HCF Reviews
A MAN CALLED TIGER [1973]
AKA LENG MIAN HU HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 26TH AUGUST, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 112 mins / 79 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Chin Fu heads over to Japan looking for work among […]
World Cinema
Action
EL MARIACHI (1992)
EL MARIACHI (1992) Written and Directed by Robert Rodriguez Spanish Language with English Subtitles Available on Arrow Video Limited Edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray A travelling mariachi arrives in town hoping to find work but […]
Giallo
WHO SAW HER DIE? [1972]
AKA CHI L’HA VISTA MORIRE? ITALY / WEST GERMANY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL ON DEMAND: 26TH AUGUST, from SHAMELESS SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera 1967, at a ski resort […]
Crime
WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN (1964)
Available on 19th of August from Eureka’s Masters of Cinema Series In the world of gangster movies there are a lot of typical tropes and character archetypes; honour among thieves, rival factions in turf wars, […]
Guilty Pleasures
BRUCE’S DEADLY FINGERS [1976]
AKA LUNG MRN BIE CHI HONG KONG AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON ARROW PLAYER: NOW RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Crime boss Lee Hung is obsessed with owning the late Bruce Lee’s ‘Kung […]
Action
THE DOUBLE CROSSERS [1976]
AKA GUI JI SHUANG XIONG HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, fr0m EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 95 mins / 93 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Tough Singapore detective Lung learns that his father has died. […]
Ghost
CASTLE OF BLOOD aka DANZA MACABRE [1964]
ITALY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins / 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS! Journalist Alan Foster has been pestering Edgar Allan Poe for five days with letters asking for […]
Fantasy
THE HEROIC TRIO [1993]
AKA DUNG FONG SAAN HAP HONG KONG RUNNING TIME: 83 mins AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD [both Region A / 1 only], DIGITAL REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Eighteen babies have been abducted iin Hong Kong in […]
HCF Reviews
MESSAGE FROM SPACE [1978]
AKA UCHU KARA NI MESSE JAPAN ON BLU-RAY. NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 105 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The planet Jilucia has been nearly decimated by the forces of the Gavanas under the […]
HCF Reviews
ELECTRIC DRAGON 80.000 V (2001)
Available Now from Third Window on Blu-ray Tired of superhero movies? Well strap yourself in for a jolt of energy from Gakuryu ‘Sogo’ Ishii, director of such cult classics as Crazy Thunder Road. At just over […]
Comedy
THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS [1982]
AKA KEI MOON DUENV GAP HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 99 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera During the Qing dynasty, marriage between Manchu and Han people is outlawed. When […]
Ghost
NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE 2 (2008)
Welcome back to the Midnight Patrol, and welcome back Tsukamoto fans. You may recall this inane reference from last time in the discussion of Nightmare Detective part one. But this is the sequel so things […]
Found Footage
GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM (2018)
GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM (2018) Korean Language with English Subtitles On Limited Edition Blu-Ray and Standard Edition Blu-ray from Second Sight Films Ha-joon, owner of online paranormal web series Horror Times, is looking to record the […]
Action
RED PEONY GAMBLER 1 – 3 [1968 – 69]
RED PEONY GAMBLER 1 – 3 AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera DISC ONE RED PEONY GAMBLER [1968] AKA HIBOTAN BAKUTO, LADY YAKUZA RUNNING TIME: 98 mins In a gambling […]
HCF Reviews
NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE (2006)
Available now to stream on demand Welcome back to the Dream Zone gang. Oh and welcome back Tsukamoto fans. While the idea of seeing into somebody’s mind, or even sharing their nightmares, isn’t particularly novel, […]
HCF Reviews
TETSUO: THE BULLET MAN (2009)
Currently Available in Arrow’s Solid Metal Nightmares set (Region 1) Welcome to the barrel of the gun, and welcome back Tsukamoto fans. While the genre of the earlier Tetsuo films is perhaps debatable, one of […]
Drama
NIGHTSIREN (2022)
NIGHTSIREN (2022) Directed by Tereza Nvotová Slovak language with English subtitles Available on Arrow Video limited edition Blu-Ray A young woman named Sarlota returns to the mountain village she grew up in after receiving an […]
Drama
VITAL (2004)
Coming soon to Blu-ray from Third Window Films Welcome to the autopsy slab, and welcome back Tsukamoto fans. In what seems like a stylistic companion piece to Gemini, this is another tale of medical practices […]