By Ben Bussey It might seem like no-budget straight-to-DVD indie horror movies are ten a penny around these parts, and that’s probably true. But it’s no exaggeration when I say that – for your esteemed UK editor, at least – MurderDrome has been one of the most eagerly anticipated new releases of the last two […]
Review by Ben Bussey Regular BAH readers may have seen a recent review of mine descend into a frothing-at-the-mouth rant about the most frustratingly common mistakes made by no-budget indie horror movies. After that, there was nothing I needed more than some firm reassurance that, now and then, indie horror can still do precisely the opposite; […]
By Ben Bussey Enough is enough. I like to think of myself as a fairly easy-going kind of fellow who doesn’t believe we all need to follow stringent rules, least of all where the creative arts are concerned – but the time has come. We need change. We need a strict framework for indie horror […]
By Svetlana Fedotov A quick note before I delve into the sordid history of Chaos! Comics. If you’ve been a fan of Brutal as Hell’s comic coverage, you probably noticed that the usual author Comix has now been replaced by the hard-to-pronounce writer, Svetlana Fedotov. Well fear not, gentle reader, for it is I, Comix, […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife Here we are again with yet another found footage film, this time in the guise of Black Water Vampire, which you may have guessed from the title is about a vampire. Now, to its credit the concept is a fairly original one as I don’t recall ever having come across a […]
Review by Quin As much as it goes against my better judgement to call out or criticize another critic, especially in the opening paragraph of my review, I have something that I have to mention in order to illustrate an important point. Vampira and Me is a pretty small and cheaply made documentary by a […]
Review by Ben Bussey “You got kind of a dark side, don’t you?” Bruce Wayne asks Selina Kyle; to which she replies, “no darker than yours, Bruce.” Yes, quote fans, that exchange comes right out of 1992’s Batman Returns – which remains one of, if not the most twisted and weird superhero movie ever to […]
Review by Tristan Bishop I have a feeling Robert Rodriguez might be a vampire himself. Let alone how he doesn’t seem to age (he looks a good twenty years younger than 45), he doesn’t even seem to sleep. The last 12 months have seen him direct Machete Kills and the forthcoming Sin City: A Dame […]
By Comix Movies are a tough business. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry has got a script to pitch, a vision to fulfill, and a stake in financing a flick that could either sink or swim depending on the tides of fandom. Also, lets say you do manage to get a studio, actors, production, effects, and […]
Review by Tristan Bishop 88 Films have gotten a fair bit of stick round these parts for their ‘Grindhouse Collection’ releases – Mostly due to the fact that nearly all the films released under that banner never saw a big screen at all, let alone one of the legendary grindhouses. The Corpse Grinders redresses the […]
By Keri O’Shea and Ben Bussey Caution: the following discussion contains some moderate spoilers – although the film doesn’t necessarily have that much actual plot to spoil. Still, you might want to skip this if you’d prefer to go in cold… Keri: Okay, so last night we went to see Under The Skin, a film perhaps a […]