A to Z INDEX of all BLACK HOLE REVIEWS

INDEX UPDATED ON 18TH JULY, 2014
This is a regularly updated list of links to all the reviews in the BLACK HOLE. Just click on each title below.

These films are also listed down the right-hand sidebar of the blog, listed by country, decade or subject.

4BIA (2008)
20TH CENTURY BOYS - CHAPTER 1

The ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES (UK, 1971) 
ABSENTIA (2011) 
AFTERSHOCK (China, 2010)
AIRPORT (US, 1969)
AIRPORT 75 (1975)
AKIRA (anime, 1988)
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (1972) 
ALIEN (1979) 
ALL THIS AND WORLD WAR II (1976) 
ALLIGATOR (1980)
ALTERED STATES (1980)
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY (2009)
AMICUS: THE HOUSE OF HORRORS (2012)
The AMITYVILLE HORROR
ANATOMIE (Germany, 2000)
ANATOMIE 2 (Germany, 2003)
AND SOON THE DARKNESS (1970)
ANIMA MUNDI (1992)
ANTARCTICA (Japan, 1983)
The ANTICHRIST (Italy, 1974)
ANTIVIRAL (2012)
APARTMENT 1303 (Japan, 2007) 
APOLLO 18 (2011) 
APPLESEED: EX MACHINA (2007)
APPROPRIATE ADULT (TV, 2011) 
APT./APARTMENT (South Korea, 2006)
ARABESQUE (1966)
ARAHAN (2004) 
ART OF THE DEVIL (Thailand, 2004)
ASTRO BOY - REBIRTH (TV, 2003)
ASTRO BOY (the movie, 2009)
The ATOMIC MAN (1955)
ATOMIK CIRCUS (2004)
AZUMI 2 (2005)


The BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (2008) 
BAREFOOT GEN (anime, 1983)
BARBARELLA (1968)
BASKET CASE (1982)
BASKET CASE 2 (1990)
BASKET CASE 3: THE PROGENY (1992)
BASTARDS (Russia, 2006)
BATMAN (1943)
BATMAN AND ROBIN (1949) 
BATMAN (TV, 1966)
BATTLE ROYALE (2000)
The BEAST OF MOROCCO (1966) 
The BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)
BEAUTIFUL BOXER (2003)
BEN (1972)
BERSERK! (1967)
BEWARE THE MOON - REMEMBERING 'AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON'
BIG MAN JAPAN (2008)
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN (1967) 
The BIRDS (1963)
BLACK DYNAMITE (2009)
The BLACK HOLE (1979)
BLACK LIZARD (Japan, 1968) 
BLACK SUN: THE NANKING MASSACRE (1994)
BLACK SUNDAY (1977) 
BLACK ZOO (1963) 
BLADE RUNNER (1982) 
BLADE RUNNER - THE FINAL CUT (2007)
BLIND TERROR (1971) 
BLOOD-C (Japan TV, 2011) 
BLOOD - THE LAST VAMPIRE (2000)
BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE (1958)
BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1971)
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)
BODY PARTS (1991) 
The BODY SNATCHER (1945)
BOMBER & PAGANINI (Germany, 1976)
BRAIN DAMAGE (1988) 
BREAKING GLASS (1980)
The BRIDE FROM HELL (Hong Kong, 1972) 
The BRIDGE (2006) 
BRUTAL RIVER (2005)
BUBBLE FICTION (Japan)
The BULLET TRAIN (1975)
BURN WITCH, BURN (1962)
BURNT OFFERINGS (1976)


The CABINET OF DR CALIGARI (Germany, 1920) 
The CALAMARI WRESTLER (2004)
CALTIKI - THE IMMORTAL MONSTER (1959)
CAPOTE (2005)
CAPRICORN ONE (1978)
CAPTAIN CLEGG (1962)
The CAR (1977)
CARAVAN OF COURAGE - AN EWOK ADVENTURE (1984)
CARVED (Japan, 2006)
The CASE FILES OF KINDAICHI (TV)
The CASE FILES OF YOUNG KINDAICHI (TV)
The CASE OF THE MUKKINESE BATTLE-HORN (1956)
The CASSANDRA CROSSING (1976) 
The CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (1979)
CATCH-22 (1970)
CELLO (2005)
The CHAIRMAN (1969)
CHAKUSHIN ARI (TV, 2005)
The CHANGES (TV, 1975) The CHASER (2008)
The CHASING WORLD (2008)
CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED (1964)
CHOSEN SURVIVORS (1974) 
CHUSHINGURA (Japan, 1958)
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (Hong Kong, 2009)
CLEOPATRA JONES AND THE CASINO OF GOLD (1975)
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
COMPULSION (1959)
CORMAN'S WORLD (Documentary, 2011)
CRACK IN THE WORLD (1965)
CURSE, DEATH & SPIRIT 
CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (1968)
CURSE OF THE FLY (UK, 1965)
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006)
CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961)
CUTIE HONEY - THE LIVE (2007)
CUTIE HONEY - THE MOVIE (2004)


