Comedy

Comet (2014)

COMET (2014) Directed by: Sam Esmail [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUpQhgl9PGQ[/youtube] As noted by the movie’s protagonist (in one of his many undergrad philosophy monologues), paintings are unlike cinema in that they have no start middle or end. They just […]

Drama

Felt (2014)

FELT (2014) Directed by Jason Banker [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr59LitGL1k[/youtube] As is standard when discussing social justice now, I’d best start by disclosing that I’m a cishet white male. Furthermore, I appreciate that this fact alone accrues me […]

Comedy

Everyone’s Going to Die (2013)

Everyone’s going to die Director: Jones [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_73daOpN5T8[/youtube] There’s more guts spilled in this movie than just about any other on this website. Only I’m not talking about the visceral and gory kind that leak out […]

Comedy

Burying the Ex (2015)

Burying the Ex Director: Joe Dante [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8gJbE3LYNs[/youtube] Some relationships just aren’t meant to be. Try as you may, it’s not gonna work and sooner or later you just gotta put it out of its misery. […]

Genres

Cub (2014)

Cub (2014) Directed by Jonas Govaerts [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyqbPNkkBEs[/youtube] Be prepared – that’s the Scout motto. Be prepared in both mind and body because the great outdoors are home to all kinds of threats and challenges: orienteering, finding […]

No Picture
Drama

Carrie: The Musical

Despite the titular character’s concerns, all over the world millions of people remember her name. Since the novel’s initial publication in 1974, Carrie’s gone on to inspire four films (including a remake and a dodgy […]

Drama

The Falling (2014)

The Falling (2014) Written and directed by Carol Morley Despite our titular mission statement, the reviews section of this site has always been a broad church. Indeed, when I first started writing for it the […]

Drama

We Are Monster

WE ARE MONSTER (2014) Directed by Antony Petrou No matter what tabloid rhetoric may say, prison never has nor ever will be “a hotel”. For the perks of an old games console between a floor […]

Comedy

Phillip Human

Writing for a horror site you get to go to some pretty cool places. But, thus far, none have been so cool as The Old Operating Theatre beside London Bridge. Situated under the vast shadow […]

Ghost

Dark Summer (2015)

DARK SUMMER (2015) Directed by Paul Solet Thumbing my phone I’m beginning this review on the journey home. Not something I’d usually do, but as per an evening spent with streams of spirits in the other […]

Genres

Interstellar

In a letter penned to 2001 Space Odyssey author Arthur C Clarke, Stanley Kubrick expressed his interest in taking a stab at creating the proverbial ‘really good’ science fiction movie. As with how great horrors […]

HCF Reviews

Annabelle

Dolls get a bad rap in horror. As with clowns, rocking horses and carnivals they’ll show up regularly as some sort of perversion on childhood. Among others we’ve had the mischievous Chucky, the toy from […]