February 2020 | Horror Cult Films

MIRRORS (2008)

February 17, 2020 Bat 0

MIRRORS (2008) Directed by Alexandre Aja Disgraced ex-cop Ben Carson takes up a security guard post at the burnt out Mayflower department store in town in a bid to get his life back on track. […]

WE (2018) Directed by Rene Eller The kids aren’t alright. In fact, if you believe the feature debut from Rene Eller, that’s bound to become a cult cumming of age hit, they’re downright awful: genital […]

THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD [1971]

February 16, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

USA/Spain/Liechtenstein AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [Region ‘A’ only] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 123 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 1865. A lighthouse situated on a small desolate island off the coast of the […]

THE PROTECTOR [1985]

February 16, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

USA/Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic After New York cop Billy Wong avenges his partner’s murder, he’s given a new partner, Danny Garoni, and […]

UNIVERSAL STILL INTERESTED IN ‘BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN’ REMAKE

February 13, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

Booooo!….is what I say. When you hold certain films very dear to your heart, the thought of them being remade is horrible. Bride Of Frankenstein is one such example to me. I thought that we’d […]

‘AKIRA’ REMAKE MAY STILL HAPPEN, SAYS DIRECTOR TAIKA WAITITI

February 13, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

Some time around the middle of last year came the news that Taika Waititi’s live-action adaptation of the classic anime Akira was canceled so he could work on Thor: Love And Thunder. However, he thinks […]

‘PARASITE’ DIRECTOR BOON JOON-HO PREPPING FILM WITH “UNIQUE ELEMENTS OF HORROR AND ACTION”

February 13, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

As you no doubt know, Bong Joon-ho’s black comedy thriller Parasite hasn’t just won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Film at this year’s Oscars. I personally didn’t think the film […]

David ponders The Purge (films and TV series)

February 13, 2020 david.s.smith 0

This article contains spoilers for The Purge films and TV series. Here’s a question for y’all: if crime was legal for 12 hours, what would you do? It’s something I’d bet many reading this have […]

‘THE RAID’ REMAKE STILL GOING AHEAD…BUT IT’S NO LONGER A REMAKE OF ‘THE RAID’

February 13, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

Sound confusing? Well, this news is certainly odd. As you may recall, director Joe Carnahan has been developing a remake of cracking Indonesian martial arts film The Raid for some time, despite it sounding like […]

LATEST TRAILERS: ‘THE HUNT’ [YES, IT’S GETTING RELEASED!]

February 13, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

Blumhouse’s The Hunt, which is the latest in a long line of adaptations of Richard Cornell’s 1924 novel The Most Dangerous Game, was originally scheduled for release on September 27, 2019. However, following the Dayton […]

WAR OF THE WORLDS [2019] – Series Review – On TV in the US on Epix starting February 16th, in the UK on Fox starting March 5th

February 12, 2020 Dr Lenera 1

France/USA Showing on TV in the USA on EPIX starting FEBRUARY 16TH, in the UK on FOX starting MARCH 5TH 8 x 49 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Astronomer Catherine Durand […]