Found Footage
CREEP 2: The Hughes Verdict!
What is it all about? A video artist quickly realizes she has made a mistake when she meets a serial killer in a cabin. The Verdict! Sometimes the perfect bogeyman doesn’t need to wear a […]
Month: October 2017
News
Arrow Video To Release HOUNDS OF LOVE on 29th January 2018
Arrow Video are set to release HOUNDS OF LOVE on DVD and Blu-Ray on 29th January 2018 Loosely based on real-life events, this harrowing psychological thriller from Australian writer-director Ben Young is set to join […]
News
Arrow Video To Release THE CAT O’ NINE TAILS on Limited Edition Blu-Ray
Arrow Video are set to release a limtied edition Blu-Ray of THE CAT O’ NINE TAILS on 8th January 2018. Following the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, distributor Titanus […]
News
Arrow Video To Unleash Limited Edition Blu-Ray of CARRIE
Arrow Video are set to release a limited edition Blu-Ray of Brian De Palma’s CARRIE on 11th December 2017. In 1974, Stephen King published his first novel, the story of Carrie White, a troubled young […]
News
Arrow Video To Release THE PREMONITION on 4th December 2017
Arrow Video are set to release THE PREMONITION on DVD and Blu-Ray on 4th December 2017. BEYOND THE POWER OF AN EXORCIST The mid-1970s saw the rise in popularity of films centering on the subject […]
News
Arrow Video To Release MALATESTA’S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD
Arrow Video are set to release MALATESTA’S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD on DVD and Blu-Ray on 4th December 2017. YOU’LL SHRIEK WITH HORROR! Roll up, roll up! Step right up for Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood – […]
News
Arrow Video To Release THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA
Arrow Video are set to release THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA on Blu-Ray and DVD on 4th December 2017. MOLLY REALLY KNOWS HOW TO CUT MEN DOWN TO SIZE!!! Representing something of an […]
Columns
Missing the Monster in the Mirror: How We’ve Lost Ourselves in Modern Horror
After the successful release of Stephen King’s IT, and with Jigsaw now poised to scare up some impressive numbers at the box office, it looks like modern horror is alive and well. Not that we had much […]
Features
Zombies Smombies – The Undead Are Far Less of a Threat Than The Living
Whether you like it or not, Halloween is as big a deal as it’s ever been and 2017 is set to be a record-breaking year for the holiday – retail spending is projected to be […]
HCF Reviews
DOC’S 5-FILM TOBE HOOPER RETROSPECTIVE #5: THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE [1974]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Sally Hardesty, her paraplegic brother Franklin, and their friends Jerry, Kirk and Pam, visit the grave of […]
Genres
LIVE-EVIL (2015)
AKA Grave Walkers Now available to stream Looking at the premise of Live-Evil a feeling of dread might start to sink it, but not for the reasons you’d be expecting. It’s one of those stories […]
Ghost
DOC’S 5-FILM TOBE HOOPER RETROSPECTIVE #4: DJINN [2013]
United Arab Emirates AVAILABLE ON REGION ‘A’ BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 82 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic MINOR SPOILERS! In New York City, Khalid’s wife Salama has been having emotional […]
Action
Brawl in Cell Block 99: The Hughes Verdict!
What is it all about? A former boxer loses his job as an auto mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to expire. At this crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no […]
HCF Reviews
MÉXICO BÁRBARO II (2017)
SITGES FILM FESTIVAL 2017 AKA: BARBAROUS MEXICO II It’s October once again, and what better time of year is there for a horror anthology or two. Of course I usually find that any time of […]
Cult TV
CHANNEL ZERO: CANDLE COVE – Season One Review
CHANNEL ZERO: CANDLE COVE Season One Review Child psychologist Mike Painter returns to his home town almost 30 years after the death of his twin brother Eddie who was one of 5 children mysteriously murdered […]
Guilty Pleasures
DOC’S 5-FILM TOBE HOOPER RETROSPECTIVE #3: CROCODILE [2000]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 93 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic MINOR SPOILERS! Eight teenagers go on a weekend boat trip on a remote lake in Southern California. After a […]
Guilty Pleasures
DOC’S 5-FILM TOBE HOOPER RETROSPECTIVE #2: LIFEFORCE [1985]
UK/USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 116 mins/101 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS! The crew of the space shuttle Churchill find a 150-mile-long spaceship hidden in the coma […]
Drama
The Florida Project (2017) – In Cinemas 10th November
The outskirts of the Magic Kingdom, in its shadow, a different side to the tourism hotbed of Orlando. Cheap motels and abandoned condos, strip malls and roadside eateries litter the area and are inhabited by […]