The DAM BUSTERS (1955)
DAMNATION ALLEY (1977)  
DANTE'S INFERNO (1911, 1924 and 1935)
DARK WATER (Japan, 2002)
DARKNESS (USA, 2004)
The DAUGHTER (Thailand, 2004)
DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1978)
DAY OF THE DEAD (1986)
DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (1967)
The DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (1961)
DAY WATCH (2006)
DEAD DAUGHTERS (Russia, 2007) 
DEADFALL (UK, 1968)
DEATH NOTE (2006) 
DEATH RACE 2000 (1975)
DEATH WEEKEND (1976)
The DEEP (1977)
The DEMON (Italy, 1963)
DESTINATION INNER SPACE (1966)
The DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1944)
The DEVIL COMMANDS (1941)
DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS (1954)
The DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (Australia, 1976)
The DEVIL'S RAIN (1975)
The DEVILS (1971)
DIAMONDS (1975)
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)
DIE MONSTER DIE (1965)
DINOCROC (2005)
DOC SAVAGE - THE MAN OF BRONZE (1975)
DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN (1961)
DOCTOR WHO - THE INVASION (TV, 1968)
The DOLL MASTER (South Korea, 2004) 
DON'T LOOK UP (Japan, 1996)
DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING (1971)
DORM (Thailand, 2006)
DOUGAL AND THE BLUE CAT (1965)
DOWNFALL (Germany, 2004)
DR BLACK, MR HYDE (1976)
DRACULA (1958)
DRAGON WARS (2007)
DRAGONHEAD (Japan, 2003)
The DRIFTING CLASSROOM (Japan, 1987) 
The DRIVER (1978) 
The DUNWICH HORROR (1969)


THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1965)
EARTHQUAKE (1974)
ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (1973)
The EMPEROR'S BAKER (1951)
EMPIRE OF THE WOLVES (France, 2005)
ENCHANTING SHADOW (1960)
EWOKS - BATTLE FOR ENDOR (1985)
EWOKS - CARAVAN OF COURAGE (1984)
EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977)
EXORCIST III: LEGION (1990)
EXTE - HAIR EXTENSIONS (Japan, 2007)
The EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC (France, 2010)
The EYE 2 (2004)
The EYE 3 / The EYE 10 / The EYE INFINITY (2005)
EYE OF THE CAT (1969)


The FALL (2006) 
FANTASTIC VOYAGE (TV, 1968) 
FEAR IS THE KEY (1972)
FIDO (2006)
The FINAL COUNTDOWN (1980) 
The FINAL PROGRAMME (1973) 
FIRE IN THE SKY (1993)
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) 
FLAG (anime, 2006)
The FLY (1958)
FORBIDDEN SIREN (2006)
The FOUR MUSKETEERS (1974) 
FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (1965) 
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969)
FRANKENSTEIN - THE TRUE STORY (US, 1973)
FRANKENWEENIE (Short film, 1984)
FREEDOM (2007)
FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)
FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (1969)
FUNNY GAMES U.S. (2008)
The FURY (1978)

GAMERA THE BRAVE (2006)
GARUDA (2004) 
The GATHERING (UK, 2002)
The GAUNTLET (1977)
GEGEGE NO KITARO (anime overview)
GEGEGE NO KITARO (live action, 2007)
GEGEGE NO KITARO 2: KITARO AND THE MILLENNIUM CURSE (live action, 2008)
GEGEGE NO KITARO: NIPPON BAKURETSU (anime feature, 2008)
GEMINI (Japan, 1999)
GHOST ACTRESS (1996)
GHOST GAME (Thailand, 2006)
GHOST HOUND (anime, 2007)
GHOST HUNT (TV, Japan)
GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX
The GHOST OF YOTSUYA (1959)
GHOST STORY (UK, 1974)
GHOST STORIES (anime, 2000)
GHOST TRAIN (Japan, 2006) 
The GHOUL (1975)
GIANT ROBO MIKAZUKI (TV, 2000)
GIRL FROM HELL (TV, Japan)
The GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2006)
GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA (2002) 
GODZILLA FINAL WARS (2004)
GOHATTO (1999)
GOING TO PIECES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SLASHER FILM (2006)
GOLD (UK, 1974)
The GOLEM (1920) 
The GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966) 
GORGO (1961)
GRABBERS (2012)
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Japan)
The GREAT HORROR FAMILY (Japan TV, 2004)
The GREAT YOKAI WAR (2005)
The GREEN SLIME (1968)
GRIZZLY (1976)
The GRUDGE (Japan, 2003)
The GRUDGE: Extended Director's Cut (USA, 2004)
The GRUDGE 2 (Japan, 2003)
GUARD POST: GP506 (2008)
GU-GU THE CAT (2008)
GUNHED (1989)
GUYANA - CRIME OF THE CENTURY (1979)
GUYANA TRAGEDY: THE JIM JONES STORY (1980) 
GYO: TOKYO FISH ATTACK! (anime, 2012) 


