My DVD rental list
This is a list of all the movies that I have rented from an on-line DVD rental service over the last four years. My approach to movie viewing is a pincer attack - watching some of the greatest films ever made...and some of the most cheapjack B-movies too. They are listed in the order I received them.
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- DirectorSydney PollackStarsBurt LancasterPatrick O'NealJean-Pierre AumontDuring the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his remote 10th Century castle hoping a battle there against the advancing Germans will not lead to its destruction and all the heritage within.A dream like WWII film starring Burt Lancaster and Columbo! = 7/10
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsBrian DeaconEric DeaconAndréa FerréolTwin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.Peter Greenaway's study in cinema lighting...and mortality. = 9/10
- DirectorSatsuo YamamotoStarsShintarô KatsuRentarô MikuniKô NishimuraIn a town where debt-ridden peasants are being ruthlessly exploited, Zatoichi is forced to take sides between a cruel yakuza boss and his seemingly altruistic rival.The blind swordsman comes to regret a good turn. =7/10
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsEddie ConstantineAnna KarinaAkim TamiroffA U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.Wonderfully named special agent Lemmy Caution finds himself in a loveless society. = 8/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTsutomu YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.A film as much about the rituals of court society as it is about Samurai and grand battles. = 8/10
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako WatanabeA collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.Quite simply one of the most visually stunning films I have ever seen. Based on the writings of Lafcadio Hearn. = 10/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.Classic Kurosawa, a lone swordsman pits rival gangs against each other. = 9/10
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsBruno S.Walter LadengastBrigitte MiraA young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.Werner Herzog's masterful telling of the true story of a boy found in Nuremberg who had been raised without human contact. = 9/10
- DirectorRicky TognazziStarsClaudio AmendolaRicky MemphisGianmarco TognazziThe "Brigatte Veneno" is a fan group from the soccer club "AS Roma". The next match is against "Juventus Turin", the classic prestige duel. Principe, the former leader of the group, has been dismissed from jail a few days before.Hard-core A.S. Roma fans dedicate their lives to their club in the build-up to an away game at Juventus. = 7/10
- DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsBrahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef SaadiIn the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.Almost documentary-like reconstruction of the bitter fight for Algerian independence. = 9/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTatsuya NakadaiKeiju KobayashiA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.Kurosawa's companion to, and counterpoint to Yojimbo in which the central character preserves rather than takes lives. = 8/10
- DirectorEric MorgretStarsMelanie CalderwoodDoug CartwrightAngelica DiMicoSoon after his marriage to the beautiful but mysterious heiress Asenath Waite, poet and scholar Edward Derby exhibits alarming personality changes and mood swings. His graduate advisor, Dan Upton investigates.Eric Morgret's modern reworking of the classic Lovecraft story. = 7/10
- DirectorAndrew LemanStarsMatt FoyerJohn BolenRalph LucasWhile sorting the affairs of his late Uncle, a man accidentally stumbles across a series of dark secrets connected to an ancient horror waiting to be freed.Silent film techniques are used to good effect to give a 1920's feel to perhaps Lovecraft's most well known tale. = 8/10
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsDragan BjelogrlicNikola KojoDragan MaksimovicDuring the war in Bosnia, two childhood friends eventually become enemies, as the tragic and devastating circumstances of the war put them on the opposite sides and expose the most gruesome and cruel aspects of the human nature.Two childhood friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Yugoslav civil war. = 8/10
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.A strange man leads a group of people into a mysterious zone, that has suddenly appeared in an industrial wasteland, where the everyday laws of life seem not to apply. = 10/10
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittLukas HaasEmilie de RavinA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.A stunning debut feature film from Rian Johnson in which the language and mores of noir are transferred to a modern day high school. = 9/10
- DirectorJames BridgesStarsJane FondaJack LemmonMichael DouglasA reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.Classic thriller about the nuclear industry, the media and social attitudes to women. = 7/10
