by Marc Patterson If you’ve been following this website for any length of time you know I love me some backwoods horror. Sure, you can toss me some Japanese splatter, or Roger Corman schlock any day, but for me nothing is as exhilarating as a well made man vs. nature flick. Lately, Liam Neeson has [...]

by Jeff Martin Noboru Igichi’s 2008 movie, The Machine Girl, may be the film that introduced most Americans to Japanese splatter and exploitation. I say this because I remember seeing it for sale at my local WalMart for the remarkable price of seven dollars. How many unsuspecting families brought this movie into their homes? How [...]

Interview conducted by Ben Bussey This man requires no introduction. So… erm… Oh, okay, I guess I can say a few words in opening. By now you may have read my review of Inkubus (if not, click here); in which case you’ll be well aware that I wasn’t particularly impressed with it. But for all the [...]

by Marc Patterson We’re getting close to wrapping up this month of Japanese Exploitation Cinema and I have to admit, we haven’t even properly managed to scratch the surface of this genre. Honestly, I could very likely create an entire spin-off website that would do nothing BUT talk about Japanese cinema. Then again, there are [...]

by Marc Patterson Where the hell have I been? And how in the hell did I miss this headline two days ago? We love Ti West news around these parts. I must be losing it. The latest news from the town of tinsel is that Liv Tyler, who I will forever associate with Armageddon and [...]

by Marc Patterson Here’s some killer news for fans of Hammer Horror. Yesterday Hammer announced that they would be partnering with several film outlets to bring over 30 of their classic horror flicks to Blu-ray in the coming months and years. This considerable undertaking will result in what appears to be both UK and US [...]

Review by Annie Riordan Sometimes, stalking pays off. I offer my recent 4,000+ mile move from Northern California to remote Rhode Island as proof. The final resting place of H.P. Lovecraft, the father of cosmic horror, is now a mere 10 minute drive from my front door. But hey, stalking a dead guy is easy. [...]

by Ben Bussey Not content with taking over London’s Empire Leicester Square every August Bank Holiday long weekend, Film4 FrightFest also take a bite out of the annual Glasgow Film Festival in February, and they’ve just announced the films to be shown at the event this year at the Glasgow Film Theatre. FrightFest’s co-director Alan [...]

by Stephanie Scaife For my contribution to Brutal as Hell’s Japanese Exploitation Explosion the obvious choice was Takashi Miike, purveyor of the infinitely perverse and unceasingly bonkers, he truly is the contemporary master of Japanese exploitation cinema. With a career spanning over 20 years and an astonishingly prolific output of close to 80 features, there [...]

Review by Ben Bussey Ambition; perhaps both the most vital, yet also most hazardous attribute a filmmaker can have. If you aim high and deliver, you will vindicate yourself and by all rights should be applauded for it. However, if you fall short of the mark you may well end up the subject of a [...]

by Keri O’Shea And so, it is time to hit the big Top 10… Again, I can’t stress enough how tough it was to narrow down such a wide and interesting genre to a series of definitive images. Sure, I could have stuck with the up-to-date gore and still come away with a striking set [...]

Review by Stephanie Scaife Eureka Entertainment brings us the next instalment from their Masters of Cinema series in the form of the little known pseudo-documentary called Punishment Park, directed by cult British director Peter Watkins (The War Game, Culloden). After a poor critical response and with its tough, political subject matter ensuring distribution near impossible, [...]

by Ben Bussey I’m not sure how closely any of us having been following the progress of the Hack/Slash movie. The big screen adaptation of Tim Seeley’s comic has been in development hell for what feels like eons; note that the cover to the left mentions Rogue Pictures, who have since ceased to be. Frankly I’d [...]

Review by Marc Patterson The end of the world won’t come with a warning. There will be no alarms, no Twitter hash tags, or Facebook fan pages. If you’re extremely lucky you’ll get a quick glimpse of your doom only moments before everything vaporizes around you. Such is the case with opening frames of The [...]

by Annie Riordan It’s a shame that I’ve given up on dating, because I really am an awesome girlfriend. I love horror movies, sex and junk food and I’m really not into the whole jealousy thing. You want to go to a strip club with the boys tonight, honey? Fine, have fun. Oh, you went [...]

by Ben Bussey Adam Wingard is one of those filmmakers I’ve long since heard good things about, but whose work I have never yet had a chance to see. Marc sings his praises widely, and I know a lot of people were surprised when his latest – A Horrible Way To Die - didn’t make the main screen selection [...]

by Todd Wieneke Say you have a pretty rad car. In fact, you got two of ‘em. Not the fastest things on four wheels but they’ve got pep and style to spare. But dang it all to heckfire, they’re foreign and Joe America doesn’t particularly care for foreign things. What now? Well, turns out you’re [...]