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Sisu (2023): Dir. Jalmari Helander
Feat. Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan…; A stylized, tongue–in–cheek actioner set in a Northern Finnish wasteland where a lone prospector has his gold stolen by a group of…
Flux Gourmet (2022): Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Fatma Mohamed, Gwendoline Christie , Asa Butterfield…; Required viewing for those with an interest in the machinations of the Arts, director Peter Strickland steps up as the rightful heir to British…
Jackass Forever (2022): Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O , Chris Pontius…; Fourth installment in the JACKASS film series, with the crew 11 years older and no less gloriously stupid. All the same insane stunts, pranks and…
Project Wolf Hunting (2022): Whist being transported across international waters inside a locked cargo ship, a group of infamous criminals unites to stage a coordinated escape.…
Willy's Wonderland (2020): Dir. Kevin Lewis
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz; Nicolas Cage continues his late career "cult" movie run with this bonkers action–comedy–horror playing a quiet drifter who is tricked…
Bliss (2019): Dir. Joe Begos
Feat. Dora Madison; Brilliant hallucinogenic splatter–fest following a painter hungry for inspiration who begins snorting a stimulant called Bliss and soon spirals…
Color Out of Space (Colour Out of Space) (2019): Dir. Richard Stanley
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Q'orianka Kilcher…; Cult director Richard Stanley (HARDWARE) brings some nutty humour to this adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, with…
Deerskin (Le Daim) (2019): Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Feat. Jean Dujardin, Adele Haenel, Albert Delpy; Quentin Dupieux, director of the cult hit RUBBER, returns with this buckwild surrealist comedy, following a man's all–consuming devotion for a…
Parasite (2019): Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Cho…; An unemployed family with a bleak future systematically ingratiate themselves into the lives of a wealthy family in this brilliant,…
VHYes (2019): Dir. Jack Henry Robbins
Feat. Mason McNulty, Charlyne Yi, Kerri Kenney…; Winsomely absurd retro comedy shot entirely in VHS and Betacam, celebrating the nostalgia of video formats through the story of a 12 year old boy who…
Vivarium (2019): Dir. Lorcan Finnegan
Feat. Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg; A young couple shopping for their first home find themselves in a housing development where every house looks exactly the same, and with no idea how…
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018): Dir. Jim Hosking
Feat. Aubrey Plaza, Jemaine Clement, Emile Hirsch…; Wilfully awkward and discomforting comedy from the director of THE GREASY STRANGLER that this time subjects an A–list cast to a series of…
Border (Gräns) (2018): Dir. Ali Abbasi
Feat. Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson; Remarkable Swedish black comedy about a customs officer with an extraordinary sense of smell who sniffs out a suspicious–looking traveller with…
Climax (2018): Dir. Gaspar Noe
Feat. Sofia Boutella, Kiddy Smile, Roman Guillermic; A dance movie like you're never seen, legendary provocateur Gaspar Noe helms this brilliant and intoxicating ensemble piece. Set in an abandoned…
Field Guide to Evil, The (2018): Dir. Peter Strickland, Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala; The brainchild of Kiwi Ant "Incredibly Strange" Timpson, who follows his ABC's OF DEATH anthology productions with a like–minded venture into…
House That Jack Built, The (2018): Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman…; Matt Dillon plays a po–faced serial killer across 12 years, intimately exploring his mental state and beliefs about life and art. From Danish…
In Fabric (2018): Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, Hayley Squires…; Utterly beguiling and sumptuous ghost story from singular British director Peter Strickland (DUKE OF BURGUNDY), following a possessed red dress as it…
Judy & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018): Dir. Mirrah Foulkes
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman; A gorgeously carnivalesque and blackly comic Australian period drama in which the traditional fairy tale of Punch and Judy is turned on its head. The…
Mandy (2018): Dir. Panos Cosmatos
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache…; Psychedelic horror director Panos Cosmatos follows up his beguiling and underrated BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW with this no–holds–barred…
Mega Time Squad (2018): Dir. Tim van Dammen
Feat. Anton Tennet, Jonathan Brugh, Milo Cawthorne…; Ingenious low–budget sci–fi comedy set in the tiny North Island town of Thames, New Zealand in which a small–town criminal finds an…
Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018): Dir. Milorad Krstic; Brilliantly animated crime drama following four thieves who attempt to steal the legendary artworks that are inspiring the nightmares of their…
Slice (2018): Dir. Austin Vesely
Feat. Zazie Beetz, Chance the Rapper; Enjoyable schlocky comedy, fashionably throwing back to 80's horror and following a pizza delivery boy who sets out to solve a murder mystery in his…
Sorry to Bother You (2018): Dir. Boots Riley
Feat. LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer…; A brilliant, politically radicalised comedy marking a big splash debut for rapper turned writer/director Boots Riley that was apparently ten years in…
Under the Silver Lake (2018): Dir. David Robert Mitchell
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace; Dazzlingly creative Los Angeles–set neo–noir about a disenchanted slacker who sets out for answers when strange crimes begin occurring in…
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017): Dir. John McPhail
Feat. Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Marli Siu…; Big–hearted Xmas themed zombie musical set in the sleepy town of Little Haven, where Anna and her friends go up against the undead. A…
Blade of the Immortal (2017): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Takuya Kimura, Sugisaki Hana, Fukushi Sota…; Japanese uber–director Miike Takashi’s 100th feature, based on a popular manga series about a vengeful swordsman with an uncanny ability to…
Disaster Artist, The (2017): Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen…; A satirical yet empathetic adaptation of Greg Sestero's autobiographical book of the same name depicting his friendship with one Tommy Wiseau, the…
Evil Within, The (2017): Dir. Andrew Getty
Feat. Frederick Koehler, Sean Patrick Flanery; Bizarre horror where a lonely, unstable man is compelled to go on a murder spree by the demonic reflection he sees in the mirror. It's production…
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2017): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kento Yamazaki; Frenetic and boundlessly wacky live–action adaptation of the manga, with a head spinning plot involving psychic avatars who plot to bring down…
My Friend Dahmer (2017): Dir. Marc Meyers
Feat. Ross Lynch, Anne Heche, Alex Wolff…; Chilling biographical drama about the American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, based on the 2012 graphic novel by John "Derf" Backderf, who was friends…
T2 Trainspotting (2017): Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller…; The characters of Irvine Welsh's TRAINSPOTTING are alive, if not entirely well, twenty years later in this sequel that serves up some good laughs and…
Twin Peaks (TV Series) (Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return) (2017): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Catherine E. Coulson, Madchen Amick…; Revival of the cult TV series with most of the same cast (plus many, many more), which rivals and occasionally surpasses the terrifying brilliance of…
Woodshock (2017): Dir. Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, Pilou Asbæk; A stylistically unique psychological thriller with all the elegance you'd expect from fashion designer siblings Kate and Laura Mulleavy in their…
Greasy Strangler, The (2016): Dir. Jim Hosking
Feat. Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo; A good–dumb–fun excerise in bad taste about a creepy father–and–son team who run a disco walking tour and become rivals for…
Love Witch, The (2016): Dir. Anna Biller
Feat. Samantha Robinson, Laura Waddell, Gian Keys…; Writer–director Anna Biller who also produced, edited, costumed, set designed and scored this feminist sexploitation pastiche shot in 35mm as…
Neon Demon, The (2016): Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone…; An aspiring model moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty–obsessed women and exploitative…
Operation Avalanche (2016): Dir. Matt Johnson
Feat. Matt Johnson; Impressively staged mock documentary that goes behind the scenes of one of the great conspiracy myths – that the moon landing was faked for the…
Raw (Grave) (2016): Dir. Julia Ducournau
Feat. Garance Marillier , Ella Rumpf; A bright young veterinary student and ardent vegetarian is unexpectedly subjected to a series of cruel hazing rituals in her first week at college,…
Spaghettiman (Spaghetti Man) (2016): Dir. Mark Potts
Feat. Benjamin Crutcher, Winston Carter; An absurdist, no–budget superhero spoof centred around a cynical super–slacker whose microwave mishap inadvertently turns him into a man…
This Giant Papier-Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (This Giant Paper Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy) (2016): Dir. Christian Nicolson
Feat. Christian Nicolson, Daniel Pujol; Three nerds are inexplicably plunged into a B–grade sci–fi movie where they must comandeer a rickety old spaceship and find a way to…
Train to Busan (2016): Dir. Sang-ho Yeon
Feat. Gong Yoo, Kim Soo-Ah, Jung Yu-mi; Breakout Korean zombie–thriller sensation in which a group of terrified passengers fight their way through a viral outbreak while trapped on a…
Aaaaaaaah! (2015): Dir. Steve Oram
Feat. Steve Oram, Julian Barratt, Lucy Honigman…; A twisted cult comedy which confronts the human condition by imagining what life would be like if humans were apes. Written and directed by Steve…
Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015): Dir. Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet, Jon Salmon
Feat. Alec Owen, Paul Prado, Patton Oswalt…; Satirical slasher film which, despite it's title, is not a sequel, and which presents itself as a lost film dug up from the 1980's. A masked killer…
Forbidden Room, The (2015): Dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Feat. Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Jacques Nolot…; Maverick director Guy Maddin applies his wild and deliciously demented imagination to this fantastic fantasy, telling a range of almost…
High-Rise (High Rise) (2015): Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller…; A blackly comic, super–stylish slice of dystopia set in a retro–futurist 1975 in which life for the residents of a tower block begins to…
Turbo Kid (2015): Dir. Francois Simard, Yoann-Karl Whissell, Anouk Whissell
Feat. Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside…; Recommended for teens with strong constitutions, this gory post–apocalyptic romp set in a desolate "alternate 1997" follows a comic book fan…
BoJack Horseman (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie…; Riding on the success of other outrageously creative adult cartoons like RICK AND MORTY comes this terrific satire of the American entertainment…
Duke of Burgundy, The (2014): Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Monica Swinn; BORGEN star Sidse Babett Knudsen throws aside the responsibilities of leading the Danish nation to star in this slice of arty–kink from the…
Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, A (2014): Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour
Feat. Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh; A languid and luscious Iranian immigrant take on the vampire myth set in the ghost–town of Bad City (filmed in California), where the remaining…
Rick and Morty (TV Series) (2014): A wacky, profane Adult Swim series from COMMUNITY creator Dan Harmon, centred on the adventures of an alcoholic scientist and his young…
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014): Dir. Anthony C. Ferrante
Feat. Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox…; Jumping the shark is this "slightly better" sequel to the unlikely disaster movie hit. The definition of dumb fun.
Tusk (2014): Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment…; Gleefully ludicrous Kevin Smith directed horror comedy following the fate of an unfortunate podcaster who discovers his next guest has a bizarre…
25th Reich, The (2013): Dir. Stephen Amis
Feat. Jim Knobeloch, Serge De Nardo; Aussie B–movie genre tribute featuring giant Nazi robot spiders, giant mosquitoes, spaceships, etc. The plot involves five American GIs…
A Field in England (2013): Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover…; Dir. Ben Wheatley (KILL LIST, SIGHTSEERS) goes off the deep end with this trippy 17th century odyssey about a band of English Civil War deserters,…
Cheap Thrills (2013): Dir. E.L. Katz
Feat. Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton…; A devilishly effective black comedy about a pair of old friends who enter into an increasingly bloody game of one–upmanship with a wealthy…
Computer Chess (2013): Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins; Mumblecore maestro Andrew Bujalski directs this left–of–field mockumentary, shot on low–fi video, about a surreal chess tournament…
Dance of Reality, The (2013): Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Feat. Alejandro Jodorowsky; Autobiographical fantasy by acclaimed cult director Jodorowsky, who again provides a glorious extravagance of creativity, following his experiences…
Filth (2013): Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy…; James McAvoy plays a self–destructing copper whose corruption and bigotry manifest in a spiral of sex, drugs and violence. From an Irving Welsh…
Magic Magic (2013): Dir. Sebastián Silva
Feat. Juno Temple, Michael Cera, Emily Browning…; This bizarre head trip from Chilean dir. Sebastián Silva (THE MAID) has its bewitching moments despite descending into madness. The film follows a…
Nymphomaniac (Nymphomaniac: Vol. I & II) (2013): Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Stacy Martin…; The controversy–baiting director Lars Von Trier's wild and poetic opus detailing a woman’s erotic journey from birth to middle age as told by…
Search for Weng Weng (2013): Dir. Andrew Leavold; A bizarre history of Filipino B–films, as told through director Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond…
Sharknado (2013): Dir. Anthony C. Ferrante
Feat. Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, John Heard; An irrational internet sensation, this Z–grade disaster movie has gained unlikely cult status on the back of its has–been casting (Tara…
Under the Skin (2013): Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Scarlett Johansson; Jonathan Glazer (SEXY BEAST, BIRTH) directs screen siren Scarlett Johansson in this startlingly original sci–fi thriller about an alien…
Wrong Cops (2013): Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Feat. Mark Burnham, Eric Wareheim, Marlyn Manson…; A series of loosely connected comic vignettes from the director of WRONG and RUBBER, featuring crooked cops, one–eyed techno–hounds, and…
Berberian Sound Studio (2012): Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Tonia Sotiropoulou…; A masterpiece of implied horror, this is a homage to Italian 'giallo' and horror cinema of 1970's that remarkably measures up to the best films of…
Black Dynamite (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Michael Jai White; A funky Adult Swim spin–off of the feature film blaxploitation parody, with Michael Jai White returning to voice the eponymous baadasssss in…
Gravity Falls (TV Series) (2012-2016): Animated mystery comedy from creator Alex Hirsch, set in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, where siblings Dapper and Mabel (voiced by…
Holy Motors (2012): Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes…; Leos Carax's first feature in over a decade is an unclassifiable romp through the streets of Paris, led by a world–weary actor (Denis Lavant)…
John Dies at the End (2012): Dir. Don Coscarelli
Feat. Rob Mayes, Chase Williamson, Paul Giamatti…; Two college dropouts–cum–amateur exorcists must save the world from an inter–dimensional invasion caused by a powerful new drug…
Wrong (2012): Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Feat. Jack Plotnick, William Fichtner; In this follow–up to the cult horror RUBBER, dir. Quentin Dupieux refines his unique storytelling craft with this beguiling comedy of the…
33D Invader, The (2011): Dir. Man Kei Chin
Feat. Macy Wu; A trio of socially inept dweebs hit the jackpot when they encounter a buxom beauty sent from the future; her mission to return to the year 2046…
Dear God No! (2011): Dir. James Bickert
Feat. Jett Bryant, Paul McComiskey, Madeline Brumby; The grindhouse aesthetic is aped for all its worth in this grubby exploitation pastiche, centred on a renegade biker gang and their violent exploits.…
God Bless America (2011): Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton; Irrepressible writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait returns with another sizzling, charcoal–black comedy that takes aim at the worst proponents of…
Hobo with a Shotgun (2011): Dir. Jason Eisener
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Brian Downey; Spawned from the leftovers of the Tarantino–Rodriguez 'Grindhouse' double–bill, this ropey pastiche of revenge movies and B–grade…
Love Exposure (2011): Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima; Notorious cinematic oddity from Japanese director Sion Sono (WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN HELL), following the adventures of a Catholic teenage boy who…
Paradise Lost 3 - Purgatory (2011): Dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky; This concluding chapter in the Paradise Lost saga came on the back of the West Memphis Three's sudden release from prison, and covers the defense…
Portlandia (TV Series) (2011): Feat. Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein; Cult sketch comedy of the zeitgeist that affectionately skewers the liberals, hipsters and well–intentioned naifs attempting to live out their…
Sex and Zen - Extreme Ecstasy (2011): Dir. Christopher Sun Lap Key
Feat. Hiro Hayama, Leni Lan, Saori Hara…; Touted as "the first 3D erotic movie", this Ming Dynasty bonk–fest under–performs as both a porny period spectacle, and a randy sex…
Whisperer in Darkness, The (2011): Dir. Sean Branney
Feat. Matt Foyer, Barry Lynch, Autumn Wendel; A fittingly old–fashioned homage to the 30s Universal horror by way of H.P. Lovecraft's story of an extraterrestrial folklore. This…
Adventure Time (TV Series) (2010): One of the more inspired Cartoon Network creations follows the wildly original, mind altering adventures of Finn, and his best friend Jake – a…
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010): Dir. Panos Cosmatos
Feat. Eva Allan, Michael Rogers, Scott Hylands; This startling cult–film–in–the–making concerns the escape attempt of a sedated prisoner from a futuristic commune. An…
Big Tits Zombie (The Big Tits Dragon) (2010): Dir. Takao Nakano
Feat. Saori Andô, Sola Aoi; Big, dumb fun born from Japan's recent spate of outrageous splatter comedies, centred on three air–headed strippers who unwittingly unleash an…
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010): Dir. James Nguyen
Feat. Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore; Shoe–string trash homage to Hitchcock's THE BIRDS that follows a romantic couple whose small town that is attacked by birds.…
Cold Fish (2010): Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden , Asuka Kurosawa; Japanese 'enfant terrible' Sion Sono's violent (and typically lengthy) tale of a quiet owner of a tropical fish shop whose life and family are taken…
Drawn Together - The Movie (2010): Dir. Greg Franklin; Warped feature length installment of the BIG BROTHER parody with the disturbed housemates facing permanent eviction after the show is threatened with…
El Monstro Del Mar! (2010): Dir. Stuart Simpson
Feat. Nelli Scarlet, Karli Madden, Kate Watts; Three fugitive vixens battle a monster from the deep in this slavishly entertaining ode to the grindhouse exploits of yesteryear, lodged somewhere…
I Saw the Devil (2010): Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi; Terrifying revenge thriller following a man on a hunt for the serial killer who murdered his pregnant wife. Exceedingly brutal, this makes for a…
Jackass 3 (2010): Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera…; Eye–watering third entry has the requisite pratfalls, puke and penis that fans have come to expect, with Knoxville and company bravely putting…
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema (2010): Dir. Jake West; Cult film critic Kim Newman hosts this entertaining doco that looks at some British cinema's more esoteric films. Includes three short films:…
Last Circus, The (2010): Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang; Clown rivalries collide in this violent, OTT genre riot from Spanish trash auteur, Alex de la Iglesia, set at both ends of Franco's dictatorship…
Lost Thing, The (2010): Dir. Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruheman
Feat. Tim Minchin; From the brainchild of celebrated Australian illustrator–author Shaun Tan comes this perfectly–formed animated adaptation of his best…
Machete Maidens Unleashed (2010): Dir. Mark Hartley; Eye–opening look at the exploitation film–making industry that thrived in the Philippines during the seventies as American producers took…
Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010): Dir. Joseph Guzman
Feat. Tawny Amber Young, Bill Oberst Jr, Devanny Pinn…; Seriously trashy revenge flick with a vengeful nun out to deal to the drug–dealing clergy that abused and brainwashed her. Ironic…
Rubber (2010): Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Feat. Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Wings Hauser; Defiantly oddball art–horror parody about an inanimate car tyre with telepathic powers who embarks on a desert killing spree for "no reason".…
Velvet Underground - Vanishing Point (2010): Dir. Tom Barber
Feat. Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, John Cale; Doco on the legendary art–rockers featuring a wealth of material, including evocative period footage of New York, obscure interviews and…
Afro Samurai Resurrection (2009): Dir. Fuminori Kizaki
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill; Stylish sequel reprises the Samuel L. Jackson–voiced Afro Samurai, here coming out of retirement to fend off a sadistic villainess. Garnished…
Amer (2009): An experimental journey inside the mind of a sociopathic woman. Isolated chapters cover the details of her bizarre surreal childhood and sexually…
Antichrist (2009): Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg; Delivering laughter and revulsion in equal measure, Lars von Trier’s hugely controversial psychosexual opus – about a grieving couple who retreat…
Black Dynamite (2009): Dir. Scott Sanders
Feat. Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson; Spot–on Blaxpoitation homage with the superfly Black Dynamite out for vengeance when "The Man" kills his brother and floods his 'hood with…
Boogie (2009): Dir. Gustavo Cova; Violent, devilish adaptation of Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa's celebrated cartoons ('Boogie, the Oily'), about a jaded war veteran whose bloodlust…
Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009): Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter; Feature–length movie spin off of the TV series focusing on the undead missionary 'Reapers' and their reactions to their…
Gentlemen Broncos (2009): Dir. Jared Hess
Feat. Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge…; Call us biased, but Jemaine Clement is worth the price of admission alone to this zany yet well–aligned comedy from the creator of NAPOLEON…
Haunted World of El Superbeasto, The (2009): Dir. Rob Zombie; Crude R–Rated animation from horror fanatic Rob Zombie (adapted from his own dirty comic) concerns the sex–addicted exploits of a washed…
Human Centipede, The (2009): Dir. Tom Six
Feat. Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie…; The "mad scientist movie" taken to a perverse extreme with crab–faced Dieter Laser as the gonzo doc delighting in his latest experiment –…
K-On! (TV Series) (Keion!) (2009): Based on the popular Manga, this breezy anime series follows five sprightly teenagers who strive to keep their high school music club alive by…
My Dog Tulip (2009): Dir. Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger
Feat. Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini; Touching, bittersweet adult animation of J. R. Ackerley's 1956 book, recalling the author's 15–year relationship with his beloved German…
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009): Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny…; Dir. Werner Herzog and David Lynch as producer team up for this bizarre tale of an actor driven to murder his mother in sunny, suburban San Diego…
Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated (2009): Dir. Mike Schneider; Inventive homage to the Romero original brings together nearly 150 artists to animate their favourite scenes from the horror classic. Set against…
Nitro Circus (TV Series) (2009): Feat. Johnny Knoxville; From the creators of JACKASS – but this time it's professionals performing the stunts, bringing the risk factor up to a jaw–dropping high.
Prisoner, The (TV Series) (2009): Feat. Ian McKellen, Jim Caviezel, Hayley Atwell…; Fuzzy re–imagining of the '60's cult classic has Caviezel retire from his New York based desk job only to wake up the next day in the desert…
Repo Chick (2009): Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, Chloe Webb…; Dubious, if entertainingly scatterbrained sequel to the cult of REPO MAN centres on a blonde airhead who falls in with gang of repossession agents in…
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume One (2009): Live action sketch comedy has the masterminds of Red vs. Blue playing themselves encumbered by the daily grind, and something called devil…
Town Called Panic, A (2009): Dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar; Delightfully skewed claymation spawned from the cult Belgian TV series about a Cowboy, Indian and Horse figurine who share a house in a strange rural…
White Lightnin' (2009): Dir. Dominic Murphy
Feat. Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher; The life of Appalachian mountain dancer and criminal cult figure Jesco White is the inspiration for this nightmarish hillbilly biopic filmed in…
$9.99 (2008): Dir. Tatia Rosenthal
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Roy Billing…; An unemployed 28–year–old named Dave comes across a booklet purporting the know the meaning of life – and all for $9.99 – in…
Batman: Gotham Knight (2008): Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Feat. Kevin Conroy, David McCallum, Parminder Nagra; From the producers of BATMAN BEGINS and the highly anticipated 'The Dark Knight' comes this stylish anime collection of six sequences tracing…
Dark Floors (2008): Dir. Pete Riski
Feat. Skye Bennett, Philip Bretherton, William Hope…; Cult horror focused on a man and his autistic daughter trying to escape a hospital full of fiends from another world. Typical B–grade…
Dead Set (TV Series) (2008): Dir. Yann Demange
Feat. Jaime Winstone, Riz Ahmed, Warren Brown…; A bleak send–up of reality TV culture in which a production studio is attacked by zombies during the filming of a fictional "Big Brother" style…
Forbidden Legend, The - Sex & Chopsticks 1 & 2 (2008-2009): Dir. Man Kei Chin
Feat. Hikaru Wakana, Kaera Uehara, Tam Kon Chung…; Oriental comedy smut by way of the SEX AND ZEN legacy is a hilarious tale of an ancient sexologist's son whose 'iron dick' must remain firmly in his…
Freebird (2008): Dir. Jon Ivay
Feat. Phil Daniels, Gary Stretch, Geoff Bell; Three Welsh bikers head to the countryside in search of an elusive cannabis farm, only to have their nice weekend turn into a madcap mission through…
Genius Party: Beyond (2008): Dir. Masahiro Maeda, Koji Morimoto, Kazuto Nakazawa; Five more of Japans finest animators come together in this fine follow up. This time out the theme is "The Spirit of Creativity".
