Eli Roth’s knowing homage to the gory glory days of 1970s American horror cinema drops five college kids in a rustic backwoods cabin where a virus turns them into rotting creatures.
David Gordon Green made the leap from indie dramas of small town tragedy to make this hilarious stoner buddy comedy. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, produced by Judd Apatow, and Danny McBride and Gary Cole.
The stocky Thai stuntman turned action hero has an impressive physique, a steel snap to his delivery, and a gymnastic prowess to his style, and it’s all on display in this endearingly naïve martial arts adventure.
Lynch transformed the pilot of a TV show into a neo-noir with a weird, mystical logic that, in its unique Lynchian way, makes a twisted emotional sense.