When the guy who directed The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream decides he wants to share his five favorite horror films with the world, two things are certain: 1. Horror fans should probably sit up, take notice and jot the titles down (if they haven't seen 'em yet), and 2. The news will be carried in (of all places) The Wall Street Journal.

Yes, Wes Craven was asked to list his favorite fistful of fright flicks, and here's what one of the modern masters of macabre had to offer: the original Frankenstein (Craven's going out on a limb already -- although I do give the man credit for not going with the more popular choice of Bride of Frankenstein), Mervyn LeRoy's The Bad Seed (does that include the final scene, Wes?), The Exorcist (another potentially controversial pick), the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (darn good pick -- albeit another fairly obvious one) and Ridley Scott's Alien -- which, as anyone who reads Film Critic Hunk Magazine can tell you, is my very favorite film of all time, horror or otherwise. God I love that film....

And that's pretty much it! Tune in next month when John Carpenter tells us he loves Tod Browning's Dracula, Stephen King expresses some affection for Freaks, and Eli Roth breaks the news that the original Halloween "rocks!!"

So now that everyone's had a full day or two to get their Hostel DVD, we can focus on what's really of paramount interest to all involved parties: Hostel 2. Click through just about any DVD or movie site and you'll probably find a recent interview with effusive young horror guru Eli Roth, and it seems he's just raring to go on his quick-turnaround follow-up.

He hasn't actually sat down and penned the sequel's script yet, but that hardly seems to be a hurdle: "I have all these different scenes and all these different deaths and different tortures and I’ve just got to sit down and put them all together now." (Some say "ick." I say  "cool!") After Hostel 2, Roth will move on to direct an adaptation of Stephen King's Cell for Dimension, a project he recently shared a few thoughts on ... the final one being, "So the eyeball’s hanging out and flesh from people’s faces [is] ripped off and they’ll just still keep running and trying to kill people." (Again, "cool!")

The director's mega-busy-ness has thrown a wrench into his planned remake of The Bad Seed: "I mean, I went into Warner Bros. and I said, ‘I want to kill more kids than Schindler’s List.’ And they were like, ‘Okay, all right.’" (Dude even likes kiddie horror!)

And to those who simply can't get enough of this fan-favorite nutcase, be sure to double-check your Hostel DVD. Roth shows up on four (!) separate commentary tracks!