By Keri O’Shea It’s a funny thing: whenever people are asked, or take it upon themselves to generate a ‘Best Of’ list like this one, the default response seems to be disappointment. This year doesn’t seem as good as last year, this year’s films have been disappointing, and so on and so forth – except […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi 2013 seems, to me, to have been a bit of strange year for horror. While a lot of excellent films have been released, I’m hard pressed to think of any that got me supremely, uniquely excited. Then again – there are a great deal of films from this year, as always, that […]
By Comix KISS is one of the rare bands to have survived more or less intact for over forty years. From performing to an audience of a grand total of three people to selling out arenas around the world, they have left a legacy that has touched every facet of entertainment, including comic books. Though […]
By Tristan Bishop Editor’s note: as we come to the close of the year, keep an eye on Brutal As Hell for a run-down of our favourite movies of 2013. First up is Tristan, seeing the year out with a range of movies that feature parallel universes, human trafficking and some old school creepiness along […]
By Kit Rathenar There are certain things that have always, historically, been the province of teenagers in a way that they can never quite belong to any other section of society. Every generation thinks they invented sex, drugs and rock’n’roll; and in a sense they’re right, because these are rites of passage such that it […]
Review by Quin I feel like I have been waiting my whole life to see this movie. I grew up about an hour away from Disneyland. From about the age of 4 until I was 12, my family would spend the day there at least once a year. This was just enough time to not […]
Review by Tristan Bishop Watching a lot of low budget films can be a testing, if occasionally rewarding experience. For every hidden gem you stumble across that leaves you wide-eyed and eulogising its greatness to your friends, there are a least fifteen titles that you could happily sleep through, and a few more that make […]
Review by Ben Bussey “I may see dead people – but then by God, I do something about it.” I won’t deny, as statement-of-intent one-liners go, it’s not a bad one. I haven’t read the 2003 Dean Koontz novel on which this movie is based, but I’m going to go out on a limb and […]
By Comix There’s nothing like a good villain to really make a superhero series pop. Sure, you can say it’s the plot, or the depth of hero’s physique rippling with sexy muscles, but when you see that first curled grin of the protagonist’s arch-nemesis creeping in from the shadows, you get a little tingly in […]
By Stephanie Scaife In the words of John Carpenter, “Cronenberg is better than all the rest of us combined,” and arguably he may indeed be correct; but what is irrefutable is that Cronenberg is the founding father and grand master of body horror, with a singular vision that is quite unlike any other filmmaker. Starting […]
Review by Quin I spent almost the first third of this movie trying to figure out why the lead actress looked so familiar. This probably says something about my reading comprehension or my attention to detail, because in the blurb about the film, it clearly says that Nicole Fox was a contestant on America’s Next […]