HCF Reviews
Werewolves Within
Its Knives Out with a furry howling creature in the midst…… I love nothing more than a good Werewolf movie but sadly the genre has been lacking some serious quality entries over the years with the […]
Year Made: 2021
Action
THE SUICIDE SQUAD [2021]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 132 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera MINOR SPOILERS! Under orders from Amanda Waller, a number of imprisoned convicts at Belle Reve penitentiary are sent to the island nation […]
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The Forever Purge (2021)
THE FOREVER PURGE Directed by Everardo Gout There’s an old joke that if elections changed anything they’d be illegal. In The Purge universe, it’s more than just a witty remark. After the American public voted […]
HCF Reviews
OLD [2021]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 108 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Four groups of people are on holiday in a tropical resort. On the advice of the resort’s manager, they all wind up […]
Drama
Hunter Hunter
Shawn Linden cleverly offers up a familiar survivalist thriller, that flips its own genre with a staggering last act that is both astonishing and haunting and no doubt the best horror moment of 2021…. Nothing […]
HCF Reviews
ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS [2021]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera After finding coordinates to its New York City-based headquarters, Sole survivors of a series of deadly escape rooms Zoey Davis and Ben […]
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Black Widow (2021)
BLACK WIDOW (2021) Directed by Cate Shortland There’s a bit in Endgame where Peter Parker gets saved by a full roster of the MCU women, including (among others) Scarlet Witch, The Wasp, and Pepper Potts. […]
HCF Reviews
Jumbo (2021)
Scream if you wanna go faster! In 2004, competitive archer, and Olympic gold medal winner, Erika Labrie, got married. In a ceremony of commitment, she took her partners surname, and now goes by Erika Eiffel. […]
Animation
DOGTANIAN AND THE THREE MUSKEHOUNDS [2021]: In Cinemas Now [Short Review]
SPAIN IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In 17th century France, young Dogtanian, good with a sword but a bit arrogant, arrives in Paris, hoping to join the King’s […]
Drama
THE GREEN SEA (2021)
THE GREEN SEA (2021) Written and Directed by Randal Plunkett Out now on digital and on demand American heavy metal musician turned author Simone is struggling to write her second book. Having gained success with […]
Action
F9: The Fast Saga
F9: THE FAST SAGA Directed by Justin Lin As lockdown finally comes to an end, I bet many cinemagoers can’t wait to spend quality time with the family. By that, I mean the street-racing gang […]
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IN THE EARTH [2021]: In Selected Cinemas Now
US/ UK IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 107 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s the aftermath of a deadly pandemic which killed Martin Lowery’s parents. Martin’s had to quarantine for four months, but is […]
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THE NEST (2021) aka THE BEWAILING [Grimmfest May Madness Review]
THE NEST aka THE BEWAILING Directed by James Suttles Screened at Grimmfest May Madness Virtual Film Festival 2021 A mother struggles to deal with her daughter’s separation anxiety issues but what she doesn’t realise is […]
HCF Reviews
A QUIET PLACE PART II [2021]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The Abbott family have been desperately trying to survive in a terrifying new world where vicious alien monsters who may not […]
Interviews
Interview: Seth Breedlove – On The Trail Of Bigfoot: The Journey
Nobody does local legends like the Americans. While we Brits have some cannibals, ogres and murderers on the moors, our friends across the pond have them in every town. Small Town Monsters are all about […]
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We Still Say Grace (2021)
Say your prayers! From most accounts today, religion is on its way out. But not so much in horror, with classics, as well as a few of the more recent releases – the religious horror […]
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT Directed by Michael Chaves Eight films into the Conjuring Universe, I’m not surprised people are experiencing franchise fatigue. While the better entries, The Conjuring 2 and Annabelle […]
HCF Reviews
GODZILLA VS. KONG [2021]
USA IN CINEMAS AND ON DIGITAL NOW RUNNING TIME: 113 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s five years after the events of Godzilla: King Of The Monsters and humanity has entered into an uneasy […]