Guest DVD Review: THE RUINS review by Caleb Schoeppe

Welcome to the first ever Guest Review on Hayes Hudson's House of Horror! Our first guest reviewer is Caleb Schoeppe from the metal group Vessels of Wrath and the owner of Element Photography. Caleb recently watched the film THE RUINS and was kind enough to share his thoughts about the movie with us:

To start I would like to out line the plot to THE RUINS. A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
I decided to give this one a good solid watching and give it a shot. Sounded like a great concept. Went and found it on On Demand, selected it, and rented it....that is about when things went down hill. Let me strike that last comment, everything went down hill about 30-45 minutes into this film. It started strong and was shaping up to be a fine horror film when these college kids are in the jungle and end up forced to stay in the ruins of a ancient Aztec/Mayan pyramid by the locals. It seems the locals fear anyone who steps on these ruins as they are cursed and may cause harm to the tribe! Now bring on the EVIL!! As darkness falls and bad things start to happen. It is at this point we are introduced to our evil killer which is...wait for it....are you ready?.... A PLANT!!! A vine that grows on the temple and eats meat!!! ARE YOU F$#KING KIDDING ME? Where are the evil Indian zombies? Where are the dreadful spirits that harvest souls for the gods? Where is anything remotely scary? The scariest part of the film are the locals who would shoot you in the head if you attempted to leave the pyramid. That part was cool. I would like someone to please inform me who lets these films get produced. If I were in charge and was approached with this script I think I may have called all my friends to make sure I was not part of some elaborate joke or something. I am tired or talking about this pile of poop. So to sum up, don't watch this movie. I can tell you that you will waste time that could have been spent on a better movie or with family. Thank you.

CLICK HERE to watch the trailer for THE RUINS

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Announcing HAYES HUDSON'S HOUSE OF HORROR's first ever PRIZE GIVEAWAY!!!!

We have hit 50 followers (and counting), so to thank everyone, I am starting our DVD giveaways!! Our first giveaway is a great one! We have some great prizes furnished by WILD EYE RELEASING!! In this prize pack, you will get a copy of THE BLOODY APE (Super Simian Special Edition!) on DVD (click HERE to watch the trailer). This film is a throwback to the 70's Grindhouse flicks and per imdb.com "is a gore-soaked love letter to the sex and violence of the grind house movie era that pulls no punches and offers no apologies for wallowing in a skin-drenched stew of crudeness and camp!" Sounds awesome to me!! You will also get a set of THE BLOODY APE lobby cards autographed by one of the stars of the film, George Ries, and writer/director Keith J. Crocker! Finally, you will receive a snazzy WILD EYE pin to wear to show the world that you were the winner of this fabulous prize pack!! WILD EYE RELEASING has furnished me with a few copies of THE BLOODY APE along with some other titles, so stay tuned for more great giveaways from the folks at WILD EYE RELEASING and HAYES HUDSON'S HOUSE OF HORROR!!!!

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This week's Horror related DVD releases: Tuesday, 12/29

Here are the Horror related DVD's coming out tomorrow, 12/29:
(Click the title to see a trailer for that film)

* A PERFECT GETAWAY
* BLOOD PLEDGE
* CARRIERS
* DIAGNOSIS: DEATH
* EVIL OFFSPRING
* HANSEL AND GRETEL
* JENNIFER'S BODY
* NUNS OF SAINT ARCHANGEL (aka. THE NUN AND THE DEVIL)
* PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
* VAMPIRE KILLERS (formerly LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS)
* VERSUS (3-Disc Special Edition)

Wow...finally a great week for Horror fans! Check out these trailers. CARRIERS looks awesome if you are into zombie/infection movies. JENNIFER'S BODY got horrible reviews, but I still want to check it out since I missed it in the theater. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY was one of my top films of the year. Lots of people disliked it, but obviously a lot more did like it based on how well it did at the box office. I thought it was great and highly recommend it. LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS (titled just VAMPIRE KILLERS for us U.S. Folk) looks like it will be a fun movie. And definitely check out VERSUS if you haven't already. The trailer does not do it justice. It is a great zombie/kung-fu flick!! Break out the Christmas money.....this is a great week for Horror DVD's!!

LET THE PRIZES BEGIN!!!

We have our 50th follower, so the prizes and giveaways can begin!! I got some great stuff lined up to giveaway! I will try to do a prize every month. Stay tuned to find out how you can win!! The first prize post will be tomorrow night!!! Tell your friends to keep an eye on Hayes Hudson's House of Horror for their chance to win!! Woo-hoo!

Check out the trailer for Adam Green's newest fright flick: FROZEN

In Adam Green's (HATCHET) newest film, Three skiers (Kevin Zegers, Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell) mistakenly end up stranded on a chairlift and are forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death. This trailer looks great...what a scary situation to be in. Could it ever happen? Not likely, but it will be fun to see what happens if it ever did!! FROZEN is set to be released into theaters February 5, 2010. I will be there to see this one for sure. Will you?

