Revival of the Horror genre?

Dear Danny,

This past summer was horrific, no pun intended, for horror movies. There was some torture crap and then the unnecessary prequel to the Halloween series. BUT, maybe there is some hope for this fall and winter.

First, Halloween weekend we get Saw IV. The director of the 2nd and 3rd comes back for the 4th installment. I personally liked the 3rd one a lot, it was more simple than the 2nd and left it open for a good 4th. The trailer makes me pretty excited, as it seems Lionsgate has finally realized they hit a franchise. "If it's Halloween, it must be Saw". That means there's a 5th and 6th on the way, which really just means I have the chance to make one in my life time and that makes me happy.

Also, the writers wrote "Feast", a winner of the Project Greenlight show a few years back. If you haven't seen Feast and you like good horror monster movies, please go see Feast. Extremely well written.

Saw 4 Summary

Saw 4 Trailer

Then at Christmas time, we get Alien Vs. Predator : Requium. Now, normally you might say : Oh geez, another sequel to a monster movie Asher's excited about. But let me tell you why this movie will be amazing.

1. The directors are brothers, and first time directors. Normally, this would be cause for concern. But let's look at their resume. They started as animators and worked up the ladder as visual effects artists. Recently, they were the visual effects coordinators for movies such as the 300, Constantine. They also worked on Titanic, Nutty Professor, Mission Impossible 3.

After they did a lot of visual work, they also did a lot of music videos. Stuff for the Red Hot Chili Peppers is the most noteworthy.

2. The trailer looks amazing. 10+ people die, including a child and a sexy girl. That is what the first movie lacked. Dying people and blood shed. The Alien movies and the Predator movies NEED violence and scary spooky music and lots and lots of dead humans. This movie looks to promise that. The first movie wasn't directed for horror or blood or anything fun. This looks like fun.

3. Slated for Christmas, gives me something to do Christmas day other than buy discounted candy.

Maybe there is hope for the horror genre. Except that it may lie in a 4th in a series and a sequel in a combination of series'. Maybe there isn't hope, but there sure is a lot of fun on the way. And lots and lots and lots of dead people