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It’s that time of year again, time to take a look back at the past twelve months of horror films in theaters, VOD or film festivals. The “best of” will garner some attention later this month, but for episode 193, the Grue-crew are going to get the unpleasantaries out of the way, taking a long look at The Worst Horror Films of 2016. This year Kevin Smith earns the unique distinction of being on all four lists, entering the top tens for Dave Dreher, The Black Saint, Thomas Mariani, and Doc Rotten. While a few candidates make a multiple hits this year (Shin Godzilla, Viral, Cell, Rob Zombie’s 31), The Black Saint would be content with filling the entire list with films from Blumhouse. Sigh.
The feature review this week is Abattoir, a low budget film from Darren Lynn Bousman with a rough history getting the film in the can. The film has terrific cinematography and a creative concept behind the story. Any film featuring Lin Shaye is worth a look see. Jessica Lowndes and Joe Anderson lead the cast while Dayton Callie stars as the film’s villain Jebediah Crone. The Grue-Crew chime in with their reaction to the film debating what worked and what fell short.
Dave guides the Horror News of the Week with a reaction to the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer, the Deadpool Golden Globe nomination, and the new Marvel comic from RL Stein, Man-Thing. And Doc is set to visit the Walker Stalker Charlotte convention December 17 & 18, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Co-hosts Doc Rotten, Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr., Dave Dreher and Thomas Mariani are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week! Oh, and don’t forget – Stump the Saint! (Brought to you by Gruesome Magazine)
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Episode 193 – Abattoir (2016) – The Worst Horror Films of 2016
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Feature Review: Abattoir (2016)
Fan favorite director Darren Lynn Bousman (Repo! The Genetic Opera, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV) returns with Abattoir where he takes a unique stab at the haunted house genre. Bousman enlists a terrific cast including Jessica Lowndes, Joe Anderson, Lin Shaye, Dayton Callie, Michael Pare, and Bryan Batt. Callie is especially terrific as Jebediah Crone, a mysterious man who buys houses – houses that are reportedly haunted – and rips out the rooms where the haunting originates. What he ends up doing with those rooms is quite extraordinary.
Special Feature: The Worst Horror Films of 2016
While 2016 was a crappy year in general, it was a fairly decent year for Horror Films. They struck gold at the box office and some true gems went straight to VOD. The Grue-crew will be getting to the best horror films in a few weeks, for tonight, their heading down the lonesome road to The Worst Horror Films of 2016. Dave Dreher, The Black Saint, Thomas Mariani, and Doc Rotten each provide their top 10 (or is that their bottom 10?). One film made it onto each list, Yoga Hosers, while Rob Zombie’s 31, Cell, and Shin Godzilla made it on three. Here they are in all their…glory.
- Dave Dreher
- 10) Shin Godzilla
- 09) Phantasm Ravager
- 08) Viral
- 07) Zoombies
- 06) Rob Zombie’s 31
- 05) Yoga Hosers
- 04) Hardcore Henry
- 03) Jeruzalem
- 02) Cell
- 01) Bite
- Santos Ellin, Jr. (The Black Saint)
- 10) Terror Toons 3
- 09) Cell
- 08) Baskin
- 07) Viral
- 06) Phantasm: Ravager
- 05) The Greasy Strangler
- 04) Blair Witch
- 03) Incarnate
- 02) Yoga Hosers
- 01) The Darkness
- Thomas Mariani
- 10) Zoombies
- 09) Shin Godzilla
- 08) Jeruzalem
- 07) The Disappointments Room
- 06) Pride + Prejudice + Zombies
- 05) Martyrs
- 04) Rob Zombie’s 31
- 03) Night of Something Strange
- 02) Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween
- 01) Yoga Hosers
- Doc Rotten
- 10) Incarnate
- 09) The Veil
- 08) Rob Zombie’s 31
- 07) Shin Godzilla
- 06) Satanic
- 05) Shelley
- 04) Yoga Hosers
- 03) Getting Schooled
- 02) Ghost Team
- 01) Cell
OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE
- [00:00:38]: Intro
- [00:02:33]: Walker Stalker
- [00:03:08]: Gruesome Magazine 2017!
- [00:04:07]: Horror News of the Week
- [00:04:23]: Deadpool & Genre Golden Globe Nominations
- [00:09:08]: War for the Planet of the Apes Trailer
- [00:13:16]: Man-Thing by RL Stine
- [00:16:32]: James Franco in Alien: Covenant
- [00:19:58]: Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer
- [00:29:36]: Support HNR
- [00:30:13]: Featire Review: Abattoir
- [00:54:03]: Special Feature: Worst Horror Films Of The Year 2016
- [00:56:30]: Dave’s List
- [01:01:29]: Santos’ List
- [01:11:04]: Thomas’ List
- [01:26:22]: Doc’s List
- [01:43:13]: Dishonorable Mentions
- [01:48:36]: Stump The Saint
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