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 […]
Drama
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 […]
Drama
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 […]
Crime
RED ROOMS (2023)
RED ROOMS (2023) aka Les Chambres Rouges Written and Directed by Pascal Plante French Language with English Subtitles Red Rooms is in cinemas 6th September 2024 Ludovic Chevalier is on trial in Montreal for […]
Comedy
HEATHERS [1988]
USA AVAILABLE ON ARROW PLAYER AND LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD RUNNING TIME: 103 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Veronica Sawyer is a teenager trying to participate in the clique at the Westerburg High School […]
Action
EL MARIACHI (1992)
EL MARIACHI (1992) Written and Directed by Robert Rodriguez Spanish Language with English Subtitles Available on Arrow Video Limited Edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray A travelling mariachi arrives in town hoping to find work but […]
Drama
CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT [2023]
And so we have yet another version of this totally fascinating motion picture, one entirely composed of different takes and adding a lot of previously unseen footage, which is getting a release in cinemas. I’ve […]
Action
RED PEONY GAMBLER 1 – 3 [1968 – 69]
RED PEONY GAMBLER 1 – 3 AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera DISC ONE RED PEONY GAMBLER [1968] AKA HIBOTAN BAKUTO, LADY YAKUZA RUNNING TIME: 98 mins In a gambling […]
Drama
NIGHTSIREN (2022)
NIGHTSIREN (2022) Directed by Tereza Nvotová Slovak language with English subtitles Available on Arrow Video limited edition Blu-Ray A young woman named Sarlota returns to the mountain village she grew up in after receiving an […]
Drama
VITAL (2004)
Coming soon to Blu-ray from Third Window Films Welcome to the autopsy slab, and welcome back Tsukamoto fans. In what seems like a stylistic companion piece to Gemini, this is another tale of medical practices […]
Drama
BEHIND CONVENT WALLS (1978)
BEHIND CONVENT WALLS (1978) Directed by Walerian Borowczyk Available on Arrow Video Limited Edition Blu-Ray A convent full of sexually-repressed nuns find themselves increasingly frustrated by the Mother Superior’s strict way of living that they […]
Crime
CUTTER’S WAY (1981)
CUTTER’S WAY (1981) Directed by Ivan Passer On Fun City Edition Blu-Ray from Radiance Films After an evening’s business, gigolo Richard Bone’s car breaks down in a darkened alleyway during torrential rainfall. Whilst contending with […]
Drama
DOGMAN (2023)
DOGMAN (2023) Written and Directed by Luc Besson Releasing on Blu-ray and digital platforms in the UK & Ireland from 11th March 2024 After being pulled over by the cops whilst driving a van load […]
Drama
THE FALL OF AKO CASTLE [1978]
AKA AKO-JO DANZETSU, SWORDS OF VENGEANCE JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 158 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s the time of the Tokugawa shogunate, and Lord Tsunayoshi has stripped lots […]
Drama
THE ISLAND CLOSEST TO HEAVEN (1984)
Now Available from Third Window Films on Blu-ray and to Stream Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 80s Kadokawa Years Collection With its sweeping romantic music and seaside storybook atmosphere, Obayashi’s adaptation of a ‘warm-hearted tale’ […]
Drama
HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (1986)
Now Available from Third Window Films on Blu-ray and to Stream Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 80s Kadokawa Years Collection While Obayashi may be known for his eccentric, and often rather psychedelic, flights of fancy, […]
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 […]