I've enjoyed watching Irish horror movies lately! This is a pretty decent movie. Keep them coming Ireland.
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SnoopyStyle23 October 2021Six 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! -
guitarwiz007-702-16161522 April 2021Very interesting take on the Bram Stoker legend. I enjoyed the film. It's not rocket science by any means but it's a decent story and a worthy watch for any vampire/dracula fans.
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nogodnomasters17 May 2021The film takes place in the small Irish town of Six Mile Hill, the alleged home of Bram Stoker. There is a bar there that bares his name. The main town attraction is the local cairn, a pile of rocks that claims to have the Abhartach buried there, a blood drinking creature Stoker based his legend upon. The story center of Eugene Moffat (Jack Rowan) whose job is to take down the stones for the new bypass which would free the Abhartach.
The film is a comedy horror. SP (Michael Hough) added a bit of humor to the feature.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. -
tchitouniaram22 May 2022But pretty soon became a not so funny , not so clever and not so interesting ...which is really unfortunate ,as the fresh outlook on the vampire origins are always welcome)
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Fella_shibby25 April 2021The movie started off scary where a vampire just sucks the blood outta an aged couple. This concept is very creative n scary but at the same time how will anyone defend against the vampire was my biggest question which glued me into seeing this.
The sleepy isolated town n vast empty fields is another good aspect.
But both the good things were never utilized properly.
The final duel/confrontation between the main vampire n the father son duo is very short n there aint much action.
Still i am generous with a six for the effort of trying something different. -
jbar1925 April 2021It's a good movie. The characters are very likable and the scenery is very idyllic. The actors are good and this movie is certainly different from most vampire movies.
It's just not really enough. The monster doesnt really appear until late in the third act and he looks similar to a downtrodden person you'd see in the New York City subway so he's not the scariest. Pacing is also an issue. When someone dies, the actors don't seem very affected emotionally. They are like, "Huh... imagine that. Oh well."
It has a few nice scares and the actors do a good job. 3 or 4 more good scares sprinkled throughout the movie and this would have been a 7.5 instead of a 5.5.
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Nice is see an Irish movie with a decent script, production values and most of all..No Agenda or propaganda.
Popcorn entertainment with accents that might need subtitles for international viewers. The actual vampire creature, in its brief appearance, is great, but the whole fear, frenzy & feeding of it is weak at best. But then again this is a comedy horror. Flawed in its deliveryof as a vampire flick, but an enjoyable film that is a Northern Irish production. Same crew that brought us 'A Bad Day For The Cut', which is another decent flick from Northen Ireland.
Likeable characters and great dialogue in places. I'd watch it again down the line. -
A nice and nasty little horror comedy well worth the watch, and a very original take on the old Vampire tales.
Great fun, if you manage to understand what the bloody hell they're sayin'! I'll wager most non-Irish English-speaking people will have a hard time understanding more than 80% of the dialog.
Other than that, this is an all-round well produced, acted and edited movie that should make everybody involved proud of the accomplishment, and everyone who watches it thankful for a very fun and original horror comedy, specially considering that nowadays you'll be very hard pressed to find any decent independent horror movies. -
kerrinmanhattan7 August 2021It was both funny and entertaining! I kind of loved it, but it's definitely not worth a second watch...
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Comedy / Horror" is a tricky sub-genre to pull off with conviction. This, is character driven, which is good. The laughs are reasonable. The problem arises when they try to introduce the horror. They unintentionally include it in the humour ... which makes for an average experience. After watching this I felt they had bitten off more than they could chew with introducing vampric, mythological, and folklore elements which were never properly explored.
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ops-5253523 April 2021And so shall not thou ither. Its a little irish horror flick that i guarantee youll be squirting some adrenaline from your kidney glands from shock and awe, and i can possibly guarantee some satisfactorious dopamine release as well due to pretty harmless jolly good irish humour, the only thing i cant mend is the complete understandable dialect spoken over there, scotttish movies are usually cc'd but eirinn films aint and having used my ever so loud humming tinnitusious snailhoushairs to actually interpret what they say its just inunderstandable , but that is my problem, but good luck anyway.
Its a small cast rural, young kids working in dads firm, digging up a field that holds some sinister secrets from the past, a skull is found, who it belongs to and what happens next i wont spoil, just turn up the volume and dance dance till you reel in the bait in the bush, cause there aint much trees left over there on the emerald island.
But a fair try to scare the living daylights outta you while trying to stay on these roads while the cry wolf cries cause the sun always shines on tv, while the grumpy old man swallows this aha moment of celtic mysticism, there are nothing more to say than a recommend. So turn of the lights max the sound level and enjoy. -
sachaput5027 April 2021This Northern Irish film gives off some heavy Shaun of the Dead vibes, with its gore and dark humor. They play with some of the usual tropes of vampires and there are a lot of Dracula references, naturally.
