Stars: Simone Collins, Charlie Maher, Olwen Fouéré, Barry McKiernan, Nigel O’Neill, Catherine Siggins | Written and Directed by Paul Duane
A young couple records and collects folk songs in rural Ireland, selling them to a mysterious, rich buyer. When rumours of a song never-before-heard reach the couple, they find themselves in an uneasy alliance with a music professor to discover an ancient song, a taboo ballad that may end up unlocking some dark truth from the forgotten past that will alter all their isolated lives.
Folk-horror is a term that sends shivers down my spine. And with good reason, it’s often used as a catch-all for stories that are more atmosphere than plot (by the same token I think “found footage” is often little more than an excuse for bad camerawork). And that’s certainly the case with this film – a music-centric terror tale, All You Need is Death is...
A young couple records and collects folk songs in rural Ireland, selling them to a mysterious, rich buyer. When rumours of a song never-before-heard reach the couple, they find themselves in an uneasy alliance with a music professor to discover an ancient song, a taboo ballad that may end up unlocking some dark truth from the forgotten past that will alter all their isolated lives.
Folk-horror is a term that sends shivers down my spine. And with good reason, it’s often used as a catch-all for stories that are more atmosphere than plot (by the same token I think “found footage” is often little more than an excuse for bad camerawork). And that’s certainly the case with this film – a music-centric terror tale, All You Need is Death is...
- 3/15/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"He's chasing me right now!" Well Go USA has re-released their official trailer for the US premiere of the Irish revenge thriller Bad Day for the Cut, which originally premiered years ago at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival playing in the Midnight section. Even with a small release back then it has been lost in time, but Well Go has officially released it on VOD and Blu-ray in the US for anyone interested in catching up with it. A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when his mother is murdered. The indie film stars Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawłowski, Stella McCusker, and Stuart Graham. Reviews out of the festivals years ago say that this is "a taut vengeance thriller that doesn't completely come together as one would hope but has enough solid entertainment value, well-directed visuals, and nasty...
- 11/30/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stars: Jack Rowan, Michael Hough, Fra Fee, Robert Nairne, Nigel O’Neill, Louisa Harland | Written and Directed by Chris Baugh
Despite its title Boys from County Hell isn’t another backwoods hicksploitation film. It’s actually an Irish horror comedy that pits a road crew against the Emerald Isle’s own species of bloodsucker. Writer/director Chris Baugh (Bad Day for the Cut) has expanded the short he did with co-writer Brendan Mullin to feature-length, and the results definitely don’t suck.
Eugene (Jack Rowan; Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands) lives in Six Mile Hill, a rural Irish town where, according to legend, Bram Stoker got the inspiration for Dracula. Eugene and his buddies S.P. and William (Fra Fee; Monochrome) get a bit of amusement scaring tourists who’ve come to see the cairn that marks the grave of Abhartach the legendary bloodsucker who inspired Stoker.
But all is not well in Eugene’s life.
Despite its title Boys from County Hell isn’t another backwoods hicksploitation film. It’s actually an Irish horror comedy that pits a road crew against the Emerald Isle’s own species of bloodsucker. Writer/director Chris Baugh (Bad Day for the Cut) has expanded the short he did with co-writer Brendan Mullin to feature-length, and the results definitely don’t suck.
Eugene (Jack Rowan; Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands) lives in Six Mile Hill, a rural Irish town where, according to legend, Bram Stoker got the inspiration for Dracula. Eugene and his buddies S.P. and William (Fra Fee; Monochrome) get a bit of amusement scaring tourists who’ve come to see the cairn that marks the grave of Abhartach the legendary bloodsucker who inspired Stoker.
But all is not well in Eugene’s life.
- 8/5/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
A Northern Irish town with ties to vampiric lore has an uninvited guest in a funny if sometimes unbalanced film that channels Shaun of the Dead
Demolishing an ancient cairn is definitely high on the list of things people in horror movies should never do. Especially when the one out in the field near sleepy backwater Six Mile Hill supposedly houses Abhartach, reputedly the original inspiration for Dracula – a scary story that Eugene Moffat (Jack Rowan) and friends enjoy winding up tourists with down their local, the Stoker. When his best mate William winds up impaled on the stones on a boozy walk home, and Eugene’s attempted demolition job makes matters worse, the entire construction team must figure out how to put this haemoglobin-hoovering abomination back underground.
