Review by Oliver Longden Blood Fugue is one of those strange novels that falls somewhere between a set of existing horror tropes without ever quite managing to capture the essence of any of them. Jimmy Kerrigan is a reclusive writer with a profound fear of the dark living in an isolated mountain community in America. […]
Review by Annie Riordan “Based On Actual Events.” God how I hate seeing those words at the beginning of a horror movie. It usually means that somewhere, at some point, some very small event occurred which is now going to be blown way out of proportion, sexed up for your viewing pleasure, and stuffed full […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife Piranha may be more familiar to many as the Alexandre Aja 2010 remake in which Jerry O’Connell’s penis is chomped off by one of the titular creatures and spat out of the screen at you in 3D, or even its reprehensible follow up Piranha 3DD, but the original 1978 Roger Corman […]
Review by Tristan Bishop I will start this review by making a fair assumption about the readers of Brutal As Hell – you’ve probably seen a lot of horror films. And a favourite topic amongst horror film maker and viewers in the last 30 something years has been the serial killer. I’ll make another assumption […]
By Keri O’Shea It’s always a pleasure for us at Brutal as Hell to get to talk to indie directors about their work; it’s important too, because as often as we deal with the finished product here at the site, it pays to dig a little deeper sometimes and think about the motivations of the […]
Review by Dustin Hall Following in the footsteps of Pan’s Labyrinth, Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, and the Orphanage, Guillermo Del Toro brings his distinct horror styling to Mama, another film in his ‘dark fairy tale’ genre. Though written and directed by Andrés Muschietti, it still bears many of Guillermo’s tropes, passed down from […]
By Keri O’Shea If you’ve ever been unlucky enough to suffer from anxiety, there’s a fair chance that it’s also involved a degree of agoraphobia: after all, if people and unfamiliar situations fuck you up, then going out into the world where these things exist in spades is not likely to be a fun experience. […]
By Comix If you’ve only acquainted yourself with The Punisher through the movies, then shame on you. Well, not really, the movies were pretty bad-ass, but there is so much more to the man that Thomas Jane’s well toned abs and well timed quips. The Punisher is the original bad-ass of Marvel comics, the first […]
Review by Spooky Sean Directed by Kern Saxton, and written by Kern Saxton and Destin Pfaff, Sushi Girl is an interesting mish-mash of the crime and horror genres. It contains some powerful scene chewing from certain members of the cast, but the actors’ performances vary in gravitas widely. This, and certain plot developments keep it […]
Interview conducted by Ben Bussey Everything you’ve read is true: the Soska Sisters love to hug. And, good grief, they really hug you. As soon as we were introduced in the Sheffield Showroom Cinema’s green room, just prior to that evening’s screening of American Mary, Jen and Sylvia Soska both darted in my direction and took turns squeezing […]
Review by Kit Rathenar I went into British indie found-footage movie Hollow aware that it had previously managed to outrage my dear colleague Annie Riordan (read her review here), but hoping that I might have better luck with it. Maybe it would have more resonance for an English viewer. And indeed, at least I can’t […]