Prepare For...Hail Horror Year 4!

The skies are beginning to darken, and the fog has settled on the ground. Everything is colder, shades of black and red, and what light there is comes not from the sun, but from eyes that burn with an unnatural glow behind every tree, eyes that look up between the clouds to a moon whose full face betrays a howling laughter as it see what's creeping up behind you...

HAIL HORROR YEAR 4!

That's right, October's a few weeks away, which means I'm diving back into the horror pool, watching dozens of horror films both old and new, and failing (as is now Hail Horror Tradition) to review at least half of them. Last year I finally came to the conclusion that any goal I was going to set for myself simply wasn't going to happen - and that realization freed me to have a lot more fun during the month.

Funny thing about last year's marathon, though - it didn't get posted here.

So in order to set the tone and gets things ramped up for the slew of GOOD, BAD, and GREAT titles I have lined up to talk about this year, I'll be posting last year's reviews every couple days. To take a line from NBC's great re-run marketing strategy, "If you haven't read 'em...they're new to you!"

And as always, if you have any requests, let me know! I'm always on the lookout for a great recommendation. Two guidelines:

1. It can't be a movie I've already reviewed.
2. It has to be readily available - either at the local theater, store, rental house, or Netflix. I'm not adverse to spending a few bucks to see, rent, or purchase a film, but I'm not going to shell out $39.99 for an obscure Asian import with no subtitles.

For those curious, here's where we left off after the first two three years (click the title to read ):

THE SHINING / MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN / BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA / C.H.U.D. / HATCHET / RE-CYCLE / DANCE OF THE DEAD / THE SIGNAL / KAIRO / PHENOMENA / THE HOWLING / NOSFERATU (1922) / PHANTASM / THE HAPPENING / [REC] / THE WOODS / DIARY OF THE DEAD / THE MONSTER SQUAD / FROM BEYOND / RE-VISTING PLANET TERROR / THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) / MAD LOVE / 28 WEEKS LATER / SUBLIME / RE-VISTING DEATH PROOF / NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990) / DEAD SILENCE / SEVERANCE / RESIDENT EVIL 3: EXTINCTION / SCANNERS / THE DESCENT / GRINDHOUSE / THE EVIL DEAD / BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD / THE MASK OF FU MANCHU / RINGU / FEAST / HALLOWEEN (1978) / HELLRAISER / A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET / DEAD AND BREAKFAST / FRIDAY THE 13TH / THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2005) / DAY OF THE DEAD / CAT PEOPLE (1942) / HOUSE OF WAX