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British cinema: Fantasy
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick
Millions of years ago, a tribe of herbivorous apelike hominids discover a mysterious black monolith which immediately exerts a strange influence over them...
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Stanley Kubrick
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Michael Powell
During WWII, an RAF fighter pilot Peter Carter is returning to England after a raid over Germany when his plane is hit. Realising his has no parachute, he sends one last radio message, which is received by a young American radio operator, June, before bailing out to certain death...
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Michael Powell
And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
Roy Ward Baker
In 1790s England, Charles Fengriffen takes up residence at his large family estate with his new bride Catherine. Almost immediately after she has entered the old gothic mansion Catherine begins to experience a bizarre series of hallucinations, some involving a bloody severed hand, and she is strangely drawn to the portrait of Charles' grandfather...
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Roy Ward Baker
Blithe Spirit (1945)
David Lean
To gather material for his next book, writer Charles Condomine invites a local mystic, Madame Arcati, to hold a séance at his house, in the presence of his wife Ruth and two guests...
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David Lean
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Piers Haggard
In England of the 17th century, ploughman Ralph Gower finds the decomposed remains of a creature, part animal, part human, buried in a field...
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Piers Haggard
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information... [More...]
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information... [More...]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Tim Burton
Charlie Bucket lives with his parents and four grandparents in a rundown old house, the family barely surviving on the small amount Charlie's father earns at the toothpaste factory... [More...]
Tim Burton
Charlie Bucket lives with his parents and four grandparents in a rundown old house, the family barely surviving on the small amount Charlie's father earns at the toothpaste factory... [More...]
Children of the Stones [TV] (1977)
Peter Graham Scott
Adam Brake, an astrophysicist whose wife has recently died, arrives in the small English village of Milbury with his teenage son Matthew... [More...]
Peter Graham Scott
Adam Brake, an astrophysicist whose wife has recently died, arrives in the small English village of Milbury with his teenage son Matthew... [More...]
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Freddie Francis
In the late 19th century, Professor Emmanuel Hildern believes he is about to make a major scientific breakthrough that will change mankind's destiny forever... [More...]
Freddie Francis
In the late 19th century, Professor Emmanuel Hildern believes he is about to make a major scientific breakthrough that will change mankind's destiny forever... [More...]
Dance of the Vampires (1967)
Roman Polanski
For years, Professor Abronsius has devoted himself to obtaining tangible proof of the existence of vampires, and finally he believes he has found just that... [More...]
Roman Polanski
For years, Professor Abronsius has devoted himself to obtaining tangible proof of the existence of vampires, and finally he believes he has found just that... [More...]
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Terence Fisher
When his protégé, Simon Aron, fails to turn up for a reunion, the wealthy Duc de Richleau decides to visit him at his home... [More...]
Terence Fisher
When his protégé, Simon Aron, fails to turn up for a reunion, the wealthy Duc de Richleau decides to visit him at his home... [More...]
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Dracula (1958)
Terence Fisher
Jonathan Harker makes the journey to Klausenberg to take up the post of librarian at Castle Dracula. The real motive for his expedition is to kill his employer, Count Dracula, but before he can do this he is attacked by a mysterious woman in white... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Jonathan Harker makes the journey to Klausenberg to take up the post of librarian at Castle Dracula. The real motive for his expedition is to kill his employer, Count Dracula, but before he can do this he is attacked by a mysterious woman in white... [More...]
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Terence Fisher
Englishman Charles Kent persuades his brother Alan and their two wives, Helen and Diana, to make a tour of the Carpathian mountains... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Englishman Charles Kent persuades his brother Alan and their two wives, Helen and Diana, to make a tour of the Carpathian mountains... [More...]
Fiddlers Three (1944)
Harry Watt
England, 1943. Tommy and the Professor, two sailors in the Royal Navy, are on their way back to their Portsmouth base when they see a WREN, Lydia, being molested by a man... [More...]
Harry Watt
England, 1943. Tommy and the Professor, two sailors in the Royal Navy, are on their way back to their Portsmouth base when they see a WREN, Lydia, being molested by a man... [More...]
First Men in the Moon (1964)
Nathan Juran
In 1964, the United Nations Space Agency successfully lands a manned rocket on the moon, but the astronauts are surprised to discover a British flag and a note from someone named Katherine Callender claiming the moon for Her Majesty Queen Victoria... [More...]