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJosh HartnettJames WoodsA group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.Sofia Coppola's haunting tale of suburban 70s America. Adapted from the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. = 7/10
- DirectorJean RollinStarsMarie-Pierre CastelMireille DargentPhilippe GastéTwo girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.Jean Rollin's stylish, dreamlike tale of gun-toting teenage girls, vampires, sex and sadism. = 5/10
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJeffrey CombsTommy Dean MussetJason BarryAfter 13 years in prison, the mad scientist from Re-Animator (1985) gets a new chance to experiment with the arrival of a young prison doctor, who secretly hopes to learn to reanimate dead people. Good intentions turn to horror.The third film in Brian Yuzna's series of films inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft story. = 5/10
- DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny DayagAn Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.Animated documentary in which director Ari Folman seeks out those he served alongside in the Israeli army to try and remember the events he has blocked from his mind. = 9/10
- DirectorVera ChytilováStarsIvana KarbanováJitka CerhováMarie CeskováAfter realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?Delightful, witty attack on conformity and materialism as two bored girls go in search of decadence. Featuring an exuberant array of cinematic techniques. = 7/10
- DirectorAndrew BirkinStarsCharlotte GainsbourgAndrew RobertsonAlice CoulthardFour children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their mom's decomposing corpse in a makeshift concrete sarcophagus.Charlotte Gainsbourg puts in an excellent performance in this adaptation of the Ian McEwen novel about orphaned teenage siblings who begin an incestuous relationship as they try to raise their younger siblings. = 7/10
- DirectorSadik AhmedStarsTariq Anam KhanAhmed RubelTanveer HassanKala an armed, Ex-soldier arrives in a remote town in search of answers about his past. He becomes the focus of a rivalry between the two most powerful men in town. Chairman, a populist, Muslim politician and Thakur, an elderly, wealthy Hindu landowner. Kala and his rifle could tip the balance of power one way or the other. Who will Kala side with? Will he find his father? Will he discover who raped and murdered his mother? Will he have his revenge?Described as a Bangladeshi Western - influenced by Yojimbo, Macbeth, A Fistful of Dollars and Last Man Standing. = 6/10
- DirectorJennifer LynchStarsJulia OrmondBill PullmanPell JamesTwo FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.Jennifer Chambers Lynch directs this disturbing tale inspired by Rashomon. = 8/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.Seven samurai are hired by poor villagers to protect them from an annual raid by bandits in Kurosawa's influential masterpiece. = 10/10
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsPauline AcquartLouise BlachèreAdèle HaenelAfter meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.A very good debut film that takes an unflinching look at teenage sexuality. = 7/10
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGabriele FerzettiMonica VittiLea MassariA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.Antonioni presents us with an unsolved puzzle when a group of holidaymakers go ashore onto a small volcanic island and one of them vanishes. = 8/10
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyDelphine SeyrigPaul FrankeurA surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.In a reversal of Bunuel's earlier The Exterminating Angel a group of friends are continually prevented from gathering for a dinner party. = 9/10
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsElisabeth HelanderJörgen NohallJan WikbladhYou, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.An excellent dark comedy full of some great visuals and absurd vignettes. = 8/10
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsGrazyna SzapolowskaOlaf LubaszenkoStefania IwinskaA naive inexperienced young man spies on a woman who lives across the courtyard, and falls in love with her. He starts using tricks which he hopes will lead to them meeting.Kieslowski's gripping, unsettling story of impossible love. = 8/10
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.Gene Hackman gives an absorbing performance in this superb but unconventional thriller. = 9/10
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsNicole KidmanPaul BettanyLauren BacallA woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.Controversial revenge drama staged as if it is a rehearsal on a sound stage with buildings marked out in white tape on the floor. At times difficult but one of Von Trier's best. = 9/10
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsFatoumata CoulibalyMaimouna Hélène DiarraSalimata TraoréWhen a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.Ousmane Sembane's final film, a woman uses traditional magic to save the young girls in her village from the trauma of Female Genital Mutilation. = 8/10
