In the 2000s, films like Hostel, Saw and the like represented a tonal shift to torture, an ugly, bleak era somewhat analogous to the Italian cannibal genre period, one which we occasionally visit, but seldom revisit on this site for probably obvious reasons. Tying someone to a chair or a pyre and abusing them isContinue reading “Revisiting Hostel”
Category Archives: Horror
Paganini Horror
Horror movies are always accused of having too much sex and violence, but never, too much sax and violins. Enter Paganini Horror, a Faustian bargain basement effort, built around, of all things, a mysterious piece of sheet music and a Bon Jovi rip-off band. A female rock band, to whom we’re introduced to in theContinue reading “Paganini Horror”
