HCF Reviews
TRON:LEGACY [2010]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 125 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Kevin Flynn is the CEO of Encom and the world’s best video game developer. One night he simply vanishes without a trace […]
Year: 2010
Action
Tron Legacy (2010)
Being a massive fan of the first Tron is a bit like saying that at the age of 36, I still stay with my parents, have a collection of Black Hole action dolls (in their […]
HCF Reviews
Squeal (2008) by Dj Vivace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECpnbhHU94 The clue is in the title, yes you will squeal watching this, but you will squeal at how incredibly bad this is. Genetic experiments have gone bad, and a so-called family of pig-men-mutants live […]
Horror
Devil (2010) by Pazuzu (formerly Dj Vivace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINOilb_Kzc The first film from a series of stories known as the Night Chronicles see’s M Night Shyamalan actually write something credible and interesting after a run of flawed films. Thankfully he does not direct […]
Drama
Blood River (2009) by Dj Vivace
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj6YOKAkN_w[/youtube] Welcome back Adam Mason, the director of the rather clever Broken and the highly impressive Devil’s Chair. With Blood River Mason takes a unique approach to horror that is at times fascinating and for […]
Horror
Splice (2010) by Dj Vivace
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6o_Vl2f07Q[/youtube] Reviews of this film often stated how it doesn’t quite live up to what it could have been, and I for one agree. I was never quite sure if I was going to like […]
HCF Reviews
Monsters (2010) by Matt Wavish: Released on DVD and Bluray April 11th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmR-l3y_coo So much has been said about this film, five star reviews in Empire and Total Film, glowing festival reviews, and yet many people who have seen it seem to disagree. Monsters has been hailed […]
Drugs
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN [1973]
MEXICO AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 116 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A Thief bound to a pole frees himself and wanders through a series of bizarre and grotesque scenarios. Eventually he enters a […]
Drugs
EL TOPO [1970]
MEXICO AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 125 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A gunfighter, who calls himself God, rides around with his son dispensing justice. After he avenges a horrific massacre, he takes up […]
Horror
Death Tube a.k.a X-Game (2010) by Dj Vivace
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukD96S5P63U[/youtube] I had high hopes for this interesting looking horror flick from the same Japanese team that gave us the now banned and quite brilliant Grotesque. Death Tube, or X-Game as it’s otherwise known, plays […]
Comedy
The Hole (2009) by Pazuzu (formerly Dj Vivace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liaT_q7TKlk Joe Dante returns to his horror roots with this fun filled adventure into the darkest fears of three friends. Firstly, after watching this film I must admit the advertising was all wrong. This is […]
HCF Reviews
Eden Lake (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnrr73pNnfU Whenever i think of this film, I get a chill. I feel pretty damn horrible at its harshness, but I just can’t help but be amazed at first time director James Watkins’ realistic vision […]
Action
Tron (1982)
I must have been the only one of my friends to enjoy both Tron and Flash Gordon in the early eightees. The latter gloriously promoted and mocked the afternoon sci-fi matinee into some form of […]
Drama
The Reef (2010) by Matt Wavish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgFfilysa1I Taking its influences directly from Open Water and Adrift, The Reef is yet another example of the sea and the horror that can come with it. Beautiful as the Great Barrier Reef may be, […]
Drugs
ALTERED STATES [1980]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera As he investigates shared human memory, and still shaken by the loss of his father to cancer a year previously, Dr Eddie […]
Action
Drama
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) by Pazuzu (formerly Dj Vivace)
MY SON, MY SON WHAT HAVE YE DONE So, here we have it, the first collaboration of two of cinema’s strangest director’s, Werner Herzog and David Lynch. Surely this is a recipe for success? I […]
HCF Reviews
THE OMEGA MAN [1971]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Robert Neville, a doctor, seems to be the last man on Earth. Due to an experimental vaccine, he’s the only survivor of […]