It’s surprising that Shaun of the Dead’s casual Brit domestication of the zombie apocalypse hasn’t spawned more imitators. So it’s cheering,...
Demolishing an ancient cairn is definitely high on the list of things people in horror movies should never do. Especially when the one out in the field near sleepy backwater Six Mile Hill supposedly houses Abhartach, reputedly the original inspiration for Dracula – a scary story that Eugene Moffat (Jack Rowan) and friends enjoy winding up tourists with down their local, the Stoker. When his best mate William winds up impaled on the stones on a boozy walk home, and Eugene’s attempted demolition job makes matters worse, the entire construction team must figure out how to put this haemoglobin-hoovering abomination back underground.
It’s surprising that Shaun of the Dead’s casual Brit domestication of the zombie apocalypse hasn’t spawned more imitators. So it’s cheering,...
- 8/3/2021
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Here’s Kev with a video review of Boys From County Hell which will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on August 6th. Look out for our written review on the site Very soon!
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
Directed by Chris Baugh, Boys From County Hell stars Jack Rowan, Michael Hough, Fra Fee, Robert Nairne, Nigel O’Neill, and Louisa Harland.
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
Directed by Chris Baugh, Boys From County Hell stars Jack Rowan, Michael Hough, Fra Fee, Robert Nairne, Nigel O’Neill, and Louisa Harland.
- 7/30/2021
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Chris Baugh’S Rowdy Irish Vampire Horror-comedy Boys From County Hell Lands On Shudder Next Week – Screening Links Available! Starring Peaky Blinders’ Jack Rowan And Derry Girls’ Louisa Harland Alongside Nigel O’Neill, John Lynch, Fra Fee, And Michael Hough Strange events unfold in Six Mile Hill – a sleepy Irish town that claims to have …
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- 4/26/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
First, some history: “Dracula” author Bram Stoker, the ostensible inventor of our modern idea of the vampire, was Irish. Now, some retconning: in the world of Chris Baugh’s plucky horror comedy “Boys from County Hell,” Stoker’s villain was inspired by the evil exploits of Abhartach, a resident in the tiny Irish village of Six Mile Hill who delighted in drinking the blood of his neighbors. A local offed Abhartach and he was buried beneath a tall cairn of rocks in a grassy field, never to be seen again. Maybe.
Such is the world of the shiftless Eugene (Jack Rowan) and his best pal William (Fra Fee). The Abhartach legend is a fun way to distract silly tourists, but these local boys can’t shake the sense that there might actually be something to the tall tale. Northern Irish filmmaker Baugh, best known for his Sundance feature “Bad Day for the Cut,...
Such is the world of the shiftless Eugene (Jack Rowan) and his best pal William (Fra Fee). The Abhartach legend is a fun way to distract silly tourists, but these local boys can’t shake the sense that there might actually be something to the tall tale. Northern Irish filmmaker Baugh, best known for his Sundance feature “Bad Day for the Cut,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Get ready to sink your teeth into Boys From County Hell, a new Irish vampire comedy headed to horror streaming service Shudder this week. Ahead of the premiere, we’re debuting an exclusive clip from the film, which stars Jack Rowan (Peaky Blinders), Nigel O’Neill (The Bookshop), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Fra Fee, John Lynch (The Terror, The […]
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- 4/20/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Chris Baugh’S Rowdy Irish Vampire Horror-comedy Boys From County Hell Unveils Poster And Trailer Ahead Of April 22Nd Release On Shudder Starring Peaky Blinders’ Jack Rowan And Derry Girls’ Louisa Harland Alongside Nigel O’Neill, John Lynch, Fra Fee, And Michael Hough Boys From County Hell comes to Shudder in the US and Canada April 22nd …
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- 3/30/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
The project is backed by Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme.
Principal photography will begin next week on newcomer Lynne Davison’s Northern Irish crime thriller Mandrake, the latest project backed by Northern Ireland Screen through its New Talent Focus scheme.
Produced by Village Films, Mandrake is about a probation officer, played by Deidre Mullins, tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence. Derbhle Crotty co-stars with Paul Kennedy. Seamus O’Hara, Nigel O’Neill and Ian Beattie.
Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme aims to deliver one debut feature...
Principal photography will begin next week on newcomer Lynne Davison’s Northern Irish crime thriller Mandrake, the latest project backed by Northern Ireland Screen through its New Talent Focus scheme.
Produced by Village Films, Mandrake is about a probation officer, played by Deidre Mullins, tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence. Derbhle Crotty co-stars with Paul Kennedy. Seamus O’Hara, Nigel O’Neill and Ian Beattie.
Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme aims to deliver one debut feature...
- 11/20/2020
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: AMC Networks’ horror streamer Shudder has picked up North American rights to Boys From County Hell, Chris Baugh’s comedy-horror that recently had its world premiere at Sitges.
The movie was selected for this year’s Tribeca fest before that event was cancelled. Now, it will premiere on Shudder in the U.S. and Canada next year.
Starring Jack Rowan (Peaky Blinders), Nigel O’Neill (The Bookshop), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Fra Fee (Animals) and John Lynch (The Terror), the film follows Eugene Moffat, who spends his days drinking pints with his friends and pranking tourists at the grave site of Abhartach — a legendary Irish vampire who may have inspired Stoker’s infamous Dracula. Sinister events unfold when Eugene and his father’s construction crew knock over Abhartach’s supposed resting place and they are attacked by an infected workmate.
The pic is produced by Brendan Mullin of Six Mile Hill Productions...
The movie was selected for this year’s Tribeca fest before that event was cancelled. Now, it will premiere on Shudder in the U.S. and Canada next year.
Starring Jack Rowan (Peaky Blinders), Nigel O’Neill (The Bookshop), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Fra Fee (Animals) and John Lynch (The Terror), the film follows Eugene Moffat, who spends his days drinking pints with his friends and pranking tourists at the grave site of Abhartach — a legendary Irish vampire who may have inspired Stoker’s infamous Dracula. Sinister events unfold when Eugene and his father’s construction crew knock over Abhartach’s supposed resting place and they are attacked by an infected workmate.
The pic is produced by Brendan Mullin of Six Mile Hill Productions...
- 10/14/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
"Never, ever leave the house." Get ready for another impressive sci-fi short film from the Brothers Lynch - filmmaker brothers from the UK. Their latest is tilted Zero, which they filmed last year and it's available now. Zero is set in a post-apocalyptic time after a mysterious Emp pulse. It follows a girl who is left behind by her father - with the instructions to never leave the house she's safe staying at. Zero stars Bella Ramsey (who played Lyanna Mormont on "Game of Thrones") along with Nigel O'Neill. There's some very effective atmosphere and world-building in this, with the first half setting up the story. But it's all about the final shot at the end - it's an exhilarating reveal. And yes, of course, they're developing a feature film set in this world. Thanks to Keith for the tip on this. Debuted by Dust. Brief description: "After a mysterious...
- 7/15/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A violent revenge thriller cut from the same cloth as Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Shane Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes, Chris Baugh's Bad Day For The Cut has been garnering strong word of mouth since its debut at Sundance back in January. The film stars Nigel O'Neill (Game of Thrones, Vikings) as a middle-aged farmer who lives with his mother in rural Ireland, who is spurred on to unleash a bloody revenge mission after his ma is murdered during an apparent robbery. Well Go Entertainment has acquired the film for distribution in North America, with a release date set for 20 October. Check out the trailer below....
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- 10/3/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullin, the team behind the Northern Ireland-set revenge thriller Bad Day For The Cut, have inked with CAA and management company Plattform. The pic, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year in the Midnight section, stars Nigel O'Neill (Game Of Thrones) as middle-aged Donal, who lives on a rural farm with his beloved mother. When she is murdered after an apparent home invasion, he sets off on a bloody mission to avenge her…...
- 4/18/2017
- Deadline
Following a warmly received world premiere at Sundance (read our review), the uncompromising revenge movie Bad Day for the Cut has now been acquired by Well Go USA.
