A colour publicity still for the black-and-white film, The Innocents Here’s a farewell I’ve been dreading for years, the lovely Deborah Kerr...

GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX (2003, Japan, anime TV series) If you feel deprived of intelligent sci-fi, or are a big fan of Blad...

TALES FROM THE CRYPT (UK, 1972) Updated November 2007 One of the best Amicus films and certainly the most consistent 'portman...

MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (1931, Germany, Girls in Uniform ) This isn’t the kind of film that I normally mention in the Black Hole, but by the end...

WISHING STAIRS (2001, South Korea) Frustrating and not recommended To complete my reviews of this haunted schoolgirl series, I’ve watched th...

Just when you think you've seen it all, the writers at Video Watchdog unearth not just obscure films of interest, but whole genres. Iss...

THE WARRIORS (1979, USA) Another example of preserving a movie… from its director… In the mid-seventies, by the time I was old enough ...

. . . make sure it's this one! On the front of the November programme for BFI Southbank, (the new name for London's National Film Th...

THE MATRIMONY (2007, China, IMDB: Xin zhong you gui ) Region 3 NTSC DVD (Mei Ah Entertainment) It’s a little late to bring out a ghost stor...

MEMENTO MORI (1999, South Korea) Two schoolgirls fall in love with each other, and are not about to hide the fact. An accident, or is it su...

EARTHQUAKE (1974, USA) Region 1 NTSC DVD (Universal) Imagine L.A. being wiped out by a series of devastating earthquakes. Famous buildings...