Problem & Borderline Films F to L

PROBLEM & BORDERLINE FILMS F to L

FACES IN THE DARK (1960) - John Gregson as terrorised blind man. "Precursor of WAIT UNTIL DARK and BLIND TERROR" - Derek Winnert, 'Radio Times Film & Video Guide'.

FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966) - Francois Truffaut's film version of the Ray Bradbury novel.

THE FAIRY BOTTLE (1913) - evil spirit contained in bottle.

THE FAIRY OF THE BLACK ROCKS (1905) - Robert Paul-produced short, includes skeletons dancing in graveyard.

THE FAIRY KING OF AR (1998) - fantasy filmed in South Africa for U.K. production company Peakviewing. Malcolm McDowell and Corbin Bernsen star in a story about evil goblins. A.k.a. BEINGS?

A FAITHLESS FRIEND (1908) - Hepworth short directed by Lewin Fitzhamon. Dream of skeleton coming to life.

THE FANTASIST (1986) - Irish-set thriller from WICKER MAN director Robin Hardy.

FANTOM SEDUCER PART ONE (2005) - porn reworking of the FANTOM KILER concept, directed by the notorious/pseudonymous 'Roman Nowicki'

FANTOM SEDUCER PART TWO (2006) - more xxx-rated antics from director 'Roman Nowicki'

FARMER SPUDD AND HIS MISSUS TAKE A TRIP TO TOWN (1915) - farmer and wife dream that the Madame Tussaud's 'Chamber Of Horrors' exhibits come to life. Includes an early film appearance for Jack The Ripper.

FATLINERS (1997) - amateur low-budget (approx £10,000) production from 'Smile Orange', the team behind the NIGHTBEAST remake and THE HUNT FOR THE YORKSHIRE GRIMACE. Apparently it's about time-travelling wrestlers, but stills in issue 65 of 'The Dark Side' depict a variety of characters including a Ku Klux Klan member and a menacing 1940s-style robot!

FAUST (1994) - feature-length fantasy from Czech animator Jan Svankmajer. Part U.K.- funded.

FEAR: AN UNFINISHED FILM (2005) - Ken Dirke broke his foot during a shoot on this planned Jason Impey horror short, which was then left unfinished.

FEAR X (2003) - John Turturro plays security guard, obsessively investigating the fatal shooting of his wife, in an offbeat thriller owing much to BLOW UP and the work of Roman Polanski and David Lynch. Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn.

FEATHERTOP (1913) - from Nathaniel Hawthorne's story. Scarecrow brought to life by a witch. British?

FELICIA'S JOURNEY (1999) - directed by Atom Egoyan. Bob Hoskins as a Birmingham-based serial killer. U.K./Canadian.

THE FILLING (2003) - 10-minute short directed by James Brailsford. Young boy waiting to see dentist fantasizes about the horrors in store.

THE FINAL PROGRAMME (1973) - directed by Robert Fuest. From Michael Moorcock's novel.

FIRST BORN (1988) - BBC mini-series, Charles Dance as scientist who creates hybrid ape/human test-tube baby.

FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (1919) - from H.G.Wells' novel.

FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (1964) - the Harryhausen version of Wells' novel.

FLAME (1974) - vehicle for glam rock stars Slade; features Noddy Holder as a Screaming Lord Sutch-type shock rocker in a band called The Undertakers, performing a song with horror lyrics while lying in a coffin! Prior to filming this movie, Slade had considered doing a horror spoof entitled 'The Quite-A-Mess Experiment'.

FLAMES (1917) - directed by Maurice Elvey. Occultist switches souls with a younger man.

FLAMINGO BLUES (2004) - directed by Robbi Stevens. Serial killer pursues showgirls in 1952 Hollywood.

FLASH GORDON (1980) - directed by Mike Hodges.

FOG FOR A KILLER (1962) - former convict is chief suspect during a series of murders committed at the time of a full moon. Directed by Montgomery Tully.

