HCF Reviews
ISLAND OF TERROR [1966]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY REGION A, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera On the remote Petrie’s Island off the east coast of Ireland, farmer Ian Bellows goes missing and […]
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HCF Reviews
HORROR EXPRESS [1972]: On Blu-ray 11th February
Spain AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 11th February, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1906, renowned anthropologist Alexander Saxton finds the frozen remains of a creature half […]
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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 #116: DRACULA A.D.1972 [1972]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1872, Count Dracula and Lawrence Van Helsing do battle and kill each other, but one of Dracula’s […]
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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 #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 […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #93: FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED [1969]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 101 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Baron Victor Frankenstein obtains a brain for his next experiment, but he’s surprised by a thief when he returns […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #83: FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN [1967]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 92 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic As a boy, Hans Werner witnesses his father’s hanging for murder. Years later, he’s working as […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #68: THE GORGON [1964]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the town of Vandorf in 1910, Sascha Cass flees her boyfriend Bruno Heitz after […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #66: THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN [1964]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 84 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The experiments of Baron Frankenstein and his assistant Hans at a watermill are disrupted by a […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #57: CAPTAIN CLEGG [1962]
AKA NIGHT CREATURES UK ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 82 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 1776: a ‘mullato’ [somewhat derogatory term for a person with both ‘black’ and […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #55: CASH ON DEMAND [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON REGION 1 DVD RUNNING TIME: 88 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The staff of a city bank arrive early morning to open up. The manager Mr. Fordyce, […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #50: SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST [1960]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 80 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic A soldier is shot with an arrow but still manages to escape from the evil Sheriff of Nottingham […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #47: THE BRIDES OF DRACULA [1960]
UK AVAILABLE ON DVD AND BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 85 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Schoolteacher Marianne Danielle, en route to take up a position in Transylvania, is abandoned at a […]
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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #42: THE MUMMY [1959]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 86 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In Egypt in 1895, archaeologists John Banning, his father Stephen and his uncle Joseph Whemple find the […]