Comedy
MR. NICE GUY [1996]
AKA YAT GOH YO HON HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 101 mins/88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In Melbourne, a cocaine deal between the Italian mob and a street gang […]
Year Made: 1997
Action
SPAWN (1997)
SPAWN (1997) Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé After being sent on a mission in North Korea, Government assassin Al Simmons is betrayed by his boss Jason Wynn and burned alive. Awakening in Hell, Simmons is […]
HCF Reviews
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA AND AMERICA [1997]: On Blu-ray Now in the ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA’ BOXSET
AKA WONG FEI HUNG 4: SAI WIK HUNG SEE China/Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, in EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT’S ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA’ BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
HCF Reviews
CURE [1997]: On Dual Format Now
AKA KYUA Japan AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 111 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Kenichi Takabe is an emotionally repressed police detective with […]
Action
DOC’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE 007 FILMS #21: TOMORROW NEVER DIES [1997]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 112 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The HMS Devonshire is sent of course and sunk by a stealth ship which also shoots down […]
Comedy
Wishmaster (1997)
Certificate: 15 Running Time: 90 mins Reviewer: David Gillespie – Official HCF Artist “Be careful what you wish for” is the tagline for the Wes Craven endorsed Wishmaster and ironically relevant with the likely catastrophic […]
Crime
BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #2: RAINY DOG [1997]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA GOKUDO KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 96 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Yuuji is […]
Action
MEAN GUNS (1997)
MEAN GUNS (1997) Directed by Albert Pyun Dozens of assassins are summoned to a meeting with Vincent Moon at a closed off prison. Upon their arrival, their weapons are seized and each are given a […]
Action
BLAST (1997)
BLAST (1997) Directed by Albert Pyun The Olympic games are being held in Atlanta, where the President of the United States and world leaders will be in attendendance. The U.S. Women’s swimming team head for […]
Comedy
JACK FROST (1997)
JACK FROST (1997) Directed by Michael Cooney Available on Amazon Instant Video A serial killer by the name of Jack Frost is being transported to an executional facility to face the death penalty when the […]
Action
HUGHESY’S ALL OUT ACTION: No.1 Face/Off
The Hero Sean Archer/ Caster Troy The Villian Caster Troy/ Sean Archer Best Action Moment! Could have been many! From the coat flapping in the wind, to the tune of “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, to […]
Drama
NOWHERE [1997] On DVD 26th August [HCF REWIND]
HCF REWIND NO. 136: NOWHERE [1997] AVAILABLE ON DVD: 26th August RUNNING TIME: 78 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Dark Smith is an 18-year-old, alienated Los Angeles high school film student […]
HCF Reviews
THE LEGEND OF THE MUMMY [1997] [HCF REWIND]
HCF may be one of the newest voices on the web for all things Horror and Cult, and while our aim is to bring you our best opinion of all the new and strange that […]
Genres
CUBE (1997) – Released on Blu-Ray 15th October
CUBE (1997) Certificate 15 15th Anniversary Edition A group of strangers find themselves trapped within a cube; a maze-like surreal structure of identical rooms with door hatches on each sides of the wall, floor and […]
Comedy
U TURN [1997] [HCF REWIND]
HCF may be one of the newest voices on the web for all things Horror and Cult, and while our aim is to bring you our best opinion of all the new and strange that […]
Ghost
Stephen King’s The Shining (1997)
With the Stanley Kubrick masterpiece getting a re-release for Halloween, I thought the time was ripe to revisit the TV miniseries of The Shining. Written by Stephen King (who was famously disappointed in the cinematic […]
Action
BATMAN AND ROBIN [1997] [GUILTY PLEASURES]
HCF GUILTY PLEASURES: BATMAN & ROBIN [1997] AVAILBLE ON DVD AND BLU RAY RUNNING TIME: 124 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In Gotham City, Batman and Robin attempt to stop Mr. […]
Guilty Pleasures
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS [1997] [GUILTY PLEASURES]
HCF GUILTY PLEASURES: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS [1997] AVAILABLE ON DVD DIRECTED BY: Anthony Waller WRITTEN BY: Anthony Waller, Tim Burns, Tom Stern STARRING: Julie Delpy, Tom Everett Scott, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman RUNNING […]