Drama
Driller Killer, The (1979)
The Driller Killer (1979) First released: 1982 Director: Abel Ferrara Current UK Status: Passed 18 uncut The Driller Killer is one of the best known of the Video Nasties, both in terms of […]
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Drama
Don’t Look in the Basement (AKA The Forgotten) (1973)
Don’t Look in the Basement (AKA The Forgotten) (1973) First released: 1977 Director: S.F Brownrigg Current UK Status: Passed 15 uncut Don’t Look in the Basement was first released in UK cinemas in […]
Death of the Month
Death Scene of the Week: Jacob’s Ladder, the party…
Director Adrian Lyne’s Jacob’s Ladder is without question one of the finest horror films ever made. A film to really screw with your head, and one that doesn’t make things clear until the […]
Doc's Journey Into Universal Horror
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [1943] [HCF REWIND]
HCF REWIND NO.99. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [1943] AVAILABLE ON DVD AND BLU RAY RUNNING TIME: 94 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Christine Dubois is a young soprano at […]
Death of the Month
Death Scene of the Week : Tremors – BROKE INTO THE WRONG GODDAMN REC ROOM YOU B@ST£RD!!!!
Arguably my favourite monster movie of all time, Tremors (1990) mixes man-eating worms, scares, laughs and great characters to create an adrenaline-pumping, crowd pleaser. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward play the likeable handymen that join […]
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Watching Movies On The Move – Aural Pleasure or Audio Hell?
Imagine you’re on a business trip – You’re travelling by car/coach/bus/train – You’re on holiday – You’re using the computer. You haven’t access to your 50″ LCD television or your 5.1 home theatre surround sound. […]
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Top 10 Possession Horror Films
Ever had one of those moments when you hear a voice inside your head? Well, how about if it turned out that the voice was in fact a demon intent on taking over your entire […]
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The Legend of Texas Chainsaw
With Texas Chainsaw 3D, the latest in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, officially in UK cinemas nationwide on Wednesday 9th January, we thought we’d take a look at the legend of Texas Chainsaw. The Film […]
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TOP 5 RENEGADE MOVIE COPS
“Get Jack Reacher.” The only three words the primary suspect of a series of sniper homicides writes before slipping into a coma. Cryptic? Just a little. Cue the appearance of the mysterious Jack Reacher, an […]
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Don’t Go Near the Park (AKA Nightstalker) (1979)
Don’t Go Near the Park (AKA Nightstalker)(1979) First Released: 1983 Director: Lawrence David Foldes Current UK Status: Passed 18 uncut Don’t Go Near the Park was first released in the UK by Home […]
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THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956)
Dr. William Barton organises an expedition to the Florida Everglades with the scientists Dr. Thomas Morgan, Dr. Borg and Dr. Johnson to capture the Gill Man, who has been spotted there since he was supposedly […]
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How To Host A SKYFALL Dinner Party
One of the hottest buzzwords of the season is certainly “Skyfall,” and it’s easy to see why. The latest James Bond film has been consistently thrilling fans of the series, and indeed fans of film […]
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THE ABC’S OF SCHOOL MOVIES
If there is anything school movies have taught us, it’s that there is more to education than just learning the ABCs. In Here Comes The Boom, Kevin James plays Scott Voss, a high school biology […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 17: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON/ REVENGE OF THE CREATURE
A geology expedition in the Amazon uncovers fossilised evidence from the Devonian period of a link between land and sea animals in the form of a skeletal hand with webbed fingers. Expedition leader Dr. […]
Death of the Month
Death Scene of the Week: Jaws – Quint gets chomped!
I read back over our Top Ten Universal films the other day and a strange feeling came over me, something wasn’t quite right, something was missing. I sat and pondered for a while and sat […]
Comedy
Don’t Go In The Woods… Alone (1981)
Don’t Go In The Woods… Alone (1981) Directed by: James Bryan First Released: 1982 Current UK Status: Passed 15 uncut Don’t Go In The Woods… Alone first reared its ugly face in March 1982 by […]
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DEATH OF THE WEEK: THE PLAGUE DOGS [1982] – The accidental shotgun suicide
Being the one on HCF who reviews most of the animated films that come out, it was only a matter of time before I chose a death scene from an animated movie, so here we […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 16: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE / ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY
In London, a brutal murder is committed by a beast-like man. The next day in Hyde Park, a row between women’s libbers and some men who are against women’s rights turns into a full- blown […]