maclarenjohn Gave this film a chance and was pleasantly surprised at how good it is. With a budget of $87,000 it was a lot better than many films with 100 times that budget. When you consider the amount of money some Hollywood films cost I bet the makers of Bastard must feel pretty proud of themselves. IMDb hasn't listed how much return was made on the expenditure but I hope they made a profit. I wont go into the details for fear of spoiling it for anybody reading this save to say there are plot twists and jumpy scares but also with an intelligence in the story. So give it a chance as I did. If you don't like it then at least its only 80 minutes long and if you do like it then good :-)

ArchieIsCool OK so I got this DVD and hoped it would be a good horror film, yes it was like at the start two hitch hikers hail down a car then this bit was unexpected the hitch hiker man just slams a hammer into the drivers head then proceeds to chop him up but you don't see it in full frame just his head and arm chopping him up. The female just waits for him to finish and they drive off, these two are newly married and are murderers. Next couple is a brother & sister leaving home and they are picked up by the murdering couple, they go into a bar and ask where could they get a room for the night, they're told where to go and meet the owner of the hotel and so next day they go on a hike with the owner so the killing begins and then you find out it's the owner doing the killing a woman. Then this is where I am confused you see the owner has a husband and she is Pregnant and there is a toddler then the man cuts the baby out and feeds it blood from its bottle, the owner kills him and then goes to one of the survivors tied up on a bed and showed her her nipples which looked weird, the survivor escapes and kills the owner. Why was a baby fed blood? I don't get it do they eat flesh like cannibals or what, if anyone can explain the ending I would love to know it. ,

james_depaolo 2015 was not the best year for horror films. Hollywood gave us so much crap, and they added to the brain numbing with remakes, sequels, prequels and family friendly trash. Leave it to After Dark and the small little films that always seem to come out of left field and deliver something that gets us excited and talking. Bastard is a film that will win over most horror fans almost instantly. Rebekah Kennedy gives us the May for the 2015 age. She really showcases some serious talent. This film is bloody, fun and unpredictable. Films are meant to be fun and manipulate fear in you, this film is something really special that works on every level. This is what horror has been needing for so long. What a great film. Seek it out and enjoy it.

dcarsonhagy "After Dark" has made some very decent trips into the horror genre. This is not one of those trips."Bastard" opens with a man picking up a girl staring out into space while (I suppose) her companion works on something. The girl has the personality of a fence post. As it turns out, the two companions are actually just married and are also serial killers. They off the man, steal his car, and go in search of their next victims. Cut to a scene where a boy and girl are leaving wherever it is they live. Turns out the girl pukes a lot (there is a very obvious reason for this) and they are picked up by the serial killers. Add to the mix a seriously messed up suicidal policeman (and cross dresser), and there are the main actors in this movie.After a throwaway scene, the two couples are directed to (and arrive at) a bed and breakfast, unaware that a serial killer also lurks around those parts. It takes a while for the movie to get to this plot line, so I don't know if there is enough to hold anyone's attention up to this point.I won't go any further into any detail; you'll just have to suffer like I did. The graphic gore doesn't really start until their arrival, and then it just seemed like it was violence-for-violence's sake. And if you cannot figure out who the killer is, you need to turn in your Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys badges because, yes, it's THAT obvious.This is one of the few "After Dark" movies that did not work on any level, as far as I was concerned. The infamous Swiss cheese script, characters no one cares about, and a laughable ending. C'mon on After Dark; you can do MUCH better than this.Rated R for graphic violence and language.