With St. Patty’s Day right around the corner, we devote the month of March to Irish Horror, kicking things off with “Boys from County Hell”.
EPISODE SUMMARY
There have been a lot of great horror movies to come out of Ireland. Though we have talked about some of them here and there, we have always wanted to devote a whole month to the subject. We have finally gotten around to it as we begin Irish Horror Movie Month with a look at Boys from County Hell.
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Vampires seem to be an easy target for horror comedies. There are romantic comedies, family comedies, and spoofs all centered around everyone’s favorite bloodsuckers. Boys from County Hell is another on the list, this one with a distinctly Irish feel.
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Genre-bending would not be giving this enough credit as it weaves between horror, comedy, character study, and drama during its entire runtime. Of course, when a story makes too many changes, it can lose the audience. This one has one of the strangest tonal shifts you will ever see in a horror movie.
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