bedazzled (1967)

aka Stanley Donen's Bedazzled.
Stanley (Dudley Moore) works in a Wimpy Bar, and is obsessed with a waitress (Eleanor Bron), who hardly acknowledges his existence. Despairing of ever getting to know her better Stanley decides to commit suicide. Whilst unsuccessfully trying to hang himself George Spiggott (the devil) (Peter Cook) pops up to offer him the chance of a lifetime: sell his soul for seven wishes. Stanley falls for it and tries various ways to entice Margaret, each time being thwarted by the devil.
A fantastically realised comic version of Faust, with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook at the height of their powers. Admittedly some of the seven episodes are less than perfect, but the good ones more than make up for the rest. Especially good is the pop star spoof, with Cook stealing the show as Drimble Wedge & The Vegetations singing Bedazzled in nihilistic fashion.
NB - the film is in colour apart from the pop star episode show, which is a spoof tv show; British tv in 1967 was in black and white, which is why this episode.

netherbeast incorporated (2006)

Pearl (Amy Davidson) is a new employee at Berm-Tech Industries, and she soon notices that there is something weird about the other employees. Her mentor Otto (Steve Burns) tries to placate her fears, but really he is part of the problem. For the workforce are all vampires.
A nicely paced and likable little comedy that spins an interesting tale around the idea of vampires, how they exist in an office based environment, and the politics that go with it.

36 hours (1953)

aka Terror Street.
Bill (Dan Duryea) is an American pilot in London on a three day layover. He decides to visit his estranged wife, who has stopped writing to him, but finds her flat is empty. He tracks her down to an upmarket West End apartment, and is disturbed to find she's living the high life dripping in diamonds and furs. When he confronts her he's knocked unconscious and awakes beside her dead body. She'd been shot with his gun and he's the obvious suspect so goes on the run determined to find the culprit.
Another of the Hammer / Lippert second features which crowbars an American actor into a middling British crime drama. It relys on the old plot device of a woman believing and helping an unknown suspected murderer to hunt down a killer, but the film never really develops the characters enough for you to really believe or care about their fates.

the screaming skull (1958)

Eric and Jenni move into a run down house. A house where his first wife was killed in an accident. As soon as she moves in Jenni starts hallucinating and sees skulls. Is she really going out of her mind, could it be Eric's first wife haunting her? Suspicion falls on Mickey, a simple gardener, who was very attached to Eric's previous wife, or could it be Eric who wants his newlywed wife to loose her mind?
A slow moving, and rather ponderous film, that mistakes starring off into the distance for atmosphere. Tooooooo sloooooow to build to it's inevitable twist, in this well made but uninteresting film.

frankenstein and the monster from hell (1974)

Dr Simon Helder (Shane Briant), is sentenced to be imprisoned in an insane asylum, for trying to continue the work of Baron Frankenstein. When he arrives he recognises the director as the Baron and confronts him with this. Frankenstein on finding Helder is also a Dr enlists his help to create a man from inmates body parts.
The sixth and last of the Hammer Frankenstein films, but not a bad effort, retaining a wonderfully bleak look and feel and Peter Cushing giving a great performance, enhanced by his gaunt look. He was still grief stricken at the death of his wife the year before by all accounts and he feeds this into the overworked pathos of the Baron. Just when you think they've got nowhere else to go with the franchaise Hammer manages to add another twist to the Frankenstein story. They create a gruesome but almost sympathetic monster and a Frankenstein who is compelled to continue his experiments no matter what.

the jokers (1967)

Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford are upper class brothers who are bored by their everyday pampered existence, with Crawford resentful as he's always in his brother's shadow. After another escapade goes wrong due to his brother Crawford is cashiered from the army and wondering where his life should take him they decide to steal the crown jewels to gain themselves some self publicity.
A rarity from a time long ago when Michael Winner actually knew how to direct a film! The usual lightweight 60's film, style over substance, but enjoyable and entertaining fluff. Mainly due to lots of swinging London and a wonderfully script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

sebastian (1968)

aka Mr. Sebastian.

Mr. Sebastian (Dirk Bogarde) is a cryptographer who runs a code breaking department in British Intelligence, in his own idiosyncratic way. A management style that is at odds with the militaristic ways of the rest of Intelligence. He literally bumps into Rebecca (Susannah York) whilst in Oxford and when she insults him he offers her a job, which she eventually takes, despite not knowing what the job is. She then makes it her hobby to get to know him better.
An inconsequential piece of fluff, that's packed full of nothingness, fortunately though it's 60's nothingness, all style, with just enough substance to keep the interest up and Dirk giving one of his gracefully camp performances, which adds up to an enjoyable film as far as I'm concerned as I'm a sucker for such stuff.

the nanny (1965)

Joey, a 10 year old boy is released from a mental home for disturbed children. Everyone believes Joey was responsible for his sister drowning two years previously and are on edge having him back in the house. Once back in the house he's immediately blamed when his mother is poisoned, but Joey insists that nanny (Bette Davis) is responsible, and was also to blame for his sisters death. But he's a disturbed little boy, his allegations couldn't possibly be true, could they?
Bette Davis excels in this, giving a realistic but chilling performance that gives focus to this effective chiller. Added to this is the effective supporting cast and a script by Jimmy Sangster that prevents you from truly knowing the whole truth, as the parents quickly crack under the pressure.

slave of the cannibal god (1978)

aka La montagna del dio cannibale. Mountain of the Cannibal God. Mountain of the Cannibals. Primitive Desires. Prisoner of the Cannibal God. The Mountain of the Cannibal God.
Susan Stevenson (Ursula Andress) and her brother are searching for her husband who has disappeared whilst in the New Guinea jungle. They recruit Dr. Foster (Stacy Keach) and whilst trekking in the mountains meet the mysterious Manolo. The native bearers are picked off one by one by dangerous animals, or run away, whilst they make their way through the jungle and back stories are explored.
Somehow the director managed to persuade Ursula Andress to partake in this cheap exploitation flick. Fortunately this being the cut version we are spared much of the gratuitous scenes of animals being killed. Andress get to fall over and act out the damsel in distress as various jungle animals walk near her and finally she is captured by the cannibals where they do the only thing a red blooded male would do - they get her naked and smear her in paint before inducting her in their cannibal ways! For an Italian cannibal film this is an epic, mainly because it includes actors that you've actually heard of. It manages to entertain just enough to keep you watching, but really it's just to see what they manage to get Andress to do next!