FOLLOW ME (1972) - London-shot romantic comedy with Mia Farrow and Topol. Scenes where they go to see THE BRIDES OF DRACULA at the Cameo-Poly on Regent Street (with the marquee showing fake titles 'WEREWOLVES FROM MARS' and 'BLOODSUCKERS FROM VENUS', and FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED at the Cinephone on Oxford Street (falsely billed as 'I WAS A TEENAGE NECROMANCER'. Topol later wanders into a cinema showing THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN. Thanks to John Kyriacou for posting all of this info at the Facebook group 'The Hammer Lovers'

FOLLOW THAT GOBLIN! (1992) - British/Israeli clay animation short; includes scene in fairground haunted house populated by Dracula, Frankenstein monster, witch, gorgon, hunchback, mummy etc.

THE FOOD THAT DEAD MEN EAT (2001) - directed by Colin Hives for Shivilenco Pictures. Starring Michael Southern and Paul Hilts.

FOOTSTEPS (Gareth Evans 2006) - recently-redundant no-hoper falls in with a gang of snuff film-makers. Gritty and gory psychological study, has been compared to the work of Abel Ferrara and even TAXI DRIVER.

FORBIDDEN SUN (1989) - Greek-set thriller co-written by Robin Hardy, typically mixing his usual concerns, sex, violence, and ancient rituals. A.k.a. BULLDANCE.

FORGING AHEAD (1933) - fake ghosts turn out to be criminals.

THE FORTUNE TELLING DOLL (2004) - 14-minute short directed by M.K. Lau. Ref: Britfilms catalogue: "Office-worker Bob thinks he's dreaming when a doll starts talking to him, until it helps him to find a girlfriend. But the doll won't stop talking, and keeps Bob awake each night. When he tries to end the relationship, the doll uses its powers to take revenge..."

FOUR-SIDED TRIANGLE (1953) - Hammer science fiction yarn directed by Terence Fisher.

FRANK IN TEENY (2001) - another dubious soft porn outing from the Mistique video label. Frankenstein spoof?

FRANKENSTEIN (1973) - t.v. movie version, produced by Dan Curtis in the same year as his Jack Palance-starring DRACULA. Some sources list this as British.

FRANKENSTEIN (1984) - feature-length version made for Yorkshire TV.

FRANKENSTEIN'S BABY (1990) - BBC film; comedy about man who becomes pregnant at fertility clinic.

FRANKENSTEIN’S CASTLE OF FREAKS (1973) - legendary Italian schlock, apparently shot at our own Pinewood Studios! Ref: ‘The Pinewood Story’

FRANZ KAFKA'S IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1994) - Oscar-winning short fantasy based on Kafka's life and works. Man-insect creature.

THE FREAK BARBER (1905) - directed by J.H.Martin. Barber chops off the heads of his clientele before being dismembered himself. Early trick film.

THE FREAK OF FERNDALE FOREST (1910) - mysterious beggar turns child into hideous beast.

FREDDIE AS F.R.O.7 (1992) - feature-length cartoon adventure - includes Loch Ness Monster and shape-shifting character who becomes a cobra.

FREEZE FRAME (2004) - Man almost convicted of three brutal murders ten years ago now videotapes every moment of his own life, in order to provide him with an alibi should he ever face such accusations again. Paranoid thriller starring Lee Evans. Directed by John Simpson.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT TIME TRAVEL (2009) - inventive comedy with time travel taking place in the gents' toilet of a local pub. Apparent mass slaughter; giant ant..

FROM HELL (2001) - film version of the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell graphic novel, with Johnny Depp as Inspector Abberline investigating the Ripper murders. U.S. production shot in Prague (masquerading as 19th-century Whitechapel). Many British cast members give this the feel of a U.K. movie. Some location work in Cornwall for closing scenes.

FROM THE CLOUD TO THE RESISTANCE (1979) - European co-production with involvement from our own Artificial Eye. Includes werewolf.

FROZEN ALIVE (1964) - scientists freeze a human being.

