a challenge for robin hood (1967)

aka Robin Hood's Chase. The Legend of Robin Hood.
"One less Saxon thief and trouble us!"
Robin (Barrie Ingham), a young Norman nobleman, ends up on the run after being falsely accused of murder. It's all an attempt to seize control of his lands. Whilst hiding in Sherwood Forest, Robin gathers other rebels to fight against his scheming cousin (Peter Blythe) and the evil sheriff of Nottingham (John Arnatt).
Well made romp through familiar territory, though let down by the casting of Ingham who lacks a certain charisma.

up in the world (1956)

"Wash that window!"
Norman (Norman Wisdom) is taken on as a window cleaner at a manor house, and of course ends up in all sorts of scrapes, whilst getting the girl (Maureen Swanson).
The usual slapstick from Wisdom, comedy by numbers style.

phantom of the paradise (1974)

"I made her the money grubbing ho that she was, and he calls me a disgrace,"
A rock updating of the Phantom of the Opera story, where a musician (William Finley) is ripped off by an unscrupulous record exec Swan (Paul Williams). The musician ends up disfigured when he tries to stop the exploitation of his music. Thus the musician becomes the phantom, and Swan signs him up to create a rock opera, but whilst doing so the phantom develops an obsession with Phoenix (Jessica Harper) and sets out a plan to get her to perform his music and gain revenge on Swan.
Throwing in radical politics and a pop at machiavellian managers, this updating of the Phantom story, also adds a dash of Faust and Dorian Gray, then throws in some fun pastiches of rock and surf songs. Then is topped off by De Palma's split screen direction, to produce an entertaining rock opera.

louder, faster, shorter (1978)

"One for the miners!"
The original San Francisco punk rock scene is documented in this short but vital film. Featuring such groups as, the Avengers, Dils, Mutants, Sleepers, and UXA as they played a benefit for striking Kentucy coal miners. Well made, it gives a fantastic flavour of the scene at that point in time.

myra breckinridge (1970)

"Well, never mind about the six feet — let’s talk about the seven inches."
Myron Breckenridge undergoes a sex change and becomes Myra (Raquel Welch). She then decends on her uncle Buck's (John Huston) acting school, pretending to be Myron’s widow, in an attempt at obtaining half of his estate. While she waits she also plans a spot of blackmail on the young acting student (Roger Herren).
A big-budget adaptation of Gore Vidal’s satirical novel, which tanked even before it got off the drawing board! Though the stylised visuals, costumes, the old movie clips intercut into scenes, and Mae West's one liners make this a camp classic.

london after midnight (1927)

aka The Hypnotist.
"Burke, I've called you in again because I believe these strange people leasing Balfour's house link up with his death."
A wealthy man is found dead, a victim of suicide according to the police. Five years later his home remains abandoned, supposedly haunted, but then two tenents arrive, and very strange one's at that!
A famously lost film, restored using stills to give but a tiny flavour of the startling performance of Lon Chaney.

hawk the slayer (1981)

"Sometimes I tire... of the fighting and killing. At night, I can hear the call of my race. They wait for me. When I join them, we will be forgotten."
Hawk the Slayer (John Terry), sees both his father and bride killed by his evil brother, Voltan (Jack Palance). With nothing to do, he decides on a bit of revenge. So with his handy "mind-sword" and a band of motley warriors he's off to save the world.
Trying to enter the sword and sorcery boom of the early 80's, this throws in some spaghetti western set pieces, amongst others, but never quite gells, and now takes on the role of comedy.

terror from the year 5000 (1958)

aka Cage of Doom. Terror from 5,000 A.D. The Girl from 5,000 A.D.
"It's my theory that we have penetrated the time barrier."
Professor Erling (Frederic Downs) and his backer Victor (John Stratton) build a time machine to obtain objects from the past, but colleague Dr. Hedges (Ward Costello) has his doubts about the procedure. Especially when he's given a statue to date, and calculates that it is from 3,000 years in the future!
If only I could have travelled into the past and told myself not to watch this!

in the year 2889 (1967)

"The six of us in this house may be the begining of a new era."
Immediately following an atomic war, a number of survivors arrive at a house sheltered from the radiation because it's in a valley. But trouble soon follows when they are surrounded by cannibalistic mutants with telepathic powers.
One of those films where they seem to be making it up as they go along, even though it's actually a made for tv remake of The Day The World Ended, and whilst Corman made things work with the mearist of ingredients, Buchanan can't!