By Keri O’Shea What got you into horror as a child? Most of us can chart our love of the genre back to our early years, and we can probably identify one or two fundamental fandoms that set us along our own individual paths into darkness. While horror cinema almost inevitably takes centre stage, back […]
By Keri O’Shea It’s been some time since we’ve run a series of special features here at Brutal as Hell; those of you who have been reading for a few years may remember that it used to be a reasonably regular occurrence – and so now, for the first time in a while, as the […]
Review by Ben Bussey Damn it all, it’s another of those films that’s very, very easy to talk about if you don’t mind giving everything away, but considerably trickier if you’d like to leave things unspoiled. Taking what would seem to be a fairly standard trope from horror/sci-fi fantasy, yet playing it out in an […]
By Svetlana Fedotov Adventure Time has become a force of nature. What started out as a fun attempt to bring some creativity to the stale and predictable world of children’s cartoons has turned into a multi-million dollar franchise that has changed the face of entertainment altogether. Spawning a fandom that would make Invader Zim blush, […]
Review by Matt Harries I’ve long had a soft spot for English director Nicolas Roeg. Performance, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Walkabout, and arguably his finest film Don’t Look Now are all distinctive examples of his style; all films full of visual flair honed from his earlier career as a cameraman and cinematographer. Roeg’s […]
By Keri O’Shea Ah, Nazis. There’s a definite fascination with the Nazis in modern/trash culture, and in horror movies they turn up with perplexing regularity; maybe it’s because they were our foes, maybe we feel most comfortable playing out fantasy scenarios which involve them because we feel safe to mock those whom we beat – […]
By Keri O’Shea Since the widespread colourisation of film replaced black and white as the go-to format for popular cinema, horror movies have frequently led the charge when it comes to the most creative use of colour palletes, special FX and lighting. It’s something of a myth, a myth which persists, that horror always takes […]
Review by Ben Bussey I’m sure anyone who’s ever stepped foot in a haunted house attraction, or taken a ride on a ghost train, or done one of those zombie run things I hear tell of, will have had that brief moment when a small part of them stops and asks – what if this […]
Review by Quin Exorcism ends with a confession that is both well written and well performed. I’m not offering up some great spoiler. Like most found footage films, you know ahead of time what is in store for the characters. In fact, if you’ve seen any two, you can probably pick out the similarities and […]
Review by Tristan Bishop Devotees of the stranger side of cinema may well be familiar with the work of Filipino actor Weng Weng, the 2ft 9 actor who graces the Guinness Book Of Records as the shortest lead actor ever, and who starred in a James Bond spoof entitled For Y’r Height Only, which was […]
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 […]