critters (1986)

"these things are vicious."
A small midwest town gets invaded by some very hungry extra-terrestrial creatures called Krites arrive in a small mid-west town, and make the Brown family's weekend one never to forget. Can they last long enough to get help from the pursuing intergalactic bounty hunters, or are they Krite-chow?
Amusing little 80's creature feature.

a study in terror (1965)

"I do believe this damn whore's lifted my purse."
Sherlock Holmes (John Neville), with his side kick Dr Watson (Donald Houston) decide to investigate a series of murders in Whitechapel. Murders perpetrated by Jack The Ripper. But what has the disapearance of an aristocratic would be surgeon to the case?
A fine British cast including Anthony Quayle, Robert Morley, Barbara Windsor, Frank Finlay, and Judi Dench, provide an amusing 90 minutes, though nothing startling.

phantasm (1979)

"You play a good game boy, but now the game is finished and you die."
A young boy (A. Michael Baldwin)) and his brother (Bill Thornbury) come up against the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), a mysterious grave robber, with an arsenal of fearsome beasts and weapons. Can the kids defeat this ancient evil.
Cheap, lacking plot, characterisation and acting ability, but it does have atmosphere, and some how works, though I'm not sure how!

Beast From Haunted Cave (1959)

"There's a cave not far from here..."
Ski guide Gil Jackson (Michael Forest) takes some tourists on a cross-country trip, but unknown to him, they are a gang out to steal gold bullion. The robbery goes to plan, with them using an explosion in a cave to distract everyone. But tensions rise whilst they have to wait out a blizard at a cabin, and then a deadly cave creature, disturbed by the explosion, starts to attack them.
A well made, though only partially successful study in tension.

lisztomania (1975)

"Perhaps this will teach you not to bang on the piano."
An over the top, cartoon like romp through the life of Franz Liszt (Roger Daltry), the classical composer, who managed to write a few tunes between affairs, his rivalry with Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas), and his problems with the Pope (Ringo Starr).
Having just completed Tommy, he then goes one step further in his exploration of the life of a rock god, throwing everything he can into the mix, from Vampires to phallic symbols and bucket load of bawdy immature humour.