Comments on: Horror is Dead. Eli Roth killed it with a single poster.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:19:35 +0000

Amen.

By: chris c

chris c — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:03:27 +0000

….and the Thanksgiving fake-trailer looks crap too! There’s something slimily misogynist about the whole decontextualised thing, supported by his oft quoted attempts to return to a less PC time (I suggest he return to… NO i won’t even go there)… if his films were shocking, revolting, radical or inventive I would forgive at least some of his failures to articulate basic narrative devices like character development.

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:05:42 +0000

I think we can all agree that - whatever the reason - Eli Roth just totally sucks.

To date, the only thing he’s done that i’ve been even mildly impressed by was the THANKSGIVING trailer.

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:14:53 +0000

Eli Roth doesn’t suck because of one poster. He sucks because his movies suck too. I went to the original Hostel expecting great things and lots of gore. I was so beyond disappointed. The first Hostel was not gorey. There was basically 2 gorey parts that were tame compared to some of the better movies out there today.
The rest of the movie was a porno and I did not pay $7 to see a bunch of girls boobs.
BOOO HOSTEL SUCKS! I will not be seeing the 2nd one. Eli Roth Sucks and I will never spend my money seeing his films ever again.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:23:55 +0000

Case and point.

What a damned joke.

By: andy sell

andy sell — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:50:38 +0000

so i just read on CHUD.com that this poster got MPAA approval for the US…

they also posted an email from Roth where he’s all bragging and stoked and talking about how people are going to puke when they see this hanging in their local multiplex or whatever…

man, i hate that guy.

By: andy sell

andy sell — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:11:31 +0000

yeah, i agree.

but let’s face it, major studio horror has been dead and rotting openly for well over a decade now (with the odd exception here and there).

and anyone who holds their breath for a HOSTEL film with interesting characters and strong substance will soon join it.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:16:28 +0000

True, he didn’t actually kill the entire thing - hyperbole is what I do best - but he is christening its death blow.

The increasing abandonment of substance for superficiality in the horror genre is killing it. It is increasing its profitability, but it is bleeding the soul out of the entire enterprise, as far as studio involvement is concerned. Indie and foreign affairs are still thriving with originality and actual balls, but studio horror is falling under the pressures this new style is exerting.

The success of Hostel 2, which isn’t guaranteed but damn near unavoidable, is just going to seal the deal that original, story and character driven horror with muscle tightening suspense is dead in studio deals.

Unless of course Hostel 2 contains those things….

But who are we kidding?