Kobayashi's remarkable 'ghost' stories are a beautiful amalgam of traditional Japanese art and subtle direction. The four stories are adaptations of 18th century ghost stories by Lafcadio Hearn and are eerily compelling. Their dramatic impact is all due to subtle visual nuances. Excellent. find out more...

A mild-mannered shopkeeper is made the unwitting guinea-pig in a divine experiment. As the benefactor of immortal powers his ambition seems to go no further than trying to impress the girl of his dreams, but when greedier mortals try to exploit his talents he decides to assert his authority, throwing his heavenly benefactors into celestial chaos. An impressive version of HG Wells' classic tale about the avarice and power-lust of the meek. find out more...

A proto-structuralist text which reveals and deconstructs the deep fissures in the facade of Victorian middle-class society and culturally constructed sexual roles. Dick Van Dyke's terrible British accent and the clever use of non-naturalistic background shows its Brechtian credentials. find out more...

An intelligent and genuinely creepy adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's novel. Set in 12th Century Italy; Prince Prospero watches from the giddy heights of his castle as the plague decimates those below him, all the while contempating the delicious torture of his guests. Superbly atmospheric camera work by Nicolas Roeg and the camp wickedness of Vincent Price make for haunting viewing. find out more...

A miner wanders the Japanese countryside with his young son, desperately in search of work, his misery compounded by the presence of a mysterious and murderous white suited stranger. The victims of the unknown killer return as wraiths, invisible to the now fearful and suspicious living, but no wiser as to the reason for their misfortune. Pitfall was Hiroshi Teshigahara's first feature, a dark, ghostly drama with its roots set firmly in the impoverished reality of a post-war Japan. This "document find out more...

When down and out artist Eben Adams meets the mysterious Jennie in Central Park he begins to paint her portrait, a work that shows more greatness than anything he has ever done. When Jennie suddenly disappears Adams searches for her to no avail and when he sees her again, a few weeks later, she has aged dramatically. The story that ensues is considered one of the greatest and moving love stories ever told right through to the awesome storm at sea that supernaturally heralds their final parting. find out more...

A psycho-chiller/thriller from the master of the genre as the naive young wife of a rich Cornish land owner is haunted by the image of his first glamorous wife, Rebecca. The usual mix of pyschology and fine film making, and widely considered to be one of Hitchcock's best works. Best Picture at the 1940 Academy Awards. find out more...

Myra is a psychic, or believes herself to be, and becomes obsessed with the desire to reach the very pinnacle of her chosen profession. Enlisting her weak husband as an accomplice Myra kidnaps a young girl and then offers the police her assistance in helping to find her. Séance is a dark brooding tale, more psychological horror than it is thriller, and from the same pen as the 70's cult classic ‘The Stepford Wives'. find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

Ursula 'undress' Andress is wonderfully seductive, numerous scenes demonstrate her true sensual nature, as "She who must be obeyed". In Palestine, after WWI, archaeologist Holly and buddy Leo are penniless. Leo is abducted and told a beautiful woman is waiting for his return, he is given a ring and a map and told that all will be revealed if he travels beyond the Mountains of the Moon. Leo tells Holly about the encounter and the two friends set out on an expedition to seek the mythical city of K find out more...