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsMiroslaw BakaKrzysztof GlobiszJan TesarzA soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.Bleak but powerful condemnation of killing - whether criminal or judicial. = 9/10
- DirectorNimród AntalStarsSándor CsányiEszter BallaZoltán MucsiA tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likable characters, a rival ticket inspection team and racing along the tracks - and a tale about love.Excellent, somewhat surreal film about a group of oddball ticket inspectors on the Budapest metro system. = 8/10
- DirectorGerald McMorrowStarsEva GreenRyan PhillippeSam RileyA portrait of the broken lives of four people (a vigilante detective, a worried parent, an awkward man looking for love and a suicidal artist) as they all struggle to cope in their religiously-dystopian city.I really enjoyed this unusual, atmospheric Science Fiction / Fantasy film. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea. = 8/10
- DirectorCésar CharloneEnrique FernándezStarsCésar TroncosoVirginia MéndezMario SilvaA small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.A superb little film. Shining a light on a little known part of the world. It is funny, moving, interesting and based on true events. = 9/10
- DirectorHanno HöferRazvan MarculescuCristian MungiuStarsDiana CavalliotiRadu IacobanVlad IvanovSeveral urban legends of Communist Romania are dramatized.A series of stories highlighting the absurdities of life in communist Romania. I particularly enjoyed the one about the 'air quality inspectors'. = 8/10
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.Bergman's splendid medieval examination of the irrationality of religion and the worth of goodness when facing our mortality. = 9/10
- DirectorToa FraserStarsJeremy NorthamSam NeillBryan BrownSet in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.Quite possibly the most joyous film ever made about dogs! = 8/10
- DirectorSergei DvortsevoyStarsAskhat KuchinchirekovTolepbergen BaisakalovSamal YeslyamovaOn the steppes of Kazakhstan, Asa lives in a yurt with his sister Samal, her husband Ondas, and their three children. Ondas is a herdsman, tough and strong. It's dry, dusty, and windy; too many lambs are stillborn. Against this backdrop, Asa, a dreamer who's slight of build and recently finished with a stint in the Russian Navy, tries to establish a life on the steppes. He, his friend Boni, and Ondas call on Tulpan, the only single girl in the area. The men talk to her parents while she listens out of sight. Her answer and Asa's later trips to talk to her form an arc of hope against the harsh land. Is this the place of Asa's dreams? What about the other lambs?Unusual film set up the plains of Kazakhstan. A young man returns from serving in the Navy with some tall tales but just wants his own flock of sheep so he can marry. = 8/10
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsJürgen VogelFrederick LauMax RiemeltA high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.The Stanford prison experiment is transferred to a modern German high school. You can predict things are not going to go well but it is still a well-made film that holds the attention. = 7/10
- DirectorSergei EisensteinDmitriy VasilevStarsNikolay CherkasovNikolai OkhlopkovAndrei AbrikosovThe story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.A historical epic wonderfully scored by Prokofiev = 7/10
- DirectorLucía PuenzoStarsRicardo DarínValeria BertuccelliGermán PalaciosThe story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.Intriguing Argentinian film about a young hermaphrodite. = 7/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.Kurosawa transports Macbeth to feudal Japan. = 8/10
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsZbigniew CybulskiEwa KrzyzewskaWaclaw ZastrzezynskiAs World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.Chilling account of the contradictions of war and the peace that may follow. = 8/10
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga BaclanovaA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.A genuinely creepy pre-Hays code gem. = 9/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMisa UeharaMinoru ChiakiLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.The heiress of a feudal lord is saved from bandits by a samurai - the possible inspiration for Star Wars? = 8/10
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.A tremendous combination of art and black humour...with a horror backdrop naturally. = 8/10
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.Highly stylised and stylish classic German silent with a twist. = 8/10
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsIsabelle HuppertOlivier GourmetAdélaïde LerouxLife for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened.A quirky, dark comedy / family drama that has been described as a road movie in reverse. Enjoyable. = 7/10
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsDavid HemmingsVanessa RedgraveSarah MilesA fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.Fantasy and reality blur in Antonioni's classic think piece set in swinging '60s London. = 8/10
