Chillerama (2011) Directed by: Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, Joe Lynch Starring: Joel David Moore, Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Richard Riehle Review by: Ben Bussey The drive-in is about to close down. The locals pile in by the car load, and owner Cecil Kaufman (Riehle) plans to give them a final night to remember, [...]

by Ben Bussey Gordon Bennett, as we Brits are sometimes known to exclaim in moments of surprise. You may well have heard about Strippers Versus Werewolves, the upcoming horror comedy from Black and Blue Films. You may have seen our recent report that popular British glamour model Lucy Pinder is to make her acting debut in the movie. And from the [...]

SXSW 2011: The Innkeepers (2011) Studio: Dark Sky Films Directed by: Ti West Starring: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis Review by: Britt Hayes The Yankee Pedlar is a small, unpopular hotel on the verge of going out of business. With the owner away on vacation, friends Claire and Luke are working during the hotel’s [...]

Sharktopus (2010) Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD Release Date (UK): 14th March 2011 Directed by: Declan O’Brien Starring: Eric Roberts, Sara Malakul Lane, Kerim Bursin, Liv Boughn Review by: Ben Bussey At a top-secret lab in a top-secret location, a top-secret military bioengineering division are working on a top-secret project. Headed by the father-daughter duo of egomaniacal [...]

by Ben Bussey Michael Paul Stephenson made his name (kinda/sorta) as the kid from Troll 2, one of the most gloriously horrendous films ever made. He relaunched himself in film as the director of Best Worst Movie, the acclaimed documentary examining the bizarre cult phenomenon around that same legendary schlockbuster (which it galls me I [...]

Cannibal Girls (1972) Distributor: Nucleus Films Release Date (UK): 14th February 2011 Directed by: Ivan Reitman Starring: Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Ronald Ulrich Review by: Ben Bussey Farnhamville is a little Canadian town, situated somewhere between Nowhere and Buttfuck. Despite the notable absence of anything to see or do, it seems the town has enough [...]

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead (2009) Studio: Indican Release Date: September 21, 2010 Directed By: Jordan Galland Cast: Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Kris Lemche & Ralph Macchio. Review By: Annie Riordan Fear not, horror lovers. An appreciation for the works of William Shakespeare is not required in order to enjoy this film. I’m [...]

by Brutal As Hell Staff Intro by Marc Patterson Everyone says that horror and porn are practically the same thing. I wouldn’t entirely disagree with this sentiment, but I do think that horror shares quite a bit with the comedy genre, perhaps even more than porn. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a pretty [...]

by Britt Hayes CHUD reports that Chris Columbus and his obviously-named production company, 1492, are producing three horror films this year. The first should come as no surprise: Adam Green (Frozen, Hatchet) is scripting Killer Pizza, described as an “action comedy about a 14-year-old who lands a summer job at Killer Pizza, which is a [...]

by Marc Patterson Transylmania just came out on DVD and while I technically should be reviewing the film, it’s kinda one of those flicks that everyone is pretty well aware of and more to the point – anything but a negative review would be out of line. Yeah, it’s one of those. No one expects [...]

by Ben Bussey Know the name John Skipp? If you don’t I’m not going to chastise you, because honestly I hadn’t myself until about two years ago. But if you’re not familiar with him, you’re missing out big time. One of the original splatterpunk writers, he collaborated with Craig Spector on a number of awe-inspiring [...]

Taxidermia (2006) Directed by: Gyorgy Palfi Written by: Lajos Parti Nagy (short stories), Gyorgy Palfi, Zsofia Ruttkay Starring: Csaba Czene, Gergely Trocsanyi, Marc Bischoff, Gabor Mate Review by: Britt Hayes Imagine Jean-Pierre Jeunet if he were Hungarian and making a sick and twisted film about sexual depravity inspired by early Cronenberg. That’s Taxidermia. An anthology [...]

Suck (2009) SXSW 2010 Directed by: Rob Stefaniuk Starring: Jessica Pare, Rob Stefaniuk, Mike Lobel, Paul Anthony, Malcolm McDowell, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Dave Foley, and Chris Ratz. Review by: Britt Hayes The Winners are a rock band made up of friends Joey, Sam, Tyler, and Jennifer, and managed by douche bag Jeff (Dave Foley). [...]

by Britt Hayes SXSW is hectic, to say the least, so I won’t get around to full reviews right off the bat. Instead, I’ll be throwing you some short initial thoughts, and posting the reviews when I get the chance. Look for reviews sometime this week or next week, and until then, enjoy my Shorthand [...]

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 [...]

by Britt Hayes Although it didn’t do as well as expected in theaters (especially with Diablo Cody’s name attached and Megan Fox half-naked), Jennifer’s Body was still a great film. At least I think so. Video ETA says that Fox Home Entertainment is courting a December 29th release date, but this information is not yet [...]

by Britt Hayes It’s not uncommon practice to push a release date back on a film – whether it’s due to budgetary reasons (as we saw with Shutter Island), the (in)ability of a film to compete with another release on the same date, post-production delays, bad test screening response, or just bad word of mouth. [...]