Euro London Catalogue for TV - VOD licensing
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Action and Adventure Comedy Documentary Drama Family Horror Musical Sci-fi Thriller War Western
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55 DAYS AT PEKING USA, 1962, col, 154 mins Dir: Nicholas Ray
Starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven
Nicholas Ray’s farewell to Hollywood is a dramatisation of the Battle of Peking during the Chinese Boxer Rebellion. Beautifully orchestrated with big action sequences, swooping camera work, and an endearing love story shot in Super Technirama 70. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
BIGGLES: ADVENTURE IN TIME UK, 1986, col, 108 mins Dir: John Hough
Starring Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White
Fun, family adventure with great aerial footage. Jim Ferguson falls through a hole in time, which hurls him back to Britain during the First World War. Jim must help his time twin, the daring aviator Biggles - and save the world in the bargain! HD MASTER AVAILABLE
CALL OF THE WILD, THE UK, 1973, col, 105 mins Dir: Ken Annakin
Starring Charlton Heston, Michele Mercier
Charlton Heston's starts in this faithful adaption of Jack London’s famous novel, centered on the adventures of one particular prospector and his loyal canine companion during the gold rush in the Yukon in the 1890s. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
CIRCUS WORLD USA, 1964, col, 135 mins Dir: Henry Hathaway
Starring John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Claudia Cardinale
John Wayne plays the Big Top circus boss trying to pull his wild west show through various perils of a European tour. The climactic fire sequence is truly spectacular. Filmed in Super Technirama 70. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
EL CID USA, 1961, col, 184 mins Dir: Anthony Mann
Starring Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Geraldine Page
One of the finest epics ever made. Charlton Heston plays the heroic 11th century patriot determined to die for Spain. Superb score by Miklos Rosza. Philip Yourdan’s engrossing script and Anthony Mann’s restrained direction combine to maintain the film’s high reputation. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE USA, 1964, col, 187 mins Dir: Anthony Mann
Starring Sophia Loren, James Mason, Christopher Plummer
Smart, handsome epic detailing the decadence, corruption, and intrigue that tore apart the greatest empire in the world. The huge production values and outstanding sets produced a great spectacle. Stirring score by Dimitri Tiomkin. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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GOLD UK, 1974, col, 124 mins Dir: Peter Hunt
Starring Roger Moore, Susannah York
A fun and exciting old-school adventure romp, as Roger Moore accidently uncovers a plot to destroy a South African mine which would intentionally devalue the price of gold on the world market. Moore, as you would expect, is highly entertaining. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
LAST GRENADE UK, 1970, col, 93 mins Dir: Gordon Flemyng
Starring Stanley Baker, Richard Attenborough
A solid cast and good locations feature in this tale of a duel to death between two English mercenaries. Also starring Honor Blackman.
SHOUT AT THE DEVIL UK, 1976, col, 115 mins Dir: Peter Hunt
Starring Roger Moore, Lee Marvin
Old-style action adventure with a drunkard (Lee Marvin) and an Etonian (Roger Moore) linking up to protect their ivory-poaching business against the Germans in pre-WW1 Zanzibar. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY Canada, 1974, col, 90 mins Dir: John Trent
Starring Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Pollard
Three bank robbers are on the run from the police after killing two men and hide out on a rundown farm in an isolated country district. A terrible retribution awaits them as they start to investigate the farm‌
WALKABOUT Australia, 1971, col, 100 mins Dir: Nicolas Roeg
Starring Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil
Roeg’s superb, haunting film conveys a trek across the Australian desert by teenager Agutter, her young brother and the aboriginal boy who leads them to safety after their father dies. Stunning eerie photography, touching performances and an intelligent adventure 1980 SAS rescue of hostages at the besieged Iranian embassy. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
WHO DARES WINS (aka THE FINAL OPTION) UK/Switzerland, 1982, col, 125 mins Dir: Ian Sharp
Starring Lewis Collins, Richard Widmark, Edward Woodward
