Posted on 07/11/11 by Deaditor
Five Non-Horror Moments That Screwed Me Up as a Child by Annie Riordan Everyone who knows me reasonably well knows that my fascination with horror has been lifelong, jump-started at the age of three by a TV commercial for a brand new film called The Exorcist. I don’t know why my mom refused to take [...]
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Posted on 06/27/11 by Deaditor
by Todd Wieneke A minor confession, and one not to be construed as lament: TV was my babysitter. Though she had but 11 channels, The Ole Girl was the world to me. She gave me license to dream, to think creatively, and to bear witness to some of the most yabbo scenes of 60s, 70s [...]
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Posted on 06/01/11 by Deaditor
The Violent Kind (2010) Studio: Image Ent. Release Date: May 10, 2011 Directed By: Mitchell Altieri & Phil Flores (The Butcher Brothers) Cast: Cory Knauf, Christina Prousalis, Tiffany Shepis, Bret Roberts & Taylor Cole. Review By: Annie Riordan Oh yay. Another cabin in the woods horror film, aka definitive proof that Jesus hates me. It’s [...]
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Posted on 11/03/10 by N. Amer Editor
by Kayley Viteo Last week The Lucky 13 returned – that means the BAH and The Vault of Horror staffs pick their personal favorite horror movies in a variety of categories. First up, favorite Halloween flick. For me this is an incredibly easy, if somewhat clichéd choice – Halloween (1978), John Carpenter’s low-budget masterpiece that [...]
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Posted on 10/30/10 by N. Amer Editor
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 [...]
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Posted on 08/14/10 by Deaditor
by Brutal As Hell Staff Intro by Marc Patterson – Managing Editor As the saying goes – all good things have to come to an end. That being said I think it’s only fitting that we wrap up this summer long series with a look at the red headed stepchild of horror. The most popular [...]
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Posted on 05/04/10 by Deaditor
Prince of Darkness (1987) Directed by John Carpenter Starring Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Alice Cooper, Lisa Blount, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard Review by Sam Hawken John Carpenter has had a lot of comebacks. As his films have grown more and more disappointing to fans, it’s become something of a habit to proclaim his [...]
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Posted on 03/18/10 by N. Amer Editor
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2009) SXSW 2010 Directed by: Eli Craig Starring: Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss Review by: Britt Hayes Tucker and Dale are two redneck friends with a dream to own their very own vacation house in the woods by the lake. They sink their life savings into a [...]
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Posted on 01/15/10 by Deaditor
by Marc Patterson and Ben Bussey In what happens to be the news of the morning (or late last night if you were paying attention) Alexandre Aja’s upcoming 3-D remake of ‘Piranha’ has been pushed back to an unspecified August release date, from its original release date of April 16. While a release date getting [...]
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Posted on 01/13/10 by Deaditor
by Marc Patterson News just broke late last night (at least for those of us on the East Coast) that Adam Green’s Hatchet 2 has been picked up by Dark Sky Films with the intent of turning the films into the next big horror franchise. Earlier last week our own Britt Hayes spoke to Adam [...]
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Posted on 12/20/09 by Deaditor
by Marc Patterson Clearly Slipknot has matured a bit from their early nu-metal antics of the late 90′s. They just debuted their full video for Snuff yesterday and I must say it’s pretty impressive. Snuff, the fifth single from All Hope is Gone is a creepy and highly stylized mind-bending video with Lynchian elements sure [...]
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Posted on 12/08/09 by Deaditor
by Marc Patterson Bad ass bikers and zombi-esque rockabillies? The Violent Kind, You had me at hello. We just learned that The Violent Kind, the evil spawn of the ‘The Butcher Brothers’, who you may know as the director of The Hamiltons, have just got their film accepted to Sundance for a midnight screening. Right [...]
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Posted on 12/04/09 by N. Amer Editor
by Britt Hayes Welcome to the final part of our first annual holiday gift guide. I’m going to run things down a little differently in this edition. In the DVD and Blu-ray sections, I’ll start with bargains, move to regular priced items, and then to boxed sets and pricey editions (if any). For books, it’ll [...]
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Posted on 11/30/09 by N. Amer Editor
by Britt Hayes Texas Frightmare Weekend is one of the best horror festivals held every spring in Dallas. The 2010 installment will run from April 30th to May 2nd, and will be the festival’s 5th year. Yours truly will be attending the festival as part of the press, and I’ll be giving you regular updates [...]
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Posted on 10/28/09 by N. Amer Editor
by Britt Hayes Rob Zombie recently took to his Twitter to share with the public, in 140 characters or less, what he’s up to: “Just finished doing the director’s commentary for the DVD of Halloween 2. Love the new cut. This is the real film.” He also previously mentioned that this version is “very different” [...]
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Posted on 10/27/09 by N. Amer Editor
by Britt Hayes October has been an insane month for horror releases, for obvious reasons. There have been some great titles, and some awesome surprises, but looking at the grand scope for this month’s releases, I find myself underwhelmed. Here we are in our last week, and I think it’s the best yet: Black Devil [...]
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Posted on 09/21/09 by N. Amer Editor
by Britt Hayes The Saw VI Facebook fan page has released two new images from the film: one of Tobin Bell as series villain Jigsaw, and one of Peter Outerbridge, who plays William Easton, a main character in the new film. Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith will both appear in flashbacks in the new film, [...]
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