HCF Reviews
Don’t Breathe 2 (2021)
DON’T BREATHE 2 Directed by Rodo Sayagues Horror has a sequel problem – it often seems like anything which makes money becomes a franchise. Hence, we have 11 Children of the Corn flicks, 8 Howlings, […]
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HCF Reviews
The Forever Purge (2021)
THE FOREVER PURGE Directed by Everardo Gout There’s an old joke that if elections changed anything they’d be illegal. In The Purge universe, it’s more than just a witty remark. After the American public voted […]
HCF Reviews
Black Widow (2021)
BLACK WIDOW (2021) Directed by Cate Shortland There’s a bit in Endgame where Peter Parker gets saved by a full roster of the MCU women, including (among others) Scarlet Witch, The Wasp, and Pepper Potts. […]
Features
Looking back on Almost Famous (2000)
ALMOST FAMOUS (2001) Directed by Cameron Crowe This feature contains spoilers. Revisiting an old favourite decades later isn’t always a good thing. There are some I’ll never grow out of, such as Jurassic Park, Watership […]
HCF Reviews
Promising Young Woman (2020)
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Directed by Emerald Fennell So far 2021 has been like how many envisioned 2020 – a steady stream of good but not great films I’ve been hoping I won’t need to put […]
Action
F9: The Fast Saga
F9: THE FAST SAGA Directed by Justin Lin As lockdown finally comes to an end, I bet many cinemagoers can’t wait to spend quality time with the family. By that, I mean the street-racing gang […]
Interviews
Interview: Seth Breedlove – On The Trail Of Bigfoot: The Journey
Nobody does local legends like the Americans. While we Brits have some cannibals, ogres and murderers on the moors, our friends across the pond have them in every town. Small Town Monsters are all about […]
HCF Reviews
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT Directed by Michael Chaves Eight films into the Conjuring Universe, I’m not surprised people are experiencing franchise fatigue. While the better entries, The Conjuring 2 and Annabelle […]
HCF Reviews
Spiral (2021)
SPIRAL Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman It’s been four years since Jigsaw came out, and that was seven years after the seventh one, so you can be forgiven for thinking it was game over for […]
Games
Resident Evil Village (2021)
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Like the many nasty entities that populate its world, the Resident Evil franchise won’t stay dead. I’ve had an on-off relationship with the games, having fond memories of playing the first two […]
Features
HCF exclusive interview with Jamie Blanks on Urban Legend
The HorrorCultFilms Podcast – Episode 7: Jamie Blanks and Urban Legend In this episode, David and Ross were thrilled to speak with Jamie Blanks: the director of Valentine, Storm Warning and, of course, Urban Legend. […]
HCF Reviews
Run (2020)
RUN Directed by Aneesh Chaganty This review contains mild spoilers. Mother knows best – that’s Diane’s (Paulson) attitude. She’s an over-protective single parent helicoptering her daughter Chloe (Allen), who was born with a text screens […]
Interviews
HCF: Exclusive interview with Justin McConnell on Clapboard Jungle
In a very special episode, The HorrorCultFilms Podcast is delighted to host Canadian genre filmmaker Justin McConnell (Lifechanger, Broken Mile) to talk about his new documentary: Clapboard Jungle – available from Arrow on April 12th. […]
Fantasy
I Kill Giants (2017)
I KILL GIANTS Directed by Anders Walter This review contains mild spoilers. In the book Homo Deus, the historian Yuval Noah Harari wonders if technology will ever know us better than we know ourselves. As […]
HCF Reviews
Synchronic (2019)
SYNCHRONIC (2019) Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead Lately, directorial duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have made a name for themselves as the go-to guys for mind-bending mumblecore. And while some argue their low-fi […]
Features
HELLRAISER AND THE BELOVED HORROR FRANCHISES STILL GOING STRONG
‘We’ll tear your soul apart’ promised ‘Pinhead’ in 1987 with the release of ground-breaking horror Hellraiser… and with audiences demanding to see more of his terrifying visage and his posse of equally hellish Cenobite pals, […]
HCF Reviews
The Columnist (2019)
THE COLUMNIST Directed by Ivo van Aart As much as I love our dear readers, I feel a bit of anxiety on the rare occasions an email comes in saying someone has commented on one […]