attack the block (2011)

"This is my block, get me!"
Aliens make the mistake of landing on a housing estate in South London, and the kids decide to defend their turf, the only way they know how.
A fine debut, treading the line between comedy and horror with great confidence.

kronos (1957)

aka Kronos, Destroyer of the Universe. Kronos, Ravager of Planets.
"I can't get over this horrible feeling that this is the calm, and a storm is about to break out any minute."
An alien machine is sent to syphon off the earth's energy. Scientist Les Gaskell (Jeff Morrow), turns up to investigate, believing it to be an asteroid and walks into mayhem.
Your standard alien creature feature, but one done with a little style and effort, making it an interesting cold war paranoia flick.

the invisible woman (1940)

"Fish! And me with an invisible women for him not to see."
Professor Gibbs (John Barrymore) has invented an invisibility machine, and needs a human guinea pig to test it. Up steps model Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce), but unknown to him she has an ulterior motive to volunteering. Then some gangsters get involved to muddy the waters further.
An entertaining sci-fi, played for laughs more than horror.

and then there were none (1945)

"Very stupid to kill the only servant in the house. Now we don't even know where to find the marmalade."
Ten people arrive at an isolated island, tempted there by an unknown person, who promptly alleges that each of this disperate group is a murderer. Then they start to die, one by one. Is one of them the killer, or is it their unseen host?
Based on a classic Agatha Christie, this throws a number of well known actors at the story, producing some fine comedic performances.

the traitor (1957)

aka The Accursed.
"One of us is a cold blooded killer..."
A group of wartime resistance fighters, attends a reunion of their unit, but they begins to suspect one of his colleagues may have in fact been a Nazi agent, who will go to any lengths to prevent their cover from being blown.
Standard whodunit, that is given an interesting twist. It's stagey but helped by the use of a number of well known faces, playing against type, including Christopher Lee, and Anton Diffring.
British, Spy, Michael McCarthy, Gilbert Gunn, Reknown,

the rage: carrie 2 (1999)

"You Can't have my daughter."
Racheal (Emily Bergl) is suffering typical teen angst, unpopular at school and with a bad hom life. But this teen has a latent power. A power that the death of her best friend will unleash.
Carrie is a hard act to follow, but for a horror sequel this actually works, upping the gore compared to the first instalment.

the swarm (1978)

"It's just a bee, if you leave it alone it won't bother you."
An army squad enter a military base where it looks like all the personnel are dead, all but civilian Brad Crane (Michael Caine). They want answers, but what he tells them, they find hard to believe. It's the result of bees, millions of bees, and Crane is an entomologist on their trail. Can Crane stop them before they take a tour of the major cities of the South-Eastern states?
So over the top it has to be tongue in cheek, with all the bad one liners you would expect from such a blockbuster packed out with star names. A good old fashioned creature feature; park your brain at the door, and ignore the plot holes entertainment.

the wraith (1986)

"that's a hell of a car you've got there."
Packard Walsh (Nick Cassavetes) and his gang of thugs kill a young man, he returns as the mythical Wraith (Charlie Sheen), hell bent on gaining revenge.
One to watch with a beer in hand and some mates who love muscle cars, as this is the only audience that would accept this lunkhead of a premise.

sleepwalkers (1992)

"There's a lot of cats."
Shapeshifting duo, Charles (Brian Krause) and his mother Mary (Alice Krige), move from town to town, praying on the lifeforce of virgins. Their one weakness: cats, who sense them and can prove deadly to these monsters. And so it proves as cats move in on them, as Charles stalks Tanya (Mädchen Amick).
A Stephen King story, that foregoes the scares and moves straight to the blood. One for the gorehounds out there, rather than those after chills; enjoyable nonesense.

curse of the faceless man (1958)

"It isn't possible, it has no face, no eyes, yet it knows where to go."
A couple of archaeologists uncover a body preserved in volcanic ash at a dig in Pompeii. Dr. Paul Mallon (Richard Anderson) is brought in to examine the body, but before he can it starts on a killing spree. Will Mallon figure out who is behind the murders and find out a way to stop it?
Mildly diverting small time reversioning of the mummy story.

rumpelstiltskin (1996)

"My what a cute little baby."
Rumpelstiltskin (Max Grodénchik) is freed from a statue he was imprisioned in by Shelley Stewart (Kim Johnston Ulrich) and the creature immediately demands possession of her baby. So its Stuart vs Rumple in a bout for the kids soul. Unfortunately 'you can't kill someone without a soul'.
Low budget flick redemed with some fine one liners.