Comedy
Brigsby Bear (2017) – In Cinemas 8th December
Brigsby Bear is a tale of innocence and closure. A film with some seriously dark undertones, but with a heart and soul so pure that it’s an absolute joy from beginning to end. It’s a […]
Month: November 2017
News
Win ANNABELLE: CREATION on Blu-Ray In Our Competition!
Your favourite creepy doll is back when “Annabelle: Creation” arrives on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download 4th December 2017. In “Annabelle: Creation”, several years after the tragic death of their young daughter, a doll maker […]
Crime
ANIMAL FACTORY (2000)
ANIMAL FACTORY (2000) Directed by Steve Buscemi After getting into trouble with the police, young lad Ron Decker is sent to prison to serve time with older, experienced convicts. When he arrives, he’s taken under […]
HCF Reviews
THE PREMONITION (1976)
Available from Arrow Video on DVD and Blu-ray 4th December 2017 There are a lot of ways to discuss a strange, eerie and rather unpredictable thriller like this. Are the surprising twists and turns an […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #105: HANDS OF THE RIPPER [1971]
UK AVILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Jack the Ripper murders his wife while their young daughter Anna watches from her cot. Anna […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #104: ON THE BUSES [1971]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Stan gets a little annoyed when his mum and sister keep buying expensive items on hire […]
Games
Middle-earth: Shadow of War – HCF Videogame Review
WB Games – Monolith Productions – 1 Player – Out now on PC, PS4 & Xbox One (version tested) The eagerly awaited follow up to Shadow of Mordor, picks up more or less where things […]
News
‘CHILDREN OF THE CORN: RUNAWAY’ FINALLY TO GET RELEASED
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything of Children Of The Corn: Runaway. The tenth entry in the Children Of The Corn franchise [I’ve only ever seen the first three!] was seemingly shot […]
News
‘HOUNDS OF LOVE’ DIRECTOR’S ‘EXTINCTION’ PULLED FROM RELEASE
Having been very impressed with Ben Young’s unusual serial killer flick Hounds Of Love earlier this year, I was rather excited to learn that he’d just shot a Hollywood sci-fi thriller and that it […]
News
‘AVATAR 4’ AND ‘5’ WON’T HAPPEN IF ‘2’ AND ‘3’ FLOP, SAYS JAMES CAMERON
20th Century Fox’s decision to invest in four Avatar sequels seemed risky when you consider that there doesn’t seem to be a particularly high level of interest in the franchise these days despite the first […]
News
LATEST TV: The Walking Dead Character crossing over to FEAR as been confirmed!
MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT! MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT! MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT! MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT! So this is a surprise! It has finally been announced which character from The Walking Dead is crossing over to the spin off, […]
HCF Reviews
CARRIE [1976]: On Limited Edition Blu-ray 11th December
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 11TH DECEMBER, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic NOTE FROM THE DOC! This is a heavily re-worked version of an older, very […]
News
COULD WE HAVE HAD A ‘CHEECH AND CHONG VS. JASON’ MOVIE?
Well this really is ‘far out’, but several websites have just reported on an interview done on Post Mortem with director Tom McLoughlin who directed Friday the 13th: Jason Lives, where McLoughlin mentions how a […]
News
FIRST ‘JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM’ FOOTAGE!
I know that our Ross Hughes who reviewed it wasn’t overly keen on Jurassic World, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and am eagerly awaiting J. A. Bayona’s sequel. A small amount of footage has just […]
News
JOSS WHEDON STILL ATTACHED TO ‘BATGIRL’
What with Justice League turning out to be a box office disappointment in addition to getting the usual DC mixed response, a rumour has been circulating about Joss Whedon not being involved with Batgirl […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #103: CREATURES THE WORLD FORGOT [1971]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the time of prehistoric man, a volcano erupts and an earthquake opens up a crevasse, swallowing up […]
News
JOHN LANDIS WROTE A SEQUEL TO ‘AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON’ IN 1991!
I personally didn’t find 1997’s An American Werewolf in Paris, a loose sequel to An American Werewolf in London, to be as bad as the general opinion and I even reviewed it as a ‘guilty […]
News
PLOT OF QUENTIN TARANTINO’S SHARON TATE/CHARLES MANSON FILM REVEALED
Last week it was revealed that Quentin Tarantino’s next movie had found a new home at Sony after he understandably ditched the Weinstein company. We also learnt that Tarantino wants Margot Robbie for […]