jail bait (1954)

aka Jailbait. Hidden Face.
"They've had my picture in the files so long it's getting moldy."
Don Gregor (Clancy Malone) is drawn into a life of crime by Vic Brady (Timothy Farrell), who then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon father into giving him a new face, in order to continue to evade the cops.
An inept but enjoyable attempt at film noir from the enthusiastic Ed Wood.

robocop (1987)

"Dead or alive, you're coming with me!"
In a Detroit of the near future, crime has taken over the city, with the police force cowed. Up steps big business, with their robocop, to save the day; part robot, part man (Peter Weller). But the man inside has some disturbing memories, that start bubbling to the surface, and becomes the target of crime boss Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith).
A brutally dystopian view of broken America, ruled by the almighty dollar.

night of the big heat (1967)

aka Island of the Burning Damned. Island of the Burning Doomed.
"Surely it can't get any hotter?"
Whilst the mainland is shivering in a winter cold snap, the island of Fara is baking in the heat. No one can figure out why this is but visting scientist Godfrey Hanson (Christopher Lee) suspects aliens!
Drama that throws away its punchline, lacks any sense of horror, and under uses Peter Cushing.

cul-de-sac (1966)

"That'll teach you to tell lies."
Following a botched robbery a wounded criminal (Lionel Stander) and his dying partner (Jack MacGowran), take refuge in a castle. They hold the owners, a mild mannered Englishman (Donald Pleasence) and his French wife (Francoise Dorléac) hostage. But soon their relationships twist.
Extremely black character study.

i'm alright jack (1959)

aka I'm All Right Jack.
"Ahhh, Russia. All them corn fields and ballet in the evening."
Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) iS a naive young aristocrat, who enters the job market and finds himself caught up in an industrial dispute between his devilish uncle (Terry-Thomas) and idealistic Socialist union leader Fred Kite (Peter Sellers).
Classic comedy looking at British post-war industrial relations.

the man who fell to earth (1976)

"If I stay, I'll die."
Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) comes to Earth to procure water for his dying planet. To do so creates a technology company to earn the money he needs to do so, but things get complicated when Mary-Lou (Candy Clark) falls in love with him, and he encounters the greed and ruthlessness of American big business.
Long, drawn out, and underplayed, this drama bears repeat viewing, as it reveals more each time, in this cult classic.

up! (1976)

aka Russ Meyer's Up!
"You want to see my tits? "
Margo Winchester (Raven De La Croix), breezes into small town USA and immediately gets the attention of all the local men.
A confusing melodrama featuring Adolf Hitler assassinations, a one- woman nude Greek chorus, and lots of sex.Lewd and crude, so all is right in Meyer's world.

riot on sunset strip (1967)

"So we begin another jolly evening in kiddy land."
Andy (Mimsy Farmer) is 17 and at college, when she starts hanging with an unruly bunch getting their kicks in the clubs of Sunset Strip. This brings her into conflict with the police for curfew violations, and thus her estranged father, the local police chief (Aldo Ray), who is under pressure to crack down on these 'longhairs'.
Run of the mill melodrama, wrapped up like an exploitation classic. Mind you it does feature the Chocolate Watch Band, the Standells,

time for a massacre (1966)

aka Massacre Time.
"Who sent you?"
Returning home prospector Tom Corbett (Franco Nero) finds his brother (George Hilton) a drunk, his land repossessed, and worse, the town taken over by a sadistic man (Giuseppe Addobbati) and his son (Nino Castelnuovo). Can he persuade his brother (George Hilton) and others to stand up to them?
Fulci's signature gore, and a solid performance from Nero, makes for an entertaining western.

cathy's curse (1977)

"All women are bitches"
Cathy (Randi Allen) is a young girl who is possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt. An aunt who has some scores to settle!
Bargain basement mash-up of Carrie meets The Omen.

azumi (2003)

"Such a young girl like you, I feel sorry for you."
Azumi (Aya Ueto) is an orphan, brought up to to be an assassin, tasked to stop Japanese warlords who are hell bent on starting a new war. But as they near their quary and come up against ever more skillful and insane opponants, Azumi begins to doubt herself and long for the life of ordinary domesticity.
Enjoyable but drawn out action drama.

unfriended (2014)

aka Cybernatural.
"I wish I could forgive you."
On the anniversary of a classmate's suicide, Blaire (Shelley Hennig) starts receiving messages from the classmate's facebook account. But unfriending the account is not the end of the menacing messages...
A film that tries to bring the supernatural stalker horror into the internet age, but fails to engage.

keep it clean (1956)

"Not today thank you."
Bert Lane (Ronald Shiner) is an advertising exec, and wide-boy who has a brother-in-law has invented a cleaning machine that will clean anything. Unfortunately he needs to get the start up cash for it within 24 hours or someone else will get the patent. Help comes in the shape of Pat (Ursula Howells).
Would be screw-ball comedy, is more lame-ball than anything.

stock car (1955)

"She's not selling."
When her father dies whilst racing stock cars, Katie (Rona Anderson) inherits his garage. Despite its debts, she is persuaded by another driver, Larry (Paul Carpenter), that they should partner up and run it. But crime boss Turk (Paul Whitsun-Jones) is desperate to get his hands on the business.
A typical Butchers film, nightclub scenes, and an evil crime boss to defeat, enlivened by the debut performance of Sabrina (Norma Sykes).

hell on wheels (1967)

"we have to live our lives as we think we should."
Brothers, Marty (Marty Robins) and Del (John Ashley) are a nascar driver and a brilliant mechanic. Together they make a winning team, but they fall out as Del decides he wants some of the adulation and becomes a driver himself. Meanwhile the feds are trying to rid the area of moonshine, and the track manager plans to use some of the drivers to run his illicit hooch.
Marty Robbins, successful country and western singer and racer plays a version of himself in this run of the mill thriller, padded out with far too much racing footage.

the woman eater (1958)

aka Womaneater.
"My dear Margaret, I have never trusted you or any other woman with anything I didn't want anyone else to know."
Scientist James Moran (George Coulouris) discovers that a tree worshipped by South Sea natives has life giving properties. Unfortunately to keep it alive it also has an appetite for live humans! So having brought it back to Britain, he then has to regularly supply it with young women, but things get complicated when he falls for his new house keeper Sally (Vera Day).
A little known British creature feature is an entertainingly camp romp, featuring an Edwin Astley soundtrack.

stormy crossing (1958)

aka Black Tide.
"Well Bill, I'm all yours now."
An American trainer, Griff (John Ireland) and his brother Danny (Sheldon Lawrence), arrive to train for a cross-channel swim. Already there and training is Kitty Parker (Joy Webster), a model come swimmer. The two soon team up, but then she disappears on their crossing Danny becomes convinced there is skulduggery involved and is determined to get to the bottom of it as the police do not believe him.
Giving the game away early on takes much of the thrill out of this drama.