HAAN (S Korea, 2005)
HAKABA KITARO (anime, 2008) 
The HAND OF NIGHT (1966)
The HANDS OF ORLAC (Germany, 1924)
HANSEL & GRETEL (South Korea, 2007)
HANUMAN vs 7 ULTRAMANS (Thailand, 1974)
The HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR (1969)
The HAUNTED PALACE (US, 1963)
HAUNTED SCHOOL (1995)
HAUNTED SCHOOL 3 (1997) 
HAUNTED SCHOOL 4 (1999)
HAUNTED SCHOOL (Hong Kong, 2007)
HAZE (Japan, 2005)
HELL (Thailand, 2005)
HELL GIRL (anime)
HELTER SKELTER (1976) 
The HIDDEN BLADE (2004)
HINOKIO (2005) 
The HITCHER (1986) 
THE HITCHER II (2003)
THE HITCHER (2007) 
HOLOCAUST 2000 (1977)
HORROR HOUSE (1969)
HORROR OF DRACULA (1958)
HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN (1969) 
The HOST (Korea, 2006)
HOTEL (Germany, 2004)
The HOUSE BY THE LAKE (1976)
The HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (Spain, 1969)
HOW TO DESTROY THE REPUTATION OF THE GREATEST SECRET AGENT
The HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939)


I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE (1958)
I, MONSTER (1971) 
I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK (2006)
IMPRINT (TV, 2006)
IMPULSE (1974)
IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
INFAMOUS (2006)
INFECTION (2004)
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009)
INITIAL D - THE MOVIE (Hong Kong, 2005) 
INCIDENT AT OWL CREEK (1962)  
INNOCENCE (France/Belgium, 2004) 
INNOCENT BLOOD (1992)
INTO THE MIRROR (2003) 
INVASION (UK, 1965)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
IP MAN (2008) 
The IPCRESS FILE (1965) 
The ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD (1974)
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)
ISLAND OF TERROR (UK, 1966) 
ISLAND OF THE DAMNED (Spain, 1975)
IT! (1967) 
IT'S ALIVE (1974)


J'ACCUSE (1919 and 1938) 
JACK THE RIPPER (UK, 1959)
JAWS (1976) 
JAWS 2 (1978)
JIGOKU (1960)
JIN-ROH: WOLF BRIGADE (1999)
JOINT SECURITY AREA (2000)
JOUBACHI (TV, 2006)
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959) 
JOYUREI (1996)
JU-ON: THE CURSE (2000)
JU-ON: THE CURSE 2 (2000)
JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (2003)
JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2 (2003)
JU-ON: BLACK GHOST, WHITE GHOST (2009)
JUGGERNAUT (UK, 1974)
JUNK (2000)


KAIDAN (Japan, 2007) 
KAKASHI (2001) 
KAKURENBO - HIDE AND SEEK (2005)
KAMEN GAKUEN (2000) 
KAMEN RIDER KABUTO (TV, 2006)
KAMIKAZE GIRLS (2004)
KARIYUSHI IN AUGUST (2003)
KANSEN (2004)
KARAOKE TERROR (2003)
KAZUO UMEZU's HORROR THEATER - VOLUME 1 (2005)
KAZUO UMEZU's HORROR THEATER - VOLUME 2 (2005)
KAZUO UMEZU's HORROR THEATER - VOLUME 3 (2005) 
The KEEP (1983) 
KIDAN (2005)
KING KONG (1976)
KING NARESUAN - PART 1 (2007)
KING NARESUAN - PART 2 (2007) 
KINDAICHI SHONEN NO JIKEMBO (TV)
KOKKURI (1997) 
KONGA (1961)
KONTROLL (Hungary, 2003) 
KOYAANISQATSI (1983)
KRAKATOA - EAST OF JAVA (1969)
KURAU - PHANTOM MEMORY (2004)


