Atmospheric gothic thriller which delves beneath the genteel surface of the Victorian aristocracy to reveal the depraved decadence lurking below. A penniless young man marries a young heiress, but discovers that the uneasy life "upstairs" conceals a shocking web of subterfuge and sexual perversion.
find out more...
DEAD BIRDS (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
Set in 1863 during the American civil war, a group of rogue Confederate soldiers rob a bank of army gold. On the run they hide out in an abandoned plantation house where, as night falls, things take a sinister turn and they realise that the house may not be as abandoned as they first thought. Dead Birds is a spooky edition to the haunted house genre that blesses the audience with an intriguing story, muted and atmospheric cinematography, subtle performances and an evocative score. Oh, and there'
find out more...
ELECTRICITY (2014)
Certification15 Our Rating
find out more...
LADY SNOWBLOOD - BLIZZARD FROM THE NETHERWORLD (1973)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A band of ruthless criminals kidnap and brutalise a lone woman. Incarcerated, the women survives only on her desire for revenge and purposefully gets herself pregnant so that her child will become an instrument of vengeance.
find out more...
LADY SNOWBLOOD - LOVE SONG OF VENGEANCE (1974)
Certification18 Our Rating
Lady Snowblood is caught by the authorities and sentenced to death for her crimes of bloodthirsty vengeance on the behalf of her long deceased mother.
find out more...
LIZZIE (2019)
Certification12 Our Rating unrated
A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family.
find out more...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1969)
Certification15 Our Rating
Leone's superb all-encompassing epic portraying the death of the mythical 'Wild West'. A superb cast, the collaborations of Bertolucci and Argento, and Morricone's brilliantly atmospheric score all add to the incredible style and weight of Leone's creation. A true cinematic masterpiece! A candidate for greatest movie ever made, if you haven't... then you must.
find out more...
PALE RIDER (1985)
Certification15 Our Rating
Clint Eastwood in his first western for years, a re-working on the old story of the silent stranger who rides in and saves a small community of hard working settlers from money-grabbing land barons. An old theme but a great new western, furthermore his care for the landscape puts him in the Anthony Mann class.
find out more...
SHERLOCK HOLMES (RITCHIE) (2009)
Certification12 Our Rating
Prior to his execution the evil occultist and serial killer Lord Blackwood warns Holmes of further deaths...
This is a crackingly entertaining detective adventure though the real star has to be a CG enhanced Victorian London, especially the finale on a half-built Tower Bridge.
find out more...
SHERLOCK HOLMES: TERROR BY NIGHT (1946)
CertificationU Our Rating
Holmes, Watson and a plethora of potty passengers are all aboard the London to Edinburgh express. As the train rattles on its way, so does the mayhem, with a corpse turning up in a carriage and a false-bottomed coffin in the guard's van. Will the stealthy sleuths solve the mystery? Elementary... As fast-paced, tightly-woven a Sherlock Holmes mystery as you will find.
find out more...