by Marc Patterson Things have gotten cold up in the mighty Northeast. The leaves are falling off the trees at a steady pace and a wisp of Halloween is drifting through the frost-bitten air. It’s time to roll out the hoodies and round up some good scary-ass movies to keep our blood warm on these [...]

by Marc Patterson Swedish filmmaker Ronny Carlsson’s short horror film Récompence blew both Annie and me away when we saw it, (reviewed here), so it is with a bit of excitement that I’m sharing this next bit of news. Carlsson is back at it with a follow-up to Récompence. This one is titled Dust Box [...]

Ben Bussey with a fairly exclusive early look at Jason Paul Collum’s documentary on the three female superstars of straight to video B-movies. The 1980s: arguably the era of film history that is closest to the heart of contemporary horror fandom. The genre enjoyed unprecedented mainstream success with all the great slasher franchises reigning supreme at the box [...]

Demons Rising (2008) Distributor: MVM DVD Release date (UK): 6th June 2011 Directed by: William Lee Starring: William Lee, Talisha Battle, Donald A. Becker Review by: Stephanie Scaife Billed as an “action-adventure, horror, martial arts, crime drama, cult, vigilante, gangsta flick” Demons Rising is certainly a very ambitious film. William Lee is the director, writer, [...]

Interview conducted by Ben Bussey Canada has given us some great things over the years: David Cronenberg; Neil Young; a place for America’s draft-dodgers to go. And now, Canada gives us one of the most exciting independent filmmaking teams around right now, Jen and Sylvia Soska of Twisted Twins Productions. I’ll be the first to [...]

Dead Hooker In A Trunk (2009) Distributor: Bounty Films/Eureka Video DVD Release Date: 23 May 2011 Directed by: Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska Starring: Ricki Gagne, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, C J Wallis Review by: Ben Bussey If I’m not mistaken, I’ve never written a second review for the same film at Brutal As Hell. I’ve given my own [...]

by Marc Patterson It would seem our friends Brandon Slagle and Devanny Pinn never stop working, rolling from one film into the next. They just sent us the new (and first) trailer for their next project, a sci-fi horror film set around area 51, and self-described as “The Blair Witch meets Aliens” The “found footage” [...]

Stake Land (2010) Directed by: Jim Mickle Starring: Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, Connor Paolo, Nick Damici Review by: Nia Edwards-Behi The world has been ravaged by a disease that transforms people into vicious bloodsuckers. A teenager watches his family slaughtered and is rescued by the mysterious Mister, a tough vampire hunter who takes the boy [...]

by Marc Patterson Our good friend Brian Shirley of Geek Tyrant just dropped a line giving us a quick update on the progress of a new indie film he’s involved with. The project is the latest from Dark Rider Studios, a small production company that from top to bottom is comprised of true fans of [...]

Interview by Nia Edwards-Behi Straw Man (A Reckoning) is a film that demands to be seen. Not your average low-budget indie project, it’s more Hour of the Wolf than the latest splatter-fest. A film of great quality and great heart, it presents the character of Lone Man as he struggles to survive in a barren, [...]

by Marc Patterson Yesterday we received news that Slices of Life (review here) will be made available to fans of horror nationwide via a deal with Gravitas VOD. This deal will make the film (to be known as 3 Slices of Life), available to cable, satellite and telco VOD providers that include AT&T, U-Verse, Charter [...]

by Marc Patterson Sometimes there’s just jack and shit that is newsworthy in the world of horror. Yeah, I just posted that bit about Slash, but that was a highlight. You know, I should be breathing a sigh of relief coming off of yesterday when all the rage was that Kevin Smith film and Lucky [...]

by Marc Patterson While our friends on the east coast are digging out from our first major snow storm (I spent nearly 4 hours digging, snowblowing, and shoveling) I figured I might as well warm myself up with a nice scotch and some indie horror. We just got news of a new project called Absentia. [...]

by Marc Patterson Just moments ago filmmaker and actor Brandon Slagle sent us some cool new images from his upcoming production VIViD that are exclusive to Brutal As Hell. VIViD is now approaching the end of production and ready to move to post. The film is about “A group of individuals selected due to various [...]

by Marc Patterson I love the irony of this announcement. Jason Toler’s new supernatural horror film Half Moon will be getting a March 1 release date from Breaking Glass Pictures. That’s not the ironic part. That’s just the news. From the DVD art to the side (and in full size below – along with another [...]

by Marc Patterson You know – I disappear into Jersey for not but two days and all sorts of crazy shit starts going on. Jen and Sylvia Soska have really had the indie horror scene talking this past year. Their yet to be distributed film Dead Hooker in a Trunk has been making waves and [...]

by Marc Patterson If you’re thinking that Alien Girl is going to be the latest SyFy made for TV schlock think again. This is so far to the opposite end of the spectrum that you’re going to be shocked when you finally scroll down and watch this trailer. It’s a film from Russia that frankly [...]