HCF Reviews
SEANCE (2021)
SEANCE (2021) Directed by Simon Barrett Streaming now on Shudder and on Blu-Ray from 17th January 2022 With shades of an old fashioned Giallo horror, Simon Barrett’s directing debut fails to excite or bore When […]
Slasher
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SCREAM (2022)
“What’s your favorite Scary Movie” roars Ghostface for the fifth time of asking as a new masked fiend targets a new set of movie loving teenagers… Good or bad its like 1996 all over […]
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Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
A huge shocker as an 80’s classic gets the remake treatment and guess what?…..its surprisingly good and a whole of fun…. Lets start this review by being honest. If you were not a fan […]
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DEATH SCREAMS (1982) aka HOUSE OF DEATH
DEATH SCREAMS (1982) Directed by David Nelson Available on Arrow Video Blu-Ray Before heading back to college after the holidays, a group of teens see out summer with a trip to the local carnival before […]
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PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC’S REVENGE (1989)
PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC’S REVENGE (1989) Directed by Richard Friedman Available on Limited Edition Blu-Ray from Arrow Video When security officers wind up dead at the newly opened Midwood Mall, owner Harv Posner does […]
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HALLOWEEN KILLS Out Now in Cinemas
David Gordan Green delivers the gore in a surprising brutal follow up that misses the heartbeat of its 1978 original…. Lets kick off this review then with a huge spoiler! Michael Myers survived that raging […]
Ghost
CANDYMAN [2021]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNNG TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY:Dr Lenera In 1992, Chicago graduate student Helen Lyle went on a killing spree before trying to sacrifice a baby and perishing in a bonfire […]
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RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE (2019)
RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE (2019) Directed by Jay Baruchel A Shudder Original, releasing on Blu-Ray and DVD from 23rd August 2021 Comic book writer Todd is looking to finally bring an end to his Slasherman […]
Comedy
VICIOUS FUN (2020) [Grimmfest May Madness Review]
VICIOUS FUN (2020) Directed by Cody Calahan Screened at Grimmfest May Madness Virtual Film Festival 2021 Screening on Shudder from 29th June 2021 Joel, a writer for horror magazine Vicious Fanatics, unwittingly finds himself in […]
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FREAKY (2020)
Vince Vaughan goes all Jodie Foster/Lindsey Lohan in Christopher Landon’ s horror redo of the much loved body swap tale. A young teenage girl swaps bodies with a male criminal and we watch in amusement […]
Giallo
THE MURDER SECRET [1988]
AKA NON AVER PAURA DELLA ZIA MARTA, DON’T BE AFRAID OF AUNT MARTHA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera MAJOR SPOILERS IN LAST PARAGRAPH! Little Richard Hamilton is traumatised […]
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Benny Loves You (2019)
Imagine if Tiffany had enough of Chucky and left his murderous ego and decided to shack up with Elmo and eventually they had a child! Well that is Benny and he loves his owner just […]
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SMILEY FACE KILLERS (2020)
SMILEY FACE KILLERS (2020) Directed by Tim Hunter Some brutal images of animal violence open up Bret Easton Ellis’ SMILEY FACE KILLERS, a film inspired by the theory of serial killers being responsible for the […]
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The Babysitter: Killer Queen
The surprise Netflix horror hit from 2017 gets the obligatory sequel treatment and with it, becomes The Hangover II of the horror genre….. If you are the creators of a new original horror film […]
Features
SCREAM: A lookback at the 1996 classic Slasher flick
“No You listen you little bitch! If you hang up on me again I will gut you like a fish!” Ghostface 1996! The year of a hot summer, where in the UK, Euro 96 was […]
Action
CRY HAVOC (2020)
CRY HAVOC (2020) Written and Directed by Rene Perez A young journalist manages to secure an interview with an elusive criminal on the FBI’s most wanted list, known simply as ‘The Voyeur’. Accused of creating […]
Features
THE STEPFATHER FRANCHISE: Ross Hughes looks back at the cherished 80’s and 90’s Trilogy!
Before he was famous for being John Locke in the infamous TV Show LOST, Terry O’Quinn was having fun with a kitchen knife in the much forgotten but wonderful slasher franchise, The Stepfather. Here we […]
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THE WIND [1986]
AKA THE EDGE OF TERROR USA ON BLU-RAY from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 92 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Sian Anderson is a mystery novelist who leaves her posh Los Angeles home and her […]