LADY VAMPIRE (Japan, 1959) 
LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (1989)
LAST EXILE (anime, 2004)
LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)
LAST QUARTER (Japan, 2004)
LEGACY OF DRACULA (Japan, 1970)
LEGEND OF DINOSAURS AND MONSTER BIRDS (1977)
The LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973)
The LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (1976)
LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
The LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE (1974)
LIVING SKELETON (Japan, 1968)
The LOCKER (Japan, 2003) 
The LODGER (UK, 1927)
LOFT (Japan, 2006) 
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927)
LONG DREAM (2000) 
The LOST WORLD (1925) 
The LOST WORLD (1962) 
LOVE DEATH (Japan, 2006)
The LOYAL 47 RONIN (1958) 
LUCKY LUKE (2009)


MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (1931)
MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (1958)
The MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (TV, 1965)
The MAGICIAN (1926)
Le MAGNIFIQUE (1973)
MAIL (Japan, 2004)
The MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG (1939)
MANIAC COP
MANIAC COP 2
MANIAC COP 3
The MANITOU (1978)
MANSON (TV, 2009) 
The MANUAL (Japan, 2003)
MARINE BOY (TV, 1966)
The MASK (1961)
The MASK OF FU MANCHU (1932)  
The MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) 
The MATRIMONY (2007)
The MAXX (TV, 1996)
The MAZE (1953)
MEKHONG FULL MOON PARTY (2002)
MEMENTO MORI (1999) 
MEMORIES OF MURDER (2003)
METROPOLIS (1927)
MILK (2008)
The MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN (2008)
MISHIMA - A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (1985) 
MISSING (1982)
MODESTY BLAISE (1966)
MONSTER OF TERROR (1965)
MOON ZERO TWO (1969)
The MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1933)
MURDERS IN THE ZOO (1933)
MUSHISHI (anime, 2005) 
MUSHISHI (live-action, 2006)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) 
MY AMITYVILLE HORROR (documentary, 2012) 
MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1932)


NARAKA 19 (Hong Kong, 2007)
NEGADON - MONSTER FROM MARS (2005)
NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER (1960) 
NEXT OF KIN (Australia, 1982)
The NIGHT CALLER FROM OUTER SPACE (1965)
NIGHT CREATURES (1962) 
NIGHT OF THE EAGLE (1962)
The NIGHT WALKER (1964)
NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE (Japan, 2006)
The NORLISS TAPES (TV movie, 1973) 
NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT (1973) 


OCTANE (2003)
ONE MILLION B.C. (1940)
ON THE BEACH (1959)
ONE MISSED CALL (2004) 
ONE MISSED CALL (TV, 2005)
ONE MISSED CALL 2 (2005)
ONE MISSED CALL 3 (2006) 
ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013)
ORANG MINYAK (2007)
OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES (2006)
OSS 117: LOST IN RIO (2009)
OTAKUS IN LOVE (2004)
OTOSHIMONO (2006) 
OUT OF THE BLUE (New Zealand, 2006) 
THE OUTER LIMITS (TV, 1963)
OUTLAND (1981)


PAPRIKA (Japan, 2006)
PARANOIA AGENT (anime, 2004)
PAURA: LUCIO FULCI REMEMBERED (2008)
PERSONA (Japan, 2000)
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) 
PHOENIX FIVE (TV, 1969)
PLANETA BUR (Russia, 1961)
POLICE SQUAD! (TV, 1982) 
The POSSESSED (TV movie, 1977)
PREMONITION (Japan, 2004)
PRINCESS AURORA (S. Korea, 2005)
PROJECT U.F.O. (TV series, 1978) 
The PSYCHOPATH (1966)
PUFNSTUF - THE MOVIE (1970)
PULGASARI (1985)
PUPPET ON A CHAIN (1971)


The QUATERMASS CONCLUSION (TV, 1979)
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (1967)
QUIEN PUEDE MATAR A UN NINO? (Spain, 1975)
The QUIET FAMILY (S Korea, 1998)
QUEEN BEE (TV, 2006)


RAUMPATROUILLE ORION (TV, 1966) 
REC, REC 2, REC 3
RED SHADOW (2001)
REIGO: DEEP SEA MONSTER VS THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (2008)
REINCARNATION (Japan, 2005)
The REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD (1975)
REPTILICUS (1961) 
La RESIDENCIA (1969)
RETRIBUTION/SAKEBI (2006) 
The RETURNED (TV, 2012)
Les REVENANTS (2004/2012)
RING (1998, Japan)
RING 2 (1999, Japan) 
RETURN OF THE FLY (1959)
RING 0: BIRTHDAY
RING: KANZENBAN - THE COMPLETE EDITION (TV movie, 1995)
RING: THE FINAL CHAPTER (TV series, 1999)
The RING VIRUS (South Korea, 1999)
RINNE (2005)
ROAR (1981)
ROBOGEISHA (2009) 
ROLLERBALL (1975)
ROUGE (Hong Kong, 1987)
RUSSIAN ROULETTE (1975)
 

