HCF Reviews
THE TIME MACHINE [1978] [HCF REWIND]
HCF may be one of the newest voices on the web for all things Horror and Cult, and while our aim is to bring you our best opinion of all the new and strange that […]
Articles by Dr Lenera
Drama
THE EMPEROR OF PERU [1982] Available on DVD from Cult Epics [HCF REWIND]
After briefly digressing into the strange world of Tinto Brass, Rewind returns to Spanish surreallist Fernando Arrabal to explore the second of Cult Epic’s Arrabal box sets, beginning with……a children’s movie! HCF REWIND NO.65. […]
Death of the Month
DEATH OF THE WEEK: THE BURNING [1981] – The raft massacre
This is cheating perhaps, because this week’s Death Of The Week features five deaths…though virtually all at once. Now Halloween and perhaps even more, Friday The 13th, inspired a wave of slasher movies during […]
Drama
DOUBLE INDEMNITY [1973] [HCF REWIND]
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Action
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN: in cinemas now
IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 136 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Young Peter Parker is playing hide-and-seek with his scientist father when he discovers his father’s study has been […]
Comedy
THE HOWL [1968] Available on DVD from Cult Epics [HCF REWIND]
Doc continues his exploration of some of Cult Epics’s most intruguing releases with an unusual early work from Italian purveyor of arty erotica Tinto Brass. HCF REWIND NO.62. THE HOWL AKA L’URLO [Italy, 1969] […]
Drama
THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT: in cinemas now- short review
Tom Solomon, a sous chef at a fancy restaurant, and Violet Barnes, a psychology PhD graduate, are a happy couple in San Francisco who met at a New Year’s Eve party and have been going […]
HCF Reviews
THE TIME MACHINE [2002] [HCF REWIND]
HCF may be one of the newest voices on the web for all things Horror and Cult, and while our aim is to bring you our best opinion of all the new and strange that […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 13: HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN / THE MUMMY’S CURSE
Dr Gustav Niemann is languishing in prison with his hunchbacked assistant Daniel, due to performing experiments similar to those of Dr Frankenstein, most notably putting the brain of a human into the body of a […]
Drama
THE GUERNICA TREE [1975] Available on DVD from Cult Epics [HCF REWIND]
A week later than intended, Doc looks at the third and final film of the first of Cult Epics’s two Fernando Arrabal box sets. HCF REWIND NO.60 THE GUERNICA TREE AKA L’ARBRE DE GUERNICA […]
Mystery
BRICK [2005] short review
High school student Brendan Frye is living a lonely existence after breaking up with his girlfriend Emily Kostich and betraying his friend Jerr to the authorities. He receives a phone call from a terrified Emily. […]
Death of the Month
DEATH OF THE WEEK: DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE [1968] – The cross and the tears of blood
SPOILER WARNING: THIS POST GIVES AWAY THE ENDING OF THE FILM! Even though the early ones were groundbreaking in their use of sex, violence and gore, one doesn’t usually think of Hammer films as being […]
HCF Reviews
THE TIME MACHINE [1960] [HCF REWIND]
HCF may be one of the newest voices on the web for all things Horror and Cult, and while our aim is to bring you our best opinion of all the new and strange that […]
Short Films
MOTTO: a short film by Peter Hearn
A group of scouts consisting of Derek the leader, Georgie his Brownie equivalent, Zoe, Beth, Annie and Jason are in the woods, happily having fun chatting and flirting. However, unbeknownst to them, somebody with a […]
HCF Reviews
CHERNOBYL DIARIES
CHERNOBYL DIARIES RUNNING TIME: 86 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Chris, his girlfriend Natalie, and their mutual friend Amanda, are traveling across Europe. They stop in Kyiv, Ukraine to visit Chris’s brother […]
HCF Reviews
RED LIGHTS: in cinemas now
RUNNING TIME: 113 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Psychologist Margaret Matheson and physicist Tom Buckley go on expeditions to debunk fake mediums and psychics. Margaret is increasingly dissatisfied and even bored […]
Features
DOC GOES BACK INTO THE WATER: An In-Depth Look at the Jaws Franchise [FRIDAY FEATURE]
With Jaws back in cinemas today, Doc takes a look back at the whole franchise. You won’t want to go swimming in the water for a long long time……. A […]
Action
RED TAILS: in cinemas now
RUNNING TIME:125 mins REVIWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1944, after enduring racism throughout their recruitment and training in the Tuskagee training programme, the 332d Fighter Group of young African American USAAF […]