Crime
RED ROOMS (2023)
RED ROOMS (2023) aka Les Chambres Rouges Written and Directed by Pascal Plante French Language with English Subtitles Red Rooms is in cinemas 6th September 2024 Ludovic Chevalier is on trial in Montreal for […]
Mystery
Giallo
WHO SAW HER DIE? [1972]
AKA CHI L’HA VISTA MORIRE? ITALY / WEST GERMANY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL ON DEMAND: 26TH AUGUST, from SHAMELESS SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera 1967, at a ski resort […]
HCF Reviews
THINE EARS SHALL BLEED (2024)
THINE EARS SHALL BLEED (2024) Directed by Ben Bigelow Available on Digital in the UK The Thatcher family find themselves lost in the woods whilst on the way to collect an organ for their father […]
Drama
NIGHTSIREN (2022)
NIGHTSIREN (2022) Directed by Tereza Nvotová Slovak language with English subtitles Available on Arrow Video limited edition Blu-Ray A young woman named Sarlota returns to the mountain village she grew up in after receiving an […]
Crime
CUTTER’S WAY (1981)
CUTTER’S WAY (1981) Directed by Ivan Passer On Fun City Edition Blu-Ray from Radiance Films After an evening’s business, gigolo Richard Bone’s car breaks down in a darkened alleyway during torrential rainfall. Whilst contending with […]
Comedy
THE CAT AND THE CANARY [1927]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 22nd April, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In a decaying mansion overlooking the Hudson River, dying millionaire Cyrus West orders that his last will and […]
Cult TV
PASSENGER (Series 1) Review
Dead stags….missing teenagers….a spooky forest…..if ITV did Stranger Things….. There is something amiss in the small town of Chadder Vale, a place where nearly everything you know in horror and recent TV shows is […]
HCF Reviews
THE MEDUSA TOUCH (1978)
THE MEDUSA TOUCH (1978) Directed by Jack Gold When an author is brutally beaten within an inch of his life, leaving him in hospital on life support, Detective Inspector Brunel must piece together who the […]
HCF Reviews
A Haunting In Venice (2023)
A HAUNTING IN VENICE Directed by Kenneth Branagh It’s almost October, so some of the biggest genre franchises are returning: The Conjuring Universe, The Exorcist and Saw. Then there’s the latest Poirot film, which unexpectedly […]
Giallo
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE [1964]
Italy AKA SEI DONNE PER L’ASSASSINO, SIX WOMEN FOR AN ASSASSIN AVAILABLE ON 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY AND NORMAL BLU-RAY: 18TH SEPTEMBER,FROM ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 90 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
Ghost
THE CHANGELING [1980]
THE CHANGELING (1980) USA/Canada AVAILABLE ON 4K UHD and BLU-RAY from Second Sight Films RUNNING TIME: 115 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera John Russell, a composer living in New York, moves across the country […]
Drama
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK [1975]
Australia AVAILABLE ON 4kUHD and STANDARD BLU-RAY: MAY 1ST, from SECOND SIGHT RUNNING TIME: 115 min/ 107 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic As stated by the introductory text to the film: On […]
HCF Reviews
CREEPING HORROR [1933-1946]
CREEPING HORROR – MURDERS IN THE ZOO [1933], NIGHT MONSTER [1942], HORROR ISLAND [1941], HOUSE OF HORRORS [1946] Eureka move away from science fiction horror and focus on horror with their latest collection of vintage […]
Board Games
Hunt A Killer: Death At The Dive Bar
If you’ve been on social media or listened to an American podcast in the last few years, you’ll likely have heard of Hunt A Killer. It’s the world’s premiere mystery in a box game, allowing […]
Comedy
THE CAT AND THE CANARY / THE GHOST BREAKERS [1939,1940]
THE CAT AND THE CANARY / THE GHOST BREAKERS [1939, 1940] AVAILABLE NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A few days later than intended due to postal holdups, I check out two horror-comedies […]
HCF Reviews
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY [2022]
USA IN SELECTED CINEMAS until November 30th ON NETFLIX: December 23rd RUNNING TIME: 139 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Famed detective Benoit Blanc isn’t having a good time. Lockdown has meant that he hasn’t had […]
HCF Reviews
MOST HORRIBLE THINGS (2022)
MOST HORRIBLE THINGS (2022) Directed by Hiroshi Katagiri Six strangers are invited to a Valentine’s Day dinner party by a mysterious high-class host. Their presence is part of a social experiment involving reaching a personal […]
Ghost
GOTHIC FANTASTICO: FOUR ITALIAN TALES OF TERROR [1963,1966]
GOTHIC FANTASTICO: FOUR ITALIAN TALES OF TERROR AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 17TH OCTOBER, from ARROW VIDEO Horror fans the world over know of the Gothic classics that came from America’s Universal studios and Britain’s Hammer. However, […]