SAMSARA (2009)
SAMURAI FICTION (1998)
The SATAN BUG (1965) 
SATURN 3 (1980)
SATELLITE IN THE SKY (1956)
SCARED (Thailand, 2005)
SCHOOLGIRL COMMANDO IZUMI (TV, 1987)
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN (1969)
SEE NO EVIL (1971)
SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN (anime, 1998)
SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN (1929)
SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
SF Episode One - SAMURAI FICTION (1998) 
SHANKS (1974)
SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL (1998)
SHIBUYA KAIDAN (2003)
SHINJUKU INCIDENT (2009)
SHIVER (HK, 2003) 
The SHUTTERED ROOM (1967) 
SILVER STREAK (USA, 1976)
The SINKING OF JAPAN (2006)
SIREN (S Korea, 2001)
The SKY CRAWLERS (2008) 
SKY RIDERS (1976) 
SLAP SHOT (1977) 
SLEEP TIGHT (2011)
The SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957) 
The SNAKE-GIRL AND THE SILVER-HAIRED WITCH (1968)
SOLDIER BLUE (1970)
SOLITUDE OF BLOOD (2002, Russia)
SORCERER (1977) 
The SORCERERS (UK, 1967)
SPACE AMOEBA (1970) 
The SPACE CHILDREN (1958) 
SOYLENT GREEN (1973) 
SPACE PATROL (German TV, 1966)
SPECTREMAN (TV, 1971)
SPEED RACER (USA, 2008)
SPIRAL / RASEN (Japan, 1998) 
SQUIRM (1976)
STARCRASH (1978)
STORM (Sweden, 2005)
STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING (1972)
STREET HAWK (1985, TV) 
The STUDENT OF PRAGUE 
The SUBMERSION OF JAPAN (1973) 
SUCKER PUNCH (2011) 
SUICIDE MANUAL (2003)
SUICIDE MANUAL 2: INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (2003)
SUKEBAN DEKA (anime, 1991)
SUKEBAN DEKA (TV, 1985)
SUKEBAN DEKA - THE MOVIE (1988)
SUKEBAN DEKA - THE MOVIE 2 (1989)
SUMMER WARS (anime, 2009)
SUMPAH ORANG MINYAK (1957)
SURVIVE! (Mexico/USA, 1976)
The SURVIVOR (1980)
SWAY (Japan, 2006)
SWING GIRLS (Japan, 2004)
SWORDS OF VENGEANCE (1978)


TABOO (Japan, 1999) 
The TAKING OF PELHAM ONE-TWO-THREE (1974) 
TALES FROM THE CRYPT (UK, 1972) 
TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972) on blu-ray 
TALES OF TERROR 1 (Japan, TV, 2005) 
TAMAMI: THE BABY'S CURSE (2008) 
TARZAN (1966, TV)
TAXI 4 (France, 2007) 
The TENDERNESS OF WOLVES (Germany, 1973) 
TENTACLES (1977)
TETSU NO TSUME (1951)
TETSUJIN 28 - THE MOVIE (2005)
TETSUJIN 28 – Volume 1 (TV, 2004)
The TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)
THEM (France, 2006) 
THEY CAME BACK (2004)
THREE: EXTREMES (2004) 
The THREE MUSKETEERS (1973) 
THUNDERBIRDS (TV, 1965) 
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO (UK, 1966)
TIMESLIP (1955)
TINTIN AND THE BLUE ORANGES (1964)
TINTIN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE (1961)
TINTIN ET LE MYSTERE DE LA TOISON D'OR (1961) 
TO THE DEVIL... A DAUGHTER (1976)
TOKYO ZOMBIE (Japan, 2006)
TOMIE (1998)
TOMIE - ANOTHER FACE (1999)
TOMIE - REPLAY (2000)
TOMIE - REBIRTH (2001)
TOMIE - FORBIDDEN FRUIT (2002)
TOMIE - REVENGE (2005)
TOMIE - BEGINNING (2005)
TOMIE VS TOMIE (2007) 
TOMIE UNLIMITED (2011)
TOWER OF EVIL (UK, 1972)
The TOWERING INFERNO (1974) 
The TRACK (1974, France)
TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL (1935)
TREASURE ISLAND (1950)
TRON: LEGACY (2010) 
TUBE (S Korea, 2003)
The TUNNEL (UK, 1935) 
TWISTED NERVE (UK, 1968)


