THE THOMPSONS [2012]

6 years after The Hamiltons, The Butcher Bros. return to their bat-shit crazy vampire family, now living under the name The Thompsons as they travel across the pond to blend in with the pip-pips.
With this film I realized this is very much like Twilight's Cullen family if they were done right and weren't...well...sparkling pussies.
With quite a few years apart from the original film it's quite noticeable that there's a bigger budget, The Butchers have matured as writer/directors and all the actors have advanced in their craft.  Unlike the original film, I was actually quite fond of these characters, as nasty as they are and am eager to see another film should there ever be one.

3 bank robberies out of 5

THE HAMILTONS [2006]

The Hamiltons is a low-budget horror film from The Butcher Brothers about a family of siblings who hide their homicidal tendencies from the neighborhood after the death of their parents.
The acting is pretty dismal, as is the script, but there's a few interesting moments (and promises of something stranger to be revealed) that should hold the viewer's attention till the very end.  I'll admit the poster is much more alluring to this gore-hound than the actual film is.  It's more or less bits & pieces of effective torture porn but mostly a slow-burning character piece that doesn't quite hit the mark.

2 cats fucking out of 5