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she-wolf of london (1946)

"She's done me in."
Phyllis Allenby (June Lockhart) is a young upper class woman, living in Victorian London, and heir to the Allenby estate. About to get married she shouldn't have a care in the world. Unfortunately some people have been savaged by a wild animal in a nearby park, some saying it's a werewolf, and she believes that she is the perpetrator, subject to the Allenby curse.
A well made, though lesser Universal horror, and really more of a love story wrapped around a murder mystery rather than a horror.

the man without a body (1957)

"I am a dying man."
Dr Merritt (Robert Hutton) and his obviously glamorous assistant (Julia Arnall) are experimenting with reviving the heads of dead chimps! They are approached by businessman Mr Brousard (George Coulouris), who is desperate to save his brain, due to a debilitating illness, and he brings a man's head for the Dr to use. The head of Nostradamus!
A classic of the head in a box genre...with a surprise ending.

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underworld: rise of the lycans (2009)

"We can be slaves or we can choose to be Lycans."
The continuing story of wolves vs vampires. Detailing how the first werewolf who can transform into human form, Lucian (Michael Sheen) takes up against Victor (Bill Nighy). The vampire that saved his life as a child, only to enslave him as an adult.
Action packed prequel that sides with the wolves this time.

the time travelers (1964)

aka The Depths Of The Unknown.
"earth, our planet, our home is now just a burnt out sterile slag in space." A team of scientists accidentally open a portal in time, and find themselves 127 years in the future, trapped. They find the Earth now to be a wasteland full of mutants. Fortunately they are rescued by a group of scientists who are trying to escape to a new planet by building a spacecraft.
Defines the phrase cheap and cheerful, with an emphasis on cheerful.