When a British agent is assassinated, a radical anti-nuclear group is held responsible and an SAS agent is called upon to infiltrate the group and put an end to their terrorist activities. Inspired by the 1980 SAS rescue of hostages at the besieged Iranian embassy. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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Comedy 6
BATTLE OF THE SEXES UK, 1960, b/w, 84 mins Dir: Charles Crichton
Starring Peter Sellers, Robert Morley
A sparkling black comedy directed by Crichton, with an amusing supporting cast and a bright script adapted from a story by James Thurber. The elderly accountant of an Edinburgh tweed firm plans to dispose of the new efficiency officer, the American battle-axe Constance Cummings. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
CAR TROUBLE UK, 1986, col, 93 mins
Dir: David Green
Starring Julie Walters, Ian Charleson
In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar and forbids his wife to drive the dream car. His neglected wife retaliates by taking the car out for spin and with a combination of bad luck and lust, she gets trapped inside while in flagrante with a younger lover. Music by Meat Loaf. HD MASTER
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GREGORY'S GIRL UK, 1980, col, 91 mins Dir: Bill Forsyth
Starring Gordon J. Sinclair, Dee Hepburn
Bill Forsyth’s enchanting comedy tells the story of a Scottish schoolboy with a passion for a schoolgirl soccer star. Forsyth’s naturalistic script conjures up winningly quirky jokes and endearing romantic complications. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
LIGHT UP THE SKY UK, 1960, b/w, 90 mins Dir: Lewis Gilbert
Starring Benny Hill, Tommy Steele, Ian Carmichael
A sparkling comedy drama set in World War II. A rag-tag bunch of misfits pull together in the country's hour of need under the direction of Lt Ogelby in the British Army. Although the cast is littered with comedians, the tone and setting of the movie is comic but moving in its portrayal of ordinary British men thrown together in extraordinary times.
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN DEADLY SINS UK, 1972, col, 107 mins Dir: Graham Stark
Starring Spike Milligan, Julie Ege
Seven comic episodes adapted from the Bible each starring a top comedian written by Britain’s best comedy writers. The cast reads like a Who’s Who of 60/70s British Comedy with players such as Ian Carmichael, Ronald Fraser, Spike Milligan, Leslie Phillips and Harry Secombe. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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Documentary
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BIGGER SPLASH, A UK, 1974, col, 100 mins Dir: Jack Hazan
Starring David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger
David Hockney, the most brilliant and successful painter of our time, stars in the true story of his life and his art. The film portrays the "Hockney set", his life in London, his dreams of California and his escape to New York. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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ALL THE RIGHT NOISES UK, 1969, col, 91 mins Dir: Gerry O'Hara
Starring Tom Bell, Olivia Hussey
Controversial at the time, this moving drama examines how an older man’s life is destroyed after an affair with a teenage girl. A wonderful slice of British cultural history. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
BETWEEN TWO WOMEN UK, 2002, col, 97 mins Dir: Steven Woodcock
Starring Barbara Marten, Andrew Dunn
Ellen Hardy is unhappily married and when the family moves, her son Victor enrols at a new school. Ellen befriends Victor's teacher Kathy Thompson, as this friendship grows, Ellen is torn between her duties as a wife and mother and the fear of admitting her true feelings for Kathy.
CATHOLICS UK, 1975, col, 87 mins Dir: Jack Gold
Starring Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen
This thought-provoking story adapted by Brian Moore from his novel is a powerful, futuristic religious drama pitting a strong-willed abbot against an emissary-of-change sent by the Vatican. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE France/UK, 1968, col, 91 mins Dir: Jack Cardiff
Starring Alain Delon, Marianne Faithfull
This wild and exotic cult classic from the psychedelic 60s, stars Marianne Faithfull as a bored housewife who roars off on her motorcycle to visit her sexy and sadistic lover. Throughout the journey her love affair occupies her mind, which leads to tragic results. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW USA, 1944, b/w, 84 mins Dir: René Clair
Starring Dick Powell, Linda Darnell
An imaginative, charming comedy where a reporter is given newspapers with tomorrow's headlines, he delights in its power until it predicts his own death. A clever idea that produces a consistently appealing concoction, with smooth direction by Clair and a lovely performance by Powell.
