HCF Reviews
KARLOFF AT COLUMBIA – Disc Two: On Blu-ray 3rd May
KARLOFF AT COLUMBIA: On Blu-ray 3RD MAY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT DISC TWO BEFORE I HANG [1940] RUNNING TIME: 62 mins Dr. John Garth is sentenced to be hung for murder after […]
Actors: Boris Karloff
HCF Reviews
KARLOFF AT COLUMBIA – Disc One: On Blu-ray 3rd May
KARLOFF AT COLUMBIA: On Blu-ray 3RD MAY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Of course it isn’t intentional, but Eureka Entertainment seem to know more and more what will interest Yours Truly. A few months ago I got […]
Drama
VAL LEWTON HORROR SERIES #9: BEDLAM [1946]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera London 1761, St. Mary’s of Bethlehem Asylum. After an acquaintance of aristocrat Lord Mortimer dies in an attempt to escape […]
HCF Reviews
VAL LEWTON HORROR SERIES #8: ISLE OF THE DEAD [1945]
USA AVAILABE ON DVD AND DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 71 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera 1912 during the Balkan Wars when Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro fought against the declining Ottoman Empire of Turkey. American […]
HCF Reviews
VAL LEWTON HORROR SERIES #7: THE BODY SNATCHER [1945]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 78 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Edinburgh 1831: medical student Donald Fettes is too poor to continue with his studies, so his lecturer Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane agrees to take […]
HCF Reviews
THE MASK OF FU MANCHU [1932]
USA AVAILABLE ON REGION 1 DVD RUNNING TIME: 68 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In Mongolia, on the edge of the Gobi desert, lies the tomb of Genghis Khan, inside which are a mask […]
HCF Reviews
THE RAVEN [1935]: On Blu-ray 20th June, in the THREE EDGAR ALLAN POE ADAPTATIONS STARRING BELA LUGOSI Boxset
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 2OTH JULY, in the THREE EDGAR ALLAN POE ADAPTATIONS STARRING BELA LUGOSI Boxset from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 61 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Professional dancer Jean Thatcher accidentally wraps […]
HCF Reviews
THE BLACK CAT [1934]: On Blu-ray 20th June, in the THREE EDGAR ALLAN POE ADAPTATIONS STARRING BELA LUGOSI Boxset
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 2OTH JULY, in the THREE EDGAR ALLAN POE ADAPTATIONS STARRING BELA LUGOSI Boxset from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 65 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Due to a mix up in […]
Comedy
THE OLD DARK HOUSE [1932]: On Dual Format 21st May
USA AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 21ST from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 72 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic On a stormy night in Wales, Philip and Margaret Waverton and […]
Ghost
BLACK SABBATH [1963]: On Blu-ray and DVD Now
AKA I TRE VOLTI DELLA PAURA, THE THREE FACES OF FEAR Italy AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 92 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The Telephone: […]
Comedy
THE COMEDY OF TERRORS [1963]: on Dual Format Blu-ray and DVD now
USA AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 85 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Waldo Trumball is an unscrupulous undertaker who, with his assistant Felix […]
Comedy
THE RAVEN [1963]: on Blu-ray now in the Six Gothic Tales Boxset, available as a stand-alone Blu-ray March 9th
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: Now, from ARROW VIDEO in their Six Gothic Tales boxset. Released as a stand-alone Blu-ray March 9th RUNNING TIME: 86 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the 15th […]
Ghost
THE TERROR [1963] [HCF REWIND]
HCF REWIND 149: THE TERROR [1963] AVAILABLE ON DVD AND BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 81 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic France, 18th century. Lieutenant Andre Duvalier has been accidentally separated from his […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 16: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE / ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY
In London, a brutal murder is committed by a beast-like man. The next day in Hyde Park, a row between women’s libbers and some men who are against women’s rights turns into a full- blown […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 13: HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN / THE MUMMY’S CURSE
Dr Gustav Niemann is languishing in prison with his hunchbacked assistant Daniel, due to performing experiments similar to those of Dr Frankenstein, most notably putting the brain of a human into the body of a […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 7: SON OF FRANKENSTEIN / THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS
It’s been years since the events of the last movie, but the village of Golfstadt is still haunted by the memories of the dreadful creation of Henry Frankenstein. Understandably, the townsfolk are none […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 6:THE RAVEN / DRACULA’S DAUGHTER
. Professional dancer Jean Thatcher accidently wraps her car round a road sign and is seriously injured. Her father Judge Thatcher and her fiancée Jerry Halden, implore retired surgeon Richard Vollin to perform a delicate […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 5: BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
On a stormy night, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron praise Mary Shelley for her story Frankenstein. She says that she has more of the story to tell. We then Follow straight on from […]