HCF Reviews
THE SACRED SPIRIT (2021)
Available from Arrow Video July 18th To paraphrase the old legal maxim; ignorance is not an excuse. This central theme runs through The Sacred Spirit, as it explores the lives of a family facing the […]
Mystery
Giallo
TENEBRAE [1982]
AKA UNSANE Italy AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION ARROW VIDEO 4K UHD & BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 101 min/91 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Peter Neal, an American writer of violent mystery novels, arrives […]
HCF Reviews
OFFSEASON (2021)
OFFSEASON (2021) Written and Directed by Mickey Keating Screening Exclusively on Shudder Marie Aldrich is summoned to Lone Palm Beach by the graveyard caretaker after her mother Ava’s grave is desecrated. Accompanied by her partner […]
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 […]
HCF Reviews
WOODLAND GREY (2021) [Grimmfest Easter 2022 Review]
WOODLAND GREY (2021) Directed by Adam Reider Screening at Grimmfest Easter 2022 A young woman decides to spend a few days alone, camping in the woods, to heal and grieve the loss of her grandfather. […]
Drama
HOMEBOUND (2021)
HOMEBOUND (2021) Written and Directed by Sebastian Godwin Homebound is in cinemas now and on digital from 4th April 2022 from Blue Finch Film Releasing Holly joins her new husband Richard in meeting his three […]
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 […]
HCF Reviews
CENSOR [2021]
UK AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: 31ST JANUARY, from SECOND SIGHT FILMS RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera 1985: Enid Blines is a censor working for the British Board of Film Classification. […]
HCF Reviews
THE ADVENT CALENDAR (2021) aka Le Calendrier
THE ADVENT CALENDAR (2021) aka Le Calendrier Written and Directed by Patrick Ridremont Streaming on Shudder French/German with English Subtitles Paraplegic, former ballerina, Eva Roussel, is visited by her best friend Sophie who’s been living […]
HCF Reviews
KNOCKING (2021)
KNOCKING (2021) aka Knackningar Directed by Frida Kempff This Swedish tale delivers the paranoia and more grown up horror, but does it do enough to entice and thrill? Knock Knock…….who is there?….Knock Knock…. That may seem […]
Giallo
GIALLO ESSENTIALS [1965-1978]: On Blu-ray 25th October
GIALLO ESSENTIALS [1965-1978]: On Blu-ray 25th October, from ARROW VIDEO Arrow have bundled together three earlier releases for this new box set. I was eager to check out two gialli I’d never come across before […]
HCF Reviews
COME PLAY (2020)
COME PLAY (2020) Written and Directed by Jacob Chase A young autistic boy named Oliver becomes the target of a monster from another dimension who attempts to reach the child through the phones and tablets […]
HCF Reviews
THE SNAKE GIRL AND THE SILVER-HAIRED WITCH (1968)
Available from Arrow Video 20th Sep 2021 Director Noriaki Yuasa isn’t exactly well known for his work on projects with a great deal of atmosphere. This is thanks to his involvement with the original Gamera […]
HCF Reviews
MALIGNANT [2021]
USA RUNNING TIME: 111 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera 1993; Dr. Florence Weaver and her colleagues Victor Fields and John Gregory are treating a hugely deformed psychiatric patient at Simion Research Hospital who has […]
Drama
CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER (2019)
CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER (2019) Directed by Mickey Reece On digital now Sisters Alma and Elizabeth are spending time together at their log cabin in the woods, awaiting the arrival of their friend Wesley who […]
Giallo
THE PSYCHIC [1977]: On Blu-ray and On-Demand 9th August
AKA SETTE NOTE IN NERO, SEVEN BLACK NOTES, SEVEN NOTES IN BLACK, MURDER TO THE TUNE OF SEVEN BLACK NOTES, DEATH TOLLS SEVEN TIMES Italy AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND AND ON-DEMAND: 9TH AUGUST, from SHAMELESS FILMS […]
HCF Reviews
ANTEBELLUM (2020)
ANTEBELLUM (2020) Written and Directed by Garard Bush and Christopher Renz Antebellum is on Digital Download, Blu-ray and DVD on 2nd August 2021 from Lionsgate UK Enslaved by the Confederates to work in the cotton […]
HCF Reviews
AGONY (2020)
AGONY (2020) Directed by Michele Civetta Wife and mother Isidora receives news of her estranged mother’s death and that she’s inherited the family estate in Tuscany. Despite her father’s wishes, Isidora travels to the estate […]