ULTRA-Q (TV, 1966) 
ULTRAMAN (1966) 
ULTRAMAN COSMOS (TV, 2001)
ULTRAMAN COSMOS: FIRST CONTACT (2001)
ULTRAMAN COSMOS 2: BLUE PLANET (2002)
ULTRAMAN COSMOS 3: FINAL BATTLE (2003)
ULTRAMAN MAX (TV, 2005)
ULTRAMAN MEBIUS (TV, 2006)
ULTRAMAN NEXT (2004)
ULTRAMAN NEXUS (TV, 2004)
UMIZARU (2004)
The UNINVITED (USA, 1944)
The UNINVITED (S Korea, 2003)
UZUMAKI (2000)


VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970) 
VAMPIRE DOLL (Japan, 1970)
The VANISHED (Japan, 2006)
VANISHING POINT (1971)
VAULT OF HORROR (1973) 
VENGEANCE (Thailand, 2006)
The VICTIM (Thailand, 2006)
VIDEO NASTIES - THE DEFINITE GUIDE (2011, DTV)
VIJ: SPIRIT OF EVIL (Russia, 1967)
VILLAGE OF EIGHT GRAVESTONES (Japan, 1977)
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (UK, 1960)
The VIRGIN SPRING (1960)
VIRUS (1980)
VOICE (S Korea, 2005)


The WAGES OF FEAR (1977)
The WARRIORS (1979)
WATCH OUT, WE'RE MAD (1974)
WENT THE DAY WELL? (1942)
WESTWORLD (1973) 
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? (1965)
WHISPERING CORRIDORS
WHISPERING CORRIDORS 2 
WHISPERING CORRIDORS 3
WHISPERING CORRIDORS 4 
The WHITE BUS (UK, 1967)
WHO? (1973)
WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? (1975)
The WIG (S Korea, 2005)
WILLARD (1971)
WIRED (1989)
WISHING STAIRS
WITCHFINDER GENERAL (1968)
WOLFEN (1981) 
The WOMAN IN BLACK (1989) 
WOODSTOCK (1970)
The WORLD SINKS EXCEPT JAPAN (2006)
WOULD YOU KILL A CHILD? (1975)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1970)


The X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967)


YAJI & KITA: THE MIDNIGHT PILGRIMS (2005)
YESTERDAY (South Korea, 2002)
YO-YO GIRL COP (2006)
YOG - MONSTER FROM SPACE (1970)
YOKAI DAISENSO (2005)
YOKAI TENGOKU - GHOST HERO (1990)
YONGARY MONSTER FROM THE DEEP (1967)
YOU CAN'T STOP THE MURDERS (2003)
YURERU (Japan, 2006)


ZARDOZ (1973)
ZEBRAMAN (2004)
ZEE OUI (Thailand, 2004) 
ZERO HOUR! (1957) 
ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (1979) 
ZOO (Japan, 2005)

OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES (2006) - uncanny recreation of sixties' spy movies

OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES
(2006, France)

A retro spy spoof with modern targets
At first glance this looked like a revival release of a lost French spy film that I'd never heard of. It turned out to be a recent spoof that looks back affectionately at the 1960's spy scene. Sort of like Austin Powers, but with some humour lost in translation, so don't expect the same amount of comedy, broad or otherwise. It's still laugh-out-loud funny in places, but I'd liked to have understood more of the verbal gags and the ironic jokes about France's history.
The character of OSS 117 is actually from a long series of spy novels that started before Ian Fleming typed the number 007. They've been adapted (seriously) as movies in the fifties and sixties, with actors like John Gavin (Psycho) and Kerwin Matthews (Seventh Voyage of Sinbad) in the title role.

What makes this new incarnation definitely worth seeing are the standout performance of Jean Dujardin, and the meticulous recreation of the look of 1960s celluloid. While Austin Powers gave lip service to sixties pop culture, it mostly joked about the fashions and the technology, but never looking at all authentic. OSS 117 at times made me think I was looking at a lost Sean Connery Bond film.
Though rubber-faced, Dujardin even resembles Connery at times, helped by wearing copies of many of his early Bond outfits. I was also reminded that James Bond's 'eyebrow acting' began long before Roger Moore took the role. Dujardin is astonishingly good at portraying the swaggering, self-centred bighead who thinks he's irresistible to women. Connery's clothes, hair, and also 'catlike' movement are meticulously copied and spoofed.