THE FRUIT MACHINE (1988) - comic thriller with fantasy touches, set in and around gay community. Psycho character.

THE FULL TREATMENT (1961) - Hammer psychological murder thriller.

FUNNY BONES (1996) - giallo-like comedy-mystery set among circus/pier entertainers in Blackpool.

GASLIGHT (1938) - first film version of Patrick Hamilton's stage thriller; man attempts to drive new bride insane. Directed by Thorold Dickinson.

THE GATHERING (2004) - directed by William Prince. Tagline: "The Turin Shroud Is Real! But can the proof be saved from the Devil!"

GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT (1973) - dark mediaeval fantasy directed by Stephen Weeks; knight makes wager involving decapitation.

THE GHOST GOES GEAR (1967) - pop musical starring the Spencer Davis Group. Haunted house.

THE GHOST GOES WEST (1935) - directed by Rene Clair.

THE GHOST HUNTER (2000) - feature-length children’s drama from the BBC, starring Jean Marsh in the title role, bottling up spirits in an English village.

GHOST OF A CHANCE (1968) - Children's Film Foundation featurette. Kids and ghosts team up to scare off a gang of property developers intent on destroying an historic old building.

THE GHOST OF GREVILLE LODGE (2000) - teenager invited to stay at his great uncle’s mansion finds the place to be haunted, and gets caught up in a mystery from the house’s past. ‘A traditional ghost story for the whole family’ – British Films Catalogue. Directed by Niall Johnson.

THE GHOST OF MONK'S ISLAND (1966) - kids' adventure movie directed by Jeremy Summers, for the Children's Film Foundation. Children stranded on a remote island encounter a hooded figure that they are told is the ghost of a monk - but is this apparition all it seems?

GHOST TOUR (1999) - ref: The Film Centre website. 3 children stumble across an old music room and meet a stranger who tells them a quartet of ghost stories.

THE GHOST TRAIN MURDER (1959) - short; crime drama.

THE GHOST WALKS (1935) - directed by Walter Tennyson.

GHOSTBEATERS (19??) - early camcorder short filmed by the young Henry Burrows, later to create Foiled Productions (FOILED, FLUFFY THE ENGLISH VAMPIRE SLAYER, etc)

A GHOSTLY AFFAIR (1914) - man robs a haunted castle, causing the paintings to spring to life. Hepworth short.

GHOSTS (1912) - Hepworth silent short.

GHOSTS (1914) - directed by E.Neame. Haunted house.

GHOSTS AND GHOULIES (1967) - Children's Film Foundation short, from the 'Magnificent 6 1/2' series. Haunted house.

THE GHOSTS' HOLIDAY (1907) - directed by Lewin Fitzhamon, for Hepworth. "Ghosts rise from churchyard and hold ball in hotel" - British Film Catalogue.

THE GHOSTS OF BERKELEY SQUARE (1947) - directed by Vernon Sewell.

GHOSTS OF WINTERBOURNE (1996) - another of Bill Baggs' BBV video productions, featuring ex 'Doctor Who' stars Peter Davidson and Louise Jameson. Sequel to THE DEVILS OF WINTERBOURNE.

GHOSTWATCH (1992) - notorious BBC Halloween special, supposedly a live report from a haunted council house which is taken over by malevolent spirits. Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Craig Charles and other familiar faces add verisimilitude.

THE GIFT OF DEATH (1997) - 27-minute short directed by Peter Carpenter. "A young man's Godmother is Death herself and he's inherited an unusual talent for bringing the terminally ill back from the brink of death. It's a hit-and-miss talent at best and one that eventually puts his own life in danger…" -'Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Films And Television.

GILES HAS HIS FORTUNE TOLD (1911) - one of a series of silent comedies featuring title character 'Giles'. In this entry, he encounters the Devil, who reduces him in size.

THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE (1996) - Two children are left alone in the house of their dead grandfather. 51-minute production from Colin Finbow's Children's Film Unit.