JUBILEE UK, 1978, col, 104 mins Dir: Derek Jarman
Starring Jenny Runacre, Little Nell, Toyah Willcox
Jarman’s film is a visually charged, absurdly violent, and darkly comic nihilistic fantasy where Queen Elizabeth I is transported into the latter part of 20th century Britain and is appalled by punk, among many other things. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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LAST OF ENGLAND, THE UK, 1987, col, 91 mins Dir: Derek Jarman
Starring Tilda Swinton, Gerrard McArthur
A stunning visionary work that is a mysterious, well-crafted montage of image and sound, evoking a world of apocalyptic fury. Jarman uses Super-8 footage, gay erotica and old home movies to illustrate the fall of England. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
L'IDIOT France, 1946, b/w, 105 mins Dir: Georges Lampin
Starring Gerard Philippe, Edwige Feuillere
Prince Muichkine returns to St. Petersburg following a long illness and visits his only relative General Epantchine. The General’s wicked rule is too much for the sensitive prince triggering a slow descent into madness but can the love of Nastasia, the general’s former mistress, help save him?
LORD OF THE FLIES UK, 1963, b/w, 90 mins Dir: Peter Brook
Starring James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Unique story of a group of British school boys stranded on a remote island and their gradual degeneration into a savage horde. Adapted from the novel by William Golding. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
MAHLER UK, 1974, col, 115 mins Dir: Ken Russell
Starring Robert Powell, Georgina Hale
Russell’s typically extravagant biopic of the composer with an impressive performance from Robert Powell as a man obsessed with love and career. Filmed with undeniable zest, a clear point of view, a sense of the ridiculous and a love of the music. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
MISTER JOHNSON USA, 1991, col, 96 mins Dir: Bruce Beresford
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Maynard Eziashi, Edward Woodward
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity, an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming and trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.
ORFEU NEGRO France, 1959, col, 115 mins Dir: Marcel Camus
Starring Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn
The Greek myth of Orpheus and his ill-fated love for Eurydice has been updated and set in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. Its stunning photography captures both the magical spirit of the original legend and the tawdry yet effervescent spirit of Brazil, and its vibrant bossa nova soundtrack is integral to the spirit of the film. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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PAPER TIGER UK, 1975, col, 99 mins Dir: Ken Annakin
Starring David Niven, Toshiro Mifune, Hardy Krüger
Niven is excellent in this enjoyable romp as the tutor of the Japanese ambassador’s son. When he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists, Niven must live up to stories he’s told the boy of being an action hero. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
PRIEST OF LOVE UK, 1982, col, 98 mins Dir: Christopher Miles
Starring Ian McKellen Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner
An evocative celebration of the life and loves of D.H. Lawrence, which features a remarkable performance from Ian McKellen. The film examines Lawrence’s self-imposed exile (due to the banning of his controversial novels and paintings in England) as he travels across the world in search of peace and inspiration. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
PRIZE OF ARMS UK, 1952, b/w, 105 mins Dir: Cliff Owen
Starring Stanley Baker, Tom Bell
Three men plan to rob the Army of £250,000 - the ingenious plan is to leave the Army camp with a spare tyre filled with banknotes. Only ten miles from victory, their "perfect" crime begins to go wrong, and all that will remain for the gang leader of his prized dream are a few charred banknotes…
ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN, THE France/UK, 1975, col, 115 mins Dir: Joseph Losey
Starring Glenda Jackson, Michael Caine
The wife of a successful English novelist decides to take a holiday to Germany in order to "find herself" and starts an affair with a mysterious young man. Losey creates a fascinating, and often bizarre, examination of desire, responsibility and the nature of love. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
RONDE, LA France, 1950, b/w, 95 mins Dir: Max Ophuls
Starring Gerard Philipe, Simone Signoret
Adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s famous play. In Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, a raconteur manipulates the merry-go-round of love. With a superb cast, lavish production values and bravura camerawork, "La Ronde" confirms Max Ophuls’ reputation as one of the cinema’s major artists. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
SCUM UK, 1979, col, 90 mins Dir: Alan Clarke
Starring Ray Winstone, Mick Ford
Adapted from Roy Minton’s highly controversial play about the cruelty and violence that takes place in a correction centre for young offenders. The film powerfully portrays one man’s struggle against all odds to be the ‘top dog’ or ‘daddy’, in a system that is intent on breaking his spirit. Ray Winstone is a revelation as Carlin, in his break-through role. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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SEASON OF DREAMS USA, 1987, col, 91 mins Dir: Martin Rosen
Starring Frederic Forrest, Peter Coyote
Fame and fortune await a teenage girl and a drunken family friend who attempt to construct a mechanical hay stacker in 1954 in rural Montana.
