The Shining
on DVD
(1980) Starring:Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd Director:Stanley Kubrick Certificate:
Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ..read more »
Don't Look Now
on DVD
(1973) Starring:Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason Director:Nicolas Roeg Certificate:
Nicolas Roeg's third film--after the brash PERFORMANCE (1970) and meditative WALKABOUT (1971)--is a haunting thriller that confirmed the director's status as a true visionary. Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier, DON'T LOOK NOW follows a grieving English couple to Venice, where the past continues ..read more »
French Horror that was years ahead of its time. Contains some of the most beautiful and poetic images of horror I have ever seen.
Les Yeux Sans Visage(1960) Starring:Alida Valli, Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob Director:Georges Franju Certificate:
The pulp poetic masterpiece from surrealist director Georges Franju, in which a maniacal plastic surgeon becomes obsessed with restoring his beloved daughter's face, which was mutilated in a horrible accident. When all conventional methods fail, he hatches a mad plot, murdering women in an insane ..read more »
The Innocents
on DVD
(1961) Starring:Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins Director:Jack Clayton Certificate:
Based on Henry James's TURN OF THE SCREW, THE INNOCENTS is a chilling psychological horror film about a woman, Miss Giddens (Kerr), who takes a position as governess for two orphans in a stately Victorian home. Alone with the children and only a few servants, Miss Giddens soon begins to see what ..read more »
Psycho
on DVD
(1960) Starring:Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin Director:Alfred Hitchcock Certificate:
Credited with inventing the genre of the modern horror film, PSYCHO has had its share of sequels and imitators, none of which diminishes the achievement of this shocking and complex horror thriller. Alfred Hitchcock's choreography of elements in PSYCHO is considered so perfect it inspired a shot-by-..read more »
Peeping Tom
on DVD
(1959) Starring:Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey Director:Michael Powell Certificate:
Mark Lewis, assistant cameraman at a London film studio, aspiring movie director, part-time taker of pornographic pictures, and amateur documentary film-maker, has begun murdering women. He kills them, literally, with his camera and films the attacks and the murders. He also surrepititiously films ..read more »
Lulls you into a false sense of security with its melodramatic tone then pulverises you with some of the most visceral horror you will ever see. Twisted, Japanese, psycho-drama. Not for the squeamish!
Audition
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki Director:Takashi Miike Certificate:
AUDITION is an art-house cult horror film that will be talked about for a long time to come. Ryo Ishibashi stars as Aoyama, a single father who has not dated since his wife died seven years earlier. To help find another woman to bring joy into Aoyama's charmless life, his best friend, television ..read more »
Ring
on DVD
(1996) Starring:Nanako Matsushima, Sato Hitomi, Miki Nakatani Director:Hideo Nakata Certificate:
Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths. A cousin of one of the victims, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of a videotape containing hauntingly bizarre footage. ..read more »
The Wicker Man
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1973) Starring:Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento Director:Robin Hardy Certificate:
This controversial British cult classic, considered by its producer upon completion to be one of the worst films ever made, has been little seen since its brief theatrical release even though it is now regarded as a classic of British cinema. Edward Woodward stars as Sergeant Howie, a police ..read more »
Eraserhead
on DVD
(1976) Starring:John Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Laurel Near Director:David Lynch Certificate:
Director David Lynch's feature-film debut is a masterpiece of the macabre and grotesque. Reportedly a reaction to the news that he was about to become a father, Lynch's ERASERHEAD follows a sensitive young man as he struggles to cope with impending parenthood. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) lives in a ..read more »