HCF Reviews
We Need To Do Something
You will either love or hate this crazy directing debut from Sean King O’Grady but no matter which way your feelings sway, you’ll all be thinking about this horror long after the final credits roll!… […]
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PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC’S REVENGE (1989)
PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC’S REVENGE (1989) Directed by Richard Friedman Available on Limited Edition Blu-Ray from Arrow Video When security officers wind up dead at the newly opened Midwood Mall, owner Harv Posner does […]
HCF Reviews
ISLAND OF TERROR [1966]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY REGION A, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera On the remote Petrie’s Island off the east coast of Ireland, farmer Ian Bellows goes missing and […]
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MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (1960)
MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (1960) Directed by Giorgio Ferroni Available on Blu-Ray from Arrow Video Set in Veeze, young writer Hans von Arnim is tasked to cover the centennial of a statue carousel by […]
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THE PREMATURE BURIAL [1962]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY Region A only, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 81 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Guy Carrell is a British aristocrat who’s consumed with the fear of being buried alive. He thinks […]
Drama
ROCKY IV: ROCKY VS DRAGO – THE ULTIMATE DIRECTOR’S CUT [1985/2021]
USA AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL NOW RUNNING TIME: 93 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE FEW WHO HASN’T SEEN ‘ROCKY 4’! World Heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa is now successful, rich and […]
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THE GREAT SILENCE [1968]: On Blu-ray Now
AKA IL GRANDE SILENZIO ITALY RUNNING TIME: 106 mins AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY. NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera MAJOR SPOILERS! It’s 1898 in Utah and a severe blizzard has swept the area, […]
Drama
DEAD & BEAUTIFUL (2021) [A Shudder Original]
DEAD &D BEAUTIFUL (2021) Directed by David Verbeek A Shudder Original Five wealthy twenty-somethings find themselves at a loose end with no responsibility and their parent’s bulging wallets burning a hole in their pocket. With […]
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CINEMATIC VENGEANCE [1974-79] – 8 KUNG FU CLASSICS FROM DIRECTOR JOSEPH KUO – Review [Part 2]
CINEMATIC VENGEANCE [1974-79] – 8 KUNG FU CLASSICS FROM DIRECTOR JOSEPH KUO [Limited Edition Box Set, 2000 copies]: On Blu-ray now, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Carrying on from my review of the first half of this […]
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CINEMATIC VENGEANCE [1974-79] – 8 KUNG FU CLASSICS FROM DIRECTOR JOSEPH KUO – Review [Part 1]
CINEMATIC VENGEANCE [1974-79] – 8 KUNG FU CLASSICS FROM DIRECTOR JOSEPH KUO [Limited Edition Box Set, 2000 copies]: On Blu-ray now, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Though his name is not the most familiar, the Taiwanese Joseph […]
Found Footage
The Deep House (2021)
The duo who brought us the wonderful demented INSIDE are back in the horror genre with a watery haunting that may end up in many Top 10 horror lists of 2021…. Just when you thought you had […]
Comedy
EARLY UNIVERSAL VOL. 2 [1916, 1925, 1926]: On Blu-ray Now
EARLY UNIVERSAL VOL. 2 [1916, 1926, 1926]:On Blu-ray NOW: from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Eureka bring us three more films from the early days of cinema. DISC ONE 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA [1916] […]
Comedy
BIGFOOT HUNTERS (2019)
BIGFOOT HUNTERS (2019) Directed by Zach Lamplugh On digital now from Fractured Visions Cameraman and producer Zach Lamplugh joins longtime collaborator, journalist Brian Emond, to document the hunt for Bigfoot in the Appalachian foothills, but […]
Fantasy
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO [2021]: In Cinemas Now
UK IN CINAMES NOW RUNNING TIME:116 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Eloise, or Ellie, is shy, innocent, wears clothes she makes herself, lives with her grandmother and is haunted by the memory of her […]
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DUNE [2021]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 156 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It is the year 10191 and the universe is dominated by the presence of the spice Melange which extends life and aids […]
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Antlers (2021)
ANTLERS Directed by Scott Cooper The generous release schedule of low to medium budget horrors continues, with this long-awaited flick from Searchlight Pictures (now owned by Disney, thus this comes to you via the house […]
Giallo
GIALLO ESSENTIALS [1965-1978]: On Blu-ray 25th October
GIALLO ESSENTIALS [1965-1978]: On Blu-ray 25th October, from ARROW VIDEO Arrow have bundled together three earlier releases for this new box set. I was eager to check out two gialli I’d never come across before […]
Fantasy
THE SINGING RINGING TREE [1957]: On Blu-ray 18th October
AKA DAS SINGENDE, KLIGENDE BAUMCHE EAST GERMANY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 18TH OCTOBER, from NETWORK RELEASING REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A beautiful but selfish and haughty princess rejects the proposal of a wealthy prince. She […]