Click HERE to watch the trailer for FROZEN

Book Review: ZOMBIES: A RECORD OF THE YEAR OF INFECTION

This is by far one of the best Zombie books I have read in a long time. Although, there is really not that much reading to it. In fact, that is my one complaint about the book is that it is not long enough. You can easily read this cover to cover in about 30 minutes. But don't let that keep you from checking this out, because it will be some of the coolest zombie filled 30 minutes you've experienced in long time. I guess this would be considered more of a graphic novel type book than a regular novel. It is set up with beautiful illustrated zombie pictures on almost every page, with just a short paragraph or so of writing on the pages. The illustrations are the main draw here, with both Black and White, and full color drawings. The book is basically set us as a set of hand written Field Notes from a Dr. Robert Twombly. Here is the description from amazon.com:

The year is 2011, and what starts as a pervasive and inexplicable illness ends up as a zombie infestation that devastates the world's population. Taking the form of a biologist's illustrated journal found in the aftermath of the attack, this pulse-pounding, suspenseful tale of zombie apocalypse follows the narrator as he flees from city to countryside and heads north to Canada, where he hopes the undead will be slowed by the colder climate. Encountering scattered humans and scores of the infected along the way, he fills his notebook with graphic drawings of the zombies and careful observations of their behavior, along with terrifying tales of survival. This frightening new contribution to the massively popular zombie resurgence will keep fans on the edge of their seats right up to the very end.

ZOMBIES is written by Don Roff and illustrated by Chris Lane. I highly recommend this book if you are a fan of the zombie genre.

Click HERE to purchase this book from Amazon.com
Click HERE to go to the author's official website

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas day! Did you get any cool Horror DVD's, books, or anything else? If so, comment and share!! Until next time, I leave you with a picture of a zombie Santa. Why? Why not! It's a cool pic and it's Christmas! Have a great holiday weekend everyone!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Hayes Hudson's House Of Horror!! Here is one of my favorite Christmas themed Horror films.....TREEVENGE!

Merry Christmas to all readers of Hayes Hudson's House of Horror! I hope you have a great holiday weekend! In honor of the Christmas holiday, I want to share with you one of my favorite Christmas themed Horror films! This is a 16 minute short film that I posted about earlier in the year. If you missed it, you are in luck. If you have already seen it, you in luck too because you get to see it again! It is definitely worth a second viewing! So here it is, for your viewing pleasure....I give you..........TREEVENGE!!

Click HERE to watch the short film, TREEVENGE!

Click HERE to go to the official TREEVENGE website

Hayes Hudson's House of Horror is now officially an AWARD WINNING horror blog!!!

I am thrilled and honored to announce that Hayes Hudson's House of Horror has been officially selected to receive the Horrorfind.com Freaking Scary Site Platinum Award! For those that aren't familiar with Horrorfind, it describes itself as being "A directory and search engine dead-icated to Horror, Halloween, Supernatural, and Spooky subjects". Horrorfind offers three levels of awards: The Undead Award, The Silver Bullet Award, and the top honor, the Freaking Scary Site Platinum Award! The sites are judged on content, functionality, graphics and usefulness to the general public. Per the message I received with my award "We spend a lot of time reviewing sites and not all make the grade. You have done a great job, keep up the good work!". I am very honored to accept this award. Thanks Horrorfind.com!

Next order of business, I have also just learned that my blog has been ranked #42 on THE HORROR SOCIETY TOP 100 LIST sponsored by http://www.horrorsociety.com/! I need your help to reach the coveted #1 spot!! Please look for this icon on the right side of my blog. Every time you visit the site, please click on this icon. It will open a page for horrorsociety and will automatically register a vote for my page. Close the page and you are done. It takes 5 seconds and would really help me out! Thanks everyone!!

This weeks Horror related DVD releases

Here are the Horror related DVD's coming out Tuesday, 12/22:
(click on each title to watch a trailer for the film)

* CAPTIVE
* DEVIL'S MUSIC
* DISTRICT 9
* FOUR COURSE MEAL
* GHOST MACHINE
* KAZZU UMEZZ' HORROR THEATRE
* SHATTERED LIVES
* TORSO: THE EVELYN DICK STORY (2002)


While more Sci-Fi than Horror, the only movie I can recommend is DISTRICT 9. Bad week for us Horror fans....oh well.

THE MASK (1961) in 3D!

While discussing Jim Carrey movies the other day at work (don't ask) someone mentioned that their favorite Jim Carrey movie was the 1994 craptastic film, THE MASK. That is by far one of my least favorite of his films, but that is another story. This discussion, which normally would have killed thousands of brain cells, actually got me thinking about another movie by the same name. 1961's THE MASK, directed by Julian Roffman, was a favorite of mine when I was a child. I picked up a VHS version of the film for two reasons. One, it said it was in 3D!! Second reason was that some lady in tight black dress with big boobs was on the cover of the VHS case. Later I would learn who this mistress of the dark was, none other than ELVIRA!

Here is the basic plot from IMDB.com:

A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.

