A team of geologists from the University of Rome are returning from an expedition in the Swiss Engadin when their journey is cut short by a landslide that cuts off the only road out. Rather than turning back to the village several miles back, they see a hotel sign for the "Hermit's Hotel" and take a detour and beg the hotel's mute proprietor (dubbing artist Charles Borromel, Absurd) reluctantly lets them in and they discover after some snooping around that the hotel seems to have been shut up for more than the season. Carla (The Story of Boys & Girls' Stefania Orsola Garello), who has exhibited telepathic powers since childhood, starts experiencing visions of past violence in the hotel, seeing an old man murdering guests with an axe. Mary (Specters' Laurentina Guidotti) gets stuck in the kitchen freezer and ...

Ever since he married old money Martha (Ludwig's Sonia Petrovna), journalist Luke Palmer (Capriccio's Andy J. Forest) has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a witch (All the Colors of the Dark's Maria Cumani Quasimodo) tosses his severed head into a boiling cauldron. Elsa (Ring of Death's Susanna Martinková), psychiatrist wife of Luke's late brother, insists that the images are just projections of his repressed feelings about his failing marriage. When Martha comes to pick him up, she spirits him away to the countryside where she has rented a house for him to recuperate from his nervous breakdown and give their relationship another c...

The eighth in a series of murders of young women drained of blood deep in the Louisiana bayou spurns a paranormal investigation expedition lead by Dr. Hayes (Green Acres's Alvy Moore) who brings along psychically sensitive Tania (Up Your Teddy Bear's Thordis Brandt), doting secretary Maggie (The Pleasure Seekers' Shelby Grant), students Owen (Riot on Sunset Strip's Tony Benson) and Sharon (Murph the Surf's Robyn Millan), and skeptical reporter Victor (The Naked Kiss' ...

"The hardboiled genre of crime fiction evolved from the mystery crime novels of the early 20th century - closely associated with the US pulp magazines, these cynical and unsentimental stories of desperate criminals and social corruption were both influenced by and an influence on the golden era of film noir. "As their popularity waned in the US, the hardboiled genre remained hugely popular and relevant throughout the 1960s and 70s in France, thanks to the successful Série Noire imprint and a succession of new translations. In Alain Corneau's early films, he sought to continue the noir tradition in his native France, and was both directly and indirectly inspired by titans of hardboiled genre, including Kenneth Fearing and Jim Thompson. A heady combination of classic noir and 70s grit, these three darkly thrilling films are vastly underrated and important works in the canon of crime cinema." César (Best Editing): Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte (winner) and Best Music: Georges Delerue (nominee) - César Awards, 1977 Police Python 376: Inspector Marc Ferrot (...

"The hardboiled genre of crime fiction evolved from the mystery crime novels of the early 20th century - closely associated with the US pulp magazines, these cynical and unsentimental stories of desperate criminals and social corruption were both influenced by and an influence on the golden era of film noir. "As their popularity waned in the US, the hardboiled genre remained hugely popular and relevant throughout the 1960s and 70s in France, thanks to the successful Série Noire imprint and a succession of new translations. In Alain Corneau's early films, he sought to continue the noir tradition in his native France, and was both directly and indirectly inspired by titans of hardboiled genre, including Kenneth Fearing and Jim Thompson. A heady combination of classic noir and 70s grit, these three darkly thrilling films are vastly underrated and important works in the canon of crime cinema." César (Best Editing): Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte (winner) and Best Music: Georges Delerue (nominee) - César Awards, 1977 Police Python 376: Inspector Marc Ferrot (...

