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STAN LEE: 1922 -2018. An Obituary
Stan Lee, the legend of Marvel, the genius mind behind such fantastic superhero creations has passed away at the age of 95. The much loved icon will be deeply missed by millions of fans all […]
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The Old Scares Are The Best This Halloween
Let’s be honest, dolls have always been creepy, and even the best attempts to make them more lifelike have left them in that uncomfortable Uncanny Valley. There’s just something unsettling about them that we couldn’t […]
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HUGHESY’S TREK ACROSS HADDONFIELD: A Special Look Back At The Halloween Franchise: Part One
HUGHESY’S TREK ACROSS HADDONFIELD: A LOOK BACK ON THE HALLOWEEN FRANCHISE: Part 1 Halloween 2018 is coming, a film 40 years in the making, but while the film is quite happy to ignore all the sequels […]
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HCF Exclusive: Robert D. Krzykowski on The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
To round off our Fright Fest coverage, I had the honours of sitting down to interview The Man Who Killed Hitler Then The Bigfoot helmer Robert D. Krzykowski. Being the clear stand out of the […]
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Midnight Madness Alumni
With The Predator receiving its World Premiere at the Midnight Madess section of this year’s Toronto Film Festival, here is a look back at some of the best gory and thrilling films that have previously […]
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Fright Fest (2018): Best to worst
The bottom line – a cheat sheet for anyone who doesn’t want to wade through five days of diaries (here, here, here, here and here) to separate the metaphorical wheat from the chaff. In terms […]
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Fright Fest (2018) Day 5: A 24 hour climax, with puppets and a monster
This is the end, beautiful friends, the end. Following five days of films, filter coffees and plenty of kills, Fright Fest is over once again. It’s been another successful year, with a mostly stellar line-up. […]
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Fright Fest (2018) Day 4: Hitler, Bigfoot and other monsters
Last night I dreamt I was in a horror movie situation. I was in a scary house somewhere, surrounded by things not dissimilar to the Xenomorphs – only they seemed to be made of leather. […]
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Fright Fest (2018) Day 3: Pills, upgrades and other bad habits
Day three. At the start it feels like there’s so much left, then at the end it’s almost over. I wake from a short sleep then head downstairs for breakfast then skim a paper, to […]
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Fright Fest (2018) Day 2: Incidents with boars, buses and Bousman
Traditionally first nights are a mixed bag, with less impressive showings like Cherry Tree, Cell and Death Note being among the early showings for the last few years. Still, as per the fried food and […]
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Fright Fest (2018) Day 1: Parks and recreational drug use
Sing it with me! It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, it’s August bank holiday weekend, and HorrorCultFilms are visiting London, which can only mean one thing –the Arrow Video sponsored Fright Fest […]
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Ranking the Hellraisers
You opened the page, so I came. Regular readers may recall I recently ranked the Halloween series and the Friday the 13ths, then judged the Jurassic Parks. Lately I’ve gotten to know a Hellraiser fan […]
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DOC RANKS THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLES, FILMS 1 TO 5
Of course they’re neither horror nor cult [though the very fine TV series can probably be classed as the latter], but any frequent reader of this website will know that it’s roughly 50% horror and […]
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Monthly Tee Club Review
Subscription boxes are all the rage right now but if it’s new tees you’re looking for then Monthly Tee Club might be worth checking out. Taking your interests as a guideline as to what design […]
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Juan Vasquez is Avoiding Converstation
You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance Although I’ve still been playing State of Decay 2 with my pals, and patiently ambling through the pretty but vacant Agony, along came a new challenger. […]
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Juan Vasquez is Avoiding Conversation
In a new feature I’ll be going through some of the videogames, movies and TV shows that have been keeping my attention over the last couple of weeks. Well, attention span permitting anyway. So without […]
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DOC’S TRIP TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE – PART 3: Films 9-12
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AND EXPLICITLY GORY PICTURES! Jason Voorhees is about to kill his latest victim when she, actually an undercover FBI agent, leads him into a trap where he’s gunned down and then blown […]
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DOC’S TRIP TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE – PART 2: Films 5 to 8
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AND EXPLICITLY GORY PICTURES! Tommy Jarvis is now a deeply traumatised teenager, very withdrawn and suffering from nightmares and hallucinations of Jason Voorhees. He’s sent to Pinehurst, a country retreat for troubled […]