by Marc Patterson Of all the memorable characters in George Romero’s Land of the Dead, Charlie is the least likely to be mentioned. The typical focus falls onto one or more of the leads that include the head zombie dubbed “Big Daddy”, or Asia Argento (rowr), Dennis Hopper, Simon Baker, or John Leguizamo. No one [...]

by Stephanie Scaife You can’t very well have a celebration of the zombie movie without talking about George A. Romero, the undeniable master of this eminent yet oft maligned horror sub-genre. Although the zombie in various incarnations had been a firm fixture in horror and exploitation films since the 1930’s it wasn’t until Romero’s Night [...]

by Marc Patterson There’s a lot of pain involved with writing this piece. I’m undergoing tremendous inner turmoil just plucking one key to the next typing this up. There is also a lot of risk in baring it all as I’m about to do. But here goes… Going into this zombie weekend I pulled all [...]

by Will Colby of KillingBoxx.com Most zombie outings feature at least one character, for reasons commonly explained in the second act, who are better at dispatching dead people. These “Dirty Harry’s” or “Harriet’s” of the dead, if you will, are blessed with the ability to act quickly in stressful situations. Smashing in a head, calmly [...]

The Lucky 13 Returns to The Vault of Horror and Brutal As Hell! Week One: Our Favorite Halloween Horrors! by Brutal As Hell staff Intro by Marc Patterson It pleases me immensely to announce the return of The Lucky 13, starting RIGHT NOW! Over this past summer The Lucky 13 proved to be a runaway [...]

Martin (1976) Distributor: Arrow (Region 0 DVD) Directed by: George A. Romero Starring: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elyane Nadeau, Tom Savini Review by: Ben Bussey A young man gets off the train in a small, run-down part of Pittsburgh. Looking to be not even twenty years old, thin, hair in his eyes; he [...]

by Brutal As Hell Staff Introduction by Marc Patterson, Managing Editor Picking out a favorite gore film… what an arduous process! There are so many good titles to pick from – old and new, strange, bizarre. The range is sickening and ridiculous. But we have to start somewhere, don’t we? The first question: what do [...]

by Ben Bussey Not wanting to sound like a broken record, but there was a time when George A. Romero meant more than just zombies. And those great folks at Arrow are now providing us with one of the best reminders of this with a nice new DVD release – ‘The Immortal Edition’ of Martin, [...]

by Britt Hayes Earlier today over at Mondo, a few new artist posters went on sale, including this limited edition poster for George Romero’s Survival of the Dead. Those familiar with the work of Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) will recognize his handiwork here. Check out the poster below and head over to Mondo to [...]

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 [...]

Two Evil Eyes (1990) Distributor: Arrow Directed by: George A. Romero, Dario Argento Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, Madeline Potter, EG Marshall, Tom Atkins Review by: Ben Bussey The year was 1990 and, though they might not have known it, two of the world’s most esteemed horror directors stood on the brink of [...]

by Britt Hayes I received a press release today for Texas Frightmare Weekend 2010. In addition to celebrities, prop auctions, and a myriad of other horror goodies, there will be a film festival (you can buy passes here for all films, or individual selections) at Studio Movie Grill in Lewisville. The festival will host Adam [...]

by Marc Patterson Folks, I gotta fever and the only prescription is more cowbell! Well in this case, I at least need some more red gettin’ spread! The red band trailer for George A. Romero’s latest zombie flick Survival of the Dead has hit the web today in a maelstrom leaving limbs and body parts [...]

The Crazies (2010) Release Date: February 26, 2010 Directed by: Breck Eisner Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker Review by: Dustin Hall I had the pleasure this evening of attending the advance screening of The Crazies, a remake of the Romero original, at the Palms Casino in Vegas. There must be something [...]

by Ben Bussey Call him the Deadfather; call him the King of the Zombies; call him the creator of the modern horror film, and a pioneer of independent filmmaking; call him a very tall man with unfeasibly large glasses. Most if not all of these labels apply to George Andrew Romero (yes, I admit, I [...]

by Ben Bussey One for the UK readers here. Just when I was this close to posting a review of the new Region 2 edition of Two Evil Eyes – the Edgar Allan Poe-themed double feature from George A. Romero and Dario Argento, which stars Adrienne Barbeau and Harvey Keitel – word comes from our [...]

by Marc Patterson Radha Mitchell is a true lady of horror that deserves more than a passing mention. I first saw Radha when I ventured into a theater ten years ago to catch Pitch Black with a few friends. While the obvious main attraction was Vin Diesel there was an immediate draw to Mitchell who [...]