31 DAYS OF DREW - DAY 3: LAID TO REST

Every horrorhound's favorite month is upon us, and to celebrate, I'll be dishing out a personal pick from the genre for every day in October. Some will be obvious and rather unoriginal (sorry that I like movies other people like), while some will be a little more oddball and off-the-wall. Some may even challenge your idea of what constitutes a "horror" movie. Regardless, I hope you enjoy the month with some good movies, even if they aren't ones I recommend!

Today's Pick: Laid to Rest (2009)

Being a horror fan means learning to manage your expectations. The majority of horror cinema is either derivative, shoddily made, or worst of all, boring. However, horror fans are able to accept certain flaws in a film if other aspects strongly shine through. Laid to Rest is a textbook example of this. The movie is nowhere near perfect, but the things it does right are so right that it makes up for most of its weaker elements. And if there's one thing it deftly succeeds at, it's feeding the viewer's juvenile bloodlust.