GIRL AFRAID (2002) - 14-minute short directed by Basi Akpabio. Young woman arranges a blind date, “but with a serial killer on the loose should this girl be afraid of something far worse than being left on the shelf?” - British Films Catalogue.

GIVE US TOMORROW (1978) - siege exploitation drama as criminals take hostages in a middle-class household. Compared to DEATH WEEKEND and HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE PARK by 'Flesh And Blood' magazine. Directed by Donovan Winter.

GO FOR A TAKE (1972) - Reg Varney and Norman Rossington in comedy set in the world of low-budget British films - scene with the shooting of a vampire movie, with Dennis Price in the cloak and fangs.

GODS AND HEROES (1971) - “an ambitious project with costumes, multiple locations, props that included papier mâché cabers, helmets, monsters… an attempt to make a pilot for a television series each covering a different Greek myth or legend” - director Michael J. Murphy, from Paul Higson’s interview at www.zone-sf.com

GOING HOME (2003) 13-minute short directed by Stephen Pick. Man finds himself in a taxi - the driver (never clearly seen) explains that the cab is taking him to Hell, but the man realises that as long as he gets out before paying the fare, he has a chance at redemption.

GOLEM (198?) - Claymation short, re-interpreting the ancient Jewish myth of the golem.

THE GOURMET (1984) - Channel 4 one-off t.v. production starring Charles Gray as a bon viveur and food connoisseur who decides to capture and eat a ghost.

GOVAN GHOST STORY (1989) - hour-long drama for BBC Scotland. Unemployed docker's memories of his upbringing and working life are stirred by the ghost of a battered child.

THE GREAT ECSTASY OF ROBERT CARMICHAEL (2005) - squalid coastal junkie/rape drama which ends with horror-style home invasion scene.

THE GREAT LONDON MYSTERY (1920) - silent 12-chapter serial, with character called 'Froggie The Vampire', episode titled 'The Living Dead'.

THE GREEN MAN (1990) - Albert Finney in supernatural mini-series from the BBC, a 3-parter based on Kingsley Amis' novel.

GREYFRIARS BOBBY (2006) - Christopher Lee, Sean Pertwee and Ian Richardson feature among the cast in this re-telling of the legend of Edinburgh's faithful dog. Fake ghost; Edinburgh spirits appear.

THE GROTESQUE (1995) - Sting and Alan Bates in old dark house black comedy.

GUARDING BRITAIN'S SECRETS (1914) - directed by Charles Calvert. Detective with occult powers vs. a hypnotic medium.

HAIR RAZOR (199?) - ref: Eileen Daly website. Eileen Daly plays ‘victim’ in film’s prologue. Directed by Ziggy. U.K. horror? Short? Possibly shot on video.

HALF MOON STREET (1986) - "Jack The Ripper-style story" - Derek Winnert, 'Radio Times Film & Video Guide'.

THE HALFWAY HOUSE (1944) - Ealing fantasy directed by Basil Dearden. Mysterious inn is revealed to have been destroyed in a bomb blast - a year ago...

THE HAND (1960) - low-budget programmer directed by Henry Cass. Wartime prisoner confesses to his captors, to prevent his hand from being severed - friends who have lost their own hands later track him down, intent on revenge...

THE HAND OF PLEASURE (1971) - American sex/horror cheapie, set in London and featuring a cast all attempting English accents!

HANNIBAL (2001) - muddled sequel to the Oscar-winning SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, again starring Anthony Hopkins as cultured cannibal-about-town Hannibal Lecter. Co-produced by director Ridley Scott's U.K.-based Scott Free company.

HAPPY EVER AFTER (1954) - directed by Mario Zampi. Haunted house.

HAPPY EVER AFTER (1974) - directed by Michael J. Murphy, an update of ‘Beauty And The Beast’ shot in Greece. Ref: Paul Higson.