I couldn't have begun to tell you what the plot was. To be honest, I don't think I ever watched it all the way through. It was black and white and to a kid, a black and white movie where actors are just talking is super boring. I knew what I wanted to see. I fast forwarded to the few scenes where the actor put the mask on and the nightmarish visions (in 3D) begun!
These were great, surreal, creepy scenes. This was the first time I ever saw a skull with eyeballs in it! The skull looked like it was coming to life! Check out the longest of the 3D scenes here...even if you don't have a pair of 3D glasses lying around (shame on you), you can still enjoy this spooky scene!

HAYES HUDSON'S HOUSE OF HORROR now has a Facebook fan page!

I have finally created a Facebook page for HAYES HUDSON'S HOUSE OF HORROR! If you are a part of the Facebook community, stop on by and become a fan of the 4H fan page!!

CLICK HERE to go to the Facebook page for HAYES HUDSON'S HOUSE OF HORROR

Genre legend Dan O'Bannon has died 1946-2009

I have just learned the writer/director Dan O'Bannon passed away yesterday at the age of 63. He died after a 30 year battle with Crohn's disease. O'Bannon was the Writer/Director of one of my favorite Horror movies of all time, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. He was also a writer on LIFEFORCE, INVADERS FROM MARS, and ALIENS. He will be dearly missed.

CLICK HERE to read the full article from ABC news

Hayes Hudson's House of Horror gets an upgrade!!

Notice anything different? My boring template header has been replaced by a new, improved, unique design! This header was created by Rhonny Reaper from the DOLLAR BIN HORROR blog (http://www.dollarbinhorror.blogspot.com/)! What do you think? I personally love it! I hope to get few new header designs...I would love to rotate them out from time to time just for a fun change. Do you want to make a header to be featured on my blog! Let me know! Remember the old design? See below...I think it's a great improvement! What are your thoughts on the change?
Thanks again Rhonny Reaper!

Hershcell Gordon Lewis presents: THE CHAINSAW SALLY show!

For those that don't know who Herschell Gordon Lewis is...shame on you!! H.G. Lewis is considered the Godfather of Gore! He got this title by creating some of the goriest films that people had seen at the time of their release. He is most known for his 1963 classic BLOOD FEAST. The gore is crazy in this film, even by today's standards...I can't imagine seeing it back in 1963! Anyway, back to the subject at hand, H.G. Lewis is producing the web series THE CHAINSAW SALLY SHOW! It is a great mix of comedy and horror! Check it out at the links below!!

CLICK HERE to watch Episode 1 of THE CHAINSAW SALLY SHOW
CLICK HERE to go to the main CHAINSAW SALLY page to watch the other Episodes

Check out a few more great Horror blogs I have found!

Periodically, I like to bring to my reader's attention some other great Horror Blogs that I come across. Today, there are 3 that I feel the need to bring to your attention:

First up is the DAY OF THE WOMAN blog. Blog author BJ-C presents a blog for "the Feminine side of fear". This is a great blog with wide range of topics, from Best/Worst lists, to her featured "Terrible Poster Tuesday's" where she showcases a horrible looking movie poster! Funny Stuff! Check this one often. It is cool to see a woman's take on Horror when it seems like the genre is usually more geared toward men. I love the fact that more and more women are getting into horror films and can actually teach us guys a thing or two! You go girl!

Next up is another great Horror blog run by a woman who knows her Horror!! Rhonny Reaper brings you the DOLLAR BIN HORROR blog, where she brings you "the best in cheap thrills, gory spills, and everything macabre"! This blog is full of movie reviews of some great older "dollar bin" type of movies. This is one to bookmark for sure!

And finally, we have the HORROR DOSE blog. This is a great Horror movie review blog. Blog author Chris brings you a nice mixture of reviews of both new and older horror films. And hey, any blog that has a review of both DEAD ALIVE and ARMY OF DARKNESS is a blog I want to read!! Thanks Chris for an awesome Horror blog!!

Check these blogs out...you will not be disappointed!

This weeks Horror related DVD releases: 12/15

Here are the Horror related DVD's coming out Tuesday, Dec. 15th.
(click on the title to see the trailer for that film)

* BEYOND REMEDY
* THE BUTCHER
* INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
* MENTAL SCARS
* MURDER BY DECREE (1979)
* P
* PSYCHO WARD
* RED CANYON
* TRUNK

The only must buy I see this week is INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS....while not a true Horror movie, it does warrant mention here with its Exploitation feel and its Horror movie level of violence. Plus, it's just a damn good movie, so I want to talk about it! Tarantino did not disappoint on his long awaited WWII film. As for the other films....nothing really sticks out this week....the movie P looks interesting...check out the trailer by clicking the title in the above list.

DVD Review: SWITCHBLADE SISTERS

I just finished up watching Jack Hill's SWITCHBLADE SISTERS. Also known as THE JEZEBELS, this 1975 films is the definition of a true Grindhouse film. For those unfamiliar with Jack Hill, he is a genre legend, directing such classics as: THE WASP WOMAN, SPIDER BABY, THE BIG DOLL HOUSE, THE BIG BIRD CAGE, COFFY, and FOXY BROWN. Some of these films are considered some of the greatest exploitation films made. SWITCHBLADE SISTERS is a great addition to these classics, and is what Quentin Tarantino says is Jack Hill's masterpiece. Quentin Tarantino released this DVD under his Rolling Thunder Pictures label. Here is the basic plot from IMDB.com:

The "Dagger Debs" are a gang of snarling girls, and Maggie is their newest member. Lace, the ever tooth-gritting leader, befriends her but soon has doubts --it seems Lace's man, Dominic, head of the "Silver Daggers" fancies the new recruit. Lace struggles to keep control of the Debs, and a handle on Nick, as they face off against the rival gang of pushers lead by Crabs.

