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THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE [1961]

January 22, 2021 Dr Lenera 0

UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DOWNLOAD RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera SPOILERS!   Daily Express journalist Peter Stenning has turned to the bottle as a result of a painful divorce and […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #98: WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH [1970]

September 15, 2017 Dr Lenera 0

  UK  AVAILABLE ON DVD  RUNNING TIME: 96 mins/ 94 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Every now and again, a small tribe sacrifices some blond women to their god, the sun, […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #49: STOP ME BEFORE I KILL [1960]

December 22, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AKA THE FULL TREATMENT AVAILABLE ON REGION 1 DVD RUNNING TIME: 120 min/ 107 min/ 93 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Having just got married, racing car driver Alan […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #46: HELL IS A CITY [1960]

November 22, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Inspector Martineau has seen it all as he polices Manchester, but is still totally committed to his job […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #41: YESTERDAY’S ENEMY [1959]

October 4, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   The last remnants of a British Army Brigade headquarters, led by Captain Langford because the most senior officer […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #36: FURTHER UP THE CREEK [1958]

August 26, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 91 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Navy frigate the ‘Aristotle’ has been sold to a Middle Eastern country, and Bosun and his crew decide […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #32: UP THE CREEK [1958]

July 9, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 83 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Despite being in the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather spends most of his time toying with his home-made […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #31: THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND [1958]

July 9, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 81 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   It is 1945 and a prisoner-of-war camp in Malaysia is ruled in brutal fashion by Colonel Yamamitsu and […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #30: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN [1957]

June 24, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

UK AVAILABLE ON BLU RAY AND DVD [Blu Ray Region A Japan only] RUNNING TIME: 83 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   Dr. John Rollason, his wife Helen and assistant Peter Fox […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #29: QUATERMASS 2 [1957]

June 17, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

UK AKA ENEMY FROM SPACE AVAILABLE ON BLU RAY AND DVD [Blu Ray Region B Australia only] RUNNING TIME: 84 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   After a man carrying a rock […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #25: THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT [1955]

May 10, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK  AKA THE CREEPING UNKNOWN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 81 min/ 77 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   The British Rocket Group, headed by Professor Bernard Quatermass, launches […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #23: THE LYONS IN PARIS [1955]

April 26, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AKA THE LYONS ABROAD, MR. AND MRS. IN PAREE AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 81 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Due to the sad obsurity of this film, I wasn’t […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #21: THE MEN OF SHERWOOD FOREST [1954]

April 19, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON R2 DVD [Germany] RUNNING TIME: 77 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   In 12th Century England, King Richard is being held to ransom in Germany and Prince John […]

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DOC’S JOURNEY INTO HAMMER FILMS #17: LIFE WITH THE LYONS [1954]

March 29, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

  UK AVAILABLE ON DVD RUNNING TIME: 81 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic   The Lyons are moving into a luxurious new home in London, but their landlord Mr. Hemingway refuses to […]

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