This was a solid year at the movies for yours truly. I kinda of feel lucky in the sense that I got to clock ALL KINDS of great shit via the two Film Festivals I attended this year (Fantastic Fest and Sitges) that I wouldn’t have tapped this early otherwise. So here’s what 2010 was all about for me!  For starters; picking up where 2009 left off; 3D was everywhere in 2010. Not just within our genre; EVERYWHERE. To the point that when a film was released ONLY in 2D; I’d be like WTF! Yup, Hollywood has found a new cash-cow in 3D; an efficient way to gap the lo$$ that piracy is costing them and an ideal scapegaot to boost up ticket costs. I expect the 3D rage to keep on strong in 2011.

The good news was; American horror picked up its balls and swung them proudly in 2010. Offerings like DEVIL, FROZEN, A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE, BLACK SWAN, MOTHER’S DAY and INSIDIOUS were mucho appreciated by this twat. I was worried for US horror for a while there, but 2010 showed me that there is still hope. Foreign wise; Spanish genre cinema did what French genre cinema was doing for a while i.e. owning all with gems like KIDNAPPED, REC 2, BURIED and JULIA’S EYES. Them flicks re-enforced Spain as a horror force to be reckoned with. Not wanting to be left out Korea also kicked ass hardcore with I SAW THE DEVIL and BEDEVILLED ringing our necks. Finally, Australia put out at least two solid ditties on their end: THE LOVED ONES and RED HILL. And I was a better genre fan for them.  Studio wise; well it was hit and miss as per usual. For every badass PIRANHA 3D we got, we were polluted with a NIGHTMARE ON  ELM STREET or a PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2: MINDGAMES OF A POOL CLEANING MACHINE. And am I gonna address the latest installement in the bloated and over-written TWILIGHT franchise? Well that’s nough said! Not worth the further keyboard taps.

Now it should be stabbed that there were some films that I saw in 2010 that I didn’t and will not review. That’s my new thing BTW. At the end of every year I catch up on the genre films I missed. If they will make my TOP 10, I write a review for them; if not, I don’t bother. So nope, HARRY BROWN (3 on 4), THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (3 ON 4), THE GIRL THAT PLAYED WITH FIRE (2 on 4), ALTITUDE (1/5 on 4), THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED (3 on 4) and THE KILLER INSIDE ME (3 on 4) didn’t make my TOP 10 cut.  What did? Scroll down and find out! I gotta be honest; I had a hard time bringing my favorites down to just 10 entries; I changed my mind constantly; it took me a while to nail, but I got it down now. Check it out here!

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