SEBASTIANE UK, 1976, col, 86 mins Dir: Derek Jarman
Starring Leonardo Treviglio,Barney James, Lindsay Kemp
Filmed in Latin, this was the first British film to deal openly with homosexual desire. Sebastian (a soldier), is banished to a remote outpost by the Emperor Diocletian and executed by his commander when he refuses his sexual advances. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
SIN UK, 1972, col, 91 mins Dir: George P. Cosmatos
Starring Raquel Welch, Richard Johnson
A man and a married woman meet in secret. Their love is forbidden, but their passion is uncontrollable. Then in open defiance of society they live together in flagrant sin, The silent, insidious ostracism of the villagers forces them to see the unbearable truth within themselves, and they become the victims of their own folly…
SMOOTH TALK UK/USA, 1985, col, 92 mins Dir: Joyce Chopra
Starring Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place
Laura Dern is fantastic in her breakthrough role as a free-spirited 15-year old coming to grips with her sexuality, who becomes the object of affection of a dangerous stranger. Chopra expertly captures the emotional turmoil of puberty in this tense drama set in the California suburbs. HD MASTER AVAILABLE.
TEMPEST, THE UK, 1979, col, 95 mins Dir: Derek Jarman
Starring Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox
Jarman uses an astonishingly broad stylistic range (from Baroque painting to gothic melodrama to camp), with great success to explore Shakespeare's late masterpiece about power and love. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
UNDER THE VOLCANO UK, 1984, col, Dir: John Huston
107 mins Starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews,
John Huston’s bleak, hallucinatory adaptation of Malcolm Lowry’s novel is set during the Mexican Day of the Dead in 1939. Albert Finney stars as the alcoholic former British consul to Cuernevarca, whose self-destructive behaviour is a source of perplexity and sadness to his idealistic half-brother and his exwife.. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY, THE UK, 1970, col, 95 mins Dir: Christopher Miles
Starring Franco Nero, Honor Blackman
The title tells the tale in this stylish, effective screen adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novella. Franco Nero and Joanna Shimkus exude sexual tension as the gypsy and his lover.
WAR REQUIEM UK, 1988, col, 97 mins Dir: Derek Jarman
Starring Laurence Olivier, Tilda Swinton
An arty, surreal view of World War II seen through the eyes of nurses and children. The film is narrated using the poetry of Wilfred Owen, and a Benjamin Britten score creates emotional and thought-provoking results. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
WHAT'S COOKING USA/UK, 2000, col, 109 mins Dir: Gurinder Chadha
Starring Mercedes Ruehl, Victor Rivers, Douglas Spain, Joan Chen
From the director of BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM. One Thanksgiving, an extended family and their neighbours gather in LA to celebrate. Every section of the community is represented - a gay couple; Jewish parents; Hispanic family; Asians; black - they all start out with differences and end up one big happy family. A charming, crowd-pleaser of a movie.
WISE BLOOD USA, 1979, col, 101 mins Dir: John Huston
Starring Brad Dourif, Harry Dean Stanton, Ned Beatty
Based on the sinister and darkly comic southern gothic novel by Flannery O’Connor, Huston creates an excellent satire with a career-best performance from Brad Dourif. A young southerner wants to get on in the world and decides the quickest way is to start his own church so he becomes its only preacher. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
WONDERWALL UK, 1968, col, 92 mins Dir: Joe Massot
Starring Jane Birkin, Jack McGowran
In this swinging 60s psychedelic fantasy, an absent-minded scientist fantasises about the girl who lives next door after he discovers a hole in the wall of his flat, which enables him to spy on her. Soundtrack by George Harrison. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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Family
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ALADDIN France, 1970, col, 70 mins
Dir: Jean Image
A wonderful animated version of the famous Arabian Nights fairy tale, showing the triumph of good over evil and innocence over greed. Directed by Jean Image prior to the release of the Disney version.
BLACK BEAUTY UK, 1971, col, 106 mins Dir: James Hill
Starring Mark Lester, Ursula Glas
In this appealing, faithful version of Anna Sewell's classic children's tale, Mark Lester (of 'OLIVER!' fame) stars as the young owner of the spirited horse. Due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, Black Beauty is handed over to several owners in turn, both kind and cruel, before finally being reunited with young Mark. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
FABULOUS ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, THE France, 1977, col, 78 mins
Dir: Jean Image
Hailed by the French Press as a masterpiece of animation, this classic film tells the tale of Baron Munchausen's most astonishing adventure, his secret mission for the King of Trubeskan. In which the Baron meets a flying horse, is swallowed by a gigantic whale and travels into the heart of a volcano in a balloon.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS Spain, 1983, col, 82 mins
Dir: Cruz Delgado
After a huge storm, young adventurer Gulliver has to abandon his ship and swim to an island. Little does he know that the island is Brodignag, the land of giants! A delightful animated version of the famous story by Swift.
