deathwatch (2002)

"Just carry out my orders!"
Its the Great War 1914 and Charlie Shakespeare (Jamie Bell) is one of a number of British soldiers who stumble on a German trench whilst caught behind enemy lines. Once they have captured a German they take refuge in the network of tunnels but slowly begin to realise there is more to fear here than the German enemy.
A slow build with some genuine horror of the futility of war ilk, but never fleshes out the characters enough for you to really care about their predicament.

game of death 2 (1981)

aka Si wang ta. Tower of Death.
"Someone may want us dead!"
Bobby (Kim Tai Chung) seeks to avenge the death of his brother Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) and heads to Japan to track down the perpetrators.
Another attempt to extend the legacy of Bruce Lee following his death, incorporating existing footage of the martial arts star to flesh out this thin plot.

night of the eagle (1962)

"I'm sure you're convinced I'm quite insane."
Psychology Professor Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde) discovers his wife Tansy (Janet Blair) is practicing witch, doing so to protect him from evil forces. Not believing in such things he destroys the magical paraphernalia. But soon he starts to experience strange events. Could it be that Tansy is right and she isn't the only one practicing witchcraft?
A imaginative low budget horror, developing a sinister atmosphere around Wyngarde as he looses faith in his rational approach to life.

woman who came back (1945)

"Lorna was always different from the others."
Lorna Webster (Nancy Kelly) is the only survivor of a bus crash near the site of a witch burning three hundred years previously. As she convalesces Lorna begins to believe that she's the reincarnation of the witch, back to avenge her execution.
An errie horror that relies on atmosphere as the plot develops.

the blue lamp (1950)

"Now, now, now, what's all this about?"
PC George Dixon (Jack Warner) and Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Handley) are in pursuit of two young crooks, Tom (Dirk Bogarde) and Spud (Patric Doonan) when things go tragically wrong.
Post-war realism creeps into this drama that caught the imagination.

room to let (1950)

"I must carry on with my work!"
Curly Minter (Jimmy Hanley) reminisces about his time as a cub reporter and in particular a story that happened in London in 1904. Following a fire at a mental institute he begins to suspect that Dr. Fell (Valentine Dyall) may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper.
Based as it is on a BBC radio play, this is overly talkie but Valentine makes fine use of his menacing tone of voice to add a sense of unease to the proceedings.

the last voyage of the demeter (2023)

"I can't go back sir."
Opening on a ship wrecked on the Yorkshire coast, this follows the voyage that brought the damned vessel and its cargo to its resting place under Capt Eliot (Liam Cunningham)
Developing the story chaptered in the novel Dracula, this fleshes out the story and adds the inevitable end line to allow for a sequel.