Ghost
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY [1981]
ITALY AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION 4K AND BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 86 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A young couple who go to an abandoned house to have sex are murdered by […]
Year Made: 1981
Fantasy
SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS (1981)
Now Available from Third Window Films on Blu-ray and to Stream Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 80s Kadokawa Years Collection Time for a film about extra-sensory perception and alien beings from Venus. Which, if these […]
Action
SAMURAI REINCARNATION [1981]
AKA MAKO TENSO JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: June 19th, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 122 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera 1638. In a battle against the Tokugawa Shogunate army, thirty-seven thousand Christians wind up […]
Animation
SON OF THE WHITE MARE [1981]
AKA FEHERLOFIA HUNGARY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The world has fallen on hard times. It was once ruled by the Forefather and things were […]
HCF Reviews
DREADNAUGHT [1981]
AKA YONG ZHE WU JU HONG KONG RUNNING TIME: 95 mins AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Violent criminal White Tiger is on the run with his sick wife. […]
Comedy
WARRIORS TWO [1978] and THE PRODIGAL SON [1981]
AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Eureka Entertainment follow up their fabulous Three Films With Sammo Hung release which consisted of The Iron Fisted Monk, The Magnificent Butcher and Eastern Condors. I’d seen both […]
HCF Reviews
THE HAND [1981]
USA AVAILABLE ON: DIGITAL, BLU-RAY [Region A], DVD [Region 2 Germany, Italy, Scandinavia] RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Jonathan “Jon” Lansdale is a comic book artist and the creator of the […]
Guilty Pleasures
BURIAL GROUND [1981] [HCF GUILTY PLEASURES]
AKA LE NOTTI DEL TERRORE, NIGHTS OF TERROR, BURIAL GROUND: NIGHT OF TERROR, THE ZOMBIE DEAD, ZOMBIE 3 AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
HCF Reviews
THE PROWLER [1981]
AKA ROSEMARY’S KILLER, THE GRADUATION, PITCHFORK MASSACRE USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [Region ‘A’ and ‘D’ only] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic During World War II, Rosemary […]
Features
DOC’S TRIP TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE – PART 1: Films 1 to 4
This is a tidied up, greatly expanded version of a three-part article I wrote many years ago back when this website was just starting off. Initially deciding to just watch through all the films again, […]
HCF Reviews
NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN [1981]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 99 mins/ 98 mins/95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic George Tatum has spent several years in a mental institution where he’s been given […]
Comedy
SHOCK TREATMENT [1981]: On Blu-ray 11th September
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 11th September, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Brad and Janet are now married and living in the town of Denton, which […]
Action
KNIGHTRIDERS [1981]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 145 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Billy leads a band of travellers who hold medieval-style tournaments except that horses are replaced by motorbikes. […]
HCF Reviews
MADHOUSE [1981]: On Dual Format 12th June
AKA THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, AND WHEN SHE WAS BAD, FLESH AND THE BEAST Italy/ USA AVAIALABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 12th June RUNNING TIME: 92 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official […]
Action
DOC’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE 007 FILMS #15: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY [1981]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 127 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic A ship carrying the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator [ATAC, the system used by the Ministry of Defence […]
HCF Reviews
ZOMBIE LAKE (1981)
ZOMBIE LAKE (1981) Directed by Jean Rollin On DVD from Black House A small village in France is terrorised by a group of undead Nazi soldiers that were once killed and thrown into the nearby […]
Crime
THE KILLING OF AMERICA (1981)
THE KILLING OF AMERICA (1981) Directed by Sheldon Renan and Leonard Schrader Never distributed, televised or made available in the United States, documentary The Killing of America pulls no punches as it takes a look […]
HCF Reviews
THE BURNING [1981]: available on Dual Format Steelbook 10th October
USA AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD STEELBOOK: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 89 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic At Camp Blackfoot, the creepy and violent caretaker, “Cropsy” is […]