MAGIC ADVENTURE Spain, 1979, col, 70 mins
Dir: Cruz Delgado
The adventures of Jim and Polly, who go off to play in a forest and meet several unusual characters - even Hans Christian Andersen himself! They fly off to Neverplayland a country where children aren’t allowed to play and turn it into Everplayland - just in time for a happy ending!
WATER BABIES, THE UK, 1978, col, 92 mins Dir: Lionel Jeffries
Starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Jon Pertwee
An enchanting children's tale featuring a superb blend of animation and live action, as a 12year-old boy discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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WATERSHIP DOWN UK, 1978,col, 92 mins Dir: Martin Rosen
Featuring John Hurt, Ralph Richardson, Richard Briers
This beautifully crafted tale, based on Richard Adams’s bestseller about a colony of rabbits seeking somewhere safe to live, is an inspirational, serious-minded saga about survival, human insensitivity and courage. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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ASPHYX, THE UK, 1973, col, 98 mins Dir: Peter Newbrook
Starring Robert Powell, Robert Stevens
In this haunting chiller, a 19th century scientist discovers the key to immortality by isolating the spirit of death. He gains eternal life but in this Faust-like pact, he is left to brood for eternity on the tragic death of his daughter. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
BLOOD BEAST TERROR,THE UK, 1968, col, 88 mins Dir: Vernon Sewell
Starring Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng
A genetic scientist creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a beautiful woman and a giant Death Head moth and that needs to feed on the blood of male victims. This cult Tigon-produced creature-feature is an enjoyable variation on the vampire mythology. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW, THE UK, 1971, col, 95 mins Dir: Piers Haggard
Starring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden
Gory but gripping tale of devil worship in a 17th century British village, which begins with the discovery of a beastlike figure in a field and its dramatic effect on the local populace. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
BODY BROKERS, THE (aka BURKE & HARE) UK, 1972, col, 91 mins Dir: Vernon Sewell
Starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews
This enjoyable dark comic horror is based on the 19th century body snatchers, who went into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
CANDLE FOR THE DEVIL, A Spain, 1974, col, 83 mins Dir: Eugene Martin
Starring Judy Gleeson, Vic Winner
Malevolent Aurora Bautista runs a hotel in a small Spanish village, due to a case of religious mania Aurora starts killing women in a sadistic manner. A young English tourist visits the hotel to find her missing sister and finds herself to be Aurora's next target. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
COMEBACK, THE UK, 1977, col, 100 mins Dir: Pete Walker
Starring Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson
A singer tries to revive his career by recording an album in an English country house. At first, he enjoys the isolation but then he becomes haunted by visions of his wife’s death. He is horrified to discover the dismembered remains of his wife in the house, and this is only the beginning of the surprises that await him‌ HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR UK, 1968, col, 87 mins Dir: Vernon Sewell
Starring Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele
A young man in search of his brother, stumbles upon a coven led by a warlock who is plotting revenge for the death of his female ancestor burned to death in the 17th century. HD MAS-TER AVAILABLE
DEAD OF NIGHT USA, 1974, col, 88 mins Dir: Bob Clark
Starring Richard Backus, Lynn Carlin
A young soldier dies in Vietnam and on the same night returns home to his family. His father grows suspicious of the boy’s conduct and discovers to his horror, that his son is a zombie and has a thirst for blood. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
DIE SCREAMING MARIANNE UK, 1971, col, 98 mins Dir: Pete Walker
Starring Susan George, Leo Genn
Marianne is on the run as she is about to inherit a sizeable Swiss bank account and incriminating documents that her corrupt family would prefer stay hidden. Trickery, betrayal and death are around every corner in this pulse-pounding, suspense-filled horror thriller. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORROR UK, 1965, col, 98 mins Dir: Freddie Francis
Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
One of the best anthologies from Britain’s Amicus Productions headlined by Cushing as a tarot card-reading Dr. Schreck, whose stacked deck spells doom for five train travellers. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
FRIGHTMARE UK, 1975, col, 90 mins Dir: Pete Walker
Starring Rupert Davies, Leo Genn
A psychotic couple lives on an isolated farm after being released from an asylum. The wife invites lonely young people to the house to murder them under the guise of reading their fortune, and as the murders increase, their younger daughter seems to be following in her mother’s homicidal footsteps. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON Spain/Italy 1969, col, 93 mins Dir: Mario Bava
Starring Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander
Bava stuns and shocks in this Freudian tale of a bridal dress designer who kills various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma that’s causing him to commit murder HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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HILLS HAVE EYES II, THE USA, 1984, col, 86 mins Dir: Wes Craven
Starring John Laughlin, Michael Berryman
In this trip into Wes Craven territory, a group of adolescents inevitably meets their death at the hands of barbaric cannibals. A bus breaks down and eight youngsters are stranded, among them a survivor from the original "The Hills Have Eyes." HD MASTER AVAILABLE
