HCF Reviews
GORGO [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ‘ONLY], DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 79 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Captain Joe Ryan is salvaging for treasure off the coast of Ireland when a volcano erupts, nearly […]
Year Made: 1961
Fantasy
NIGHT TIDE [1961]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Johnny Drake, a sailor on shore leave in Santa Monica, meets a young woman named Mora who appears as a […]
HCF Reviews
THE PREMATURE BURIAL [1962]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY Region A only, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 81 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Guy Carrell is a British aristocrat who’s consumed with the fear of being buried alive. He thinks […]
HCF Reviews
THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DOWNLOAD RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS! Daily Express journalist Peter Stenning has turned to the bottle as a result of a painful divorce and […]
HCF Reviews
MOTHRA [1961]: On Blu-ray 16th November
JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 16TH NOVEMBER, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 101 min/ 90 min [US version] REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A typhoon causes a ship to run aground at Infant Island, a supposedly […]
Comedy
ONE, TWO, THREE [1961]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 108 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic C.R. “Mac” MacNamara is a high-ranking executive in the Coca-Cola Company, assigned to West Berlin […]
HCF Reviews
REPTILICUS [1961]
Denmark AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins/ 81 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS! A drilling project in Lapland unearths the tail of a prehistoric dinosaur. The remains […]
Comedy
THE WIND-OF-YOUTH GROUP CROSSES THE MOUNTAIN PASS (1961)
THE WIND-OF-YOUTH GROUP CROSSES THE MOUNTAIN PASS (1961) Directed by Seijun Suzuki A university student hitches a ride with a struggling travelling magic troupe and decides to help in any way he can to turn […]
HCF Reviews
ERIK THE CONQUEROR [1961]: On Dual Format 28th August
AKA FURY OF THE VIKINGS, GLI INVASORI [THE INVADERS] Italy AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 28th August, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 89 mins/ 81 mins [UK cinema release/ 79 mins [US cinema […]
HCF Reviews
HOMICIDAL [1961]
USA AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic A woman calling herself Miriam Webster enters a hotel to be shown to the room she has booked and […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #55: CASH ON DEMAND [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON REGION 1 DVD RUNNING TIME: 88 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The staff of a city bank arrive early morning to open up. The manager Mr. Fordyce, […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #54: THE SHADOW OF THE CAT [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 79 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The wealthy Ella Venable is murdered in her house by a man. The man is her servant […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #53: THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DND RUNNING TIME: 93 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 18th Century Spain, a beggar is imprisoned by Marques Siniestro after making inappropriate remarks at […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #52: TASTE OF FEAR [1961]
AKA SCREAM OF FEAR UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 81 min REVIEWED BY:Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Wheelchair-bound heiress and neurotic Penny Appelby arrives at the Cote D’Azur. She’s come to live […]
Action
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #51: THE TERROR OF THE TONGS [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON REGION ‘1’ DVD RUNNING TIME: 78 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic A sect of the ruthless Red Dragon Tong society controls the area in and around Hong […]
Fantasy
HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD [1961]
Italy AKA ERCOLE AL CENTRO DELLA TERRA, HERCULES IN THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, HERCULES VS THE VAMPIRES AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Hercules returns […]
Comedy
CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961)
CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961) Directed by Roger Corman Available on Amazon Prime Instant Video With a revolution in Cuba, a couple of generals and their soldiers decide to smuggle out gold and other […]
HCF Reviews
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961) – On Blu-Ray, Steelbook and Six Gothic Tales Boxset
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961) Directed by Roger Corman Available on Blu-Ray and Steelbook After receiving notice of his sister Elizabeth’s death, Francis Barnard (John Kerr) leaves England for Spain, to visit her widowed […]