Hell Ride (2008): Dir. Larry Bishop
Feat. Larry Bishop, Michael Madsen, Eric Balfour…; Grindhouse–inspired biker flick stars Bishop as the head of a biker gang on a mission to avenge a fallen comrade killed by a rival…
Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita) (2008): Dir. Gabor Csupo
Feat. Eric McCormack, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta; Biting satirical adult animated feature from the animators of THE SIMPSONS and the creators of DUCKMAN, about a disparate group of immigrants chasing…
JCVD (2008): Dir. Mabrouk El Mechri
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem; ‘The Muscles from Brussels’ holds a mirror up to himself in this sly, semi–autobiographical take on the once–famous action star’s…
Life's A Zoo (TV Series) (2008): Clever stop–motion parody of the BIG BROTHER reality series, where a group of animals must compete against one another in a series of…
Mary and Max (2008): Dir. Adam Elliot
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries…; Clay–mated marvel from Australia that tells an adorable yet heart–breaking tale of friendship between an eight–year–old…
Mister Lonely (2008): Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog; Surreal drama from the king of skewed cinema Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following two parallel plots about identity: a couple of celeb impersonators…
One Eyed Monster (2008): Dir. Adam Fields
Feat. Amber Benson, Ron Jeremy, Jason Graham; 'The world is screwed' in this horror comedy, where a cast and crew of a porno film must escape a shape–shifting alien who chooses to posses…
Otto; Or, Up With Dead People (Otto: Or Up With Dead People) (2008): Dir. Bruce LaBruce; Watchably pretentious piece of repugnant fare from provocative director LaBruce, this time following a gay zombie who must de–code his sordid…
South Park: The Imaginationland Trilogy (2008): Three episodes make up this feature length movie from everyone's favourite all–American brats as they enter Imaginationland – a magical…
Tamagotchi The Movie (2008): Kids movie based on the popular 'virtual pet' toys sees a child from Earth being inadvertently sent to the Tamagotchi Planet, where mischief and…
Trailer Park Of Terror (2008): Dir. Steven Goldmann
Feat. Nichole Hiltz, Matthew Del Negro, Trace Adkins; Yet another installment in the zombie–comedy genre sees a group of troubled high–school students get stranded in a trailer park occupied…
Watchmen Animated: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood (2008): Dir. Mike Smith
Feat. Gerard Butler, Salli Saffioti, Stephen McHattie; Short animated companion piece to dir. Snyder's blockbuster WATCHMEN tells the story of a castaway's desperate struggle to return home and warn his…
X-Files - I Want to Believe (2008): Dir. Chris Carter
Feat. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly…; The second big screen outing for the X–Files crew, 10 years on, with former FBI agents Mulder and Scully recruited onto a case involving…
X-Plicit Films (X-Femmes) (2008): Dir. Lola Doillon, Mélanie Laurent, Helena Noguerra; Ten erotic, female–friendly shorts commissioned as part of French TV series 'X–Femmes', with actress Melanie Laurent (INGLOURIOUS…
Aardman's Darkside (2007): Another excellent batch of animation from the renowned Aardman studio, this time showcasing the more subversive and adult–orientated side of…
Afro Samurai (2007): Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman; The perpetually cool Samuel L. Jackson reeks of attitude as the voice of an Afro–American samurai hellbent on revenge. In the spirit of KILL…
Big Man Japan (Dai-Nipponjin) (2007): Dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto
Feat. Hitoshi Matsumoto; A genuine inductee to the 'Incredibly Strange' hall of fame, this gonzo monster mash bounds between deadpan mock–u–mentary following the…
Boystown (2007): Dir. Juan Flahn
Feat. Pepon Nieto, Pablo Puyol, Carlos Fuentes; Very dark comedy with Hitchcockian flourishes with a nefarious real estate agent killing off old ladies who refuse to sell him their apartments in a…
Crazy Love (2007): Dir. Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens; Stranger–than–fiction story of the obsessive love of Burt and Linda Pugach, whose personal tragedy made international headlines during…
Death Proof (2007): Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan…; Tarantino, that great galloping genre geek, further indulges his jones for '70s B flicks and sexual kicks with his half of the 'Grindhouse' double…
Devil Dared Me To, The (2007): Dir. Chris Stapp
Feat. Chris Stapp, Matt Heath; A gleefully irresponsible petrolhead comedy that wears its oily rags on its sleeve, this feature debut from the crazy yet talented boys behind "Back…
Doctor Who (Animated TV Series) (2007): Feat. David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Anthony Head…; Animated spin–offs that aim predominantly at a younger audience, but have enough well–crafted animation locations and clever technique to…
Fear(s) of the Dark (Fears of the Dark, Peur(s) du noir) (2007): Dir. Blutch , Charles Burns, Marie Caillou; Six dynamic and distinct graphic artists illustrate various primordial phobias using only 'light and dark' in this impressive compendium of animated…
I Know Who Killed Me (2007): Dir. Chris Siverston
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough; Trash fans rejoice. This Lindsay Lohan career nadir won more Razzie awards than both SHOWGIRLS and BATTLEFIELD EARTH. Lohan plays both a good…
La Antena (2007): Dir. Esteban Sapir
Feat. Valeria Bertuccelli, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Cardinali; Richly appointed in retro–industrial iconography, and possessed by the dreamlike influence of David Lynch, Georges Franju and Fritz Lang, this…
Muay Thai Chaiya Boxers (Chaiya) (2007): Dir. Kongkiat Khomsiri
Feat. Akara Amarttayakul, Sonthaya Chitmanee, Don Ferguson…; Rough–and–tumble ONG–BAK impersonator centred on three country boys, trained in the unique ‘Chaiya’ Muay Thai discipline, who…
My Name Is Bruce (2007): Dir. Bruce Campbell
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Grace Thorsen, Ted Raimi…; Cult favourite B–grade actor Campbell is kidnapped by a misguided fan who expects him to save the world from very real monsters in this…
Time Crimes (Los Cronocrímenes Timecrimes) (2007): Dir. Nacho Vigalondo
Feat. Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernandez, Barbara Goenaga; Intricate, mind–bending Spanish gem following a man who trips back a fraction in time and inadvertently interferes with his past, present and…
Total Drama Island (TV Series) (2007): An on–target and high–spirited animated parody of the 'Reality TV' format in which 22 teens battle it out for celebrity supremacy as the…
Beales of Grey Gardens, The (2006): Dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles; Comprised of new footage and fresh hindsight, the Maysles brothers revisit the iconic Beales immortalised in their 1976 verite classic GREY GARDENS.…
Black Blood Brothers (TV Series) (2006): Remnants of a vampire clan that wanted to rule the world alone, but got defeated in a war by joined forces of other vampires and humans, kidnap the…
Destricted (2006): Dir. Matthew Barney, Larry Clark, Sam Taylor-Johnson; A challenging – though some may argue, laughable – exercise in reclaiming the pornographic film, this omnibus commissions seven artists to each…
Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006): Dir. Jim Hickey; Deplorable, downright heinous version of JACKASS sees four British louts subject themselves to a myriad of irresponsible stunts and…
Dudesons Movie, The (2006): Dir. Jarno Laasala; It's JACKASS, Scandinavian–style, with a group of equally insane extremists subjecting themselves a series of painful and humiliating…
Fall, The (2006): Dir. Tarsem Singh
Feat. Lee Pace, Cantinca Untaru, Justine Waddell; Long delayed in this part of the world, this visually audacious labour of love from dir. Singh has Lee Pace as a wounded stuntman narrating a…
Hellboy Animated (2006): Dir. Phil Weinstein; Teasing series of animated features continuing the HELLBOY legacy, with Ron Perlman and Selma Blair faithfully reprising their roles from the…
Inland Empire (2006): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux…; Warped and optically haunting suspense starring Lynch regular Laura Dern as a focused actress ecstatic about receiving a part in a new film, until…
Jackass Number Two (2006): Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Steve-O …; Exhilarating stunts and vomit–inducing pranks abound in this sophomoric effort, daring you not to laugh as Johnny Knoxville and his posse of…
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The (TV Series) (2006): A warped, unpredictable anime series centred on the titular Haruhi Suzumiya: an eccentric high school girl whose unconscious ability to alter reality…
Metalocalypse (TV Series) (2006-2013): Vicious metal–inspired satire details the exploits of Dethlok, a mega–successful heavy metal band partial to a little violence, revolt,…
MTV Barrio 19 (2006): Excellent compilation of amazing demonstrations by street performers from around the globe – Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Britain... –…
Paprika (2006): Dir. Satoshi Kon; Mind–altering extravaganza of stolen dream technology from the anime trailblazer behind PERFECT BLUE, forged from the dir’s pet themes of…
Princess (2006): Dir. Anders Morgenthaler
Feat. Thure Lindhardt; Dubious animated revenge fantasy entertains the vigilante streak of a Danish missionary, whose pornstar sister dies at the hands of her pimp…
Scanner Darkly, A (2006): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson…; Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…
Taxidermia (2006): Dir. Gyorgy Palfi
Feat. Csaba Czene, Gergely Trócsányi; Grostesque though exquisitely crafted oddity from the dir. of HUKKLE degenerates well beyond the threshold of bad taste in its history of three…
Tekkonkinkreet (2006): Dir. Michael Arias; Notable Western–directed anime about two street kids defending their turf across a sprawling, fantastical cityscape. Involving yakuza muscle…
Alien Apocalypse (2005): Dir. Josh Becker
Feat. Bruce Campbell; Suspension of disbelief is strongly advised in order to enjoy this campy, schlocky spatter–fest. Campbell (EVIL DEAD) hams it up as an…
American Dad (TV Series) (2005): More politically–inclined satire from the creator of THE FAMILY GUY (Seth MacFarlane), set around a CIA operative with a very strange family…
B-Boy Masters (2005): Studious documentary covers a recent Hip Hop Elements All Star Weekend, where 'B–Boys' compete in various hop–hop competitions, including…
Black Cat (TV Series) (Shonen Jump) (2005): Sven is your run–of–the–mill sweeper (a.k.a. bounty hunter): down on his luck, haunted by the perpetual grumbling of his stomach…
Devil and Daniel Johnston, The (2005): Dir. Jeff Feuerzeig; Shadowy and sympathetic look at cult American songwriter Daniel Johnston, whose quirky pop gems – covered by the likes of Sonic Youth, Beck,…
Disaster! (2005): Dir. Roy T. Wood; A marginal, clay–mated spoof of disaster films, this offers a potty–fixated twist on the script of ARMAGEDDON, with impending doom coming…
Drift (2005): Dir. Leah Singer, Lee Renaldo; Experimental collaboration between Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo and filmmaker Leah Singer, in which urban and nature imagery runs on two…
Girls of the Playboy Mansion (TV Series) (The Girls Next Door) (2005): A trashy, tantalizing carrot dangling the holy grail of heterosexual male fantasy, this no–brainer Reality TV excursion opens the doors to Hugh…
League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, The (2005): Dir. Steve Bendelack
Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith…; Big–screen graduation for the cult TV series set around the inbred Northern English town of "Royston Vasey", where which the trio of Gatiss,…
Midnight Movies - From The Margin To The Mainstream (Incl. Night of the Living Dead and Reefer Madness) (2005): Dir. Stuart Samuels; Entrenched in the counter–cultural fertility of the seventies, this documentary profiles six seminal underground flicks that transformed the…
Mushi-Shi (TV Series) (2005): Dir. Hiroshi Nagahama; Artful, existential anime of spiritual transcendence, concerning an intangible life force dubbed ‘Mushi’, and the gifted master who seeks out…
Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello, The (2005): Dir. Anthony Lucas; Visually accomplished short animation, set in a 'Victorian–style' future where steam–powered airships navigate across polluted skies and…
Naughty Nurses (2005): An explicit animated follow–up to SEX WARD observing the indecent acts performed by nurses who have gained a reputation for "satisfying" their…
Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, The (2005): Dir. The Brothers Quay
Feat. Amira Casar; A ten–year hiatus hasn’t dulled the Quay Brothers’ imagination for the surreal and phantasmagorical, with their latest feature an…
Popetown (TV Series) (2005): Dir. Phil Ox; Sacrilegious almost by definition, this SIMPSONS–style animated TV series depicts the life and times of brattish Pope in the surreal…
Puzzlehead (2005): Dir. James Bai
Feat. Stephen Galaida, Robbie Shapiro; Grungy sci–fi set in a desolate future in which a lonely scientist creates a self–aware android and unwittingly a love rival. Shot on a…
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005): Dir. Carlene Cordova; A passionately reverential treatment of 'Lord of the Rings' culture and Tolkien mania, dissecting the varied influences of the now–ubiquitous…
Save Your Legs! (2005): Dir. Boyd Hicklin; Genial documentary follows a group of amateur Australian cricketers – the Abbotsford Anglers Cricket Club – on a 'tour' to India.…
Squidbillies (TV Series) (2005): A family of degenerative squid hillbillies are the focus of this vulgar, though hilarious Adult Swim brew. Expect an abundance of redneck jokes,…
Trinity Blood (TV Series) (2005): Centuries ago, Armageddon cast darkness across the world. From that darkness, the vampires emerged. Now humans and vampires tremble on the brink of…
Work of Director Anton Corbijn, The (2005): Dir. Anton Corbijn; A celebrated photographer, particularly in his association with Depeche Mode and U2 (he shot the iconic album cover for Joshua Tree), Anton Corbijn's…
Work of Director Jonathan Glazer, The (2005): Dir. Jonathan Glazer; Best known as the assured director behind SEXY BEAST and BIRTH, Jonathan Glazer's formative works include numerous commercials and music videos.…
Work of Director Mark Romanek, The (2005): Dir. Mark Romanek; Award–winning music videos are the forte of Mark Romanek, whose eclectic resume – which includes the likes of Johnny Cash, Audioslave,…
Work of Director Stephane Sednaoui, The (2005): Dir. Stephane Sednnaoui; Doubling as a photographer by trade, Stephane Sednaoui's background in fashion informs much of his music video work, characterised by highly stylised…
9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004): Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien; A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
A Dirty Shame (2004): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville…; An outrageous, if obvious, return to boundary–crossing comedy for dir. John Waters (PINK FLAMINGOS), with Tracey Ullman playing a repressed…
Beck - Mongolian Chop Squad (TV Series) (2004): Dir. Osamu Kobayashi; Rock–oriented anime riffs on the high school angst of bored 14–year–old, who, through a chance meeting with a skilled guitarist,…
Bill Hicks - Live (2004): Feat. Bill Hicks; An essential showcase of three live shows from the legendary stand–up comedian and ferocious left–wing commentator, Bill Hicks, who died…
Bondi Tsunami (2004): Dir. Rachael Lucas
Feat. Keita Abe, Taki Abe, Nobuhisa Ikeda…; A surfee, road–movie oddity in which two Japanese surfers travel the breaks and landmarks of Australia, in a beer–fueled dope…
Bubba Ho-Tep (2004): Dir. Don Coscarelli
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis; Strangely brilliant horror–satire with an outlandish plot where Elvis Presley (living but aging and impotent) fights the evil of a reincarnated…
Drawn Together (TV Series) (2004): Twisted parody of BIG BROTHER and its ilk with cartoon characters living under one roof and the camera's constant scrutiny. Parodying reality…
Endless Serenade (2004): Graphic animated sex punctuates this 'hentai' anime about a love–triangle which develops out of two unrequited office romances. The makers of…
Gankutsuou (TV Series) (Count of Monte Cristo, The) (2004): Born into an aristocratic family in Paris, Albert sets out on a journey with his best friend, Franz, to escape his privileged yet dull life. They…
Hair High (2004): Dir. Bill Plympton
Feat. Keith Carradine, Sarah Silverman, Dermot Mulroney; Cult animator Bill Plympton (THE TUNE) gives high school a manic makeover in this teen melodrama of prom night rivalry that expands in various,…
Helter Skelter (2004): Dir. John Gray
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Clea Duvall; A grimly rewarding TV docudrama about murderous hipster Charles Manson, played with screwy–eyed, whisper–voiced veracity by Jeremy…
I Love You (2004): Sexually explicit 'anime' set on a Japanese campus where a handsome lad must choose between the charms of three female students, by sampling their…
Incident At Loch Ness (2004): Dir. Zak Penn
Feat. Werner Herzog; Droll and rather odd filmbiz comedy follows the efforts of German auteur Werner Herzog (GRIZZLY MAN) and an inept Hollywood producer, Zak Penn, to…
Keane (2004): Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan; A powerful and unnerving feat of ‘mental’ endurance, dir. Kerrigan’s follow–up to the equally unsettling CLEAN, SHAVEN plunges the viewer…
Mind Game (2004): Dir. Masaaki Yuasa
Feat. Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii; Inventive Japanese animation based on the manga of the same by Robin Nishi, depicting the psychedelic self–discovery of a socially inept…
Old Boy (Oldboy) (2004): Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yoo; Wowing audiences wherever it's played (including being nominated for the Palm D'Or at Cannes), this achingly intense thriller from Korea raises the…
Riding Giants (2004): Dir. Stacy Peralta; Perhaps the definitive cinematic fan–letter to the sport of surfing, in particular its "big wave" subcult, with the dir. of DOGTOWN AND…
Straight Into Darkness (2004): Dir. Jeff Burr
Feat. Ryan Francis, Scott MacDonald, Linda Thorson; Grimy horror/war mishmash focused on two American soldiers on the run in Nazi–occupied France. Unapologetically violent, and made with a…
Strangerhood, The (TV Series) (2004): The creators of RED vs BLUE trade their gamepads for mousepads in appropriating popular 'life simulation' THE SIMS, overdubbing the computer game's…
Tales from the Crapper (2004): Dir. Lloyd Kaufman, Gabriel Friedman, Chad Ferrin
Feat. Julie Strain, Ron Jeremy, Trey Parker; Definitively cr*ppy outcome for Troma (TOXIC AVENGER), created according to the 'Dog Pile 95 Doctrine of Digital Filmmaking', with two short…
Team America - World Police (2004): Dir. Trey Parker
Feat. Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller…; The most fully–realized and funniest creation yet from the SOUTH PARK boys, who hit the bullseye (and a raw nerve or two) by brilliantly…
Terkel in Trouble (2004): Dir. Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjorn Christoffersen
Feat. Bill Bailey, Ben Bishop, Olivia Colman…; Teenage angst takes on whole new meaning in this savagely black animated comedy that isn't for the kiddies or the prudish. Disgruntled teenager…
Tulse Luper Suitcases, The (The Moab Story, Vaux to the Sea, From Sark to Finish) (2004): Dir. Peter Greenaway; For the first time groundbreaking British director Peter Greenaway's three film oeuvre is released in this must–have set. Includes the three…
American Misfits (2003): A unique mix of skateboarding, prankery, skits and interviews – hosted by JACKASS star Wee Man and fellow misfit Laban Phiedas. Much stuntwork…
American Splendor (2003): Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis; An ambitious celebration of the life of cult US comic–writer Harvey Pekar, told in a quilt–work of monologue, biopic, autobiography and…
Battle Royale II: Requiem (Battle Royale 2) (2003): Dir. Fukasaku Kinji, Fukasaku Kenta
Feat. Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shugo Oshinari; Bolder and bloodier sequel that introduces 9/11–style terrorist topicality into its violent, 'last teen standing' scenario, with overt…
Billabong Odyssey (2003): Dir. Philip Boston; Surf documentary with a difference – this chronicles the search by a group of top wave–riders (Shawn Barron, Layne Beachley, Ken…
Brown Bunny, The (2003): Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Chloe Sevigny; Notoriously egocentric gem from Vincent Gallo, who stars, directs, writes, shoots, edits and produces an intriguingly desultry road–trip across…
Chlorine (2003): Commended documentary covers the hardcore pool–skating scene in the USA, in which emptied swimming pools are transformed into adhoc…
Cowards Bend the Knee (2003): Dir. Guy Maddin; A true original of contemporary cinema, dir. Guy Maddin here imparts the strange tale of a hockey player beset by monstrous desires, hinging in…
Creature Comforts (TV Series) (2003): Dir. Richard Goleszowski, Nick Park; Charming claymation television series based on the Oscar–winning short by dir. Park (WALLACE AND GROMIT) set around various eccentric English…
Cromartie High School (TV Series) (Sakigake!! Kuromati Kôkô) (2003): Dir. Hiroaki Sakurai; The zany and hilarious episodes in the life of a teenage boy who ends up at a rough public school, peopled by an array of thugs, robots, a gorilla…
Fireplace Lounge (2003): Relax in front of a 'virtual' fireplace. Contains five different soundtracks to choose from...
Gozu (2003): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Hideki Sone, Kimika Yoshino; Rebel iconoclast of Japanese cinema, Takashi Miike, unveils his creepiest film since AUDITION: a hellishly disorientating – yet markedly restrained…
Haggard (2003): Dir. Bam Margera
Feat. Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo…; Spinoff feature from the creators of JACKASS mostly dispenses with the stuntwork and prankery, substituting plot and comic routines. Dunn is…
Harvie Krumpet (2003): Dir. Adam Elliot; A quirky claymation short from Australian Adam Elliot, concerning the fantastic adventures, mishaps and tragedies of everyman Harvie. Has gone on to…
Interstella 5555 (The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem) (2003): Dir. Kazuhisa Takenôchi; Quirky and well–crafted animated feature, which extends a series of music–videos by the French electronica group Daft Punk, which…
Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, The (2003): A circus fit for the new millenium, 'The Jim Rose Circus' features various self–described freaks such as Torture King, Mr Lifto, The Enigma and…
Kung Faux (TV Series) (2003): Postmodern comic conceit, where a series of classic kung–fu films are redubbed with new music and voiceovers by various hiphoppers –…
Look Around You (TV Series) (2003-2006): Dir. Tim Kirkby
Feat. Robert Popper, Peter Serafinowicz, Olivia Colman…; Season 1 is a brilliant absurd satire of educational programmes, particularly of the faceless kind played to British schoolchildren in the 1970's,…
Loop Select 005 (incl. Two Cars One Night) (2003): Dir. Taika Waititi, Patrick Gillies, Michael Duignan; Compilation of 9 music videos and 8 short films from New Zealand. Artists and bands include 'Black Seeds', 'Trinity Roots', Anika Moa and…
Manson Family, The (2003): Dir. Jim Van Bebber
Feat. Marcelo Games; Psychedelic biopic of the notorious hippie anti–icon Charles Manson, who gathered a cult following around him in the late 1960s and programmed…
Masked and Anonymous (2003): Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan…; In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…
Off The Charts - The Song-Poem Story (2003): Dir. Jamie Meltzer; A gem of a music doco from off the beaten track, this charts the arcane history of the "song poem", a genre of music where members of the public have…
Onedotzero_Select - Volume 1 (Adventures in Moving Image) (2003): Stunning collection of short digital works collated and commissioned by London–based organisation 'onedotzero', all of which use…
Peep Show (TV Series) (2003-2015): Feat. David Mitchell, Robert Webb; Warped comedy about two perpetual adolescents and their oddball adventures told inventively with off kilter point–of–view and voice overs…
Perverted by Language - The Fall (2003): One of the most original and long–running of the British punk groups of the late 1970s, The Fall are notable mainly for their influential…
Plaster Caster (2003): Dir. Jessica Villines; Groovy "cockumentary" tracing the colourful career of artist and super–groupie Cynthia Albritton, who became infamous for making commemorative…
Red vs Blue (2003): Dir. Burnie Burns; Appropriating the graphics engine of popular X–Box title ‘Halo’, the makers of this resourceful video game spoof act out various inane…
Sex Ward (2003): 'Hentai' sex–oriented animation set around the experiences of two new nurses on probation in the wards of Ishikawa General Hospital. As the two…
Six Feet Under - Season 3 (TV Series) (2003): Feat. Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy…; Further episodes of the acclaimed HBO drama set around a funeral home. 13 episodes over 5 DVDs: Perfect Circles, You Never Know, The Eye Inside,…
Spectres of the Spectrum (2003): Dir. Craig Baldwin; An experimental 'ficto–history' of the age of electricity onwards, which uses 'found' footage – kinescopes, early educational films,…
Tokyo Godfathers (2003): Dir. Satoshi Kon, Shogo Furuya; An unusual 'dramatic' anime, which concerns three down–and–outs in Tokyo who rescue an abandoned baby and struggle to knit together a…
Triplets of Belleville, The (Belleville Rendezvous) (2003): Dir. Sylvain Chomet; Witty, inventive and lovingly designed with retro–chic flair, this 'all–ages' animated feature is distinctively and delightfully…
Wildboyz (TV Series) (2003-2005): Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Feat. Steve-O , Chris Pontius; JACKASS alumni Steve–O and Chris Pontius apply their daredevil obnoxiousness to satirising the 'nature documentary'. In practice, this…
Woodenhead (2003): Dir. Florian Habicht; A remarkable and surrealistic melding of New Zealand setting and Germanic sensibility, in which a sad fairytale narrative is enacted, sung and…
Work of Director Chris Cunningham, The (2003): Dir. Chris Cunningham; A showcase of dynamic music videos, short films, commercials and video installations from director Chris Cunningham, who has been especially lauded…
Work of Director Michel Gondry, The (2003): Dir. Michel Gondry; A comprehensive compilation of music videos, art experiments and short films from the fiercely creative French director Michel Gondry, whose visual…
Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003): Dir. Spike Jonze; Before his successful foray into feature films, director Spike Jonze made his name as the pre–eminent music video director of the 1990s. He…
Zero Day (2003): Dir. Ben Coccio
Feat. Andre Keuck, Calvin Robertson; A confronting, fictionalized insight into the nihilistic mind–set of two alienated students who plotted and carried out a violent massacre at…
A Snake of June (2002): Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Feat. Asuka Kurosawa, Yuji Kohtari, Shinya Tsukamoto…; Intriguing neo–noir psychodrama from uncompromising Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (yes, he of the notorious TETSUO films), about a suicide…
Auto Focus (2002): Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe; A savvy true Hollywood story detailing the sordid life of “Hogan’s Heroes” TV star Bob Crane, whose illicit 'sex addiction' led to…
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002): Dir. Isaac Julien
Feat. Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Quentin Tarantino…; A fan's–eye–view of 1970s Blaxploitation cinema, featuring juicy interviews with players, directors, critics and aficionados. Although…
Backyard, The (2002): Dir. Paul Hough; A cringe–inducing glimpse into the American subculture of backyard amateur wrestling, in which contestants up the ante with barbed wire,…
Black Angel (Senso '45) (2002): Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Anna Galiena, Gabriel Garko, Franco Branciaroli; Typically lurid Brass outing with well–connected Galiena drawn into a torrid affair with an SS Officer during the Nazi occupation of Venice.…
Black Books (TV Series) (2002): Dir. Nick Wood, Graham Linehan
Feat. Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig; Plotted around dipsomaniac bookstore–owner Dylan Moran and his pal Bill Bailey, this genially anti–social comedy from Britain’s Channel…
Decasia: The State of Decay (2002): Dir. Bill Morrison; Highly original experimental film that achieves a stunning aesthetic and haunting visual poetry by compiling an array of found archival film footage…
Dracula - Pages From A Virgin's Diary (2002): Dir. Guy Maddin; Deeply evocative version of Bram Stoker's oft–filmed 'Dracula' novel based around a recent stage–show by the Winnipeg National Ballet…
Happy Tree Friends (2002-2005): Dir. Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro; Ultraviolence performed in the seemingly harmless arena of the kiddy cartoon. This 'sick' series of animations (originally made as internet shorts)…
Hebrew Hammer, The (2002): Dir. Jonathan Kesselman
Feat. Adam Goldberg; An oddball spoof in which Goldberg (DAZED AND CONFUSED) plays a caricatured streetsmart Jewish stud fighting a religious conspiracy. Interesting…
Jackass: The Movie (2002): Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Feat. Steve-O , Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze…; Hugely successful movie version of the cult MTV show, whose fearless stars submit to various painful and perilous stunts. Bound by a sense of…
Kenny Vs Spenny (TV Series) (2002): Feat. Spencer Rice; Reality show from the creators of SOUTH PARK pitches two best friends against each other in a series of outlandish 'who can do it better' type…
Leunig Animated (2002): A compilation of the short animations of Michael Leunig, based on his comic–strips, which reveal a certain wry view of the universe. Narrated…
Order, The - From Cremaster 3 (2002): Dir. Matthew Barney
Feat. Matthew Barney; The climactic half–hour of artist Matthew Barney's 5–part 'Cremaster' series, a challenging excursion into surrealistic imagery whose a…
Orphans and Angels (2002): Dir. Harold Brodie
Feat. Emmeline Hawthorne, Christopher Brown, Cal Wilson; Risk–taking psychodrama set in a fairytale version of Auckland's seamy subcultures, and possibly NZ's most lurid excursion since ANGEL…
Savage Messiah (2002): Dir. Mario Azzapardi
Feat. Luc Picard; Fact–based account of a cult leader who presides over a quasi–religious commune, which includes his eight wives and 26 children. Luc…
Six Feet Under - Season 2 (TV Series) (2002): Feat. Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy…; Further episodes of the acclaimed HBO drama set around a funeral home. 13 episodes over 5 discs: In The Game, Out Out Brief Candle, The Plan,…
Slim Shady Show, The (2002): Dir. Peter Gilstrap, Mark Brooks
Feat. Eminem; An animated fantasy based around rapper Eminem's alter–ego 'Slim Shady'. Characterised by its various movies parodies and celebrity bashing…
Spun (2002): Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo…; A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…
Steve-O - Don't Try This at Home (2002): Feat. Steve-O; A collection of special moments featuring Steve–O, one of the wilder stars of MTV's JACKASS show. Lacking the imaginative wit of the movie,…
American Astronaut, The (2001): Dir. Cory McAbee
Feat. Cory McAbee; Wobbling unusually between satire, male angst and experimental derring–do, this slice of outer orbit cinema is set in a grungy future existence…
Avalon (2001): Dir. Mamoru Oshii; A landmark technical achievement from the director of Anime classic GHOST IN THE SHELL, this distinctive 'hybrid' Anime is curiously inspired by…
Bat Thumb (2001): Dir. David Bourla; Further thumb puppetry from writer Steve Oedekerk, this time spoofing the BATMAN franchise, in the parallel universe of 'Gaaathumb City'. Here, Wuse…
Broken Saints (TV Series) (2001): Dir. Brooke Burgess; One of the most celebrated online animations – which began as a grassroots guerilla exercise and grew into a sprawling, prize–winning…
Dog Days (2001): Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Maria Hofstatter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches…; A wilfully transgressive Euro–drama examining middle–class dysfunction and despair in a Viennese suburb over a few days in a summer heat…
Educational Archives - Social Engineering 101 (2001): A delightful mixture of government American educational films from the 1940–70 period which were shown in schools to tutor children in the ways…
Fluffer, The (2001): Dir. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland; Salacious piece of fluff about an aspiring filmmaker whose fascination with a male porn star leads him to scoring a job on the set. He soon rises to…
Girl Next Door / Campus (2001): Two Japanese anime films that veer into the pornographic. "Campus" concerns a man's recurring dreams of an ancient love affair. "Girl Next Door"…
Happiness of the Katakuris (2001): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiyoshiro Imawano…; A delirious confection from Japanese bad boy dir., Takashi Miike, this “zombie musical” is his most benevolent yet purely entertaining…
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001): Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
Feat. John Cameron Mitchell; Robbed of his rightful place in rock history by a former protégé, transsexual rocker Hedwig is resigned to playing on the lowest rung of the tour…
Isle, The (2001): Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
Feat. Suh Jung, Kim Yoo-Suk, Park Sung-Hee; An art–shocker with a distinctly Asian streak of the perverse, this counterpoints a striking visual tableaux and tranquil setting with the…
Jackass (TV Series) (2001): Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O , Bam Margera…; Compilation of the 'best' moments from MTV's cult TV–series in which a group of warped individuals inflict pranks, painful,…
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The (2001): Dir. Larry Blamire
Feat. Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Larry Blamire; A dead–on Z–grade movie parody that replicates the wooden acting, dumb dialogue, sloppy editing and cheap props of 50's "creature…
Millennium Actress (2001): Dir. Satoshi Kon; The thinking–person's animator, dir. Satoshi Kon further extends his body of "real world" anime with a work of brilliantly conceived illusion…
Mulholland Drive (2001): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Justin Theroux; Dir. David Lynch returns to the defiantly enigmatic mode of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Lost Highway’ with an absurdist Tinseltown satire that probably…
Naked, The (Golasy) (2001): Dir. Witold Swiêtnicki; Genuine oddity, this Polish satire upon the tedium of the Soviet era, as experienced by an office full of white–collar workers, is lent a…
Ripping Friends, The (TV Series) (2001): Feat. Eric Bauza, Mark Dailey, Dwayne Hill; Animated series from John Kricfalusi (REN & STIMPY) where four muscleheaded superheroes humourously flub their assigned roles. Not quite on a par…
Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001): Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow…; Spinning another pathologically eccentric comedy, the dir. of BOTTLE ROCKET and RUSHMORE will either have you declining to be amused or else…
Schlock! - The Secret History of American Movies (2001): Dir. Ray Greene; A suitably low–rent survey of 50s and 60s B–grade movies, with insights courtesy of Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, David F. Friedman,…
Six Feet Under - Season 1 (TV Series) (2001): Feat. Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy…; The acclaimed, innovative HBO comedy–drama about an extremely dysfunctional family that operate a funeral home presided over by their deceased…
Teenage Caveman (2001): Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Andrew Keegan, Tara Subkoff, Richard Hillman; The highlight of a ‘Creature Feature’ series that updates drive–in fare of yesteryear, this delirious slab of camp set in a…
Tick, The (TV Series) (2001): Dir. Brian Edlund
Feat. Patrick Warburton; A live–action recreation of Ben Edlund's comic–strip, that garnered a small, but loyal following during its one and only season. Follows…
Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust (2001): Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Feat. Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichiro Nagai, Koichi Yamadera; Raising the stakes in both style and story, this reworking of the original 1985 film spins the lone Vampire hunter's adventures in a different…
Waking Life (2001): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Wiley Wiggins; A luminous, visually unique reprise of dir. Linklater’s SLACKER, whereby a lone protagonist (Wiley Wiggins) wanders the streets of Austin, Texas…
Wave Twisters (2001): Dir. Syd Garon, Eric Henry; From the album ‘Wave Twisters’, DJ Qbert’s turntable stylizations are transformed into a form of conceptual animated ecstasy through creative…
Wet Hot American Summer (2001): Dir. David Wain
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Marguerite Moreau…; Set in the charmingly unhip summer–camp 'Camp Firewood', this wettingly hilarious satire of 1970s and 80s culture, mores and cliches is…
Aaagh! It's The Mr. Hell Show (TV Series) (2000): X–rated sketch animation taking pot shots at Hollywood movies and television by way of Mr. Hell – a sadistic devil–like bachelor…
Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru) (2000): Dir. Fukasaku Kinji
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Chiaki Kuriyama, Tatsuya Fujiwara…; This hyper–kinetic, violent satire from Japan courted controversy (and a fair swag of hype) for its ‘irresponsible’ premise and searing…
Believer, The (2000): Dir. Henry Bean
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell…; The darker side of Jewish identity is examined in this risky, provocative drama about a disillusioned young man who tries to reconcile his repressed…
Boogiepop Phantom (TV Series) (Boogiepop Never Laughs: Boogiepop Phantom) (2000): Dir. Kouhei Kadano; Anime series set in an unnamed Japanese city, intertwining the stories of multiple characters to uncover the mystery behind a string of serial…
Filth and the Fury, The (2000): Dir. Julien Temple; Film–maker Julien Temple gives an angry and commanding voice to 'The Sex Pistols' (incl. the late Sid Vicious), who tell their story 'like it…
Gothic Industrial Madness (2000): Three hours of extreme videos from the best Gothic Industrial stalwarts including: Clock Dva, Foetus, Penal Colony, William Burroughs, Einsturzende…
Gravitation (2000): Soapy J–pop anime serial charting the opposite–attract courtship of an aspiring musician and the hard–headed novelist he falls for.