Deadline reports that Well Go USA has picked up North American rights to Bad Day for the Cut, and that a theatrical release is expected sometime this year. Here's what Well Go USA's Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, Dylan Marchetti, had to say about the feature film directorial debut of Chris Baugh:
"Bad Day for the Cut is an amazing achievement – it puts a spin on the revenge thriller that’s just so incredibly fresh. One review referenced both the Dardenne brothers and Jeremy Saulnier in the same sentence, and that sums up quite perfectly what Chris has accomplished here."
Directed by Chris Baugh from a screenplay he wrote with Brendan Mullin, Bad Day for the Cut stars Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch,...
Deadline reports that Well Go USA has picked up North American rights to Bad Day for the Cut, and that a theatrical release is expected sometime this year. Here's what Well Go USA's Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, Dylan Marchetti, had to say about the feature film directorial debut of Chris Baugh:
"Bad Day for the Cut is an amazing achievement – it puts a spin on the revenge thriller that’s just so incredibly fresh. One review referenced both the Dardenne brothers and Jeremy Saulnier in the same sentence, and that sums up quite perfectly what Chris has accomplished here."
Directed by Chris Baugh from a screenplay he wrote with Brendan Mullin, Bad Day for the Cut stars Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch,...
- 4/5/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Bad Day for the Cut, the Northern Ireland-set revenge thriller from first-time feature director Chris Baugh that bowed this year at the Sundance Film Festival’s Midnight section. A 2017 theatrical release is planned. Nigel O'Neill (Game of Thrones) stars as middle-aged Donal, who lives on a small rural farm with his beloved mother. When she is murdered after an apparent home invasion, he sets off…...
- 4/3/2017
- Deadline
Belfast based writer-director Chris Baugh makes his feature debut with the Sundance selected revenge thriller Bad Day For The Cut and if it wasn't on your radar already the freshly released trailer certainly does a compelling job of arguing why you should be looking out for it. Nigel O'Neill stars as Donal, a middle aged farmer living a quiet life and caring for his aging mother until tragedy strikes and she is killed in their own home in an apparent home invasion. Unsatisfied with the police response, Donal takes matters into his own hands when the invaders return and sets out to unravel who would target his mother and why leading himself down an increasingly violent path. We're working on this one as sales reps...
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- 1/18/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The murder of a grown man's mother turns a simple life into a blood-stained one in the new trailer for the revenge thriller Bad Day for the Cut, making its world premiere next week at the Sundance Film Festival.
Synopsis: "Donal is a farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence. He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night. He seems content with a simple, quiet life. The only sense we get of his wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. When Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion Donal sets off for Belfast in the little red van, looking for revenge. What he finds is a world of violence and brutality that he can’t understand and a secret about his mother that will shake him to his core.
Synopsis: "Donal is a farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence. He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night. He seems content with a simple, quiet life. The only sense we get of his wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. When Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion Donal sets off for Belfast in the little red van, looking for revenge. What he finds is a world of violence and brutality that he can’t understand and a secret about his mother that will shake him to his core.
- 1/18/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Starting later this week, Daily Dead will be providing live coverage of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and right now we have a look at a new poster and stills from Bad Day for the Cut, a revenge thriller set in the Irish countryside that is one of many films we'll be covering at the fest.
Synopsis: "Donal is a farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence. He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night. He seems content with a simple, quiet life. The only sense we get of his wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. When Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion Donal sets off for Belfast in the little red van, looking for revenge. What he finds is a world of...
Synopsis: "Donal is a farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence. He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night. He seems content with a simple, quiet life. The only sense we get of his wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. When Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion Donal sets off for Belfast in the little red van, looking for revenge. What he finds is a world of...
- 1/16/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Irish, it must be said, possess a very particular form of black humor and that humor is very much present in the trailer for Belfast-born writer-director John McIlduf's debut feature Behold The Lamb.Soon to screen as part of the Discovery program at the Toronto International Film Festival, here's how they describe it:Firmly lodged between slapstick and tragedy, Behold the Lamb follows a dodgy duo -- rough, tough and pregnant junkie Liz (Aoife Duffin) and middle-aged loser Eddie (Nigel O'Neill) -- as they course through the Northen Irish countryside en route to the weirdest score of their lives. Set up as a series of sudden jolts, the film involves the simulated death of two animals (one furry, one hairy), a darkly comedic drug scheme,...
- 8/31/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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