"The hardboiled genre of crime fiction evolved from the mystery crime novels of the early 20th century - closely associated with the US pulp magazines, these cynical and unsentimental stories of desperate criminals and social corruption were both influenced by and an influence on the golden era of film noir. "As their popularity waned in the US, the hardboiled genre remained hugely popular and relevant throughout the 1960s and 70s in France, thanks to the successful Série Noire imprint and a succession of new translations. In Alain Corneau's early films, he sought to continue the noir tradition in his native France, and was both directly and indirectly inspired by titans of hardboiled genre, including Kenneth Fearing and Jim Thompson. A heady combination of classic noir and 70s grit, these three darkly thrilling films are vastly underrated and important works in the canon of crime cinema." César (Best Editing): Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte (winner) and Best Music: Georges Delerue (nominee) - César Awards, 1977 Police Python 376: Inspector Marc Ferrot (...

23 years ago I went to see "In My Skin" at a Film Festival, it was programmed as the midnight screening on a Friday night. The theatre was packed with festival goers in anticipation for a film many had only heard rumours about and a short synopsis description in the festival guide. As soon as the film started the air felt tense, you could hear a pin drop and what unfolded over the next hour and half was one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen, and I've seen "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom" (1975), I've seen "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980), "Audition" (1999), "Irreversible" (2002), and I've seen "A Serbian Film" (2010), I have seen my fair share of challenging and difficult films, but "In My Skin" was not just made to shock and disgust, it was deeply physiologically complex and you feel a sense of dread and uneasiness throughout. An incredible feat to achieve, and the film's ending has lived rent free in my head ever since. No other film of its kind has ever had such a profound effect on me as this one, and it's been 23 years since I've seen it until this Severin 4K arrived on my doorstep. Marina de Van’s "In My Skin" is a raw, unsettling exploration of self-destruction,...

"Timecrimes" ("Los cronocrímenes") (2007) While relaxing in his backyard, Héctor (played by Karra Elejalde) spots with his binoculars a young woman (played by Bárbara Goenaga) in the forest stripping. He loses sight of her, so he goes to have a closer look, only to find she is fully unclothed and unconscious. He is suddenly stabbed with scissors in the arm by a person whose head is covered entirely with bandage cloth, and is chased into an enclosed science facility in which a scientist (played by Nacho Vigalondo) offers to help him hide. The hiding place turns out to be a prototype time machine, sending him back about an hour prior to the harrowing events. It is hard for him to grasp the reality, but decides he must do something to make sure the events do not repeat in order to save the girl and to save himself from the masked man, even though the scientist warns him that changing anything could significantly alter the course of reality. "Timecrimes" was the feature directorial debut by Nacho Vigalondo. His...

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer." Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage: Okinawa cop Joe (Dr. Akagi's Masanori Sera), also known as "Joker", and his cocky partner Ahiru (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) have been hunting robber Bruce (The Monster Bus's Seiji Matano) whose most recent heist was five million dollars in church donations. They manage to corner Bruce and slap the cuffs on him but their victory is cut short by three masked gunmen who kill Ahiru and pump thirteen bullets into Joe who manages to survive....

"In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films – or krimis – became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes – from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions. Following the early success of the cycle after the release of Face of the Frog and The Crimson Circle, veteran producer Artur Brauner launched into his own series of Wallace krimis with his company CCC Film. Presented here are five key films drawn from CCC’s krimi cycle." The Curse of the Yellow Snake: In Hong Kong, Joe Bray (The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse's Fritz Tillmann) has kept guard over the ancient cursed idol The Yellow Snake which is said to make its owner invincible should they take it into battle. His stepson Cliff Lynn (...

"In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films – or krimis – became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes – from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions. Following the early success of the cycle after the release of Face of the Frog and The Crimson Circle, veteran producer Artur Brauner launched into his own series of Wallace krimis with his company CCC Film. Presented here are five key films drawn from CCC’s krimi cycle." The Curse of the Yellow Snake: In Hong Kong, Joe Bray (The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse's Fritz Tillmann) has kept guard over the ancient cursed idol The Yellow Snake which is said to make its owner invincible should they take it into battle. His stepson Cliff Lynn (...

