Ghost
Lights Out (2016)
Lights out (2016) Directed by David F. Sandberg Now, I’ve never looked into it, so could be wrong. But I’d bet fear of the dark is among the most common phobias. There’s something inherently scary […]
Ghost
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #65: NIGHTMARE [1964]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Young Janet’s mother was committed to an asylum when the child was just 14 after stabbing her husband […]
Found Footage
Ghoul: The Hughes Verdict!
What is it all about? Backpackers go into the woods with a camera in hand and start being picked off one by one by a ghostly figure. Is this the long awaited Blair Witch sequel? […]
Features
When The Blair Witch Project scared a generation. Hughesy recalls that 1999 experience!
With the shocking news that Adam Wingard’s The Woods is in fact a Blair Witch sequel. Hughesy looks back on the much loved original that gave many horror fans a sleepless night! In 1999, the […]
Comedy
GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) The Hughes Verdict!
What’s it all about? Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore are the Ghostbusters and the year is 1984. Hang on? Sorry wrong synopsis. The year is 2016 and someone has decided to […]
Genres
Visions (2015)
VISIONS (2015) Directed by Kevin Greutert Given the genre’s focus on vulnerable people in danger, it seems a fairly safe bet to do a film about a pregnant women in trouble. Sadly, as per 2014’s […]
Ghost
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
THE CONJURING 2 Directed by James Wan I differ from many other members of the Horror Cult Films team in that I hated The Conjuring. Yes, it was slickly made and the door bit was […]
Found Footage
CLASSROOM 6 (2015)
CLASSROOM 6 (2015) Written and Directed by Jonas Odenheimer When a male teacher and female student go missing from a school, the surrounding community are led to believe that the couple were romantically involved and […]
Genres
DARK SIGNAL (2016)
DARK SIGNAL (2016) Co-written and Directed by Edward Evers-Swindell In North Wales, a radio show broadcasts for the final time with the station’s number one DJ looking to go out with a bang. Meanwhile, Kate, […]
Ghost
Restoration (2016)
RESTORATION (2016) Directed by Zack Ward Maybe it’s my horror fandom that makes me so loathe to move out of the current squalor I call home. After all, if this genre’s taught us anything it’s […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #57: CAPTAIN CLEGG [1962]
AKA NIGHT CREATURES UK ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 82 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 1776: a ‘mullato’ [somewhat derogatory term for a person with both ‘black’ and […]
Found Footage
The Unfolding (2016)
THE UNFOLDING (2016) Directed by Eugene McGing Usually writing reviews is a real source of pleasure. If the movie’s a good one then it’s great fun to tell people why they should see it. And if it’s bad then at […]
Comedy
CLINGER (2015)
Available now on Amazon With an opening text about ‘first love’ accompanied by a sinister musical cue Clinger sets the tone for a typical boy meets girl high school drama, albeit one in which something […]
Genres
THE WRONG HOUSE (2013) aka HOUSE HUNTING
THE WRONG HOUSE (2013) aka HOUSE HUNTING Written and Directed by Eric Hurt Available on DVD Two house-hunting families find themselves having to work together when they find themselves unable to escape a house and […]
Ghost
THE BOY [2016]: in cinemas now
USA/Canada/China IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 97 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic American Greta escapes an abusive relationship by getting a temporary job as a nanny for the Heelshire family in […]
Ghost
THE FOREST [2016]: in cinemas now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 93 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Sara Price receives a phone call from the Japanese police telling her that they think that her troubled […]
Crime
BACKTRACK (2015)
Available Now from Arrow Films and VOD Backtrack is an Australian mystery movie; part psychological thriller and part horror story. Peter Bower (Adrien Brody) is a troubled man trying to get his life, and his career […]
Ghost
THE HOUSE ON PINE STREET [2015]: on DVD 1st February
USA ON DVD: 1st February, from SECOND SIGHT RUNNING TIME: 111 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Seven months pregnant, Jennifer Branagan reluctantly returns from Los Angeles to her hometown in Kansas […]