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BRITISH HORROR ICON BARBARA SHELLEY DIES AT AGE 88
It’s with great sadness that I bring you the news that one of my favourite female horror stars of the ‘50s and the ‘60s passed away this morning at the age of 88. Her agent […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #87: QUATERMASS AND THE PIT [1967]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The building of an extension to Hobbs End underground station in London reveals skeletal remains of a […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #77: RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK [1966]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Russia, the early 20th century. Grigori Yefimovitch Rasputin is a monk who possesses seemingly unnatural powers […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #76: DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS [1966] [DOC’S DRACULA WEEK, FILM 5]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 90 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Transylvania, ten years after Dr. Van Helsing killed Count Dracula. Father Sandor prevents the staking of […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #70: THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND [1965]
UK AVAILABLE ON VIDEO ONLY, entitled P.O.W. PRISONERS OF WAR RUNNING TIME: 84 min REVIEWED: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Malaya, September 1944: Many British soldiers have been captured by the Japanese. Secret […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #54: THE SHADOW OF THE CAT [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 79 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The wealthy Ella Venable is murdered in her house by a man. The man is her servant […]