By Keri O’Shea (For the first part of this article, please click here.) Signs of the Times Although Misty focused on supernatural and fantastical goings-on in its stories, between the lines it was still very much a product of the late seventies and early eighties, with plenty of evidence of the social and political situation […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi I wasn’t a horror ‘fan’ as a child, per se. I certainly didn’t have anything against the genre. However, I was an avid fan of the Goosebumps series of books. More than that, I’m fairly certain that the Goosebumps series was my first contact with the horror genre. I know I read […]
By Svetlana Fedotov When I was a kid, I used to go to a day camp during the summer. It was your standard affair with plenty of crafts, nature exploration, weird camp food, and the best swimming pool in the tri-cities. Of course, like any good camp, we had plenty of urban legends to keep […]
By Keri O’Shea If there was ever a film that could never be made today, then the British family drama and warped coming-of-age tale Baby Love is it. No bloody way. Whilst we have developed ever-stronger stomachs for all manner of fare in cinema since this film was made, back in the tail-end of […]
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 […]