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 […]
Year Made: 1972
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]: On Dual Format 18th June
USA AKA KRUG AND COMPANY AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 18th June from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Against the wishes of her parents, Mari […]
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 […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #113: FEAR IN THE NIGHT [1972]: On Doubleplay Now
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 […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #112: STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING [1972]: On Doubleplay January 29th
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 […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #111: DEMONS OF THE MIND [1971]: On Doubleplay Now
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 […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #110: VAMPIRE CIRCUS [1972]
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, […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #109: NEAREST AND DEAREST [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic On their father’s death, siblings Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit a pickle factory in Colne, in the north of England, […]
Comedy
PULP (1972)
Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Arrow Video 18th December 2017 Director Mike Hodges has a pretty eclectic body of work. He’s someone who’s told dark stories about crime and death… but also worked on […]
Giallo
DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING [1972]: On Dual Format 25th September
AKA NON SI SEVIZIA UN PAPERINO Italy AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD: 25th September, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 105 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the small Southern Italian village […]
HCF Reviews
SOLARIS [1972]
Soviet Union AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 176 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS! Psychologist Kris Kelvin embarks on a journey to a space station orbiting the remote oceanic […]
Comedy
BRUCE LEE #3: THE WAY OF THE DRAGON [1972]
AKA MENT LONG GUO JIANG, THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 min/90 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In Rome, Chen Ching-hua and […]