HCF Reviews
Leatherface: The Hughes Verdict!
What is it all about? A teenage Leatherface escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnapping a young nurse and taking her on a road trip from hell while being pursued by an […]
Slasher
Features
Hi I’m Chucky….Wanna Play?” Hughesy ranks the Child’s Play franchise!
Its been 28 years since a Good Guy Doll named Chucky came into my life. I was only eleven years old and having been spoilt on what seemed by endless sequels to my first loves […]
Features
Laurie Strode is back! Is Halloween 2018 a H20 Remake? A H40 Maybe? Hughesy discusses…….
After 40 long years, She is coming home! Or is it 20 years? After it was announced a few months back that the unlikely pairing of David Gordon Green and Danny McBride were teaming up […]
HCF Reviews
THE SLAYER [1982]: On Dual Format 21st August
USA AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 21ST AUGUST, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Painter Kay has suffered from the same nightmare since childhood, […]
HCF Reviews
Wolves At The Door: The Hughes Verdict!
What is it all about? Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to […]
HCF Reviews
The Wake (2017)
THE WAKE (2017) Directed by Faouzi Brahimi and Bryan Brewer To some extent, almost all horror films are about death in one way or another. Whether it’s the fear of it, its gradual inevitability or […]
Comedy
BONEJANGLES (2016)
BONEJANGLES (2016) UK Release date – TBC 2017 Masked serial killer Edgar Friendly Jr. … AKA Bonejangles is on the loose in this juvenile horror comedy from Brett DeJager. Not content with creating an unstoppable […]
HCF Reviews
MADHOUSE [1981]: On Dual Format 12th June
AKA THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, AND WHEN SHE WAS BAD, FLESH AND THE BEAST Italy/ USA AVAIALABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 12th June RUNNING TIME: 92 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official […]
HCF Reviews
PHENOMENA [1985]: On Limited Edition Blu-ray 8th May
Italy AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: 8th May, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 116 mins [Italian version], 111 mins [export version], 82 mins [ CREEPERS edit] REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In […]
Cult TV
Hughesy says goodbye to Norma and Norman as Bates Motel closes its doors for the final time!
Haven’t we been here before? A TV Show where our main character is a borderline psychopath who kills those around him, but yet we sympathise with him. Where he struggles with his own guilty conscience […]
Genres
MY LITTLE SISTER (2016)
MY LITTLE SISTER (2016) Directed by Maurizio del Piccolo and Roberto del Piccolo Sheila and her boyfriend Tom are hiking through the woods, on their way to meet their friends, when they bump into axe-wielding […]
Genres
PIECES (1982) – Arrow Video Blu-Ray
PIECES (1982) Directed by Juan Piquer Simón Young women at a Boston college campus become targets for a chainsaw-wielding serial killer on the loose. With the body count rising and without any real suspects, the […]
Columns
Hughesy’s HCF SLASHERTON: No 3: All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
FILM All The Boys Love Mandy Lane DIRECTOR Jonathan Levine STARRING Amber Heard Michael Welch Whitney Able Anson Mount Luke Grimes Edwin Hodge Melissa Price Aaron Himelstein YEAR OF RELEASE Feb 15th 2008 […]
Genres
Hughesy’s HCF Slasherthon: No: 2 HALLOWEEN (The Classic Original)
FILM: Halloween YEAR OF RELEASE October 25th 1978 BUDGET $300.000 -$35.000 GROSS REVENUE $71m BOGEYMAN Michael Myers MASK A white mask! That is actually the face of William Shatner BEST KILL A poor […]
Columns
Hughesy’s HCF Slasherthon: No 1: Urban Legend!
FILM Urban Legend YEAR OF RELEASE September 25th 1998 BUDGET $14 Million GROSS REVENUE $73 Million BOGEYMAN A guess the killer slash film MASK None (A hood of a coat covers the […]
HCF Reviews
SLASHER.com: The Hughes Verdict
What is it all about? At a time where online dating could prove fatal, Jack and Kristy decide they meet in person. Aiming for an adventurous first date, they plan a weekend getaway to a […]
HCF Reviews
FOX TRAP (2016)
Festival Screenings – 30th October 2016 General UK Release Date – 11th July 2017 AKA – Beauty Queen Massacre I guess it was inevitable that the post Scream slasher era of the 1990s would be […]
Comedy
CAROUSHELL (2016)
CAROUSHELL (2016) Directed by Steve Radzinski Having had enough of snotty kids abusing him at the local fairground, carousel unicorn Duke decides to seek out revenge against the last little brat to ride him with […]