InuYasha (TV Series) (2000): Fifteen–year–old schoolgirl Kagome Higurashi, whose family tends a shrine, falls into an old well one day and literally tumbles into…
Little Otik (Otesanek) (2000): Dir. Jan Svankmajer
Feat. Veronika Zilkova, Jan Hartl, Kristina Adamcova; Animation guru and ‘militant surrealist’ Jan Svankmajer elaborates on a distinctively Czech fairy tale about a monstrous baby that grows…
Mark of Cain, The (2000): Dir. Alix Lambert; Instructive documentary on an esoteric subject: the disappearing art of the Russian prison tattoo. Journeying the penal system of the Russian…
Metropolis (2000): Dir. Rinataro; Visually splendid ‘future–noir’ set in a teeming, multi–leveled city, inhabited by several storylines: a detective quest, the…
MPD - Psycho (TV Series) (2000): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoki Hosaka; Takashi Miike's TV series is an appropriately psychotic riff on a policier, featuring a detective with 32 personalities chasing a serial killer who…
Oracle of Omaha (2000): Dir. Lisa D Gildehaus; The second–richest man in America, investor Warren Buffett, is the subject of this study, whose investment success and ethics have made him a…
Paradise Lost 2 - Revelations (2000): Dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky; Essential sequel to the brilliant documentary of the now infamous Robin Hills Murder trial that saw three small boys savagely murdered and three…
Pie in the Sky - The Brigid Berlin Story (2000): Dir. Vincent Freemont, Shelly Dunn Freemont
Feat. Brigid Berlin; The true story of Brigid Polk, real name Brigid Berlin, a blueblood socialite who rebelled to become an Andy Warhol bad–girl, and starred in…
Pond Life (TV Series) (2000): Dir. Candy Guard; Quietly amusing animated soap–opera follows life in the small suburban pond of Dolly Pond’s existence. 14 episodes over 2 tapes: Vol…
Psycho Beach Party (2000): Dir. Robert Lee King
Feat. Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Kimberley Davies; Kicking sand in the face of John Waters’ latest efforts, this parody of GIDGET and other 60s beach party movies gets fabulous mileage out of…
Scarlet Diva (2000): Dir. Asia Argento
Feat. Asia Argento; A fearless, punk excursion into her own fleeting status as a model–cum–actress daughter of Italian horror stylist Dario Argento, Asia…
Songs from the Second Floor (2000): Dir. Roy Andersson
Feat. Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson; Various rotund men of retirement age face personal crises in a series of unsettling, stylised vignettes that could be collectively read as an…
Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone) (2000): Dir. Wisit Sasanatieng; A blast of wild inspiration from the New Thai Cinema, this restages a Hollywood Western within a luridly kitschy setting using back–projection,…
Wild Zero (2000): Dir. Tetsuro Takeuchi
Feat. Guitar Wolf; Japanese punk tyrants Guitar Wolf shred up the screen in this appropriately chaotic zombie fest, gouged from the remnants of a meteor carrying…
8 1/2 Women (1999): Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. John Standing, Matthew Delamare, Vivian Wu…; The indefatiguable provocateur of English cinema makes a perverse 'tribute' to Federico Fellini's 1963 masterpiece 8 1/2, with this tale of a rich…
Angry Kid (1999-2000): Dir. Darren Walsh; A series of shorts from Aardman Animation concerning a snot–nosed teenager, who gets by in the world with ginger hair and a big…
Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar (1999): Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Roberto Benigni; An ambitious, 'live–action' adaptation of Goscinny and Uderzo's classic Roman Age comicbook. Visually lavish, this was a box–office…
Attack the Gas Station (1999): Dir. Sang-Jin Kim
Feat. Sung-jae Lee, Oh-seong Yu, Seong-jin Kang…; Four disaffected youths take hostage an entire gas station in this subversive, blackly–comic masterpiece from Korea. Gleefully tearing apart…
Audition (1999): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina; An almost–masterpiece of the macabre that sets up and sustains itself brilliantly with a restrained pace and jewel of a premise, then careens…
Being John Malkovich (1999): Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. John Cusack, John Malkovich, Cameron Diaz…; Surrealist comic marvel distinguished by the most bizarre of plots – washed–up puppeteer John Cusack's new position as a filing clerk…
Blackadder - Back and Forth (1999): Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry…; The old gang return for a one–off episode, whereby a present–day Lord Blackadder steps into a time–machine for a jaunt back through…
Bringing Out the Dead (1999): Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Ving Rhames…; Drawn from the hell–bent memoirs of a New York ambulance driver, this sees dir. Scorcese returning to home–turf, a script by Paul…
Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) (1999): Genuinely amusing clay–mation generated by MTV, stages fantasy bouts–to–the–death between various celebrity pairings, like:…
CKY Trilogy (1999-2003): Feat. Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo; Sampling scenes from the 'Camp Kill Yourself' videos and documentary, this is an excellent compilation of skate–boarding and twisted stuntwork.…
Curse of the Blair Witch (1999): Expose of the BLAIR WITCH PROJECT back–story, keeping up the pretence of 'fact' and wringing more than a modicum of new twists out of the…
Dogma (1999): Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Kevin Smith, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck…; Eccentric meditation on Roman Catholicism in a modern–day context from writer/director Kevin Smith (CHASING AMY), that's just as bizarre as it…
Fight Club (1999): Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt; Those grim forebodings of the pre–millennial zeitgeist form a backdrop to this flawed but thoroughly unique thriller–satire. Office…
Following (1999): Dir. Christopher Nolan; A dazzling debut for dir. Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO), this quicksilver suspenser concerns a writer who begins to 'follow' people around London,…
Gravitation: Lyrics of Love (1999): Dir. Shinichiro Watanabe; Prequel to the cult anime series GRAVITATION that sees the lead singer of 'Bad Luck' at a crossroads in his professional and personal life with album…
Hitman Hart - Wrestling with Shadows (1999): Dir. Paul Jay; A must for wrestling fans and detractors alike, this is the hugely compelling real–life story of Brett 'The Hitman' Hart, five times WWF…
Hypnosis (Saimin) (1999): Dir. Masayuki Ochiai
Feat. Hiroshi Inagaki, Miho Kanno; A mysterious force is causing a spate of bizarre suicides, creatively and gruesomely staged for our blackly comic pleasure, in this…
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999): Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Ewen Bremner, Chloe Sevigny, Werner Herzog…; Experimental melodrama from notorious indie film–maker Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following a man with schizophrenia and his dysfunctional family.…
Life of Python, The (1999): Feat. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam…; The BBC celebrates 30 years of Monty Python with new sketches and a plethora of guest appearances. Volume One: "Pythonland" – Journey with…
Original Schtick / Schtick Happens (1999-2002): Dir. Maciek Wszelaki; A stranger–than–fiction documentary following American visual artist and egotistical maniac Robert (Bob) Fischer on a bizarre tour of…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 8 (1999): Dir. Ed Bye
Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on 2 VHS tapes. Vol…
Sacred Flesh (1999): Dir. Nigel Wingrove
Feat. Eileen Daly, Sally Tremaine, Moyna Cope…; Salacious voyage into the mind of a Mother Superior locked away in a convent tortured by visions of sexual abandon. Debut entry for Wingrove is a…
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999): Dir. Trey Parker; This big screen splash from the cult TV show is also fouler–mouthed, has a strong musical element, and an ironic twist – an R–rated…
Star Trek - Insurrection (1999): Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham; Forging ahead with their own lucrative franchise, the Next Generation produce another winner which fans will rally round. Patrick Stewart and co. get…
Thumb Wars - The Phantom Cuticle (1999): Dir. Steve Oedekerk; One of the best of dir. Oedekerk's 'Thumb' series, in which skillfully manipulated thumb–puppets spoof up various Hollywood staples. Here, Loke…
Trekkies (1999): Dir. Roger Nygard; Comprehensive, eye–opening tour of the STAR TREK phenomenon and the lives of some of its more ardent devotees. Chuckle and gasp as Denise…
Tribe, The (TV Series) (1999-2003): Set in an post–apocalyptic future where all adults have been wiped out by a virus and children must fend for themselves by ganging up together,…
Wisconsin Death Trip (1999): Dir. James Marsh; A deadpan, quietly unsettling documentary that charts 10 years of creeping misfortune at the end of the 19th century in the small Midwest town of…
Acid House, The (1998): Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Stephen McCole, Maurice Roeves, Garry Sweeney; Those with a taste for undiluted Irvine Welsh (author of TRAINSPOTTING) will find warts–and–all satisfaction in this portmanteau of three…
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998): Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Evan Bonifant; Belated, extraneous sequel to the 1980 cult 'classic' with John Goodman filling in the XXL trousers of the very late John Belushi. (Alas, the…
Buffalo 66 (1998): Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara…; Released from prison after doing someone else's time, an embittered yet benign loner sets about evening the score, but not before kidnapping a sweet…
Destroy All Rational Thought (1998): An eclectic patchwork of material to do with William Burroughs and Brion Gysin, including footage from Burroughs films and home–movies, and…
Divine Trash (1998): Dir. Steve Yeager; A divine treat for fans of the film–maker John Waters’, this supplements contemporary and archival interviews with rare footage of the…
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998): Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro; Wildly hallucinatory version of Hunter S. Thompson's counter–culture novel, does away with the ersatz social satire but thankfully hits the…
Gummo (1998): Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Chloe Sevigny; The writer of KIDS turns the camera on his hometown, Xenia, Ohio, selectively seeking out the disenfranchised, the bored and the ugly to distinctive…
Happiness (1998): Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman…; Controversial is the byword for this disturbing trawl through the sad–case lives of various American suburbanites and their families (Lara…
I Stand Alone (Seul Contre Tous) (1998): Dir. Gaspar Noe
Feat. Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain…; Staunch attempt to shake up the “bourgeois” values in French cinema, first–time director Gaspar Noe fleshes out his short film about a…
In God's Hands (1998): Dir. Zalman King; A moody visual style distinguishes this ride on the hummungest waves of the world surf–scene – Bali, Mexico and of course, Hawaii.…
Pi (1998): Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Sean Gullette; Super–inventive, grungy portrait of a maths genius who slides into a maelstrom of paranoia as he get closer to 'cracking the code' that may or…
Shattered Image (1998): Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. William Baldwin, Anne Parillaud, Graham Greene; Dir. Raul Ruiz gives the lurid straight–to–video thriller (a staple of the 90s) an eccentric, if compromised twist, in this sleazy noir…
Six-String Samurai (1998): Dir. Lance Mungia; Armed with an excellent grasp of all the genres it cheekily adopts, this indie concerns the journey of its Buddy Holly–lookalike hero across a…
Wadd: The Life and Times of John C Holmes (1998): Dir. Cass Paley, Alan Smithee
Feat. John Holmes; Well hung, generously portioned portrait of the American sex film industry's most famous and successful male 'porn star'. Legendary for his…
X-Files Movie, The (1998): Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson; Following the STAR TREK model, the '90s TV phenomenon, featuring terminally–perturbed FBI agents Mulder and Scully, beams up onto the big…
Young Thugs - Nostalgia (1998): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoto Takenaka; Apparently dir. Miike's (AUDITION) favourite of his own films, this semi–autobiographical rites of passage tale is a prequel to YOUNG THUGS…
Another 9 1/2 Weeks (Love in Paris) (1997): Dir. Anne Goursaud
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Angie Everhart, Steven Berkoff…; Depending on your sensibilities this Parisian set sequel either represents a career nadir for Rourke or some kind of gonzo triumph. Either way…
King of the Hill (TV Series) (1997-2006): Feat. Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Brittany Murphy; Smart animated sitcom about a redneck Texan salesman 'Hank Hill' and his family, which finds its own middle–American way into the cult…
Kingdom II, The (Riget II) (1997): Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Udo Kier; Lars Von Trier's compulsive TV creation continues into its second series of medical soap opera, supernatural horror and black comedy. Raising the…
Kurt and Courtney (1997): Dir. Nick Broomfield; Not even an unofficial biography of 'Nirvana', Kurt Cobain or Courtney Love, but instead a wickedly amusing slice of pop–cultural…
Liquid Television 2 (1997): Dir. Various; Another collection of bizarre and fringy animation from the MTV stable.Includes Winter Steele, Bobby & Billy, Brad Dharma, Cut–Up Camera and…
Lost Highway (1997): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty…; Welcome to Lynchland. Where picket fences surround troubled, violent, sexual twisted souls who converse in awkwardly measured rhythms. David Lynch…
Nowhere (1997): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton…; Final installment of Gregg Araki's teen apocalypse' trilogy, trawling the teenage shallowlands of L.A. in a kind of R–rated flip to Beverly…
Perfect Blue (1997): Dir. Satoshi Kon; Coherent and mature product of Japanese 'anime' is an unsettling psycho–drama about a burnt–out teen pop idol, simultaneously plagued by…
Pretty As a Picture (1997): Dir. Toby Keeler
Feat. Jack Nance, Mel Brooks, Dean Stockwell; A beguiling and extensive peep behind the velvet curtains of director David Lynch's creative processes, during the making of LOST HIGHWAY. Helping…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 7 (1997): Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on DVD or over 2 VHS…
South Park (TV Series) (1997): Dir. Trey Parker, Matt Stone; Comedy Central's taboo–breaking cartoon satire drew on the BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD school of irreverence, yet offered something entirely original,…
Spawn (1997): Dir. Mark A. Z. Dippe
Feat. Theresa Randle, Martin Sheen; Mightily fluid digital FX are the primary inspiration in this version of Todd McFarlane's cult comic book, wherein the forces of light and darkness…
Spicy City (TV Series) (1997): Dir. Ralph Bakshi et al; A Ralph Bakshi (FRITZ THE CAT) animated TV–series that pursues a decidedly adult version of the 'cyber–future', though with more of a…
Weird Al Show, The (TV Series) (1997-1998): Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Al Yankovic; Short–lived 'educational' children's TV show from the mind of 'Weird Al' Yankovic, perhaps best known in New Zealand for his pop song parodies,…
Young Thugs - Innocent Blood (1997): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoto Takenaka; Gangster shenanigans with cult dir. Takashi, this time taking a more measured approach to the story of four young friends who drift together and…
Aeon Flux (TV Series) (1996): The hi–tech animated adventures of the leather–clad double–agent anti–heroine, whose specialties include assassination,…
Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996): Dir. Mike Judge; The flagrantly antisocial, hormonally over–charged MTV duo embark on a fea ture–length odyssey to recover their all–important TV…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) - Season 1 (1996): Dir. Bruce Seth Green, Joss Whedon
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar; The TV followup to the 1992 movie, that slays its predecessor in wit and cult–appeal. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the high–school teen…
Butch Camp (1996): Dir. Alessandro De Gaetano
Feat. Judy Tenuta, Paul Denniston; Outrageous gay rom–com set in an S&M boot camp training center for gay men to learn macho survival tactics.
Cannibal! The Musical (Alfred Packer: The Musical) (1996): Dir. Trey Parker
Feat. Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Stephen Blackpool; This fiendishly inventive 'student' film from SOUTH PARK creator Trey Parker is one of those no–budget labour of loves like say, BAD TASTE,…
Crash (1996): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Kara Unger…; Auteur David Cronenberg's latest vision is an anti–fable about accident victims James Spader and Holly Hunter, who become sexually obsessed…
Day of the Beast (1996): Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Alex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura; If Almodovar made a horror movie it might look like this – beautifully shot and designed, funny and exciting. Though he can't quite sustain the…
Doctor Who - The Movie [Paul McGann] (Dr. Who) (1996): Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Paul McGann, Eric Roberts; Paul McGann (WITHNAIL AND I) incarnates the Doctor in this feature–film revival, materialising in San Francisco on the eve of the millennium…
Dr. Katz (1996): Dir. Jonathon Katz; Featured on MTV, meek animated psychologist Dr Katz conducts en–couch journeys with various troubled New Yorkers. Effectively simple artwork…
Ebola Syndrome, The (1996): Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Anthony Wong; Birthed from the notorious "Category 3" underbelly of Hong Kong cinema, this close relative of THE UNTOLD STORY features another deranged murderer on…
Fetishes (1996): Dir. Nick Broomfield; One of dir. Broomfield's more insalubrious documentaries, where his customised faux innocence is used as a passport into the world of New York's…
Freeway (1996): Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland; Grim white trash road–movie black comedy made of The Brothers' Grimm's "Little Red Riding Hood" sends young Reese Witherspoon on a lost highway…
Fudoh - The Next Generation (1996): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Shosuke Tanihara, Kenji Takano, Marie Jinno; Possibly the first film that gave the Western world an inkling of dir. Miike's unhinged worldview, investing a tale of yakuza vengeance with surreal,…
God's Lonely Man (1996): Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters; The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
Hardcore Logo (1996): Dir. Bruce McDonald
Feat. Bernie Coulson, John Pyper-Ferguson, Callum Keith Rennie…; This Canadian punk music 'mockumentary' is not just simply another son–of–SPINAL TAP, taking an edgier, bleaker comic look at the…
Head, The (TV Series) (The Head Saves the Earth) (1996): An animated mutant super–hero joins forces with the parasitic alien stuck in his outsized cranium to ward off an impending invasion of Earth.…
Institute Benjamenta (1996): Dir. The Brothers Quay
Feat. Mark Rylance, Alice Krige, Gottfried John; A meek, alienated German (Mark Rylance) enlists in a bizarrely regimented academy for butlers in this live–action debut of renowned animators,…
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996): Dir. Kelly Makin
Feat. Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald; Smart satire from the Canadian sketch comedy troupe is more hit than miss. Plot such as it is centres on a dangerous anti–depressant that…
Maxx, The (1996): Muscle–bound purple super–hero The Maxx seeks the connection between his New York harsh reality and an alternate universe known as the…
Paradise Lost (1996): Dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky; A ‘tour de force’ crime documentary, courtroom saga and true life horror show, this is a bare witness account of the trial of three…
Schizopolis (1996): Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Steven Soderbergh; Disillusioned after finishing his previous movie, dir. Steven Soderbergh (SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE) made this little–seen, self–funded…
Sex and Zen Pt. 2 (1996): Dir. Chin Man-Kei
Feat. Loletta Lee, Tat-Wah Lok; A creepy polygamist meets his match in the 'mirage woman' in this twice–as–smutty, half–as–funny sequel to the outlandish…
Soul Music (1996): Dir. Jean Flynn; Animated adaptation of one of Terry Pratchett's discworld novels offers an parallel universe history of rock music, complete with examples. Fans of…
Star Trek - First Contact (1996): Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes; Highly accredited STAR TREK entry in which an entirely new crew of the Starship Enterprise E come up against series arch–enemies The Borg……
Tokyo Fist (1996): Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Feat. Shinya Tsukamoto, Koji Tsukamoto, Kahori Fujii; From the man who inflicted the world with two Tetsuo's comes another punishing opus of body–horror that takes the sport of boxing into…
Trainspotting (1996): Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller…; The creators of SHALLOW GRAVE reinvigorate the British film industry by transforming an obscure cult novel about heroine addicts into a…
Tromeo and Juliet (1996): Dir. Lloyd Kaufman
Feat. Jane Jansen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele; Tromatized version of 'Romeo and Juliet' resets the world's most famous love story in contemporary Manhattan, with body piercings, kinky sex and…
Ultraman - Zearth 1 (1996): Dir. Shinya Nakajima; A mockingly ludicrous homage to the long–running Japanese TV serial, in which the heroic MYDO (Mysterious Yonder Defence Organisation) must…
Weatherwoman Returns (1996): Dir. Tomoaki Hosoyama
Feat. Misa Aika, Kiyomi Ito, Ayako Kato; Sequel to WEATHERWOMAN, is equally unsettling in the way its nasty thrills are clad in cheap satire. As in the first, the rivalry between various TV…
Wyrd Sisters (1996): Dir. Jean Flynn; Terry Pratchett sci–fi novel set in the 'Discworld' universe gets animated, retaining the oddball humour and satiric overtones. Three witches…
A Weatherwoman (1995): Dir. Tomoaki Hosoyama
Feat. Kei Mizutani; Manga–based comedy where debut TV weatherwoman Kei Mizutani disregards all public standards in pursuit of ratings and her own fetishistic…
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995): Dir. T.F. Mous; This extreme 'shocker' depicts in grisly detail the story of the massacre of 300 000 Chinese by Japanese soldiers following the invasion of Nanking…
Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1995): Dir. Bosco Lam; Salacious sex farce in the mould of SEX AND ZEN and EROTIC GHOST STORY, that wilfully pushes the boundaries of good taste, with a measure of…
Doom Generation, The (1995): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech; The boundaries of good taste are demolished in this white–trash road movie obsessed with teenage sex and scatology. The joke turns cruel in the…
Eko Eko Azarak (Wizard of Darkness, Birth of the Wizard, Misa the Dark Angel) (1995): Dir. Shimako Sato
Feat. Kimika Yoshino; Highly impressive and lurid high–school horror, has a teenage girl (Yoshino) contending with coven of Satanic witches at her new school, who…
Kids (1995): Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Leo Fitzpatrick, Sarah Henderson, Justin Pierce…; Cult photographer Larry Clark's debut, 24hrs of New York streetkid life, attracted immediate controversy. The unblinking depictions of sex, drugs and…
Liquid Television (1995): Dir. Various; Eye–popping collection of inventive animation, originally featured on MTV. Includes short films, music videos, multimedia pieces and comic…
Nico Icon (1995): Dir. Susanne Ofteringer; Most famous as one–time singer for the Velvet Underground or arguably just for being famous, this takes a biographical tour of the late German…
Showgirls (1995): Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon; The BASIC INSTINCT team reprise with another sexploitation film that sent most critics in howls of derision. Lack of plot and oversaturation of…
Star Trek - Generations (1995): Dir. David Carson
Feat. LeVar Burton, Malcolm McDowell, James Doohan…; Capt. Picard and crew get their big–screen debut but are forced to call on the spirit of predecessor Capt. Kirk to assist them in a struggle…
Tank Girl (1995): Dir. Rachel Talalay
Feat. Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T…; Lori Petty is well cast as the rumbuncious heroine of Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett's subversive comic strip. Purists may cry foul but though its…
Bad Boy Bubby (1994): Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Nicholas Hope; Nicholas Hope is terrific as a 35–year–old man who ventures out for the first time into suburban Australia after a lifetime of abusive…
Boy Meets Girl (1994): Dir. Ray Brady
Feat. Tim Poole, Danielle Sanderson, Margot Steinberg; For many years banned in the UK on video at least, this abrasive, low–budget drama plays out the wilfully unpleasant scenario of a man who gets…
Duckman (TV Series) (1994-1997): Feat. Jason Alexander; An animated black–comedy sitcom adapted from a one–off comic book that is centred around a lascivious, widowed, self–loathing duck…
Ed Wood (1994): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker…; Tim Burton, the eccentric visionary behind EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, PEE–WEE and BATMAN finds a soul mate in recounting the life of the world's…
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (1994): Doco on the B–movie director, that reveals the man beneath the pink cardy. Covering the time of Tim Burton's biopic and beyond, through to the…
Endless Summer 2 (1994): Dir. Bruce Brown
Feat. Patrick O'Connell, Robert Weaver; Brown is some thirty years older but his passion for surfing and engaging humour has diminished none. Awesome surfing footage is captured this time…
Faust (1994): Dir. Jan Svankmajer; Svankmajer's second feature is an eloquent and inspired revision of the Faustian myth set in contemporary Prague. Live–action is embellished…
Felidae (1994): Dir. Michael Schaack; Based on the cult novel by Akif Pirincci, this 'adult' animated feature unfolds a noirish murder–mystery from a feline viewpoint. This is no…
Hated (1994): Dir. Todd Phillips; Unflinching shock–umentary exposes the grubby exploits of the late GG Allin – punk rocker, nihilist, sad bastard – who, despite…
High Life, The (TV Series) (1994): Feat. Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson; Short–lived Scottish sitcom set on the fictional airline 'Air Scotia', home to the worst cabin crew in the United Kingdom, headed by the…
Kingdom, The (Riget) (1994): Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Norby…; A Danish medical soap opera from the director of BREAKING THE WAVES that's a bizarre yet compulsive combination of ghost story, TV drama and…
Man in Uniform, A (I Love a Man in Uniform) (1994): Dir. David Wellington
Feat. Tom McCamus; This sharp, brooding satire is reminiscent of TAXI DRIVER but has a flavour and agenda all of its own. A meek bank clerk gets an acting break in…
Metal Skin (1994): Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Feat. Aiden Young, Tara Morice, Ben Mendelsohn; A petrol–soaked, despairing love story from the director of ROMPER STOMPER, who takes another look at Australian youth counter–culture…
My So-Called Life (TV Series) (1994-1995): Dir. Scott Winant
Feat. Claire Danes, Jared Leto, Bess Armstrong…; Hard–hitting drama series starring a young Claire Danes in her breakout role as a 15 year–old dealing with angst–ridden teen…
Natural Born Killers (1994): Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis; Oliver Stone turns a Tarantino script into a mean–spirited satire that points fingers at the decline of America without any measure of…
Oblivion (1994): Dir. Sam Irvin
Feat. Richard Joseph Paul, Andrew Divoff, Isaac Hayes…
Ocean Girl (TV Series) (1994-1997): Feat. Marzena Godecki, Jeffrey Walker, Kerry Armstrong; Environmentally conscious Australian cult adventure series based around a mystical girl from under the sea who has the ability to communicate with…
Pulp Fiction (1994): Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman…; With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon. He miraculously surpasses…
Accion Mutante (1993): Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Antonio Resines, Alex Angulo; A deformed terrorist group strike out against pretty society in this wildly irreverent satire that takes a gleeful turn into futuristic…
Beavis and Butthead (TV Series) (1993-1997): Dir. Mike Judge; Once rejected by our television networks on moral grounds, this might've been your only chance to catch America's favourite miscreants in animated…
Bitter Moon (1993): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Peter Coyote, Hugh Grant, Emmanuelle Seigner…; Erotic weirdness unfolds aboard an ocean liner as wheel–chaired creep Peter Coyote foists an unsavoury personal tale upon innocent Hugh Grant.…
Body Melt (1993): Dir. Philip Brophy
Feat. Gerard Kennedy, Andrew Daddo; Phil Brophy's cult oddity SALT, SALIVA, SPERM AND SWEAT caused a stir some years back – now his full–length feature opens the floodgates…
Clean, Shaven (1993): Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Peter Greene; Cult actor Peter Green followed his great work in LAWS OF GRAVITY with this difficult but startling independent feature as a violent schizophrenic…
Dangerous Game (1993): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James Russo; Fascinating descent into the dark recesses of a film–directing mind (Ferrara's). It opens as a film–within–a–film about a…
Dottie Gets Spanked (1993): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick; Or Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fetishist. This smart Todd Haynes short bears witness to an artistically inclined young boy with three…
Hercules Returns (1993): Dir. David Parker
Feat. David Argue, Michael Carman, Mary Coustas; Three hapless cinema entrepreneurs discover their opening film, HERCULES, is in Italian with no subtitles, so they dub the voices and sound effects…
Life & Times of Allen Ginsberg (1993): Dir. Jerry Aronson; This resonant film double–acts as a nostalgic looking–glass into bohemian culture and as a showcase of the New York beat poet/political…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 6 (1993): Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on 2 VHS tapes. Vol…
Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993): Dir. Bolex Brothers; Resembling something of a post–apocalyptic Wallace and Gromit, this combines stop–motion animation of live actors and puppetry to tell…
Sex and Zen (1993): Dir. Michael Mak
Feat. Lawrence Ng, Kent Cheng, Xu Jin-Jang; Part comic fantasy, part porno movie, and though an imaginative example of both genres, the balancing act is a hard one to pull off (fnarr, fnarr).…
Some Yo Yo Stuff (1993): Dir. Anton Corbijn; Brief but illuminating glimpse at the world of Don Van Vliet, best known as the experimental rock–singer 'Captain Beefheart' who essentially…
Sonatine (1993): Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Ayo Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe; Those familiar with 'Beat' Takeshi's films will know what to expect from this latest elegy to gangster violence. His personal demons manifest in…
Super 8 1/2 (1993): Dir. Bruce LaBruce
Feat. Bruce LaBruce; No–budget sex spoof in which self–styled gay icon Bruce LaBruce plays a washed–up pornster who confesses all to a predatory lesbian…
Totally F***ed Up (1993): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid…; A corrosive portrait of a group of alienated gay comrades, and the first (and perhaps best) part of dir. Araki's 'teen apocalypse trilogy' (completed…
Untold Story, The (1993): Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Danny Lee, Anthony Wong; Outrageous gross–out thriller that may put you off Chinese food for life – based on the "Eight Immortals Restaurant murders" that took…
X-Files, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (1993): Dir. Robert Mandel, Daniel Sackheim, Harry Longstreet
Feat. Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny; The first series of the sci fi TV phenomenon – not quite finding the shape of the mythology of later seasons, but with some excellent episodes…
Bad Lieutenant (1992): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Harvey Keitel; Deeply disturbing character study of a bent cop that Harvey Keitel goes off the method deep–end to authenticate. An addiction to smack and…
Careful (1992): Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Paul Cox; Iconoclast film–maker Guy Maddin’s dreamlike tale of repression and disorder, set in an alpine village where rigidly studious young men…
Charles Manson - Then and Now (1992): Tracing America's morbid fascination with the infamous sociopath , jailed in 1970 after members of his cult "family" went on a murder spree, this…
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1992): Dir. Dan Hoskins
Feat. Jamie Rose, Catherine Carlen, Lycia Naff; Hit–and–miss parody of zombie and biker flicks with a feminist–revenge kick. An improvement from the dreaded 'Troma' label.
Cool World (1992): Dir. Ralph Bakshi
Feat. Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne; Cartoonist Gabriel Byrne is seduced into the animated world of his sexy creation in this dense, saucy amalgam of live–action and animation for…
Cyberpunk (1992): Dir. Marianne Trench
Feat. William Gibson, Timothy Leary; Low–budget insight into the cyberpunk counter–culture. Author William Gibson and many hangers–on offer their view of what it means…
Dark at Noon (1992): Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. John Hurt, David Warner; John Hurt and David Warner join in the spirit of this bizarre fancy from exiled Chilean director Ruiz. Set in a Portugese village where anything…
Fishing with John (TV Series) (1992): Dir. John Lurie
Feat. Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper…; Neo–beatnik musician John Lurie hosts his own candid, off–beat TV show in which he takes a hipster celebrity pal on an exotic fishing…
Leolo (1992): Dir. Jean-Claude Lauzon
Feat. Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Julien Guiomar; A rites–of–passage drama seen through a warped looking–glass, the story of ten–year–old Leolo is a blackly humorous…
Living End, The (1992): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel; Irreverent road movie posits a pair of HIV–positive young hunks on the fast–track to nowhere as they attempt to live the rest of their…
Man Bites Dog (1992): Dir. Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde; Disturbing black comedy unravels itself as a media satire but its barbaric humour won't tickle everyone's funnybone. Staged as a documentary, a film…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 5 (1992): Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on 2 discs or tapes.…
Roadside Prophets (1992): Dir. Abbe Wool
Feat. John Doe, Adam Horovitz; An imperfect but engaging reworking of the '70s road movie for Generation Xers. John Doe and Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz pair as free–wheeling…
Romper Stomper (1992): Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Feat. Russell Crowe; Powerhouse drama about a gang of neo–Nazi skinheads who wreak havoc on the Melbourne's Vietnamese community. The contentious subject is…
Slacker (1992): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Richard Linklater; A hugely original and influential film that virtually coined the phrase for young aimless academics of the 1990s. Essentially plotless, it is…
Tune, The (1992): Dir. Bill Plympton; Bill Plympton made a name for himself with clever animated shorts like 25 Ways to Quit Smoking and Push Comes to Shove. He fashions a hilarious…
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Moira Kelly…; The big–screen prequel charts a surreal path of events preceding the murder of Laura Palmer. Without the constraints of TV censorship Lynch…
Wild Palms (TV Series) (1992): Dir. Peter Hewitt, Kathryn Bigelow, Keith Gordon
Feat. James Belushi, Dana Delany, Angie Dickinson…; Grandly stylised mini–series heavily inspired by TWIN PEAKS yet almost as worthy in spite of big lug James Belushi in the lead role. After…
Adjuster, The (1991): Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin; Eliptical and seductive fifth feature from one of cinema's most original talents. Two 'adjusters' – an insurance assessor, and his wife, a film…
Barton Fink (1991): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis; The Coen Bros' striking if enigmatic account of a brilliant scribe hampered with writer's block and a strange hotel companion in mid 1940s Hollywood.…
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991): Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler…; Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return as a couple of crazed teenagers who are sent on a Bogus Journey through a round trip to heaven and hell in this…
Chances (TV Series) (1991-1992): Dir. Helen Gaynor; Noteworthy as perhaps the most risque television series to grace Australian screens, this is a bizarre, self–consciously camp roll through…
Commissioner of Sewers (1991): Dir. Klaus Maeck; Dir. Maeck brings a European perspective to bear on the cult American writer, William S. Burroughs (NAKED LUNCH). A familiar blend of archival…
Cool as Ice (1991): Dir. David Kellogg
Feat. Vanilla Ice, Kristin Minter, Naomi Campbell; This dubious remake of THE WILD ONE finds rap wash–up Vanilla Ice whooping it up in Brando's famous tough guy role.
Dark Backward, The (1991): Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton…; Weird black comedy about a hopeless stand–up comic (Judd Nelson) who finds that the third arm growing from his back is his ticket to the…
Eerie Indiana (TV Series) (1991-1992): Feat. Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow; Short–lived, cult TWIN PEAKS–offshoot follows the arrival of a young boy to Eerie, Indiana, a town overrun with urban legends, a living…
Erotic Ghost Story 2 (1991): Dir. Lam Ngai Kai
Feat. Charine Chan, King-Man Chik, Yiu-Wah Kwok; Sequel mixes up similar ingredients, but story is unrelated to the first.