HOUSE OF WHIPCORD UK, 1974, col, 102 mins Dir: Pete Walker
Starring Patrick Barr, Ann Michelle
A mentally-ill judge, appalled by the decline of moral standards’ sets up a private house of correction for young girls. Walker’s notorious disturbing exploitation film is also an intelligent critique of film censorship and the morality of 70s Britain. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
HOUSE OF MORTAL SIN (aka CONFESSIONAL, THE) UK, 1976, col, 104 mins Dir: Pete Walker
Starring Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon
A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest becomes obsessed with her. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
ISLAND OF TERROR UK, 1966, col, 89 mins Dir: Terence Fisher
Starring Peter Cushing, Edward Judd
Two scientists travel to a mysterious island on an expedition and are aghast to find shell-like creatures, which have a taste for human flesh. The scientists find out that these monsters were the result of an experiment gone wrong… HD MASTER AVAILABLE
SORCERERS, THE UK, 1967, col, 86 mins Dir: Michael Reeves
Starring Boris Karloff, Susan George
A drab, elderly scientist and his wife possess a device that enables them to impose telepathic fantasies on people and to be able to experience the sensations felt by their subjects. They take control of a young man and have him live out what they associate with contemporary youth: violence and sex. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
STUDY IN TERROR, A UK, 1966, col, 97 mins Dir: James Hill
Starring John Neville, Robert Morley
John Neville and Donald Houston team up as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this clever chiller about the great detective who attempts to track down Jack the Ripper but is always one step behind. Based on a novel by Ellery Queen. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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WHIP AND THE BODY, THE It/Fra, 1963, col, 85 mins Dir: Mario Bava
Starring Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall
In the 19th century, a sadistic nobleman terrorises the members of his family. He is found dead, but his ghost soon returns to haunt the residents of his castle. Bava creates an unrelentingly, creepy tale of obsession and perversion, which is a riff on Wuthering Heights. Featuring excellent direction, brilliantlycomposed photography and a convincingly-cruel performance from Lee. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
WITCHFINDER GENERAL UK, 1968, col, 87 mins Dir: Michael Reeves
Starring Vincent Price, Patrick Wymark
The 17th-century Witchfinder (played with relish by Price) travels Britain torturing and killing suspected witches and deviants in this fascinating portrait of a society where sadism is sup-ported in the name of the State and the Church. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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Music
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ARIA UK, 1987, col, 90 mins Dir: Altman, Beresford, Godard, Jarman, Roeg, Russell + 4 more Starring Theresa Russell, Elizabeth Hurley, Bridget Fonda, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt 10 different directors interpret 10 famous opera arias in any style they choose. The list of directors involved brings rich variety to the imaginings. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
CREAM - FAREWELL CONCERT UK, 1969, col, 88 mins Dir: Tony Palmer
Starring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
Cream played together for only two years, but in that time gained the admiration of musicians all over the world. This filmed concert includes rare off-stage interviews that reveal the influences, techniques and feelings of each band member. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
GLASTONBURY FAYRE UK, 1973, col, 91 mins
Dir: Nicolas Roeg
Documentary about Britain’s answer to the Woodstock Festival, Glastonbury Fayre, which was first held in 1971 as 10,000 people came from all over the world to enjoy music, dance, poetry and theatre. Glastonbury is now regarded as one of the premiere music festivals and this documentary is a revealing insight into its origins. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
RUDE BOY UK, 1980, col, 133 mins Dir: Jack Hazan
Starring Ray Gange, The Clash
Punk band The Clash fire an aggressive and ambitious road manager in this vibrant semidocumentary drama with strong musical sequences. Songs include "London’s Burning", "White Riot", and "I Fought the Law". HD MASTER AVAILABLE
TOMMY UK, 1975, col, 111 mins Dir: Ken Russell
Starring Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret
Ken Russell’s film is an energetic, witty and enjoyable adaptation of the classic rock opera by Pete Townshend and The Who. It tells the story of Tommy, a deaf, dumb and blind child whose hazardous journey through life changes when he undergoes a miracle cure. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
YESSONGS UK, 1975, col, 73 mins Dir: Peter Neal Starring Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White. Relive the power of Yes on their 1972 world tour. Featuring the classic line-up of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White. Watch as they perform many of their symphonic masterpieces from the "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge" albums. Restored DTS 5.1 soundtrack and additional bonus materials also available. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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DARK STAR USA, 1974, col, 85 mins Dir: John Carpenter
Starring Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon
Carpenter’s feature dÊbut is a rollicking, anarchic trip into space that merrily debunks a host of other space movies, notably 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Four bored astronauts try to fill their time between planet bombing missions by catching up on their tans using a sun lamp, conversing with their female version of HAL and space surfing.
