Comedy
OMICRON [1963]
ITALY AVAILABLE on YOUTUBE [see bottom] RUNNING TIME: 102 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Factory worker Angelo is found dead in a park in very mysterious circumstances except that there’s what looks like an insect […]
World Cinema
Ghost
CHHORII (2021)
CHHORII (2021) Directed by Vishal Furia Available on Amazon Video Hindi Language with English Subtitles When Hemant is beaten up by a loan shark’s goons, he disappears during the night with heavily pregnant wife Sakshi […]
HCF Reviews
THE ADVENT CALENDAR (2021) aka Le Calendrier
THE ADVENT CALENDAR (2021) aka Le Calendrier Written and Directed by Patrick Ridremont Streaming on Shudder French/German with English Subtitles Paraplegic, former ballerina, Eva Roussel, is visited by her best friend Sophie who’s been living […]
HCF Reviews
THE GREAT SILENCE [1968]: On Blu-ray Now
AKA IL GRANDE SILENZIO ITALY RUNNING TIME: 106 mins AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY. NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera MAJOR SPOILERS! It’s 1898 in Utah and a severe blizzard has swept the area, […]
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
CINEMATIC VENGEANCE [1974-79] – 8 KUNG FU CLASSICS FROM DIRECTOR JOSEPH KUO – Review [Part 1]
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 Though his name is not the most familiar, the Taiwanese Joseph […]
Giallo
GIALLO ESSENTIALS [1965-1978]: On Blu-ray 25th October
GIALLO ESSENTIALS [1965-1978]: On Blu-ray 25th October, from ARROW VIDEO Arrow have bundled together three earlier releases for this new box set. I was eager to check out two gialli I’d never come across before […]
Fantasy
THE SINGING RINGING TREE [1957]: On Blu-ray 18th October
AKA DAS SINGENDE, KLIGENDE BAUMCHE EAST GERMANY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 18TH OCTOBER, from NETWORK RELEASING REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A beautiful but selfish and haughty princess rejects the proposal of a wealthy prince. She […]
Fantasy
YOKAI MONSTERS COLLECTION [1968 – 2005]: On Blu-ray 18th October [Limited Edition]
YOKAI MONSTERS COLLECTION: on Blu-ray 18th October, from ARROW VIDEO And so a few months after their terrific release of the Daimajin trilogy [not to mention their incredible Gamera box set from some time before], […]
HCF Reviews
THE SNAKE GIRL AND THE SILVER-HAIRED WITCH (1968)
Available from Arrow Video 20th Sep 2021 Director Noriaki Yuasa isn’t exactly well known for his work on projects with a great deal of atmosphere. This is thanks to his involvement with the original Gamera […]
Fantasy
DUEL TO THE DEATH [1983]: On Blu-ray 20th September
AKA XIAN SI JUE HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 20TH SEPTEMBER, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the 16th century, every ten years the greatest swordsman from Japan faces the […]
Drama
LUZ: THE FLOWER OF EVIL [2019]: On Digital Now, On Blu-ray 23rd August
COLUMBIA AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL NOW, LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY 23RD AUGUST from FRACTURED VISIONS RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the wilderness of Columbia is a small cult. The land is poor and […]
Giallo
THE PSYCHIC [1977]: On Blu-ray and On-Demand 9th August
AKA SETTE NOTE IN NERO, SEVEN BLACK NOTES, SEVEN NOTES IN BLACK, MURDER TO THE TUNE OF SEVEN BLACK NOTES, DEATH TOLLS SEVEN TIMES Italy AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND AND ON-DEMAND: 9TH AUGUST, from SHAMELESS FILMS […]
Comedy
THE MILLIONAIRES’ EXPRESS [1986] [Limited Edition Blu-Ray]
HONG KONG AKA FOOGWAI LIP CHE, MILLIONAIRE’S EXPRESS, SHANGHAI EXPRESS RUNNING TIME: 109 mins [Hybrid Cut]/ 102 mins [Extended/International Version]/ 97 mins [Hong Kong Theatrical Version]/ 92 mins [English Language Version] AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION […]
Drama
THE DAIMAJIN TRILOGY: On Blu-ray 26th July [Limited Edition]
THE DAIMAJIN TRILOGY: On Blu-ray 26th July, from ARROW VIDEO The Daimajin trilogy occupies an interesting place in the Japanese kaiju eiga [monster movie] genre. While they do indeed have a monster, a walking statue, […]
HCF Reviews
VENGEANCE TRAILS: FOUR CLASSIC WESTERNS: On Blu-ray 26th July
VENGEANCE TRAILS: FOUR CLASSIC WESTERNS: On Blu-ray 26TH JULY, from ARROW VIDEO DISC ONE – MASSACRE TIME [1966] AKA LE COLT CANTARONO LA MORTE FU….TEMP DI MASSACRO, THE COLT SANG […]
HCF Reviews
Jumbo (2021)
Scream if you wanna go faster! In 2004, competitive archer, and Olympic gold medal winner, Erika Labrie, got married. In a ceremony of commitment, she took her partners surname, and now goes by Erika Eiffel. […]
Animation
DOGTANIAN AND THE THREE MUSKEHOUNDS [2021]: In Cinemas Now [Short Review]
SPAIN IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In 17th century France, young Dogtanian, good with a sword but a bit arrogant, arrives in Paris, hoping to join the King’s […]
