Marcel Walz, the king of ‘splatterific’ gore, brings the world premiere of BRUTE 1986, the ultra-violent sequel to Brute 1976 to London this Halloween for Tubi FrightFest, the UK’s most vibrant genre film festival, which returns to the ODEON Luxe West End in Leicester Square to present its annual 2-day Halloween event on Friday 30th October and Saturday 31st October. Marcel is attending the festival alongside actress Dazelle Yvette, who plays Mama Birdy. He was last at FrightFest in 2016 for the world premiere of Blood Feast.
Leather Kobra, a glam metal band, film a music video in an abandoned Western town. Unfortunately, the ultra-violent Birdy family lives nearby and their paths cross in an onslaught of brutal bloodshed.
Life-long horror fan, Marcel Walz is the award-winning queer director of Brute 1976 (2024), Pretty Boy (2021). Garden of Eden (2025), Blind (2019), and Blood Feast (2016) the remake of the Herschell Gordon Lewis cult classic. The cast includes Dazelle Yvette (Brute 1976), Sarah French (Garden of Eden), Gigi Gustin (Stiletto), and Jed Rowan (Pretty Boy), all reprising their roles from Brute 1976.. They are joined by Tokio Hotel’s Bill Kaulitz (Netflix’s Kaulitz & Kaulitz) Sarah Kaplan (Slasher.com), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), and Ramiro Leal.
Marcel Walz’s Brute 1976 is currently available on streaming platforms, courtesy of Cinephobia Releasing.
Watch the trailer for Brute 1976 below –
