An American returns to his ancestral home in Wales to make amends with his father. He buys a walking-stick in an antique shop off a lass named Gwen, gets involved with some local gypsies and is bitten by a wolf, something which turns out to have rather unfortunate consequences. 'The Wolf Man' is the template werewolf flick and with its stellar horror flick cast rates as an iconic film of its era. find out more...

Giant, radioactive ants maraud across New Mexico decimating everything in their wake - what more could you ask for? One of the first and still one of the greatest creature features ever made. find out more...

Classic sci-fi featuring the superbly monikered Rex Reason as Dr Meacham, an atomic scientist who becomes embroiled in an interstellar battle between warring alien races that threatens to overwhelm Earth. find out more...

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour, a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko, played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine, who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern post-war Ginza district. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society. A profoundly moving masterpiece. find out more...