Exotic Dances of Betty Page, The (1991): Dir. Irving Klaw
Feat. Betty Page; Iconic 50's pin–up model Betty Page takes it (almost) all off for the camera of pin–up impresario Irving Klaw, in a series of teasingly…
Highway 61 (1991): Dir. Bruce McDonald
Feat. Don McKellar, Valerie Buhagiar, Peter Breck; Don McKellar and Valerie Buhagiar reunite for this pseudo–sequel to Bruce McDonald's ROADKILL as a couple of kooky Canadians who travel the…
Johnny Suede (1991): Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Brad Pitt, Nick Cave; Brad Pitt is priceless as a naive, super–quiffed romantic who dreams of basking in the limelight of rock idoldom. This small gem underscores…
Motorama (1991): Dir. Barry Shils
Feat. Flea, Meatloaf, Drew Barrymore…; Hip road movie about a 10–year–old delinquent who steals a car and gets life lessons en route from the likes of Flea, Meatloaf and Drew…
Priit Parn - Selected Films (1991): Dir. Priit Parn; Three films from the unusual Estonian animator Priit Parn, whose work combines visual sophistication, dream logic and scathing political and social…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 4 (1991): Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on 2 VHS tapes or a…
Ren and Stimpy (TV Series) (1991-1995): Dir. John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp; The ground–breaking cartoon misadventures of a hyper chihuahua and a stupid cat that turned animation and good taste on its ear, and inspired a…
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1991): Dir. Tom Stoppard
Feat. Gary Oldman, Tim Roth; Tom Stoppard films his own play that follows the aimless lives of two incidental characters from HAMLET. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth dazzlingly…
Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (1991): Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Gracious conclusion to the film series featuring the original cast. Combines great special effects, a plot with a social conscience, and some deft…
Story of Ricky (Riki-Oh aka Lai Wong) (1991): Dir. Nam Nai-Choi
Feat. Fan Siu-wong; Hong Kong cult sensation that comedically stir–fries prison ultra–violence with Western–style splatter. Rib–cracking,…
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1991): Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Feat. Nobu Kanaoka, Iwata; Sensational sequel is everything fans of the first one should expect, and much more. A full length, Technicolor, ultra–slick revision of…
Twin Peaks - Season 2 (TV Series) (1991): Dir. David Lynch, Various
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick…; Second and final season of the cult nineties serial, with Kyle MacLachlan as an eccentric, mystical FBI agent arriving in a small Pacific Northwest…
Aardman Animation (1990): Dir. Nick Park, Various; Stop–motion clay–mation in this compilation tape from the British Aardman team best known here for Wallace and Gromit. Tape includes the…
Battle Heater (Kotatsu) (1990): Dir. Geroge Iida
Feat. Pappara Kawai, Akira Imoto; A maniacal low–budget doozie about a man–eating Kotatsu heater, this adds its own spirited splash to the horror mini–genre of…
Erotic Ghost Story (1990): Dir. Lam Ngai Kai
Feat. Amy Yip; Buxom starlet Amy Yip lets it all hang out with other 'foxes' in this Eastern spin on the WITCHES OF EASTWICK. Generous nudity and dry ice steam up…
Guy Maddin Collection, The (Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, The Heart of the World, Archangel) (1990-2000): Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Michael Gottli, David Falkenburg, Michael O’Sullivan…; Three films from Canada's silent movie alchemist, all deliciously dreamlike examples of the cult filmmaker's brilliant oeuvre. Twilight of the Ice…
Jodorowsky Constellation, The (1990): Dir. Louis Mouchet; The creator of latterday surrealist films such as EL TOPO, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN and SANTE SANGRE, Alejandro Jodorowsky, gets due homage in this detailed…
Maniac Cop 2 (1990): Dir. William Lustig
Feat. Robert Davi, Bruce Campbell, Claudia Christian…; Better–than–expected sequel to the enjoyably trashy slasher about an undead police officer who turns serial killer after his own murder.…
Meet the Feebles (1990): Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Donna Akesten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow; "The Muppets meets Blue Velvet in hell" was Fangoria's accurate description of this perversely funny satire featuring an all–puppet cast. From…
No Skin Off My Ass (1990): Dir. Bruce LaBruce
Feat. Bruce LaBruce, G.B. Jones, Caroline Azar; Canadian queer provocateur LaBruce takes his cue from New York underground artists' Warhol and Richard Kern. Starring as a punk hairdresser with a…
Pump Up the Volume (1990): Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross…; Christian Slater is Hard Harry, maverick pirate radio DJ by night, anonymous and shy student by day. His anarchic commentaries earn a loyal band of…
Reflecting Skin, The (1990): Dir. Philip Ridley
Feat. Viggo Mortensen; An eerie and perverse tale of a young boy's unsettling experiences growing up in the prairie farmlands of Idaho, where the adults are weird and the…
Sgt. Kabukiman (1990): Dir. Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Feat. Rick Gianasi, Susan Byun; A modest New York cop is gifted the supernatural powers of a Japanese hero enabling him to kick criminal butt, Kabuki–style! Finally, a…
Twin Peaks (1990): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick…; The pilot of David Lynch's milestone TV series in all its enigmatic glory, complete with made–for–video, tacked–on conclusion. Vol…
Twin Peaks - Season 1 (TV Series) (1990): Dir. David Lynch, Various
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick…; An eccentric, mystical FBI agent arrives in a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the murder of a young high school girl. Iconic, influential…
Wicked Willie Comes Again (1990): Dir. Bob Godfrey; The animated adventures of a man and his 'best friend' Willie adapted for the small–screen from Gray Jolliffe's cartoon series. More amusing…
Wild at Heart (1990): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd…; Disturbing, provocative and always stylish, the director parodies himself and many other great film–makers in this mother of all road movies.…
Wild Orchid (1990): Dir. Zalman King
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Bruce Greenwood…; Brazilian–flavoured slice of Mickey Rourke erotica. Yup, it's that bad.
Akira (1989): Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo; Dazzling cyberpunk animated feature adapted from the cult comic books, it's a violent, anarchic, wildly ambitious ride through Neo–Tokyo in…
Blackadder Goes Forth (TV Series) (1989): Dir. Richard Boden
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson; Final official series, set on the Western Front 1917. Six episodes contained on a single DVD or two tape volumes: 'Captain Cook', 'Corporal…
Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989): Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tim Roth, Michael Gambon; Greenaway combines the best elements of his previous work into one illustrious concoction of charcoal humour, explicit violence, awe–inspiring…
Drugstore Cowboy (1989): Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham…; A stylised yet vivid journey into the lives of a group of sympathetic, drug–addicted youths in the early '70s. A high point in the career…
Firm, The (1989): Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Gary Oldman, Phillip Davis; Another of dir. Clarke’s essential forays into the vicious subcultures of Britain, here a ‘firm’ of football hooligans led by real estate agent…
For Adults Only (Sex and Buttered Popcorn) (1989): Dir. Sam Harrison; A must–see for schlock film fans, this investigates the origins of exploitation film–making in the 1930s and 1940s, mixing rarely seen…
Gods Must Be Crazy II, The (1989): Dir. James Uys
Feat. Jamie Uys; Sequel to the fave comedy where a bush–man encounters an 'evil' coke–bottle. This is more consistantly funny, even if the novelty value…
Mack the Knife (1989): Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julie Walters…; Muddled adaptation of The Threepenny Opera is notable for some pretty inept dance sequences and some rather overt mugging by some well–known…
Man Called Rainbo, A (1989): Dir. Lesser Pizmo
Feat. Sylvester Stallone; Awful hippy film Rebel featuring a young Stallone is here redubbed for comic effect by failed film students. Unfortunately they manage to make it…
Parents (1989): Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis; Frightening piece of horror kitsch about a boy who suspects his parents are cannibals. Splendid, stylised direction and set design make this a…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 3 (1989): Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on 2 VHS tapes or a…
Roadkill (1989): Dir. Bruce McDonald
Feat. Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar; This first road movie from dir. Bruce McDonald (HIGHWAY 61) is possessed of a naive charm and raw energy that characterizes many of the best indie…
Santa Sangre (1989): Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Feat. Guy Stockwell; The title means 'holy blood', a fair indication of the twin themes of this strikingly grotesque tale of a disturbed circus–performer. With its…
Simpsons, The (TV Series) (1989): Dir. Various; Fun at home with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson – the definitve animated American family, in the iconic TV series of the 1990s has…
Skinheads (1989): Dir. Greydon Clark
Feat. Chuck Connors; Vietnam vet Chuck Connors exacts violent revenge on bald Nazi supremacists for the murders of three students. Utterly dubious.
Star Trek V - The Final Frontier (1989): Dir. William Shatner
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; This time Shatner tries his hand at directing, in what turns out to be one of the less memorable missions of the series. The crew travel through…
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989): Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Feat. Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara; Mind–blowing cyberpunk tour–de–force that sandwiches enough visuals to fill three movies into its sweat–breaking 67 minutes.…
Toxic Avenger Part 2, The (1989): Dir. Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Feat. Ron Fazio, John Altamura; Diminished return of the ugliest superhero to ever gross the screen, in the same splatter–spoof mode of the original.
Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, The (1989): Dir. Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Feat. Ron Fazio, John Altamura, Lisa Gaye…; Third movie in the superhero splatter–spoof franchise from Troma Studios. The Toxic Avenger discovers his most evil adversary when he decides…
Violent Cop (1989): Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano; Popular entertainer 'Beat' Takeshi's directing debut is a stylish, witty yet cynical and disturbing elegy to violence executed with alarming…
Wallace and Gromit - Three Cracking Adventures (Grand Day Out, The Wrong Tousers, A Close Shave) (1989-1995): Dir. Nick Park
Feat. Peter Sallis; All three classic "Wallace and Gromit" short films on a single disc. Perfection.
Alice (1988): Dir. Jan Svankmajer; The Czech animator's style naturally lends itself to the curiously menacing spirit of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, an absurd world populated…
Dead Ringers (1988): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold; You'll share in Jeremy Irons' nightmares as twin gynaecologists, both brilliant and respected in their trade, who succumb to perverse mid–life…
Down by Law (1988): Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie; Three disparate misfits become friends after sharing an escape from a crummy Southern jail. Art and humour rarely mix better than in this eccentric…
Dreaming, The (1988): Dir. Mario Andreacchio
Feat. Arthur Dignam, Penny Cook, Gary Sweet; A supernatural oddity in which a doctor treats a sick aborigine, who had defied a tribal taboo and visited a sacred cave. The doctor soon finds…
Elvira (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) (1988): Dir. James Signorelli
Feat. Cassandra Peterson, Jeff Conaway, Edie McClurg…; High camp fun with real–life cult horror movie host Elvira, in her first acting role. Canny blend of tongue–in–cheek innuendo and…
Gandahar (Light Years) (1988): Dir. Rene Laloux; Typically vibrant animation from Laloux has an evil force from a 1000 years in the future threatening an idyllic paradise, where the citizens are in…
Ghosts of the Civil Dead (1988): Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Nick Cave; Despite the uncompromising, raw depiction of brutal prison life, this film is a non–exploitative essay that ultimately indicts the future of…
Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988): Dir. Isao Takahata; Modest 'classic' of Japanese anime that tells the story of two children caught up in the devastating fire–bombing of Kobe in WW2. Amid the…
Heat and Sunlight (1988): Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust; This film documents the final, agonising hours of a love affair between a man and his exotic dancer girlfirend. An intriguing, erotic oddity with…
Maniac Cop (1988): Dir. William Lustig
Feat. Bruce Campbell; THE EVIL DEAD's Bruce Campbell stars in this violent black comedy about a psycho–killer who masquerades as a policeman.
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (TV Series) (1988-1999): Feat. Kevin Murphy, Jim Mallon, Trace Beaulieu…; Legendary cult series about a man and his robot buddy who get shot into space by an evil scientist and forced to watch the most horrific…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 1 (1988): Dir. Ed Bye
Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; Catch up on those missed or classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 2 (1988): Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…; More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy. Available on 2 VHS tapes or a…
Salt, Saliva, Sperm & Sweat (1988): Dir. Philip Brophy; Be prepared to be grossed out for this very weird, Warhol–influenced experimental outing from Australia about a day in the life of a frustrated…
Smoke 'em If You Got Em (1988): Dir. Ray Boseley
Feat. George Huxley, Nique Needles; The apocalypse inspires a group of loutish adolescents to throw a party, in spite of their guests dying from radiation sickness! Bizarre comedy…
Tapeheads (1988): Dir. Bill Fishman
Feat. John Cusack, Tim Robbins; Eager to succeed in the L.A. as music–vid directors, John Cusack and Tim Robbins “do what they gotta do, so they can do what they wanna”.…
Twister (1988): Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Harry Dean Stanton, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis…; Minor cult item about bizzare family headed by Harry Dean Stanton.a
Amazon Women On the Moon (1987): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Ralph Bellamy, Carrie Fisher…; Inspired ensemble of contemporary sketches performed by a star–studded cast.
Angel Heart (1987): Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling; Things get increasingly bizarre for Mickey Rourke as a sleazy P.I. on the trail of a mysterious jazz singer. Genuinely creepy American gothic carries…
Bad Taste (1987): Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Peter Jackson; New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…
Bambi Meets Godzilla (1987): Dir. Various; Compilation of various oddities from the early days of animation, including the legendary title track and Betty Boop's hyper–surreal 'Crazy…
Blackadder 3 (TV Series) (1987): Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson; Classic third series set in England 1760–1815. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Dish and Dishonesty', 'Ink and…
China Girl (1987): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. David Caruso, James Russo; Dir. Abel Ferrara’s violent riff on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (and WEST SIDE STORY for that matter) set around rival Chinese and Italian street gangs…
Crazy Love (Love Is a Dog from Hell) (1987): Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas…; Superlative tragicomedy based on the work of Charles Bukowski is told in three parts – pre–pubescence, acne plagued teenagehood and…
Deathstalker II - Duel Of The Titans (Deathstalker 2) (1987): Dir. Jim Wynorski
Feat. John Terlesky, Monique Gabrielle, John Lazar; Sword and sorcery bollocks with weedy John Terlesky stepping into Rick Hill's furry boots and helping future soft porn hall–of–famer…
Gate, The (1987): Dir. Tibor Takacs
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Kelly Rowan; Amusing cult horror flick starring a young Stephen Dorff (BLADE) who accidentally uncovers a portal to hell in his backyard from which a gaggle of…
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1987): Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Michael Rooker, Tom Towles; Theatrically banned, this uncut version ranks as one of the more unsettling works ever committed to film. In short, a low–budget masterpiece…
Mondo New York (1987): Dir. Harvey Keith
Feat. Joseph Arias, Rick Aviles, Charlie Barnett; Eye–opening documentary depicts the seedy underbelly of life in the Big Apple. Fascinating but often repulsive, so keep the remote at close…
Salvation (1987): Dir. Beth B
Feat. Stephen McHattie, Exene Cervenka, Dominque Davalos…; A NY Underground take on televangelists, sex and kidnapping.
Straight to Hell (1987): Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Joe Strummer, Sy Richardson, Dennis Hopper…; Spaghetti western parody, featuring the Pogues, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello and other rock star types.
Track 29 (1987): Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Theresa Russell, Christopher Lloyd…; Purporting to be her long–lost son, sleazoid Gary Oldman materialises out of Theresa Russell's alcoholic haze, as husband Christopher Lloyd…
White of the Eye (1987): Dir. Donald Cammell
Feat. David Keith, Cathy Moriaty, Art Evans…; Smartly executed, disturbing thriller set in a small Arizona town where a psychotic balances his marital problems with his penchant for homicide.
Best of Q (TV Series) (1986): Feat. Spike Milligan; Spike Milligan's influential television series (it out Monty Python's Monty Python) takes the former Goon's surrealistic 'nonsense' style and gives…
Blackadder 2 (TV Series) (1986): Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny…; Definitive, bloody hilarious second series set in England, 1558–1603. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Bells', 'Head',…
Blue Velvet (1986): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern…; David Lynch's ground–breaking, brilliantly controlled work tells the story of a pure teenager (Kyle Maclachlan) whose curiosity embroils him in…
Class of Nuke 'em High (Atomic High School) (1986): Dir. Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman
Feat. Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton; One of the better Troma–trash productions in which pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after…
Dogs in Space (1986): Dir. Richard Lowenstein
Feat. Michael Hutchence; An unkempt Michael Hutchence stars in this walk through punk–era Melbourne. The cast drink, take drugs, and scream at each other while the…
Erotic Tatooing and Body Piercing (1986): Dir. Charles Gatewood; A behind–the–scenes peek at the 'modern primitive' sub–culture. Mondo king Charles Gatewood visits a body adornment convention…
Gladiator, The (1986): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Ken Wahl, Robert Culp, Nancy Allen; Telemovie excursion for Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT), pummeling viewers with a patented and occasionally intriguing exercise in petrolhead…
Maya Deren Experimental Films (1986): Dir. Maya Deren; A unique combination of influences – Colette, modern dance, Jean Cocteau – are evident in Maya Deren's legendary short films and her…
River's Edge (1986): Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye…; Terrifying drama about a group of school friends who discover that one of them has murdered a classmate. Major cult film from the '80s with its lurid…
Run, Chrissie, Run! (1986): Dir. Chris Langman
Feat. Carmen Duncan, Red Symons; An ex–terrorist from Germany is on the run in Australia with her teenage daughter Chrissie, with a former lover on her trail, and two IRA…
Screamplay (1986): Dir. Rufus Butler Seder
Feat. George Kuchar, Katy Bolger; Tacky amusement can be found in this midnight flick about a splatter movie writer whose nightmare visions become frighteningly real!
Sid and Nancy (1986): Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb; Pretty grim portrait of the life and times of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and his girlfriend. Both are stunningly personified by Gary Oldman and Chloe…
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (1986): Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Kirk and his crew must travel back in time to the 20th century in order to save the Earth. Far more comedic than previous entries in the series, as…
Vamp (1986): Dir. Richard Wenk
Feat. Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron…; Campy, neon–hued sex comedy–horror from the 80's in which two students travel to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their…
When the Wind Blows (1986): Dir. Jimmy T. Murakami
Feat. John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft; Superb animated version of Raymond Brigg's comicbook about an elderly couple who prepare for an impending nuclear disaster. Engaging and powerful…
Withnail and I (1986): Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths; Anarchic cult sensation about a pair of young degenerate actors who decide to spend a soul–cleansing weekend at an Uncle's farmhouse in the…
2019: The New Barbarians (Nuovi barbari, I) (1985): Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Fred Williamson, Giancarlo Prete; Third and final episode in the post–apocalyptic BRONX WARRIORS series, escapes the bloody rubble of New York City for a MAD MAX–style…
Best of John Belushi, The (1985): Feat. John Belushi; Collection of 16 skits from Belushi's time at Saturday Night Live (1975–1979). Showcases his unpredictable, madcap style in many classic…
Brazil (1985): Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm…; Daydreaming bureaucrat Jonathan Pryce becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a mystery woman before falling victim to his own…
Commando (1985): Dir. Mark Lester
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya…; When his daughter is kidnapped, retired marine "John Matrix" (Schwarzenegger) is forced to murder an entire army of other marines with his bare…
Crimewave (1985): Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Louise Lasser, Brion James; Written by the Coen Brothers for the director of the EVIL DEAD movies, this curious crime picture is a brilliant mix of zany slapstick humour and…
Insignificance (1985): Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell; Curious chamber piece intriguingly posits Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy and Albert Einstein as characters who meet in a hotel room in…
Love Circles (Ronde de l'amour, La) (1985): Dir. Gerard Kikoine
Feat. Sophie Berger, Josephine Jacqueline Jones; A late–night erotic confection masquerading as a remake of classic LA RONDE, this touts steamy sex scenes strung together narratively by a…
Miranda (1985): Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Serena Grandi; Classic of Italian erotica with sex–symbol Serena Grandi juggling an assortment of lovers.
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Paul Ruebens; A stylised masterpiece in which Pee–Wee Herman embarks on a priceless search for his prized possession; a bicycle. A brilliant,…
Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate (1985): Dir. Kirby Dick; The debut feature from bold documentarian Kirby Dick (SICK) is this fascinating and humane portrait of a sex surrogate Maureen Sullivan, who is…
Ray Bradbury Theater, The (TV Series) (1985-1992): An HBO–originated fantasy anthology series entirely scripted by the eponymous (and prolific) author, based on his short stories and novels. A…
Re-Animator (1985): Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton; Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
Shaker Run (1985): Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow…; Cult film sees Kiwi scientist Harrow steal a biological weapon that some mercenaries are keen to get their hands on. She enlists daredevil drivers…
Smooth Talk (1985): Dir. Joyce Chopra
Feat. Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place…; Poignant yet sinister coming–of–age tale chronicles a young girl's sexual awakening and the attention she attracts from a mysterious…
Starfleet (TV Series) (X Bomber) (1985): Dir. Go Nagai; Heavily influenced by Gerry Anderson's supermarionation series, this sci–fi Japanese production from manga creater Go Nagai kicks off when an…
Vampire Hunter D (1985): Dir. Toyoo Ashida
Feat. Michael McConnohie, Kaneto Shiozawa; In a barren, distant future where vampires rule what remains of life on earth, a beautiful young girl hires an imposing vampire hunter known as…
Beat Street (1984): Dir. Stan Lathan
Feat. Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis; Key film in the history of hip–hop culture, this urban musical may show its age and derivation (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER), but still comprises an…
Beyond The Doors (Down On Us) (1984): Dir. Larry Buchanan; Preposterous 'docudrama' about the deaths of 1960s rock–stars Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin (played by obscure actors with the…
Brother from Another Planet (1984): Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Joe Morton, Steve James, Bill Cobbs; Quirky comic fantasy from John Sayles about a mute alien negro who crash lands in New York and mixes with some earthbound home–boys in downtown…
Miami Vice (TV Series) (1984): Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas; One of the premiere TV–fantasies of the 1980s – pastel–suited vice–cops Crockett and Tubbs (Don Johnson and Phillip Michael…
Mixed Blood (1984): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Marilia Pera, Richard Ulacia; Appropriately loose and ironic black comedy about gang and drug shenanigans in NYC from Warhol's factory alumni, Morrissey.
Night of the Comet (1984): Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney; Terrific B–movie where a comet hits earth and two surviving valley girls must fight the resulting cannibal zombie apocalypse. Trashy in all the…
Repo Man (1984): Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton; Young punk Emilio Estevez unwittingly becomes involved in the car re–possession business in this curious cocktail of action, sci–fi and…
Return to Waterloo - The Kinks (1984): Dir. Ray Davies
Feat. Ray Davies, Tim Roth; A unique 80s–era rock–opera from The Kinks which takes place in the mind of a solitary train–commuter and features various songs…
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984): Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott; 80's cult fantasy flop based on the comic book jungle girl heroine Sheena, a female version of Tarzan who was raised by a fictional African tribe.
Special Effects (1984): Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Zoë Tamerlis, Eric Bogosian; Enjoyably lurid horror–thriller from Larry Cohen stars Eric Bogosian (TALK RADIO) as a film director who casts a woman in a crime movie based…
Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984): Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Leonard Nimoy himself directed this continuation of 'The Wrath of Khan', in which the crew set out to rescue Spock from Kurge (Christopher Lloyd).…
Streets of Fire (1984): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Michael Pare, Rick Moranis…; Surprise hit is an unusual blending of motorcycles, 50s rock'n'roll melodrama and tough, futuristic street action. Lane plays a pop diva who is…
Black Venus (1983): Dir. Claude Mulot
Feat. Josephine Jacqueline Jones; Ebony eroticism is the skin trade of this sometimes–sordid 19th century scandal: a beautiful seductress becomes a sex object in a debauched…
Blackadder 1 (TV Series) (The Black Adder) (1983): Dir. Martin Shardlow
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny…; Quirky, frequently funny inaugural series of the 80's comedy smash, set in Medieval England. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tapes: 'The…
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983): Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Karen Black; Uniquely kooky concoction set around the unpredictable neuroses of a newly single woman (Black), who enters a world of whimsy, crazed encounters and…
Chained Heat (1983): Dir. Paul Michaels
Feat. Linda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil Danning…; The other film of ‘note’ to star Linda Blair (THE EXORCIST), is an unrepentant and sleazy woman–in–prison exploitationer,…
Deathstalker: Last Great Warrior King (1983): Dir. James Sbardellati
Feat. Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker; Trashtastic sword–and–sandals fantasy sees a chiselled Rick Hill play a warrior who must save the earth (and the girl) from a wicked…
Digital Daydreams (1983): Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Bill Wyman, James Coburn, Richard O'Brien; Genuine oddity lossely based around the life and 'digital dreams' of Bill Wyman (bassist of the Rolling Stones), which blends together documentary,…
Escape From the Bronx (1990: Bronx Warriors II) (1983): Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Henry Silva, Giancarlo Prete; Dystopian sequel to the cult 80s dud BRONX WARRIORS, with New York City a wasteland ruled over by vicious motorcycle gangs and corporate villains.…
Keep, The (1983): Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jurgen Prochnow…; German soldiers camping in a Romanian castle are visited by various ghoulies in Michael Mann's off–beat supernatural yarn set during WWII,…
Key, The (La Chiave) (1983): Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Frank Finlay, Stefania Sandrelli, Franco Branciaroli…; Saucy art–house romp from the dir. of CALIGULA, surrounding his tale of a straying marriage in nationalistic pre–WW2 Venice with…
Koyaanisqatsi (1983): Dir. Godfrey Reggio; This unique visual and aural masterpiece looks at our earth and 20th Century 'progress' through the eye of time–lapse camera. The…
Legend of the Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den) (1983): Dir. Fukasaku Kinji
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada; In an ancient unspecified era, eight samurai must battle supernatural forces, witches and other hazards to rescue a princess, who is about to be…
Liquid Sky (1983): Dir. Slava Tsukuman
Feat. Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard; A geniune punk artefact about an over–sexed woman who unwittingly hosts an alien parasite that kills off her lovers at the point of orgasm. Its…
Made in Britain (1983): Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Tim Roth, Sean Chapman; Probably the finest skinhead movie ever made – Tim Roth giving an electrifying debut performance as a glaring malcontent who takes out his rage…
Midnite Spares (1983): Dir. Quentin Masters
Feat. Bruce Spence, James Laurie; Cult Aussie race car movie. Young racing driver Steve comes up against a nefarious den of car thieves who may just have something to do with his…
Rock and Rule (1983): Dir. Clive A. Smith; Obscure, though excellent cult animation made by Canada's 'Nelvana' studio, set in a post–apocalyptic world of mutant rodents. The story…
Signal 7 (1983): Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Bill Ackridge, Dan Leegant; Dedicated to John Cassavetes, this 12–hr slice of the night–world of various New York taxi–drivers, shot on videotape, is similarly…
Star 80 (1983): Dir. Bob Fosse
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson…; Dir. Bob Fosse's razzle–dazzle cynicism is a perfect match for this loose chronicle of true events that led to the murder of penthouse pet…
Suburbia (Rebel Street's aka: Wild Side) (1983): Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Flea; Low key yet definitive dramatic portrait of the American punk scene, staged with non–actors as the "T.R. gang" who set up camp in a scuzzy L.A.…
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) (1983-1988): This popular horror/fantasy anthology TV series from the 1980's features more misses than hits, but all are gloriously tacky relics of their time.…
Videodrome (1983): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. James Woods, Debbie Harry; Cable TV programmer James Woods enters a dark netherworld of psychosis and pornography as he searches for the ultimate thrill. He may have just found…
1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982): Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Vic Morrow, Fred Williamson, Christopher Connelly; Renowned cheese–fest in which youth gangs of the post–Apocalypse Bronx, battle each other and an evil corporate arms manufacturer. Prime…
Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century) (1982): Dir. Harley Cokeliss
Feat. Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright…; In the 21st Century oil wars have left civilisation verging on collapse. Lawlessness and anarchy are the order of this day in this…
Class of 1984 (1982): Dir. Mark Lester
Feat. Perry King; A new school–teacher (Perry King) finds himself intimidated by members of his unruly class – to the point where he must exact brutal…
Comic Strip Presents (DVD Box Set) (1982-1988): Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French…; At the forefront of the 'alternative comedy' movement in the early 1980s, The Comic Strip are an ensemble of British comedians who have produced many…
Concrete Jungle, The (1982): Dir. Tom DeSimone
Feat. Jill St. John, Barbara Luna; A late ’women in prison’ exploitationer, with the rather standard plotline – innocent girl sent to corrupt prison – given…
Countryman (1982): Dir. Dickie Jobson
Feat. Countryman , Hiram Keller, Carl Bradshaw…; Cult item for reggae–enthusiasts (produced by Island Records), this vaguely political fable about two air–crashed Americans rescued by a…
Crosstalk (1982): Dir. Mark Egerton
Feat. Gary Day, Penny Downie, John Ewart; Gary Day plays a wheelchair–bound computer genius who devises a system that significantly advances AI technology, but appears to be taking…
Eating Raoul (1982): Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel; Bizarre B–movie classic about a conservative couple who discover the lucrative and 'moral' practise of bumping off clients that respond to…
Human Lanterns (Ren pi deng long) (1982): Dir. Chung Sun
Feat. Leih Lo; The Shaw Brothers' first international star, Lo Leih, excels in this horror–suspenser as a mad lampshade maker in olden–day China who…
Junkman - Gone in 60 Seconds 2 (1982): Dir. H.B. Halicki
Feat. H.B. Halicki, Susan Shaw; Further automotive shenanigans from ace petrolhead Halicki, setting a new record for the sheer number of cars and planes destroyed in one…
Knight Rider (1982): Dir. Daniel Heller
Feat. David Hasselhoff; Pilot–movie for the TV series notable among other infamies for launching David Hasselhoff into stardom. Here he steers his super hi–tech,…
Knight Rider (TV Series) (1982): Feat. David Hasselhoff; David Hasselhoff fights crime with the aid of his talking automobile KITT. A classic of early 80s trash television may provide amiable nostalgia for…
Les Maitres du Temps (Time Masters) (1982): Dir. Rene Laloux; Another vivid, otherworldly animation from French dir. Laloux (FANTASTIC PLANET), with design from Jean Giraud (aka Mobius). Bygone sci–fi…
Love Butcher, The (1982): Dir. Mikel Angel, Donald M. Jones
Feat. Eric Stern; Amusing sleaze/cheesefest about a retarded, sexually frustrated gardener (Eric Stern) who harbours a slick, womanizing alter–ego, not to…
Ninja Wars (Iga ninpûchô) (1982): Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba; Period fantasy action involving magicians, love potions and endangered royalty in ancient Japan, a story resolved with a fair amount of…
One Down Two To Go (1982): Dir. Fred Williamson
Feat. Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly…; Straight–to–video blaxploitation, about a trio of kung fu fighters (Kelly, Brown and Williamson) who go after crooked event promoters.…
Plague Dogs, The (1982): Dir. Martin Rosen; Sensitive animated version of Richard Adam's (WATERSHIP DOWN) novel about two dogs who escape from a vivisection laboratory and try to evade their…
Running on Empty (Fast Lane Fever) (1982): Dir. John Clark
Feat. Max Cullen; A cult movie for modified car fanatics in Australia, this ropey but completely committed street drag thriller is worth a watch for its entertainingly…
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982): Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; The Enterprise crew are back to do battle with Kirk's old enemy Khan, as he takes control of a Federation Starship. Nice touches of humour and…
Angel of Vengeance (Ms.45) (1981): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Zoë Tamerlis, Jack Thibeau; Surreal drama about a deaf–mute who seeks revenge after two sexual assaults. Taut and disturbing, with minimal dialogue, it has the distinction…
Being Different (1981): Dir. Harry Rasky
Feat. Billy Barty, Sandra Elaine Allen, Jo-Ann Cantilla; Siamese–twin cowboys, a bearded lady, the world's tallest woman and a living 'elephant man' are among those that come upfront for this well…
Beyond, The (E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà) (1981): Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck; This eerie celluloid nightmare from Italian gore–meister Fulci can be fully appreciated in this uncut version, restoring its succession…
Britannia Hospital (1981): Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright…; Political allegory dressed as raucous Blighty comedy going all out, but it hasn't quite the magic of cult predecessors IF... and O LUCKY MAN!
Christiane F. (1981): Dir. Ulrich Edel
Feat. David Bowie; Absorbing account of the decline and fall into the Berlin's degrading drug and prostitution scene of two young heroin addicts. Features the music and…
Escape from New York (1981): Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine…; 1997 New York is a huge maximum–security prison where the President's plane just happens to crash! Futuristic actioner notable for its sardonic…
Eureka (1981): Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Nicolas Roeg…; Irishman Gene Hackman strikes it rich in Alaska, and retires to his own Carribean island for family fights with flaky son–in–law Rutger…
For Your Height Only (1981): Dir. Eddie Nicart
Feat. Weng Weng, Yehlen Catral, Carmi Martin…; Schlocky riff on the 007 franchise with pint sized ass–kicker Weng Weng as the world's smallest super spy, Agent 00, doing battle with mad…
Force Five (1981): Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Joe Lewis; Ultraviolent action, with Joe Lewis leading a skilled quintet of martial artists to rescue a girl from an island fortress ruled over by a religious…
Gods Must Be Crazy, The (1981): Dir. James Uys
Feat. Jamie Uys; The infamous African cult fave about a jolly bush–man who ventures across country to dispose of an 'evil' coke–bottle. The sequel is more…
Knightriders (1981): Dir. George Romero
Feat. Ed Harris, Tom Savini; One–of–a–kind event follows the bizarre exploits of a travelling motor–cycle show who engage in medieval–style combat…
Loveless, The (1981): Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter; A brooding, fetishised love–letter to the motorcycle movies of the 1950s (THE WILD ONE et al), with a bike gang having a troubled interlude in…
Madame Wang's (1981): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Virginia Bruce; Latterday Morrissey/Warhol production set around the politico–erotic misadventures of a German lad who stows away to New York City. Features…
Mommie Dearest (1981): Dir. Frank Perry
Feat. Faye Dunaway; The eyebrow–raising private life of Joan Crawford makes for a gaudy compulsive shocker, in which Faye Dunaway puts on her most ferocious…
Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, The (Tajemstvi hradu v Karpatech) (1981): Dir. Oldrich Lipsky
Feat. Michal Docolomansky, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlastimil Brodsky…; Cult oddity based on the Jules Verne novel The Carpathian Castle, a sci–fi horror story about a campy count who haunts a house overlooking a…
Pacific Banana (1981): Dir. John D. Lamond; One of the last Australian sexploitation–ers is set around a madcap airline and a pilot with an 'undercarriage problem'. Randy humour abounds…
Polyester (1981): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey; Divine gives suburban neurosis a new meaning as a wife and mother of a whacked–out family living in Baltimore. The director's first…
Porky's (1981): Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier; ANIMAL HOUSE retread with juvenile male high–jinx on college campus. Massive hit is testament to the adage that no–one ever went broke…
Shock Treatment (1981): Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Patricia Quinn…; Richard O'Brien and co. camp through the Rocky Horror premise again without the magic, but not without charm. Brad and Janet return as a…
Shogun Assassin (1981): Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masahiro Tomikawa; Samurai classic is a composite of two Japanese features in which a formidable warrior violently defends his honour with his young son in a…
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981): Dir. Charles B Griffith
Feat. Jimmy McNichol, Janet Julian, Walter Barnes; Not in any way related to SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, this cheapie from Roger Corman factory is enjoyable on its own terms. Charting the rivalry between a…
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981): Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Ben Gazzara; A whiskey–swilling, anarchist poet (Ben Gazzara) searches in vain for redemptive power and inspiration through his self–destructive…
Tarzan the Ape Man (1981): Dir. John Derek
Feat. Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keefe; Famously atrocious 1980s retelling of the Tarzan story, with the lone distinction of featuring a semi–clothed Bo Derek. Playing the apeman,…
They Call Her...Cleopatra Wong (1981): Dir. Bobby A. Suarez
Feat. Marrie Lee; Singapore's top policewoman, the deadly Miss Cleopatra Wong, teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit operation in this…
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981): Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Sergio Corbucci; On a small pacific island, Alan and Charlie try to find a war treasure left behind by the Japanese army in World War II.
