The Violent Kind (2010)

17% of critics liked it
(12 reviews)
26% of users liked it
(629 ratings)

Bikers tangle with the spirits of the dead in this genre mashup from the writing and directing team the Butcher Brothers. Cody (Cory Knuaf) and Q (Bret Roberts) are a pair of outlaw bikers who are looking to lay low and have a few laughs after a deal with some drug runners takes a turn for the… More Bikers tangle with the spirits of the dead in this genre mashup from the writing and directing team the Butcher Brothers. Cody (Cory Knuaf) and Q (Bret Roberts) are a pair of outlaw bikers who are looking to lay low and have a few laughs after a deal with some drug runners takes a turn for the worse. Cody's mother will be celebrating her birthday soon, so he and Q hop on their hogs and head to Oakland for the festivities. The party turns out to be a major biker bash, with riders from far and wide represented, but when things start winding down, the evening takes a serious turn for the worse. A guest turns up dead, Cody's former girlfriend undergoes a terrible transformation and there's no way to call for help. As Cody and Q try to make sense of it all, the party is visited by the spirits of a deceased biker club from the 1950s, who are restless and looking to settle some scores. The Violent Kind received its world premiere as a special midnight attraction at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores
Genres: Action & Adventure, Horror

On DVD: May 10, 2011
Studio: Image Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Philip French, Observer [UK]
It's one of those movies that belongs in an incinerator rather than a cinema.
Derek Malcolm, This is London
Gore blimey!
Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail [UK]
The acting is abysmal, and the gloating depiction of violence is hard to take, unless you're extremely thick and perverted.
Andrew Pulver, Guardian [UK]
A glutinous slasher flick that tries to conjure the spirit of the Evil Dead movies, but doesn't get anywhere near the required levels of wit and dexterity.
Shaun Munro, What Culture
It boasts more than its share of "WTF!?" moments in the third reel, but it's not enough to salvage an otherwise tedious film that's thin on charm and thrills.
Lee Griffiths, Little White Lies
A curious concoction of blood, beer, babes and biker ghosts.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
The fact that filmmakers Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores call themselves the Butcher Brothers tells you what to expect from this film. But as the plot twists and turns, we never have a clue where it's going.
Tim Evans, Sky Movies
A lack of consistent tone means it all ends up a bit of a mess.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
The Violent Kind has a nice central idea and a few decent exploitation moments but it gradually degenerates into a chaotic, badly acted mess delivered at full volume.
Matt Glasby, Total Film
Poorly scripted and confusingly plotted, it plays like a deranged demo reel.
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com
[tries to be tricky, but] at the end of the day it is still torture porn.

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Greg S

Bikers party at an isolated house, but a scarier, even more violent force is lurking in the woods outside. Grindhouse-style pic starts as a plodding EVIL DEAD-style grind but picks up when the devil-worshiping alien rockabilly ghosts show up; if the energy of the last third had been… More
Bikers party at an isolated house, but a scarier, even more violent force is lurking in the woods outside. Grindhouse-style pic starts as a plodding EVIL DEAD-style grind but picks up when the devil-worshiping alien rockabilly ghosts show up; if the energy of the last third had been spread out through the entire movie, it would have been an above average horror.
Doctor S

Abysmal. People who watch this movie should have to answer an exit poll, and anyone who says they liked it gets exiled to a remote rocky island. The common wisdom is that no horror film loses money - let us pray <i>The Violent Kind</i> is the first so the Butcher… More
Abysmal. People who watch this movie should have to answer an exit poll, and anyone who says they liked it gets exiled to a remote rocky island. The common wisdom is that no horror film loses money - let us pray <i>The Violent Kind</i> is the first so the Butcher brothers are never allowed to make another. Takes an early yet commanding lead for Worst Film I Have Seen In 2012.