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HAMMER HORROR: THE WARNER BROS YEARS: On Blu-ray Now

September 14, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: HERE https://diaboliquefilms.com/product/hammer-horror-the-warner-bros-years-blu-ray/ RUNNING TIME: 101 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Though it’s taken a bit of time for Blu-ray to catch up, Hammer Horror has generally been pretty […]

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DOC’S TOP 30 HAMMER FILMS COUNTDOWN

March 26, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

My Hammer review series is over, so – as a bit of fun – I’ve decided to do a countdown of my personal top thirty Hammer movies, finishing with number one. Of course many will […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #125: THE LADY VANISHES [1978]

March 26, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON REGION 1 DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   In August 1939, a motley group of travelers find themselves in a small hotel in Bavaria, […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #124: TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER [1976]

March 23, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS!   Michael Rainer is ex-communicated from the Church of England for attempting to bring a personification […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #123: SHATTER [1974]

March 23, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  AKA THEY CALL HIM MR SHATTER UK/Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON DVD [Italy Region 2/USA Region 1] RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Shatter is a hitman contracted to […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #122: THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES [1974]

March 19, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  AKA THE SEVEN BROTHERS MEET DRACULA  UK/ Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 110 mins [Hong Kong version], 89 mins, 72 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Transylvania 1804: a […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #121: THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA [1973]

March 12, 2018 Dr Lenera 1

  AKA COUNT DRACULA AND HIS VAMPIRE BRIDE UK AVAILABLE ON DVD [only public domain releases] RUNNING TIME: 88 mins/ 81 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   A Secret Service agent escapes […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #120: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL [1974]

March 4, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 93 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   When Simon Helder, a young doctor and an admirer of the work of Baron Victor Frankenstein, […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #119: HOLIDAY ON THE BUSES [1973]

March 4, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lener, Official HCF Critic   Sacked by the bus company for crashing two buses, Stan and Jack get jobs as drivers ferrying punters […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #118: CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER [1974]

February 20, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   When his village is plagued by mysterious deaths marked by highly accelerated aging, Dr. Marcus calls in his […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #117: LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR [1972]

February 14, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   White Eddie and Joan Booth live next door to black Bill and Barbie Reynolds. Whilst Joan and Barbie […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #116: DRACULA A.D.1972 [1972]

February 8, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  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 […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #115: THAT’S YOUR FUNERAL [1972]

January 30, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  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 […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #114: MUTINY ON THE BUSES [1972]

January 30, 2018 Dr Lenera 1

  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 […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #113: FEAR IN THE NIGHT [1972]: On Doubleplay Now

January 17, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DOUBLEPLAY BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from STUDIO CANAL RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Young caregiver Peggy, who’s just been discharged as a psychiatric patient […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #112: STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING [1972]: On Doubleplay January 29th

January 9, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DOUBLEPLAY BLU-RAY AND DVD: January 29th, from STUDIO CANAL RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Brenda, who writes children’s stories, leaves the Liverpool home she […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #111: DEMONS OF THE MIND [1971]: On Doubleplay Now

January 2, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

  USA AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from STUDIO CANAL RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Baron Zorn keeps his teenaged children Elisabeth and Emil, who […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #110: VAMPIRE CIRCUS [1972]

December 28, 2017 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Schoolmaster Albert Muller leads the villagers of Stetl, Serbia, to invade the castle of Count Mitterhaus, […]

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