Hell No

This isn't actually a short film but a spoof horror trailer made in the style of 1970s horror film previews. In particular, its style and narration closely resemble the original trailer for the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, with several nods to that iconic film. However, Hell No also references numerous other horror classics, including Jaws and The Cabin in the Woods.

But there's one major twist: all the characters in this trailer make smart decisions. For example, a group refuses to split up when a killer is on the loose, preventing them-or anyone else-from meeting the gruesome fates typical of horror movies. In this vein, Hell No is a brilliantly comedic piece of art, and part of the fun is spotting all the different horror films that inspired this spoof trailer.

Hell No is a short presented in the form of a faux movie trailer, we've seen a few of these lately and I have to say I approve.

Sure it's not exactly a story, but a comedic trailer is an entertaining skit (As long as it's funny).

Hell No parodies your standard horror movies, their ridiculous tropes and presents a concept where people use common sense and logic in their decision making. So when presented with going somewhere dangerous for example, they don't.

If the movie actually existed it would be far from entertaining but this is a fun little parody that makes a light mockery out of those common horror cliches that we all love to hate.

A fun clever novel little short.

The Good:

Decent cast

Novel little idea

The Bad:

Novelty value only

It was the great American film critic Roger Ebert who came up with the phrase " The idiot plot " . What he meant by this if a character in a film is met by a plot turn then that character has to make an illogically idiotic decision in order for the story to continue and nothing personifies the idiot plot more than the horror film

Joe Nicolosi has made a horror trailer spoofing the idiot plot in a brilliantly post modernist manner . . For those of you who enjoyed the spoof trailers featured in GRINDHOUSE this is more of the same except the characters are making a much better contribution to the gene pool by not being killed . What is most impressive is Joe obviously has affection for the horror genre and spoofs several well known horror classics and they're instantly recognisable . The downside of course is that we will never see a feature length HELL NO THE SENSIBLE HORROR FILM because it would have a shorter running time than the trailer . That said I just wanted to see a lot more of this spoof but we're treated to three minutes of wit that doesn't outstay its welcome . As a footnote the site I watched this on also had a link to another Nicolosi spoof trailer called STAY INDOORS which is worth checking out