Drugs
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN [1973]
MEXICO AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 116 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A Thief bound to a pole frees himself and wanders through a series of bizarre and grotesque scenarios. Eventually he enters a […]
World Cinema
Drugs
EL TOPO [1970]
MEXICO AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 125 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A gunfighter, who calls himself God, rides around with his son dispensing justice. After he avenges a horrific massacre, he takes up […]
Horror
Death Tube a.k.a X-Game (2010) by Dj Vivace
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukD96S5P63U[/youtube] I had high hopes for this interesting looking horror flick from the same Japanese team that gave us the now banned and quite brilliant Grotesque. Death Tube, or X-Game as it’s otherwise known, plays […]
Drama
FANDO AND LIS [1968]
MEXICO AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Traveling through a bleak wasteland are Fando, who is impotent, and Lis, who is crippled. Both are scarred by bad childhood memories, […]
Drama
7 Days (Les 7 Jours Du Talion) (2010) by Pazuzu (formerly Dj Vivace)
7 DAYS (Les 7 Jours Du Talion) (may contain spoilers) Torture-porn, or even torture films in general, have become something of a joke among serious horror fans. The Saw’s and Hostel’s of this world have […]
Drama
Time (2006) by Pazuzu
TIME (2006) Korean director Kim Ki-Duk has never been one to shy away from pushing things to the limit, often pushing them over the limit. Kim’s films are generally slow moving affairs, full of emotion, […]
HCF Reviews
Meat Grinder (2009) by Pazuzu
MEAT GRINDER Gotta love these Asian horrors, they pick a formula, make it their own and generally make it ten times more horrific than anyone else. Meat Grinder is no exception, yet another blasted “torture-porn” […]
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 […]
Horror
Angst (1983)
Angst is an extremely brutal but effective Belgian release that revolves around a 12 hour bloody rampage by a psychopath (a fantastic performance by Erwin Leder) who has just stepped out of jail. It has similarities technically […]
Thriller
Sweet Karma (2009) by Pazuzu
Why on earth would DJ watch this, I hear you ask. What possible reason would draw me to watch this? The same fuckin reason you are thinking right now, that girl on the front is […]
Drama
FLAVIA THE HERETIC [1974]
ITALY AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 15th century Italy, where brutality is wielded mercilessly in the name of God and the Muslims are starting […]
Horror
Ringu (1998) by Pazuzu
SPOILERS! As you can probably tell from my lists, I like a horror with a good story; I like to be drawn in and hopefully suffocated by horror. I do love the stalk and slash […]
Horror
Grotesque (2009) by Pazuzu
This is Hostel, Japanese style!!! So, needless to say, its a whole lot better and much much more violent. Grotesque is currently banned in this country, and i can’t really see it being passed. Anyway, […]
Drama
Irreversible (2002) by Pazuzu
The most important film of the decade in my opinion. Irreversible is a powerful, gut wrenching tour de force of incredible power. I will never forget my first “experience” watching this. After the rape, and […]
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 […]
Action
STARCRASH [1978]
ITALY AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, official HCF Critic In a distant galaxy, a starship searching for the evil Count Zarth Arn is attacked by a mysterious weapon […]
Genres
The Loved Ones
Reviewed By Ross Hughes Echo’s of David Lynch makes The Loved Ones probably one of the years most underrated horror films…….. This is why I love horror. One of the reasons that I weep with despair is that the only […]
HCF Reviews
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST [1980]
ITALY AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, official HCF Critic A group of four award winning documentary film makers go on an expedition to the Amazon jungle to document […]