Top Ten Horror of 2011

Since I have been a very bad girl and have neglected you all do to end of the year burn out I am going to try to redeem myself by giving you my top ten list for the year. Now it will be either things I saw or did, or overall news that seems worthy to make it to me list. Not all of you may agree with me, but this is my list. 

10.  Human Centipede- I got to watch the first of this horrible horrible movie. I told you have much I have refuse to see the sequel and guess what we got... the cover art and release date for the second movie. It's going to be release February 14th... I may hate Valentine's Day, but who's bright idea is that? I'm sorry Tom Sixx, I just don't like your movies. 

9. Reboots and Sequels- It feels like this year we had a lot of reboots or talk about reboots plus more additions to horror series. We finally got the Scream franchise finished with Scream 4. There are talks of a Munster's reboot and several of the classic slashers got rebooted as well.

8. Vampires are still overrated- We saw another Twilight movie, the Trublood series 4 and I discovered there was more vampire-human overpopulation in the bookstore... sorry vampires stop being sexy and get scary... at least Fright Night was decent. 

7. "Documentary" Horror Movie- There was several I saw this year and several that came out this year. I am still not sure I buy this genre of movie. Even sadder while Brian and I were watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo there was a trailer for the next exorcism/ documentary movie called The Devil Inside. Most of the audience were whispering to each other how it looked real... insert eye roll.... people they don't film and make money off of exorcisms. 

6. American Horror Story- While many people are in love with this show, I stopped watching after the 3rd episode. I am not sure what it is about this show that bothers me, but it just doesn't speak me to... hard to believe a haunted house bores me. 

5. Rob Zombie- Rockstar turned director Rob Zombie is working on his next movie The Lords of Salem. Let's hope it is as good as House of 1,000 Corpse. 

4. Prequels- Yeah we don't get many big prequels in the horror genre that I can think of, but this year we had The Thing, which was the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing and the trailer for Prometheus, the Alien's prequel... wonder what is going to happen next with prequels. 

3. Scary marine life- I watched both Piranha and Shark Night this year... both movies should have scared the shit out of me, but they failed miserably. 

2. Hack & Slash- In October I decided to be insane and watch as many movies as I could in 30 days... it cause burnout of horror movies and I haven't watched one since I reviewed, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes... yes, I need to start watching movies again

1. Zombies, Zombies, Zombies- I haven't completely converted to the living dead yet, but this year I started to... accept them. I read World War Z and read two zombie books. 

So there is my list of the top ten horror of 2011. Did I miss anything? 

Happy Holidays

So, I am not big fan of Christmas, but I will save you all from my rant. Instead I just wanted to take the time to wish you all a very very bloody Christmas and hopefully you get some good horrors this year. To get you in the mood here's one of my (few) favorite Christmas Songs by the Vandals

Jill & Alice have a special holiday song for you

This is my kind of holiday message!!! Thought you all would enjoy it.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter One Sheet Premiere

I have not read this book. I have read one similar called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, that I hated. Want to know my thoughts, check out my book review blog. I'll probably post it here as well.

Since I have not read the book here is the synopsis via GoodReads:

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness." 

"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying. 

Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire. 

When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House. 

While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.

Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.

Sounds interesting. I am not sure if I will read the book, but it seems interesting. The movie is staring Benjamin Walker and will be in theater June 22,2012

Forgive me fellow readers...I have been missing

No zombies have not eaten me, nor has a slasher stuck me with his knife, I've just been MIA. I had a death in the family, finals and projects due this month and still burnt out from Hack & Slash. No I have no given up on this blog or horror movies, I just needed some time away from them. It's not them, it's me, but I am still friends with them.... okay yeah that was cheesy, but oh well.

I have also been behind on keeping up with the news on horror movies like for The Raven and Salem's Lot that I am not sure what going on with the horror genre, and no they don't take off until next Halloween. So I am not sure what is going on, but I will try to see what I can dig up that is interesting at least. I am also behind in watching and reading in general so it's not this blog that I am neglecting.

I hope to watch watching... something more horror related here and start posting again, though don't get too comfortable. I may have an awesome internship next semester, which may take up all my time. So we'll see what happens, so thanks to those who have still been stopping by to see if I have pulled my head out of the grave.