HCF Reviews
PREY (2022)
The Predator returns to Earth once more in a back to basics approach that proves very much that the hunt is back on…. I can’t start this review without putting my hand up and admitting […]
The Hughes Verdict
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Student Body
A high school slasher that offers the kills, but lacks the thrills…… These days to make a slasher film you have to pick either Path A or Path B. If you go down the first […]
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The Jack in the Box: Awakening
Jack’s back !in a premise that would have Pinhead looking on and thinking…”this seems a tad familiar” A desperate woman plays with an old antique box which results in the release of a murderous creature from […]
Action
The Gray Man
Gosling goes all Bourne in a frantic actioner from the Russo brothers….. With chunky dialogue like “007 was taken!“, The Gray Man, the new £200m action piece with a stellar cast from NETFLIX, may shoot high with ambition, but […]
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The Innocents
Not your typical kids flick…. Placing a child in a horror situation is a pretty terrifying watch but one that guarantees some moments of scare and blood curdling chills as the viewer has no […]
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The Reef: STALKED
Its been 12 years since Andrew Traucki delivered a shark film with a delicious bite and now he’s finally back with a much anticipated follow up? Does he deliver a worthy fishy tale or […]
Found Footage
Stoker Hills
A hybrid of found footage and conventional, Stoker Hills starts off fast, but quickly loses its way with its grand ambition….. Even though the Found Footage genre has now been literally done to death, […]
Ghost
The Power (2021)
A young nurse fights off ghouls in the dark in Corinna Faith’s electrifying directing debut….. Its 1973 and Great Britain is having literally one of its darkest periods. A labour government in crisis and the miners […]
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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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SCREAM (2022)
“What’s your favorite Scary Movie” roars Ghostface for the fifth time of asking as a new masked fiend targets a new set of movie loving teenagers… Good or bad its like 1996 all over […]
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Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
A huge shocker as an 80’s classic gets the remake treatment and guess what?…..its surprisingly good and a whole of fun…. Lets start this review by being honest. If you were not a fan […]
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KNOCKING (2021)
KNOCKING (2021) aka Knackningar Directed by Frida Kempff This Swedish tale delivers the paranoia and more grown up horror, but does it do enough to entice and thrill? Knock Knock…….who is there?….Knock Knock…. That may seem […]
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We Need To Do Something (2021)
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!… […]
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 […]
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HALLOWEEN KILLS Out Now in Cinemas
David Gordan Green delivers the gore in a surprising brutal follow up that misses the heartbeat of its 1978 original…. Lets kick off this review then with a huge spoiler! Michael Myers survived that raging […]
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The Boy Behind the Door
On their way home from baseball practice, two young boys are abducted and decide to fight back in this tense horror from directing duo David Charbonier and Justin Powell. While uncomfortable to watch, putting kids […]
Ghost
The Toll (2020)
Michael Nader’s directing debut owes a lot to many films before it, but shows enough ambition and creativity of its own to make it one of 2021’s most welcome treats…. Recalling such delights like the […]