madhouse (1974)

"Sorry to put it so bluntly sir, but you have a history of mental instability."
Paul Toombes (Vincent Price), is a horror film star, famous for his role Dr Death, but his career is cut short when his fiance is found murdered. After years in a mental institution he arrives in the UK, at the behest of friend Herbert (Peter Cushing), to restart his career, but then members of the cast and crew start dying in similar fashion to those in some of Toombes' old films.
Price produces another one of his over the top characters, with Peter Cushing joining in the fun, in this whodunnit horror.

the church (1989)

aka La Chiesa.
"They must be hidden from the sight of man forever, bury them, bury them!"
A church is inadvisably built upon a mass grave. The site of a 12th Century massacre. This obviously results in some nasty events occuring, when the new librarian unwittingly unleashes the spirits of the dead, and they make their objections plain for all to see.
Pleasingly put together horror, with Goblin's music adding to the atmosphere, and featuring a teenage Asia Argento.

the descent (2005)

"I'm an English teacher, not fucking tomb raider."
A party of thrill seeking women, journey to the Appalachian mountains to do some potholing. Unfortunately for them, the unexplored caves are home to something that doesn't like being disturbed...
Apart from the superfulous back story, this is a straight up horror staple of dark places and creatures with dark hearts chasing beautiful women.

oasis of fear (1971)

aka An Ideal Place to Kill, Un posto ideale per uccidere. Dirty Pictures. Deadly Trap.
"We are each other's willing slave."
A young couple (Ray Lovelock & Ornella Muti) finance their European travels by selling naked pictures wherever they stop. Things are going well until they have their stock of dirty pictures taken by the police, and kicked out of the country. Then as they are leaving they run out of petrol and stop at an out of the way house...
A character driven psychological thriller, that forsakes the gore of many another giallo.

bronco bullfrog (1969)

"What we gonna do then?"
A raw slice of East-End life, as seen through the eyes of young lad Del (Del Walker). Bored and listless he hooks up with Irene (Anne Gooding), a 15 year old girl, whilst perpetuating petty crime. To that end he worship's wideboy Bronco (Sam Shepherd), a young lad fresh out of borstal who has no intention of going straight.
A film literally from the streets of the East-End of London, using untrained actors. In doing so, it shows a reality that would otherwise be hard to capture.

everyone's an actor, shakespeare said (1968)

"It's better than hanging about on the streets."
A look at the acting classes attended by the East-End kids that went on to produce Bronco Bullfrog. Shows the day to day worries and stresses that they had to contend with, and how the classes help then both voice these concerns and help defuse them.
Alongside Bronco Bullfrog, this is a wonderful view of what the working-class kids of London was wearing at the time, as they moved from mod into suedehead territory. And whilst the propaganda of Swinging London was still being perpetuated, this revealed the gritty reality for most kids growing up in inner-city Britain.

seven green bottles (1975)

"Look at you, you stupid burk! You look suspicious doing nothing at all."
Drama follows a gang of West-way kids, bored and listlessly looking for something to do. Whether its boosting cars, or mindless vandalism and violence.
A slice of life short, made to pursuade kids not to become petty criminals and clog up the borstals of Britain. What it shows is that seven years on from Bronco Bullfrog, the only thing that has got better in the life of these kids is the acting. A real version of the Fenn Street Gang, featuring Danny John-Jules, who went onto fame as Cat in Red Dwarf.