the story of O (1975)

aka Histoire d'O.
"Submit."
Rene (Udo Kier) takes O (Corinne Cléry) to an isolated manor and submits her to a variety of sexual perversions to make her submit to him, sharing O with several men before he gives O to his older step-brother (Anthony Steel).
Well shot, but uninvolving and slow story.

the inconfessable orgies of emmanuelle (1982)

aka Las orgías inconfesables de Emmanuelle. Emmanuelle Exposed.
"I wouldn't marry her that's for sure."
The torrid sex and emotional life of Emmanuelle (Muriel Montossé) continues, as she and her husband (Antonio Mayans) party and bicker on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Not great as a film, never mind a sex film, and in typical exploitation fashion, there are no orgies in sight!

salò, or the 120 days of sodom (1975)

"All's good if it's excessive."
Sixteen perfect boys and girls are rounded up by a group of fascist's, in Mussolini's Republic of Salò. They are taken to a mansion and brutally subjected to four months of physical, mental and sexual torture, for the pleasure of three degenerate leaders and a bishop.
Pasolini uses Dante and the Marquis De Sade to explore the human condition, its ability to inflict pain and suffering, and the debasement that is fascism, through the medium of exploitation cinema.

withnail and i (1987)

aka Withnail & I.
"They are throwing themselves into the road gladly."
It's 1969 and two unemployed actors Withnail (Richard E. Grant) & Marwood (Paul McGann) try to keep their spirits up, mostly by dosing themselves with as many drugs, and as much booze as they can possibly find. They are helped along the way by Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths), who as taken a shine to one, and drug dealer Danny (Ralph Brown), who tries to explain politics to them, through the medium of pharmaceuticals.
Based on the life of Bruce Robinson, this is a comedy with 'no crap bits in it.' as Ralph Brown is quoted as saying.

terrorgram (1988)

"You have to sign for this personally."
A trio of horror stories, linked by a delivery boy (Steven Field), who passes on packages to three people, that reveal a past indiscretion. The first is an exploitative b-movie director, the second a newly promoted TV News anchor covering up her own news story, and the third, a man haunted by the death of a Vietnam war objector, who he has drafted.
Low on funds, high on ambition, this is a film that delivers a quirky comedic horror.

burned at the stake (1981)

aka The Coming.
"This not be the dark ages, this be 1692."
Loreen (Susan Swift) is plagued by recurring nightmares where she is Ann Putnam in Salem 1692, accusing many of being witches, effectively condemning innocent people to death. Is she being terrorised by the father of one of the accused?
Meandering plot, that sparks occasionally, only to splutter out again.

that sinking feeling (1979)

"You sure you've not got any cornflakes?"
A gang of unemployed teenagers come together under the direction of Ronnie (Robert Buchanan), who has a plan to make them all rich! They are going to rob a local warehouse of all its stainless steel sinks, but to do so will take, nerve, split second timing and some lipstick!
Forsyth brings together the kids of the Glasgow Youth Theatre, to produce an absurd, and wonderfully witty crime caper. Episodic at times, the film never looses sight of the need to make you laugh.