DVD Review: Coffin Rock Directed by: Rupert Glasson Starring: Lisa Chappell, Robert Taylor, Sam Parsonson Review by: Kayley Viteo I love Australian genre films. There’s just something about the spartan landscape that is immediately creepy to me, not to mention the fact that everything else I have a substantial fear of lives there and could [...]

by Britt Hayes Initially, I wasn’t going to do a write up on this. Several writer friends of mine have already tackled the topic, including John Gholson over at HorrorSquad and Scott Weinberg at Cinematical, and it seems redundant to echo the sentiment here. That said, I’d be remiss if I didn’t attempt to valiantly [...]

SXSW 2010: Monsters Directed by: Gareth Edwards Starring: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy Review by: Britt Hayes Six years ago, aliens invaded Mexico and they haven’t left. In fact, they’ve been multiplying. Every year they migrate, and during this time, it is unsafe to travel within the infected zone. Andrew Kaulder (McNairy) is a photo-journalist on [...]

by Britt Hayes From the moment I laid eyes on images from The Human Centipede (First Sequence), I was irrationally fearful. How is this possible? In my film food triangle, horror is the fruit and veggies, meaning that I watch it more than any other genre (hence why I write here for you lovely people). [...]

Park Chan-Wook’s newest film, THIRST is starting to get some really rave reviews.  Unfortunately we haven’t yet had the chance to sit down to screen this, but if it’s anything like his Vengenance Trilogy then it’s sure to be a fantastic cinematic experience. A priest becomes a vampire…another man’s wife is coveted…a deadly seduction triggers [...]

Let the Right One In (2008) Studio: Magnolia/Magnet Blu Ray Release Date: March 10, 2009 Directed By: Tomas Alfredson Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson Brutal As Hell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Review By: Dustin Hall   I’m hopeful, I really am, that maybe some of the internet hype is reaching the general market [...]

[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 [...]

Frontier(s) (2008) Studio: Lions Gate DVD Release Date: May 13, 2008 Directed By: Xavier Gens Cast: Karina Testa, Aurélien Wiik, Patrick Ligardes Brutal As Hell Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars Review By: Marc Patterson   From the After Dark line of horror films comes a familiar tale of horror.  Paris is on fire.  [...]

Okay, we all know that Quarantine is hit shelves today. And we all know that Quarantine is nothing but a quick turnaround remake of [REC], the phenomenal zombie film from Spanish writers/directors Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. Now comes the first “real” trailer for [REC] 2. This second installment picks up immediately following the bloody [...]

A live action adaptation of the anime original Blood: The Last Vampire is the story of Saya, who is part of an elite team that seeks out and destroys demons.  Hrmm… not too original.  Didn’t I just see the same thing, but with a slightly different twist in the more recent Tokyo Gore Police?  Check [...]

Baise Moi (2000) Studio: Remstar DVD Release Date: November 22, 2005 Directed By: Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi Cast: Karen Lancaume (as Karen Bach), Raffaëla Anderson Brutal As Hell Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Review By: Marc Patterson    “Baise Moi” translates quite literally into “Rape Me”.  That’s powerful without needing anything further said.  [...]

Retribution (Sakebi) (2006) Studio: Lionsgate DVD Release Date: April 15, 2008 Directed By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cast: Kôji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Riona Hazuki & Jô Odagiri Brutal As Hell Rating: 2 ½ out of 5 stars Review By: Annie Riordan   Oh great. Another Asian import whose meaning I failed to grasp. Thank you [...]

With all the slick pretty boy vampires flooding out of Hollywood it’s nice to see a stylish throwback to some good ol’ blood, sex, and torture obsessed vampirism.  Just released online is a wonderful short Santiago de Compostela (Vampire Prison).  Big thanks to the guys at Quiet Earth for bringing this to our attention.    [...]

The Eye 3 (2008) Studio: Lions Gate DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008 Directed By: Danny Pang and Oxide Pang Chun Cast: Bo-lin Chen, Yu Gu, Isabella Leong, Ray MacDonald Deadly DVD Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5 stars Review By: Annie Riordan   Five Hong Kong teenagers on vacation witness a gruesome car accident [...]

The Machine Girl (2008) Studio: Tokyo Shock DVD Release Date: June 3, 2008 Directed By: Noboru Iguchi Cast: Asami, Honoka, Ryôsuke Kawamura, Yûya Ishikawa Brutal As Hell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Review By: Marc Patterson   Bring on the amped up arterial spray.  It’s time for death and mayhem as only the Japanese [...]

13: Game of Death (2006) Studio: Dimension Extreme DVD Release Date: March 11, 2008 Directed By: Chukiat Sakveerakul Cast: Krissada Terrence, Achita Wuthinounsurasit, Brutal As Hell Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Review By: Marc Patterson   Pusit (Krissada Terrence), or “Chit” as his friends call him, is having a bad day.  A damn bad [...]

Lord have mercy! Sometimes I can’t help myself. Onechanbara is a ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous film based on the sleazy and splatastic video game of the same name (get your version in 2009). It features little else other than pure excess. Smokin hot Asian girls in bikinis plow their way through hordes of zombies, wielding samurai [...]