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsHenry G. SandersKaycee MooreCharles BracySet in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.Documentary like film about the problems faced by a family who have moved to LA in search of a better life, but find that life is if anything more difficult there. Features some delightful scenes of children making their own games. = 7/10
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowIngrid ThulinGunnar BjörnstrandA traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.AKA Ansiktet or The Face. A magician is tested by the trinity of church, throne and justice and when exposed has his revenge. = 8/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.Four people, four versions of events. Kurosawa's oft imitated examination of bias and the distortion of memory. = 9/10
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.Bergman's intense study of identity and its importance to the individual. = 8/10
- DirectorAleksey BalabanovStarsSergey MakovetskiyDinara DrukarovaAnzhelika NevolinaDariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.One of the best films I have seen recently. A truly original story of a pornographer worming his way into the lives of two respectable families - via the female family members - and destroying them. Filmed in a mixture of B/W and sepia. = 10/10
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsLarenz TateKeith DavidChris TuckerA Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.Crime drama with social commentary. = 6/10
- DirectorSergei BodrovStarsTadanobu AsanoAmadu MamadakovKhulan ChuluunThe story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.A lavish, epic tale that is very entertaining. The film was a bit of a nightmare to make by all accounts. = 7/10
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsAndie MacDowellJulianne MooreTim RobbinsThe day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.Altman's complex, intertwining story of the interconnectedness of modern life. = 8/10
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsSima Mobarak-ShahiShayesteh IraniAyda SadeqiThe struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.Iranian film about a group of girls trying to get into the stadium to see their national football team play. = 7/10
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid MorseAn Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.Lars von Trier's musical about the lengths a mother will go to for her child. = 8/10
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsAnthony HigginsJanet SuzmanAnne-Louise LambertA young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.Peter Greenaway's superb, nuanced film about an arrogant artist who gets more than he bargained for. With a memorable music score by Michael Nyman. = 9/10
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsThomas JaneMarcia Gay HardenLaurie HoldenA freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.= 8/10
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid ThulinGunnel LindblomBirger MalmstenTwo estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.= 8/10
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceLena EndreLisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.= 6/10
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.= 8/10
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsHarriet AnderssonGunnar BjörnstrandMax von SydowRecently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.= 8/10
- DirectorCheryl DunyeStarsCheryl DunyeGuinevere TurnerValarie WalkerA young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.A mockumentary by a young, black, lesbian film maker about a young, black, lesbian film maker trying to discover the story of a black actress of the 30s and 40s who was billed only as The Watermelon Woman. = 7/10
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsBranko DjuricRene BitorajacFilip SovagovicBosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.= 8/10
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam HarriganA scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.= 8/10
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsBob HopePaulette GoddardJohn BealWhen an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.= 8/10
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsKeanu ReevesWinona RyderRobert Downey Jr.An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.= 7/10
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTatsuya FujiEiko MatsudaAoi NakajimaA passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.A very intense and uncompromising film. It is based on a true story but is also Oshima's reaction to traditional Japanese cinema. = 7/10
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsStéphane AudranMichel BouquetMaurice RonetA man begins to believe his wife is cheating on him.A rather pedestrian story from Chabrol is rescued by it's ending.
= 5/10 - DirectorKen LoachStarsFrances McDormandMaurice RoëvesRobert PattersonWhen an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.A work of fiction, but blending together elements from a number of real life conspiracy theories about the activities of the British state.
