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‘Hobo with a Shotgun’ director set to go underwater with next feature

The guy behind the hilariously named thriller, Hobo with a Shotgun, is heading underwater for Fox next. The Tracking Board reports writer/director Jason Eisener is going to the big time after signing a deal to direct an untitled project for Fox. According to the report, the film will feature underwater action sequences, is based off an …

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15 Best Horror Movies of 2013 (Top 10)

Special Mention: Sightseers Directed by Ben Wheatley Written by Steve Oram and Alice Lowe UK, 2012 This bloody, satirical road trip comedy is by no means as great as Terrence Mallick’s Badlands, but it is truly unique, strange, disquieting, and uncomfortably funny. Ben Wheatley is one of the most exciting genre filmmakers working in the …

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Tribeca 2013: ‘V/H/S 2’ has a few new ideas, and a few massive wastes of time

Like its predecessor, V/H/S 2 is shaped around a framing story. This time, the framing story involves two private investigators searching for a missing person. Turns out this particular missing person liked to collect videotapes which depict weird supernatural occurrences. The private eyes decide to watch some of his tapes, which are the four short stories at the film’s core. That framing story is a problem: it’s so boring and un-scary that at first it seems the entire movie may turn out to be a waste of time. It might have been better just to have five short horror tales, presented without the pretense of being part of a larger conspiracy, because having to end the film on the conclusion of the framing tale just isn’t worth it.

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