Comedy
FANTASY MISSION FORCE [1983]
AKA MI NI TE GONG DUI Taiwan/Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic It’s World War 2 and the Japanese attack an Allied camp in […]
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Clinton Road: The Hughes Verdict!
What is it all about? In the film, scripted by Derek Ross Mackay, a widowed fire fighter seeks closure after his wife goes missing on an actual haunted road in rural New Jersey but must […]
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DEMONIA [1990]
Italy AVAILABLE ON DVD [REGION 1 ONLY] RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Sicily 1486: a mob of villagers crucify and burn five nuns, suspected of witchcraft, in a […]
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THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA [2019]: In Cinemas 3rd May
USA IN CINEMAS: 3rd May RUNNING TIME: 93 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Mexico 1673: two children are drowned by their mother. Los Angeles 1973: social worker Anna Tate-Garcia investigates the […]
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SCARED STIFF [1987]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Charlesburg 1857: slave owner George Materson has a curse put on him by his slaves, […]
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PET SEMATARY [1989]: On Blu-ray and 4K UltraHD Now, 30th Anniversary Edition
USA ON BLU-RAY AND 4K ULTRA HD: NOW, from Paramount Pictures UK HERE RUNNING TIME: 103 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Louis and Rachel Creed, plus their children Ellie and Gage, […]
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CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH [1995]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from 88 Films here RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Coleman Tarrant is murdered while investigating the deaths of three men in a manner […]
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CAM (2018)
This review contains mild spoilers Back in the less woke days of 2009, the term “fraping” referred to someone commandeering someone else’s Facebook account to post something embarrassing. In 2018, Blumhouse’s latest effort Cam takes […]
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CANDYMAN: DAY OF THE DEAD [1999]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ONLY] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic It’s quite a few years after the Candyman killings in New Orleans and Annie […]
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THE FOG [1980]
USA AVAILABLE ON FOUR DISC LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITION BLU-RAY AND UDH from STUDIOCANAL RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1880, six of the founders of the Californian coastal town […]
Cult TV
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
At the bottom of this review, I’m going to call The Haunting of Hill House one of the best individual seasons of TV I’ve ever seen. If you want to avoid all spoilers, stop here, […]
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Malevolent (2018)
MALEVOLENT (2018) Directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Netflix and chills, apparently. Among other seasonal offerings this month, everyone’s favourite streaming giant brings you the latest from director Olaf de Fleur Johannesson: Malevolent. Based on […]
Genres
THE HATRED (2017)
THE HATRED (2017) Written and Directed by Michael G. Kehoe Reagan is invited to stay at her old professor’s home for the weekend and invites three of her school friends along to make it into […]
Found Footage
Hell House LLC 2: The Abaddon Hotel: The Hughes Verdict
What is it all about? It’s been eight years since the opening night tragedy of Hell House, LLC and still many unanswered questions remain. Thanks to an anonymous tip, investigative journalist Jessica Fox is […]
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THE LITTLE STRANGER [2018]: In Cinemas Now
France/Ireland/UK IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 101 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the summer of 1948, Dr. Faraday, a country psychiatrist with humble beginnings, is called to Hundreds Hall where […]
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Hereditary (2018)
HEREDITARY (2018) Directed by Ari Aster It’s that once or twice a year when mainstream critics embrace our beloved genre again. As such, expect prefixes like ‘intelligent’ or ‘psychological’ to feature heavily to disguise it’s […]
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GHOST STORIES [2017]: In Cinemas Now
UK IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Phillip Goodman is a well-known professor who specialises in debunking fraudulent psychics on his television programme, regarding it as […]
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