Black Heaven (2010) Distributor: Arrow Films DVD Release Date: 5th September 2011 Directed by: Gilles Marchand Starring: Louise Bourgoin, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Pauline Etienne Review by: Keri O’Shea A young couple, Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) and Marion (Pauline Etienne) are enjoying summer in the idyllic South of France when, by chance, they find a mobile phone. Their [...]

Red Canyon (2008) Distributor: Chelsea Films DVD Release Date (UK): 23 May 2011 Directed by: Giovanni Rodriguez Starring: Christine Lakin, Tim Draxl, Katie Maguire, Norman Reedus Review by: Keri O’Shea As a person who watches more than their share of low budget indie horrors, I have developed certain almost Pavlovian responses to clichéd content which [...]

by Britt Hayes IGN premiered a red band trailer today for Ji-woon Kim’s (A Tale of Two Sisters, The Good, the Bad, the Weird) latest film, I Saw the Devil. Starring Min-sik Choi (Oldboy) and Byung-hun Lee (The Good, the Bad, the Weird), I Saw the Devil is the breathtakingly intense tale of Soo-hyeon, a [...]

DVD Review: The Disappearance of Alice Creed Directed by: J Blakeson Starring: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston Review by: Kayley Viteo In The Disappearance of Alice Creed, two ex-convicts concoct a plan to kidnap a young woman from a rich family. It’s a tricky little movie – for the first fifteen minutes, you think [...]

Blu-ray Review: Centurion (2010) Directed by: Neil Marshall Starring: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Axelle Carolyn, Imogen Poots Review by: Robert Saucedo More grounded than Zack Snyder’s 300 yet less heady than the HBO show Rome, Neil Marshall’s Centurion is the sword and sandals historical action film for those who enjoy spending Saturday afternoons [...]

DVD Review: The Chaser (2008) Studio: IFC Independent Film Release Date: October 19, 2010 Directed by: Hong-jin Na Starring: Kim Yoon-seok and Ha Jeong-woo Review by: Robert Saucedo There’s a reason why the film The Chaser was a blockbuster hit in its native South Korea upon its release in 2008. Director Hong-jin Na’s tense thriller [...]

DVD Review: The Girl Who Played With Fire (2010) Directed by: Daniel Alfredson Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist Review by: Kayley Viteo Second in the millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Played With Fire is without question an interesting film simply because of what came before it – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Unfortunately, as [...]

I Saw the Devil (2010) Fantastic Fest 2010 Directed by: Ji-woon Kim Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi, Oh-san Ha Review by: Britt Hayes After his beautiful fiancée Joo-yeon is savagely murdered, Soo-hyun sets out to find the killer and exact his revenge. Luckily for Soo-hyun, his fiancées dad is a detective, and even better – Soo-hyun has been working [...]

Let Me In (2010) Release Date: October 1, 2010 Directed by: Matt Reeves Starring: Chloe Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas Review by: Britt Hayes 12 year old Owen is a strange looking little boy who loves to sneak candy behind his mother’s back and use his telescope to spy on neighbors. Tormented mercilessly [...]

by Marc Patterson Sometimes good timing is everything. Morning cup o’ joe in hand I log on to the ol’ interwebs and find that not but a half hour ago Drew Daywalt has posted his newest short to the web. Happy Thursday to me! If you’re not familiar with Drew Daywalt, there’s no better time [...]

by Richard Romero Aug. 31 is here and with it comes more DVD’s to add to every fright fan’s collection. This week look forward to everything from The Evil Dead on Blu-ray to a movie about mind control via brain surgery by drill! All of that and more in this week’s DVD releases! Brainjacked Rated: [...]

by Ben Bussey (P-P-P-Please excuse that P-P-P-porky Pig of a headline…) On the same day that a trailer was released for a new Wes Craven movie that looks so mind-numbingly prosaic and uninventive that we’re not going to post it here, Mother Internet also saw fit to gift us with this little beauty: the trailer [...]

by Britt Hayes In addition to some official Inception stills, Warner Bros. has also released official images for Vincenzo Natali’s Splice! This is probably my most anticipated horror film of the year. Hell, I’ve been anticipating this film for three years now. I realize some of these images have been making the rounds on the [...]

Sympathy (2007) Vicious Circle Films Directed by Andrew Moorman Cast: Aaron Boucher, Steven Pritchard, Marina Shtelen Review by Marc Patterson Ever check into a cheap motel and wonder if anyone was murdered in the room you’re about to spend the night in? If you’re anything like me, then you certainly have. After all, aren’t cheap [...]

by Ben Bussey I can’t speak for everyone at Brutal As Hell, but I myself am a firm admirer of Jake West, the British director behind two gems of low-budget trash horror, Razor Blade Smile and Evil Aliens. Now Bloody Disgusting  reports that his latest is in the works, with several key cast members already in [...]

Wake (2010) SXSW 2010 Directed by: Chad Feehan Starring: Josh Stewart, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Chris Browning, Angela Featherstone Studio: The Fort Review by: Britt Hayes Paul (Stewart) and Adrienne (Sigler) are on a road trip to Los Angeles for an old fraternity brother’s wedding when Adrienne decides to get a little frisky in the car. While [...]

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 [...]