News
‘THE THING’ REMAKE COMING FROM BLUMHOUSE
I know I know. Out of all the remakes we’ve seen or that have been announced of late, another version of The Thing sounds like one of the most pointless. Christian Nyby’s 1951 adaptation The […]
Month: January 2020
HCF Reviews
The Grudge (2020)
THE GRUDGE Directed by Nicolas Pesce Some horror fans, myself fully included, are like (Brundle)flies in that, while we watch lots of good stuff we’ll also gravitate towards shit. Part of being this sort of […]
HCF Reviews
NEFARIOUS (2019)
NEFARIOUS (2019) Directed by Richard Rowntree Nefarious is the second film from director Richard Rowntree and co-writer Matthew Davis, following their previous collaboration in the 2017 film “Dogged”. Nefarious follows three, eventually intersecting, narratives: the […]
HCF Reviews
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT Directed by Kevin Smith There’s a formula to reviewing a modern Kevin Smith joint. You start by waffling about how much he meant to you growing up, saying you wouldn’t […]
Ghost
THE TURNING [2020]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 1994; teacher Kate has been offered an opportunity to become a governess for Flora and Miles, two orphaned siblings […]
Ghost
SODOMA’S GHOST [1988]
AKA IL FANATASMA DI SODOMA, THE GHOSTS OF SODOM Italy AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS! At an isolated country house during World War II, […]
Animation
WEATHERING WITH YOU [2019]: In Selected Cinemas Now
AKA TENKI NO KO Japan IN SELECTED CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 116 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic High-school freshman Hodaka Morishima runs away from home and gets himself hired as a […]
News
REBOOT OF ‘KUNG FU’ TV SERIES COMING, DAVID LEITCH DIRECTING
One of my favourite TV shows as a very young kid was Kung Fu, in which David Carradine wandered about the Wild West righting wrongs and defeating bad guys in slow motion amidst philosophical flashbacks […]
News
RICHARD STANLEY DIRECTING TWO MORE H. P. LOVECRAFT ADAPTATIONS
Hardware and Dust Devil director Richard Stanley hasn’t long finished Color Out Of Space, an adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story, and he’s already talking about his next film, a new adaptation of Lovecraft’s […]
HCF Reviews
HELLMINGTON (2018)
UK Release Date – TBC High-school girls going missing under suspicious circumstances, cryptic final words from dying fathers, and children tragically being by killed by house fires. What’s it all about you ask? Well some […]
Comedy
The Gentlemen (2020) – In Cinemas Now
It may be awards season, with the multiplexes getting their annual peppering of prestige pictures, but between the grandeur and solemnity sits The Gentlemen. Guy Ritchie returns to doing what he does best, cockney gangster […]
HCF Reviews
RABID (2019) [Grimmfest 2019 Review]
RABID (2019) Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska Available on Blu-Ray in the UK A young fashion designer named Rose finds herself horribly disfigured after being directly involved in a road traffic accident. Unable to […]
News
New Poster Revealed For LAKE OF SHADOWS: THE LEGEND OF AVACADO LAKE
A new poster for Michael S. Rodriguez’s (Last American Horror Show Part 1) Lake of Shadows: the Legend of Avocado Lake has been revealed. Lake of Shadows follows three aspiring journalism majors as they seek […]
News
Watch Official Trailer For 80’s Slasher EDGE OF THE AXE Ahead of Arrow Video Blu-Ray Release
From cult Spanish filmmaker José Ramón Larraz (Vampyres, Symptoms) comes this long-neglected late 80s slasher classic, finally unleashed on Blu-ray for the first time ever! The rural community of Paddock County is being rocked by […]
Events
Arrow Video FrightFest Announces Glasgow Film Festival 2020 Line-Up
Welcome to the transgressive, the traumatic and the terrifying as Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event, returns to Glasgow Film Festival for a 15th fantastic year, from Thursday 5th March to Saturday […]
News
Eight Premieres Set For Horror Channel’s Action-Packed February Line-Up
Killer parties, virtual dinosaurs, zombie flesh-eaters and Milla Jovovich in top form…Horror Channel makes February an action-packed month with eight premieres, including the UK TV premiere of Matty Beckerman’s savage sorority slasher THE ROW and […]
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Horror Channel beams in Captain Sulu for GEORGE TAKEI SELECTS STAR TREK on Saturday 25th January 2020
George Takei, the legendary Star Trek actor, personally introduces some of his favourite Sulu episodes from the Original Series. “George Takei Selects Star Trek” will take over Horror Channel on Saturday 25 January, from 3pm, […]
News
Robert Altman’s KANSAS CITY Comes To Blu-Ray on 3rd March 2020
Arrow Academy has announced the release of Robert Altman’s KANSAS CITY on Blu-Ray on 3rd March 2020. Returning to the city of his birth for inspiration, legendary maverick director Robert Altman helms an evocative, bullet-riddled […]