undercover girl (1958)

aka Assignment Redhead.
"What else does he know?"
When a reporter is murdered, his brother-in law decides to find the killer. Inevitably he comes up against the local racketeer who runs a night club, and specialises is blackmail.
An unspectacular thriller from Butchers. Watch out for Joan Collins little sister Jackie as a showgirl.

life in danger (1964)

"You stay here and bolt the doors, and don't let anyone in that you don't know."
A small rural village lives next door to a lunatic asylum, with the constant fear that one of the inmates will escape. Then one does, prompting much hysteria. Into this walks a man (Derren Nesbitt) looking for work. Is he the escapee, and what are the villagers going to do about him?
An exercise in paranoia, and prejudice, makes for a solid b-movie thriller.

personal services (1987)

"We know what happens to naughty boys don't we!"
The life and times of Christine Painter (Julie Walters), and her rise to become one of Britain's favourite brothel owners, not that there is much competition for this accolade.
Walters puts in a sterling performance, as the larger than life character. The comedy gives it a seaside postcard levity, exposing the hypocracy behind societies view on sex and deviancy. Inspired by the life of Cynthia Payne.

life is sweet (1990)

"It's better to be on your own than be with a bastard."
The story of Wendy (Alison Steadman), Andy (Jim Broadbent), and their late teen twin daughters, Natalie and Nicola (Claire Skinner & Jane Horrocks).
A slice of life, where nothing of note happens. The family live and interact, just like any other family, and there in is the entertainment, watching life evolve and adapt.

lesbian vampire killers (2009)

aka Vampire Killers.
"I know something really weird is happening here, but is there any chance that we could just ignore it?"
Jimmy (Mathew Horne) and Fletch (James Corden) are friends who take a trip to Norfolk to get away from it all. They soon end up involved with some lesbian Vampires and a vicar (Paul McGann) who decides Jimmy is the descendant of a local vampire slayer.
Tries to be a vampire version of Shaun of the dead. Tries to be! In reality its the vampire equivalent of Cannon and Balls Boys in Blue.

ballad in blue (1964)

aka Blues for Lovers.
"I wont take risks with my child!"
Ray Charles gets involved with a family struggling with a young child who has recently gone blind (Piers Bishop). His mother (Mary Peach) is too smothering to let the child learn. Whilst her boyfriend (Tom Bell) wants her to give the kid some room.
Charles dominates this sometime gritty british drama, filling it with his hits, inbetween trying to help a child.

the brighton strangler (1945)

"Now you can join your filthy friend the mayor."
Following an accident an actor, Reginald Parker (John Loder), switches his identity with that of a character he is playing on stage - a murderer. Once in character he soon fixates on April Manby Carson (June Duprez).
A fine little thriller, which at just over 60 minutes is paced at a trot.

the boys in blue (1982)

"Rock on Tommy."
Tommy and Bobby are two inept cops, stationed in a quiet coastal town. Threatened with closure, due to the lack of crime, the boys decide to invent some, and stumble upon a gang of art thieves, but can these two actually stop some real life criminals?
A mild mannered re-version of the Will Hay classic Ask a Policeman. Not much entertainment to be had, unless your heart cannot stand real comedy!

pet sematary II (1992)

"It's no blood condition, the dog is dead."
Jeff Matthews (Edward Furlong) gets involved in the zombie-raising cemetary from the first film, when he moves to the town with his dad (Anthony Edwards). Jeff hears of the legend when a friends dog is buried there and comes back, and then it attacks the friends mean old step-father and they bury him...
An unevenly paced sequel, that ups the gore, but not the entertainment.

dracula: dead and loving it (1995)

"I was having a daymare!"
Prof. Van Helsing (Mel Brooks), is summoned to Whitby when a there are some suspicious deaths. These seem to coincide wit the arrival of the clumsy Count Dracula (Leslie Nielsen).
Brooks turns his spoofing abilities to the Universal Dracula films, in this lame comedy. Not on a par with his earlier work, but passible if being plied with drink at the time.

very important person (1961)

aka A Coming-Out Party.
"So he's one of those is he!"
Sir Ernest Pease (James Robertson Justice) is a disagreable scientist engaged in top secret research during WWII, when he's captured by the Germans, and deposited in a prisoner of War camp. Thus a quite happy bunch of POW's find themselves with a new member, one that is very happy to make himself very unpopular, but one that they find they have to help escape asap.
Fine turns from Justice, Stanley Baxter and Leslie Philips, amongst other comedy greats, make for a fine comedy-thriller.