HCF Reviews
SEANCE (2021)
SEANCE (2021) Directed by Simon Barrett Streaming now on Shudder and on Blu-Ray from 17th January 2022 With shades of an old fashioned Giallo horror, Simon Barrett’s directing debut fails to excite or bore When […]
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Simon Barrett’s SEANCE To Receive Blu-Ray Release in UK
From the creators of You’re Next and Orphan comes Séance, a twisted tale of dark and dangerous dabbling with the dead, from director Simon Barrett (co-writer of You’re Next and The Guest) in his feature […]
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Simon Barrett’s upcoming horror debut SEANCE gets a stylish poster release
Simon Barrett has been in the movie game for a long time, often writing alongside Adam Wingard on many films like You’re Next, Blair Witch, The Guest and a few more, but he is now venturing onto his own directing […]
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THUNDERCATS movie is happening! Adam Wingard to direct
Adam Wingard is a very busy man! With a KONG VS GODZILLA due out tomorrow in selected cinema’s and on HBO MAX, the director will then turn his focus on his planned FACE OFF 2 sequel, before heading off to make […]
Found Footage
TEMPLE (2017)
TEMPLE (2017) Directed by Michael Barrett When Japanese police discover a horribly disfigured body at a small village, they must piece together what happened using DSLR camera footage found at the scene and the testimony […]
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Simon Barrett’s Horror TEMPLE To Release on DVD In The UK
The latest from the writer of Blair Witch, The Guest and V/H/S, TEMPLE is a frightening horror steeped in Japanese folklore. After locals in a northern Japanese village discover a body horribly disfigured by injuries […]
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Two New Behind-The-Scenes Clips Explore The House and Witch of BLAIR WITCH
Two behind-the-scenes clips have been revealed exploring the creation of the Blair Witch house and also the sound design of the witch herself! Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film follows a group […]
Interviews
HCF Exclusive Interview with Simon Barrett on BLAIR WITCH
Given that one of my formative horror experiences was watching the original Blair Witch Project at the cinema, I can’t tell you just how mixed I felt about seeing another sequel. Sure, it couldn’t be […]
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Latest Movies: Blair Witch shocker! Writer confirms one theory of new film!
Anyone who as read my new Timey Wimey feature on the new Blair Witch will know that I sort of hinted about this, but now Simon Barrett, who wrote the new film, as more or […]
Features
Hughesy discusses all the Timey Wimey Wibbly Wobbly stuff of Blair Witch 2016!
“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint – it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… time-y wimey… stuff” The Doctor Doctor […]
Found Footage
Blair Witch (2016)
BLAIR WITCH (2016) Directed by Adam Wingard Since the web went into meltdown, over discovering Adam Wingard’s ‘shit your pants horror’ The Woods was a return to Burkittsville, I’ve been apprehensive about seeing it. Despite […]
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FIRST ‘BLAIR WITCH’ TV SPOT IS HERE
Adam Wingard’s The Woods actually being the third Blair Witch Project film surprised and excited horror fans all over the world, and now we have the film’s first TV spot to keep up that excitement. […]
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The Vicious Brothers and writer Simon Barrett to make Japan set horror ‘The Temple’
Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, AKA The Vicious Brothers, are the pair responsible for horror features Grave Encounters and Extraterrestrial (above), and their names by now should be well known among the horror community. THR […]
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The Guest and You’re Next’s Adam Wingard returns to horror with ‘The Woods’
Adam Wingard is one of my favourite horror directors at the moment, and he and his writing partner Simon Barrett continue to get better and better. Already giving the horror world masterpieces like A Horrible […]
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THE GUEST Will Be Paying a Visit on DVD, Blu-Ray and Download on 29th December 2014
The director and writer of You’re Next team up once more for one of the coolest and most acclaimed films of 2014. Boasting an awesomely badass standout performance from Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens, The Guest […]
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Here’s an amazing new trailer for ‘The Guest’ cut together by Jason Eisener
Shockingly I have still not seen Adam Winagrd’s The Guest, but all I am hearing is great things about it. You can read Claire’s review here, and she has happily called it one of her […]
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‘I Saw the Devil’ remake is still on, You’re Next & The Guest director Adam Wingard is at the helm!
A remake of Korean director Kim Jee-Woon’s stunning and savage serial killer thriller, I Saw the Devil, has been on the cards for some time now. Last December Dredd producers Adi Shankar and Spencer Silna […]
HCF Reviews
The Guest (2014) – In Cinemas from 5th September 2014
Director: Adam Wingard Starring: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe Released in UK cinemas 5th September 2014. I’ve just finished watching The Guest (2014) and, although I’ve been hovering over the ‘genre’ tickboxes here for several minutes […]