the collector (1965)

"Don't worry. I'll respect your every privacy."
Freddie (Terence Stamp), is a bank clerk and butterfly collector, who finds it hard to communicate with people. His solution is to diversify into collecting people, starting with Miranda Grey (Samantha Eggar). Once added to his collection Miranda has to find a way of getting herself out if this predicament.
A nicely worked though thriller, with Stamp excelling in the psycho role.

carry on abroad (1972)

"it took me a long time to get all that in there!"
All the regulars turn up for a four day holiday at a half finished Spanish hotel, in the resort of Elsbels. These include Sid James as a randy publican (what else!) and Barbara Windsor is the piece of crumpet Sid is chasing, much to the annoyance of his wife (Joan Sims).
You know what to expect by now, double entendre's, rampant xenophobia and some mild smut. Oh how far we have travelled in the past 30 years from this!

and then there was none (1945)

aka Ten Little Niggers.
"Don't come any closer, I'll shoot!"
Ten people are lured to an isolated mansion, then murdered one by one. But who is committing the murders.
intriguing take on the Agatha Christie novel.

carry on cowboy (1966)

"Wow. What a holster!"
The Rumpo Kid (Sid James) arrives in Stodge City and disrupts the town. Enter Marshall P Knutt (Jim Dale), a sanitation engineer, over from England to clean up the US. A misunderstanding over his name arises and he's appointed the new Marshall of Stodge. Now all he has to do is work out how to deal with Rumpo and his gang. Fortunately for Knutt meets Annie Oakley (Angela Douglas), who is the one person who knows that Knutt is not a US Marshall, and being a crack shot is the one person who can help him.
Classic Carrry on comedy, low brow and funny, this time spoofing the western genre.

tarantula (1955)

"Dropping napalm, follow in order."
In an isolated Arizonan laboratory breeding extra large creatures for food, some scientists set to fighting, and unfortunately a giant tarantula escapes to wreak havoc on the area. It's up to local doctor Matt Hastings (John Agar) to stop it. Helped by love interest Stephanie "Steve" Clayton (Mara Corday).
One of the better 50's mutant animal sci-fi.

i bury the living (1958)

"You don't really believe that stuff you're telling me do you?"
The new caretaker of a cemetery (Richard Boone) accidentally discovers he can cause the deaths of a plot's owner by putting a black pin in the cemetry map where that persons plot is marked. But what happens if he puts a white pin into the map where plots are already occupied?
Slow to get going, this builds into an atmospheric thriller.

stigmata (1999)

"You think I did this?"
A young woman, Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) exhibit's stigmatic wounds, and Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne), is sent by the Vatican to discover whether they are real or not. But as happens in these things, his investigation only opens up more questions. Questions that drive to the heart of the Vatican and their control of the Catholic religion.
Blending conspiracy theories with religious politics and mysticism, makes for a watchable, if sometimes perplexing, thriller.