1960s

Another sin-sational sixties softcore skin flick from beatnik erotic auteur Nick Phillips (aka Jan Anders here), overflowing with his trademark artsy monochrome imagery, lesbianism, fetishism, free sex aesthetics, free jazz soundscapes, and rambling stream of consciousness narration. This was Millard’s rip-off of those very popular (and profitable) European adult art films of the late 1960’s [I Am Curious- Yellow, Therese & Isabelle, I a Woman] and his use of the Danish-sounding pseudonym, Jan Anders.
Nick Millard is the genius behind Criminally Insane, Death Nurse, and dozens of other wonderful exploitation films. Mister Millard has been in the biz since the 1960s, starting out making sexploitation films like Uta, Nympho & this one styled after European art features of the time. In 1975 he went into horror with Criminally Insane, and in 1977 he made action movie history with .357 Magnum.Read More »

Sonny Chiba returns as Goro Saionji, a private detective fighting against drug smuggling gang at a fishing village.Read More »

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“Brigitta lives the lonesome, monotonous life of a bank teller until the day she becomes infatuated with the malignant and charismatic Bize. One night, he drugs Brigitta’s drink and unleashes within her strange passions and animal desires which send her reeling into a wanton sexual trance from which there can be no return! She soon finds herself immersed in the squalid world of drugs, alcohol, fetishism, prostitution, sexually transmitted diseases and drunk driving! What price will Brigitta pay for her newfound freedom?”Read More »

This grindhouse classic from Nick Phillips is perhaps the bleakest of his softcore output, combining the director’s favourite visuals; naturally endowed hippy-chicks in fetish wear, drug usage, and lesbianism, in a psychedelic sleaze-fest that proves both a turn on and downer. Shot in black and white, with an uncredited cast, the film follows heroin addict Jean and her inevitable misadventures in and out of the drug scene. Following a sleazy encounter with her thieving pusher she drifts off into the outside world where she meets clean cut Tad and soon after they become smitten with each other she swiftly introduces poor Tad to her junkie culture. Sex, drugs, sleaze and death backed by grooved out hippie beats and a borderline beatnik narrative are the order of the day in this freaked out cult curiosity.Read More »

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The Brides of Dracula is a 1960 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film stars Peter Cushing, David Peel, Freda Jackson, Yvonne Monlaur, Andrée Melly, and Martita Hunt.

The film is a sequel to Hammer’s original Dracula (US: Horror of Dracula) (1958), though the vampires possess abilities denied to vampires in the previous film, much like those in the original novel. Alternative working titles were Dracula 2 and Disciple Of Dracula. Dracula does not appear in the film (Christopher Lee would reprise his role in the 1966 film Dracula: Prince of Darkness) and is mentioned only twice, once in the prologue, once by Van Helsing.

Shooting began for The Brides of Dracula on 16 January 1960 at Bray Studios. It premièred at the Odeon, Marble Arch on 6 July 1960. The film was distributed theatrically in 1960 on a double bill with The Leech Woman.Read More »

Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to London on new British Railways Blue Pullman units. As with earlier British Transport Films, many of the personnel, scientists, engineers, crew and passengers were featured in the 20 minute film. It won several awards, including the Technical & Industrial Information section of the Festival for Films for Television in 1961. The film is also particularly noted for its score, by Clifton Parker, which, unlike the earlier Elizabethan Express is uninterrupted by any commentary.Read More »

A poetic, modern fairy-tale about the desire for personal fulfilment: Following their father′s death, 18-year-old Helene and her little sister have to adjust to the radically changed situation. The authorities sign Helene up for different jobs, but she constantly fails their demands. Only when Helene finally learns how to express her dreams, she is able to free herself from the paternalism of others.

Production of the film was stopped in 1966. In 2005, the existing material was assembled in chronology.Read More »

A lonely night watchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store’s mannequins. He soon steals her and brings her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life…Read More »

Ignác Šavlíř, called Lucin, will try to steal another worker’s pocket from the pocket of a large gravel pit. He is caught, beaten up and thrown into the autumn mud. He is picked up by a randomly passing worker Magdalena and takes him to his house high on the land. Two losers start living together. Lucin was once a site master and driver, but immense drinking made him an assistant worker, a permanent debtor, and an occasional thief. Magdalena’s arms often served as a refuge for many workers for one night. But it wasn’t about money, she was more afraid of loneliness and longed for constant feeling and security. She is very clean and has a good influence on Lucin.Read More »