= 8/10 - DirectorMario BavaStarsClaudine AugerLuigi PistilliClaudio CamasoThe murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.An interesting work from Bava. Each killer is themselves killed off by another person with an interest in the Bay, who is in turn killed by another. = 7/10
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsArata IuraErika OdaSusumu TerajimaAfter death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.= 8/10
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsDick MillerBarboura MorrisAntony CarboneA dimwitted busboy at a beatnik cafe passes off a cat he accidentally killed and covered in plaster as a sculpture, prompting a demand for more art that compels him to commit murders.= 5/10
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceCarol OhmartRichard LongA millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.A ridiculously over-complexly plotted horror from the master of the gimmick film. The original gimmick here was a glow in the dark skeleton that trundled over the heads of the cinema audience. = 6/10
- DirectorT. Hayes HunterStarsBoris KarloffCedric HardwickeErnest ThesigerAn Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.A minor classic of British horror. Fantastic classical score adds to the atmosphere. = 7/10
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.Kurosawa this time transports King Lear to feudal Japan. = 8/10
- DirectorSantos AlcocerEdward MannStarsJean-Pierre AumontBoris KarloffViveca LindforsA blind sculptor works on his magnum opus unaware that the skeletons he has been using for armatures are the remains of the victims of his evil wife and that he is the next target.A pretty poor film with a dying, wheelchair bound Karloff hardly featured. = 2/10
- StarsBoris KarloffEwan RobertsEric PohlmannColonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.The episode "The Silver Curtain" which was first aired on 10th July 1956. Starring Karloff as Scotland Yard's specialist in weird cases. Included on the DVD of Cauldron of Blood. = 6/10
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsClaude RainsWarren WilliamLon Chaney Jr.Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.= 8/10
- DirectorRené ClairStarsBarry FitzgeraldWalter HustonLouis HaywardSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.= 8/10
- DirectorKarl FreundStarsBoris KarloffZita JohannDavid MannersA resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.= 7/10
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsCatherine DeneuveFernando ReyFranco NeroShortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.= 7/10
- DirectorJohn MalkovichStarsJavier BardemLaura MoranteJuan Diego BottoA police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.John Malkovich directs this political thriller based on the true story of the capture of Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman above a dance studio in Lima. = 7/10
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsDirk BogardeIngrid ThulinHelmut GriemThe dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.The Damned - in which a family of wealthy German industrialists go to pot under the influence of National Socialism. = 6/10
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose HobartDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.Classic version of the horror staple with some good special effects for the transformation scene. = 8/10
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyIngrid BergmanLana TurnerDr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.Spencer Tracy seems an odd choice for the title role(s) in this version and transforms into Hyde by ruffling his hair and scowling a bit!
= 6/10 - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsMireille DarcJean YanneJean-Pierre KalfonA surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.Godard's eclectic dark satire against conformism and consumerism. Featuring the longest tracking shot of the longest traffic jam that is entirely queued up on only one side of the road! = 8/10
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsJonathan HazeJackie JosephMel WellesA clumsy young man working at an impoverished flower shop discovers that the strange plant he has been nurturing has an insatiable appetite for blood, forcing him to kill to feed it.Roger Corman's original black and white, non-musical version allegedly shot in two days. = 6/10
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsVincent PriceAgnes MooreheadGavin GordonA crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people.Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead chew the scenery up in this entertaining adaptation of the classic stage play The Bat Whispers.
= 6/10 - DirectorEdward D. Wood Jr.StarsBela LugosiTor JohnsonTony McCoyA mad doctor attempts to create atomic supermen.Ed Wood's bonkers B-movie about a mad scientist, his lumbering creation, an atomic super strength giving machine and a giant octopus! = 4/10
- DirectorRoger CormanFrancis Ford CoppolaJack HaleStarsBoris KarloffJack NicholsonSandra KnightA young French soldier cut off from his unit is beguiled by a mysterious woman, whom he learns is the wife of the local Baron - and that she seemingly died twenty years earlier.Roger Corman's improvised horror filmed on the set of The Raven.
= 5/10 - DirectorRoger CormanStarsAntony CarboneBetsy Jones-MorelandRobert TowneA crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.Roger Corman's spoof of cold war spy films AND monster movies - pretty witty. Highlights are the spy radio made from hot dog sausages and pickles, and the animal impersonator who meets a woman who only talks in bird impressions! = 4/10
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBela LugosiSuzanne KaarenDave O'BrienA mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.Entertaining horror hokum with Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist. = 6/10