DOOMWATCH UK, 1975, col, 92 mins Dir: Peter Sasdy
Starring Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson
A year after a giant oil leak off the west coast of England, a scientist visits the small island of Balfe to investigate the spill's effect. The locals are suspicious of his presence, and he notices the almost Neanderthal features of some of the islanders and their aggressive natures. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT UK, 1967, col, 94 mins Dir: Terence Fisher
Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
In an early case of the Greenhouse Effect, extra-terrestrials take over a remote Scottish island and unleash an unbearable heat wave so that they can survive the winter. Fisher produced a well written, fast paced film with great performances from the iconic Lee and Cushing, influenced by Hammer Horror. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (aka MR ARKADIN) France/USA, 1955, b/w, 99 mins Dir: Orson Welles
Starring Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave
Arkadin, a wealthy and mysterious financier, fakes amnesia to mask his corrupt past when a petty criminal tries to blackmail him. Welles creates another fascinating and essential film. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
CUL-DE-SAC UK,1966. b/w, 114 mins Dir: Roman Polanski
Starring Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac
An unusual and startling black comedy, as two wounded gangsters on the run terrorise a pathetic middle-aged man and his beautiful young wife. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
HONEYMOON KILLERS, THE USA, 1969, b/w, 106 mins Dir: Leonard Kastle
Starring Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco
A thin, balding young man and a fat, middle-aged woman make an unlikely pair of lovers and ruthless killers. They murder wealthy vulnerable women by contacting them via lonely hearts' columns. Based on the true story of the executed American murderers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
INTERNECINE PROJECT, THE UK, 1974, col, 90 mins Dir: Ken Hughes
Starring James Coburn, Lee Grant
A slick, well-paced and clever thriller about a former secret agent who is about to become a consultant for the American President. Afraid that his murderous past will be discovered, he activates Project Internecine which will trick witnesses to these deeds into eliminating each other. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
KNIFE IN THE WATER Poland, 1962, b/w, 94 mins Dir: Roman Polanski
Starring Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka
Polanski’s break-through film is a brilliant, enthralling and astounding experience. A couple set off for a sailing weekend, only to find their ordered world seriously shaken by a beatnik hitchhiker with a vastly different and dark outlook on life. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar (1962) and won the Critics’ Award at the 1962 Venice Film Festival HD MASTER AVAILABLE
LEGACY, THE UK, 1979, col, 100 mins Dir: Richard Marquand
Starring Katharine Ross, Roger Daltrey
A young American couple on holiday in England becomes the reluctant guests at a stately home inhabited by a geriatric Satanist who believes the young woman is the reincarnation of his mother. A horror inspired murder mystery. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH UK, 1948, b/w, 102 mins Dir: St. J. L. Clowes
Starring Jack La Rue, Linden Travers
St. John Legh Clowes provocative gangster thriller caused outrage on its original released in 1948 as it was the first British film classified as an X. Virginal young heiress Miss Blandish is kidnapped by gangster Slim Grissom. During the kidnapping, Slim starts to fall for his hostage while Miss Blandish too finds herself perversely attracted to the gang leader. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
REPULSION UK, 1965, b/w, 109 mins Dir: Roman Polanski
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry
Acclaimed psychological shocker depicting the mental deterioration of a sexually repressed young woman left alone in her sister’s apartment in London for several days. Her madness increases as time passes, leading to the murders of both her landlord and her boyfriend. Deneuve is outstanding in one of the best performances of her career. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
SCARLET STREET US, 1945, b/w, 103 col DIr: Fritz Lang
Starring Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea
