ROLLING THUNDER: Out to own on Double Play: January 30th, 2012
Eli Roth, the director of modern backwoods horror shocker Cabin Fever and taste-baiting torture porn atrocities such as Hostel has a lot of time for Rolling Thunder. I think it’s because Rolling Thunder doesn’t pussyfoot around with the nastiness. It’s hard, brutal and a guy loses a hand. Then he gets a hook for a hand. Then he hurts people with the hook.
This can of course only be a good thing so more power to Eli Roth, watch this clip as he provides a short commentary on the classic Rolling Thunder trailer, revealing why this grindhouse classic is such a pivotal picture for him…