Altered States (1980): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. William Hurt, Blair Brown; William Hurt plays a scientist with a penchant for mind exploration in his starring debut. Russell's overly talky but fascinating film has found a…
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1980): Dir. John De Bello
Feat. Jack Riley; Wanna–B–movie, that has the requisite half an idea, but fails to take itself as seriously as the true gems in this genre.
Bad Timing (1980): Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Art Garfunkel, Harvey Keitel, Nicolas Roeg…; After his wife attempts suicide, a guilt–ridden Art Garfunkel engages in a tense battle of wits with investigator Harvey Keitel. Nic Roeg goes…
Being There (1980): Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Peter Sellers; A middle–aged gardner, reared in solitude and exclusively educated through his television, is mistaken for a political genius. Profound and…
Breaking Glass (1980): Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Hazel O'Connor, Phil Daniels, Jon Finch…; Grievously under–rated and singular rock music drama from the post–punk era offers more than just nostalgic interest, with an impassioned…
Can't Stop the Music (1980): Dir. Nancy Walker
Feat. Steve Guttenberg; Attempt to revive the musical in disco garb comes off somewhat flat, but worth seeing for some eccentric details – The Village People acting…
Elephant Man, The (1980): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt; The heart–wrenching true story of a grossly deformed pauper, dramatised to perfection by director David Lynch. A compassionate doctor rescues…
Falls, The (1980): Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray; One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980): Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. Malcolm McLaren, John Lydon, Sid Vicious…; Quintessential punk movie off–handedly documents the Sex Pistols phenomenon under the auspice of self–styled rock guru Malcolm McLaren.…
Kremmen - The Movie (1980): Animated sci–fi comedy with Kenny Everett voicing the egotistical superhero.
McVicar (1980): Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell…; Based on the true story of infamous UK criminal John McVicar, this gritty thriller stars Daltrey as the bad boy sent to a maximum security prison…
Ninth Configuration, The (Twinkle, Twinkle, ) (1980): Dir. William Peter Blatty
Feat. Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller…; Psychological thriller set in the 70's written, produced and directed by William Peter Blatty (THE EXORCIST). Having returned from Vietnam, a marine…
Out of the Blue (1980): Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Sharon Farrell…; Dennis Hopper transposes the themes from his EASY RIDER into a punk aesthetic in this downbeat yet compelling dissertation on teenage rebellion and…
Rude Boy (1980): Dir. Hazan, Mingay
Feat. Jimmy Pursey, Johnny Green; Semi–doco in which a teenage punk is forced to choose political allegiances while scamming a roadie job with the Clash. Features nine Clash…
Scum (1980): Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Ray Winstone, Phil Daniels; Life in a British borstal painted in unflinchingly realistic hues. Clark's deeply affecting indictment of the penal system plays out barbaric rituals…
Shining, The (1980): Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall; Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…
Stir (1980): Dir. Stephen Wallace
Feat. Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller…; Grimily authentic prison drama (an Australian specialty) charts the brutality of the NSW penal system in the 1970s and the eventual consequence: mass…
Stunt Man, The (1980): Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey; A fugitive stumbles upon a movie set, where he is embraced and hired as a stuntman by the fervant director. A bizarre,…
Union City (1980): Dir. Mark Reichart
Feat. Debbie Harry, Dennis Lipscomb; Underrated low–budget film noir starkly depicts urban neurosis in a seedy apartment. Grungy lead performances from Debbie Harry and Dennis…
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980): Dir. Art Linson
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Boyle; In a piece of dream–casting, Bill Murray plays 'gonzo' journalist Hunter S Thompson, with Peter Boyle as his lawyer sidekick having a series of…
Angel Mine (1979): Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot; A punk, Bunuel–esque social satire in which a married couple escape their material lives through anarchic fantasies, staged as dream–like…
Baby Snakes - Frank Zappa (1979): Dir. Frank Zappa
Feat. Frank Zappa; A massively extended concert film from iconoclastic musician Zappa, that is interspersed with the extraordinary claymations of Bruce Bickford. Even…
Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (1979): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Kitten Natividad; Russ Meyer plunges deep into absurd self–parody for his last completed feature – a raunchy sex–farce about a small town couple who…
Bitch, The (1979): Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Joan Collins, Antonio Cantafora, Kenneth Haigh…; Joan Collins returns in trashy sequel to THE STUD.
Blank Generation (1979): Feat. Carole Bouquet, Andy Warhol, Richard Hell; Carole Bouquet, Andy Warhol and Richard Hell covort in New York in this episodic, authentic timepiece from the punk era.
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979): Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet…; When his lost switchblade turns up as a murder weapon, petty crim Gerard Depardieu goes on the lam in a nightmarish Paris, several disreputable…
Caligula (1979): Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud…; Penthouse magnate Bob Guccione's notorious 'legitimate' porno–drama stars Malcolm MacDowell as the ruthless and randy Roman Emperor. This…
Cat and the Canary, The (1979): Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox…; The classic spooky–house mystery by John Willard is here adapted for the fifth time. The relatives a recently–deceased man gather to hear…
Dawn of the Dead (Zombies, Dawn of the Dead) (1979): Dir. George Romero
Feat. David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger; One of the most effectively violent films ever produced, this classic gorefest has the walking dead run amok in a shopping mall. The comic–book…
Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979): Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Dudley Moore, Peter Cook; After a decade apart Dudley Moore and Peter Cook entered a Virgin recording studio for a drunken banter session, creating a much–bootlegged…
Driller Killer (1979): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Abel Ferrara; Somewhat notorious as a 'video nasty' of the 80s video boom, this debut from bad boy auteur Abel Ferrara was perhaps misunderstood (like The Texas…
Flash Gordon: The Animated Series (1979): Wonderfully retro Saturday morning animated series sees Flash Gordon crashland on Planet Mongo, ruled by the evil dictator Ming the Merciless, and…
G.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979): Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Jun Eto; A squadron of Japanese soldiers, together with their weaponry, helicopter and gunboat, are accidentally caught in a 'time slip' and transported back…
Hair (1979): Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. John Savage, Treat Williams; Belated screen version of the popular stage musical celebrating the era of free love and drugs. The laughably dated philosophy is redeemed by those…
I'm For the Hippopotamus (1979): Dir. Italo Zingarelli
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Joe Bugner; Spencer and Hill take umbrage with a German tyrant, selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian Zoo's! Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson…
J-Men Forever (1979): Dir. Richard Patterson
Feat. Peter Bergman, Phil Proctor; An ‘appropriated’ cult classic in the comic tradition of WHAT’S UP, TIGER LILY?, that cleverly splices together countless scenes from old…
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979): Dir. Michael O'Donoghue
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher…; Notorious spoof of the Italian schockumentaries is the brain child of Saturday Night Live's oddball genius Michael O'Donoghue. Originally…
Over the Edge (1979): Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Matt Dillon, Harry Northrup; One of the best portraits of delinquency yet committed to the screen, Matt Dillon, in his acting debut, is just one of the aimless youths who erupt…
Plumber, The (1979): Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Judy Morris, Ivor Kants; An obscure, one–of–a–kind telemovie from Peter Weir concerning a middle–class couple whose apartment is besieged by an…
Quadrophenia (1979): Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Phil Daniels, Michael Elphick, Ray Winstone…; Brilliant portrait of alienated youth, inspired by The Who's concept album, focuses on a young Mod's personal crises and his gang's violent agenda…
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979 - 2003 (1979-2003): Dir. The Brothers Quay; Since the late 1970s, the identical twin Quay Brothers have made a unique contribution to animation in general, and the puppet film in particular.…
Radio On (1979): Dir. Christopher Petit
Feat. David Beames; Rambling, meditative car–trip through a lonely B&W England as David Beames travels from London to attend his brother's funeral in Bristol. A…
Real Andy Kaufman, The (1979): Feat. Andy Kaufman; Rare footage of a live performance and backstage interview from manic–surrealist comic Andy Kaufman, later memorialised in MAN ON THE…
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979): Dir. Alan Arkush
Feat. P.J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard…; Pop–crazy student and 'Ramones' no. 1 fan, Riff Randell (PJ Soles) fights for her right to party against dragonlady principal Togar (Mary…
Sapphire and Steel (TV Series) (1979- 1982): Dir. Shaun O'Riordan
Feat. Joanna Lumley, David McCallum; A pre–AB FAB Joanna Lumley and a post–INVISIBLE MAN David McCallum cavort around in eerie abodes repairing 'tears in time'. High concept,…
Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979): Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…
Stone (1979): Dir. Sandy Harbutt
Feat. Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt; Hailed as one of the great bikie movies, but with a few unintentional laughs along the way as renegade cop Stone (a John Farnham look and…
Tempest, The (1979): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Toyah Wilcox, Peter Bull, Richard Warwick; One of dir. Jarman's early triumphs, reimagines Shakespeare's final play as a blend of Edwardian drama, cabaret carnival and punk jamboree, all…
Visitor, The (Stridulum) (1979): Dir. Giulio Paradisi
Feat. Joanne Nail, Lance Henriksen, Paige Conner…; A young girl cursed with an inhuman, malevolent power is central to a cosmic battle between forces of good and evil in this ambitious and at times…
Wanderers, The (1979): Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Linda Manz; Bittersweet throw back to life in a Bronx high school in 1963, focused on Italian gang 'The Wanderers', who fumble their way through romance and…
Warriors, The (1979): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Michael Beck, James Remar; NY street–gang Warriors, stranded far from their home–turf, must risk crossing the territory of a dozen other hostile gangs. Sleek yet…
36th Chamber of Shaolin, The (Master Killer) (1978): Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Chia Hui Liu; Thirsty for revenge, Gordon Liu (of KILL BILL) joins the Shaolin Temple to equip himself with the necessary kung fu skills in the definitive Shaw…
Aardman Classics (1978-1999): Dir. Peter Lord, Peter Peake, Sam Fell; A collection of 24 classic short films from British model animators Aardman, dating from their earliest years. Included are the following works,…
Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: Disruption (1978-1989): Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Gary Oldman, David Bowie, Sean Chapman; A 5–DVD box set bringing together long–unavailable productions which Alan Clarke directed for the BBC between 1978 and 1987. All these…
Big Wednesday (1978): Dir. John Milius
Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Gary Busey, William Katt; Resonant, underrated youth movie about three red–blooded American boys who catch waves in mid–60s California but face the winds of change…
Bye Bye Monkey (Ciao maschio) (1978): Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, Geraldine Fitzgerald; Gerard Depardieu adopts a baby monkey, engages in lewd sexual acts, and is raped by a militant feminist theatrical troupe in this crackpot futurist…
Circle Of Iron (The Silent Flute) (1978): Dir. Richard Moore
Feat. David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall; Bizarre 80s fantasy tells the story of a young fighter who seeks a spiritual identity through martial arts, and goes on a quest to find the legendary…
Driver, The (1978): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani…; Memorable exercise in action stylistics from dir. Hill (THE WARRIORS), which opposes specialist getaway driver Ryan O’Neal with maniacal cop Bruce…
Fingers (1978): Dir. James Toback
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown…; Harvey Keitel conjures up the required intensity for this portrait of a frustrated concert pianist with a violent temper. The nerve–shredding…
FM (1978): Dir. John A Alonzo
Feat. Michael Brandon; No static at all, and no commercials either (well, not too many) if the liberal, music–dedicated broadcasters get their way over the interests…
I Spit On Your Grave (Day of the Woman, aka I Hate Your Guts) (1978): Dir. Meir Zarchi
Feat. Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace…; Legendary 1970s video nasty in which a feminist writer (Keaton) holidaying in the countryside is menaced and repeatedly raped by four locals, whom…
Incredible Hulk, The (TV Series) (1978- 1982): Dir. Kenneth Johnson
Feat. Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno; Tacky but classic TV history, scientist Bill Bixby being exposed to a massive dose of gamma rays and afterwards, whenever he gets in a bad mood,…
Inglorious Bastards (Quel maledetto treno blindato) (1978): Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Ian Bannen; Enjoyably sleazy cult war film following a group of shamed American soldiers who manage to escape their captives en route to military prison, only to…
Jubilee (1978): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Toyah Wilcox, Adam Ant; Jarman's uncompromising stamp is all over this cult curio which, steeped in the punk ethos, aims at shaking up conventional complacency. A random…
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (Kiss In Attack Of The Phantom!) (1978): Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley…; Filmed at the height of KISS's popularity, this glorious piece of 70's rock 'n' roll camp pits the cosmic, cosmeticized crusaders against a…
Let Me Die a Woman (1978): Dir. Doris Wishman; You’ll need a strong stomach for trash queen Doris Wishman’s sensational bad taste documentary about men (and women) desperate to change their…
Monkey! (TV Series) (Volumes 7-13) (1978-1979): Feat. Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe…; Further episodes from the original dubbed 'run' of the cult TV Series. Vol 7: Vampire Master, Outrageous Coincidences, Pigsy King and God Vol 8:…
Monkey! (TV Series) (Volumes 1-6) (1978- 1979): Feat. Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe…; Colourful, supernatural adventures in feudal Japan with the invincible Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka! This Japanese tele show became a favourite…
Monkey! (TV Series) (Volumes 14-17) (1978-1979): Feat. Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe…; Further episodes from the cult TV Series. Supplementary to the original 'run' of the show, these episodes were recently dubbed by the original…
Patrick (1978): Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Robert Thompson, Sir Robert Helpmann, Susan Penhaligon; Shrill Aussie B–movie about a comatose hospital patient who utilizes his psychokinetic powers to inflict pain and death. Takes its time to…
Return to Fantasy Island (1978): Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize, Adrienne Barbeau…; Mysterious millionaire ‘Mr Roarke’ and his sidekick Tattoo play host (and God, or devil?) to various guests, who pay a fortune have their…
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978): Dir. Michael Schultz
Feat. The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Steve Martin…; A blushing musical turkey that contrives a potty narrative from Beatles’ songs interpreted by The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton, along with guest…
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978): Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Helmut Berger; A star–studded, big–budget entry in the Italian 'cannibal movie' cycle, with Andress and Keach off to the wilds of New Guinea and the…
Stud, The (1978): Dir. Quentin Masters
Feat. Joan Collins; Joan Collins stars in this appropriately ludicrous dramatisation of sister Jackie's trash novel about the rise and fall of a…
Thank God It's Friday (1978): Dir. Robert Klane
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Donna Summer; Disco Sucks! Essential 70's retro viewing in this one–night–on–the–town comedy. Appearances by the Commodores, Donna Summer…
Wise Blood (1978): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Brad Dourif; Brad Dourif plays the obsessed leader of the 'Church Without Christ' in this marvellous satire on contemporary evangelism in the American South. From…
Wiz, The (1978): Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor; Much maligned 'black musical' version of L. Frank Baum's classic fairytale (best known through the Judy Garland version). Here, New York City was…
Backroads (1977): Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Bill Hunter; This short road–movie was a moody debut for dir. Noyce, laying out the tale of two drifters (one black, one white) who steal a car for an…
Bad (Andy Warhol's Bad) (1977): Dir. Jed Johnson
Feat. Carroll Baker, Perry King, Susan Tyrrell; The last Andy Warhol production before his death is a pleasingly demented soap–opera directed by Jed Johnson, a man who originally worked…
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977): Dir. Tom Laughlin
Feat. Tom Laughlin, Pat O'Brien, Richard Gautier; Minor followup to the counter–culture hit BILLY JACK, utilises the same 'violent pacifist' hero in a bizarre, but solid update of Capra's MR…
Children of the Stones (TV Mini-Series) (1977): Dir. Peter Graham Scott
Feat. Gareth Thomas, Iain Cuthbertson; A spooky classic of British television, in which a scientist and his son move to the village of Milbury, only to be sucked into a quasi–pagan…
Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977): Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth; Askwith and Booth are back in this final tired entry of a the series. Fans will by now know what to expect. Those who don't would be advised to…
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1977): Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Windsor Davies; Third in the series has Askwith once again in the titular role. Expect jokes about stick shifts.
Count Dracula (TV Mini-series) (1977): Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon…; Faithful 70's adaptation of the classic horror novel by Bram Stoker, this critically–acclaimed BBC version utilises London's Highgate Cemetery…
Crime Busters (1977): Dir. Enzo Barboni
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, David Huddleston; An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
Damnation Alley (1977): Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda…; Post–apocalyptic thriller that follows a group of WWIII survivors at a military installation who drive across the desolate wasteland to find…
David Lynch Collection (1977-2007): Dir. David Lynch; An exceptional collection for fans of one of the greats of surreal cinema, David Lynch. This 5–disc set includes: 1. 'Eraserhead' (1977) 2.…
Desperate Living (1977): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Edith Massey; The third in John Waters' unholy trilogy again succeeds in his aim to simultaneously shock and incite hysterics. No Divine this time, but Liz Renay,…
Eraserhead (1977): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Jack Nance; The king of cult movies – David Lynch's brooding, abstract nightmare about domestic alienation has redefined the face of cinema weird. A…
Fantasm Comes Again (1977): Dir. Colin Eggleston
Feat. Uschi Digard, John Holmes, Mary Gavin…; More sexual fantasies lived out by a cast of 70s porn superstars, sees only a slight decline on its 'illustrious' predecessor. Here, it is letters to…
Fight For Your Life (1977): Dir. Robert A. Endelson
Feat. William Sanderson, Robert Judd; A racist hillbilly and two sadistic jail–breakers terrorize a black minister and his family, who eventually fight back and take bloody…
FJ Holden, The (1977): Dir. Michael Thornhill
Feat. Paul Couzens, Carl Stever, Sigrid Thornton; Low–budget youth drama that follows the travails of two smalltime Holden–driving hoons in the West Sydney suburb of Bankstown. Both…
Grand Theft Auto (1977): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Barry Cahill; Petrolhead debut in the directing seat for Ron Howard (who also stars) is a car–chase special involving a young runaway couple in the crunching…
Hardware Wars (1977): Dir. Ernie Fosselius; This rather dated, but well–remembered sci–fi spoof paved the way for countless Star Wars parodies and tributes.
High Rolling (High Rolling in a Hot Corvette) (1977): Dir. Igor Auzkins
Feat. Joseph Bottoms, Wendy Hughes, Grigor Taylor; Aussie buddy comedy about an American man who works at a carnival in Queensland who befriends a boxer, then embarks on a road trip to Surfers…
House (Hausu) (1977): Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi
Feat. Kimiko Ikegami; Words don't do justice to this one–of–a–kind Japanese horror romp about a gaggle of teen girls caught in a haunted house whose…
Journey Among Women (1977): Dir. Tom Cowan
Feat. June Pritchard, Martin Phelan; Ten female convicts, on the lam from an outback prison, set up utopian bush camp in this heady feminist treatise, where men are scum and women frolic…
Last House on Dead End Street (1977): Dir. Roger Michael Watkins
Feat. Roger Michael Watkins; Both notorious and obscure, this 1970s shocker concerns a drug–dealer who upon being released from jail enters the shady world of porno…
Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977): Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Maurizio Merli, John Steiner; One of the last belated gasps of the 'spaghetti western' genre, with the handsome Merli playing a bounty hunter whose special talent is with the…
Martin (1977): Dir. George Romero
Feat. John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest; Bizarre and original film about a young man who claims he is not a vampire, but has psycho–sexual penchants that would pale 'Nosferatu'.…
Opening Night (1977): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara; Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
Other Side of Midnight, The (1977): Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon…; Soapy Sidney Sheldon drama follows the exploits of a young French woman who vows revenge on a ne'er do well Canadian pilot for leaving her pregnant,…
Professionals, The (TV Series) (1977-1983): Dir. William Brayne
Feat. Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson; CI5 hard–men Bodie and Doyle shoot first and then ask no questions in their dirty (but necessary) line of work. A seminal TV Series of the…
Saturday Night Fever (1977): Dir. John Badham
Feat. John Travolta; John Travolta's instant star–quality invests this chronicle of the disco era with an infectious bravado. Great soundtrack, classic dance moves…
Summer City (1977): Dir. Christopher Fraser
Feat. Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, John Jarratt; The exploits of four boys who leave Sydney and head out for a weekend of surfing and adventure. Unfortunately the fun takes a serious turn when they…
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977): Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet; Masterpiece of loopy morals, terrorist attacks and chastity belts that turns that age old loves–me–loves–me–not story once…
Wizards (1977): Dir. Ralph Bakshi; A counter–culture animated fantasy, set in a supernatural future populated by elves, fairies and derelict technology. Centred around two…
Allegro Non Troppo (1976): Dir. Bruno Bozzetto; This pastiche of Disney's FANTASIA holds its own with a variety of animators having a ball with the freedom to interpret some popular classical…
Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (1976-1978): Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Lee Majors; The respectable female spinoff to THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, has Wagner play the tennis pro fiance of 'Steve Austin' who after a skydiving accident…
Black Shampoo (1976): Dir. Greydon Clark
Feat. John Daniels, Tanya Boyd; A blaxploitation jive on the Warren Beatty starrer SHAMPOO, with be–afroed John Daniels as macho–man "Mr. Jonathan", the hottest…
Bold, the Brave and the Best, The (1976-2004): Best of collection of 14 hard case and thought provoking acclaimed Aussie animation shorts ranging from animal antics to social commentary on…
Brute, The (1976): Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Sarah Douglas, Julian Glover, Bruce Robinson; A strange combination of social realism and luridity turns this tale of a battered wife into a strange horror film indeed.
Cannonball (1976): Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. David Carradine, Paul Bartel; A kind of contemporary sequel to DEATH RACE 2000, David Carradine and Paul Bartel reteam for this self–consciously tacky road movie. Carradine…
Eliza Fraser (The Rollicking Adventures of Eliza Fraser) (1976): Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Susannah York, Trevor Howard, Noel Ferrier…; Bawdy historical epic from the pen of David Williamson has York shipwrecked in 1830's Australia and forced to live with the local indigenous people.
End Play (1976): Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. John Waters, Ken Goodlet, George Mallaby; Aussie thriller adapting the1972 novel of the same name by Russell Braddon. A merchant sailor and his wheelchair bound brother attract the suspicions…
Fantasm (1976): Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. John Holmes, Uschi Digard, Mary Gavin; Australian sex–spoof has a 'renowned sexologist' guide the audience through the ten most common female fantasies. Some of the best known…
Feathered Serpent, The (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Patrick Troughton, Brian Deacon; Former Dr. Who Patrick Troughton headlines this British obscurity – a 'pagan gothic' fantasy series of murder, intrigue and political…
God Told Me To (Demon) (1976): Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis…; This notable yet little known 70s horror is typical of cult director Larry Cohen’s better work (Q, IT’S ALIVE) – tightly written, atmospheric…
Grey Gardens (1976): Dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde; An intimate portrait of acute eccentricity, this offers a ‘home movie’–style insight into the lives of colourful high–society…
Gumball Rally (1976): Dir. Charles Bail
Feat. Michael Sarrazin, Gary Busey, Raul Julia; Dir. by stunt specialist Bail, this car race indulgence depicts an illegal jaunt across America with hotrods, motorbikes, sports cars and grand prix…
Helter Skelter (1976): Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Steve Railsback, George DiCenzo; Frightening television dramatisation of the Manson Family murders in Los Angeles, that in Steve Railsback (THE STUNTMAN) finds an actor capable of…
J.D.'s Revenge (1976): Dir. Arthur Marks
Feat. Glynn Turman, Louis Jr. Gossett; Enjoyable, atmospheric blaxploitation pic about a student who finds his body inhabited with the vengeful soul of a long dead street hustler.
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The (1976): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Ben Gazzara; Cassavetes' most personal film concerns a strip–club owner (Ben Gazzara) who becomes indebted to the mob. An acquired taste for this one as…
Lipstick (1976): Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Perry King…; A trashy yet compulsive thriller in which a gorgeous fashion model (Margaux Hemingway) is raped by a seemingly benign admirer, who dabbles in bizarre…
Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane, The (1976): Dir. Nicolas Gessner
Feat. Martin Sheen, Jodie Foster, Alexis Smith; A precocious Jodie Foster, 13–years–old and home alone, attempts to ward off nosy neighbours and a perverted Martin Sheen in this…
Mad Dog Morgan (1976): Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Dennis Hopper, David Gulpilil, Jack Thompson…; Graphic, mostly entertaining account of the exploits of bushranger Daniel Morgan, who terrorised the Australian goldfields in the 19th…
Massacre at Central High (1976): Dir. Renee Daalder
Feat. Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine; An estranged new student uses his homicidal tendencies for the public good, by eliminating trouble–makers in imaginative ways. The superior…
Mikey and Nicky (1976): Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty…; Loosely improvised drama, with a wild–eyed John Cassavetes calling on old pal Peter Falk to help escape the Mob. Turns out he may not be such a…
Monster Squad (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Fred Grandy; Short–lived kids show has wax museum figures Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein come to life to help young mortal Fred Grandy (Gopher from THE…
New Avengers, The (TV Series) (1976-1977): Dir. James Hill
Feat. Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt; The 1970s revision of the 60s show is simultaneously grittier and sillier than the original. Patrick Macnee returns, but Joanna Lumley and Gareth…
Oz (A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie) (1976): Dir. Chris Lofven; A boozy, inspiringly moronic Australian version of 'The Wizard of Oz', in which a young groupie accidentally knocks her head and wakes up on the road…
Queen Kong (1976): Dir. Frank Agrama
Feat. Robin Askwith; One of several knock–offs timed to coincide with the 1976 remake of KING KONG, this lamentable spoof imagines a gender reversal on the 'Kong'…
Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, The (1976): Dir. Lewis John Carlino
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Sarah Miles; A sadistic young boy with an unusually strong attachment to his mother greatly resents her new suitor. Intriguing adaptation of Yukio Mishima novel…
Salon Kitty (1976): Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin; It's spies in the house of love – lavishly art–decoed bordellos of Nazi Germany, though this mild strain of SS sexploitation film plays…
Signalman, The (1976): Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Denholm Elliott; Smallscale but nicely crafted adaptation of Charles Dickens' ghost story 'The Signalman'. Concerning the spectral experiences of a signalman…
Snuff (1976): Dir. Michael Findlay, Roberta Findlay
Feat. Ana Carro, Roberta Findlay; 'Notorious' thriller set amid a world of South American drug–smuggling sleazebags, which supposedly climaxes with an actual filmed murder.…
Sweeney, The (TV Series) (1976): Dir. David Wickes, Tom Clegg
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman; Before THE PROFESSIONALS and MINDER came the ground–breaking Brit cop show starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. A highly influential action…
Tenant, The (1976): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Shelley Winters; Polanski himself plays an introverted office clerk who undergos a psycho–sexual mutation while residing in a seedy high–rise apartment.…
Beast, The (La Bete) (1975): Dir. Walerian Borowczyk
Feat. Lucy Broadhurst; This unsexy, frequently hilarious art–porn parable from the easily aroused dir. of IMMORAL TALES consists of a hairy sasquatch in heat chasing…
Black Moon (1975): Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Joe Dallesandro; A vastly ambitious and haunting fantasy excursion for dir. Malle proffers an allegorical future world in which civil war rages between the sexes,…
Boy and His Dog, A (1975): Dir. L.Q. Jones
Feat. Don Johnson; Intriguingly subversive film about a youth and his telepathic canine friend who scour the post–holocaust landscape in search of civilisation.…
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975): Dir. Chuck Bail
Feat. Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens; Buxom blaxploitation flick. The 6'2 Tamara Dobson is Cleopatra Jones, a karate–chopping government agent sent to Hong Kong to bring her special…
Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975): Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Linda Hayden; Risque British farce about the meteoric rise and fall of a band called Kipper. Being part of the "confessions" series the band's downfall will no…
Death Race 2000 (1975): Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone; Hilarious black comedy from the director of EATING RAOUL, about a road race across the States where one can gain points from killing pedestrians…
Devil Times Five (1975): Dir. Sean MacGregor
Feat. Leif Garrett; Chillingly effective 70s horror about a stranded group of children (yes five of them) with a collective penchant for adult–icide. While it…
Dolemite (1975): Dir. D'Urville Martin
Feat. Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin; Blaxploitation classic is a showcase for cult hero Rudy Ray Moore, whose talents include spouting long–winded rhyming fables, and stretching…
Friday Foster (1975): Dir. Arthur Marks
Feat. Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge…; Pam Grier plays a fashion photographer leading a double–life as an vigilante, here going up against a racist terror group. The charisma of…
Guernica Tree, The (1975): Dir. Fernando Arrabal; Final part in dir. Arrabal's cinematic trilogy (see VIVA LA MUERTE and I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE) is set amidst the carnage of the Spanish Civil…
Gunston Tapes, The (1975): Feat. Garry McDonald; A compilation of clips from the original 1970s 'Norman Gunston Show', when the pale combed–over interviewer lured fresh celebrities from around…
Johnny Firecloud / Bummer! (1975-1973): Dir. William Allen Castleman
Feat. Ralph Meeker, Victor Mohica; A double–bill of "roughies" (combining sex and violence) from shameless exploitation producer, David F. Friedman. Native American JOHNNY…
Lisztomania (1975): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Roger Daltrey, Ringo Starr, Fiona Lewis; Ken Russell's erotic send–up of the bawdy life of virtuoso composer Franz Liszt – whose piano performances were attended by hordes of…
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975): Dir. Yu Wang
Feat. Yu Wang; Legendary martial arts anomaly cited by Quentin Tarantino as his favourite kung fu film, this stars (and is directed by) Jimmy Yu Wang as a…
Overlord (1975): Dir. Stuart Cooper
Feat. Brian Stirner; Remarkable one–off that seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this accounts a twenty–year–old’s…
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975): Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick…; The Godfather of cult movies – a highly original, kinky horror/spoof musical that still maintains a curious brilliance. Written by and starring…
Salo (1975): Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Paolo Bonacelli, Giogio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle…; More extreme in content than anything else in our library, an embittered Pasolini spares the viewer nothing in his faithful adaptation of The Marquis…
Sheba, Baby (1975): Dir. William Girdler
Feat. Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, Rudy Challenger; Blaxploitation action film with Pam Grier playing a Chicago private detective who returns to her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to fight the…
Street Fighter's Last Revenge, The (Gyakushû! Satsujin ken) (1975): Dir. Teruo Ishii
Feat. Sonny Chiba; Second sequel to THE STREET FIGHTER featuring Sonny Chiba, one of Japan’s great action stars of the 70s. Sporting zero grace, a certain street…
Supervixens (1975): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Charles Napier, Haji; At the more cynical end of the Russ Meyer spectrum (and career), the legendary smut–peddler abandons the playfulness that marked his sixties…
Switchblade Sisters (1975): Dir. Jack Hill
Feat. Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail; Packing leather, knives and proto–feminist wiles, the innocent–looking Sisters run the local drug and prostitution rackets with the…
Take a Hard Ride (1975): Dir. Anthony M. Dawson
Feat. Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson…; Fun western cheapie with Jim Brown heading to Sonora to deliver a payroll....Lee Van Cleef has other ideas.
