HCF Reviews
Firestarter (2022)
FIRESTARTER Directed by Keith Thomas Charlie is a Firestarter – a twisted Firestarter – and has been since she was born. Whenever she gets stressed or upset, flames soon follow – so you can imagine […]
Year Made: 2022
Action
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS [2022]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 126 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Dr. Stephen Strange is trying to come to terms with the way his life is going, with his ex, Christine, getting married to […]
Comedy
STUDIO 666 (2022)
STUDIO 666 (2022) Directed by BJ McDonnell For their tenth studio album, frontman Dave Grohl decides the Foo Fighters should record somewhere different and, with the help of their record label boss, discover the perfect […]
HCF Reviews
The Northman (2022)
THE NORTHMAN Directed by Robert Eggers A young prince vows to avenge his father, the king, who dies at the hands of his own brother. It’s either the plot of Hamlet or The Lion King, […]
Drama
Death on the Nile (2022)
DEATH ON THE NILE (2022) Directed by Kenneth Branagh “A person in love would do anything” opines Poirot. In the second case under director/star Kenneth Branagh, after seemingly no time at all, Linnet and Simon […]
Drama
THE FAMILY (2021) [Grimmfest Easter 2022 Review]
THE FAMILY (2021) Directed by Dan Slater Screening at Grimmfest Easter 2022 A group of teenagers enslaved by their own ‘parents’, living a devoted life to their God, have hope that they may one day […]
Action
MORBIUS [2022]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera As a child, Michael Morbius becomes friends with Milo, the two of them struggling with the same rare blood disease which requires constant […]
Ghost
NIGHT’S END (2022)
NIGHT’S END (2022) Directed by Jennifer Reeder Streaming on Shudder Divorced hermit Ken Barber tries to make a career for himself by recording online videos. On one of his videos, where he divulges his ‘long […]
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PROJECT GEMINI (2022)
PROJECT GEMINI (2022) aka Zvyozdniy Razum Directed by Serik Beyseu Project Gemini available on digital platforms now from Ignition Earth is dying. With a disease ravaging plant life, carbon dioxide is increasing whilst oxygen is […]
Found Footage
Stoker Hills
A hybrid of found footage and conventional, Stoker Hills starts off fast, but quickly loses its way with its grand ambition….. Even though the Found Footage genre has now been literally done to death, […]
HCF Reviews
Master (2022)
MASTER Directed by Mariama Diallo As a genre, horror has a knack for giving voice to outsider perspectives: be it films about race, class, or sexual orientation, it celebrates stories about marginalised people. The latest […]
HCF Reviews
THE DARKER THE LAKE (2022)
THE DARKER THE LAKE (2022) Directed by Lok Kwan Woo Available on Digital With a spate of mysterious deaths in their Austrian town, raging from killings to suicides, detectives Tamara and Lukas investigate and find […]
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Action
THE LEDGE (2022)
THE LEDGE (2022) Directed by Howard J. Ford Available on Digital from 14th March 2022 and DVD 21st March 2022 After witnessing a group of men committing a crime, a young woman finds herself trapped […]
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FRESH (2022)
FRESH (2022) Directed by Mimi Cave Streaming on Disney+ from 18th March 2022 Young woman Noa is having a hard time trying to find a partner. After going on numerous disastrous dates with men she’s […]
HCF Reviews
Zeros and Ones (2022)
Set in a covid riddled world, Ethan Hawke plays American military operative JJ. Called to Rome to prevent an approaching terrorist bombing, all the while searching for information for his imprisoned and now believed to […]
HCF Reviews
The Batman (2022)
THE BATMAN Directed by Matt Reeves A few years ago, I remember sitting in a coffee shop and seeing a youngish mum, probably in her late twenties, doing a Batman colouring-in book with her daughter. […]
Short Films
THE RUNNER (2022) – A Short Film by Boy Harsher
THE RUNNER (2022) Written and Directed by Boy Harsher Streaming on Shudder THE RUNNER is quite an unusual short film in that it combines music production with a horror story to produce a blended narrative […]