While some of the older Grindhouse films really show there age and can actually be quite boring by today's standards, SWITCHBLADE SISTERS kept me entertained the entire time. It had a great mix of action, revenge, and wasn't overly full of un-needed gratuitous nudity that some of the films from this genre contain. The character of Maggie is one of my favorites by far. She comes across as nice and sweet, but her vengefullness really comes out at the end, and when she is finally captured by the police, she yells a tirade at the cops that would make Charlie Manson proud. The look on her face..the intensity in her eyes was great as she told the cops, "You can beat us, chain us, lock us up, but we're gonna be back..understand? And when we do cop, you better keep your ass off our turf, or we'll blow it off, ya dig! We're Jezebels cop...remember that name...We'll be back!!!" HA! Classic...they don't have that kind of dialog in movies these days!

The DVD comes packed with special features such as an introduction and a final Analysis of the film from Quentin Tarantino, along with trailers for most all of Jack Hill's classic Grindhouse films. This DVD is a must have for any fans of Grindhouse/Exploitation cinema.

CLICK HERE to watch the trailer for SWITCHBLADE SISTERS

CLICK HERE to watch the final scene with Maggie's rant to the cops!!

Update to yesterday's post...I CAME FROM NOTHING T-shirts is offering a 20% discount to readers of this blog!!

That's right, just enter discount code HAYES at checkout for a 20% off discount of your order!! Thanks Michael for offering my readers this great discount!! If you haven't got your shirt yet, what are you waiting for!! Go check out all the great shirts at: http://www.icamefromnothing.com/

Check out this site for some cool Horror T-shirts: I CAME FROM NOTHING

Michael from I CAME FROM NOTHING emailed me about his T-shirt company. I LOVE Horror T-Shirts and am always looking for new, cool T-shirt sites! Well, I CAME FROM NOTHING is a great one! While most Horror T shirts are black with white printing or just a couple of colors, these are by far the most colorful Horror T-Shirts I have seen. Plus, I love that the actual shirts come in a variety of colors, not just black like most Horror shirts. So, check it out by CLICKING HERE. This is as U.K. site, so note that prices are not in American Dollars.

Here is one of my favorite shirts, just to give you an example. They are having a sale on some shirts, so go check them out! If you buy a shirt, tell them you heard about them on Hayes Hudson's House of Horror!!

http://www.icamefromnothing.com/

ZOMBIE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

Thanks to my buddy Scott for sharing this great poster with me....it's the Zombie Emergency Procedure plan. Print it out and hang it up at your place of work. This is vital information that is common sense to most of us zombie lovers, but it could save the life of those that don't know as much about zombies!!

Check out this cool Facebook group I ran across: FANS OF HORROR AND EXPLOITATION FILMS

It was the group I was born to join! I love Horror and Exploitation films! If you are on Facebook, you will definitely want to join this group and check it often. The administrators, Sam Miller and Brian Osborne are constantly posting pics, video, and awesome trailers from rare or hard to find Horror and Exploitation films!

Here is the group page address. Check it out!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=189194777195&ref=ts

This week's Horror related DVD releases coming out Tuesday, 12/8

Here are the Horror related DVD's coming out tomorrow, 12/8:
(Click on titles for a trailer for that film)

* GOZU (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
* HOME MOVIE
* THE LIGHTS
* RUN! BITCH RUN! (RED BAND-not safe for work)
* SANDS OF OBLIVION
* SCREAMS IN THE NIGHT
* THE SKEPTIC

Not a great lineup again this week. There are a couple of interesting DVD's to point out, though. GOZU is being re-released in a 2-disc Collector's Edition. For fans of Takashi Miike, this is a great addition to your collection if you don't already have the single disc version released a few years back. This movie is messed up, as you have come to expect from a Takashi Miike movie. Make sure to click on the title above and check out the trailer. Also....check out the trailer for RUN! BITCH RUN!, although make sure no kiddos are around and definitely do not watch it at work. This is an exploitation flick made to look like the classic 1970's grindhouse rape revenge flicks that were popular at the time....most notable being I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. If you are a fan of those, check out the trailer.

Well, until next time...stay scared!!

DVD Review: THRILLER: THEY CALL HER ONE EYE

Also known as THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE, THRILLER tells the tale of a young girl who is picked up by a stranger and taken back to his house where he begins to get her hooked on heroin, and forces her to into a life of drug addiction and prostitution. After gouging the face of her first "client" with her fingernails, her captor punishes her by taking a scalpel to her left eye. After this, she seems to have succumbed to the control of her captor, but little does he know, she is using her day off (nice of him to give her a day to rest up) to take classes in karate and marksmanship, learning to use both a rifle and a pistol. She then proceeds to a steal a shotgun, which she saws of to make here signature weapon, and then extract revenge on everyone who has hurt her. She goes after all the clients that used and abused her, and then finally after her captor who drove her into this lifestyle.

