Horror maven Eli Roth wrote, produced, and stars in this earthquake-horror thriller.

Aftershock Gleefully trashy "Aftershock" applies a grindhouse sensibility -- minus the faux-oldie stylings of other recent exploitation homages -- to a disaster-survival thriller that acts more like a horror film.

A weird mash-up of disaster, horror and dystopia genre pictures, “Aftershock” fails to make the Earth move.“Hostel” director Eli Roth amusingly plays a...

Horror filmmaker Eli Roth comes out from behind the camera to star in the gruesome B-movie.

There’s plenty of gore, but it doesn't engender any visceral or emotional reactions beyond jaded disgust.

TIFF Capsule Review: 'Aftershock'

Young tourists party their way across Chile, hitting the clubs, hunting for a little "Third World" experience."Like, COOL Third World," one explains. "You know. Like Bali."They chatter on their cell phones, hit on drunken hotties and sprinkle Yiddish into their pick-up lines. Which don't work on the likes of, oh, Selena Gomez.But wait, the inept…

Two horror flicks open this week after making the film-festival rounds, both more horrible than horrifying. Enter at your own risk. Aftershock is the latest shlockfest from cult actor-director-producer-writer Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), directed by Chilean horror icon Nicolás López.