The spy's occasional detective work is offset by his obsession with his appearance and... his chickens. My favourite moment is when his glamorous accomplice has to drag him off the dancefloor to do some work because he's enjoying himself too much.

The story is crucially set in Cairo in 1955. Agent OSS 117 has been sent to solve the murder of his best friend (whose very name sends him into flashbacks to happier times), as well as sort out the problems of the Middle East (just as the 'Suez crisis' threatened to ignite another World War). He easily gets sidetracked by everything unimportant, even taking more time over his cover, the chicken-breeding business, than the job in hand. In the style of incompetent detectives, he still accidentally impresses his superiors.

His complete ignorance of life outside France makes him completely unsuitable as an international secret agent. His mission needs him to be knowledgeable about local customs and blend in with the mostly Muslim population. This of course highlights how little has changed with attitudes and indeed foreign policies.

The absolutely authentic look of course includes fashion and music, but with an obsessive amount of paddleball, depicted as a fad of the same popularity as skateboarding!

I'd liked to have seen more action, more fighting and maybe a car chase - all par for the genre. But the pleasant surprise that I didn't expect was a skeleton graveyard - a beautifully creepy scene that seemed to reference the 1968 Japanese horror The Living Skeleton! Am I reaching?

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, was popular enough to spawn a sequel, OSS 117: Lost In Rio (2009), with yet another in the works. The bare-bones UK DVD (from ICA) is nicely presented in 2.35 anamorphic widescreen but the English subtitles are rather large for the job. But they're the only translation - there's no dubbed Enlgish audio track.

English release trailer on YouTube...

This next trailer, for a 1964 OSS 117 movie (starring Kerwin Matthews), appears to be a direct influence on Jean-Paul Belmondo's superb spy spoof Le Magnifique (1973).

(Jean DuJardin returned in an OSS 177 sequel in 2009 - review here!)

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (1976) - early Jodie Foster thriller

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE
(1976, Canada/USA/France)

Martin Sheen as a very nasty man...

1976 was the year when Jodie Foster became a star! At the time, I hadn't seen Taxi Driver, but there was plenty of publicity about her controversial role. Amazingly she was still appearing in Disney films!

Bugsy Malone was a big hit in the UK. With goodtime girl Tallulah's slicked-down hair, she nearly wasn't recognisable. But her raunchy and mature attitude was fun - it certainly seemed to scare Scott Baio! Director Alan Parker's success with this children-playing-adults gangster musical led to his next project, the very different Midnight Express!

Foster had appeared in Disney productions as early as 1970, continuing after Little Girl with Freaky Friday and later Candleshoe. The original Freaky Friday was another popular hit for her in the UK, Foster being one of the few youngsters who was intelligent and rebellious enough to be 'cool', acceptable to teenagers who normally wouldn't be seen dead watching a Disney double-bill. In it she plays a tomboy with a skateboard who swaps bodies with her Mom.


The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane was another very different film for her repertoire, and seemed to represent what I imagined her own personality might have been. Independent, private, wanting to be treated like an adult. Interested in learning more about everything. There's a great interview that was shot on the set, maybe it was a publicity film, where she says that eventually she wants to direct. She was deadly serious, at a time when there were even fewer women directors, ridiculously young. But if anyone was going to do it, she sounded like she could, and also knew where she was going.

Her character, Rynn, is supposed to be from England - the creepy Frank (Sheen) has to explain some of the customs of Halloween 'because the English don't celebrate it'. Proof that before the movie Halloween was a hit the UK, we Brits didn't even consider it as an opportunity for fancy dress, let alone trick or treating.

Little Girl feels like quite a small film, but has a uniquely odd atmosphere. So much action is centred on Rynn's home, it could very easily be adapted as a play. There are even several key moments that are described rather than shown, robbing the film of some potential shock moments. More damagingly, it's quite hard to follow everything unless you listen to every line of dialogue. I always forget the storyline because I haven't witnessed everything. This also keeps the film in the mystery/thriller genre. While it verges on horror, it needs a few more explicit moments.


A small cast of characters adds to the claustrophobia, especially with the early arrival of the sleazeball played by a young Martin Sheen, when he usually played sleazeballs. He was on the wrong side of the law in Badlands, a hustler in The Cassandra Crossing, and here a dangerous paedophile.

Foster's character is aged 13, but Frank is still very interested in her. The problem is that his mother is also her landlady, one of the most powerful landowneds in the area, with maybe even the police in her pocket. Everyone locally knows what Frank is capable of, but are reluctant to intervene. From his first appearance, we know he's threatening to probe the secrets of her mysterious family. She gains an ally in likeable local boy Mario (Scott Jacoby), but an accident threatens her precarious hope that everyone will leave them alone.


