HCF Reviews
SIGHTLESS (2020)
SIGHTLESS Directed by Cooper Karl Sensory horror strikes back. That is to say, movies in which the victim, or in the case of Don’t Breathe the killer, lacks at least one sense. The list is […]
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Action
THE DOORMAN (2020)
THE DOORMAN (2020) Directed by Ryûhei Kitamura Available on DVD and Digital Download Former decorated marine Ali Gorski takes up a job as a doorman/bellboy at a posh apartment hotel building The Carrington after a […]
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HOUSE OF WAX [1953]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION A], DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 83 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera New York City 1900, sculptor Henry Jarrod operates a wax museum which specialises in historical figures. Business […]
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MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM [1933]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION A], DVD, and DIGITAL [REGION A] RUNNING TIME: 83 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera London 1921; sculptor Ivan Igor operates a wax museum which specialises in historical figures. Business […]
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THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DOWNLOAD RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS! Daily Express journalist Peter Stenning has turned to the bottle as a result of a painful divorce and […]
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LET IT SNOW (2020)
LET IT SNOW Directed by Stanislav Kapralov Drawing first blood this year, having the honours of being the first new film I’ve seen, is Let It Snow. From writer/ director Stanislav Kapralov, this horror-thriller takes […]
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HOSTS: Out Now to Rent and Buy
A Christmas dinner goes horribly wrong in this delightful, dark, lean, British horror indie flick that contains a stunning set-piece scene that will have you foaming at the mouth….. Reviewing a film like HOSTS is quite […]
Drama
THE BLOODHOUND [2020]: On Arrow Video Channel Now, Blu-ray 22nd March
USA AVAILABLE ON ARROW VIDEO CHANNEL NOW, ON BLU-RAY 22RD MARCH from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 72 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s been ten years since Francis and Jean Paul [aka JP] have seen […]
Drama
SOUTHLAND TALES [2006]: On Blu-ray 25th January
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 25TH JANUARY 2021, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 145 mins/160 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera 2005; a nuclear attack wipes out part of Texas, and three years later America is a […]
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Hunted: Available Now on Shudder
French director Vincent Paronnaud retells the Red Riding Hood story for an adult generation and offers up a dark fairy-tale that somehow gets lost in the woods….. Having a sole female in peril is […]
Drama
JSA – JOINT SECURITY AREA (2000)
JSA – JOINT SECURITY AREA (2000) Directed by Park Chan-wook Korean and English Language with Subtitles Available on Arrow Video Blu-Ray After South Korean soldier, Sergeant Lee, is involved in the shooting of numerous North […]
Drama
RED ROVER (2018)
UK Release Date – TBC For some the potential of a mission to Mars is a pipe-dream or a diversion from problems here on planet Earth. For others it’s a prime example of the ambition […]
Action
THE DON IS DEAD (1973)
THE DON IS DEAD (1973) Directed by Richard Fleischer Available on Blu-Ray When his father dies, Frank Regalbuto looks set to take over as Don of the Regalbuto family. However, due to his youth and […]
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INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES: THE COMPLETE FILM SERIES Disc 2 – on Blu-ray 18th January
ON BLU-RAY 18TH JANUARY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT THE FROZEN GHOST [1945] RUNNING TIME: 61 mins During one of his shows, mentalist Alex Gregor hypntises a rudely sceptical audience member, but the man […]
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INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES: THE COMPLETE FILM SERIES Disc 1 – On Blu-ray 18th January
ON BLU-RAY 18TH JANUARY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Inner Sanctum Mysteries began in 1930 as a series of novels which included ‘serious’ drama and romance but which quickly became associated with mystery and horror. […]
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The Call: Out Now To Rent and Buy
Horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell team up for an eighties period horror that is basically a Nightmare on Elm Street film, but without its Freddy….. When Tobin Bell utters the phase “We going to […]
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[Rec] (2007)
[Rec] (2007) Directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza Spanish language with English subtitles Available on Arrow Video Blu-Ray TV reporter Angela Vidal and her cameraman Pablo are shooting an episode of While You’re Asleep, […]
Comedy
Spree (2020)
The internet gives way to many self contained worlds. All too easy to be sucked in, and many, including myself, are now born into it. Living around it, you can get stuck in a little […]