Tommy (1975): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton…; The Who's ground–breaking rock opera about the deaf, dumb and blind kid who plays a mean pin–ball. It's a bad taste extravaganza that…
True Story of Eskimo Nell, The (1975): Dir. Richard Franklin; One of the 'best' (though tamest) of the Australian sexploitation genre which enjoyed brief favour in the 1970s, spins a story around the mythic…
Velvet Smooth (1975): Dir. Michael Fink
Feat. Johnnie Hill; Minor blaxploitation starlet Johnnie Hill gets to strut her stuff as a "fighting whirlwind" in this cheesey 70s effort.
Black Samson (1974): Dir. Charles Bail
Feat. Rockne Tarkington; Yo better not f*** with Samson! The soft–spoken Rockne Tarkington wields a six–foot Japanese Kendo stick to defend his nightclub and…
Caged Heat (1974): Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Jonathan Demme, Barbara Steele, Erica Gavin; The definitve women–in–prison movie – directed with economy, flair and atypical integrity (for the genre) by a fledgling Jonathan…
Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974): Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Terry Camilleri, John Meillon; This no–budget wonder marked the auspicious debut of Peter Weir. It's a delirious black comedy in which an outback community ambush passing…
Case of the Smiling Stiffs, The (1974): Dir. Sean S. Cunningham; Amusing exploitation vampire flick in which a hungry vampress sates her appetite in a uniquely memorable fashion.
Cockfighter, The (1974): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Patricia Pearcy…; A typically raw–boned performance by Warren Oates centres this cult gem of 1970s American cinema, playing a cockfighting specialist who refuses…
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974): Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Robin Askwith, Linda Hayden, Joan Hickson…; First in the series of bawdy "true life" tales is generally regarded as the strongest with Askwith as the naughty windowcleaner with voyeuristic…
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974): Dir. John Hough
Feat. Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke…; Countercultural couple Mary and Larry commandeer a muscle car, a mechanic, and a whole lotta highway in this hard and fast rev–up of the chase…
Double Agent 73 (1974): Dir. Doris Wishman
Feat. Chesty Morgan; Outrageous detective spoof custom–built for its stars, Chesty Morgan and her 73" upper torso. The genius here is that Chesty works undercover…
Emmanuelle (1974): Dir. Just Jaeckin
Feat. Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny, Marika Green…; Landmark 'erotic' film with Sylvia Kristel on a journey of sexual awakening in Thailand. Plenty of soft focus oohing and aahing shot in an 'arty' and…
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974): Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira; The title refers to the only case of a man who was 'born' as an adult. He has lived in a dark cellar all his life and has never seen another human…
Female Trouble (1974): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey; Waters' funniest trash–a–thon with Divine following up her unforgettable turn in Pink Flamingos as loathsome loser Dawn Davenport –…
Foxy Brown (1974): Dir. Jack Hill
Feat. Pam Grier, Peter Brown, Terry Carter…; Badass Pam Grier vehicle from director Jack Hill, the "Howard Hawks of exploitation filmmaking" according to Tarantino. When mobsters murder her…
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974): Dir. H.B. Halicki
Feat. H.B. Halicki; Cult action–classic rides shotgun with car–converter Maindrain Pace (dir. Halicki) as he attempts to steal 48 high–performance…
Holy Mountain, The (1974): Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Feat. Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders; Jodorowsky's determinedly surrealist vision of mystical enlightenment about a man (the mad Mexican himself) who journeys mountain–ward to…
House of Whipcord (1974): Dir. Pete Walker
Feat. Anne Michelle, Sheila Keith; A pick–up at a groovy London party leads to a stint in purgatory for 'permissive' Bardot–lookalike Anne Michelle, thrown into the…
Immoral Tales (1974): Dir. Walerian Borowczyk
Feat. Charlotte Alexandra, Florence Bellamy, Lorenzo Beriniz; Four 'historical' chapters make up this softcore but nonetheless controversial portmenteau film. Contains such spectacular low–lights as…
Klansman, The (1974): Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Marvin, Cameron Mitchell…; Samuel Fuller co–wrote this trashy Southern potboiler, graced with the acting chops of Richard Burton and Lee Marvin as landowner and sheriff…
Land of the Lost (TV Series) (1974): Feat. Wesley Eure, Philip Paley, Kathy Coleman; Oddly camp Saturday morning TV show following forest ranger Rick Marshall and his two children who inadvertently opened a rift in time, and now must…
Lone Wolf & Cub 6: White Heaven in Hell (1974): Dir. Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi…; The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro. Lone wolf and Cub return for their final battle…
Macon County Line (1974): Dir. Richard Compton
Feat. Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters…; An under–rated, gritty kids vs. rednecks thriller in the EASY RIDER tradition about three youngsters pursued on Georgian byways for a gruesome…
Mahler (1974): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Robert Powell, Lee Montague, Georgina Hale…; Ken Russell's biopic on the life of the Jewish composer. As one critic observed – 'Whether the title of the opus is Mahler, Strauss or Elgar,…
Night Porter, The (1974): Dir. Liliana Cavani
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling; Bizarre yet sensual melodrama about an ex–gestapo officer who resumes a sado–masochistic affair with his Jewish former–prisoner.…
Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, The (1974): Dir. Robert Taylor; Lively animated sequel to the Bakshi original, originally taken from Robert Crumb’s counter–cultural comic–hero. Having graduated…
Phantom of Liberty, The (1974): Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti; The great surrealist's penultimate film uses a Chinese–box structure to weave a dream–like tableau of set pieces that waver from to the…
Phantom of the Paradise (1974): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper…; A genuine oddity, this musical/horror spans both dir. De Palma’s satirical and horror periods, with the story of the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA updated…
Phase IV (Phase 4) (1974): Strange structures are appearing in the desert. Scientists are shocked to find that they are the work of super intelligent ants with sinister motives.
Rancho Deluxe (1974): Dir. Frank Perry
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Harry Dean Stanton; An admired oddball comedy with a young Jeff Bridges as one of a pair of drifters whose disdain for the establishment leads them to trouble with an…
Shocking Asia Vol.1 & 2 (1974-1985): Dir. Rolf Olsen; One of the original ‘video nasties’, this mondo–style reportage on extreme social practices on the Asian continent includes cremations in…
Space 1999 (TV Series) (1974- 1978): Dir. David Tomblin
Feat. Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse…; A live–action creation from puppet–master Gerry Anderson about a crew of scientists stationed on "Moonbase Alpha". With sterling…
Steppenwolf (1974): Feat. Max von Sydow, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clementi; A strange yet spiritually faithful adaptation of Hermann Hesse's novel about a solitary intellectual in 1920's Germany who is a half–human,…
Street Fighter, The (1974): Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
Feat. Sonny Chiba; Career–making martial arts outing for Japanese icon Sonny Chiba, mugging his heart out as a brutal enforcer who turns the tables on his…
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1974): Dir. John Coney; Mind–straining curiosity has freaky jazz bandleader Sun Ra and his "Intergalactic Solar Arkestra" landing on Earth in a yellow spaceship and…
Truck Turner (1974): Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks…; Neo–noir blaxploitation with soul singer Isaac Hayes playing a professional football player who suffers an injury and turns to bounty hunting…
Watch Out We're Mad! (Double Trouble) (1974): Dir. Marcello Fondato
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Donald Pleasence; 'Spaghetti' comedy duo Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill return in one of their most popular films without chaps and spurs. In this one, they star as…
Zardoz (1974): Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling; Sean Connery stars in this enigmatic, garish space odyssey about a group of eternally young intellectuals in the year 2293. The bizarre visual…
Zodiac (TV Series) (1974): Feat. Anton Rodgers, Anouska Hempel; A skeptical detective opens his mind to the unorthodox when he teams up with a young astrologer in this eccentric, short–lived crime series.
Alvin Purple / Alvin Rides Again (1973): Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Graeme Blundell; The first of a wave of Australian sex–comedies that proved exceptionally popular in 70s Oz. Here Bludell plays an ordinary Ocker who has a "way…
Arena, The (Naked Warriors) (1973): Dir. Steve Carver
Feat. Pam Grier; Unusual B–movie, even by Roger Corman standards, this has Pam Grier and various buxom cohorts fight in all–women gladiatorial contests in…
Black Mama, White Mama (1973): Dir. Eddie Romero
Feat. Pam Grier, Margaret Markov; Pam Grier plays a prostitute who teams up with a white revolutionary after they bust out of jail together, with guerrillas, bounty hunters and the…
Callan - The Movie (1973): Dir. Voytek
Feat. Edward Woodward, Eric Porter, Peter Egan; Expanded from the first episode of the hit British TV Series, this feature film depicts secret agent Callan (Edward Woodard) at his wordly…
Candy Snatchers, The (1973): Dir. Guerdon Trueblood
Feat. Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza; An unheralded gem of the 70's exploitation 'golden age', this subversive yet taut and surprisingly controlled abduction thriller concerns the brutal…
Carnal Violence (Torso) (1973): Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Suzy Kendall, John Richardson; Effective 'giallo' from the obscure but prolific dir. Sergio Martino (whose filmography covers everything from spaghetti westerns to cannibal…
Cleopatra Jones (1973): Dir. Jack Starrett
Feat. Tamara Dobson, Shelley Winters; Beautiful black Amazon Tamara Dobson stars as 6–foot–2–inch CIA narcotics agent, Cleopatra, who deploys James Bond–style…
Deadly Weapons (1973): Dir. Doris Wishman
Feat. Chesty Morgan, Harry Reems; Chesty Morgan ("73–32–36!") first teamed–up with cult dir. Wishman for this interestingly cheap gangster flick. Morgan plays a…
Doll Squad, The (1973): Dir. Ted V. Mikels
Feat. Francine York, Tura Satana; Legendary crackpot polygamist Mikels moaned how they ripped this off to make 'Charlie's Angels'. A thing to be proud of? Leaden direction and acting…
Don Juan (or if Don Juan Were a Woman) (1973): Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere; Notable mainly as the last appearance from screen goddess Brigitte Bardot, this erotic drama sees the sex–kitten playing a lusty seductress who…
Electra Glide in Blue (1973): Dir. James William Guercia
Feat. Robert Burke; Patrolling the Arizona desert highways, a naïve, lonely motorcycle cop (Robert Burke) makes up in idealism what he lacks in height, and dreams of…
Fantastic Planet (1973): Dir. Rene Laloux; Cannes award–winning, delightfully animated film concerning the class struggle and eventual war between two alien races. Videotape edition…
Female Yakuza Tale (Yasagure anego den: sôkatsu rinchi) (1973): Dir. Teruo Ishii
Feat. Reiko Ike; A scorned Reiko Ike returns in this remarkably trashier sequel to SEX AND FURY, ready to unleash another roaring rampage of revenge on sadistic…
Firehouse (1973): Dir. Alex March
Feat. Richard Roundtree, Michael Lerner, Val Avery; Tensions arise amongst a team of firefighters when the new recruit (Richard Roundtree, SHAFT) is the first black man on their team, in this 70's take…
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier; Fleshy and bloody companion piece to BLOOD FOR DRACULA. Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro and others Warhol troupsters re–animate the well–worn…
Godspell (1973): Dir. David Greene; Musical version of the Gospel of St Matthew, which unlike Andrew Lloyd Webber's version, takes place in the modern world of New York City. With a…
Grande Bouffe, La (1973): Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli…; A wonderful bare–faced satire that indulges its social metaphor through a dinner party of four rich, bored middle–aged men who decide to…
Hell Up in Harlem (1973): Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Julius Harris…; Appropriately violent but inventive sequel to 'Black Caesar' shot amid the bustle of NYC.
I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse (J'irai comme un cheval fou) (1973): Dir. Fernando Arrabal
Feat. Emmanuelle Riva, George Shannon; With VIVA LA MUERTE, this represents the peak of the cinematic surrealism of dir. Arrabal, threading another quasi–medieval fable with liberal…
Lone Wolf & Cub 5: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973): Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Michiyo Ookusu…; The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro. In this 5th instalment, Itto must battle 5 samurai to…
O Lucky Man (1973): Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts…; Often surreal account of a young coffee salesman's unconventional rise to power. Malcolm McDowell is in fine form in this unusual yet satisfying…
Revolver (Blood in the Streets) (1973): Dir. Sergio Sollima
Feat. Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi; Equal turns punchy and preposterous, this 'spaghetti crime thriller' involves a prison warden (Reed) who is drawn into an intricate web of deceit…
Score (1973): Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Claire Wilbur, Calvin Culver, Lynn Lowry…; This seductively entertaining sexploitation flick from softcore stylist Radley Metzger is one of the best of its type, before the industry…
Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973): Dir. Bob Kelljan
Feat. William Marshall, Pam Grier; William Marshall re–capes for this sequel to BLACULA in which he resumes hi–camp havoc on an LA ghetto.
Sex and Fury (Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô) (1973): Dir. Norifumi Suzuki
Feat. Reiko Ike; Japanese exploitation cinema proves itself unrivaled with this slice of 70s celluloid anarchy, trailing a mostly nude Reiko Ike as she slashes and…
Six Million Dollar Man, The (TV Series) (1973-1978): Feat. Lee Majors; As the quintessential TV action figure of 70s, Steve Austin, Lee Majors was the coolest guy on the planet. The show ran for eight years until…
Sssssss (1973): Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Feat. Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies; Despite the campy name, this is a surprisingly slow–burning, creepy throwback to 50's creature–features concerning a mad scientist who…
Themroc (1973): Dir. Claude Faraldo
Feat. Michel Piccoli; Satirical in a most primitive, bestial way, this astonishing fable sees frustrated factory–worker Michel Piccoli cease to speak one morning,…
Walking Tall (1973): Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman; A professional wrestler decides to become a sheriff after discovering his home town in Tennessee is beset by corruption, and sets about delivering a…
Wicker Man, The (1973): Dir. Robin Hardy
Feat. Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland…; Policeman Edward Woodward investigates the death of a child on a remote isle where he discovers a sinister pagan cult. An engrossing journey into the…
Adventurer, The (TV Series) (1972): Feat. Gene Barry, Catherine Schell, Barry Morse…; Cult favourite crime series sees Barry as a government agent posing as a Hollywood star as he travels the globe in search of danger and intrigue. At…
Baffled (1972): Dir. Philip Leacock
Feat. Leonard Nimoy, Susan Hampshire, Vera Miles…; Following a disturbing 'vision', racing–car driver Leonard Nimoy becomes engulfed in a supernatural vortex of baffling incidents, haunted…
Big Bird Cage, The (1972): Dir. Jack Hill
Feat. Pam Grier; Spoofish sequel to THE BIG DOLL HOUSE with Grier as an inmate who helps a brutalised newcomer in an escape attempt from their Philipino…
Blacula (1972): Dir. William Crain
Feat. William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas…; Dracula is alive, well, African–American and living below the ghettos of 70s Los Angeles. William Marshall has a funky time blood–lusting…
Body Beneath, The (Vampire's Thirst) (1972): Dir. Andy Milligan
Feat. Gavin Reed, Jackie Skarvellis; Grindhouse dir. Milligan creates his best effort and the English equivalent of PLAN 9 into the bargain with this endearingly inept horror. Set…
Bonnie's Kids (1972): Dir. Arthur Marks
Feat. Tiffany Bolling, Scott Brady, Alex Rocco…; Grindhouse thriller about a pair of sisters who murder their abusive step father and escape to Los Angeles, where they find themselves in trouble…
Ciao! Manhattan (Edie) (1972): Dir. Sam Green, David Weisman
Feat. Roger Vadim, Isabel Jewell, Viva; The notorious documentary portrait of Andy Warhol 'superstar' Edie Sedgwick, whose beguiling good looks and dissolute lifestyle came to symbolise the…
Crystal Voyager (1972): Dir. George Greenough; A psychedelic surf oddity which sees a lone narrator build a boat and cross the ocean to find that perfect wave. Hippie tomfoolery climaxes in a…
Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972): Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Alan Bates, Janet Suzman; Rewarding black comedy stars Alan Bates and Janet Suzman as a couple with an autistic child whom they consider mercy–killing. Bizarre yet…
Dealing (1972): Dir. Paul Williams
Feat. John Lithgow, Barbara Hershey, Charles Durning…; Entertaining hippy comedy about a law student who runs a pot scam on the side. A young John Lithgow and Barbara Hershey display cool flares. Written…
Death Line (Raw Meat) (1972): Dir. Gary Sherman
Feat. Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington; A cannibal zombie stalks the local stations of the London Underground picking off unlucky passengers for nourishment in this British 70's horror gem,…
Deep Throat (1972): Dir. Gerard Damiano
Feat. Linda Lovelace; Your opportunity to peruse the hardcore porno blueprint of the 70s, 'starring' Linda Lovelace. Ten minutes in, and you'll have the idea...
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972): Dir. Robert Fuest
Feat. Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing…; Vincent Price reprises the Phibes, and this time gets to go to Egypt.
Erotic Adventures of Zorro, The (1972): Dir. William Allen Castleman, Robert Freeman; Penned by the notorious 'exploitation baron' David F Friedman (BLOOD FEAST), this is a sleaze–ridden, yet ultimately light–hearted…
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (TV Series) (1972-1984): Feat. Bill Cosby; Great compilation of episodes from the long–running 70s cartoon series, based on Bill Cosby's own childhood. "Greatest Hits" Disc 1: Lying,…
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972): Dir. Shunya Ito
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Kayuko Shiraishi; A classic of Japanese 70s exploitation cinema, this charts the grim road to freedom for a gaggle of women escaped–convicts with a feverish…
Flesh Gordon (1972): Dir. Mike Light
Feat. Jason Williams, Cindy Hopkins, Joseph Hudgins…; Infamous sex parody is a pared–down hard–core production in which Flesh and friends attempt to dodge the influence of Emperor Wang and…
Fritz the Cat (1972): Dir. Ralph Bakshi; Robert Crumb's infamous cartoon feline indulges his foul–mouthed, oversexed adventures in this sordid Hollywood feature that the author…
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Astin, Tom Smothers, Allen Garfield…; Quirky Brian de Palma comedy about an exec who wants to become a tapdancing magician.
Ghost Story (TV Series) (Circle of Fear) (1972-1973): Feat. Sheila Larken , Meg Foster, Don Barry…; Horror anthology TV series presented by Sebastian Cabot, who also plays the owner of a mysterious hotel beset by creepy occurrences. Produced by…
Hammer (1972): Dir. Bruce D. Clark
Feat. Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee…; Blaxploitation film about a hotheaded dock worker who rises up the ranks as a boxer, but his manager has links with the mafia and soon his girlfriend…
Hanzo The Razor Trilogy (The Razor: Sword of Justice; Razor 2: The Snare; Razor 3: Who's Got the Gold?) (1972-1974): Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu; Mind–boggling samurai film series combines a 1970s taste for heroic bloodshed with a strongly Japanese sexploitation angle. Featuring the…
Harder They Come, The (1972): Dir. Perry Henzell
Feat. Jimmy Cliff, Carl Bradshaw; A classic that has found lasting significance as a music film, political film, and above all as a unique, authentic product of Jamaica. A young,…
Heat (1972): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro; A great trash drama, this is the most polished production of all the Warhol–esqe features, with a bravura performance from Sylvia Miles. It's…
Kung Fu (TV Series) (1972-1975): Feat. David Carradine, Jodie Foster, Jose Feliciano…; The memorable TV series starring David 'Grasshopper' Carradine as a Shaolin monk wandering the wild west, armed only with his martial–arts…
Legend of Boggy Creek, The (1972): Dir. Charles B. Pierce
Feat. Vern Stierman; Giggle inducing 'documentary' examines the mysterious happenings in lil' ol' Fouke Arkansas where some big ape creature has been stirrin' up folk…
Liza (Love To Eternity) (1972): Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corrine Marchand; Another fetish piece from dir. Ferreri (GRANDE BOUFFE & BYE BYE MONKEY) sees Liza (Deneuve) stranded on an island playing a 'dog' for Giorgio's…
Lone Wolf & Cub 1: Sword of Vengeance (1972): Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Fumio Watanabe…; The LONE WOLF AND CUB series chronicles the adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro, who sell their services to…
Lone Wolf & Cub 2: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972): Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo; The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro. In this second episode, Ogami battles a group of…
Lone Wolf & Cub 3: Baby Cart to Hades (1972): Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Go Kato…; The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro. Ogami volunteers to be tortured by the Yakuza gang…
Lone Wolf & Cub 4: Baby Cart In Peril (1972): Dir. Buichi Sato
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Michie Azuma…; The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro. In the fourth installment of the series, Itto is…
Protectors, The (TV Series) (1972-1973): Feat. Robert Vaughn, Ngaire Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt; A suave, jet–setting suspense series that was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's (THUNDERBIRDS) second foray into live–action, depicting the…
Rainbow (TV Series) (1972-1992): Cult kids show both educational and slightly surreal, and responsible for introducing generations to Bungle, George, Zippy and horrendously colored…
Ruling Class, The (1972): Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe; An eccentric comedy about English eccentricity, with schizophrenic aristocrat Peter O’Toole succeeding the Earlship of Gurney, and proceeding to…
Season of the Witch (Hungry Wives) (1972): Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jan White, Raymond Laine, Joedda McClain…; The third feature film from director George Romero is a self–described "feminist" horror following a neglected and dissatisfied housewife who…
Siddhartha (1972): Dir. Conrad Rooks
Feat. Shashi Kapoor; A young Brahmin Indian goes in search of knowledge, wisdom and spirituality in this gloriously shot version of Hermann Hesse’s cult novel. Set…
Slaughterhouse Five (1972): Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche; Though a conservative adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's time–tripping novel, this is still a significant entry to the genre, with a wide cult…
Superfly (1972): Dir. Gordon Parks Jnr.
Feat. Ron O'Neal; Ron O'Neal is a supercool drug pusher who wants to make one last score before getting' out, yo. Quintessential blaxploitation film laced with hot sex…
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972): Dir. Richard Compton
Feat. Joe Don Baker, Paul Koslo, Alan Vint…; Glum cult item with four Vietnam vets finding themselves persecuted upon their return home. Brash, unsubtle flick that will be chiefly on interest to…
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972): Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli…; Another brilliantly lurid psycho–sexual horror from Italian giallo master Sergio Martino (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH). Edwige Fenech…
200 Motels (1971): Dir. Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer
Feat. Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Frank Zappa…; This trippy, ad–hoc Zappa production purports to be about life on the road as a touring musician. In reality, it’s a series of psychedelic,…
Best of the Best of the Electric Company, The (1971-1977): Feat. Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno…; A generous selection of excerpts from the long–running 1970s children's TV show, which mixed up its educationalist intentions (especially…
Big Doll House, The (1971): Dir. Jack Hill
Feat. Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins…; This salacious yet good–natured women–in–prison picture set in a steamy jungle penal colony exploited its premise well, made a…
Billy Jack (1971): Dir. Tom Laughlin
Feat. Tom Laughlin; A 'peace and love' youth pic that became a box office bonanza when the producers sued Warner for mismarketing the movie. It's easy to see why the men…
Clockwork Orange, A (1971): Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates…; From Anthony Burgess' novel, Stanley Kubrick flexes his genius with this electrifying satire about an ultra–violent gang of 'droogs' whose…
Devils, The (1971): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave; Ken Russell's subversive foray into Catholic guilt is as bold and disturbing as it is brilliant. Amidst the witch trials of medieval France, Oliver…
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (Blood of Frankenstein) (1971): Dir. Al Adamson
Feat. J. Carrol Naish, Lon Jr. Chaney, Anthony Eisley; J. Carrol Naish plays a mad scientist in a wheelchair who conspires with Dracula to resurrect Frankenstein, in this C–grade horror that finds…
El Topo (1971): Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Feat. Alejandro Jodorowsky; The first official midnight movie – Jodorowsky's legendary vision is a bonafide 'head' picture (confusing yet stimulating), committing enough…
Evel Knievel (1971): Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. George Hamilton, Sue Lyon; Low–budget drive–in movie version of the famed motorcycle stuntman’s life, growing up in Montana to be comes the world’s most famous…
Get Carter (1971): Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Michael Caine; A small–time London hood takes on tough Northerners while investigating his brother's death. Exciting, violent thriller shows off the once…
Hired Hand, The (1971): Dir. Peter Fonda
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom…; An unusual directorial debut for Peter Fonda, who turns out a small masterpiece with this revisionist Western bathed in the hippie afterglow of the…
Hustler Squad / Wild Riders (1971-1976): Dir. Cesar Gallardo, Richard Kanter
Feat. Alex Rocco, Elizabeth Knowles, Sherry Bain…; A double feature of 70s drive–in "classics". WILD RIDERS (1971) has Alex Rocco playing a misogynistic biker who goes on a sleazy killing…
J.C. (Iron Horsemen) (1971): Dir. William McGaha
Feat. William McGaha, Slim Pickens; Fairly typical hippie turkey, in which dir. McGaha stars as a deluded bikie who thinks he is Jesus Christ reborn and leads his pack of…
Jason King (TV Series) (1971-1972): Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Wyngarde; Spinoff series from DEPARTMENT S, following the flamboyant titular writer (Wyngarde) on further secret agent–international playboy adventures.…
Johnny Got His Gun (1971): Dir. Dalton Trumbo
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards Jr.…; Excoriating anti–war statement based on the dir.'s own novel, concerns an ordinary infantryman in WW1 and his nightmare experiences. In a…
Kill Django... Kill First (1971): Dir. Sergio Garrone
Feat. Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Aldo Sambrell, Krista Nell; Brutal spaghetti western with a ruthless cowboy teaming up with an old prospector to take down an unscrupulous banker and his network of killers.
Music Lovers, The (1971): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson; A wonderfully audacious film fantasia based on the life of Russian composer Tchaikovsky, the homosexual who married a nymphomaniac! Richard…
Percy (1971): Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer…; Hywell Bennett undergo the world's first members only transplant and turns private dick to discover the donor was a notorious ladykiller. Will he be…
Pink Flamingos (1971): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey…; John Waters' creative pinnacle (or nadir!) remains the ultimate statement in bad taste – a pure, unadulterated exercise in shock value!…
Pink Narcissus (1971): Dir. Jim Bidgood
Feat. Bobby Kendall; Major gay cult film with a non–narrative structure and opulent ‘garage’ aesthetic comparable to Kenneth Anger, but with more explicit…
Point, The (1971): Dir. Fred Wolf; Animated fable (and later a succesful childrens' book) set in a world where everyone has a pointed head, and therefore a 'point'. When…
Punishment Park (1971): Dir. Peter Watkins; Extraordinary, 'fictionalised' docu–drama from the unique and largely unheralded talent of British director Peter Watkins, portraying the…
See No Evil (Blind Terror) (1971): Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey…; An especially effective suspenser, with Farrow playing a blind woman on a country farm who gradually suspects – then confirms – that her…
Shaft (1971): Dir. Gordon Parks Snr.
Feat. Richard Roundtree; The first, enormously successful blaxploitation film sees funky cop Richard Roundtree sniffing out kidnappers on mean Harlem streets to the coolest…
Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The (1971): Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Bruno Corazzari…; Mesmerising giallo horror starring 70's Italian cinema queen and frequent Martino collaborator Edwige Fenech as the socialite wife of a diplomat who…
Straw Dogs (1971): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Susan George; With dir. Sam Peckinpah in top form, this powerful study of male territorial instincts pushed out the boundaries of movie violence in the…
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971): Dir. Melvin Van Peebles
Feat. Melvin Van Peebles; The 'blaxploitation' classic that is often celebrated as ostensibly the first film truly created by a black person in America, starring "The Black…
They Call Me Trinity (1971): Dir. Enzo Barboni
Feat. Terence Hill, Bud Spencer; The film that triggered the careers of B–movie icons Terence Hill and Bud Spencer is an engaging spaghetti–western spoof. Something of a…
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates; Ambling across a relentless roadscape of diners and gas stations, young petrol–heads James Taylor (yes, the pop singer) and Dennis Wilson (yes,…
Vanishing Point (1971): Dir. Richard Serafian
Feat. Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger…; A loner accepts a challenge to drive his Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours, with the fuzz in pursuit and help from blind DJ,…
W.R. Mysteries of the Organism (1971): Dir. Dusan Makavejev; Documentary footage, late sixties counter–culture and fictional elements are freely mixed to explore the ideas of radical sexologist, Wilhelm…
Wake In Fright (Outback) (1971): Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty…; After many years in obscurity, this drama has been dusted off and deservingly reappraised as an Australian classic – a waking nightmare of…
What's the Matter With Helen? / Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971-1972): Dir. Curtis Harrington
Feat. Shelley Winters, Debbie Reynolds, Dennis Weaver…; A double feature disc in the "Grande Dame Guignol" genre (directly inspired by WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE), with Shelley Winters hamming/slumming…
Women in Cages (1971): Dir. Gerry De Leon
Feat. Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins; Early exploitationer playing on the 'women in prison' formula, raised to dubious prominence by producer Roger Corman. The iconic Grier plays a…
Women in Revolt (1971): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis; Aspiring 'stars' Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn try their hand at breaking into Hollywood, but end up joining a womens' rights group. Warhol…
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Edy Williams…; Russ Meyer's studio–backed 'sequel' to Jacqueline Susann's soap opera turned the material on its head and sent law suits and Hollywood reeling.…
Bloody Judge, The (Trono di fuoco, Il) (1970): Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn…; More lavish than the usual fare of horror dir. Franco, here telling the tale of a corrupt witchfinder (Lee) in 16th century England, based around the…
Bloody Mama (1970): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Shelley Winters, Robert De Niro; 'The family that stays together slays together!'. Shelley Winters is Ma Barker, the mad matriarch who led her brood's violent reign in the '30s.…
Bukowski at Bellevue (1970): Feat. Charles Bukowski; A then little–known Charles Bukowski recites his poems and stories at Bellevue College in 1970. Videotaped by students in murky and shaky…
Catch 22 (1970): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Orson Welles; An acerbic anti–war statement based on the much–hailed novel about a WW2 fighter pilot's reluctance to fight, in order to preserve his…
Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970): Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent; Believably unsettling cold war parable concerning a huge electronic brain called Colossus, designed to control the American missile defense system.…
Crimes of the Future (1970): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Ronald Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania Zolty…; Cronenberg's sophomore feature "Crimes of the Future" takes Stereo's stylings even further into the realms of intentional loopiness. The plot…
Cult of the Damned (Angel, Angel, Down We Go) (1970): Dir. Robert Thom
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Jordan Christopher, Roddy McDowall…; Low budget 'acid movie' from Nicolson/Arkoff productions. Like much of their output, most of the hippy cast and crew seem totally out of it.
Deep End (1970): Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Diana Dors; Remarkable, darkly comic story of 15–year–old Mike who takes a job at the local swimming baths and becomes obsessed with a beautiful…
Equinox (The Beast) (1970): Dir. Jack Woods, Dennis Muren
Feat. Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner…; A group of teenagers stumble upon a tome of ancient mysticism and find themselves being pursued through canyons by a demon in this low–grade…
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970): Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Helmut Doring, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer; A group of dwarfs run riot and take over their penal colony on a bleak volcanic island. Bizarre and unsettling parable will leave an indelible mark…
Figures in a Landscape (1970): Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell; A unique ‘chase’ thriller from dir. Losey, taking place in an enigmatic near future – with Malcolm Macdowell and Robert Shaw fleeing a menacing…
Gas-s-s-s (1970): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams; Strange comedy about a leaked gas that kills everyone over the age of 30. Warped social commentary from young idealists of the era.