HAPPY NOW (2001) - Welsh black comedy thriller; teenage girl resembles dead beauty queen from 14 years ago; “cult sacrifice of a cat”; “engagement of a local black magician to ‘disappear’ the film’s young protagonist” – Internet Movie Database.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002) - second blockbuster based on the J.K.Rowling novels set in a school for junior wizards. Features lair of giant meat-eating spiders; ghostly child; ominous warnings written in blood on the Hogwarts corridor walls; sinister sorcerer Voldemort; impish Cornish pixies; and the monstrous Basilisk, a deadly serpent who features in the action-packed climax

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005) - the boy wizard fights a dragon and combats the evil Voldemort.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001) - film version of J.K.Rowling's novel about a boy wizard. Ghosts, black magic etc.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004) - soul-sucking 'Dementors'; lycanthropy.

THE HAUNTED BEDROOM (1907) - directed by Walter Booth.

THE HAUNTED CASTLE (1897) - directed by George Albert Smith. Inspired by the Melies film of the same name?

THE HAUNTED CASTLE (1948) - directed by Val Guest. Comedy based on Richmal Crompton's 'Just William' character.

HAUNTED COTTAGE (1995) - female hikers encounter a pair of randy ghosts. Video soft porn from Mistique Productions.

HAUNTED COTTAGE 2 (1995) - more from soft porn video specialists Mistique.

HAUNTED HONEYMOON (1986) - Gene Wilder's old-fashioned horror comedy, filmed in U.K. with American stars but largely British supporting cast.

THE HAUNTED SCENE PAINTER (1904) - Robert Paul short; theatre props, including ghost and dragon, come to life.

THE HAUNTED PICTURE GALLERY (1899) - directed by George Albert Smith.

HAUNTERS OF THE DEEP (1984) - Children's Film Foundation feature, directed by Andrew Bogle. Ghostly child appears in disused mine.

THE HAUNTING (1999) - remake of the Robert Wise shocker based on Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting Of Hill House'. U.S. production shot in U.K. and using English country house locations. With Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

THE HAUNTING (2019) - the arts centre Derby QUAD ran this seven-week programme of sessions for children to become involved in filmmaking ("Join our film maker Chris to script, star in and film KidsQUAD's latest spooky adventure), with the finished item scheduled to be screened on December 14th 2019 at the venue.

THE HAUNTING OF M (1980) - elegant, subtle ghost story, set and filmed in Scotland. U.S. production directed by Anna Thomas.

THE HAUNTING OF SILAS P.GOULD (1915) - Hepworth short directed by Elwin Neame. Heiress sells mansion to rich American, then poses as a ghost to scare him away.

THE HAVEN (2002) - illustrator of children’s books moves with her partner to a rural cottage, but are menaced by a lurking presence. “Charlie's dream of an idyllic life in the country is shattered by vivid nightmares of a terrible and haunting secret, a mystery hidden deep in the woods that only she can unravel” - British Films Catalogue. Directed by Ray Kilby.

THE HAWK (1993) - Helen Mirren suspects husband George Costigan of being a serial killer.

HEAD ACHE (2002) - short from Liverpool’s prolific Shivilenco Pictures. “Dentists are expensive so two friends decide to save money through DIY”.

HELLCATS: MUD WRESTLING (1983) - sexploitation featurette in which female mud-wrestlers do their stuff. Top of the bill is an American lady grappler known as ‘Queen Kong’; one of the wrestlers appears briefly in a vampire costume.

THE HELLFIRE CLUB (1960) - directed by Robert S.Baker.

HELTER SKELTER (1949) - Gainsborough comedy. Scene in haunted castle; Wilfrid Hyde White as 'Dr.B.Jekyll'.

THE HERNCRAKE WITCH (1913) - witch turns squire into ugly old woman.

HIGH LIFE (2018) - Claire Denis' SOLARIS/SILENT RUNNING-style saga of a spaceship mission to syphon energy from a black hole takes a few disturbing sexual/violent turns as it progresses. Some reviews and sources have described it as a science-fiction/horror film. Received a polarised reception from critics and viewers. International co-production with BFI involvement.

HIGHLANDER (1986) - directed by Russell Mulcahy. 'Immortals', warriors battling throughout the centuries; decapitations.

