Action
YAKUZA WOLF 1 and 2 [1972]
YAKUZA WOLF 1 AND 1 [1972] JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera YAKUZA WOLF: I PERFORM MURDER [1972] AKA OKAMI YAKUZA: KOROSHI WA ORE GA YARU RUNNING TIME: […]
Year Made: 1972
HCF Reviews
THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (1972)
THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (1972) Directed by Giorgio Ferroni Available on Blu-Ray from Raro Video A bloodied and delirious stranger is found and brought to the hospital where the doctors attempt to treat him. […]
Drama
THE DEVIL (aka DIABEL) (1972)
THE DEVIL (1972) aka DIABEL Written and Directed by Andrzej Zulawski Polish Language with English Subtitles Available in the Andrzej Zulawski: Three Films Blu-Ray from Eureka Entertainment A nobleman named Jakub, locked away for attempted […]
HCF Reviews
ANGELA MAO: HAPKIDO and LADY WHIRLWIND [1972]
ANGELA MAO: HAPKIDO and LADY WHIRLWIND AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Apologies to Eureka for the lateness of this review; it’s been an extremely busy time for the Doc. But now at last […]
Action
BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972)
BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972) Directed by Sidney Poitier Available on Criterion Collection Blu-Ray A wagon master, by the name of Buck, finds himself on the hit-list of bounty hunter Deshay and his men for […]
HCF Reviews
PLANET OF THE APES SERIES #4: CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [1972]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL, “Unrated” version BLU-RAY ONLY RUNNING TIME: 98 mins/88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera When apes Cornelius and Zira landed on earth in 1973, they can’t have known that […]
Giallo
GIALLO ESSENTIALS – BLACK EDITION [1972, 1974]
GIALLO ESSENTIALS – BLACK EDITION AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 1ST AUGUST For their previous two giallo threesomes, one of which is reviewed here, Arrow Video packaged together previous discs. However, for this one, they’ve treated us […]
Drama
EXECUTION IN AUTUMN [1972]
AKA QUI JIE TAIWAN AVAILABLE NOW: from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 109 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Pei Gang, the sole heir of a wealthy family, has been convicted and sentenced to death for the […]
HCF Reviews
ONE ARMED BOXER [1972]: On Blu-ray 24th May
AKA DU BEI CHUAN WANG HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 24TH MAY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Tien Lung is the best fighter at the Ching Te martial […]
HCF Reviews
ENDLESS NIGHT [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS! Michael Rogers is a chauffeur with little money, but big dreams. Foremost of these is building his dream house […]
HCF Reviews
THE GRAND DUEL [1972]: On Blu-ray Now
AKA IL GRANDE DUEL, THE BIG SHOWDOWN, STORM RIDER Italy/West Germany/France AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Philip Wermeer has been framed […]
HCF Reviews
HORROR EXPRESS [1972]: On Blu-ray 11th February
Spain AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 11th February, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1906, renowned anthropologist Alexander Saxton finds the frozen remains of a creature half […]
Crime
STREET MOBSTER (1972)
STREET MOBSTER (1972) aka Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota Directed by Kinji Fukasaku Japanese Language with Subtitles Okita Isamu, a criminal street punk, finds himself behind bars for taking revenge against a Yakuza clan. On his release […]
HCF Reviews
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT [1972]
USA AKA KRUG AND COMPANY AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Against the wishes of her parents, Mari Collingwood […]
HCF Reviews
IMAGES [1972]: On Blu-ray 19th March
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 19th March, from ARROW ACADEMY RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Wealthy housewife and children’s author Cathryn receives a series of phone calls in her […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #116: DRACULA A.D.1972 [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1872, Count Dracula and Lawrence Van Helsing do battle and kill each other, but one of Dracula’s […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #115: THAT’S YOUR FUNERAL [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 82 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The animosity betwen two rival undertakers initially appears to be ended when Basil Bulstrode, Emmanuel Holroyd and Percy […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #114: MUTINY ON THE BUSES [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Stan gets engaged to clippie Suzy but is struggling to make ends meet, especially when his brother Arthur […]