HCF Reviews
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HCF Reviews
NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS [1975]
LA NOCHE DE LAS GAVIOTAS SPAIN AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, official HCF Critic Several hundred years ago the evil Templar knights sacrifice a girl to their pagan […]
HCF Reviews
THE GHOST GALLEON [1974]
AKA EL BUQUE MALDITO SPAIN AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, official HCF Critic Lillian, a model, investigates the disappearance of her friend Naomi and discovers that she and […]
HCF Reviews
RETURN OF THE EVIL DEAD [1973]
EL ATAQUE DE LOS MUERTOS SIN OJOS SPAIN AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, official HCF Critic Several hundred years ago in Spain, the evil Knights Templar had their […]
HCF Reviews
TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD [1972]
AKA LA NOCHE DEL TERROR CIEGO SPAIN AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 101 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, official HCF Critic In Spain, three young people – Betty, Virginia [who had a lesbian affair […]
War
City of Life and Death (2010)
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH Every now and then a war film comes along that quite simply blows you away, City of Life and Death is one of those films! Directed by Chuan Lu the […]
Genres
HELLRAISER:Hellseeker
Reviewed by Ross Hughes Taking advice from the book in front of me, the titled “How to write film reviews for the Empire Forum for dummies” its main aspect is telling you that after the […]
Genres
HELLRAISER: Inferno
Reviewed by Ross Hughes Anticipation, hype, hope, memories of the good old previous films, I often think that these elements are one of the reasons why many horror sequels fail to live up to the core of the fans […]
Horror
HELLRAISER: Bloodline
Reviewed by Ross Hughes Its amazing how full circle the franchise of Hellraiser has gone. What was the strongest delight of the original is now the worst part of the 4th chapter in the saga, and […]
Genres
HELLRAISER III- Hell on Earth
Reviewed by Ross Hughes Is this a Hellraiser or A Nightmare On Elm Street flick? I had to ask that question many times to myself as the predicament that the writers found themselves in with the […]
Horror
HELLBOUND: Hellraiser II
Reviewed by Ross Hughes When a horror film shows so much ambition and a need for originality, then its hard to criticise everyone involved. Hellbound is probably one of the most hardest reviews I have ever […]
Horror
Road Train (2010)
ROAD TRAIN Now, this Australian horror at least has some balls, and some rather interesting ideas. Yeh, its fair to say the Aussies are doing rather well at this funny old horror game, and […]
HCF Reviews
Piranha 3D (2010)
YES!!!!! I haven’t had this much fun at the cinema for at least a few months Piranha 3D is exactly what i’d hoped it was gonna be, and then some! Do i bore you with […]
Action
Black Death (2010)
Wow, all these Medieval type films coming out, its great! Black Death comes from another horror director who has decided to go all old fashioned on us. First it was Neil Marshall, and now Christopher […]
Horror
Burning Bright (2010)
I will be honest, after seeing the trailer for this, i was less than excited. What exactly could they do with a tiger let lose in a house chasing a girl and her young brother? […]
Horror
The Torment (2010)
Also known as The Possession of David O’Reilly, this was championed by Hughes on his little horror thread over on Lists and Top Tens (for those of you that have never visited the rather fine […]
HCF Reviews
The Last Exorcism (2010)
THE LAST EXORCISM Realism is the key here, realism and playing on simple, subtle fear. Realism comes in the form of both the superb documentary style, and also from the fact there are NO special […]
Horror
Frozen (2010)
FROZEN Yes, this is the one Hughes has been banging on about for over a year, and i will admit to being especially looking forward to it. The director is also responsible for the quite […]