"In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films – or krimis – became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes – from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions. Following the early success of the cycle after the release of Face of the Frog and The Crimson Circle, veteran producer Artur Brauner launched into his own series of Wallace krimis with his company CCC Film. Presented here are five key films drawn from CCC’s krimi cycle." The Curse of the Yellow Snake: In Hong Kong, Joe Bray (The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse's Fritz Tillmann) has kept guard over the ancient cursed idol The Yellow Snake which is said to make its owner invincible should they take it into battle. His stepson Cliff Lynn (...

"In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films – or krimis – became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes – from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions. Following the early success of the cycle after the release of Face of the Frog and The Crimson Circle, veteran producer Artur Brauner launched into his own series of Wallace krimis with his company CCC Film. Presented here are five key films drawn from CCC’s krimi cycle." The Curse of the Yellow Snake: In Hong Kong, Joe Bray (The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse's Fritz Tillmann) has kept guard over the ancient cursed idol The Yellow Snake which is said to make its owner invincible should they take it into battle. His stepson Cliff Lynn (...

"In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films – or krimis – became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes – from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions. Following the early success of the cycle after the release of Face of the Frog and The Crimson Circle, veteran producer Artur Brauner launched into his own series of Wallace krimis with his company CCC Film. Presented here are five key films drawn from CCC’s krimi cycle." The Curse of the Yellow Snake: In Hong Kong, Joe Bray (The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse's Fritz Tillmann) has kept guard over the ancient cursed idol The Yellow Snake which is said to make its owner invincible should they take it into battle. His stepson Cliff Lynn (...

"In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films – or krimis – became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes – from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions. Following the early success of the cycle after the release of Face of the Frog and The Crimson Circle, veteran producer Artur Brauner launched into his own series of Wallace krimis with his company CCC Film. Presented here are five key films drawn from CCC’s krimi cycle." The Curse of the Yellow Snake: In Hong Kong, Joe Bray (The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse's Fritz Tillmann) has kept guard over the ancient cursed idol The Yellow Snake which is said to make its owner invincible should they take it into battle. His stepson Cliff Lynn (...

Milanese police lieutenant Domenico Malacarne (Torso's Luc Merenda) is up-and-coming as much due to his kick-ass police work as it is to the maneuvers of his publicity-hungry chief (Queens of Evil's Gianni Santuccio) who wants to show the effectiveness of “precautionary arrests� on the city’s vice problems. Although he appears humble in his refusal to play up his own image with the press, it turns out that he has managed to keep his mistress Sandra (High Crime's Delia Boccardo) and set her up with her own art gallery by occasionally looking the other way and burying reports. He balks when mobster Pascal (Gang War in Naples's Raymond Pellegrin) and ...

"Eclipse" (1977) Tom (played by Tom Conti) arrives at his old family home in northern Scotland, where his sister-in-law Cleo (played by Gay Hamilton) and his nephew Giles (played by Gavin Wallace) for Christmas. Bringing a turkey and presents, it looks to be a happy Christmas season for the three, but there is also a massive amount of emotional baggage within the family. Tom’s twin brother and Cleo’s husband Geoffrey (also played by Conti) was killed in a boating accident when Tom and Geoffrey went boating on a stormy night of an eclipse, and the family have not fully gotten through the loss. "Eclipse" was based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Wollaston, adapted to the screen and directed by Simon Perry. This was Perry’s first feature as a writer and director, and was produced by David Munro. The two had previously worked together on the film K...

"La Haine" (1995) Following a night of riots after a police beating of a young Arab boy Abdel, three neighborhood friends react with differing reflections. Vinz (played by Vincent Cassel) is an angry Jew hellbent on vengeance, willing to kill a cop if anything worse happens. Hubert (played by Hubert Koundé) is a North African who wants to get out of the ghetto life he has been stuck in. Saïd (played by Saïd Taghmaoui) is an indecisive Arab that is at times a mediator between Vinz and Hubert. The three may have differing backgrounds in race, religion, and personalities, but they've been close friends for many years growing up together, and their hatred against the police and the social systems that surrounds them are one and the same. But during one 24-hour period, their seemingly inconsequential lives as young urban kids are moving toward a darker path... On April 6, 1993 in Paris, France, Makome M'Bowole, a young kid from Zaire was shot and killed while he was in police custody. Though the police stated it was an...

