By Tristan Bishop About fifteen minutes ago I learned of the passing of Richard Johnson at age 87. Johnson was familiar to fans of horror from his roles as Dr Menard in Lucio Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) and as Dr Markway in Robert Wise’s version of The Haunting (1963), but his career was far […]
By Keri O’Shea It probably goes with out saying (but then, so do a lot of things and it doesn’t seem to stop anyone) – we watch a hell of a lot of horror here at the site. A hell of a lot. Screeners, shorts, trailers, festival releases, mainstream releases, Netflix et al…the list goes […]
Update, 14th March 2015: it’s been brought to my attention that The Descent did not in fact premiere in March 2005 at BIFFF, but that July at Dead by Dawn. Just goes to show – never assume IMDb to be definitive. Naturally I feel a colossal divvy for getting the date of the film’s 10th […]
By Ben Bussey You don’t need me to tell you what a distinct period the 1980s were when it came to horror movies. Coming off the back of arguably the most revolutionary era in the genre’s history (if not cinema overall) the previous decade, the artistic and intellectual advances of the 70s gave way to […]
By Keri O’Shea We look at quite a few short films during the course of an average year here at Brutal as Hell, what with the Horror in Short section we run, together with our combined attendance at horror festivals – but sometimes, a filmmaker’s work stands out, and that’s certainly the case with director […]
Interview by Keri O’Shea A few months back, I reviewed the most recent edition of Exquisite Terror – a nicely ambitious print magazine which successfully sustains a whole-‘zine ethos and approach, all whilst showcasing a range of intriguing, studied horror journalism. It’s a style which stands out against many other print projects out there, but […]
Interview conducted by Ben Bussey As regular BAH readers may have noticed, one of my favourite films of 2014 thus far has been Daniel Armstrong’s MurderDrome. A light-hearted, low-budget comedy horror set in the world of roller derby, it aims to capture a very specific niche audience and, in my estimation, does a fine job […]
Interview by Keri O’Shea It’s no secret round these parts that I’m a bit of a Hellraiser fan… Regular readers might remember my love letter to the film on its twenty-fifth anniversary (or if not, by all means take a look now). You may be amazed to discover that I also have a soft spot […]
Interview by Keri O’Shea Though writer, director and producer Peter Dukes is in no ways new to the world of filmmaking, having made his first short film way back in 1999, we here at Brutal as Hell are pretty new to Peter’s work; he contacted us back last year regarding coverage in our recently-resurrected Horror […]
By Ben Bussey In the last act of Ghostbusters (the supernatural comedy classic which just turned 30), there’s a scene which mostly went over my head when I was a kid, yet somehow made me sit up and pay attention. This particular scene had no Slimer, no devil dogs, no Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man; it was […]
By Tristan Bishop In 1994 the Italian film industry, having been a major player on the world’s screens throughout the 1940s until the 1980s, was on its last legs. Those in the know point to interference from legendary sleazeball and occasional politician Silvio Berlusconi and his attempts to monopolise production with his company RAI, plus […]