This is a great film and a perfect example of a classic 70's Grindhouse film. It is a great revenge flick on par with I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. If you like exploitation films of the revenge sort, this a must see film.

CLICK HERE to go to the THRILLER Imdb page

CLICK HERE to watch the trailer for THRILLER: THEY CALL HER ONE EYE

DAYBREAKERS trailer

If you have not seen this yet, stop what you are doing and watch this now!! If you are sick of the teeny-bopper vampire movies that seem to dominate the theaters these days, then check out this trailer for DAYBREAKERS. I think we are finally getting back to real vampire movies...although this one has a futuristic plot twist to it. Apparently, the world is run by vampires and the last surviving humans are farmed for their blood....but what happens when the last few humans start dying off? This movie should be a lot of fun...the trailer looks great! Thank to my buddy Scott's Blog for bringing this new film to my attention!!

CLICK HERE to watch the trailer for DAYBREAKERS!

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: REANIMATED

The NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: ORIGINS post I did a couple of days ago reminded me of this other NOTLD project in the works, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: REANIMATED!! Here is a description of the project from the official website:

Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated is a mass collaborative artistic re-envisioning of George A. Romero's 1968 cult classic, Night of the Living Dead.
International artists and animators were invited to select scenes from the film and reinvent them through their artwork.
Open to all styles, media and processes the results ran the gamut with scenes created in everything from puppet theater to CGI, hand drawn animation to flash, and oil paintings to tattoos.

From the looks of the trailer, this is going to be very cool! Check out the trailer below.

Click HERE to go to the Wild Eye Releasing website

Click HERE to go to the Official NOTLD:R website

Watch the trailer for this super cool project...NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: REANIMATED!!

Must Watch: MARY POPPINS: The Horror Movie Cut

HA...this is great! Someone has taken scenes from Disney's MARY POPPINS and re-edited a trailer to turn it into a Horror film. It looks like one of the scariest movies ever!! It is amazing what a little ambient music and quick edits can to to turn one of the most beloved children's movies into this frightening trailer..check it out! And a special thanks to Carl at the I Like Horror Movies Blog for featuring this on his site. I found it while browsing his awesome horror blog. Check it out if you haven't already! http://i-like-horror-movies.blogspot.com/

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: ORIGINS

A buddy of mine sent me the link to this article about a new NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD movie. This one is titled NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: ORIGINS and is going to be a 3D CGI film. That alone has me interested...there is so much they could do with a zombie CGI film that couldn't be done with live actors..so this could end up being really cool...or....a CGI zombie film could be just horrible. I really don't know at this point. I will wait to make judgement once we see some stills from the production and eventually the trailer. I will, of course, post updates as I come across them! Until then, read the full article on Yahoo. The article list some of the actors that have signed on to do voice-overs, including genre vets Bill Moseley and Danielle Harris!

Click HERE to read the complete story from Yahoo News

Click HERE to go to the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: ORIGINS Imdb page
(NOTLD:O is considered in development, so there is not much info the Imdb page
unless you are a IMDB PRO subscriber)

This weeks Horror DVD releases: TUESDAY, December 1

Here are the Horror related DVD's coming out tomorrow, 12/1:
(Click on most titles to watch the trailer for that film)

* DEADER COUNTRY
* DEADLINE
* HAIR EXTENSIONS (re-release)
* KNIFE OF ICE
* LITTLE RED DEVIL
* POKER RUN
* SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT COMPILATION (includes parts 3, 4, and 5)
* SINS OF THE FATHER

Again, a pretty bad weak for horror flicks. December is always a bad month it seems, I guess we are all supposed to be jolly and joyful and not want to watch death and destruction! What's up with that!! Zombies and killers are fun for any season! Oh well...

Check out this great Horror Blog: I LIKE HORROR MOVIES

Obviously I am a huge fan of Horror. I like to watch Horror movies and read about them, so I am always excited when I run across a Horror blog that I haven't seen before. There are thousands of Horror blogs out there, but when I run across a excellent one, I like to let my readers know about it. Well, I have found a great one, and it is simply called "I LIKE HORROR MOVIES"! What a great title for a Horror movie blog! Straight and to the point!! Like my blog, the blog author, Carl Manes, gives a good mix of reviews of older and more current movies, along with Trivia and quotes. Also worth noting, Carl has a link to his entire DVD collection (over 850 DVD's!!) that you can browse through and look at. What a cool idea! Great blog Carl! Keep up the good work!

Click HERE to check out the great Horror blog, I LIKE HORROR MOVIES!

