On the surface, horror and Kevin Smith  don't go together. But that hasn't stopped the indie director best known for Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob from trying. His first effort, Red State , was so-so. I'd say it falls more into thriller territory than horror. His latest effort, Tusk, sounds a lot more like a straight-up genre picture, with a little bit of Smith's humour thrown in for good measure.

Kevin Smith is no stranger to the strange, as anyone familiar with the conversational antics of the SModcast Podcast Network will be aware.  His departure from the comedic realms of New Jersey -based misfits, Red State , was no less strange, but far more creepy than I would have felt him capable of. His follow-up, Tusk, is the second film in what is to be a horror trilogy by the potty-humoured writer/director/(silent actor?)/entrepreneur, and it is his strangest effort to date.