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 […]
Year Made: 2021
Comedy
JAKOB’S WIFE (2021)
JACOB’S WIFE (2021) Directed by Travis Stevens Available on Blu-Ray and DVD Married to church minister Jakob Fedder for over 30 years, Anne finds herself tired of being the quiet, obedient housewife and yearns for […]
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Titane (2021)
Titane (2021) Following up from 2016’s hit Raw – Julia Ducouranu (previously interviewed by Horror Cult Films back during the release of Raw) is back and sneaking in during the last gasps of 2021 to […]
Documentary
JFK REVISITED: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS [2021]
USA AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 118 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Friday, November 22nd, 1963. The President of the United States John F. Kennedy is in Texas on a political trip to smooth over […]
Action
THE KING’S MAN [2021]
UK/USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 130 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In 1902, Orlando, the Duke of Oxford, loses his wife Emily while working for the Red Cross in South Africa during the Boer […]
Action
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS [2021]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 148 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Neo actually didn’t die. And neither did Trinity. Both are alive in ‘our’ world. Thomas Anderson is a successful video game developer who […]
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WEST SIDE STORY [2021]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 156 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s the summer of 1957 in the San Juan Hill neighborhood on New York’s Upper West Side. The area is being demolished, but […]
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RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY [2021]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 107 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Claire Redfield spent her youth inside Raccoon City’s orphanage with her brother Chris. There, she was often visited in the night by a […]
Ghost
CHHORII (2021)
CHHORII (2021) Directed by Vishal Furia Available on Amazon Video Hindi Language with English Subtitles When Hemant is beaten up by a loan shark’s goons, he disappears during the night with heavily pregnant wife Sakshi […]
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THE ADVENT CALENDAR (2021) aka Le Calendrier
THE ADVENT CALENDAR (2021) aka Le Calendrier Written and Directed by Patrick Ridremont Streaming on Shudder French/German with English Subtitles Paraplegic, former ballerina, Eva Roussel, is visited by her best friend Sophie who’s been living […]
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KNOCKING (2021)
KNOCKING (2021) aka Knackningar Directed by Frida Kempff This Swedish tale delivers the paranoia and more grown up horror, but does it do enough to entice and thrill? Knock Knock…….who is there?….Knock Knock…. That may seem […]
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We Need To Do Something (2021)
You will either love or hate this crazy directing debut from Sean King O’Grady but no matter which way your feelings sway, you’ll all be thinking about this horror long after the final credits roll!… […]
Drama
DEAD & BEAUTIFUL (2021) [A Shudder Original]
DEAD &D BEAUTIFUL (2021) Directed by David Verbeek A Shudder Original Five wealthy twenty-somethings find themselves at a loose end with no responsibility and their parent’s bulging wallets burning a hole in their pocket. With […]
Found Footage
The Deep House (2021)
The duo who brought us the wonderful demented INSIDE are back in the horror genre with a watery haunting that may end up in many Top 10 horror lists of 2021…. Just when you thought you had […]
Fantasy
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO [2021]: In Cinemas Now
UK IN CINAMES NOW RUNNING TIME:116 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Eloise, or Ellie, is shy, innocent, wears clothes she makes herself, lives with her grandmother and is haunted by the memory of her […]
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DUNE [2021]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 156 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It is the year 10191 and the universe is dominated by the presence of the spice Melange which extends life and aids […]
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Antlers (2021)
ANTLERS Directed by Scott Cooper The generous release schedule of low to medium budget horrors continues, with this long-awaited flick from Searchlight Pictures (now owned by Disney, thus this comes to you via the house […]
Action
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE Directed by Andy Serkis It’s time for a sequel to the most unexpectedly good superhero movie of recent years. When I saw 2018’s Venom getting advertised, it always struck me […]