DVD Review: 42ND STREET FOREVER VOL. 5: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA

For those unfamiliar with the 42ND STREET FOREVER series, these are Dvd's filled with nothing but trailers from the Grindhouse era, when 42nd Street in New York was filled with seedy theaters that ran nothing but grimy exploitation and horror films. This series shows you trailers of these films, some of which you might be familiar with, and many that I'm sure you have never heard of. They are up to Volume 5 of the 42ND STREET FOREVER series, and I have to say that this is the weakest of the bunch in my opinion. Some trailers were so bad I had to skip them and go on to the next one. Now that is bad when I can't even sit through a minute and half to 2 minute long trailer! Volumes 1 and 2 were great with mainly horror offerings, but they have gone downhill since then. There are a few notable trailers that were definitely worth watching, like TERROR IN THE WAX MUSEUM and THE DEVIL WITHIN HER, aka. BEYOND THE DOOR. Click on those titles to watch the trailers.

If you haven't bought any of the 42ND STREET FOREVER films, I highly suggest the first two volumes...all the ones after that are pretty weak. Also, worth noting, they also released a 42ND STREET FOREVER XXX-TREME SPECIAL EDITION, full of nothing but trailers for the trashy adult x-rated films the grindhouse theaters showed along with the horror and exploitation films, so check that out if you are into that. You can purchase all the volumes from Amazon.com buy clicking on THIS LINK.

I recently ran across this extremely disgusting, disturbing, and grotesque trailer for the Japanese film called...well, GROTESQUE! The trailer is not dubbed, so I can't tell anything about the film. Basically it looks like Japan's answer to HOSTEL. Watch the trailer and let me know what you think!

Watch the trailer for GROTESQUE at your own risk!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING everybody!!!!

In honor of this great day, I present you the fake trailer for the movie, THANKSGIVING, created by Eli Roth (CABIN FEVER, HOSTEL I & II). For thoset that don't know, THANKSGIVING was one of the four fake trailers that played between PLANET TERROR and DEATH PROOF, in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 double feature film, GRINDHOUSE! The four fake trailers were created and directed by other horror movie vets, and included: MACHETE (Rodriguez), WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE S.S. (Rob Zombie), DON'T (Edgar Wright), and THANKSGIVING (Roth). For those that missed GRINDHOUSE in the theaters, you missed a great experience. Unfortunately, the only DVD released in the U.S. split the two films and doesn't include any of the trailers except for MACHETE.
Also...on a side note, rumors have been flying since GRINDHOUSE was released that Eli Roth was going to develop THANKSGIVING into a full feature film! Well...a check on IMDB.com shows that THANKSGIVING is indeed listed on Eli Roth's page as being "In Development, so we might get to see a full film one of these days!! In the meantime, enjoy this great trailer:

DVD Review: TORSO

"Enter if you dare, the bizarre world of the psychosexual mind" is the tagline for the film I CORPO PRESENTANO TRACCE DI VIOLENZA CARNALE, aka. BODIES BEAR TRACES OF CARNAL VIOLENCE, or better known to American audiences as the simple, TORSO. This 1973 classic was written and directed by Italian director, Sergio Martino. Martino looks like he could be a student of Dario Argento, as he has very similar styles compared to Argento's early films from the 1970's. TORSO is a stylized Giallo film, a genre popular among Italian directors during the 70's and 80's. TORSO stands apart from other Giallo films, though, in that we get a little more blood and gore than we do in typical Giallo films. Here is the plot from the Blue Underground DVD:

A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismemeber at the hands-and blade-of the lecherous maniac.

A vacation to dismember...ha! I love that line. This is a great film if you are fans of the Giallo sub genre of Horror films. A few scenes stick in my mind in particular. One is a woman being chased through a muddy swamp by the killer. When the killer finally gets to her, all we see is her arm in the muddy water, and slowly, the red blood flows into the murky brown water. Very effective. Next is a scene in the vacation house when the only surviving girl is looking from an upstairs bedroom down to the 1st floor living room, where 3 of her friends lie dead at the hands of the killer. The killer enters the room carrying a saw. From her angle, all she can see is the woman's arm. Slowly, the arm moves back and forth, back and forth, and while we can't see what is happening, you know the back and forth motion is caused from the saw. These scenes are very effective and the entire movie is an experience I highly recommend.

Click HERE to watch the teaser trailer for TORSO

Click HERE to watch the RED BAND trailer for TORSO (Not safe for kids!!)

This weeks Horror DVD releases: Nov. 24

Here are the Horror related DVD's coming out Tuesday, 11/24:
(click on most titles to see a trailer for that film)

* BLOOD MOON RISING
* CARNY
* THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN
* DEVILMAN
* THE FIEND
* GODKILLER: WALK AMONG US #2
* HOUSE OF FEARS
* HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE
* REBORN
* SILENT SCREAM
* SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS
* VENGEANCE TRILOGY
* THE WITCHES' HAMMER

Again, nothing great this week.....if you want a good laugh, check out the trailer for THE FIEND, this trailer has the worst English dubbing I have ever seen! HA!

Must watch: Sam Raimi Lost Film: ATTACK OF THE HELPING HAND

For those that don't know who Sam Raimi is, shame on you! Sam Raimi is the director of the EVIL DEAD TRILOGY, DARKMAN, the SPIDERMAN films, and most recently, DRAG ME TO HELL. While searching one of my favorite horror blogs on the web, Evil Dead News.com, I found this great 8mm short film shot back in 1979, 2 years before his great EVIL DEAD film. You can see some similarities in the two films and it is fun to see how far Sam Raimi has come as a director.
Check out the Sam Raimi's short film, ATTACK OF THE HELPING HAND:

A message from Zombie Hayes --- "HAYES HUDSON'S HOUSE OF HORRORS will start having contests and DVD giveaways!"

