A proto-structuralist text which reveals and deconstructs the deep fissures in the facade of Victorian middle-class society and culturally constructed sexual roles. Dick Van Dyke's terrible British accent and the clever use of non-naturalistic background shows its Brechtian credentials. find out more...

An intelligent and genuinely creepy adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's novel. Set in 12th Century Italy; Prince Prospero watches from the giddy heights of his castle as the plague decimates those below him, all the while contempating the delicious torture of his guests. Superbly atmospheric camera work by Nicolas Roeg and the camp wickedness of Vincent Price make for haunting viewing. find out more...

A miner wanders the Japanese countryside with his young son, desperately in search of work, his misery compounded by the presence of a mysterious and murderous white suited stranger. The victims of the unknown killer return as wraiths, invisible to the now fearful and suspicious living, but no wiser as to the reason for their misfortune. Pitfall was Hiroshi Teshigahara's first feature, a dark, ghostly drama with its roots set firmly in the impoverished reality of a post-war Japan. This "document find out more...

When down and out artist Eben Adams meets the mysterious Jennie in Central Park he begins to paint her portrait, a work that shows more greatness than anything he has ever done. When Jennie suddenly disappears Adams searches for her to no avail and when he sees her again, a few weeks later, she has aged dramatically. The story that ensues is considered one of the greatest and moving love stories ever told right through to the awesome storm at sea that supernaturally heralds their final parting. find out more...

A psycho-chiller/thriller from the master of the genre as the naive young wife of a rich Cornish land owner is haunted by the image of his first glamorous wife, Rebecca. The usual mix of pyschology and fine film making, and widely considered to be one of Hitchcock's best works. Best Picture at the 1940 Academy Awards. find out more...

Myra is a psychic, or believes herself to be, and becomes obsessed with the desire to reach the very pinnacle of her chosen profession. Enlisting her weak husband as an accomplice Myra kidnaps a young girl and then offers the police her assistance in helping to find her. Séance is a dark brooding tale, more psychological horror than it is thriller, and from the same pen as the 70's cult classic ‘The Stepford Wives'. find out more...

Plucky widow Lucy goes to live in a cottage on the English coast even though it appears to be haunted. Sure enough, that very night she meets the ghost of crusty former owner Captain Gregg...and refuses to be scared off. Indeed, after Lucy gets used to the idea of a man's ghost haunting her bedroom, they become friends and allies and, to make it possible for her to afford to stay in the house, he decides she will write a best-seller, his memoirs. When she visits a London publisher she also impre find out more...

Hill House is a dark brooding mansion with a chillingly eerie history. Dr Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, and an unhealthy penchant for terror, is drawn to the site and, along with two researchers and a skeptic, sets out to unravel the house's mysteries.
A really good early horror made thrilling by the atmosphere, the low key sound effects and the chilling camerawork. find out more...

Shortly after coming to live with orphans Flora and Miles in their dark, eerie mansion, the new governess begins to realise that her young charges share their bodies with evil spirits and sets about trying to save the children from their fate at increasing personal risk to herself. Based on Henry James' gothic ghost tale "The Turn Of The Screw", 'The Innocents' is rich in malevolent atmosphere, a classic spine chiller. find out more...

A French detective, Brunel, on an exchange scheme in London is assigned to investigate the supposed murder of novelist John Morlar (Burton), but, on arriving at the crime scene, they discover that, despite heavy injuries, the victim is still alive and have him rushed to hospital. With the help of Morlar's journals and Dr Zonfeld (Remick), a psychiatrist whom the author had started visiting, Brunel reconstructs Morlar's past life, which (seen in flashback) is full of inexplicable catastrophes. find out more...