I saw that Stratham workout on Chaos & Pain about a year ago. Even that nutjob thought it was tough so you’re the man to adopt it. Keep it up!

Oh, right, this isn’t an exercise site… uh, how about that horror anthology film? With all those young white male directors? Or that found-footage movie with all the attractive young white people?

And three cheers for Ben’s remarks. I’ve been contemplating this post since I published it, and while my feelings remain the same I actually think this will end up being a better site for it. The content that comes out of here should be of more interest and value to readers in the long haul. For the gossip and rumors there are plenty of other outlets, but here we’ll stick to talking about the darker side of cinema, in whatever form that comes. And it may mean you see us eventually drop that “Horror Without Mercy” moniker to become a more all-encompassing site.

Don’t wish to wash out our dirty laundry in public – but hey, this is a somewhat confessional post – but we (i.e. the BAH staff) had discussed not long ago shifting the focus a little and no longer being a ‘pure’ horror site, maybe dropping the ‘Horror Without Mercy’ tagline. Indeed, a casual glance over a lot of our recent content shows that we have largely followed through on that; take the reviews of movies like Repo Man and Red Scorpion, all the WiP stuff. I see us more as a general cult film site leaning toward the more violent, distasteful and (for want of a better word) darker side of things.

For as long as I’ve been contributing to the site, I feel that Marc and I have had a kind of unspoken understanding that we’re only going to post stuff if we really give a shit about it. We tried for a while to keep up with all the bigger fish, posting every news item under the sun, but that just felt futile. I’ll confess to occassionally posting the odd inconsequential news item if things are quiet (I wouldn’t have done my last item on the Evil Dead remake otherwise), but even so, I think it shows through if our hearts aren’t in what we’re writing about.

No, BAH isn’t going anywhere, but it’s definitely changing shape. There are plenty of places to go if you want the all the latest on-set gossip and rumours, but this is a place to come when you want to read something a bit more substantial, thoughtful and rewarding. Or at least, that’s what I want the site to be.

Ben

I stopped watching most TV years ago because I realized that it’s a waste of time and life to watch others do things. So many better options are available.

It does sound like you’re moving in the direction of handing the site over to those with more enthusiasm for the work. Don’t delay the inevitable if that’s the case.

Good luck. I’ve enjoyed visiting the site.

Nice review Steph. I too absolutely love this film, and words cannot express how happy I am that they’ve included the TV version. That’s quite possibly even funnier than the original cut. (Now, if only Robocop would follow suit…)

If I remember correctly this was the very first 18-rated film I ever saw. Funny how times change, though; this was rated 18 purely based on the amount of times they said “fuck.”