HCF Reviews
PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE [1954]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Paris around the turn of the 20th Century. A series of murders is taking place in the Rue Morgue district. Women […]
Mystery
Giallo
MURDER-ROCK: DANCING DEATH [1984]
AKA MURDEROCK: UCCIDE A PASSO DI DANZA, THE DEMON IS LOOSE, SLASHDANCE ITALY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ONLY] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Candice Morman runs a dancing […]
HCF Reviews
FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO [1943]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera British tank Corporal John Bramble stumbles into The Empress of Britain, a Sahara oasis hotel after crawling through […]
HCF Reviews
VAL LEWTON HORROR SERIES #4: THE SEVENTH VICTIM [1943]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 71 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS IN LAST PARAGRAPH! Mary Gibson learns that her older sister and only relative, Jacqueline Gibson, has gone missing and hasn’t paid […]
HCF Reviews
VAL LEWTON HORROR SERIES #3: THE LEOPARD MAN [1943]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ONLY] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 65 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a leopard as a publicity stunt for his night-club performing girlfriend, […]
HCF Reviews
COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019)
COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019) Directed by Richard Stanley Struggling to make a go of their rural home since moving from the city, the Gardner family’s life begins to unravel after a glowing meteorite crash-lands […]
Giallo
ALICE, SWEET ALICE [1976]
AKA COMMUNION, HOLY TERROR US AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 107 mins/106 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Paterson, New York, 1961. Alice Spages is a withdrawn 12-year-old girl who lives with her […]
HCF Reviews
FANTASY ISLAND [2020]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 109 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic A plane arrives at a mysterious island resort presided over by Mr. Roarke, who announces to his guests, all […]
HCF Reviews
ENDLESS NIGHT [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS! Michael Rogers is a chauffeur with little money, but big dreams. Foremost of these is building his dream house […]
HCF Reviews
VAL LEWTON HORROR SERIES #2: I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE [1943]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [Japan region free] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 69 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Nurse Betsy is hired to care for Jessica the wife of Paul Holland, a […]
HCF Reviews
HELLMINGTON (2018)
UK Release Date – TBC High-school girls going missing under suspicious circumstances, cryptic final words from dying fathers, and children tragically being by killed by house fires. What’s it all about you ask? Well some […]
HCF Reviews
KNIVES OUT (2019)
KNIVES OUT Directed by Rian Johnson I wasn’t big on whodunits ’til I was in my late twenties when an armchair detective pal lured me round to watch the ITV version of Death in the […]
HCF Reviews
VOICES FROM BEYOND [1991]
AKA VOCI DAL PROFONDO Italy AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Wealthy businessman Giorgio Mainardi dies of a stomach hemorrhage, but his ghost is not so […]
HCF Reviews
DREAM NO EVIL (1970)
Part of the American Horror Project Vol2 Available on Blu-ray now from Arrow Films Time for some more weird super ’70s stuff courtesy of Arrow’s American Horror Project, a series in which a variety of […]
HCF Reviews
DARK AUGUST (1976) – American Horror Project Vol. 2
DARK AUGUST (1976) Directed by Martin Goldman Part of American Horror Project Vol. 2 from Arrow Video 38 year old city boy Sal (J.J. Barry) is cursed after accidentally hitting and killing a young girl […]
Giallo
DOUBLE FACE [1969]: On Blu-ray June 24th
AKA A DOPPIA FACCIA, DAS GESICHT IM DUNKELN, PUZZLE OF HORRORS, LIZ AND HELEN Italy/West Germany AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: JUNE 24TH, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
HCF Reviews
KILLER PARTY (2018)
AKA Monster Party Available now on VOD and DVD Genre hopping movies that suddenly draw a dramatic line under the first forty-five minutes of a narrative aren’t often a thing for one reason or another, […]
Giallo
THE IGUANA WITH THE TONGUE OF FIRE [1971]: On Blu-ray Now
AKA L’IGUANA DALLA LINGUA DI FUOCO Italy/France/West Germany/Ireland AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON VINYL: 19th APRIL RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In Dublin, […]