Summary: Elysium is a nice place to visit Once more into the breach, dear friends. Good day to all, but particularly to you. Welcome to episode 116 of The Horror Movie Show, hosted as always by Mark & Jerry. This week the boys discuss an eclectic mix of movies, ending with a rambling chat about the upcoming fourth season of zombie funfest The Walking Dead. First movie up — way, way up — is Elysium, written & directed by Neill Blomkamp, starring Matt Damon & Jodie Foster. South African filmmaker Blomkamp had a hit a few years back with the gritty District 9; Elysium is not dissimilar in tone & morality. What do we want? Freedom. When do we want it? In the very near future, please. Next up is the not-very-horrific R.I.P.D., with Ryan Reynolds as a police detective murdered on the job, then recruited by an afterlife crime-fighting unit. Partnered with Jeff Bridges (who should have known better), Reynolds must shut down Kevin Bacon's plan to break down the Pearly Gates & flood the Earth with dead people. Doesn't that sound like fun? Gallowwalkers is an odd flick from appropriately named director Andrew Goth, one of those rare Western-Horror flicks. Stars Wesley Snipes as a gunslinger pursued by the living dead he himself created!!! Last movie argued about this episode is Dead Souls, further proof that no one should ever be happy to inherit a spooky, decrepit property. Much better to just rent a spooky, decrepit property. Cheers!
