Genres
BITE (2015)
BITE (2015) Directed by Chad Archibald After celebrating her upcoming wedding in Costa Rica with her best friends, Casey becomes ill. Havng been bitten in the water whilst she was on vacation, as well as […]
Month: April 2016
Genres
SCREAM PARK (2015)
SCREAM PARK (2015) Written and Directed by Cary Hill Workers at Fright Land amusement park close up for the final time as the business is forced to shut after suffering poor sales. Determined to go […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #58: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [1962]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION B ONLY] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 90 min REVIEWED BY:Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 1900. London’s Albany Theatre is hosting the premiere of Saint Joan, an opera by […]
HCF Reviews
THE ZERO BOYS [1986]: on Dual Format April 25th April
USA ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 25TH APRIL, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 89 min REVIEWED BT: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Steve, Larry and Rip are part of a paintball team known […]
Cult TV
DOC’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE 007 FILMS – CASINO ROYALE [1954]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD [cut]/ YOUTUBE [full] RUNNING TIME: 62 min/ 59 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic After avoiding an assassin’s fire, American “Combined Intelligence” agent James Bond enters Casino Royale […]
Drama
RATTER (2015)
RATTER (2015) Written and Directed by Branden Kramer Available on Region 2 DVD After moving to New York to start afresh and embark on an economic studies course, student Emma begins to receive anonymous phone […]
HCF Reviews
HUSH: The Hughes Verdict!
While there are those who think horror is dying a slow death what with Found Footage and endless remakes killing the genre, if you look closely, you will see underneath the mess, there are some […]
News
Signature Entertainment Announce Release Date for Stephen King Adaptation CELL
Signature Entertainment have announced the August 26th release date of the anticipated Stephen King adaptation CELL, directed by Tod ‘Kip’ Williams and starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson and Isabelle Fuhrman. In this highly anticipated […]
Interviews
Interview With PANDORICA Director Tom Paton
To celebrate the release of original sci-fi adventure, Pandorica, we catch up with director Tom Paton to discuss the film’s classic influences. After an unknown event, the world has changed forcing people to return to […]
Books
Titan Books To Publish Horror Anthology Book DEAD LETTERS
In 2015 eighteen of the biggest, brightest and most brilliant minds in horror and speculative fiction received a redirected letter via The Dead Letter Office from a person or persons unknown. In each one they […]
Features
The Rise of Social Media Scares
As technology develops and social media becomes more and more ingrained in society, a new era of horror has been born. Filmmakers are intrigued by the anonymity of users who lurk online and the willingness […]
Games
DOWN TO ONE (PC Game Review)
DOWN TO ONE Developed and Published by Gadget Games Available for PC Down To One is an online multiplayer survival shooter game where 42 players must battle it out where only one can walk away […]
HCF Reviews
Friend Request
FRIEND REQUEST (2016) Directed by Simon Verhoeven Everyone has that one friend on Facebook they don’t like much: the sort of overly needy oddity they keep on their list out of sympathy. Now imagine that […]
Games
RECURSION DELUXE [PC Game Review]
RECURSION DELUXE Developed by 2D Heroes and Ursa Games Published by 2D Heroes Available for PC, Mac and Linux Recursion Deluxe is an inventive, upbeat platformer game utilising the retro artform of pixelated 16 bit […]
Cult TV
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES [1983]: on Blu-ray, DVD, download and on-demand 25th April
UK ON BLU-RAY, DVD, download and on-demand: 25TH APRIL, from SECOND SIGHT RUNNING TIME: 100 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In his gazebo, Sir Charles Baskerville is killed by a […]
Drugs
DEADLY FAMOUS [aka HEADSHOT] (2014) – Released on VoD
Running time: 89 minutes Certificate: 18 Reviewer: David Gillespie – HCF Official Artist and Reviewer Child actors seem to have a history of being screwed up. Multiple visits to rehab, ego meltdowns and dealing with […]
Cult TV
THE SIGN OF FOUR [1983]: on Blu-ray, DVD, download and on-demand 25th April
UK ON BLU-RAY, DVD, download and on-demand: 25TH APRIL, from SECOND SIGHT RUNNING TIME: 97 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Major John Sholto tells his two sons of a treasure which […]
Animation
THE JUNGLE BOOK [2016]: in cinemas now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Mowgli is a man-cub raised by wolves ever since he was brought to them as a baby by Bagheera, […]