Features
5 Unconventional Zombie Movies
Today sees the UK DVD and Blu-Ray release of The Girl With All The Gifts, a zombie film like no other which follows the story of a young girl named Melanie who’s brought up on […]
Month: January 2017
News
Something Goes Bump In The Night Whilst Shooting BLAIR WITCH In This HCF Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
Today sees the UK DVD and Blu-Ray release of Adam Wingard’s sequel (let’s forget Book of Shadows) to Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez’s 1999 horror hit THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. To celebrate the release of […]
HCF Reviews
BRUCE LEE #4: ENTER THE DRAGON [1973]
USA/Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 102/98 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Lee is a martial arts expert who does jobs for the British government. His latest is […]
HCF Reviews
Bornless Ones – HCF Review
In US cinemas and on VOD 10th February 2017 Stupidly good looking couple, Emily and Jesse move to a creepy house in middle of nowhere, Clichésville USA. Moving to look after Emily’s vulnerable brother Zach, […]
Action
xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE [2017]: In Cinemas Now [Short Review]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 107 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In Brazil, NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons attempts to recruit footballer Neymar Jr. to the xXx program when a satellite […]
Features
The Rise of South Korean Horror Films
Something strange is happening in South Korea. While Hollywood is churning out dismal remakes and teen-friendly jump scare franchise films, South Korea, for the past decade or so, has been producing intelligent, highly-original and truly […]
Comedy
Killer Piñata (2015)
Killer Piñata (2015) Directed by Stephen Tramontana After being bought from a candy store, a killer piñata decides to murder its human owners after the family decide to beat his friends to death during a […]
HCF Reviews
The Chamber (2016)
THE CHAMBER (2016) Directed by Ben Parker Nothing helps make a horror scary like a good no way out scenario: people trapped in with each other with and an ever-increasing threat. So how about no […]
Features
DOC’S TOP 30 FILMS OF 2016 – PART 2, 15-1
And so we continue…. 15/ EYE IN THE SKY This is a film where I was literally on tenderhooks throughout much of its duration and yet much of it just involved characters watching things […]
Features
Boo! A Madea Halloween – A Look at Tyler Perry’s Character Madea
Tyler Perry is a wildly popular, multi-talented American actor, writer, director, playwright and creator of the character Mabel ‘Madea’ Simmons. Madea is a no-nonsense tough talking lady (played by Perry himself) who has become a […]
Features
Trapped In Captivity
Films involving captivity are among the most traumatic as they portray a realistic horror. Watching a character experience a claustrophobic nightmare can feed the viewer thoughts leaving them feeling paranoid, and can even make a […]
Action
UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS [2016]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 91 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The remaining vampire covens are on the verge of being wiped out by the Lycans. Both species are searching […]
Features
DOC’S TOP 30 FILMS OF 2016 PART I – 30-16
Includes some films that are dated 2015 but weren’t released in the UK until 2016. 30/ SPOTLIGHT While I certainly don’t believe that Spotlight should have won Best Picture, there’s no doubt that it’s a […]
Interviews
10 Questions with ADULT BABIES Star JOANNE MITCHELL
ADULT BABIES gets an exclusive reveal at Horror Channel FrightFest Glasgow 2017. The film’s creator, actress / producer Joanne Mitchell, star of BEFORE DAWN & BAIT answers 10 scary questions When did your fascination for […]
HCF Reviews
SPLIT (2016)
SPLIT (2016) Directed by M Night Shyamalan Back in 2010 a video went viral of an audience laughing as M Night Shyamalan’s name came onscreen. Fresh off the back of his evil plants epic The […]
HCF Reviews
THE BYE BYE MAN [2017]: In Selected Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 94 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 1969, Madison Wisconsin. Reporter Larry Redmon goes insane and starts shooting members of his family while chanting: “Don’t think […]
Crime
BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #3: LEY LINES [1999]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA NIHON KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Desperate to […]
Crime
BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #2: RAINY DOG [1997]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA GOKUDO KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 96 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Yuuji is […]