"Brother" (2000) High ranking yakuza member Yamamoto (played by Kitano Takeshi) must go into hiding, so his death is faked by his clan as he departs for the United States where he can be close to his younger "half"-brother Ken (played by Claude Maki, his only contact there. Ken is part of a small drug dealing gang which includes his friend Denny (played by Omar Epps), who at first has a strong dislike for the quiet and violent older Yamamoto. But when Yamamoto sees that Ken and his friends are taken advantage of by rival gangs, he decides to put his yakuza skills to the test by making Ken's group the law of the Los Angeles underworld... A great number of Kitano Takeshi’s films showcase the importance of brotherhood, none more so than his 2000 feature “Brother�". But this is not a film about family in the traditional sense, as it looks at the bonds between gang members. Even the characters of Yamamoto and Ken are not through blood relations, but the much older Yamamoto basically taking care of the orphaned ...

The Children's Film Foundation: Bumper Box Volume 5 The Children's Film Foundation was an English non-profit established in 1951 which produced feature films, serials, and short films specifically for a younger audience for Saturday matinees. Feature films were just under an hour in length, and would feature children in the leads in moral tales with capers, action, humor, and silliness that usually placed emphasis on how adults were usually blindsided by issues that kids saw more clearly. From issues like abuse, environmental concerns, family values, and much more, there was a lot of variety to be had with differing directors, actors, and other crew participating in the fairly low budget quickies that would give an equal amount of smiles and groans to different kids. The productions would feature works that could appeal to both boys and girls, with fun sequences like chases and silly humor to hit the funny bones of young ones, but the juvenile nature and predictable nature were also a detractor for others. These works were not made to be of high artistic standards with special quality, with many of the child actors having little to no training with acting and the adults sometimes acting like bumbling dumbfounded c...

The Children's Film Foundation: Bumper Box Volume 5 The Children's Film Foundation was an English non-profit established in 1951 which produced feature films, serials, and short films specifically for a younger audience for Saturday matinees. Feature films were just under an hour in length, and would feature children in the leads in moral tales with capers, action, humor, and silliness that usually placed emphasis on how adults were usually blindsided by issues that kids saw more clearly. From issues like abuse, environmental concerns, family values, and much more, there was a lot of variety to be had with differing directors, actors, and other crew participating in the fairly low budget quickies that would give an equal amount of smiles and groans to different kids. The productions would feature works that could appeal to both boys and girls, with fun sequences like chases and silly humor to hit the funny bones of young ones, but the juvenile nature and predictable nature were also a detractor for others. These works were not made to be of high artistic standards with special quality, with many of the child actors having little to no training with acting and the adults sometimes acting like bumbling dumbfounded c...

The Children's Film Foundation: Bumper Box Volume 5 The Children's Film Foundation was an English non-profit established in 1951 which produced feature films, serials, and short films specifically for a younger audience for Saturday matinees. Feature films were just under an hour in length, and would feature children in the leads in moral tales with capers, action, humor, and silliness that usually placed emphasis on how adults were usually blindsided by issues that kids saw more clearly. From issues like abuse, environmental concerns, family values, and much more, there was a lot of variety to be had with differing directors, actors, and other crew participating in the fairly low budget quickies that would give an equal amount of smiles and groans to different kids. The productions would feature works that could appeal to both boys and girls, with fun sequences like chases and silly humor to hit the funny bones of young ones, but the juvenile nature and predictable nature were also a detractor for others. These works were not made to be of high artistic standards with special quality, with many of the child actors having little to no training with acting and the adults sometimes acting like bumbling dumbfounded c...