When an ancient cairn is disturbed a curse begins and the body count increases. The bickering father & son really make the film, along with the various neighbors in the village. My only problem, and not the filmmakers, is that the heavy accents sometimes made the dialogue hard to understand. -
I can appreciate the sarcastic Irish sense of humor which is genetically present in my blood, but even with fine lead performances of the father and son pair here, the story is just too silly to sustain for an hour and a half. A pile of rocks said to keep an ancient vampire at bay must be removed for a new road. Da and son remove it and release a vampire thirsty for blood. Bram Stoker. The writer of Dracula, is mentioned frequently, and yes, I was aware that he was Irish. So what. The story goes nowhere and I cannot recommend this movie.
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georgepilgrem12 August 2021Enjoyed this film. Embodies northern Irish culture and comedy while being an entertaining horror movie at the same time.
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petarilic322 October 2021First 40-45 minutes are worth watching, plot is interesting and it lures you in. However, second half of the film is ENTIRELY ruined by how goofy and ridiculous it's meant to be. I entirely lost interest about how it's gonna end.
Don't understand what people see in this movie. 3/10. -
jon_pratt1234527 November 2021A 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.
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I'm giving Boys From County Hell 5 stars based on a strong premise, and for offering a different take on a vampire legend. Supposedly the very first vampire rests in this small Irish town, held underground by, well, a pile of rocks. Bram Stoker stole the story of Dracula from this very vampire. People travel from all over the world just to gander at his rocky grave. Father and son Eugene and Francie are hush-hush about the bypass they're about to build, which travels directly through the grave. No one wants to take on the task of knocking it over.
I had a lot of issues with this movie. I thought character development was WAY off. Seemingly, there's a father and son, and I guess a whole bunch of buddies. There's a platonic buddy. Actually, there are little details strewn haphazardly throughout this, up until almost the very end! Character and relationship details that should be clear much earlier on. When characters were getting killed off, I didn't care.
I think a good part of the problem with this movie is the fact that the lead character is pretty weak, uncharismatic, and just plain uninteresting. Eugene blames himself for everything that happens. Yeah, that didn't get too tiring. And his relationship with his father is weak and uninteresting as well, which, by the way, makes the vampire story take a serious back seat.
Wait, this was supposed to be a comedy?! I didn't laugh once.
The ending is ludicrous and baffling. SPOILER: Abhartach is incapacitated with a severed leg to the chest? I just saw him a few minutes ago reattach his decapitated head back on his body. Ok, in the end, the girl is leaving town? Was this even alluded to? Hell, who was she exactly? And the ban at the pub was lifted? There were severed arms on the bar. What just happened? -
jmbovan-47-16017325 April 2021I have to say I am enjoying the Irish film industry and their treatment of horror/sci-fi. This film fits nicely into this mode. The film balances elements of seriousness, horror, comedy, and a particular sensibility that I can only assume is unique to the Irish culture. And it works nicely for me. As the government desires to have a new road put through a small village, the plans unearth an undead creature, leaving the town folk at its mercy. It's up to a small band of the construction crew to find out if they can stop the creature. Fun and engrossing film with just enough wit to keep it fun.
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kosmasp20 October 2021The end credits are not really shining a light on that one - even if the estate of Stoker had no involvement here, it doesn't mean he might not find it at least appealing or interesting what is being done here. On the other hand, fans either go with the flow or may be offended on how things are depicted here.
And a Netflix show recently did quite an awesome job with a similar "bloody" theme, but more church related. Won't spoil the name of the show just in case, but those who have seen or are interested, Mike Flanagan was responsible for it.
But back to this, that takes many myths and just smashes them - there is a lot of things that just don't work. There are other things that are not even being tried ... but that is easier said than done, when you fight for your life or when you just sit in a cinema seat and "complain" about what the movie or the characters could have done differently.
One thing that you could blame the movie doing, is how it conveniently bleeds some out and kind of lets our main character do their thing ... on the other hand, we wouldn't be having much of a movie, if that weren't the case, now would we? -
Xstal25 April 2021A pretty tedious affair, script and acting as Am-dram as you'll find with a disengaging story although Sam Neil's Irish brogue is a surprise and the special defects aren't too bad.
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kevin_robbins18 June 2022Boys from County Hell (2020) is a unique vampire film that I recently watched on Shudder. The storyline follows a group of friends who uncover the truth behind Bram Stokers Dracula. They uncover the original vampire, who happens to be Irish, and some of his minions. The leader of the adventure and his father will do their best to keep the group alive.
This movie is directed by Chris Baugh (Tin Star) and stars Jack Rowan (Born to Kill), Nigel O'Neill (Game of Thrones), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Michael Hough (Game of Thrones) and John Lynch (Black Death).
There are enough unique elements that make this a must see for fans of vampire films. The settings are cool, the kills are creative, there's great blood splatter, some worthwhile gore sprinkled in and a unique vampire. The opening kill scene sets the tone for this picture perfectly. The acting is solid and the chemistry between characters felt natural.
Overall this is a solid addition to the vampire genre with a good concept and some unique elements. I would score this a 7-7.5/10 and recommend seeing it once. -
rphanley9 May 2021I read about this one in Fangoria and decided to give it a shot. I'm not disappointed at all because I knew what to expect going into the movie. Low budget horror/comedy from Ireland. It had some funny moments along with some originality. I wish the horror aspect of the movie was a little stronger and got going a bit earlier but overall it was a fun watch. Worth checking out if you have Shudder.