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Review: BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL Is An Irish Vampire Film With Bite

Writer/director Chris Baugh delivers a hugely entertaining comedy/horror with Boys From County Hell. The Irish vampire film is perfectly balanced – it’s loaded with laughs, scares, gore and a lot of heart – and this makes it a [...]

August 2, 2021

New Irish & UK Release Date For Chris Baugh’s Brilliant BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL

Movies In Focus has seen Chris Baugh’s brilliant horror-comedy Boys From County Hell – and it delivers everything that you would ever want from a vampire film set in rural Ireland (read the full review). Baugh’s pic was supposed [...]

June 19, 2021

Chris Baugh’s Brilliant BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL Gets UK Cinema Release This June

Movies In Focus has seen Chris Baugh’s Boys From County Hell – and it delivers everything that you would ever want from a vampire film set in rural Ireland (read the full review). UK audiences won’t have to wait long before they [...]

April 21, 2021

Review: Horror/Comedy BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL Is A Vampire Movie With An Irish Twist

April 20, 2021

Review: THE BANISHING Is A Surprisingly Original Chiller With Great Performances

Over the decades there have been so many haunted house horror films that you have to wonder if a filmmaker can bring something unique to the over-used trope. However, director Christopher Smith (Severance, Black Death, Triangle) manages to take the [...]

March 26, 2021

Trailer & Poster: Irish Comedy-Horror BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL Looks To Have Gore Galore

Going by this trailer, there will be plenty of fun to be had from Boys From County Hell. This looks like an enjoyable comedy-horror with gore galore from Bad Day For The Cut director Chris Baugh. The plot sees a group of friends unlocking a vampire [...]

March 26, 2021

Trailer For Christopher Smith’s THE BANISHING Starring Jessica Brown Findlay, John Lynch & Sean Harris

Pitched as ‘The Shining meets Downton Abbey‘ director Christopher Smith‘s The Banishing is a new 1930s set ghost story with an impressive cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, John Lynch, Sean Harris and Adam Hugill. Movies In Focus is [...]

February 17, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Brendan Muldowney’s PILGRIMAGE

Spider-Man star Tom Holland takes the lead in Pilgrimage, a medieval Irish thriller that sees a group of monks protecting an ancient holy relic against heathens and those who want to use it as a source of political power. Pilgrimage is an engaging [...]

January 17, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Billy O’Brien’s SCINTILLA

Scintilla (also known as The Hybrid) shows once again that you don’t need a mega budget to deliver a captivating science fiction feature. Writer/director Billy O’Brien’s film may not break new ground in a narrative sense, but it works as a [...]

October 29, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Richard Stanley’s HARDWARE

It’s hard to believe that Richard Stanley’s Hardware is celebrating its 25th anniversary. This science fiction horror marked Stanley’s directorial debut and it showed him to be a unique voice in the world of genre filmmaking. Stanley was on [...]

October 16, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Tom Holland Ditches The Spidey Spandex And Goes On A PILGRIMAGE

New Spider-Man Tom Holland takes the lead in Pilgrimage, a medieval Irish thriller that sees a group of monks protecting an ancient holy relic against heathens and those who want to use it as a source of political power. Pilgrimage is an engaging [...]

July 6, 2017