Having built his reputation with a quartet of eccentric erotic vampire tales, Jean Rollin surprised audiences with The Iron Rose (Le Rose de fer), an atmospheric detour into the realms of the fantastique. When a couple – played by Françoise Pascal (Burke and Hare) and Hugues Quester (Je t’aime moi non plus) – stumble across an old cemetery, they begin to explore its gravestones and crypts. But, as night falls, they find that they are unable to leave ... Restored in 4K from the original negative, The Iron Rose also features Rollin regulars Nathalie Perrey (Lips of Blood) and Mireille Dargent (Requiem for a Vampire), and is considered by many to be one of its director’s crowning achievements. This new edition also includes a new 4K restoration of Rollin’s early short film The Yellow Loves, an evocation of the poetry of Tristan Corbière, whose work was also the inspiration for The Iron Rose....

Having built his reputation with a quartet of eccentric erotic vampire tales, Jean Rollin surprised audiences with The Iron Rose (Le Rose de fer), an atmospheric detour into the realms of the fantastique. When a couple – played by Françoise Pascal (Burke and Hare) and Hugues Quester (Je t’aime moi non plus) – stumble across an old cemetery, they begin to explore its gravestones and crypts. But, as night falls, they find that they are unable to leave... Restored in 4K from the original negative, The Iron Rose also features Rollin regulars Nathalie Perrey (Lips of Blood) and Mireille Dargent (Requiem for a Vampire), and is considered by many to be one of its director’s crowning achievements. This new edition also includes a new 4K restoration of Rollin’s early short film The Yellow Loves, an evocation of the poetry of Tristan Corbière, whose work was also the inspiration for The Iron Rose....

Dario Argentodescribes FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET as a deeply personal exploration of his inner turmoil: “I decided to let loose, go crazy, and unleash all my creativity and personal nightmares. Psychoanalysis plays a major role in the film because it’s partly autobiographical – rather Freudian, in fact.� Both Argento and lead actor Michael Brandon, in exclusive interviews for this edition, reveal how the director found his alter ego in Brandon, channelling his own paranoia to create an unsettling psychological thriller. The result is a shocking, knife-edge whodunit with a stunning twist. Introspection becomes art in Argento’s hands, making FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET essential viewing for anyone seeking a glimpse into the director’s psyche. It concludes Argento’s iconic ‘Animal’ trilogy, paving the way for ‘Suspiria’ and his later expressionistic masterpieces that earned him the title ‘Master of Horror.’ Celebrated rock musician Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon) is thrust into a nightmare. Framed for a brutal stabbing, he soon finds himself ensnared in a web of senseless murders. The only clue to the deranged killer lies in a cryptic image captured on a victim’s retina. Roberto’s desperate searc...

Dario Argentodescribes FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET as a deeply personal exploration of his inner turmoil: “I decided to let loose, go crazy, and unleash all my creativity and personal nightmares. Psychoanalysis plays a major role in the film because it’s partly autobiographical – rather Freudian, in fact.� Both Argento and lead actor Michael Brandon, in exclusive interviews for this edition, reveal how the director found his alter ego in Brandon, channelling his own paranoia to create an unsettling psychological thriller. The result is a shocking, knife-edge whodunit with a stunning twist. Introspection becomes art in Argento’s hands, making FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET essential viewing for anyone seeking a glimpse into the director’s psyche. It concludes Argento’s iconic ‘Animal’ trilogy, paving the way for ‘Suspiria’ and his later expressionistic masterpieces that earned him the title ‘Master of Horror.’ Celebrated rock musician Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon) is thrust into a nightmare. Framed for a brutal stabbing, he soon finds himself ensnared in a web of senseless murders. The only clue to the deranged killer lies in a cryptic image captured on a victim’s retina. Roberto’s desperate searc...

From director Vincent Sherman (Affair in Trinidad) comes the classic drama Harriet Craig, starring Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) and Wendell Corey (Rear Window). Manipulative and possessive Harriet (Crawford) controls every aspect of the lives of her husband Walter (Corey) and cousin Clare (K T Stevens, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), and schemes to destroy their chances of happiness. However, when they become aware of her treachery, her world begins to fall apart... Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Craig’s Wife by George Kelly (The Show-Off), Harriet Craig boasts one of Joan Crawford’s most devastating performances....