That's right, I would like to start having contest and giveaways!! The only catch is, I am not going to start the contests until I get at least 50 followers!! I appreciate all my followers and want to bring more on board...I want 4H (my term for HAYES HUDSONS HOUSE OF HORROR) to be the #1 Horror Blog on the web!!! So....help spread the word about 4H to your Myspace friends, your Facebook friends, etc. Tweet about how cool 4H is....do whatever you need to do! You can even blog about my blog on your blog! I will do a post thanking all those that have blogs that blogged about 4H, giving you a plug in return (just shoot me a message letting me know about the post on your blog). Ok..I am tired of the word blog now. Anyway...tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your family, your coworkers, anyone and everyone you know. As soon as I hit 50 followers, I will have my first DVD giveaway!!! Thanks everyone!!!!

MUST WATCH!! NIGHT OF THE DEMONS remake trailer

One of my favorite Horror films from the 80's was Kevin Tenney's NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, about a group of teens that go to a Halloween party in an abandoned funeral parlor. While doing a seance, they awaken evil spirits that take over the teens one by one, turning them into vicious demons. The original starred fan fave Linnea Quigley as Suzanne. Well, 21 years later, we have a remake of this Horror classic! The film stars Bobbi Sue Luther (LAID TO REST) in the roll of Suzanne now, and also stars screen vets, Edward Furlong and Shannon Elizabeth. Also...watch for a cameo by Linnea Quigley herself!! Check out the trailer below, I think this looks to be one of the better remakes we have seen in a while. What do you think?

Click HERE to watch the trailer for NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (2010)

Click HERE to watch the trailer for the original NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988)

Must Watch Webisode: BROKEN TOY

My buddy Scott let found this online and let me know about it. It is a web series called BROKEN TOY. Episode 1 is out now and is definitely worth watching. It is only about 5 minutes long. I wish I could tell you what the plot is, but it is really hard to tell...I think we will figure it out as we go along with future episodes. The episode opens with a man covered in blood making eggs in someones house....he apparently is a machine of some sort that has malfunctioned. That is about all I can tell...not sure if this is going to veer more towards Horror or Sci-Fi, or a good mixture of both, but either way this is very intriguing. Let me know what you think! I will post an update once Episode 2 is released!

Click HERE to watch Episode 1 of BROKEN TOY

This weeks Horror related DVD releases

Here are the Horror related DVD's coming out tomorrow, 11/17:
(click on titles to watch a trailer for that film)

* BASEMENT JACK
* CALL OF THE HUNTER
* THE CANYON
* EVILUTION
* HANGER
* PENANCE
* RITUALS
* TAINTLIGHT
* THANKSKILLING
* THIRST
* TRAIN
* VAMPIRE PARTY

I haven't heard much about any of these films, there are a few that look interesting based on the trailers. Check out EVILUTION if you are a zombie fan (like myself). THE CANYON looks like a promising bit of survival horror. PENANCE looks......well...interesting I guess would be the word. TAINTLIGHT is a TWILIGHT parody that looks like it could be the worst movie ever made. Actually, watch the trailer for THANKSKILLING, it might actually be the worst movie ever made....it's about a killer turkey. Yes, you read that right.

Check out the trailer for the horror/comedy TRANSYLMANIA

TRANSYLMANIA stars James DeBello (CABIN FEVER, SCARY MOVIE 2) and a group of others as college kids who go to study abroad in beautiful...Romania! Apparently, they find out the school they are studying at is run by Vampires!! This movie looks really dumb, but in a really so dumb it could be really funny type of way. The movie is rated R and has a theatrical release date of Dec. 4th. Watch the trailer and then let me know what you think.

Click HERE to watch the trailer for TRANSYLMANIA

Click HERE to go to the Official Website (You can watch the RED BAND trailer after going to the RESTRICTED AREA)

Happy Sunday the 15th!!

Dang...I had a neat theme going...but I have no movie to match up to today's date. Oh well!

Happy SATURDAY THE 14th!

Everyone knows about FRIDAY THE 13th, but do you know about a little film called SATURDAY THE 14th? As you might expect, it is a horror/comedy spoof. The film came out in 1981 and was one of the funniest movies I had ever seen at the time (give me a break, I was about 8 years old when I first saw it). I'm sure if I watched it now, I might feel different about it...based on the trailer I just watched anyway! Click below to watch the trailer for yourself....have you seen this film before?

Click HERE to watch the trailer for SATURDAY THE 14th!!

Happy FRIDAY THE 13th!!!

It is FRIDAY THE 13th! This really should be a national holiday! Oh well....just for fun here are some fun facts about FRIDAY THE 13th....the date and the film!!

Facts about FRIDAY THE 13th the date:

* The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.

* The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia.