Harold and Maude (1970): Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon; Much adored black comedy about a lonely teenager who befriends an old woman who shares his morbid fascination, among other interests. This cult hit…
Hercules in New York (Hercules Goes Bananas) (1970): Dir. Arthur Allan Seidelman
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen; Ludicrous, but hilarious debut for the young Arnie as the muscular Greek who lands on Earth from Mt Olympus and becomes involved in wrestling…
Hi Mom! (1970): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Charles Durning, Allen Garfield…; One of dir. De Palma's underrated early satires is loosely a sequel to 'Greetings', with Robert De Niro returning from the Vietnam War to try and…
Honeymoon Killers, The (1970): Dir. Leonard Kastle
Feat. Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco; Fascinating, tabloid tale of the 'lonely hearts' murderers of the 40's and 50's. Grimly realistic, ultimately tragic story of obsessive love and…
I Drink Your Blood (1970): Dir. David Durston
Feat. Bhaskar , Rhonda Fultz, Lyn Lowry; A Manson–style hippie–cult make trouble in a small village but taste the wrath of a young boy who infects their meat pies with rabies –…
Lancelot Link Secret Chimp (TV Series) (1970): A still amusing TV cult from the early 1970s, which put a hairy satirical twist on the spy series that were popular at the time, by populating its…
Lickerish Quartet, The (1970): Dir. Radley Metzger; What Andy Warhol regarded as an 'kinky masterpiece' is this film within a film that explores what effect an erotic film has on its viewers. Treads…
Multiple Maniacs (1970): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce…; John Waters' second film is this gloriously gory send–up of both mainstream and counter–culture. Populated by a cast of beloved Waters…
Myra Breckinridge (1970): Dir. Michael Sarne
Feat. Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch; Director Sarne's career sunk after he made a fine mess of Gore Vidal's gaudy Tinseltown satire about a woman who yearns for a complete…
Ned Kelly (1970): Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Mick Jagger; Standard Biopic treatment of the infamous Aussie bushranger, livened up by casting of Mick Jagger.
One Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil) (1970): Dir. Jean-Luc Godard; Controversial work from dir. Godard's 'Mao–ist' period intercuts a fascinating, disorganised recording session by the Rolling Stones…
Performance (1970): Dir. Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell
Feat. Mick Jagger, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg…; Mick Jagger plays a reclusive rock star in this notorious film that bedazzled an entire hippy generation with its penchant for tits, bums, violence,…
Projectionist, The (1970): Dir. Harry Hurwitz
Feat. Chuck McCann, Rodney Dangerfield; An experimental, off–beat collage of social commentary, in–jokes and satire, about a projectionist who constantly imagines himself as…
Quiet Days in Clichy (1970): Dir. Jens Jørgen Thorsen
Feat. Paul Valjean, Wayne Rodda, Ulla Koppel; Fascinating Danish adaptation of Henry Miller's ribald novel set around the sexual adventures of a young writer and his roommate in 1930s Paris.…
Satan's Sadists (1970): Dir. Al Adamson
Feat. Russ Tamblyn, Scott Brady, Robert Dix; Alarming bikey exploitation flick about a bunch of motor–psychos with a penchant for killin' people.
Secret Of Dorian Gray, The (Dorian Gray) (1970): Dir. Massimo Dallamano
Feat. Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Richard Todd; Fleshy retelling of Oscar Wilde's classic tale with Helmut Berger living it up as the decadent naif who fails to age. Certainly the raunchier of…
Trader Hornee (1970): Dir. Jonathan Lucas
Feat. Buddy Pantsari, Elisabeth Monica, Deek Sills; A goofy sexploitation farce of the 'jungle' sub–species, billed typically by legendary smut producer David F. Friedman (who also writes) as…
Trash (1970): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn; Only the inimitable Joe Dallesandro could play a drug–addicted loser with a sex problem and still come off cool. Holly Woodlawn and other…
Vampyros Lesbos (1970): Dir. Jess Franco; Notorious sexploitation–er from German bad boy dir. Jess Franco, peddles the softcore tale of a real estate agent trapped on an island ruled by…
Venus in Furs (1970): Dir. Massimo Dallamano
Feat. Laura Antonelli, Renate Kasche; Leopold Sacher–Masoch’s ‘infamous’ novel made over as a 70s soft–core excursion that is typically more faithful to (male)…
Viva La Muerte (1970): Dir. Fernando Arrabal; This trippy anti–war rarity is a key work from the 1960s Mexican 'Panic Movement' that also produced EL TOPO. Dir. by playwright Fernando…
Walkabout (1970): Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. David Gulpilil; An English schoolgirl and her brother end up abandoned by their father in the Australian Outback, before meeting Aboriginal boy David Gulpilil. Dir.…
Wanda (1970): Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins; The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Where's Poppa? (Going Ape) (1970): Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman…; George Segal becomes determined to hurry along the demise of his ultra–demanding, super–senile 87 year–old mom (Ruth Gordon). Few…
Wizard of Gore, The (1970): Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Ray Sager; One of gore–merchant Lewis’ (BLOOD FEAST) best, involving a bogus stage magician, whose act carves murderous carnage through his…
Zabriskie Point (1970): Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Rod Taylor, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin…; Antonioni explores the psyche of young radicals who try to find the meaning of life after fleeing from riotous protests. Engaging hippie fare.
Zachariah (1970): Dir. George Englund
Feat. John Rubenstein, Don Johnson; Counter–culture oddity, a surreal 'rock western' worked up by the avant–garde improvisational troupe, The Firesign Theatre, so as to…
Alice's Restaurant (1969): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick…; Loosely built around the adventures of hippie troubadour Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody and star of WOODSTOCK), as he wanders rural America asking…
All the Right Noises (1969): Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Olivia Hussey, Tom Bell, John Standing…; The story of a young married man who has an affair with a teenage girl, this forms part of a peculiarly 1960s British wave of films exploring such…
Bullet for Sandoval (Vengeance is Mine) (1969): Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Ernest Borgnine, George Hilton; Reasonable foray into the Spaghetti Western genre for splatter king Fulci and as always with Fulci narrative is secondary to violent…
Castle of Fu Manchu, The (1969): Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Christopher Lee, Tsai Chin; The final bungled entry in the FU MANCHU series, with Christopher Lee on the same quest for world domination as ever, this time conducted from his…
Cherry, Harry and Raquel (1969): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Larissa Ely, Linda Ashton, Charles Napier; Tawdry follow up to Meyer's VIXEN is more scattershot plotwise, but the bodies, the bonking, the tongue–in–cheek and the '60s stylings…
Department S (TV Series) (1969): Feat. Peter Wyngarde; Perhaps the last elaborate flourish in its genre, this AVENGERS–style TV series was set around three 'special agents' who solve the unsolvable…
Dillinger is Dead (1969): Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg, Annie Girardot; Indefinable late–sixties curio finds gas mask designer Michel Piccoli at a loose end in his gaudy suburban home. A gun that may have belonged…
Easy Rider (1969): Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson; The definitive rebel movie sees Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper motorcycle across the southwest in search of the 'Real America'. Jack Nicholson's…
Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no Soretsu) (1969): Dir. Toshio Matsumoto
Feat. Shinnosuke Ikehata (aka Peter), Yoshio Tsuchiya; A bold and significant product of the Japanese New Wave that loosely transposes Oedipus Rex to the underground gay culture of 1960s Tokyo with a…
Girl From Rio, The (Future Women) (1969): Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler, George Sanders; Daft sexploitation flick from old hand Jess Franco (VAMPYROS LESBOS, VENUS IN FURS), in which a diabolical temptress (Eaton) hatches a plan to…
Hell's Angels '69 (1969): Dir. Lee Madden
Feat. Sonny Barger, Danielle Com, G.D. Spradlin; Two rich kids infiltrate the Hell's Angels to rob a casino. When the big boys in leather find out, they ain't too happy. Features the Oakland Hell's…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 4 (1969-1980): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Underground film–maker Kenneth Anger manifests his dark artistic vision in two shorts that almost defy description. "Lucifer Rising"…
Medium Cool (1969): Dir. Haskell Wexler; Filmed against the backdrop of the Democratic National convention in 1968 Chicago, this remarkable directorial effort by renowned cinematographer…
Model Shop (1969): Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay; A mesmerizing, shamefully neglected stateside film from French New Wave director Jacques Demy that follows an aimless, unemployed architect who ends…
Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series) (1969-1974): Dir. John Howard Davies, Terry Gilliam, Ian Macnaughton
Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle…; Britain's most infamous comic ensemble present four seasons of inspired madness. Complete seasons 1–4 available over seven discs.
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Personal Best (TV Series) (1969-1974): Dir. John Howard Davies, Terry Gilliam, Ian Macnaughton
Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle…; Britain's most infamous comic ensemble, the Phython alumni, collate their personal favourites from four years of sketches on the Flying Circus TV…
Perversion Story (1969): Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Jean Sorel, Elsa Martinelli, Marisa Mell; Erotic shocker from the priest of perversion. An unfortunate doctor falls in with an amoral stripper who happens to resemble his dead wife.
Plot Against Harry, The (1969): Dir. Michael Roemer
Feat. Harry Plotnik; Repentent racketeer Harry Plotnik is released from jail, but his plans to go legit in New York's Jewish community become inadvertently thwarted by…
Spirits of the Dead (Histoires Extraordinaires) (1969): Dir. Louis Malle, Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Terence Stamp, Alain Delon…; A classy compendium of three Edgar Allan Poe stories directed by Europe's finest. Metzengerstein (Dir. Roger Vadim) – Jane and Peter Fonda…
Stereo (1969): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Clara Mayer, Jack Messinger, Iain Ewing…; Highly experimental debut for Canada's king of body horror revolves around a small group of telepathics who experiment with the mind, sexuality and…
Tales of the Bizarre (1969): Dir. Anthony Balch; Hammer–style sexploitation anthology, each with 'a battle of the sexes' theme. Worth a look for sleaze–buffs.
Touch of Zen, A (Hsia Nu) (1969): Dir. King Hu
Feat. Hsu Feng; A dazzling blend of medieval potboiler, religious fable and martial arts spectacular, set in an ancient China wracked by civil war. Centred on the…
Venus in Furs (Paroxismus) (1969): Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. James Darren, Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski…; A high point for dir. Franco's psychedelic Euro–sleaze vision, with a jazz musician becoming obsessed with a beautiful woman, her bloodied…
Wedding Party, The (1969): Dir. Cynthia Monroe, Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Robert De Niro; Brian De Palma collaborated with others to make this while still at college in 1963. Improvised film details the sparring between a couple before…
Wrecking Crew, The (1969): Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate…; Daft final outing for Martin as erotic photographer/super–spy Matt Helm with bonkers plot centering on a villain stealing a billion dollars…
Angels from Hell (1968): Dir. Bruce Kessler
Feat. Tom Stern, Arlene Martel, Ted Markland; Motorcycling subversives get into trouble with the law, but hey, anything is better than Vietnam, man!
Banana Splits, The (1968): Psychedelia for kids! The first three episodes of the cult kids show featuring the mind–boggling antics of Drooper, Snorky, Bingo and Fleegle.
Burn! (Queimada!) (1968): Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo
Feat. Marlon Brando; An anti–American political allegory veiled as a striking historical chronicle, Marlon Brando plays British colonialist William Walker who…
Candy (1968): Dir. Christian Marquand
Feat. Ewa Aulin, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton…; Sixties sex farce that satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive eponymous heroine, played by Swedish model, Ewa Aulin.…
Committee, The (1968): Dir. Peter Sykes
Feat. Paul Jones; Short, surrealist slice of British hippie arcana in which a hitchhiker decapitates a passing driver (then changes his mind and sews the head back…
Danger Diabolik (1968): Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli…; Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…
Do Not Adjust Your Set (TV Series) (1968): Feat. Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle…; Together with AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW, this shows the gathering forces of what would become Monty Python, with Idle, Jones, Gilliam and Palin…
Faces (1968): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin; A marriage in crisis lurches into a downward spiral of drunkeness and desperate affairs. The dishevelled honesty and stark camerawork may not suit…
Fando Y Lis / La Cravate (1968): Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Feat. Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal; Primitive but anarchic feature–length debut for Jodorowsky, shaped loosely on Fernando Arrabal’s play. Unmistakably surrealist, this…
Flesh (1968): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro; A product of the Andy Warhol factory in which trash icon Joe Dallesandro hustles his way through a series of (homo)sexual encounters.…
Ghastly Ones, The / Seeds of Sin (1968): Dir. Andy Milligan
Feat. Maggie Rogers, Candy Hammond, Veronica Radburn…; For hardcore grindhouse fans only, comes this double bill from notorious trash hound, Andy Milligan. "The Ghastly Ones" is his first horror film…
Girl on a Motorcycle (1968): Dir. Jack Cardiff
Feat. Marianne Faithful, Alain Delon; Straight out of the late 60s ethos of freedom, rebellion, psychedelics and women’s liberation, a leather–clad Marianne Faithful speeds away…
Greetings (1968): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Gerrit Graham, Allen Garfield; Anarchic early De Palma is an episodic look at three friends caught up in the heady times of 60's America. Features an early comedic turn from De…
Head (1968): Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Michael Nesmith, Annette Funicello; This psychedelic indulgence from pop group 'The Monkees' has no plot to speak of, but is loaded with zany ideas. An amusing head trip for the eyes…
If.... (1968): Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick, Mona Washbourne…; An angry yet sublimely poetic counter–cultural work in which events both real and imagined culminate in a violent revolt at a repressive public…
Joe 90 (TV Series) (1968): Dir. Gerry Anderson; All thirty episodes of Gerry Anderson's wonder boy of hi–tech espionage. With a subtext as high camp as the theme song, this may well send you…
Magus, The (1968): Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen…; A difficult, if beguiling adaptation of John Fowles’ supposedly unfilmable novel about a troubled schoolteacher (Caine) who arrives on a Greek…
Night of the Living Dead (1968): Dir. George Romero
Feat. Duane Jones; Highly original and influential drive–in cheapie, distinguished by its realistic, documentary atmosphere and imaginative ending. Graphically…
Petulia (1968): Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain; Peculiar relic from the late 60s, a radical studio pic – anti–narrative, bizarre angles, hip dialogue, contentious themes, Frisco…
Pretty Poison (1968): Dir. Noel Black
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld; A fan of PSYCHO? Then check out Anthony Perkins in this chilling tale of a couple of psychos in love. Tuesday Weld glitters as a teenage bad seed.
Psych-Out (1968): Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Dean Stockwell, Susan Strasberg…; Quintessential '60s acid movie about a deaf runaway who encounters the psychedelic rebel culture of hippies' Jack Nicolson and Dean Stockwell while…
She-Devils On Wheels (1968): Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Betty Connell, Nancy Lee Noble, Christie Wagner; The indefatigable 'father of gore' takes his brutal brand of B–grade to the 1960s bikie genre with the tale of an all–female gang in…
Space Thing (1968): Dir. Byron Mabe; Sexploitation in space from cult producer David F. Friedman, this dreams up a story about the spaceship S.S. Supreme Erection, which is voyaging the…
Therese and Isabelle (1968): Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Essy Persson, Anna Gael, Barbara Laage…; Erotic elegy from cult director Metzger with two young girls experience awakening sexuality at a Swiss boarding school. It might be lacking the…
Twisted Nerve (1968): Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills; Hywel Bennett is suitably creepy as a homicidal youth who befriends a nubile Hayley Mills. Unnerving gothic melodrama is well served by Bernard…
Up Tight (1968): Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera…; In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their…
Vixen (1968): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Erica Gavin, Harrison Page; An A–grade exploitation picture, with Uncle Russ at his most playful, creative and virile. His purely kitsch instinct and virtuoso editing…
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968): Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern; Possibly the finest of the BBC's M R James adaptations, this spooky tale concerns a closeted, sceptical professor (Hordern) whose seaside holiday…
Wonderwall (1968): Dir. Joe Massot
Feat. Jane Birkin, Jack MacGowran, Irene Handl; Sixties counter–culture curiosity about a meek middle–aged bachelor who becomes consumed with lust and envy for his…
Yellow Submarine (1968): Dir. George Dunning; 12 classic Beatles tunes and 90 minutes of bright and whimsical imagery are showcased in this surrealist fantasy from the days when all you needed…
Ambushers, The (1967): Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule…; Ridiculous third entry in the Matt Helm series is considered the weakest with Deano sent to Acapulco to recover a hijacked space craft. Having said…
At Last the 1948 Show (1967): Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor…; Surrealistic sketch show that along with DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET, paved the way for the Monty Python revolution. Presenting a similar blend of media…
Belle De Jour (Beauty of the Day) (1967): Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli…; Cool and elegant comedy of manners about a virginal newlywed who works the day shift in a high class brothel. Bunuel's surrealist…
Branded to Kill (Koroshi no rakuin) (1967): Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Joe Shishido; The height of Seijun Suzuki’s insolence peaked in this coarse and cantankerous tale of rival assassins engaged in a game of…
Camille 2000 (1967): Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Daniele Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo, Eleonora Rossi Drago; One of several films Metzger made during the sexual revolution involving exotic foreign location and casts, hip talk and that all important naked…
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV Series) (1967): Dir. Gerry Anderson; The complete series of Gerry Anderson's most technically accomplished sci–fi puppet, Captain Scarlet, who has limitless clones of himself…
Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (Se sei vivo spara) (1967): Dir. Giulio Questi
Feat. Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock; A rather entrancing surrealistic version of the 'spaghetti western' involving a robbery gone wrong and an avenger from beyond the grave... but also…
Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate; Typically twisted spoof oddity on vampire movies, with Polanski's then wife Sharon Tate.
Frank's Greatest Adventure (Fearless Frank) (1967): Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Jon Voight, Severn Darden; Curious superhero spoof in which Jon Voight is topped by gangsters and reincarnated as a crime–fighter extraordinaire. The director's career…
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef; The third, the funniest and most violent of Clint's association with director Leone. Set during the Civil War, three low–lifes search for a…
Hell's Angels On Wheels (1967): Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Adam Rourke; Rebel with little cause Jack Nicholson straddles up with the Hells Angels for skirmishes and pot–and–painting parties but remains a firm…
House Of 1000 Dolls (La Casa De Las Mil Muñecas ) (1967): Dir. Jeremy Summers
Feat. Vincent Price, George Nader, Martha Hyer; An unlikely Vincent Price stars as a nightclub magician who kidnaps young women and sends them into sex slavery in this campy cult flick. Price calls…
In Cold Blood (1967): Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe…; A masterpiece of crime fiction adapted from Truman Capote’s novel about events surrounding the senseless murder of an innocent family by two…
In Like Flint (1967): Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Andrew Duggan…; Before AUSTIN POWERS, there was this James Bond spoof series (of which this is the second film) where James Coburn grins his way through proceedings.…
Just for the Hell of it / Blast Off Girls (1967-1968): Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Ray Sager; A Drive–In Double Bill of delinquency dramas from gore–king Herschell Gordon Lewis, who here keeps a lid on the red paint. JUST FOR…
King of Hearts (1967): Dir. Phillipe De Broca
Feat. Alan Bates, Genevieve Bujold, Pierre Brasseur; Excellently quirky mid–60s comedy that became a cult–hit in the US, has soldier Alan Bates infiltrate a French village in WWI, which has…
Marat / Sade (1967): Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Patrick Magee, Glenda Jackson; Intellectually–dense costume–drama set in an 18th century French madhouse, where celebrity inmate, the Marquis de Sade (Patrick Magee)…
Prisoner, The (TV Series) (1967-1968): Feat. Patrick McGoohan; Patrick McGoohan stars as No.6, a man who wakes to find himself the pawn of a mysterious big brother organisation in this 60's soaked sci–fi…
Privilege (1967): Dir. Peter Watkins
Feat. Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton; Paul Jones (one–time vocalist for the Manfred Mann group) fronts a government–sanctioned brainwash as a rock idol whose music is being…
Rebel Rousers (1967): Dir. Martin B Cohen
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton…; An utterly shameless fistful of 60s exploitation, this has a biker gang tearing up a quiet little town and having races for winner's 'trophy' Diane…
Riot On Sunset Strip (1967): Dir. Arthur Dreifuss
Feat. Aldo Ray, Mimsy Farmer; Restless hippy kids cause headaches for parents and police as violence and recreational drugs take root in affluent Hollywood. The fashions and…
Saint, The - Fiction Makers (1967): Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms; Roger Moore's successful TV portrayal provides the basis of this feature–length version of 'The Saint'. A gang of jewel–thieves plans a…
Something Weird (1967): Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis; Certainly a trip into 'something weird' by the veteran gore schlockmeister , in which a disfigured psychic (McCabe) makes a pact with a witch who…
Targets (1967): Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Boris Karloff, Peter Bogdanovich; The influential first feature from a young Peter Bogdanovich, that effectively contrasts the story of a retiring horror actor (played by Boris…
Trip, The (1967): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Susan Strasberg…; One of several collaborations between director Roger Corman and Jack Nicholson, who wrote the screenplay. A director of TV commercials gradually…
Valley of the Dolls (1967): Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate…; Trashy adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's novel about three young women in the show biz fast lane.
Weekend (1967): Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne; A poetic, stylised and savage vision as only Godard could dream up and/or get away with. Road chaos and carnage is his metaphor for the decline of…
Zodiac Killer, The / Sex Killer, The / Zero In and Scream (1967-1971): Dir. Tom Hanson, Barry Mahon, Lee Frost; A trio of 'sex and violence' B–grades from the interesting pre–hardcore era. 'The Zodiac Killer' (1971) – Dir. Tom Hanson. Made…
A Bullet For the General (Quien Sabe?) (1966): Dir. Damiano Damiani
Feat. Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick; Spaghetti western set during the Mexican revolution where a gringo assassin infiltrates a gang of bandits in order to find and kill a rebel general.…
Alice in Wonderland (1966): Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Peter Cook, Michael Redgrave, Peter Sellers…; Cult BBC version of Lewis Carroll's classic children's book, in which drowsing Alice enters the dreamscape of 'Wonderland'. Influenced by the…
Batman (TV Series) (1966-1968): Feat. Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith…; Batman and Robin, as many would best remember them, take on a succession of colourful Gotham City villains – Catwoman, The Joker, The Penguin,…
Black Klansman, The (1966): Dir. Ted V. Mikels
Feat. Richard Gilden, Rima Kutner; Typically melodramatic exploitation from Ted V. Mikels about a pale skinned black man who joins the Klan.
Blow Up (Blow-Up) (1966): Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles…; Nothing–is–what–it–seems in this slow yet absorbing account of a fashion photographer's suspicion that he may have witnessed…
Color Me Lurid (1966): Dir. George Kuchar; A sampler of six of the kitschest and coolest short films from the weird mind of George Kuchar. Fans of John Waters' work will be delighted and…
Cul-de-Sac (1966): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Donald Pleasence; Polanski's influential, absurdist comedy concerns an eccentric couple taken captive by a pair of old gangsters in their Northumbrian castle. Stars…
Daisies (1966): Dir. Vera Chytilova
Feat. Julius Albert, Jitka Cerhova, Marie Ceskova; Much–loved cinematic firecracker from the halcyon days of 60s Czech radicalism, in which two girls (both called Marie) live out their anarchist…
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966): Dir. Gordon Flemyng
Feat. Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks; A mixed attempt to translate Doctor Who (Peter Cushing in this incarnation) to the big screen, with Daleks enslaving humans in a future,…
Delirious Fictions of William Klein, The (Who are You, Polly Maggoo?; Mr. Freedom; The Model Couple) (1966-1977): Feat. Anemone , Jacques Boudet, Eddie Constantine…; An American photographer in new wave Paris; Dir. Klein has been making challenging cinema for more than forty years. In his three obscure fiction…
Django (1966): Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Franco Nero, Jose Bodalo, Loredana Nusciak…; Stylish, ice–cold 'Spaghetti Western' tells the story of Django, a gunslinger who drags a mysterious coffin through the bandit–populated…
Endless Summer (1966): Dir. Bruce Brown
Feat. Mike Hynson, Robert August; Widely popular cult documentary follows two American surfers who trot the globe looking for the perfect wave, even stopping off at Raglan, NZ.…
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Tura Satana, Haji; Russ Meyer’s most famous film is the ultimate “fast cars, fast women” fantasy about three go–go dancers who find trouble in the desert…
Fury of the Dragon (1966-1976): Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bruce Lee, Van Williams; A 'sequel' to 1974's THE GREEN HORNET, which cobbles together four more episodes from Bruce Lee's 1966 TV series of the same title. Stylised tone is…
Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) (1966): Feat. Richard Bradford, Donald Sutherland, Felicity Kendall…; Perhaps lesser known (and less innovative) than other suspense series of the 1960s, this ITC production still packs a gritty punch. Bradford plays…
Manos The Hands of Fate (1966): Dir. Harold P. Warren; Legendary cult turkey concerning a family looking for a place to stay in the desert, and picking a sinister ranch–house looked after by a…
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (1966- 1973): Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Feat. Peter Graves, Steven Hill, Barbara Bain…; Forget Tom Cruise, this is the real McCoy – '60s fashion, gadgets, and plots worth talking about the day after. On DVD rental: Season 1 (28…
Modesty Blaise (1966): Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Monica Vitti, Dirk Bogarde, Terence Stamp…; Comic–strip style adventures of a sexy female spy, filmed at the height of the pop–art craze.
Monkey - Journey to the West (The Monkey Goes West, Princess Iron Fan, The Cave of Silken Web, The Land of Many Perfumes) (1966-1968): Dir. Meng-Hwa Ho; Generous, richly–hued Shaw Brothers adaptation of the Chinese folk tale 'Journey to the West', spread across four lushly presented widescreen…
Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966): Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens…; David Warner as Morgan goes to eccentric extremes to try to win back his wife (Vanessa Redgrave) after she divorces him. Quaintly weird comic tale is…
Murderer's Row (1966): Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden…; Far out second Matt Helm film sees our swinging spy battling a villian and his plans to harness the power of the sun to destroy earth. Austin Powers…
Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) (1966-1970): A cult British series devoted to feature–length tele adaptations of Gothic works by some of the 19th century's greatest writers, including Bram…
Navajo Joe (1966): Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Fernando Rey; Bloodthirsty Navajo Joe goes looking for revenge after his family is killed by nefarious outlaws. Pre–fame Burt teams up with pre–Django…
Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill / The Head Mistress (1966-1968): Dir. Peter Perry, Byron Mabe
Feat. Stacey Walker, Julia Blackburn, Vanessa Van Dyke; Double–bill of cut–rate "Nudie Cuties" from producer David Friedman's 'historical' period. Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill (1966)…
One Million Years B.C. (1966): Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert; One of Hammer Studios greatest hits, this genuinely well–made adventure is set among cavemen and cavewomen struggling to survive in a world of…
Our Man Flint (1966): Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan…; Zestful James Bond spoof with James Coburn providing the regulation braun with an equal measure of tongue–in–cheek.
Silencers, The (1966): Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi…; Dean Martin stars as secret agent Matt Helm, the archetypal gun–toting womanizer, straight out of the kitsch 60's. Spawned 3 sequels, but this…
Thunderbirds Are Go! (1966): Dir. David Lane
Feat. Cliff Richard, The Shadows; Gordon, Virgil, Lady Penelope, Brains and other super–marionettes from International Space Rescue Service check in for their first FAB…
Tokyo Drifter (1966): Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara; Yakuza thriller dazzlingly exploits the palette of pop art design. Largely incoherent story involves a young punk in a pale blue–suit who gets…
Ultraman (TV Series) (1966): When the world is threatened by aloien invaders and giant prehistoric monsters, There is only one agency equipped with the high tech weaponry to…
Wild Angels, The (1966): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern; First big bikie flick set the blueprint for the genre, with Hell’s Angel Peter Fonda and his main squeeze Nancy Sinatra, having a wild time racing,…
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965): Dir. William Asher
Feat. Paul Lynde, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello…; Most successful and best known of the ‘Beach Party’ movies, though it shows signs of being fifth in a series by straying quite a way from the…
Chained Girls / Daughters of Lesbos (1965-1968): Dir. Joseph P. Mawra, Peter Woodcock; A scarcely–digestible two course meal of B–grade lesbian sexploitation. Chained Girls (1965) – Dir. Joseph P. Mawra. A…
Collector, The (1965): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar; Terence Stamp plays a disturbed butterfly collector who kidnaps a girl in the hope that she will grow to love him. Truly memorable chiller maintains…
Doctor Who and the Daleks (Dr. Who and the Daleks) (1965): Dir. Gordon Flemyng
Feat. Peter Cushing; First go at putting the classic TV serial on the big–screen, with Peter Cushing giving a pleasingly daffy rendition of the Doctor, combating…
For a Few Dollars More (1965): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte; An improvement on the original film with Eastwood encoring to the strains of that unmistakable Morricone score.
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies (1965): Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler
Feat. Ray Dennis Steckler, Brett O'Hara; Classic curiosity combines weird monsters, exceedingly bad acting and a musical into one laughable stew.
Knack and How to Get It, The (1965): Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Rita Tushingham, Michael Crawford, Ray Brooks; Under–rated moddish mid–60s item with a slightly mixed reputation, concerning a youthful Crawford's attempts to learn how to have a "way…
Motor Psycho (1965): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Russ Meyer, Alex Rocco, Haji; Dusty sex–and–violence potboiler stars Russ Meyer–regular Haji as one of three buxom nymphs who get 'roughed–up' by a trio of…
Party's Over, The (1965): Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Oliver Reed; Stark yet salubrious cautionary tale of wayward youth set in the Chelsea beatnik scene, where "wild and drunken partying" and a brooding Oliver Reed…
Pink Panther (Animated) (1965-1975): The cartoon adventures of the fabulously slinky feline who always comes out on top, developed from the hugely popular opening credits of Blake…
Primitive London (1965): Dir. Arnold L. Miller; This once–shocking mondo style documentary film sets out to reflect societal decay through the sideshow spectacle of 60's London depravity.…
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (1965): Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler
Feat. Carolyn Brandt, Ron Haydock, Titus Moede; Z–grade item from the king of inept film–making that was literally made up as it went along. It's everything a bad–movie lover…
Repulsion (1965): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Catherine Deneuve; Polanski's tour–de–force of urban sexual paranoia. Catherine Deneuve has an obsessive fear of men which slowly descends her into madness.…
Ride In the Whirlwind (1965): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Cameron Mitchell; A low–budget western shot back–to–back with THE SHOOTING and although the lesser of the two, has a few gritty moments. The VHS tape…
Saragossa Manuscript, The (1965): Dir. Wojciech Has
Feat. Zbigniew Cybulski; Captivating Polish oddity with a labyrinthine plot involving the discovery of a book which reveals all manner of beguiling…
Shooting, The (1965): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates, Millie Perkins; Avant–garde cowboy tale co–written by and featuring a typically crazed performance from Jack Nicholson, plus a memorable and unexpected…
Simon of the Desert (1965): Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook; A short surrealist fantasy concerning the life of Simon Stylites (Claudio Brook), an early Christian ascetic, who stood for years atop a column in…
Tattooed Life, A (Irezumi ichidai) (1965): Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Hideki Takahashi; Rare period excursion for dir. Seijun Suzuki trades pistols for samurai swords, but not much else as dir’s lurid aesthetic and heady production…
Tomb of Ligeia (1965): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price; The last of the director's Poe interpretations is one the most memorable. Effective use is made of the eerie English locations and Vincent Price's…
Village of the Giants (1965): Dir. Bert I. Gordon
Feat. Ron Howard, Beau Bridges; From the brainchild of Bert I. Gordon, an atomic monster and ‘giant’ movie specialist who did a lot of his own special effects, comes this gaudy…
Dead Ringer (1964): Dir. Paul Henreid
Feat. Bette Davis; Enjoyable, high camp star vehicle for Bette Davis who is driven by jealousy to murder her twin sister in order to assume her identity. Bette, of…
Evil of Frankenstein, The (1964): Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Peter Cushing, Duncan Lamont, David Hutcheson; Number three in the renowned Hammer horror Frankenstein series set in an isolated castle. The Baron (Cushing) and his assistant, in need of help to…
Fistful of Dollars, A (1964): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonte; Perhaps the most famous of the spaghetti Westerns, with Clint Eastwood influencing a generation of tough guy anti–heroes with his formidable,…
Jan Svankmajer: The Complete Short Films (1964-1992): Dir. Jan Svankmajer; A superb, forty–year anthology of the terrifying, eccentric short films of Jan Svankmajer, the influential and cutting edge Czech…
Kitten with a Whip (1964): Dir. Douglas Heyes
Feat. Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown…; Ann–Margaret brings white–hot intensity to this cult classic about a teenage girl on the run from the law who blackmails a clueless…
Lady in a Cage (1964): Dir. Walter Grauman
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Ann Sothern…; A wealthy, though incapacitated de Havilland gets stuck in her own private lift and is terrorised by a group of menacing youths, led by Caan. This…
Leather Boys, The (1964): Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton; Gritty study of an impulsive young woman's incompatible marriage to motorcycle–loving mechanic, and his subsequent 'close' relationship with a…
Lorna (1964): Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Lorna Maitland, Mark Bradley, James Rucker; Russ Meyer's first film with an actual plot, this gothic rural pot–boiler defined the word 'roughie', a term coined for sleaze films that…
Monstrosity (The Atomic Brain) (1964): Dir. Joseph V. Mascelli
Feat. Frank Gerstle; An elderly woman pays a mad scientist to create a new body for her in his fiendish laboratory, by somehow utilising nuclear power and three beautiful…
Naked Kiss, The (1964): Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley; Redemptive prostitute Constance Towers assimilates into smalltown USA, only to unwittingly bait trouble and dredge up unspeakable secrets. This…
Nasty Rabbit, The (1964): Dir. James Landis
Feat. Arch Hall Jr., Micha Terr; Drive–in spoof/propaganda frolic about a Russian attempt to set loose a disease–infected rabbit in the U.S.
