Drama
THE COMPLEX (2020)
THE COMPLEX (2020) Directed by Paul Raschid Written by Lynn Renee Maxcy (The Handmaid’s Tale TV Series) Have you ever watched a movie and thought “I’d do something different” than what a character chooses to […]
Month: March 2020
Comedy
BUSTER KEATON: THE NAVIGATOR/SEVEN CHANCES/BATTLING BUTLER [1924/25/26] [Limited Edition Three Film Box Set]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 204 mins [THE NAVIGATOR 66 mins, SEVEN CHANCES 56 mins, BATTLING BUTLER 77 mins] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT It was back […]
HCF Reviews
VIRUS [1980]
AKA FUKKATSU NO HAI, DAY OF RESURRECTION JAPAN AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 155 mins, 108 mins [export version], 94 mins [US TV version] REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera American geneticist Dr. Meyer accidentally creates […]
HCF Reviews
Verotika (2019)
Verotika is the cinematic debut of punk rock legend Glenn Danzig. With his anthology film, Danzig comes full circle; from his music, most noticeably with the Misfits, being massively influenced by old school horror, he […]
HCF Reviews
BEYOND THE DOOR [1974]
AKA CHI SEI? [WHO ARE YOU?], THE DEVIL WITHIN HER ITALY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 108 mins/98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Jessica Barrett runs away from […]
HCF Reviews
The Wolf Hour (2019)
THE WOLF HOUR Directed by Alistair Banks Griffin To the, presumably many, people reading this review years later, it was written in late March 2020, when the UK had been undergoing lockdown for about a […]
Events
Soska Sisters Lead Horror Channel’s Vengeance Season of Films For April 2020
April is a wicked month on Horror Channel as cops and villains fight it out in the VENGEANCE SEASON, a hard-hitting violent action collection which includes the UK TV premieres of the Soska Sister’s all-male […]
News
Scott Lyus Set To Shoot Debut Creature Feature Film WALKING AGAINST THE RAIN Early June 2020
Award-winning filmmaker Scott Lyus set to direct debut horror feature film WALKING AGAINST THE RAIN early June 2020. The apocalyptic Biblical monster movie, shot on locations in the UK over a three-week period, will star […]
Features
Ravers Director Bernhard Pucher’s Top 5 Horror Movie Influences
A group of clubbers descend on an abandoned warehouse for a night of twisted techno and hedonistic drug-taking, but the illegal rave takes a blood-stained turn for the worse when the whacked-out partygoers mutate into […]
HCF Reviews
The Platform (2019)
THE PLATFORM Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia There couldn’t be a more apt time for this Spanish sci-fi/ thriller to reach streaming services. As people angrily fight for food or loo-roll in a supermarket near you, […]
HCF Reviews
MAGIC [1978]: On Blu-ray 23rd March
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 23RD MARCH, from SECOND SIGHT RUNNING TIME: 107 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic After Charles “Corky” Withers fails in his first attempt at professional magic, his mentor […]
HCF Reviews
The Jack In The Box: Out Now To Rent and Buy
Another week and another horror is released in which the bogeyman is in the shape of clown! Is it time for Pennywise to move aside? Is “Jack” the new king out of the box? […]
Crime
FIRST LOVE (2019)
FIRST LOVE (2019) Available now on Blu-ray and VOD The films of Takashi Miike can be rather… eclectic. In recent years his output has included several manga adaptions and kids TV shows after all. But […]
Found Footage
CASE 347 (2020)
UK Release Date – TBC When discussing something like the UFO sighting movie Phoenix Forgotten I asked the question; why is the found footage format usually used to depict the supernatural genre? Budgetary concerns? Or […]
Features
THE TRUE HORROR STORY OF 2O2O: A Short story on the “Flu Pandemic”
It started with a glance! The TV which had been rudely ignored up to this point caught my attention when the news reporter said a line that will now forever be etched in […]
Action
THE HUNT FOR VLAD THE IMPALER [2018]: On DVD March 23rd
AKA DELILER TURKEY AVAILABLE ON DVD: 23rd March, from 4DIGITAL MEDIA RUNNING TIME: 121 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the 15th century, the Turks conquer most of what is now […]
HCF Reviews
Death of a Vlogger (2019)
This review contains mild spoilers. Not another ruddy found footage! It’s easy to be put off by the thought of another shaky cam, more vague snippets of spectres and people recording long after they should […]
Experiences
Mysterious Mail: A perfect horror present
It started like any other Friday: I was in the kitchen, rushing down breakfast. Then a striking black envelope, with a wax seal, fell through my letterbox – apparently from an organisation called The Archive […]