Cult TV
ASH VS EVIL DEAD (2015) SEASON ONE
Available now on Virgin Media, Blu-ray/DVD and Prime Video In a strange turn of events Evil Dead – that’s the remake and not Sam Raimi’s original The Evil Dead – didn’t get a sequel. Or at […]
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HCF Reviews
THE CURSED (2010)
Available now on Amazon Video The Cursed is a supposed to be a supernatural thriller as noted on some of the posters for the film, on which the marketing team mistook the genre for the […]
Found Footage
FACES OF SNUFF (2016)
UK Release Date TBC While I’m a big fan of the old school horror anthology format, the found footage genre isn’t something I’ve ever really enjoyed. Although admittedly some films work in spite of, rather […]
HCF Reviews
FEVER (2014)
After festival screenings in 2014 Fever was released by Artsploitation Films in May 2016. The DVD release can be found here and for details on the film itself please see their site. Fever is a […]
Comedy
DINNER WITH THE DWYERS (SHORT FILM REVIEW)
There’s always been something mildly disturbing about canned laughter (to paraphrase Man on the Moon ‘those are dead people laughing’) although maybe it’s just the way some television shows shoe horn it into scenes whether […]
HCF Reviews
BETROTHED (2016)
Coming soon to VOD from Red Cardinal Films Like so many other low budget horror stories Betrothed doesn’t have a lot of subtlety. This is the case when it comes to both the plot or […]
Action
THE HORDE (2016)
Now Available on VOD Genre mashups are pretty standard in movies that involve a certain amount of horror clichés but they tend to be a mixture of comedy and violence. Horror and action is perhaps […]
Action
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016)
In Cinemas Now The Marvel mega franchise is in a strange place after titles like Ant-Man, Age of Ultron and The Winter Soldier. Can you make a sequel to the latter and still include elements […]
Drama
The Lesson (2015)
Available now on Amazon Video After twenty years of teaching Mister Gale has reached the end of his tether. Maybe it’s the school itself or his choice of methods but for one reason or another […]
Comedy
CLINGER (2015)
Available now on Amazon With an opening text about ‘first love’ accompanied by a sinister musical cue Clinger sets the tone for a typical boy meets girl high school drama, albeit one in which something […]
HCF Reviews
LAST GIRL STANDING (2015)
Available now on VOD What happens after the horror movie? Generally speaking there are a few big screen sequels and then it all goes straight to video before crashing entirely. But let’s consider the question […]
Genres
THE LAST HOUSE (2015)
UK Release Date TBC If this sounds like a strange title, well that’s only because it is. The film is actually a 2011 feature originally called Breath of Hate but it was never released outside […]
Crime
BACKTRACK (2015)
Available Now from Arrow Films and VOD Backtrack is an Australian mystery movie; part psychological thriller and part horror story. Peter Bower (Adrien Brody) is a troubled man trying to get his life, and his career […]
Comedy
SPACE COP (2016)
Available on Blu-ray and from VHX now A genre melding mixture of comedy and horror or sci-fi is one of my favourite moods, whether it’s the old classics from someone like Peter Jackson, or newer […]
Fantasy
EVANGELINE (2013)
Now Available to Stream on VOD Spooky night shots complete with headlight beams in the mist are usually a sign that a horror story is on the cards. And when when the story is being […]
Action
SHOCKWAVE DARKSIDE (2014)
Available Now On DVD and VOD I’m generally open to any kind of budget when it comes to science fiction. There are always gems to be found which have little to no money for props […]