Drama
Haunted Ulster Live
Haunted Ulster Live will appeal to fans of GhostWatch. For those who have never seen GhostWatch, it was a televised movie mockumentary broadcast on BBC 1 that aired on Halloween in 1992. It was about […]
Articles by Alasdair Yule
Drama
Children of the Pines
Tagline: “Real terror will always find its way through the cracks!” Indeed. Let’s jump right in. Children of the Pines is an interesting film. It is not scary, heart pounding or sweat inducing … but […]
Drama
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Beeltejuice is back and up to no good. And this time, he’s no longer a lone operator; he now has staff, an office, and an overhead projector! His workforce all have shrunken heads and anyone […]
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Beetlejuice (1988)
REVIEWED BY: Alasdair Yule, Official HCF Critic 1988, in the tiny town of Winter River, Connecticut, a married couple, Barbara (Geena Davis), and Adam (Alec Baldwin) move into their new, idyllic country home. They go […]
HCF Reviews
Murder in the Woods (2017)
Murder in the Woods (2017) Directed by: Luis Iga On Digital now A group of teenagers holiday in a mysterious cabin in the woods. But things go from bad to worse. Their car breaks down, […]
HCF Reviews
UNDERGROUND (2023)
Runtime: 101 mins Reviewed by Alasdair Yule **This review will contain spoilers** Underground. Set on Guernsey. We open with an outdoor police press conference regarding an ongoing police investigation into the events that took place […]
Drama
Another Day to Live Through (2023)
Another Day to Live Through (2023) Directed and Written by Peter Simmons Available on digital in the UK “Evil men don’t die easily, God doesn’t want them, The Devil can wait…” A great proverb that […]
HCF Reviews
The Boogeyman (2023)
The Boogeyman (2023) Directed by Rob Savage The cupboard door is slightly ajar, and the lights are off. And what’s that rustling sound coming from under your bed? The Boogeyman, perhaps one of the most […]
Drama
CUBE (2021) [Japanese Remake]
CUBE (2021) Japanese Language with English Subtitles CUBE streams on SCREAMBOX from 11th April 2023. Runtime: 108 mins Reviewed by Alasdair Yule **This review will contain spoilers** I was really looking forward to the Japanese […]
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M3GAN (2022)
M3GAN (2022) Directed by: Gerard Johnstone Written by: Akela Cooper and James Wan This review is split into two sections, spoiler free and spoiler-ific. NON-SPOILER It’s no secret this film focuses on an artificial intelligence […]
HCF Reviews
Miracle Valley (2022)
Miracle Valley (2022) Written and Directed by Greg Sestero Greg Sestero (yes, that Greg Sestero, “Oh, Hi Mark!”) comes to us with his directorial debut, Miracle Valley. Greg also wrote this and starred in it. […]
HCF Reviews
HELLRAISER (2022)
HELLRAISER (2022) Directed by David Bruckner So… in the tradition of Nightmare on Elm Street 2010, Ghostbusters 2016, Doom 2016, Halloween 2018 and Candyman 2021, we are re-using former titles without differentiation, forcing us to […]
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OPERATION MINCEMEAT [2021]
OPERATION MINCEMEAT [2021] Director: John Madden What a title, and what an operation. World War 2, the bigger budgeted sequel to no-ones favourite, World War 1, and the Allies are planning a deception operation in […]
Videogames
DOOM 64 – Game Review
Published by Bethesda – Developed by Nightdive Studios/id Software/Midway – Out Now on PC, PS4, Switch (version tested) & Xbox One – 1 Player Whatever happened to Dooms 4 through to Doom 63. Well, the […]
Videogames
DOOM II: Hell on Earth
DOOM II: Hell on Earth Game Review Published by id software – Developed by id Software – PC The first sequel to the hallmark game that ushered in the era of the first-person-shooter. Hotly anticipated […]
Videogames
DOOM The Original [Game Review]
DOOM Game Review Published by id software – Developed by id Software – PC The one, the only. The great, big, bad, grand-daddy of the first-person shooter. DOOM! Demons, zombies, guns, Mars, teleportation, atrocious health […]
HCF Reviews
HELLRAISER: JUDGMENT (2018)
HELLRAISER: JUDGMENT (2018) Directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe Available on DVD and Blu-Ray I have been an ardent lover of the Hellraiser film series ever since first viewing Clive Barkers original 1987 horror masterpiece, and […]