Ride the Wild Surf (1964): Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Fabian, Tab Hunter, Barbara Eden…; Clean–cut teenage beach party movie with Fabian, Tab Hunter and Barbara Eden looking splendid in their swimming trunks.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964): Dir. Nicholas Webster
Feat. Pia Zadora; Kidnapping Santa because their children have become obsessed with Christmas due to TV broadcasts from Earth, the Martians get more than they bargain…
Spider Baby (1964): Dir. Jack Hill
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney; More of a twisted black comedy than a traditional horror flick – a threesome of child monsters and their ‘uncle’ rabidly protect their rural…
Star Trek - Season 1 (TV Series) (1964): Feat. Jeffrey Hunter, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy…; The original Star Trek series was a milestone in television – as one of the best sci–fi conceptions and as the start of a remarkable…
Strait-Jacket (1964): Dir. William Castle
Feat. Joan Crawford; Joan Crawford fans won’t want to miss her slumming it as an axe–murderess, ‘reformed’ after twenty years in an asylum, but whose attempts…
Woman of the Dunes (1964): Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
Feat. Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida; From a simple premise – a man becomes trapped in a valley of sand in which a solitary woman lives – the director is able to draw out…
Dr. Strangelove (or; How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) (1963): Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott; A brilliant black comedy in which the U.S. president and his henchmen await imminent nuclear retaliation from the Russians. A landmark satire with…
Jason and the Argonauts (1963): Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack; Masterpiece of fantasy based on Greek mythology features the best stop–motion animation work from Ray Harryhausen. The skeleton…
Mind Benders, The (1963): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, Michael Bryant…; A sombre and sobering thriller about the dangers of scientific experiments into sensory deprivation. Investigating the suicide of a colleague,…
Nutty Professor, The (1963): Dir. Jerry Lewis
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens; Jerry Lewis' most hilarious, certainly most personal work uses the Jekyll–and–Hyde device to exploit his comic genius as both awkward…
Sadist, The (1963): Dir. James Landis
Feat. Arch Hall Jr.; Like BADLANDS, this little–known drive–in flick is based on the infamous Starkweather murder spree of the late 50s, and is never less…
Santo in the Wax Museum (1963): Dir. Alfonso Corona Blake
Feat. Santo; The Hulk Hogan of Mexican wrestlers, Santo, inflates his larger–than–life persona in this corny, low–rent vehicle which has the…
Servant, The (1963): Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles; First collaboration between playwright Harold Pinter and dir. Losey is an elegant diagram of English class cruelties, with man–servant Dirk…
Shock Corridor (1963): Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Peter Breck, Constance Towers; An unsolved slaying in a mental hospital prompts over–ambitious journalist Peter Breck to pose as a 'lunatic', so as to find the killer. Alas,…
That Kind of Girl (1963): Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Margaret Rose Keil, David Weston, Linda Marlowe; Another gem rescued from obscurity by the BFI's Flipside label, this one deals with the hush–hush topic of venereal disease against a backdrop…
X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Ray Milland, Don Rickles, John Hoyt…; Furrow–browed scientist Ray Milland discovers the ability to see through matters, and takes advantage with card games and ladies etc., but…
Yellow Teddybears, The (Gutter Girls) (1963): Dir. Robert Hartford-Davies
Feat. Annette Whiteley; Packaged as a sexploitation movie, this is actually an earnest message movie about illicit teenage sex, set in a girl's school where those that have…
Young Racers, The (1963): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Mark Damon, Patrick Magee; Teensploitation melodrama from the king of the drive–in cheapie about motor–racing rivalry. Some great racing footage and bratty…
Youth of the Beast (Yaju no seishun) (1963): Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Joe Shishido, Misako Watanabe; Further yazuka tales from the incorrigible Seijun Suzuki: regular lead thug Shishido plays a rogue gangster who muscles in, SANJURO–style, on…
Carnival of Souls (1962): Dir. Herk Harvey
Feat. Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey; A woman's vision of the world is not quite the same after surviving a car accident in this vastly under–appreciated spook story that comes…
Eegah (1962): Dir. Arch Hall, Sr.
Feat. Arch Hall Jr., Richard Kiel, Arch Hall, Sr.…; Hailed as one of the most compellingly 'bad films' ever made, this concerns a young woman who is menaced by the world's last surviving caveman…
Experimental Films of Osamu Tezuka, The (1962-1988): Dir. Osamu Tezuka; 13 rare experimental films from the godfather of Japanese manga and anime, Osamu Tezuka. Films: Tales of the Street Corner, Male, Memory, Mermaid,…
Exterminating Angel, The (1962): Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal; A psychic 'disaster movie', in which guests become trapped at a dinner party by a mysterious forcefield. As the days go by, dinner–table…
Final Academy Documents (1962): Two tapes of material on cult American writer/painter/filmmaker William Burroughs. First tape contains a number of his experimental films from the…
La Jetee (1962): Dir. Chris Marker; Classic science–fiction short told almost entirely in stills takes a man from the future on a terrifying journey back to his childhood. The…
McHale's Navy (TV Series) (1962-1965): Feat. Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway; Predating MASH, Borgnine and Flynn engage in naval nonsense in this fondly remembered maritime comedy of hierarchical hi–jinks and seaman…
Saint, The (TV Series) (1962): Feat. Roger Moore; The role of Simon Templar enabled a young Roger Moore to perfect the savvy quips that would mark him as a natural choice for James Bond. Also…
Samurai, The (TV Series) (1962- 1965): Dir. Various
Feat. Koichi Ose; Shintaro (Koichi Ose) and his Samurai warriors protect feudal Japan from the black–robed society of the Koga Ninjas, armed with magic and…
Tale of Zatoichi, The (1962): Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu; The inaugural movie in the iconic 'Zatoichi' series – which followed the intriguing adventures in mythical Japan of a blind masseur, who has…
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono…; Joan Crawford and Bette Davis scheme and brood in this memorable gothic melodrama about an aged child star and her embittered and jealous sister who…
Wild Guitar (1962): Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler
Feat. Arch Hall Jr., Nancy Czar, Ray Dennis Steckler; A deceitful record exec stiffs our guitar–playing, motorcycling hero. Another textbook how–not–to–make–a–movie…
All Night Long (Die Heisse Nacht) (1961): Dir. Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
Feat. Patrick McGoohan, Richard Attenborough, Keith Michell…; Set in London's smoky jazz scene, this updating of Othello is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best Jazz musicians of the…
Avengers, The (TV Series) (1961-1969): Feat. Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson; The impossibly hip secret agent show is a high–camp classic and a nostalgic pleasure. Well–devised scripts, quirky dialogue and playful…
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (1961): Dir. Joseph Green
Feat. Jason Evers; Ripping off other 'brain transplant' cheapies, this flick goes several steps further down the exploitation path and thus has burrowed a special place…
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961): Dir. Paul Wendkos
Feat. Deborah Walley, James Darren; Deborah Walley as teenage Gidget #3 says ‘aloha’ in this superfluous sequel.
Homicidal (1961): Dir. William Castle
Feat. Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin; Twisted, camp and expensively photographed B–movie follows the antics of a dispicable platinum blond, whose bouts of psychotic murder serve an…
Intruder, The (I Hate Your Guts) (1961): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. William Shatner, Leo Gordon; The only Corman film ever to lose money is not surprisingly perhaps his best. William Shatner excels as a small–time drifter who preaches the…
Mysterious Island (1961): Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan…; Robust adventure yarn finds a group of Yankee soldiers escaping a Confederate jail using a hot air balloon during the American Civil War. After…
Naked - As Nature Intended (1961): Dir. Harrison Marks; A genuine sixties 'nudie', that dodged the wrath of Mary Whitehouse–types by pronouncing its 'educational' format. After a sightseeing tour of…
Pit and the Pendulum, The (1961): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Barbara Steele; Corman's most famous plundering of Poe extracts a host of psycho–sexual tensions out of a fine script. Vincent Price is convinced he is the…
Viridiana (1961): Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey; Bunuel purges his spiritual demons in this potent psychological study of a novice nun who loses her innocence when she visits her…
Young Ones, The / Summer Holiday (1961-1962): Dir. Sidney J. Furie, Peter Yates
Feat. Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, The Shadows; A pairing of delightfully dated musical vehicles for Brit pop sensation of the day, Cliff Richard. THE YOUNG ONES has Cliff organising a fundraising…
Beat Girl (1960): Dir. Edmond T. Greville
Feat. Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee…; Providing a rare peek into the British 'beat scene', this groovy juvenile delinquency drama proves there was teenage wildlife before the Beatles, and…
Brides of Dracula (1960): Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, David Peel, Martita Hunt; Recognised as one of Hammer Studios' best horrors, this acclaimed sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA reconvenes director/actor team Fisher and Cushing. This…
High School Caesar (1960): Dir. O'Dale Ireland
Feat. John Ashley; John Ashley plays a budding crime–lord in this racy wee B–movie, with his own high school proving a rich source of revenue, via exam…
Little Shop of Horrors (1960): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Mel Welles, Jack Nicholson; Hammy black comedy about that ferocious, carnivorous plant named Audrey. A Corman quickie, shot in two days, still remains one of his best, plus it…
Mask of Satan (Black Sunday) (1960): Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. Barbara Steele; Italian shock–merchant Mario Bava's finest hour – his graphic, gothic images are way beyond 1960 and still impress today. A stylish…
Peeping Tom (1960): Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey; While Hitchcock's PSYCHO received raves reviews and general acceptance, Michael Powell's equally contentious but brilliant film was condemned as…
Sex Kittens Go to College (1960): Dir. Albert Zugsmith
Feat. Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld; Despite having thirteen diplomas, Mamie Van Doren (the B–Movie's Marilyn Monroe) has trouble being taken seriously as a college professor!…
Strange World of Gurney Slade, The (TV Series) (1960): Feat. Anthony Newley; An unpredictable, wildly inventive comedy where an actor (Anthony Newley) walks off the set of a banal sit–com and into an absurd fantasy world…
Wasp Woman, The (1960): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Michael Mark; A glamorous but ageing cosmetic executive develops an age–retarding serum, but her lust for youth and wealth is besieged by ugly…
Beat Generation, The (1959): Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Steve Cochran, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong…; Steve Cochran and Jackie Coogan are the fuzz who drop in to the beatnik world of cool jazz, dope and Kerouac on the trail of a sexual assaulter.…
Bucket of Blood, A (1959): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Ed Nelson; This has the twin distinction of being both a hilarious send–up of 'beat' culture and a ripping black comedy. Dick Miller is Walter Paisley, a…
Giant Behemoth, The (Behemoth the Sea Monster) (1959): Dir. Eugene Lourie, Douglas Hickox
Feat. Gene Evans, Andre Morell; Cult low–budget creature feature where a dormant dinosaur is resurrected during botched nuclear testing, and rampages through the city of…
Gidget (1959): Dir. Paul Wendkos
Feat. Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson; Cute–as–a–button Sandra Dee goes all out to prove she can hang with surf bums James Darren and Cliff Robertson, in the first and…
Girls Town (1959): Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Paul Anka…; Wayward teen Mamie Van Doren is sent to a girls' home after being ratted out by 'greaser' Mel Torme. Loaded with rock'n'roll.
Shadows (1959): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni; Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
Teenage Zombies (1959): Dir. Jerry Warren; A group of teenagers fall prey to a mad female scientist whose island they happen upon. Here, other prisoners and a variety of creatures are being…
Tingler, The (1959): Dir. William Castle
Feat. Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman; B–movie classic in which mad doctor Vincent Price conjures the 'physical form of fear itself', and lets the damned thing run amok! With bizzaro…
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) (1958- 1964): Feat. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Sammy Jr. Davis, Roger Moore; Efrem Zimbalist and Roger Smith are dashing young PI's in this slick police TV series from the 60s. Two eps. include guest appearances from Sammy…
Astounding She-Monster, The (1958): Dir. Ronnie Ashcroft
Feat. Robert Clarke; Cheap drive–in fodder has a deadly female alien crash–land near the hideout of a band of kidnappers. Some fun to be had with the cheesy…
Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958): Dir. Nathan Hertz
Feat. Allison Hayes, William Hudson; After a close–encounter, Allison Hayes starts growin' while her sleazeball husband philanders the town hussy. Bad special FX, charismatic…
Bonnie Parker Story, The (1958): Dir. William Witney
Feat. Dorothy Provine, Dick Bakalyan, Jack Hogan; Dorothy Provine is sensational in this low–budget telling the story of the tommy–gun toting 1930s gangster Bonnie Parker,…
Cool and the Crazy, The (1958): Dir. William Witney
Feat. Scott Marlowe, Dick Bakalyan, Gigi Perreau; Dick Bakalyan is impressively cool and crazy in this over–the–top 50s B–movie that cautions teenagers about getting mixed up with…
High School Confidential (1958): Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Russ Tamblyn, Mamie Van Doren, Jerry Lee Lewis; When not gathering dirt on local marijuana dealers, 'student' narc Russ Tamblyn is clinching it with Mamie Van Doren. This hard–biting 'JD'…
Horror of Dracula (1958): Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing; Quintessential Hammer horror is the first of six films with the peerless pairing of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as the razor–fanged Count…
How To Make A Monster (1958): Dir. Herbert Strock
Feat. Robert Harris; A Hollywood make–up artirst (Harris) is sacked by his studio and decides to enact brutal revenge on the management layer with the help of two…
Invisible Man, The (TV Series) (H. G. Well's Invisible Man) (1958-1960): Feat. Tim Turner; H.G Wells’ classic sci–fi premise is preserved in this superior television adaptation of science gone awry. Tim Turner plays the eponymous…
Machine Gun Kelly (1958): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot; A baby–faced Bronson gives an exciting edge to this superior B–movie biopic, based around the criminal career of the Depression–era…
Man of the West (1958): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb…; Gary Cooper stars in this battle of nerves as a former gunman forced by his old gang to engage in their criminal activity. Solid, intelligent film…
Queen of Outer Space (1958): Dir. Edward Bernds
Feat. Zsa Zsa Gabor, Laurie Mitchell, Eric Fleming; Campy cult fantasy with an American space crew crash landing on Venus, which is inhabited by beautiful woman presided over by a despotic Queen.
Reform School Girl (1958): Dir. Edward Bernds
Feat. Gloria Castillo, Sally Kellerman; A “shocking true story”, this cheapie concerns the rough–ride of 17 year–old Gloria Castillo, who gets mixed up with a…
Road Racers (1958): Dir. Arthur Swerdloff
Feat. Joel Lawrence, Marian Collier, Skip Ward; Utterly obscure, but this B–grade runs with a full tank of gas! Set around a melodramatic race–track plot, it features some classic 50s…
Teenage Caveman (1958): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Robert Vaughn, Sarah Marshall, Leslie Bradley; Prehistoric drive–in fare boosted by Roger Corman's knack for never letting action drag, and a baby–faced Robert Vaughn (Man from Uncle)…
Touch of Evil, A (1958): Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor…; Declaring its virtuosity right from the famous opening–shot, this late film–noir weaves a tale of murder and blackmail in a Mexican…
Vertigo (1958): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes…; Hitchcock at his most daring and surreal weaves a complex tale of neurosis when Jimmy Stewart's detective begins trailing a mysterious woman (Novak).…
Viking Women And The Sea Serpent (Saga Of The Viking Women And Their Voyage To The Waters Of The Great Sea Serpent) (1958): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot; Roger Corman schlock scraped from the seabed, about a clan of viking women who head out to sea in pursuit of their missing husbands. Soon they are…
War Of The Colossal Beast (1958): Dir. Robert Gordon
Feat. Sally Fraser, Russ Bender, Rico Alaniz; Colossally inept sequel to the genuinely interesting AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, has the scarred giant discovered looting government food trucks in the…
Wild Women of Wongo, The (1958): Dir. James L. Wolcott
Feat. Jean Hawkshaw, Mary Anne Webb, Cande Gerrard; Hokey low–budget adventure film following the lives of members of two different tribes on the fictional islands of Wongo and nearby Goona.…
Delinquents, The (1957): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Dick Bakalyan; Future luminary Robert Altman's debut feature, an "expose" of juvenile delinquency in the rock'n'roll era. Filmed in Kansas City in a…
Dragstrip Girl (1957): Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Fay Spain, Steve Terrell, John Ashley…; For the thrill of it, young blonde thing Fay Spain sets up a race between her two boyfriends, one being a good–guy garage mechanic, and the…
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957): Dir. Herbert Strock
Feat. Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton; Campy drive–in classic about a mad scientist who pulls a teen from a car wreck and 'repairs' him. Best seen as a double feature with 'Teenage…
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957): Dir. Gene Fowler Jnr.
Feat. Michael Landon; A cool Michael Landon scored a big hit in his film debut – a hilarious mishmash of horror and juvenile delinquency dramas.
Motorcycle Gang (1957): Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. John Ashley, Carl Switzer, Raymond Hatton…; Two wheel thrills as rival bikers outrage the town in a fight to the death to win the girl trophy. Drive–in version of THE WILD ONE bursts…
Rock All Night (1957): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Abby Dalton; Two fugitive killers take refuge in a rock'n'roll hotspot and terrorize the customers. Less compelling than dir. Corman's usual B–grade…
Runaway Daughters (1957): Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marla English, Anna Sten, John Litel…; Drive–in fare from American–International, this time about a trio of disaffected teenage girls – one wanting more than her…
Sorority Girl (The Bad One) (1957): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Fay Baker, Dick Miller; Nastily excellent early Corman has Susan Cabot play an evil–minded college student who blackmails, teases and dominates various social…
Thunder Over Hawaii (Naked Paradise) (1957): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Richard Denning, Beverly Garland; Corman drive–in melodrama exploits a Hawaiian setting and the sensuous Beverly Garland for a tale of savage passion, kidnapping, and robbery of…
Voodoo Woman (1957): Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Tom Conway, Marla English; A greed–and–revenge themed horror melodrama set deep in the jungle, where a mad scientist (Conway) botches his first attempts to create a…
Bad Seed, The (1956): Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones; A taut, gripping drama about a spoilt, psychotic child who has murdered her classmate. The juicy dialogue and Patty McCormack's wicked performance…
Bigger Than Life (1956): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau; Enormously potent, landmark melodrama is also a career high for James Mason: he plays a suburban family man struck down with a rare heart disease,…
Female Jungle (1956): Dir. Bruno VeSota
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Jayne Mansfield, John Carradine; Lawrence Tierney, in a rare leading role, plays a hard–drinking cop who puzzles over a nightclub murder encumbered with a 'hangover'. Careful…
Girl Can't Help It, The (1956): Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Julie London; This ebullient comedy is not only the best showcase for what one Jayne Mansfield had to offer, but also for many of the rock 'n' roll talent of the…
Girls in Prison (1956): Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Richard Denning, Joan Taylor; A seminal women–in–prison movie sure to have packed the kids in at US drive–ins to see 'what happens when a group of deranged,…
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1956): Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Bela Lugosi; Ed Wood's 'masterpiece' is renowned as the worst film ever made, but in truth any film this enjoyable can't be so bad. Zilch production values and…
Rock Rock Rock (1956): Dir. Will Price
Feat. Tuesday Weld; Tuesday Weld (at 13) schemes to get herself a strapless gown for the prom, surrounded by an impressive array of rock'n'rollers both black and white,…
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956): Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Michael Connors, Lisa Gaye, Douglas Dumbrille…; Shaky but endearing pop relic in which a group of concerned adults try to ban rock 'n' roll music in their town believing that it promotes juvenile…
Violent Years, The (1956): Dir. William J Morgan
Feat. Mamie Van Doren; Scripted by Ed Wood Jnr (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) this tawdry 50s juvenile–delinquent pic features Mamie Van Doren leading a gang of…
Written On the Wind (1956): Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack…; Douglas Sirk’s strident Texas oil–dynasty drama about a pair of spoiled and wayward heirs to the family fortune and the…
Bettie Page - Teaserama (Betty Page) (1955): Dir. Irving Klaw
Feat. Betty Page; Latterday fetish icon Betty Page dominates the screen in this near plotless curiousity from the mid–1950s: a loosely organised series of…
Bride of the Monster (1955): Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson; Mad scientist Bela Lugosi and hulking monster Tor Johnson abduct passers–by in a scheme to create a super–race. Super–bad acting,…
Land of the Pharaohs (1955): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin; High–camp spectacle about treachery in ancient Egypt during the building of the great Pyramid has procured something of a cult following, with…
Night of the Hunter, The (1955): Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish; A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955): Dir. Franklin Adreon
Feat. Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space; Cult movie serial which reworks stock footage from 1941's JUNGLE GIRL. A giant crayfish monster terrorises the African jungle and it's up to the…
Quatermass Xperiment, The (The Creeping Unknown) (1955): Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner; Effective Hammer Films feature adaptation of the 1953 BBC sci–fi TV serial written by Nigel Kneale, in which an astronaut mysteriously returns…
Animal Farm (1954): Dir. John Halas; Animated adaptation of George Orwell's dark political satire keeps faith with the book, except for the optimistic ending.
Bettie Page - Varietease (Betty Page) (1954): Dir. Irving Klaw
Feat. Betty Page; More titillating footage of one of the greatest 'underground' pinup girls of the 1950s – Betty Page – here taking part in a variety show…
Devil Girl From Mars (1954): Dir. David MacDonald
Feat. Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Adrienne Corri…; High camp sci–fi cheapie about a female alien commander from Mars who is sent to earth to collect human males as breeding stock to save the…
Jail Bait (1954): Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Timothy Farrell, Lyle Talbot, Steve Reeves…; Ed Wood gangster pic sees underworld types having plastic surgery to escape the law. Script is a model of logic by Wood's standards, but…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 2 (1954): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Features "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954), a depiction of an imaginative world of gods invoked and controlled by the untamed desires of…
Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) (1954): Feat. Lee Aaker, James Brown, Joseph Sawyer; Two episodes from the TV series about the eponymous Alsation's adventures at a cavalry outpost.
Divine Horseman (1953): Dir. Maya Deren; Interesting filmic record of Voodoo 'possession' dances from Haiti, shot by experimental filmmaker Deren, whose rhythmic editing patterns enhance the…
Glen or Glenda (1953): Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Ed Wood Jnr.; Ed Wood stars in his first and best film, an astonishingly brave slice of propaganda enlightening viewers on the 'normal' practice of…
House of Wax (1953): Dir. Andre De Toth
Feat. Vincent Price; Vincent Price portrays a vengeful sculptor who restores his showroom with the corpses of his human victims. The most famous of films originally shown…
Johnny Guitar (1953): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Sterling Hayden…; Cowgirls Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge come head to head over the men they love in this wild Western soap opera, brimming with quirky…
Robot Monster (1953): Dir. Phil Tucker
Feat. George Barrows; Sharing the mantle with PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE as the "worst movie of all time", this lesser–known unpolished turd is just as bad, only…
Invasion U.S.A. (1952): Dir. Alfred E. Green
Feat. Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O'Herlihy; A crudely devised, but fascinating slice of early Cold War paranoia, this has the 'Land of the Free' being invaded by hordes of Russians, with…
Radar Men from the Moon (1952): Dir. Fred C. Brannon
Feat. George Wallace, Roy Barcroft, Aline Towne…; Cracking Republic serial has Commando Cody taking on the baddies – including future Lone Ranger Moore – armed with his trusty aluminum…
I Love Lucy (TV Series) (1951- 1961): Feat. Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, William Frawley; Seven selected episodes from the classic 50's sitcom that never dates. Episodes are 'The Diet', 'Be a Pal', 'The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub',…
Battle of the Bombs (1950): Dir. Various; A showcase of cinematic hell, this collage of catastrophic celluloid highlights some of the world's worst movies. Proceed at your own risk!...
Un Chant D'amour (A Song of Love) (1950): Dir. Jean Genet; Sole foray into cinema for French convict–turned–playwright Jean Genet is a brief and intense visual poem about the fantasies of…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 3 (1949-1965): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Three more shorts from Mssr. Anger, including "Kustom Kar Kommando" (1965), "Puce Moments" (1949), and his most famous and controversial work,…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 1 (1947-1953): Dir. Kenneth Anger; The first of a four–part compendium of shorts from the American iconoclast: 'Fireworks' (1947), made at the tender age of 15, 'Rabbit's Moon'…
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1946): Dir. Hans Richter; A luckless artist who sets up business as a merchant of dreams is the plot device that allows the cream of European Avant–Garde – Max…
Anchors Aweigh (1945): Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly; Wartime tale of two sailors on leave in Hollywood. A milestone due to the combination of gene Kelly's live–action choreography coupled with…
Spy Smasher (1942): Dir. William Whitney
Feat. Kane Richmond, Sam Flint, Marguerite Chapman; Wartime serial adapted from the comic strip has twin brothers protecting democracy from the needle–nosed Nazi spys. 12 instalments on one…
Captain Marvel (1941): Dir. Bill Witney
Feat. Tom Tyler; Tom Tyler transforms himself into superhero Captain Marvel simply by saying the word...Shazam! Considered by some to be the finest pre–show…
Green Hornet, The (1940): Dir. Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Feat. Gordon Jones, Keye Luke, Anne Nagel…; George W. Trendle's classic masked vigilante – originally stepping out in comic book and radio form, before appearing on TV (with Bruce Lee as…
Norman McLaren - Selected Films (1940-1983): Dir. Norman McLaren; A selection of films from the influential Canadian animator, whose styles range from avant–garde abstraction to drawn cell–animation.…
TV Turkeys (1940): Crazy quiz shows, moronic musicals, dopey detective–dramas and other unintentional hilarity from the TV archives feature on this entertaining…
Wizard of Oz, The (1939): Dir. Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Feat. Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr…; The world's best loved film down through and across the generations, and a key cultural icon. MGM pulled out all the stops to realise L. Frank…
Terror of Tiny Town (1938): Dir. Sam Newfield
Feat. Billy Curtis; The infamous Western oddity featuring an entire cast of midgets.
Assassin of Youth (1937): Dir. Elmer Clifton
Feat. Luana Walters, Arthur Gardner; Marijuana scare–movie from the 30s is an above–par exercise in hilarious establishment uptightness, following the sorry fate of several…
Slaves In Bondage (1937): Dir. Elmer Clifton; Prototypical 1930s exploitation effort from legendary producer J.D. Kendis, about a sleazy vice ring run by evil mobsters which comes unstuck after a…
Marihuana (1936): Dir. Dwain Esper
Feat. Harlene Wood; Perhaps second only to REEFER MADNESS in demonstrating the perils of dope with laughably straight–faced paranoia, this sees some unsuspecting…
Reefer Madness (1936): Dir. Louis Gasnier
Feat. Dave O'Brien; Hilarious anti–marijuana film from the 1930's that depicts the likes of – 'One puff of pot can lead your clean–cut teenagers down…
Hooked: Anti-Drug Films from the 30's to the 70's (1935-1979): Dir. Various; Typically alarmist and all the funnier for it this set of nine "educational" shorts never lets research get in the way of putting the fear into…
Maniac (1934): Dir. Dwain Esper
Feat. Horace B. Carpenter, Bill Woods; Named as one of the "100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made" in The Official Razzie Movie Guide, this early sexploitation/horror shocker was loosely…
Betty Boop - The Ultimate Collection (1933-1939): Dir. Max Fleisher; An early cartoon sensation, Betty Boop flashed her curves and batted her eyelids across Depression–era America in an amusing, slightly…
Duck Soup (1933): Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx…; A commercial bomb when released, this has since emerged as The Marx Brothers' tour–de–force, and the most popular among fans on account…
King Kong (1933): Dir. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong; An iconic classic of cinema that literally smashed new ground in terms of special effects, and must have had unwitting audiences of the day…
Las Hurdes (Land Without Bread) (1933): Dir. Luis Bunuel; Surrealist non–fiction short film focused around Las Hurdes, the poorest region of Western Spain. An unnervingly straight travelogue delivered…
Freaks (1932): Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams; The only film in history to exploit real–life 'mutants' is actually a sensitive and fascinating piece of cinema history. Perhaps misunderstood…
Un Chien Andalou (1928): Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Salvador Dali; Bunuel and Salvador Dali collaborated for this sensational short film that blew the lid off convention in a way history could never repeat. A…
Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) (1921): Dir. Benjamin Christensen; This dramatised tour of the history of witchcraft is an unsettling brew of black masses and torture chambers, by which the director was clearly…
50 Worst Movies Ever Made: An appropriately schlocky, American–centered countdown of the 'worst movies ever made', ranging from classic cult items like "Glen or Glenda"…
Animation On 4: A collection of animated shorts from England's Channel 4 stable. Featured are: Next, Feet of Song, The Victor, Early Bird, Girl's Night Out, Deadsy…
Bizarre Music Television: Some of the most outrageous, insane and hysterical music videos ever made are compiled here, none of which you'll be familiar with, but still…
Brothers Quay Animation: Dir. The Brothers Quay; Three startling shorts from Britain's foremost experimental animators, with a distinctive eclectic style. Contains 'This Unnamable Little Broom'…
By Brakhage: An Anthology: Dir. Stan Brakhage; Compiles some of the most notable works of renowned US experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage. An artist of celluloid whose work varies in style and…
Cocaine Cowboys: Feat. Jack Palance, Andy Warhol; (Warhol)
Fish Tank Tele: Impress your party guests and turn your television set into an instant aqaurium! Contains sixty minutes of action–packed fish life.
Grampa's Monster Movies: Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney…; Al Grampa Lewis from the original Addam's Family hosts this collection of 28 horror trailers unearthed from the vaults of Universal studios. This…
Industrial Symphony No. 1: Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Julee Cruise; David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti present an eerie multi–media show featuring Julee Cruise and an assortment of cryptic characters. It's a…
Len Lye - Vol 1. Free Radicals: Dir. Len Lye; Varied compilation of eight of Lye's highly original short films, ranging from the 1920s cell–animation Tusalava, the rhythmic psychedelia of…
Rhino's Guide to Safe Sex: A hilarious retrospective of public service sexual films from the '40s, '50s and '60s, detailing everything from proper petting etiquette to military…
Shocking Bikers 2: Hysterical collection of bizarre, ultra–sensational B–movie trailers of biker and other exploitation films. An ideal entree before a cult…
Shocking San Francisco / Weirdo New York: Dir. Charles Gatewood; Two galleries in which Gatewood's low–tech perv–cam sniffs out dubious delights from both capitals of kink. SEE a mistress of…
Weird Cartoons 1 & 2: Two volumes of the weirdest cartoons from the archives of film history. Highlights include Betty Boop, WW2 propaganda, Cobweb Hotel and Little Black…

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