Action
UNKNOWN [2011]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME:113 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Upon arriving in Berlin, Dr. Martin Harris and his wire Liz go to check into a hotel. As they are entering, Martin rushes […]
Mystery
Horror
Heartless (2009) by Matt Wavish (Pazuzu)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCmvhghjmsk[/youtube] (possible spoilers) Jim Sturgess is superb as the main character with a heart shaped birthmark which cause him to shy away from people and live a secluded life, with his Mum, as a photographer. […]
Columns
Blood Bath (aka A Bay of Blood) (1971)
Director: Mario Bava First released: 1983 (although made in 1971) Current status: Passed 18 uncut in the UK Shockingly MarioBava’s classic film was refused a certificate by the BBFC in 1972 for it’s first […]
Columns
The Beyond (1981)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vltPK0IfP4M[/youtube] Director: Lucio Fulci First released: 1981 Current status: Supposedly available in the UK uncut, although the region 1 release by Grindhouse Releasing is the fullest version. Lucio Fulci is a bit of a […]
Genres
THE BOX: Film Review By Ross Hughes
THE BOX Ok, not quite a downright horror, there is no Bogeyman in sight, no masked fiend wanting to hack up annoying young Virgins, or even any blood of sort, splashing across the screen. […]
Horror
SHUTTER ISLAND: Review By Ross Hughes
SHUTTER ISLAND “Would it be worse to live as a monster or die as a good man!” Shutter Island is not actually a full blown horror, its one of those films that dips it’s toes […]
HCF Reviews
THE OBJECTIVE [2008]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the Ghazni Province in Afghanistan, a special forces team meet CIA agent Benjamin Keynes, who tells them they are to find […]
Mystery
The Secret In Their Eyes (2010) by Matt Wavish
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TjR3pTWk_0[/youtube] This superb Spanish thriller has had some exceptional reviews, and I believe won the Best Foreign Film award at last year’s Oscars and deservedly so. The Secret in Their Eyes is a full bodied, relentless, passionate […]
Ghost
Shock Labyrinth 3D (2009) by Pazuzu
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cenVZTQ-2f4[/youtube] OK, so I didn’t actually watch this in 3D but I could see where the 3D scenes were, and honestly they didn’t look all that good so thankfully it would seem I didn’t miss […]
Horror
Devil (2010) by Pazuzu (formerly Dj Vivace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINOilb_Kzc The first film from a series of stories known as the Night Chronicles see’s M Night Shyamalan actually write something credible and interesting after a run of flawed films. Thankfully he does not direct […]
Horror
Book of Blood (2008)
Book of Blood seems to suffer from the Bilbo Baggin’s comment, “Too little butter being spread over too much bread”. The movie is effectively shot with good production values, competant acting and looks and sounds […]
Comedy
Drag Me To Hell (2009)
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and that is exactly why I was not that impressed with Raimi’s new effort, Drag me to Hell. Focussing on how a young bank clerk […]
Drama
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Niels Arden Oplev’s take on the first chapter of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy is overlong but never boring. Perhaps more fitting as a two part mini series, the story focuses on the dark goings on […]
HCF Reviews
The Exorcist III (1990)
Contains spoilers! Seriously, what else was it gonna be Not only the top horror, for me, of the nineties, but it’s in my top five horrors ever ever!!! I just love everything about this dark […]
Giallo
FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET [1971]
ITALY/FRANCE AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Roberto, a rock musician, is being stalked by a man in dark glasses. When he finally confronts him in […]
Horror
After.Life
AFTERLIFE My first, and most important comments on this dark and moody horror are this: Christina Ricci and a red night-dress, or even better still, NAKED!! If you don’t enjoy the film itself, unless your […]
Genres
After.Life
Reviewed By Ross Hughes After Life is an oddity! Its not that good, but its not exactly awful. It also makes you want to watch it until the very end, despite your brain telling you […]