HCF Reviews
SHAOLIN BOXERS [1974]
AKA FU JIAN LON QUAN, THE SHAOLIN BOXER HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 24th March, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 78 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the town of Fuquan, the people are terrified […]
Year Made: 1974
HCF Reviews
SLAUGHTER IN SAN FRANCISCO [1974]
AKA YELLOW FACED TIGER, HUANG MIAJN LAO HU, KARATE COP HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 19TH FEBRUARY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 106 mins / 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera San Francisco police officers […]
HCF Reviews
THE SKYHAWK [1974]
HONG KONG AKA HUANG FIE HONG XIAO LIN WUAN, WONG FEI HONG: SHAOLIN FIST AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY. NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In Bangkok, Kwangtung boxer Wong Fei-hung, […]
HCF Reviews
THE STREET FIGHTER TRILOGY [1974]
THE STREET FIGHTER TRILOGY The Street Fighter series is what propelled Sonny Chiba to cult status in the West and probably remain his best known films in which he was the main star, Quentin Tarantino […]
Crime
VIOLENT STREETS [1974]
AKA BORYOKU GAI JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 2OTH FEBRUARY: from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The Togiku clan’s Egawa was sent to prison for his actions during a gang […]
Comedy
THE EXECUTIONER COLLECTION [1974]
JAPAN THE EXECUTIONER COLLECTION [THE EXECUTIONER, THE EXECUTIONER: KARATE INFERNO [1974] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Was Sonny Chiba Japan’s greatest martial arts movie star? There are many who […]
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 […]
HCF Reviews
CINEMATIC VENGEANCE [1974-79] – 8 KUNG FU CLASSICS FROM DIRECTOR JOSEPH KUO – Review [Part 2]
CINEMATIC VENGEANCE [1974-79] – 8 KUNG FU CLASSICS FROM DIRECTOR JOSEPH KUO [Limited Edition Box Set, 2000 copies]: On Blu-ray now, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Carrying on from my review of the first half of this […]
HCF Reviews
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA [1974]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 112 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In Mexico, crime lord El Jefe offers $1 million for the head of the man who impregnated his daughter – […]
HCF Reviews
BEYOND THE DOOR [1974]
AKA CHI SEI? [WHO ARE YOU?], THE DEVIL WITHIN HER ITALY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 108 mins/98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Jessica Barrett runs away from […]
Drama
EARTHQUAKE [1974]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 122 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Early one morning, an earthquake jolts the Los Angeles metro area. At the California Seismological Institute, graduate […]
HCF Reviews
VAMPYRES (1974)
VAMPYRES (1974) Directed by Jose Larraz Part of the Blood Hunger: The Films of Jose Larraz boxset A pair of lesbian vampires prey on unsuspecting drivers in the English countryside as they hitch a ride […]
Crime
DEATH WISH (1974)
DEATH WISH (1974) Directed by Michael Winner After his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted after a break-in at his apartment, Paul Kersey decides enough is enough. With the chance of the police […]
Action
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #123: SHATTER [1974]
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 […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #122: THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES [1974]
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 […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #120: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL [1974]
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, […]
Columns
DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #118: CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER [1974]
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 […]
Genres
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) Directed by Bob Clark Available on dual format from 101 Films It’s Christmas time and a group of sorority sisters are being plagued by an anonymous phone pest who keeps ringing up […]