HISTORY OF THE CINEMA (1995) - Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in brief sketches parodying various hit movies, including their version of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. 8-minute short was released to cinemas; an extended version, 'French And Saunders Go To The Movies', was later broadcast on t.v. and made available on video.

HITMAN IN HERTFORD: THE MUSICAL (2017) - "comedy with a touch of the supernatural" from the maker of MUMMIES IN HERTFORD and ZOMBIES IN HERTFORD.

HOGFATHER (2006) - feature-length adaptation of the Terry Pratchett comic fantasy, made for Sky television.

HOLIDAY CAMP (1947) - first of the 'Huggetts' film series of the late 1940s; this one sees the family on holiday, and amid the comedy and drama there features a serial killer subplot involving 'The Mannequin Murderer'

HOME (2003) - Antony Sher stars in BBC4 drama based on J.G. Ballard's story - car-accident victim decides to simply stay at home and live off the resources available to him; drinking shampoo, trapping and eating local pets, killing those who threaten to bring his experiment to a close.

A HOME FOR THE BULLETS (2005) - crime thriller shot in the North-East; features demonic possession scene near the end of the film. Ref: M.J. Simpson.

HOME FRONT (1992) - ref: ‘The BFI Companion To Horror’. Welsh (horror?) short with Falklands War connection.

HOMEMADE REDUX (2011) - apparently a revised version/re-edit of Jason Impey's HOME MADE.

HOME VIDEO (2005) - young woman awakens to find her VCR running clips of her daily routine, getting more sinister as the camera enters her home and its operator waits for her to awake. 4-minute short directed by Edward Boase. Ref: Steve Green.

HORROR MAN (200?) - Short film directed by Ivor Dehavey (THE LAST EXORCISM). Ref: Paul Higson - “screened at the Festival Of Fantastic Films”.

HORROR VIDEO (199?) - ref: Eileen Daly website. Eileen Daly appears in ‘death sequence’. U.K. horror short? Directed by Braman.

THE HOT GIRLS (1974) - sex docu-drama directed by John Lindsay and Laurence Barnett. Linda Remington poses as a vampire’s victim for a book cover; Helli Louise is interviewed by David McGillivray on the set of film ‘Lust To Kill’.

HOT LIPS OF THE KILLER (1974) - Ref: 'Ten Years Of Terror', FAB Press. "Kicks off with a razoring at Heathrow Airport and then descends into delirium". An Italian/Spanish co-production.

HOTEL CALEDONIA (2009) - horror comedy directed by Nicholas David Lean. Some details appear on line, including an alleged running time of 97 minutes and a full cast. Completed?

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1968) - feature-length BBC t.v. version, from the celebrated television series which re-cast Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes. Made available on DVD by BBC Learning in 2002.

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1988) - feature-length episode of Granada TV's celebrated 'Sherlock Holmes' series starring Jeremy Brett.

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (2002) - feature-length t.v. version of the Conan Doyle classic, broadcast as part of the BBC’s Christmas programming in December 2002. Richard Roxburgh plays Holmes, Ian Hart plays Watson.

THE HOUR OF THE PIG (1993) - mediaeval drama with WITCHFINDER GENERAL/BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW type ambience. Michael Gough and Donald Pleasence are among the familiar faces.

HOUSE OF BLACKMAIL (1953) - killer murders blackmailer but cannot escape from house where the crime has taken place. Electrified window a la HOUSE OF MYSTERY (1961). Directed by Maurice Elvey.

THE HOUSE OF PERIL (1922) - based on Mrs.Belloc Lowndes' 'Chink In The Armour'. Women lured to 'haunted' house, murdered for their jewels.

HOUSE OF THE DAMNED (1973) - Spanish thriller starring Donald Pleasence in a typically ruthless role, killing a man and attempting to find out from his victim's mute daughter where a treasure is concealed. Also starring the diminutive Michael Dunn. Funded by Filibuster Films (London).

