Reel Horror

In more Hostel 2 News, MTV got the chance to interview Eli Roth at the New York City: Comic-Con.

Eli spoke about the rating system for Horror movies, what to expect in Hostel: Part 2, his trailer for the upcoming Grindhouse, and the Splat Pack vs. The Rat Pack.

MTV really put together a nice interview with Eli. He's candid, and funny, and apperently isn't only about the gore. As a member of the splat pack, he does want "to bring back really bloody, violent, disgusting, sick horror movies", with lots of "sex and violence" mixed together, and he talks about this pursuit a ton, but he also discusses something I find to be much more noble, the desire to be independent as a writer/ director. When asked if he'd rather direct bigger budget movies, he said this, "It's interesting, because I've had opportunities to do franchise movies. Once your movie opens at #1, you're offered everything. There were movies like "Halo," and they're remaking "The Hulk" again, and "Die Hard 4," and I just thought I'd rather write and direct and do my own thing. I don't need to jump to a $100 million movie. There were some books I was interested in. I was like, "I'd love to do 'The Phantom Tollbooth' or 'In the Heart of the Sea.' " But the truth is, right now I love writing and directing my own stories."

I personally would be very interested to see what Eli Roth, someone who, in my opinion, is starting to pigeon-hole himself as a one trick gore-hound, could do with the beloved child-hood story, The Phantom Tollbooth. Even mentioning that he would love to do it makes me think that there might be more to him them meets the "guaged-out" eye.

So check out the article. After reading it, I don't know how excited I am to see Hostel:Part 2, but now I hope it's sucessful enough for Eli to be able to stretch himself a bit.