Brutal As Hell is a horror culture website that focuses on modern hack n’ slash, 60’s and 70’s exploitation, gialli, sleaze, and all forms of video nasty, highlighting hot directors, actors, composers, and everything that falls in-between. Brutal As Hell features five original monthly columns, news, film reviews, and monthly interviews. Check out the bio’s below!

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Marc Patterson – Managing Editor/Founder
Born to a roving pack of wild Gypsies, Marc survived several attacks from rabid Southern Baptists. During one attack he was taken captive and learned the dark arts of casting demons from swine. He was eventually released, and spent several years traveling from one city to another. After threat of a massive zombie outbreak in Baltimore, Marc pulled up roots and moved to the woods of New Hampshire. He lives with his wife, two cats, and three small children. He spends a vast majority of time watching horror flicks, and preparing for the coming apocalypse.

Marc takes interest in copious amounts of caffeine, beer, fine scotch, smooth cigars. He enjoys long hikes through the wilderness, sacrificing virgins to the gods of the underworld (or de-virginizing them when the means of sacrifice are not readily available). Before creating BrutalAsHell.com Marc’s reviews have appeared at JoeHorror.com, BThroughZ.com, and Horror.About.com.  Follow his daily happenings on his personal and official Brutal As Hell Twitter feed: @BAHHorror

Annie Riordan – DVD/Book Reviews/Cinematic Haunts Columnist
Descended from a long line of inbred New Englanders, Annie Riordan exhibits violent tendencies and antisocial behavior. A horror fan since the age of three, Annie is diagnosed with a severe psychotic disorder and is considered to be a bad influence on your children. Before being heavily medicated and placed under continuous observation at a high security psychiatric facility, Annie reviewed horror films for JoeHorror.com, WildsideCinema.com and JaneDoeHorror.com. When she’s not restrained and/or receiving 25 mgs of thorazine every four to six hours, Annie enjoys reading, worshipping tentacled deities and fashioning ashtrays out of discarded scraps of clay.

Benjamin Bussey – Film/DVD Reviews
Ben used to refer to himself as Benjamin, but was perhaps taking himself too seriously. Not unlike David Kessler he’s gone from the wild open spaces of Yorkshire to the suburbs of London, the only difference being it took him over two decades to make that move. He was a timid, innocent child up until he saw ‘The Monster Squad’ aged nine, and he’s never looked back since. He’s also a regular contributor to BThroughZ.com, and has been known to moonlight as a writer of horror fiction. Read all about his further exploits at Myspace and/or follow him at Twitter.

Britt Hayes – Editor, News, Film/DVD Reviews
Britt Hayes is a writer located in the seventh circle of Hell – AKA Houston, Texas. A rabid fan of all things horror, Britt has quite the discerning taste (for brains). Britt’s never one to mince her words, and isn’t afraid to tell you if something sucks. Likes: good flicks, champagne, chain smoking, buckets of blood, kittens, and zombies. Dislikes: The term “re-imagining,” Uwe Boll, Paul W.S. Anderson, your mother, mushrooms, maggots, and David Boreanaz. Her heroes include: Takashi Miike, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Eli Roth, George A. Romero, and your mother (it’s a love/hate relationship). Britt hopes to someday get paid millions for her brilliant writing. Or win the lottery.

Matt Barnette (Music Editor)
Matt Barnette is a writer/designer from Nashville, TN currently dwelling somewhere near Little Rock, AR. His past includes drawing comic books, playing guitar and drums in bands, art directing web sites, editing and producing television programs, writing for ESPN.com and being a professional-grade jerk when it is warranted. His first student project back in Film School during the late 90’s was a horror movie. His top three rules for horror movies? The Naked chick always dies, The Villian is never dead, and Wolfman totally has nards. You can find out more (but not much) at http://www.mattbarnette.com or follow him on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/mattbarnette)

Bryce Holland – Comic Reviews / Blood Between the Panels Columnist
Bryce Holland was born and raised in the sunny climes of southern California, the spawn of Native American and Cajun circus folk, but at the tender age of 11-years-old was transplanted to rural Oklahoma where he quickly learned of the veracity of films like The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (i.e., they could totally happen and may very well be historical documentaries). He now lives in Norman, OK, with his wife, and when he’s not writing comic reviews, he likes to pretend to be a filmmaker, read more comic books, and continue his dreams of raising the dead and domesticating a Sasquatch. You can check out some of his short films at http://www.vimeo.com/bryceholl or http://www.youtube.com/wonderboy11585 .

Shannon Bucaro – Columnist/Slash & Dine
One dark eerie night, deep within the mean streets of Chicago, spawned the illegitimate lovechild of a zombie and a human. Some claim she emerged from her mother’s womb wearing a “Long live George Romero” t-shirt, holding a notebook filled with language that would make your grandmother blush, and a genuine taste for the “fleshy” part of the leg, upon further investigation. Given the name “El Diablo de ojos azul”, the beast went on to terrorize Chicago for years.

Come 2010, saddened the beast determined she could not go on like this. It was time to become a normal member of society; well somewhat at least. So from this day on the beast has taken the surname Shannon. Shannon went on to become a sarcastic fiery make of a woman, who enjoys playing with people’s hair at Lather Salon Chicago. Easily bored and having little compassion or remorse, Shannon also gets a sick pleasure out of testing others gag level on guts and gore stories. When she is not harassing small children, she also takes pride in knowing her way around a kitchen, and is delighted to share her secret recipes with you each month. You can follow her exploits at Twitter.com/SlashandDine