* The maximum number of Friday the 13th's one year can have is 3, which occurred this year
in Feb, March, and Nov. The next time a year will have 3 Friday the 13th will be in 2015!

Facts about FRIDAY THE 13th the movie (info from imdb.com):

* Betsy Palmer said that if it were not for the fact that she was in desperate need of a new car, she would never have taken the part of Pamela Voorhees. In fact, after she read the script she called the film "a piece of shit".

* The movie was filmed at Camp Nobebosco in New Jersey. The camp is still in operation to date, and they have a wall of Friday the 13th paraphernalia to honor the fact that the movie was set there.

* The film made $39,754,601 and had a budget of $550,000.

* Victor Miller's (writer) working title for the script was "Long Night at Camp Blood".

I hope you enjoyed these fun facts! Now go watch FRIDAY THE 13th!!

New photos from Alexandre Aja's PIRANHA 3D

DreadCentral.com has unveiled some new official photos from Alexandre Aja's new film PIRANHA 3D! I am a huge fan of Aja and his films, he is bringing real horror back to the theaters. I am super excited about this next film of his, and can't wait for a trailer. But..in the meantime, we have some pics to tie us over. Here is the best, the others are just close up of actors.

I LOVE this pic..it looks like just total chaos and comotion. The red, blood tinted water is awesome in this pic.
To see the rest of the pics CLICK HERE to go to the DreadCentral.com article

This week's Horror DVD releases

Here are the Horror Related DVD's coming out tomorrow, 11/10:
(click on titles to watch a trailer for that film)

* DEVIL GIRL
* THE ECHO
* HURT
* INTRUDER
* LIVESTOCK
* NU-MERI: BOOK OF THE NEW SPAWN
* SUMMER'S MOON

Wow..this is the worst week in a long time for Horror fans...very weak DVD turnout this week.
Oh well...save your money for next week!

Must watch!! Ultra gory trailer for VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL

I just ran across this trailer and I can not wait to see this movie!! VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL looks to be a lot of fun! It is the follow up project by the makers of TOKYO GORE POLICE, and if you have seen that film, then you have an idea of what to expect from VGvsFG! Lots of spewing red stuff!! Watch the trailer and enjoy!!

Click HERE to watch the trailer in all its bloody splendor!!!

The newest musician to make a Horror film: EMINEM??

That's right, according to ScreenDaily.com, Eminem will be staring in SHADY TALEZ, a 3D Horror Anthology. Eminem says it will be a cross between the TWILIGHT ZONE and CREEPSHOW. No release date has been set, but a four-issue comic book series of SHADY TALEZ is due out in 2010 from Marvel Icons.

Click HERE to read the full article at ScreenDaily.com

Zombifiy yourself!

Thanks again to Jonny Metro over at the Midnight Media Blog for finding this fun application! It is a zombie maker from the ZOMBIELAND official website. You can upload any picture and turn the subject into a zombie!! Here are a few I made:












My wife, April...zombified!!!
What a Hottie!!!
















Zombie PEE WEE!!!!!








Click HERE to go to the ZOBMIELAND website and Zombify yourself or your friends!!
(you will be asked to enter your name and birthdate to insure your are over 18, then just click on "Zombify Yourself" over in the top right hand corner)

DVD Review: THE DEVIL HUNTER

Wow...when will I learn. Director Jess Franco is considered a cult director, kinda like Italy's version of Ed Wood. Except Ed Wood's films were so bad that they are at least fun to watch. Jess Franco's films are so bad they just really suck. Known as SEXO CANIBAL in it's native Italy, THE DEVIL HUNTER as it is known here in the U.S. came out in 1980 and was Franco's answer to the jungle/cannibal genre that was so popular at the time, in the likes of films such as CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and CANNIBAL FEROX. Here is the basic plot of this suckfest known as THE DEVIL HUNTER:

A Vietnam veteran heads to an island inhabited by cannibals to save a kidnapped model not only from her kidnappers, but also from the cannibals' lurking Devil God.

Speaking of the "lurking Devil God"..that sounds pretty cool...but all it is a big African American man with crazy red bug eyes who walks around buck naked and fights people. Here is a pic...I will spare you the full body shot!

While Franco does have some good films (mainly his zombie movies), this is definitely not one of them. I highly suggest you don't bother with this film unless you have 102 minutes to kill and there is no paint drying on any wall in near proximity to you .

I thought I would share a few pics from Halloween night...

Halloween has come and gone, and I miss it already. I thought I would share a few pics with you of me and my friends on Halloween night! We had a blast hanging out on Dickson St. here in Fayetteville. Enjoy the pics:

Natalie the Cop, Me as Jason Voorhees, Katy the Pin Up Girl, and Caleb in his award winning Edward Scissorhands costume (Caleb won first prize at the costume contest!). It's hard to tell in this pic, but the scissor hands were homemade by Caleb out of actual sheet metal! Well done, Caleb!!

Katy, Caleb, and Abbie as Rosie the Riveter

Me and my wife, April, who went as a Camp Crystal Lake

Counselor...a.k.a....my next victim!!!

And finally, me and my buddy Phillip as Michael Graves, from The Misfits.