milligan at large no.2 (1961)

aka Milligan at large No 2 - Spike Milligan on Treasure Island. Spike Milligan on Treasure Island."
"Everyone on the street knows about Dick!"
Spike Milligan investigates Tin Pan Alley, following a song, 'Treasure Island', from inception by songwriters Compton and Morgan, through Tin Pan Alley, its recording and eventually the record store, where all the hepcats ignored it.
Entertaining and funny time capsule about the English music scene focused around Denmark Street in the late 50's, prior to the beat boom which changed the industry irreparably.

pumpkinhead (1988)

"He looked at me like he wanted to kill me."
When the 6 year old son of a rural storekeeper (Lance Henriksen) is accidentally killed by a biker, who subsequently prevents his friends from getting help, the boys father calls up a vengeful demon to destroy them. He soon realises his mistake, but can he call off the unstoppable beast?
Standard stalk and slash, that starts off well, then loses all sense of originality once the killings start.

like dawn to dust (1983)

"The past never dies, it just continually repeats itself."
Lydia Lunch explores Connemara whilst mumbling about relationships over a soundtrack featuring traditional Irish music and a smattering of Lydia's No Wave.
A musing on the cyclical nature of life and death, which you either see as poetic, or tedious, depending on your liking of out of focus 8mm.

priviledge (1967)

"I'm a person."
Britain in the near future, and Steven Shorter (Paul Jones) is the biggest pop star in the world, manipulated by his managers to sell anything and everything and eventually used to gain the public's support for a quasi fascistic state. A puppet, he realises how deep he's fallen when enlightened by Vasessa Richie (Jean Shrimpton).
Watkins takes his pseudo documentary style and points it at the manipulation of youth through the media. Unfortunately it failed at the time, possibly due to its plodding pace, but the message is even more relevant today.

jason goes to hell: the final friday (1993)

aka Friday the 13th IX. Friday the 13th Part 9: Jason Goes to Hell - The Final Friday.
"What you think of as Jason is not dead..."
When Stephen (John D. LeMay) is held for Diana Kimble's murder, her daughter Jessica (Kari Keegan) arrives in town with her, (and Stephen's), baby in tow, the last of the Voorhees line...and Jason needs his last living relative.
If you forget the previous nine installments and come at this fresh, this is an effective gorefest. Just don't come looking for something that stays true to the original.

night of the comet (1984)

"I'm sorry if the end of the world makes me nervous."
High school students Reggie Belmont (Catherine Mary Stuart), and her sister Sam (Kelli Maroney), wake up to find a comet has wiped out most of life on Earth. They are alone in the world apart from some Hector (Robert Beltran), a few zombies, and some scientists at a secret army base, including (Mary Woronov).
None too serious apocalypse film that asks the question: what would the burden of civilistaion be like if it fell to a couple of valley girls.

chopping mall (1986)

aka killbots.
"Absolutely nothing can go wrong."
When a shopping mall replaces its security guards with robots, we know its not going to be long before something will go wrong, and so it comes to pass.
A fun comedy horror, that starts well, but dips into standard stalk and slash territory later in the film.