Prepare to step in and out of time with three friends as they discover they have the power to travel back and forth through the fabric of time with a sneeze. However, the lives they hoped to have in the future are not as promising as they had anticipated and with that, they need to take on the responsibility of taking over the world....

Chantal Contouri (Snapshot), David Hemmings (Harlequin), and Henry Silva (The Tall T) star in Thirst, a shocking fusion of horror and science fiction from legendary Australian producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick). A sinister organisation known as the Brotherhood kidnaps Kate (Contouri), believing her to be the descendant of Countess Báthory, the Hungarian noblewoman who reputedly had vampiric tendencies. A battle of wills ensues as the Brotherhood tries to force the horrified Kate to join their blood-drinking sacrificial cult. Only Dr Fraser (Hemmings) is willing to help her ... ...

Chantal Contouri (Snapshot), David Hemmings (Harlequin), and Henry Silva (The Tall T) star in Thirst, a shocking fusion of horror and science fiction from legendary Australian producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick). A sinister organisation known as the Brotherhood kidnaps Kate (Contouri), believing her to be the descendant of Countess Báthory, the Hungarian noblewoman who reputedly had vampiric tendencies. A battle of wills ensues as the Brotherhood tries to force the horrified Kate to join their blood-drinking sacrificial cult. Only Dr Fraser (Hemmings) is willing to help her... ...

Robert Powell (The Survivor), David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear), Carmen Duncan (Turkey Shoot), and Broderick Crawford (The Mob) star in Harlequin, a mysterious and fantastical thriller from director Simon Wincer (Snapshot) and writer Everett De Roche (Roadgames). When eccentric faith healer Gregory Wolfe (Powell) apparently cures the terminally ill son of Senator Nick Rast (Hemmings), Rast’s wife (Duncan) places her faith in Wolfe’s powers. But when Wolfe begins meddling in sensitive government business, political fixer Doc Wheelan (Crawford) decides to make the problem go away... Inspired by Rasputin’s influence over the Russian court, Harlequin (released in the US as Dark Forces) is a classic Australian chiller from producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick)....

Robert Powell (The Survivor), David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear), Carmen Duncan (Turkey Shoot), and Broderick Crawford (The Mob) star in Harlequin, a mysterious and fantastical thriller from director Simon Wincer (Snapshot) and writer Everett De Roche (Roadgames). When eccentric faith healer Gregory Wolfe (Powell) apparently cures the terminally ill son of Senator Nick Rast (Hemmings), Rast’s wife (Duncan) places her faith in Wolfe’s powers. But when Wolfe begins meddling in sensitive government business, political fixer Doc Wheelan (Crawford) decides to make the problem go away... Inspired by Rasputin’s influence over the Russian court, Harlequin (released in the US as Dark Forces) is a classic Australian chiller from producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick)....

Oscar® winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as devoted father Bill Furlong in this film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent - and uncovers truths of his own - forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church. ...

Henry Hathaway (Go West Young Man) directs John Wayne (Jet Pilot), Betty Field (7 Women), Harry Carey (You and Me), and Beulah Bondi (Remember the Night) in the classic 1941 melodrama The Shepherd of the Hills. When Daniel Howitt (Carey), a kindly stranger, arrives in a remote Ozark community riven by hatred, he befriends young Sammy (Field) and raises the ire of her fiancé, Matt (Wayne), a bitter moonshiner who has sworn to kill his own father. Based on the best-selling novel by Harold Bell Wright, and boasting ravishing cinematography by Charles Lang (The Long Gray Line) and W Howard Greene (The Magnificent Seven), Hathaway’s version of The Shepherd of the Hills was the third of no fewer than four big-screen adaptations, and was Wayne’s first film in Technicolor....