The stars of Lang’s "Woman In The Window" reunite in this masterfully bleak noir. Robinson plays a weak bank clerk who is also an amateur painter. He falls in love with a beautiful femme fatale who, with the help of her pimp / fiancé, passes his paintings off as her own with disastrous consequences. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE UK, 1947, b/w, 103 mins Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti
Starring Trevor Howard, Sally Gray
In this startlingly cold noir, which examines the seamier side of post-war Britain, an airforce officer turned petty criminal is accused of murder and escapes jail in order to destroy the man who put him there. Part poetic realism, part expressionist nightmare, Cavalcanti’s masterpiece bristles with sadism, tenderness and an unbridled style. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
TIME WITHOUT PITY UK, 1957, b/w, 88 mins Dir: Joseph Losey
Starring Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd
In this great thriller by Losey, a middle-aged alcoholic has 24 hours to save his innocent son from being hanged for murder. After discovering the real murderer and as there is no evidence, the father must somehow incriminate him before time runs out.
WHO? UK, 1974, col, 93 mins Dir: Jack Gold
Starring Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard
Set in Russia during the peak of the Cold War, a scientist is involved in a serious accident, and his brain is transplanted into a cyborg to keep him alive. When he returns to America, the US Government cannot tell if it’s really him or an enemy agent in disguise. Jack Gold’s thought-provoking and paranoid thriller features great performances from Elliot Gould and Joseph Bova. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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FIRST OF THE FEW, THE (aka SPITFIRE) UK, 1942, b/w, 117 mins Dir: Leslie Howard
Starring Leslie Howard, David Niven
This exciting WW2 adventure tells the immortal story of the Spitfire, of the man who created it and the men who flew it. It features Howard’s last screen appearance before his disappearance in 1943 on a flying mission. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
HANGMEN ALSO DIE USA, 1943, b/w, 131 mins Dir: Fritz Lang
Starring Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan
Fritz Lang’s fiercely anti-Nazi suspense film examines the aftermath of the assassination of SS officer Reinhardt Heydrich in Czechoslovakia and features outstanding performances from a top-notch cast. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
OVERLORD UK, 1975, col, 83 mins Dir: Stuart Cooper
Starring Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball
A fascinating World War II movie which interweaves archival war footage with the fictional narrative of a twenty-year-old’s journey from basic training to the front lines of D-Day, bringing to life all the terrors and isolation of war. The film was photographed by Stanley Kubrick’s long-time cinematographer John Alcott and won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1975. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
PACIFIC INFERNO USA,1979, col, 91 mins Dir: Rolf Bayer
Starring Jim Brown, Richard Jaeckel
Inspired by the true story of the recovery of $16million in silver pesos dumped into Manila Bay by the Allied Forces during WW2. Featuring genuine footage of Pearl Harbour and shot entirely on location in the Philippines, "Pacific Inferno" is an exciting re-telling of one of WW2’s best-kept secrets. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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HANNIE CAULDER UK, 1971, col, 85 mins Dir: Burt Kennedy
Starring Raquel Welch, Robert Culp
Unusual western in which a young woman enlists the help of a drifting bounty hunter to train her to be a crack shot, in order that she can take revenge on the men who raped her and murdered her husband. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
MAN CALLED NOON, THE Spain/Italy/UK, 1973, col, 98 mins Dir: Peter Collinson
Starring Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino
A man with amnesia searches for his identity and learns he is on a mission to avenge the deaths of his wife and child. This probing ideological western examines good and evil in man: should Noon do what is morally right or take his revenge? HD MASTER AVAILABLE
MCMASTERS, THE USA, 1970, col, 87 mins Dir: Alf Kjellin
Starring Burl Ives, Jack Palance
In this rare examination of race in the old west, a black Union soldier returns to the ranch of his former master and is made the co-owner of the land but eventually bigotry and violence step in. HD MASTER AVAILABLE
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