2019. The Earth is on the brink of destruction, Tokyo shimmers with post-punk fetishism, gangs of cyberpunk bikers and rioting crowds are on the streets of the post-atomic city. The scene is set for comic-book ultra-violence in this remarkable animated nightmare of hyper-reality.
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ALICE (ANIMATED) (1988)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A brilliant reworking of Alice in Wonderland by surrealist Czech filmaker Jan Svankmajer. Alice, the only human in the film, falls into a terrifying Wonderland populated by animated puppets and full of truily bizarre visuals; she changes size, becomes her own doll, when the White Rabbit loses his stuffing he simply secures his gaping chest with a safety-pin and eats the sawdust, eggs crack to reveal skulls, rolls sprout nails, steaks crawl..... but the very best scene is definitely the tea party
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HAXAN (1922)
Certification15 Our Rating
A disturbing Danish film, reanacting witchcraft trials from the 15th and 16th on till the early 20th Century. Mixing scenes of reanactment, animation and illustrated slideshows to depict events of alleged real-life events and possessions, we are shown images of extreme cruelty which smack of the experimental edges of medical research. This must have been tantamount to the work of the devil when it first came out. Sick-minds they had back in 1922! The DVD has a choice of soundtracks, the best of
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PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (1982)
Certification15 Our Rating
The cult film based on the classic album by Pink Floyd. Through a series of disturbing flashbacks we follow the story of Pink a rock and roll performer pushed to the brink of madness by moneymen, drugs and the loss of his father to WW2 when Pink was an infant. The story of a man, tortured by his memories, and the wall he builds around himself. Brilliant!
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