Review by Dustin Hall Rites of Spring starts off with great promise. Text crawls over the screen, speaking of the eerie regularity of which young girls in this rural area are kidnapped and then never recovered. Cue creepy old Midwestern homes in deserted fields, accompanied by excellent and equally creepy music. Our heroines share some […]
By Ben Bussey Beware of spoilers ahead – but come on, if you haven’t seen RoboCop what the hell have you been doing? We’ve seen a fair few landmark films celebrate major anniversaries so far this year: 25 years of Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and Evil Dead 2, as well as 30 years of New […]
by Ben Bussey Okay. There’s a distinct possibility you already know what this is. This short film starring Tom Jane premiered this past weekend at San Diego Comic Con and has been popping up on many sites and blogs today, most of which have not been shy about giving the game away. For the benefit […]
Review by Nia Edwards-Behi It was only relatively recently that I saw The Night Porter for the first time. It was a couple of years ago that I first watched Joseph Losey’s The Servant, and found myself being truly blown away by Dirk Bogarde’s performance. I knew of The Night Porter, but if Bogarde’s performance […]
Review by Comix How many horror movies have you watched? Is the answer a lot? I bet the answer is a lot. Now how many times have you watched the useless female lead stumble her way from one dead body to another while screaming at the top of her barely legal lungs? I bet a […]
Review by Keri O’Shea I think it’s fair to say that, if you’re a regular visitor to Brutal as Hell, then you probably mainly know director Pier Paolo Pasolini for his last film, Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom. Despite having almost nothing to do with the horror genre (because, come on, it really […]
Review by Annie Riordan Death is the great equalizer, and funerals are not for the dead, but rather for the living. It’s an opportunity to show the deceased the respect owed them, to reflect and forgive, and to pray for the salvation of the soul, both your own and that of the deceased. It’s a […]
Review by Annie Riordan I gotta be honest: I am sick to fucking death of vampire films. There was a time when the vampire film was my absolute favorite sub-genre of horror. But that was back in Ye Olde Days when men were men, women were women and vampires were butt-ugly parasitic ghouls who did […]
Review by Keri O’Shea Ingrid Pitt seemed to live several lives in her seventy-three years; with regards her career, she’s of course best known for her roles in classic horror cinema like Hammer’s Countess Dracula and The Wicker Man, but she was also an accomplished writer. Her ‘Bedside Companion for Vampire Lovers’ was no second-rate […]
Review by Ben Bussey Man, films like this frustrate me like no other. Okay, I suppose I should elaborate on that. My point is, just look at this for a premise: in the late days of World War II, the Nazis utilise time travel, flying saucers and oversized killer robot spiders to claim victory, and it […]
Review by Annie Riordan The severe psychological scars inflicted upon us by the bullies who made our K through 12 lives a living hell have inspired some of the best horror films ever made: Carrie, Let The Right One In, Ginger Snaps, etc. The success of these films really isn’t difficult to fathom. We’ve all […]