Humphrey Bogart (The Harder They Fall), Bruce Bennett (Undertow) and J Carrol Naish (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer) star in Sahara, a thrilling tale of World War II heroism from director Zoltán Korda (A Woman’s Vengeance). Separated from his unit following the fall of Tobruk, Master Sergeant Joe Gunn (Bogart) and his crew flee in a tank across the Sahara, picking up a variety of stragglers and prisoners along the way. With their survival entirely dependent on the water from a depleted well, the group must defend it against a whole German battalion. Produced by Harry Joe Brown (Buchanan Rides Alone) and shot under harsh conditions in the unforgiving landscape of the Colorado Desert, the production of Sahara utilised an entire US Army division as extras, adding to the film’s gritty sense of realism....

Cornel Wilde (Shockproof), Victoria Shaw (The Crimson Kimono), and Mickey Shaughnessy (Jailhouse Rock) star in Edge of Eternity, a riveting murder mystery from director Don Siegel (Madigan, Charley Varrick). When a series of killings plagues an Arizona ghost town on the edge of the Grand Canyon, Deputy Sherrif Martin (Wilde) forms an unlikely partnership with playgirl Janice (Shaw) to investigate. Made on location, and shot in CinemaScope by the great Burnett Guffey (The Sniper, The Reckless Moment), Edge of Eternity is one of Don Siegel's most arresting and thrilling crime films....

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were two of American cinema’s best-loved comic actors, and this box set collects three of their classic collaborations. In Stir Crazy, Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) are sentenced to 125 years for a bank robbery they didn’t commit and must rely on each other to survive in a maximum-security prison. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, blind Wally (Pryor) and deaf Dave (Wilder) team up to foil a murderous gang of thieves. Finally, in Another You, compulsive liar George (Wilder) is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, to the delight of conman Eddie (Pryor). This essential three-disc collection features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, interviews, and critical appreciations, as well as a 100-page book containing new and archival writings. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units....

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were two of American cinema’s best-loved comic actors, and this box set collects three of their classic collaborations. In Stir Crazy, Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) are sentenced to 125 years for a bank robbery they didn’t commit and must rely on each other to survive in a maximum-security prison. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, blind Wally (Pryor) and deaf Dave (Wilder) team up to foil a murderous gang of thieves. Finally, in Another You, compulsive liar George (Wilder) is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, to the delight of conman Eddie (Pryor). This essential three-disc collection features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, interviews, and critical appreciations, as well as a 100-page book containing new and archival writings. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units....

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were two of American cinema’s best-loved comic actors, and this box set collects three of their classic collaborations. In Stir Crazy, Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) are sentenced to 125 years for a bank robbery they didn’t commit and must rely on each other to survive in a maximum-security prison. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, blind Wally (Pryor) and deaf Dave (Wilder) team up to foil a murderous gang of thieves. Finally, in Another You, compulsive liar George (Wilder) is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, to the delight of conman Eddie (Pryor). This essential three-disc collection features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, interviews, and critical appreciations, as well as a 100-page book containing new and archival writings. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units....

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genre’s most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr ‘X’ murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her family’s secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husband’s life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genre’s most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr ‘X’ murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her family’s secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husband’s life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genre’s most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr ‘X’ murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her family’s secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husband’s life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genre’s most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr ‘X’ murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her family’s secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husband’s life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genre’s most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr ‘X’ murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her family’s secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husband’s life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genre’s most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr ‘X’ murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her family’s secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husband’s life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...

Hollywood legends Marlene Dietrich (Blonde Venus) and Fred MacMurray (Pushover) collide in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Is Willing. Eccentric Broadway star Liza Madden (Dietrich) longs to become a mother but has no need for a husband. When she stumbles across an abandoned baby, she resolves to adopt it, entering into a marriage of convenience with child-hating, rabbit-obsessed divorcé Dr McBain (MacMurray). Directed by Mitchell Leisen (Remember the Night) and scripted by James Edward Grant (Bullfighter and the Lady), The Lady Is Willing also includes memorable supporting turns from Stanley Ridges (An Act of Murder), Aline MacMahon (One Way Passage), and Arline Judge (An American Tragedy). ...

