Crime
THREE (2016)
THREE (2016) Directed by Johnnie To Criminal Shun enters the emergency room accompanied by the police after being shot in the head. With the bullet still lodged in his skull, neurosurgeon Dr Tong is adament […]
Month: March 2017
Guilty Pleasures
KING KONG LIVES [1986] [HCF GUILTY PLEASURES]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 108 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic King Kong, after being shot down from the World Trade Center, is kept alive in a coma for ten […]
HCF Reviews
Elder Island (2016)
ELDER ISLAND Directed by Darrin James Religious people are rarely the good guys in horrors. Save for instances when the villain is old Satan himself, most films with a faith theme or angle have a […]
HCF SLASHERTHON By Ross Hughes
Hughesy’s HCF SLASHERTHON: No 4: Valentine
TITLE VALENTINE YEAR OF RELEASE February 2nd 2001 BUDGET $29 Million GROSS $37 Million BOGEYMAN Jeremy Melton MASK Cupid BEST KILL A victim gets thrown through glass then her head gets rammed into the […]
Drama
HELGA, SHE WOLF OF STILBERG (1978)
HELGA, SHE WOLF OF STILBERG (1978) Directed by Alain Garnier (Patrice Rhomm) French language with English subtitles Available on DVD After voicing her opinion that opposition rebel Vogel is still active and recruiting common folk […]
HCF Reviews
KONG: SKULL ISLAND [2017]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 117 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1973, former British Special Air Service Captain James Conrad is hired by government agent Bill Randa to guide […]
Games
Dying: Reborn – HCF Videogame Review
Dying: Reborn – Nekcom – Oasis Games – Out now on PS4/PSVR – 1 Player Dying: Reborn is a PSVR horror puzzler, that will take you back to the B-movie style glory days of survival […]
Genres
BEYOND THE GATES (2016)
BEYOND THE GATES (2016) Directed by Jackson Stewart Gordon returns to his hometown to help younger brother John out with the clearance of their father’s old video rental shop. Missing for 7 months and presumed […]
HCF Reviews
Elle (2016)
ELLE (2016) Directed by Paul Verhoeven Given that’s he’s best known for Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers and Robocop, a small scale black comedy about a woman recovering from trauma may seem a strange choice for […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #84: THE MUMMY’S SHROUD [1967]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Ancient Egypt: Prem, a manservant of the boy prince Kah-To-Bey, spirits away the boy into the […]
Drama
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) – Showing at GFF 2017 (Awaiting UK release date)
https://glasgowfilm.org/shows/the-autopsy-of-jane-doe-nc-18 Certificate: 15 Running Time: 86 mins Reviewer: David Gillespie – HCF Official Artist A morgue is a perfect backdrop for a horror. I remember watching the Michael Crighton directed thriller, Coma (1978) at a […]
Documentary
ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS [1973]: In Selected Cinemas Tonight
UK IN SELECTED CINEMAS ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPE: Tonight 7th March Find your nearest participating cinema RUNNING TIME: 122 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The last gig played […]
Genres
BARE BREASTED COUNTESS (1975) aka FEMALE VAMPIRE
BARE BREASTED COUNTESS (1975) aka FEMALE VAMPIRE French language dubbing with English subtitles On DVD now from Maison Rouge Countess Irina Karlstein is a woman cursed. Coming from a long line of vampires, she’s the […]
HCF Reviews
Ghosts Of Darkness – HCF Review
Released on digital 7th March 2017 Trapped in a large house in rural Scotland, a psychic and a sceptic are there under the pretence of getting paid a vast sum to disprove that the place […]
Comedy
Mindhorn (2017) – Showing at GFF 2017 – UK release date 05th May
Mindhorn is a Hot Fuzz v Alan Patridge comedy with the Mighty Boosh frontman, Julian Barratt in fine form as a cringeworthy, has-been actor. […]
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 […]
Drama
DEADLY VIRTUES (2014)
Available Now on Amazon Video and DVD AKA Deadly Virtues: Love.Honour.Obey. Movies generally have to have a lot of character and some strong underlying themes to pull off a story if they want to include […]
HCF Reviews
PARASITES (2016)
UK Release Date – TBC I probably complain a lot about filler in independent movies, it’s a pretty typical way of reaching feature length without actually having enough real material in a screenplay beyond pages […]