HCF Reviews
THE LULLABY (2017)
AKA Siembamba UK Release Date – To be confirmed While a South African horror film might sound like a refreshing idea, it’s soon apparent here that the usual tropes are still going strong outside of […]
Genres
Comedy
4/20 MASSACRE (2018)
4/20 MASSACRE (2018) Written and Directed by Dylan Reynolds Five women decide to go camping in the woods for their friend’s birthday during the 20th April weekend but when they accidentally come into receivership of […]
Ghost
GHOST STORIES [2017]: In Cinemas Now
UK IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Phillip Goodman is a well-known professor who specialises in debunking fraudulent psychics on his television programme, regarding it as […]
Comedy
THE NIGHT OF THE VIRGIN [2016]: On DVD Now
AKA LA NOCHE DEL VIRGEN Spain AVAILABLE ON DVD: NOW, from Matchbox Films RUNNING TIME: 112 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic It’s New Years Eve and 20-year old Nico is determined to […]
Comedy
ENTANGLEMENT (2017)
UK Release Date – TBC Quantum physics buzzwords may not sound like the most logical choice for a story that is part thriller, part mental breakdown and part romantic comedy, but here we are. As […]
Action
DEATH WISH [2018]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 107 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Paul Kersey lives with his wife Lucy and college-bound daughter Jordan, and works as a trauma surgeon at a […]
Action
Tomb Raider (2018) – In Cinemas Now
99.9% of video game adaptations are unmitigated shite. Even the multi sequel Resident Evil films, are rubbish. Yet despite that they still have quite the following. Compare them to the source material however and they […]
HCF Reviews
A QUIET PLACE [2018]: In Cinemas 6th April
USA IN CINEMAS: 6th April RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the near future, our planet has been invaded by aliens, forcing the last remnants of humanity to […]
Drama
I KILL GIANTS (2017)
In UK Cinemas 6th April 2018 Those looking for something a little different from the usual comic book movie fare look no further. This adaptation of Joe Kelly’s 2008 coming of age drama might still […]
Comedy
Mom and Dad (2018)
From the opening credits you know this is going to be silly fun, wearing its influences on its sleeve, as it boasts the most 70’s credits sequence ever. In fact, were it not for the […]
Action
READY PLAYER ONE [2018]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 140 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 2045, Earth is full of slum-like cities due to overpopulation, pollution, corruption, and climate change, so people spend […]
Genres
TERRIFIER (2017)
TERRIFIER (2017) Written and Directed by Damien Leone Two tipsy teenage women find themselves being stalked by a creepy man wearing a black and white clown outfit with matching ghastly white facepaint and tar-black teeth. […]
Action
THE TIGER: AN OLD HUNTER’S TALE (2015)
THE TIGER: AN OLD HUNTER’S TALE (2015) aka Daeho Directed by Park Hoon-jung Korean Language with English Subtitles A Japanese Government Official with a penchant for animal furs will stop at nothing until he returns […]
Action
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING [2018]: In Cinemas Now
USA/ China IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 111 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Ten years after the Battle of the Breach, former Jaeger pilot Jake Pentecost – son of Kaiju […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #125: THE LADY VANISHES [1978]
UK AVAILABLE ON REGION 1 DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In August 1939, a motley group of travelers find themselves in a small hotel in Bavaria, […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #124: TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER [1976]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS! Michael Rainer is ex-communicated from the Church of England for attempting to bring a personification […]
Action
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #123: SHATTER [1974]
AKA THEY CALL HIM MR SHATTER UK/Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON DVD [Italy Region 2/USA Region 1] RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Shatter is a hitman contracted to […]
Drama
MICHAEL [1924]: On Blu-ray Now
AKA MIKAEL, CHAINED: THE THIRD SEX, THE INVERTS, THE HEART’S DESIRE Germany AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Famous painter Claude Zoret […]