by Britt Hayes Welcome to our newest column here at Brutal as Hell: Definitive Directors. In this series we’ll take a look at directors who we feel are currently defining the horror genre. Each entry will present a director, their best work and how that work is setting the standard for the future of horror. [...]

Interview conducted by Marc Patterson – June 2011 Several days ago we showed off a killer trailer for a new gory exploitation flick called Dear God No! Immediately noticeable was the authentic feeling the trailer exuded. Whereas most modern grindhouse flicks are obvious homages, you’d be hard pressed to look at Dear God No! and [...]

We received the following note from the folks at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin TX and thought it was worthy enough to pass on just “as is” – It’s a rather cool project that we’re excited to see develop… Animal attacks. Beheadings. Cannibals. Etc. Twenty-six individual chapters that showcase death in all its strange and [...]

by Britt Hayes Sequels, prequels, remakes, re-adaptations, re-imaginings… How does a horror fan emerge from these murky, unoriginal waters feeling sated? Not all sequels or remakes are awful, and some can be quite fun, but if your heart desires more originality and you’re one of the people bemoaning the lack of inventiveness in the theater, [...]

Interview with Ti West – The Innkeepers Interview conducted by Britt Hayes at SXSW 2011 In the crazy hectic environment that defines the SXSW experience Ti West took a few minutes of his time to sit down and chat with Managing Editor Britt Hayes and talk about his newest project The Innkeepers, and hinted at [...]

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 [...]

by Marc Patterson I’ll rarely, if ever, make a post solely around a poster premiere, unless that poster is something worth talking about. In the case of Ti West’s latest film The Innkeepers, it’s a poster worth talking about. This thing is gorgeous. Ti West really does get all the good posters. Think about it. [...]

by Marc Patterson It’s hard to even think, with all this snow surrounding me, that in a little over one month we’ll be in the warm sun of Austin TX at the SXSW film festival checking out some new and upcoming horror films to report back to you all on. Okay, I won’t be there. [...]

by Marc Patterson It’s just been announced by SXSW that Ti West’s latest film, The Innkeepers, will be getting it’s world premiere this March during the annual SXSW film festival in Austin, TX. The Innkeepers is a modern ghost story surrounding The Yankee Pedlar Inn, which is the actual name for the same hotel in [...]

by Marc Patterson We just got notification moments ago that Sara Paxton will be taking the lead in Ti West’s upcoming haunted hotel flick, The Innkeepers. Of course horror fans know Sara Paxton from the remake of Last House on the Left, where she took on the infamous role of Mari, the used and abused [...]

Cabin Fever 2 (2010) Studio: Lionsgate Home Video DVD Release Date: February 16, 2010 Directed by: Ti West Cast: Noah Segan, Alexi Wasser, Giuseppe Andrews, Marc Senter, Rusty Kelley Review by: Marc Patterson It’s the film Ti West disowned. It’s the film series that put Eli Roth on the horror map, but yet strangely enough [...]

by Marc Patterson A couple days ago several sites posted news of a promotional VHS from Dark Sky Films for the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray Release of The House of the Devil. It’s was a pretty sweet promotion, but was bothersome as at the date the images were posted it was all tease for fans. [...]

by Marc Patterson If you’ve been a regular reader here you know that I just love Ti West’s Satanic Panic film The House of the Devil. Its slow deliberate pacing and atmospheric scares combined with a phenomenal job in re-creating that old musty era of the 80′s that we all remember a hell of a [...]

by Marc Patterson You know, I never like to be the one douchebag on the block that doesn’t post about an event like this.  Not like this is some monumental thing, but it is pretty cool.  We’ve been talking a lot about The House of the Devil to the point where you’re probably sick of [...]

by Marc Patterson If you all remember correctly about a month ago we ran a contest in conjunction with Magnet Releasing for the new 80′s throwback Satanic horror flick, The House of the Devil. The contest was for us to earn the privilege to premiere the four alternative “retro styled” posters that you’ve now all [...]

Satanic Panic (2009) Directed by: Marc Selz DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009 Review by: Marc Patterson It’s sad to say, as it dates me a bit, but I’m a child of the 80’s. To my credit, it was really the early 90’s that were my formative years of high school and beyond, but I [...]

by Britt Hayes Shock Til You Drop has the poster debut for Ti West’s Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. Our own Marc Patterson recently interviewed Ti West for The House of the Devil, and asked about the turmoil involved with post-production on the film, and why he doesn’t feel like it’s his film anymore. For [...]