HCF Reviews
THE VALIANT ONES [1975]
AKA ZHONG LIE TU HONG KONG / TAIWAN AVAILABLE ON 4K ULTRA HD AND BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 102 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Pirates are have causing havoc in China for […]
Month: May 2024
HCF Reviews
A QUEEN’S RANSOM [1976]
AKA E TAN AUN YING HUI, INTERNATIONAL ASSASSN HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 93 mins [Hong Kong version], 86 mins [export version] REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Queen Elizabeth II […]
HCF Reviews
INFESTED aka VERMINES
The French Arachnophobia…. For years, sharks have been the big thing that has delighted horror fans, what with the vicious bite of The Reef franchise, to the B-Movie love for the ridiculous Sharkanado franchise and countless other titles that […]
HCF SLASHERTHON By Ross Hughes
Founders Day
This is no Thanksgiving….. While Eli Roth’s popular recent box-office smash had a vicious streak of dark humour running though its horror veins, this slasher flick from the Bloomquist Brothers, while drawing comparisons, is a more straight to […]
HCF Reviews
HUNT HER, KILL HER (2022)
HUNT HER, KILL HER (2022) Directed by Greg Swinson and Ryan Thiessen Available on Blu-Ray from 27th May 2024 Single mum Karen gets a job at an industrial workshop as a cleaner. After being shown […]
HCF Reviews
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 Directed by Renny Harlin Bryan Bertino’s instantly iconic 2008 hit The Strangers is a simple but effective horror: the stuff of nightmares. Basically, a couple gets tormented and later killed (not […]
Action
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (2024)
Now Playing in Cinemas Nationwide Time for a prequel, and everything that idea entails, in George Miller’s return to the wasteland after nine years. Are these characters worth revisiting? Is the world they inhabit enriched […]
Games
Risky Chronicles and the Curse of Destiny – HCF Videogame Review
Out now on Nintendo Switch & PC – 1 player – Developed & Published by Consulog Risky Chronicles is a game that combines several popular genres and masters none. Platforming, driving, shooting… em up, it’s […]
HCF Reviews
MALUM (2023)
Coming to UK streaming and Blu-ray 27th May 2024 While horror movie remakes are a dime a dozen it’s more unusual for a film-maker to revisit their own work. It could be argued, somewhat unsuccessfully, […]
News
CLOSED – Win MALUM and HUNT HER KILL HER on Blu-Ray In Our Competition!
A double dose of American indie horror feature films will be splattering TV screens in the UK courtesy of Screenbound Pictures when they land on digital and Blu-Ray on 27th May 2024. Featuring kick-ass leading […]
HCF Reviews
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [2024]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 145 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s several generations after Caesar brought his people to that oasis before passing away. Many ape groups have followed the teachings of Caesar […]
News
R.I.P…THE LEGEND THAT IS ROGER CORMAN
Has anybody been involved with as many cult movies as Roger Corman – as director, producer, writer or overseer of New World Pictures? The Pit And The Pendulum, X-The Man With The X-ray Eyes, The […]
News
Eureka Entertainment To Release Golden Harvest Thriller THE DOUBLE CROSSERS on Blu-Ray in UK and North America
Eureka Entertainment is set to release THE DOUBLE CROSSERS, the action-packed thriller produced by Golden Harvest, starring South Korean actor and martial artist Shin Il-ryong. Presented on Blu-ray in its worldwide debut from a brand […]
News
Arrow Video To Release LOOP TRACK on Limited Edition Blu-Ray in UK
Arrow Video is set to release LOOP TRACK on Limited Edition Blu-Ray in the UK on 8th July 2024. Writer-director and actor Tom Sainsbury, known for his comedic flair in such works as Wellington Paranormal […]
News
Guy Ritchie’s THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. To Gain Arrow Video Limited Edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray Release
Arrow Video has announced it’s set to give Guy Ritchie’s THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. a limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray release on 29th July 2024. With Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, […]
HCF Reviews
BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981) aka NIGHT WARNING
BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981) aka NIGHT WARNING Available on dual format 4K UHD & Blu-Ray, and standard Blu-Ray from Severin Films After his parents die in a terrible accident, three year old Billy Lynch […]
News
Zelda Williams’ Horror Comedy LISA FRANKENSTEIN To Release on 4K, Blu-Ray and DVD in UK
Love has never been so cutthroat! Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse play this season’s “it” couple in the new hilarious and frightful film from Focus Features, LISA FRANKENSTEIN, available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD […]
Events
May 2024 Horror Film Line Up Revealed For Genre TV Channel NYX UK
May springs into action on NYX UK with a dazzling selection of the savage, the surreal, and the shocking, headed up on 22nd May 2024 at 9pm, with the Channel premiere of Simon Rumley’s harrowingly […]