The Brutal As Hell Team

Marc Patterson – Editor-In-Chief / Founder
Marc hails from the Northeast coast of the US, but makes it a point to get out and travel as much as he can. Marc’s taste in horror is wildly eclectic. He loves old exploitation and grindhouse era films, blaxploitation, Japanese pink films, and grisly 80’s slashers. He can switch gears on a dime though, enjoying narrative driven horror such as Let the Right One In and Repulsion. At least twice annually he is overcome with an incurable seasonal addiction to Lucio Fulci films, resulting a week long hiatus into the land of the undead. Among his favorite directors are Gaspar Noe, Lucio Fulci, Jose Mojica Marins, Robert Rodriguez and Park Chan-wook. You can follow his daily happenings on his personal Twitter feed: @MarcPatterson and Facebook.

Ben Bussey – UK Editor
Ben Bussey has been churning out reviews for this site from the very beginning, so after a while his illustrious editor-in-chief decided to throw him a bone by naming him UK editor. So yes, he’s British. He holds an MA in Cult Film and Television from London’s Brunel University; this doesn’t necessarily mean he knows more than you about this shit, just that he’s good at using fancy words to write about it. In other writerly pursuits, he has contributed to BThroughZ.com and Scream Horror magazine, and writes an action movie blog, Ka-Boomski. And he maintains that The Monster Squad is the single greatest film ever made. Feel free to follow him on Twitter – @Ben_Bussey.

Annie Riordan – Staff Reviewer / Founding Member
Annie Riordan, not sane, stands by herself in the direct-to-video horror aisle, holding darkness within. She has stood for 41 years and might stand for 41 more. She is a woman without kindness, not fit for people or for love or for hope. Exorcism cannot alter the countenance of an embittered film reviewer: Annie Riordan will stay as she is until she is destroyed. (with apologies to Shirley Jackson). You cannot find her on Twitter or elsewhere. Annie has no use for the playthings of mortals.

Keri O’ Shea – Editor and Staff Writer
Keri was born and raised in South Wales – in a small town which would put most horror films to shame – but she now lives in the city of York, North Yorkshire, where a combination of fascinating local history and great pubs means she’s unlikely to decamp any time soon. She developed a love of horror from a young age – having a birthday the day before Halloween didn’t do much to discourage this – and these days she’s a sucker for Eurohorror, sleaze and innovative indies. Keri is an out-and-proud lycanthrophile, but can easily be placated with good beer, or bad wine, and the questionable oeuvre of Jess Franco. She’s a regular contributor to the Sex Gore Mutants and Horror Extreme websites, and she’s also written for Diabolique Magazine. Find her propping the bar up at UK horror festivals, or over at her blog: Flowers of Blood and Flesh.

Stephanie Scaife – Contributing Writer
Stephanie Scaife, current occupant of London but born and bred in Scotland, has always had a penchant for horror movies, perhaps from growing up in the 80’s and being wooed by the fantastic VHS covers that always promised far more than they ever delivered. She still lives in hope today and continues to be both equally enthralled and dismayed by the genre. Stephanie’s likes include, but are not restricted to; Harold and Maude, John Waters, David Lynch, dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinema, Harry Dean Stanton, exploitation, trash, extreme cinema, Joy Division, feminist film theory, David Cronenberg, baking cupcakes, getting tattooed, consuming alcohol and anything involving Nick Cave. She does not however enjoy talking about herself in the third person. Find Stephanie on Twitter: @goregoregirl.

Nicole Mikuzis & Megan Owens – Slash & Dine Columnists
Nicole & Megan are the tag team of horror and cooking. While Megan was a young’un swooning over Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing & Vincent Price, Nicole was just a few miles away turning off the Saturday morning cartoons to watch Rosemary’s Baby and Carrie with her mom. Megan grew up and worked in bakeries while dreaming of how to make the perfect zombie vs. shark cake & Nicole worked for a horror film company dreaming about eating that cake. Now, they both reside in Trashville, IL (there’s literally a Nascar track around the corner) and enjoy drinking whiskey, taxidermy, cowboy boots, leopard print & all things horror. Their heroes include Jesco White, Dolly Parton, and Elvis Presley. When they’re not watching Hammer films or Twin Peaks, you can find them baking, painting their nails with glitter & sewing patches on their motorcycle jackets. They’re the biggest, the meanest, and the baddest. Follow Slash & Dine on Twitter: @slashanddine.

Nia Edwards-Behi – Contributing Writer
Nia is a doctoral student in Aberystwyth, UK, where she’s researching the marketing and reception of controversial films from the 1970s and their remakes. When she’s not thinking about that, she’s usually thinking about some other aspect of films, be it horrific or otherwise. In addition to her academic pursuits, she also helps organise Abertoir, the National Horror Festival of Wales, which takes place every November. She can be found on Twitter (though she rarely shuts up): @stonecypher

Kayley Viteo – Contributing Writer
Kayley can’t remember the first horror movie she ever saw, but the one she can’t ever forget is Halloween. From that point on, her life has revolved around the horror genre. A native Texan, she currently lives as a graduate student in Canada while writing her thesis on feminist horror fans and rape-revenge films. She will watch anything but won’t like everything, and won’t be afraid tell you so because she has a black belt in karate and punches pretty damn hard. That being said, she loves all types of horror but has particular affection for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and anything else that can actually make her wince (which is sadly rare these days). Follow her on Twitter – @so_wildish.

Dustin Hall – Contributing Writer
Dustin Hall is a megalomaniac from the small town of Baldwin in Kansas, now wandering the deserts of Las Vegas in search of new victims. He was probably conceived at a Van Halen concert and raised on a diet of sci-fi and horror movies, fed to him from a disturbingly young age by his uncle. Somehow, this led to a career in writing and collecting unemployment checks. He is also the Senior Editor at video game site Padinga.com, and is working with PMP Productions on making a few horror films of his own.