by Ben Bussey More news on upcoming content from Britain’s Horror Channel; they’ve got a new season coming up featuring some of the most notable British horror films of recent year. Aptly dubbed Cruel Britannia, the season will see four TV premieres on four successive Friday nights throughout April. And if that isn’t a suitable [...]

Island of Death (1975) (AKA Island of Perversion/Devils In Mykonos) Distributor: Arrow Video DVD Release Date: 21st March 2011 Directed by: Nico Mastorakis Starring: Bob Behling, Jane Ryall, Jessica Dublin, Gerard Gonalons Review by: Keri O’Shea Ah, how to describe Island of Death? It’s fair to say there’s nothing quite like it: a pair of [...]

Someone’s Knocking at the Door (2009) Directed by: Chad Ferrin Distributor: 4Digital Media DVD Release date: 7th March 2011 (UK) Starring: Noah Segan, Ezra Buzzington, Andrea Rueda Review by: Stephanie Scaife Chad Ferrin’s film is a bizarre comedy horror throwback to 1970s exploitation cinema that is as flawed as it is peculiar. The plot in [...]

by Ben Bussey This is a sad day indeed. Ingrid Pitt, one of the greatest scream queens ever to grace celluloid, passed away today. According to BBC News, “The Polish-born star passed away at a hospital in south London after collapsing a few days ago… suffering from heart failure.” She was 73. In an era when most [...]

by Ben Bussey After a great many years of the inevitable Hellraiser remake languishing in development hell (pun intended, of course), things have suddenly got busy on the Cenobite front of late. First yet another direct-to-DVD sequel, Hellraiser: Revelations, went into production. Then just a few days ago, it was announced by Bloody Disgusting that Christian E. Christiansen (presumably related to [...]

by Ben Bussey I can’t speak for everyone at Brutal As Hell, but I myself am a firm admirer of Jake West, the British director behind two gems of low-budget trash horror, Razor Blade Smile and Evil Aliens. Now Bloody Disgusting  reports that his latest is in the works, with several key cast members already in [...]

by Marc Patterson Normally I’m not a huge proponent of posting clips. I’ll do it when I feel major plot details aren’t revealed, but like fatty foods, I’m trying to cut back. In the case of Stan Helsing, this film looks like pure fat, so I’m not really in fear of giving away any pot [...]

Fantastic Fest ’09 Review: Trick ‘r Treat (2009) 
 Directed By: Michael Dougherty 
 Cast: Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Leslie Bibb 
 Review By: Kayley Viteo Horror anthologies are an old favorite of mine as I grew up watching Creepshow practically on repeat. When I first heard about this one, it was playing [...]

by Marc Patterson In probably the most bizarre news story of the week, perhaps even dominating in the WTF dept over last weeks announcement that ‘Let Me In’ would be renamed to ‘Fish Head’, comes news that Sylvester Stallone is hellbent on making an Edgar Allan Poe biopic. Yeah go ahead, take a moment and [...]

Singapore Sling (1990) Studio: Synapse Video DVD Release Date: May 30, 2006 Directed By: Nikos Nikolaidis Cast: Meredyth Herold, Panos Thanassoulis, Michele Valley Review By: Marc Patterson “And now the dead became two…” Delicate soft piano stirs in the background to a moving noir vision. A slowly rising symphonic crescendo brings this artistic vision to [...]

The Last House on the Left (2009) Studio: Universal Blu Ray Release Date: August 18, 2009 Directed By: Dennis Illiadis Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen Review By: Marc Patterson   The 1972 original The Last House on the Left is one that belongs in any horror aficionado’s collection.  It [...]

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Killer Mutant Snowman (2000) Studio: Allumination DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003 Directed By: Michael Cooney Cast: Christopher Allport, Eileen Seely, Marsha Clark, Chip Heller, Ray Cooney Deadly DVD Rating: 2 ½ out of 5 stars Review By: Rod Schroeder          Serial killer snowman Jack Frost is back & [...]

[REC] (2007) Studio: Contender Entertainment Group UK DVD Release Date: August 11, 2008 Directed By: Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge Serrano, Pablo Rosso Brutal As Hell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Review By: Benjamin Bussey   Local TV anchor Angela (Velasco) and her cameraman Pablo (Rosso apparently, though his [...]

Snuffin’ Zombies (2009) Directed By: Karl Benacci Cast: Karl Benacci, Joseph Byrd, Don Wilson, Robert Muye Brutal As Hell Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Review By: Marc Patterson   Snuff films?  Zombies?  Low budget?  These three things were what comprised my knowledge of Snuffin’ Zombies prior to telling director Karl Benacci (who also stars [...]

Taken (2008) Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD Release Date: January 30, 2009 Directed By: Pierre Morel Cast: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Olivier Rabourdin Brutal As Hell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Review By: Jude Felton   From the writing team of The Transporter movies (Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen) [...]

Raise your glasses to 2008, a wonderful year to be a horror fan. It was the year that the French struck back with a touch of viciousness that has yet to be captured by others in the genre. Vampires rose from the coffin to take over humanity once again, and Uwe Boll reared his ugly [...]