Boys from County Hell

I've enjoyed watching Irish horror movies lately! This is a pretty decent movie. Keep them coming Ireland.

This film was certainly interesting. A creature feature that was done differently and it paid off. It's all about this group of people living on the moors of irland, who have to contend with a bloodthirsty creature. We first get introduced to Eugene. He works for his father Francis. The rate two others like Eugene William and Clair and after Eugene knocks down a pile of rocks it starts off something hidden within and now him and the others have to fight to stay alive while also trying to put the creature back. We don't really fully see the creature but it is created well and has shock value. I thought the acting was pretty good and overall a good film.

Six Mile Hill is a small Irish town. Local legend has a vampire named Abhartach buried under a pile of rocks. He is supposed to be the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Eugene Moffat and William Bogue are screw-up best friends who spend their time drinking at the local pub, The Stroker. Eugene's father is allowing the bypass onto his land and intends to knock down the burial rocks without telling his neighbors. One night, the boys are drunk and a boar kills William spilling his blood. Soon, Abhartach is released and the town is in danger.

This is a nice little vampire indie. It's rewriting the vampire lore and I like it. It has some fun with the well known story. While it writes new rules, they are a bit murky. It's a minor issue but some clarification would be helpful. It's really nice when an indie does something new with old material and it does it well.

Dark comedy horror from Ireland: unique, charming, funny, gory, refreshing, beautiful... this is a film which lacks a real identity but the comic parts managed to keep all the others together.

Few funny one-liners and witty dialogs were lifting the spirit during the 88 minutes, so it was out-right hilarious at times... then the vampire comes. The balance just wasn't right but I still enjoyed it. Immensely!

A slowish start but once it got going the Boys from County Hell was a fresh, fast paced and often hilarious take on the vampire genre. The setting is totally unglossy and characters are fleshed out well enough although there could have been a bit more for the secondary characters to do. Overall a very enjoyable and fun 90 minute film.