The Defiant Deviant

The Austin Film Society and Alamo Drafthouse gang up for Bloodbath and Beyond: The Extreme Cinema of Takashi Miike and more

"...man's inarguable talent, the Austin Film Society has crafted Bloodbath and Beyond: The Extreme Cinema of Takashi Miike to..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Crawl

Chompy creature feature is the savior of summer horror

"...faves, this classic, old-school creature feature is the cleansing bloodbath we need...."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Final Girls

Smart homage to the cheesy campsite horror films of the Eighties

"...adults into a fictional 1986 slasher film titled Camp Bloodbath, which (surprise!) features a quintet of horny Reagan-era camp..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

You're Next

What begins on a familiar slasher/home-invasion note quickly escalates into a hellishly suspenseful, take-zero-prisoners affair.

"...talent at work here, it’s a sly, funny, must-see bloodbath. Director Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett are the creative..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are back for more bloody and profane to bust more supervillain heads.

"...you enjoy this sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s snarly comic-book bloodbath from 2010 rests squarely on the hulking shoulders of..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

5 Days of War

Renny Harlin directs this explosion-heavy film about the Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008.

"...the pair discovers Tatia (Chriqui), the survivor of a bloodbath that occurs during her sister’s wedding, who will serve..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super

Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page star in this tonally odd superhero spoof that veers between cartoonish stylings and gruesome violence.

"...worth giving a damn about, which renders the climactic bloodbath a curio at once repugnant and tiresome. There are..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Red Hill

Genuine passion for the Western genre is displayed in this Australian take on High Noon that stars True Blood's Ryan Kwanten.

"...towns, and when, in the midst of an epic bloodbath, the truth is finally revealed, it has everything to..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw VI

Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. Promises, promises.

"...to the objects of Jigsaw's post-mortal wrath. The opening bloodbath alone, which provides a witty (if sticky) and literal..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gamer

Gerard Butler stars in this futuristic thriller set in a multiplayer online gaming universe.

"...the middle ground between smartass social critique and body-count bloodbath. Best to wait for home Wii version so you..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw V

Jigsaw and his traps live on for another installment of demented torture.

"...tradition dictates, Saw V opens with a cunningly devised bloodbath, and this time out the garish demise references The..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Don't Mess With the Zohan

As far as we know, this Adam Sandler movie is the first Hollywood-made Jewish/Palestinian/immigrant comedy that also doubles as a surprisingly trenchant analysis of the Middle East's perpetual bloodbath.

"...a surprisingly trenchant analysis of the Middle East's perpetual bloodbath. Would that Hamas, Hezbollah, and Ehud Olmert had Sandler..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Descent

Urban professionals go spelunking in an attempt to wipe away old horrors, only to find some new ones to call their own.

"...up both the carnage (this is an extremely wet bloodbath) and his basic premise, which remains, “What happens to..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tears of the Sun

"...wasn’t sure why this utterly inconsequential and thoroughly depressing bloodbath was made. To give Willis a chance to strut..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock and Roll Cop

"...humor that keeps the proceedings from becoming just another bloodbath. The plot follows the delirious exploits of the vicious..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Flight of the Innocent

"...cave. Director Carlei opens the film with an astonishing bloodbath straight out of Peckinpah or Leone -- plenty of..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend

"...Dead trilogy, and you'll have a handle on this bloodbath. Plotwise, Overfiend hurtles along with the usual Japanese pacing;..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Suicide Squad

James Gunn's bad guys doing good prove DC needs to get silly

"...the Snyderverse, even as it leaves that angsty artsy bloodbath wing of the DC cinematic empire lagging in its..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

James St. James' Disco Bloodbath

"...Disco Bloodbathby James St. James..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Review by Margaret Moser

The Promised Land

Wildly ahistorical Danish epic adds an intriguing level of court intrigue and class aspiration to a familiar plot.

"...issues versus resolving this inner struggle with a firelit bloodbath...."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Napoleon

Ridley Scott's superficial biopic is all strategy, no tactics

"...commando raid on Toulon in 1793 and the icy bloodbath of Austerlitz in 1805, his defeat by equally cunning..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night

MMORPG anime puts the grind into dungeon grinding

"...raid by just storming off and accidentally causing a bloodbath of his own team?..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Christmas Bloody Christmas

Joe Begos delivers more than coal in this Santasploitation gorefest

"...didn't love his drugged-out Bliss but did enjoy punks-versus-veterans bloodbath VFW, I was looking forward to what writer/director Joe..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Qmmunity: Austin Reaffirms Commitment to Protecting Intersex Rights

Plus, don't miss this week's queer Halloween parties

"...Disco Bloodbath Sister Fisters rise from the dead just in time..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Halloween Kills

The Shape is back from the dead again

"...spent the last four decades so traumatized by the bloodbath left by the Shape (Courtney, Armstrong in flashbacks, and,..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Retreat

Revisionist lesbians-versus-hillbillies horror isn't that big a step forward

"...dispensable) parts. Not so in The Retreat, a backwoods bloodbath where the hero couple who work through their issues..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Riders of Justice

Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in this sweet, strange Danish tragicomedy

"...pushing the point, but the bond that the slow-rolling bloodbath creates between them emphasizes the unlikely part, especially as..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Brothers by Blood

Cold and slow gang war on the streets of Philadelphia

"...Peter's childhood, one the trigger for the inevitable family bloodbath – that show how the family is doomed to..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Queen of Black Magic

Grisly Indonesian horror remake knows when to go gonzo

"...the Devil Take You director Timo Tjahjanto) of notorious bloodbath experts the Mo Brothers, Stamboel stabbed a gash into..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

All My Life

True-life cancer romance is tepid chicken soup for the soul

"...horror and true crime director behind last year’s supernatural bloodbath We Summon the Darkness, and most especially for his..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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