son of kong (1933)

"Animals always know when you are trying to help them."
Following the disasterous showing of Kong in New York, Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) is in hiding. He decides New York has nothing for him and leaves to escape an inditement charge. But if he thought he was out of trouble he's wrong, when he's stranded on Skull island, as a mutiny breaks out on board, and who should he bump into, why Kong's son of course!
Whilst only a shadow of its forebear, King Kong, this is still a fun quicky.

legacy of blood (1971)

aka Blood Legacy.
"you can still feel the hate in this house, like its coming from the walls."
A wealthy man dies and his three sisters and their families come together to hear the reading of the will. They will divide his fortune, just so long as they are able to survive a week living in the family mansion. Of course is isn't as easy as there is a murderer in their midst...
Low grade horror in all possible ways.

experiment in terror (1962)

aka The Grip Of Fear.
"Is someone there?"
Bank teller Kelly Sherwood (Lee Remick), is terrorised by a mysterious stranger who wants her to steal from her bank. Meanwhile FBI agent Ripley (Glenn Ford) is on his trail.
A lesson in how to establish and maintain a level of tension throughout this great little thriller, enhanced by Henry Mancini's subtle score.

deep blue sea (1999)

"what you've done is taken God's oldest killing machine and given it will and desire. What you've done is knocked us all the way to the bottom of the goddamn food chain."
A team of scientists experiment on the brains of sharks for medical research, but as these things go, the mutant sharks don't take kindly to this and revolt.
Competent action thriller, with some so-so acting from the lead characters.

whistle (2002)

"If I can just talk to her."
We follow a hitman's (Dominic Mafham) mundaine daily life, as he fills his time between jobs. Then one goes wrong oadand he kills a child...
A 30 minute short that's well made but fails to engage me emotionally in the lives of these people. Or to care about their ultimate fate.

the ninth gate (1999)

"Nothing is more reliable than a man whose loyalties can be bought with hard cash."
An Unscrupulous rare book dealer Dean Corso (Johnny Depp), gets drawn into a satan worshipping world when given an assignment to seek out and compare the three last remaining copies of the Ninth Gate, a translation of a book supposedly written by the devil.
A routine thriller, with no great shocks or events to lift it beyond that.

moon (2009)

"I hope life on Earth is everything you remember it to be."
A mining facility on the moon is manned by Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), who is coming to the end of his three year solo work detail. His only companion is GERTY (Kevin Spacey), a talking computer. Then Sam has an accident, one that will change his life forever.
A well made and interesting film, but one that lacked an emotional connection for me, even though there are a lot of emotions within the film.
British, Duncan Jones, Sci-fi, Sony,