Nathan Juran
In 1964, the United Nations Space Agency successfully lands a manned rocket on the moon, but the astronauts are surprised to discover a British flag and a note from someone named Katherine Callender claiming the moon for Her Majesty Queen Victoria... [More...]
From Beyond the Grave (1973)
Kevin Connor
Edward Charlton cannot believe his good fortune when he persuades a crusty old antiques dealer to sell him a 400-year-old mirror for twenty pounds, a fraction of its true value... [More...]
Kevin Connor
Edward Charlton cannot believe his good fortune when he persuades a crusty old antiques dealer to sell him a 400-year-old mirror for twenty pounds, a fraction of its true value... [More...]
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
René Clair
In 18th Century Scotland, there is only one thing that the McLaggan and Glourie clans hate more than the English, and that is each other... [More...]
René Clair
In 18th Century Scotland, there is only one thing that the McLaggan and Glourie clans hate more than the English, and that is each other... [More...]
The Gorgon (1964)
Terence Fisher
The mist-shrouded village of Vandorf harbours an ancient evil of which no one dares speak, even when a series of mysterious deaths begins, reviving memories of an old and terrifying legend... [More...]
Terence Fisher
The mist-shrouded village of Vandorf harbours an ancient evil of which no one dares speak, even when a series of mysterious deaths begins, reviving memories of an old and terrifying legend... [More...]
The Halfway House (1944)
Basil Dearden
June 1943. Ten disparate individuals badly in need of a rest arrive at a small hotel, The Halfway House, lost in the Welsh valleys... [More...]
Basil Dearden
June 1943. Ten disparate individuals badly in need of a rest arrive at a small hotel, The Halfway House, lost in the Welsh valleys... [More...]
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
Lothar Mendes
Three gods looking down on planet Earth mock the inability of its puny inhabitants to improve their lot. Believing that mankind is capable of better, one of the gods endows one randomly selected individual with the ability to perform miracles... [More...]
Lothar Mendes
Three gods looking down on planet Earth mock the inability of its puny inhabitants to improve their lot. Believing that mankind is capable of better, one of the gods endows one randomly selected individual with the ability to perform miracles... [More...]
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Roger Corman
12th Century Europe is being scourged by many plagues, the most fearsome of which is the Red Death. When Prince Prospero learns that this plague has reached the villages surrounding his castle, he orders his men to burn them to the ground... [More...]
Roger Corman
12th Century Europe is being scourged by many plagues, the most fearsome of which is the Red Death. When Prince Prospero learns that this plague has reached the villages surrounding his castle, he orders his men to burn them to the ground... [More...]
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Terry Jones
The Monty Python team take up their greatest challenge yet, one that has defied the greatest philosophers, scientists, theologians and weather forecasters for countless millennia... [More...]
Terry Jones
The Monty Python team take up their greatest challenge yet, one that has defied the greatest philosophers, scientists, theologians and weather forecasters for countless millennia... [More...]
Mysterious Island (1961)
Cy Endfield
During the American Civil War, a party of Union soldiers manage to escape from a Confederate prison via a hot air balloon... [More...]
Cy Endfield
During the American Civil War, a party of Union soldiers manage to escape from a Confederate prison via a hot air balloon... [More...]
Night of the Demon (1957)
Jacques Tourneur
Dr John Holden, an American psychologist specialising in the paranormal, arrives in England to attend a convention on the Occult... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
Dr John Holden, an American psychologist specialising in the paranormal, arrives in England to attend a convention on the Occult... [More...]
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
John Gilling
Sir James Forbes, a distinguished professor of medicine, is surprised when he receives a letter from a former pupil, Dr Peter Thompson, inviting him to look into a spate of mysterious deaths in a small Cornish village... [More...]
John Gilling
Sir James Forbes, a distinguished professor of medicine, is surprised when he receives a letter from a former pupil, Dr Peter Thompson, inviting him to look into a spate of mysterious deaths in a small Cornish village... [More...]
Providence (1977)
Alain Resnais
In a dark old house, an elderly man rambles deliriously as he swigs glass after glass of white wine to ease the pain of his bowel cancer... [More...]
Alain Resnais
In a dark old house, an elderly man rambles deliriously as he swigs glass after glass of white wine to ease the pain of his bowel cancer... [More...]
The Reptile (1966)
John Gilling
On the death of his brother, Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie elect to move into his cottage, in a remote Cornish village... [More...]
John Gilling
On the death of his brother, Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie elect to move into his cottage, in a remote Cornish village... [More...]
The Sacrifice (1986)
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]