Sylvia Sidney (An American Tragedy), George Raft (Spawn of the North), and Harry Carey (The Long Gray Line) head up the cast of this powerful film from the great Fritz Lang (Ministry of Fear). When ex-convict Joe (Raft) gets a job in a department store, he falls in love with his co-worker Helen (Sidney) and, even though the rules of their employment strictly forbid it, the two secretly are married. However, when he discovers that Helen has been hiding the fact that she is also an ex-con, Joe becomes enraged and decides to rob the store, putting their relationship in jeopardy. With a screenplay by Virginia Van Upp (Affair in Trinidad) and Norman Krasna (Fury), as well as music by the legendary Kurt Weill (The Threepenny Opera), You and Me is a unique mix of crime thriller and romantic comedy which confounded audience expectations at the time of its release, but which has become a critical favourite in the decades since....

Following the runaway success of Love Affair, Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth) and Charles Boyer (A Woman’s Vengeance) were reunited for When Tomorrow Comes, a heartbreaking romantic melodrama. Despite differences of class and politics, concert pianist Philip (Boyer) falls in love with waitress Helen (Dunne), and they embark on a torrid romance. However, Helen soon finds that Philip is hiding something from her... Directed by John M Stahl (Leave Her to Heaven) and based on a story by James M Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice), When Tomorrow Comes was later remade by Douglas Sirk as Interlude, and stands as a classic of the so-called ‘Women's Picture’ genre....

George Lazenby, in a career-defining departure from his role as James Bond 007 (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), delivers a powerful, gutsy performance in Aldo Lado's chillingly disturbing giallo masterpiece, WHO SAW HER DIE? Lazenby portrays Franco Serpieri, a sculptor recently separated from his wife (Anita Strindberg). He invites their young daughter, Roberta (Nicoletta Elmi), to spend time with him in an autumnal Venice. As father and daughter joyfully make up for lost time exploring the city, their idyllic bonding is shattered when Roberta becomes the target of a dangerous child-killer lurking in the city's foggy canals. Consumed by grief and driven by a thirst for justice, a tormented Franco embarks on his own investigation, uncovering vicious depravity in the highest echelons of Venetian society controlled by a Machiavellian art-dealer Adolfo Celi (Largo in 007’s Thunderball). Bearing striking and uncanny similarities to Nicolas Roeg’s later film, Don’t Look Now, Lado’s WHO SAW HER DIE? delves into a father’s haunting guilt within a spellbinding giallo mystery. Enhanced by Ennio Morricone's eerie score and Franco Di Giacomo's (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly) evocative cinematography, now properly revealed in this defin...

After a decade of honing their signature characters, Richie and Eddie, across TV and stage-show appearances, British comedy legends Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson (The Comic Strip Presents..., The Young Ones) finally gave the pair the big-screen outing which they truly deserved in the riotous, vomit-soaked entertainment that is Guest House Paradiso. When Mr Nice (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead) and his family check in to ‘the cheapest hotel in Britain’ – run with maximum inefficiency and malfeasance by Richie and Eddie – it sets off an outrageous chain of events involving rubber underwear, a beautiful Italian film star (Hélène Mahieu), her abusive fiancé (Vincent Cassel, Irreversible), and a consignment of radioactive fish. Featuring a spectacular supporting cast, which also includes Fenella Fielding (Carry On Screaming!, Hammer’s The Old Dark House) and Bill Nighy (Love Actually), this slapstick tour-de-force is a latter-day classic of disreputable British comedy, which has to be seen to be believed....

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 1974–1977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone – yet seemingly irresistible – Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satan’s Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camp’s tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 1974–1977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone – yet seemingly irresistible – Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satan’s Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camp’s tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 1974–1977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone – yet seemingly irresistible – Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satan’s Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camp’s tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...