Best Slasher Movies

I fail to see how The Unborn garnered such terrible reviews when it really wasn’t a terrible movie at all. This is another great example of people bitching for the sake of bitching, and that’s unfortunate.

First, Gary Oldman (Fifth Element, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) is great in The Unborn, but it’s my opinion that he’s great in everything. Odette Yustman (Cloverfield) is gorgeous and turned in a believable performance as did the also gorgeous Cam Gigandet (Twilight, Never Back Down). No one’s gonna win any awards for The Unborn, but the performances were strong and there were some good scares. Once again, the dreaded PG-13 rating has robbed us of any real decent gore, but again, sometimes implied gore is more fun.

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Okay, so it’s bad. I won’t try to lie to you. The Haunting of Molly Hartley is the same thing we’ve seen a hundred times and the scares are few and far between… yet, I found myself oddly engrossed by it.

I had only mild curiosity in seeing it in the first place. Chase Crawford and AnnaLynn McCord aren’t exactly big draws for me, but I said to myself, ‘Slasherella, that’s just not fair of you. Give it a chance.’ So when it showed up in the house I put it in. Why not? I got what I expected. A mildly entertaining little film that didn’t even have good gore on its side. That said, I couldn’t look away. I wanted to. I really did, but it grabbed my attention and kept it to the end.

Was it good? Not really. Was it unique? Far from it. Was it entertaining? I suppose. Was it at least bloody? Sadly, not really. But I watched it all the same. I guess somewhere in the dark recesses of my mind, on some level, I must’ve liked it. Maybe you will too.

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I’m not sure how I managed to overlook Dead Silence for so long considering it’s directed by James Wan who also co-wrote it with Leigh Whannell; the demeted duo that brought us Saw. Somehow, though, Dead Silence slipped completely under my radar which is sad as when I finally did see it, I was upset with myself for not seeing it sooner.

It would’ve been easy for Wan and Whannell to produce a Saw clone after the success of the first movie and while the theme of creepy dolls is carried on in Dead Silence, don’t watch it excepting another Saw sequel. It’s very unique in that it doesn’t rely as much on the gore (although there are some especially gory scenes) but focuses more on creating genuinely scary villains and a creepy atmosphere.

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