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DOC’S TOP 30 HAMMER FILMS COUNTDOWN
My Hammer review series is over, so – as a bit of fun – I’ve decided to do a countdown of my personal top thirty Hammer movies, finishing with number one. Of course many will […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #125: THE LADY VANISHES [1978]
UK AVAILABLE ON REGION ‘A’ DVD RUNNING TIME: 75 mins REVIEWED BY:Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In August 1939, a motley group of travellers find themselves in a small hotel in Bavaria, awaiting […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #124: TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER [1976]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS! Michael Rainer is ex-communicated from the Church of England for attempting to bring a personification […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #123: SHATTER [1974]
AKA THEY CALL HIM MR SHATTER UK/Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON DVD [Italy Region 2/USA Region 1] RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Shatter is a hitman contracted to […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #122: THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES [1974]
AKA THE SEVEN BROTHERS MEET DRACULA UK/ Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 110 mins [Hong Kong version], 89 mins, 72 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Transylvania 1804: a […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #121: THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA [1973]
AKA COUNT DRACULA AND HIS VAMPIRE BRIDE UK AVAILABLE ON DVD [only public domain releases] RUNNING TIME: 88 mins/ 81 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic A Secret Service agent escapes […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #120: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL [1974]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 93 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic When Simon Helder, a young doctor and an admirer of the work of Baron Victor Frankenstein, […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #119: HOLIDAY ON THE BUSES [1973]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lener, Official HCF Critic Sacked by the bus company for crashing two buses, Stan and Jack get jobs as drivers ferrying punters […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #118: CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER [1974]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic When his village is plagued by mysterious deaths marked by highly accelerated aging, Dr. Marcus calls in his […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #117: LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic White Eddie and Joan Booth live next door to black Bill and Barbie Reynolds. Whilst Joan and Barbie […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #115: THAT’S YOUR FUNERAL [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 82 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The animosity betwen two rival undertakers initially appears to be ended when Basil Bulstrode, Emmanuel Holroyd and Percy […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #114: MUTINY ON THE BUSES [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Stan gets engaged to clippie Suzy but is struggling to make ends meet, especially when his brother Arthur […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #113: FEAR IN THE NIGHT [1972]: On Doubleplay Now
UK AVAILABLE ON DOUBLEPLAY BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from STUDIO CANAL RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Young caregiver Peggy, who’s just been discharged as a psychiatric patient […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #112: STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING [1972]: On Doubleplay January 29th
UK AVAILABLE ON DOUBLEPLAY BLU-RAY AND DVD: January 29th, from STUDIO CANAL RUNNING TIME: 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Brenda, who writes children’s stories, leaves the Liverpool home she […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #111: DEMONS OF THE MIND [1971]: On Doubleplay Now
USA AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from STUDIO CANAL RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Baron Zorn keeps his teenaged children Elisabeth and Emil, who […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #110: VAMPIRE CIRCUS [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Schoolmaster Albert Muller leads the villagers of Stetl, Serbia, to invade the castle of Count Mitterhaus, […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #109: NEAREST AND DEAREST [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic On their father’s death, siblings Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit a pickle factory in Colne, in the north of England, […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #108: TWINS OF EVIL [1971]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Maria and Frieda, recently orphaned identical twin teenage girls, move from Venice to Karnstein in Central […]