01:26:22]: Doc's List [01:43:13]: Dishonorable Mentions [01:48:36]: Stump The Saint NEXT WEEK ON HNR
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