Once again, the film-makers were keen to exploit Foster's image sexually at such an early age. While she'd been a prostitute in Taxi Driver, and a vamp in Bugsy Malone, the actress understandably baulked at a nude scene. Doubtless wanting a little more respect despite her junior status. To be treated with more respect - not to mention gender equality - her star status failed to remove the scene from the script.

So there's this huge (very seventies) paradox. The villain is a paedophile, but the film-makers still want a gratuitous nude scene of a character who's only 13! This was actually performed by Foster's 21 year-old sister, flashing breasts and butt. But the brief scene fooled us all at the time into thinking we were seeing Foster nude, which again she was far from happy about.


It's a sufficiently intriguing film with some unnerving moments, good twists and engaging characters. Besides Foster's age, the film is dated by the music score - some nasty keyboards and wakka-wakka guitar detract rather than complement the atmosphere early on in the film, but thankfully this disappears as the plot thickens.

It's fascinating to see Jodie Foster as a child star, years before she found success as an adult, and Martin Sheen's career off-course before he starred in the awesome Apocalypse Now.


For a long while Little Girl was absent from DVD but eventually appeared in both the UK and US (with subtly different cover art) and apparently uncut. It's more generously framed than the VHS release (above), to which I can now finally say goodbye...

HAUNTED SCHOOL 4 (1999) - a great Japanese ghost story

HAUNTED SCHOOL 4
(1999, Japan, Gakko no kaidan 4)

One of the best, modern, Japanese ghost stories

After seeing Ring (1998) for the first time, I was soon scrabbling around for more non-English horror movies, led only by their titles and cover art. I started into the Japanese Haunted School movie series at the last film but, as it happens, the best of the bunch. These films are nothing to do with the 2007 Hong Kong horror Haunted School, produced by Andrew Lau, that was aimed at older teenagers.

Haunted School 4 is very different from the first three, with a far less patronising attitude and no goofy, infantile humour. Despite a cast made up mostly of children, the acting is solid and realistic, especially the little girl in the middle of it all. What's OK to scare Japanese children is still fairly strong for most adults, some of the shocks match Ring and even Korea's The Host. Surprisingly, the director, Hideyuki Hirayama, also made Haunted Schools 1 and 2.

There are so few similarities with the rest of the series that it's not really a sequel. No recurring characters, alive or dead. The story centres around a school, but that's about it. Here that's not even an existing building, but rather the ghostly memory of one.


Opening with a carefree game of hide-and-seek ('kakurenbo'), tragedy strikes in an impressive sequence with a horrifying climax. One of my favourite scenes in a Japanese horror, because it took me by surprise. Possibly because I was expecting a less hard-hitting, children's movie.

The story skips from the past to modern day, as a quiet coastal village is struck by a series of child disappearances... and a reappearance. Events so unlikely that they're dismissed by the adults, leaving the children to solve the mysteries. Why is there always an old man on the quayside staring at the sea? Why do some of the children keep hearing voices? What's going on at the school building that's closed for the holidays?

The hot and sunny seaside location, presumably in Okinawa, is popular as a holiday destination for Japanese families from the main island. A policeman demonstrates a huge heavy door in the huge storm defences, which closes with just a hand crank. There's also a scene showing the Japanese lantern festival, as departed relatives are remembered with a flotilla of floating lanterns.

There are many intricate and cleverly designed visual effects that use extensive digital composting and even a little CGI which still looks really convincing, at least on this unremastered DVD. But the FX designs and the ideas, together with the performances combine to create a ghost story that delivers very visual surprises and a few shocks. The genuine feeling of loss, portraying ghosts as 'once human' rather than vengeful monsters makes a refreshing change.

Beautifully shot 2.35 widescreen, with flashbacks in striking monochrome, some of the scene transitions were so cleverly done, I had to rewatch to check what I'd just seen.

The film really needs a title change, like if they lost the '4' and sold it to the US. A high number on a sequel makes it look like a bad movie - but this should be high on any list of Japanese ghost story movies.


The Hong Kong DVD I watched is transferred from a print that had English and Chinese burnt into it, rather than optional subtitles. These are poorly translated and hard to read against lighter backgrounds - but it's the only translated version that I know of. It's a non-anamorphic widescreen release, all-region NTSC.

I couldn't find many photos, but there are some screen grabs on this German site...

I've already done short reviews of the first Japanese Haunted School (1995), and Haunted School 3. But I'd recommend instead the Gakko No Kaidan anime series of 2000, sold on DVD as Ghost Stories in the US.