The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
Aug 19, 1999Alien Invasion
Modestly effective British entry into the 1950s alien invasion genre with people fighting invaders on a Swiss mountainside
Warren Mitchell
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Mar 21, 2000Hammer Werewolf Film
Hammer Films offer their take on the werewolf film starring a young, unknown Oliver Reed. Director Terence Fisher creates a lush film rich in symbolism, made with the full weight of Hammer's production values
Unearthly Stranger (1963)
Feb 16, 2017Alien Invasion
A British response to the 1950s alien invader fad that swept the US. Despite a low-budget, this achieves an undeniable atmosphere of paranoia as a scientist discovers that his newlywed wife may be an alien infiltrator
The Night Caller (1965)
Jun 21, 2016Aliens Abduct Models
This has the most ridiculous premise of any alien invasion film – an alien is abducting women from ads for models placed in girlie magazines – but is played with a stone-faced seriousness that defies you to laugh
Moon Zero Two (1969)
May 6, 2002Lunar Adventures
Muchly ridiculed Hammer film that was billed as a ‘Space Western’. Once one gets past that it is actually a far more interesting film than it suggests
Jabberwocky (1977)
Dec 21, 2000Mediaeval Quest Black Comedy
This was the first solo directorial outing from Terry Gilliam outside of Monty Python, a fantasy film that is a dark and frenetic skewering of the cinematic portrayal of the Middle Ages
Gormenghast (2000)
May 27, 2007Imaginary Castle World
I enjoyed Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast books far more than J.R.R. Tolkien. Alas, the sublime texture and eccentricity is completely missing in this BBC tv version, which aims for colourful silliness