20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Michelle breaks up with her boyfriend and, in a panicked drive interstate, ends up unconcious in her vehicle by the side of the road. Thankfully, Howard was driving by and took her to his nearby home where he put her on a drip and nursed her back to health - well, sort of. When Michelle comes to she finds herself in his cellar, in a locked room, handcuffed to the wall. Howard says an alien apocalypse is taking place but Michelle isn't so sure. What follows is a tense find out more...

A PRAYER FOR THE DYING (1987)

Certification15 Our Rating

Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and find out more...

AGENCY (1980)

Certification15 Our Rating

A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all.

This story is pretty terrible but the subliminal message big reveal is really enjoyable.

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ALIEN (1979)

Certification18 Our Rating

Much imitated but never equalled, this is the definitive space nightmare. The crew of a commercial spacecraft are stalked by a stowaway, mutating monster of veracious appetite. Weaver puts in a splendidly believable performance as the resourceful Ripley. Taut script and awesome special FX. find out more...

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BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

Andy has a plan to get him out of his chronic debt, and that's to rob a jewellery store, but in order to see things through he'll need some help which is where his nervous younger brother comes in. The place Andy intends to rob is actually owned by his parents, but the two men are not up for the job and when all goes tragically wrong they are faced with a father whose rage is beyond any consolation the brothers might have to offer. "Before The Devil Know's You're Dead" is a dark and brooding dra find out more...

BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)

Certification18 Our Rating

The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation, but a stalk'n'slash freak is on the loose and one by one the residents get suffocated, chopped etc. Will any of them survive? Director Bob Clark's tense, effective film is a precursor, in effect the template, to the 'stalk'n'slash' films, Friday 13th, Halloween et al, that would come a half decade later. find out more...

BLACK SABBATH (1963)

Certification12 Our Rating

A trio of tales told portmanteau style with Boris Karloff as your host; find out more...

BLUE COLLAR (1978)

Certification18 Our Rating

Three working-class friends rob the local trade union safe but all they get away with is a set of books. The brightest works out their meaning........ A superb thriller full of references to the atomisation of the working class by institutional means. find out more...

BROOKLYN'S FINEST (2009)

Certification18 Our Rating

Three police officers, a veteran alcoholic one week from retirement, a young drugs squad officer desperate for cash and an ambitious undercover agent, will all be in the same place one night. This is their stories.
A well acted, professionally made, police procedure movie. find out more...

BRUBAKER (1980)

Certification15 Our Rating

Newly appointed prison warden Henry Brubaker passes himself off as a convict for his first few days to observe the harsh realities of life on the inside. But instead he discovers a number of secret graves and a web of deceit and corruption amongst the officers. A tense, stark and gripping thriller. find out more...