It's been a while but we're coming back!

Hello once again old friends!

It has been a while since we've been up and running as this review blog is usually seasonal, typically coinciding with the fall season.

Last season I tried to keep the reviews coming year round but alas we were unable to continue due to various reasons. The main one being I had to disband my office and lost my computer to my wife for her Netflix addiction.

Among other reasons were failing health ( no need to worry we are all safe and back in good health ), the joys of a job change and the time it takes to settle into place ( my old job was a horrible place to work in general so this was a welcome change ) and the hardship of finding the  time to read and review books which are much more time consuming.

After careful consideration, we here at Horror Shoot have decided to make a few changes to how we do things around here and figured we should share them with you!

-  We are officially removing ourselves from book reviews. If someone if interested in starting them up again for us you are more than welcome to send us an email for details.
(Heads up: we this wouldn't be for monetary gain just for the love of the genre.)

- Instead of going full spoiler free, we have decided to delve into some of the finer details of the films in order to keep the reviews from sounding repetitive, which has been a complaint in the past.

- And finally, just for the love of nostalgia and greatness, we will occasionally have  an "old school" review. Maybe we will make it a weekly event, maybe it will fall by the wayside. We will figure that out once we get to that point, but until then here's how it will work.

Any thowback film we review will have to be a minimum of 20 years old and possess either a blockbuster status or have to be considered to have a large cult following.

Now that our new rules and regulations have been set up, I can give you the fine details.

We will be starting up, at the latest, on September 10th. Reason behind this is that our seasons typically start after the yearly release of everyone's favorite drink, the Pumpkin Spice Latte. (Yes, I'm one of those people. But let me assure you, I was doing pumpkin spice everything, before it was cool!)

With everything settled, I have to say thank you for your continued support even after we go on hiatus.

Talk to you all again soon!

- Kyle
  Owner / Writer - Horroshoot

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

This is the original, 1974 version of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Created, produced and written by Tobe Hooper, it is one of the greatest horror movies ever made and has influenced most of the horror movies, and their iconic killer characters you know and love today.

It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim, Siedow, Terri McMinn and Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface.
This movie practically wrote the book on how slasher films should be presented in order to get the best scare factor as well as storyline layout.

The basis for this movie, if you have not heard about it before, is a group of teens are out on a road trip to find an old family home when they decide to pick up a hitch hiker. He, of course, turns out to be bat shit crazy.

After a small series of events, and the hitch hiker's assault on one of the teen's, they boot him out of the van and carry on to find the home.

But, what they found instead was the sadistic, chain saw wielding maniac Leatherface and his family of psychotic killers.

This has it all, the gore, the screaming, the scary-as-hell murderer, the soundtrack, the storyline and an amazing final scene that will leave you on the edge of your seat cheering to find out "what's next?"

I can not express how much this movie means to me. Without this movie, some of your favorite killer icons would surely not be around today. The genre itself would not have had the significant impact it did in the 70's and 80's had this film not been made or accepted as widely as it had been right from the get go, inspiring dozens of future directors and screenplay writers to follow in Tobe Hooper's footsteps.

I also have to mention the amazing performances by Marilyn Burns (Sally) And Gunner Hanson (Leatherface). Without their superb acting skills, this movie would not have had the cultural impact that it did. Watching both of them in the final scene proves how great they were in both their roles and that how something so simple, could end up having such a large impact on the world.

Now without rambling on more than I already have, I give the 1974 original Texas Chain saw Massacre an easy 10 out of 10. Check it out and find out for yourselves why this film has inspired many people to do what they are doing today in the industry including special effects design.

And as per the normal close, I would like to thank you all for reading and feel free to comment, e-mail (horrorshootreviews@gmail.com) or follow us on the tweets @horrorshoot!

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Saw III (2006)

Looks like Jigsaw is back and he still has some life left in him. He starts what may be his final game and in order to survive, kidnaps a doctor to help him see the game be completed.

A man named Jeff was also taken and must overcome a series of obstacles in order to free himself from the maze that he has been placed in. He is forced to make life or death decisions that will affect not only his life, but that of others around him.

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, written by Leigh Whannell and starring Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith and Tobin Bell as John Kramer.

This was another one that I decided would be great to watch in the theater but ended up being totally disappointed with what I had just paid to view.

I found that this entry unnecessarily slow and really killed the mood for me. All the death traps seemed to either drag on or be too few and far between from each other as the story line was being pieced together in between.

The character of Jeff was also a very pitiful excuse to have a story around. Yes, I understand the situation he has gone through but he looks like he does not give a shit what happens to him at any point throughout the film.

It really killed the momentum for me that the opening scene had started the movie off with and for that, makes this one of my least favorite entries in the series, but not the worst.

I give the third Saw movie a 4 out of 10.

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