WRECKER [2015]

Director Micheal Bafaro's road movie thriller Wrecker wishes it was Duel.
Emily & Leslie are on their way out of state and pass by the wrong truck, leading to a murderous chase along the deserted California highway.
The two girls might be nicer to look at than Dennis Weaver was but they sure as hell aren't nearly as talented, enticing or as smart.  They're completely blank-minded twits with character "arcs"so  all over the map you can't help but smell the foul odor of bad writing.  Where there should be tension there's a huge lump of boredom gnawing into your brain, while you wait for the 80 minutes to finish up in a more hurried fashion.

1 rip-off, not remake out of 5.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS [2012]

Director Drew Goddard of Buffy The Vampire Slayer & LOST teams up with co-writer Joss Whedon to craft a mighty fine horror film that dissects the genre and turns it on it's head over and over again.
The Cabin In The Woods is a fast-paced, hilariously gory film that will please horror movie buffs and Whedon/Goddard fans alike. It starts out like a run of the mill "kids in the scary woods" story but quickly takes a turn into something much smarter and twisted then the you could imagine. It tips it's hat to almost every type of horror film you can think of with the same type of humor and self-awareness of Scream. I can't say much more without ruining anything.
If you're a fan of the genre I can assure you, it will not disappoint.

4 Speakerphone hating crazies out of 5