One of the strangest films ever made. A monochrome nightmare that launched David Lynch to stardom; inspired Twin Peaks and was the first step, some might say, on his voyage up his own back passage. Extraordinarily disturbing and fantastic.Why doesn't he make them like this any more? Twisted genius. find out more...

A 'Leatherface' type murderer who wears other people's faces, kills at an all-night horror-thon at an old theatre put on by a bunch of film students. Maggie, the lead character, believes it's really Lanyard Gates, a crazed film maker who killed his family live on stage fifteen years ago. And now he's back to kill his daughter, Sara, who is believed to really be Maggie. 

 

Superlative horror that blends great diy special effects, cinephilia and frights with aplomb. AN find out more...

A young girl turns up at her new ballet school only to undergo a series of experiences not in the normal choreographer's manual. Extraordinarily grotesque murders pile up as Argento happily abandons plot mechanics to provide a superb display of his technical skill with an eye for the bizarre and for vulgar over-decoration. The most gothic movie ever made, stylish, tongue in cheek, over the top and it still manages to scare you! Watch it! find out more...

Director Weir started an illustrious career with this bizarre and apocalyptic tale of a small outback town that lures passing drivers, cannibalises their cars and uses the survivors for strange medical experiments by the town doc. Mad, witty, surreal..superb! find out more...

It's back! The most squealchingly sensational scream of a horror movie; Raimi's re-released riotously tasteless voyage into madness, demonic possession and the reign of chaos. Stomach-churningly revolting, hysterically funny, and a must for all hard-core horror fans, and comedy voyeurs alike. find out more...

With its radical rewriting of a genre in which good had always triumphed over evil, Romero's first feature shattered the conventions of horror and paved the way for the subversive visions of directors like David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper and Sam Raimi. The film's opening scene immediately signals its own subversiveness. In broad daylight, a brother and sister visit their father's grave, a tall man lumbers toward them, Johnny tries to frighten Barbara with a daft Boris Karloff impersonation, but su find out more...

Banned for 25 years by the BBFC. The plot is pretty straight forward, five innocent and unappealing youngsters fall into the hands of chainsaw wielding cannibals on the plains of Texas. The end result is a nightmarish and strangely compelling film. With its implied violence 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' proved that a film can be terrifying without the gore. find out more...