THE HOUSE OF UNREST (1931) - 'old dark house' thriller; ref: 'English Gothic'

THE HOUSE OF USHER (1990) - Harry Alan Towers-produced Poe remake. U.K. production involvement?

THE HOUSE THAT MARY BOUGHT (1994) - a vanity vehicle for Susan George, directed by her husband Simon MacCorkindale. Couple find their dream home is being broken into by an unknown stranger.

THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS (1982) - Doug McClure and Susan George in US horror movie set in Japan; ghosts possess westerners and replay a love triangle from the past. Some minor UK production involvement.

HOUSEBOUND (2003) - Directed by Colin Hives for Shivilenco Pictures. “An escaped mental patient meets a man conducting a survey. Only one winner.”

HOW I LIVE NOW (2013) - post-apocalyptic teen drama

HOW TO FILM YOUR NEIGHBOUR (2005) - man who spies on his neighbours via secret CCTV cameras witnesses the death of a Russian prostitute and decides to hunt down the killer himself. 74-minute feature directed by Steven Skitt.

HOWLING VI: THE FREAKS (1991) - some sources, notably the Internet Movie Database and Stephen Jones’ ‘Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide’, list this sequel as a U.S./U.K. co-production.

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1978) - BBC t.v. production starring Warren Clarke.

THE HUNGER (1983) - directed by Tony Scott. Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie in stylish vampire thriller. U.S./U.K. co-production?

HUNTER'S PREY (Ian Brewner 1997) - black-and-white (horror?) thriller shot in London.

THE HYPNOTIST (1957) - psychiatrist plots to have his wife killed by patient under the influence of hypnosis.

THE I INSIDE (2003) - Ryan Phillippe stars in mystery thriller about a man who has no memories of the past 2 years of his life. U.S. production shot in Wales.

IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT (2005) - top policeman DCI Jeff Heat is taunted by a killer who claims to have murdered hundreds of worthless individuals. Feature directed by Thomas Heron.

I’LL BE SEEING YOU (2002) - cinema manager encounters the spirit of a 1940s film star with whom he is obsessed. Ghostly romantic short directed by Leicestershire filmmaker Paul Burton, better-known for his more violent murder thrillers.

IMAGE OF DEATH (1977) - ref: 'Ten Years Of Terror', FAB Press. Obscure American t.v. movie shocker, filmed in the U.K.?

IMAGES (1972) - psychological horror drama directed by Robert Altman, filmed in Ireland.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION (1931) - 'haunted' house up for sale.

THE IMPERSONATOR (1960) - American airman, suspected of murdering woman in English village, helps to unmask the real killer, a deranged pantomime dame. Directed by Alfred Shaughnessy.

IN DREAMS (1999) - U.S. psycho-horror with Robert Downey Jr., produced by our own Stephen Woolley and directed by Neil Jordan, using considerable U.K. resources.

IN THE CUT (2003) - erotic/psychological murder thriller directed by Jane Campion. Australian/U.S./U.K. co-production starring Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mark Ruffalo.

IN THE DARK (2003) - directed by Patrick Tucker. Ref: Paul Higson

INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (2004) - directed by Zak Penn. German director Werner Herzog travels to Loch Ness to shoot a documentary about the legendary monster, while a crew also films him. Truth and fiction are intertwined; fake monster is dragged out for the cameras, but something real attacks the boat and a crew member is eaten…

THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE PEOPLE SHOW (2002) - amateur feature, shot in a London flat on video. Two young men sit on a couch, surf channels, and talk while we see a mixed bag of items from the t.v. screen. "A mad scientist creating a Slithis monster"; "kid's show starring a red haired female hostess with a sock puppet that becomes a gore scene" - Psychotronic Video #37.

INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) - second of the Spielberg/Lucas 'Indiana Jones' series, U.S. production filmed at Elstree Studios. Sacrificial thugee cult; gory removal of victim's heart; voodoo; snapping crocodiles; consumption of 'chilled monkey brains' a la FACES OF DEATH.

THE INITIANTS (1988) - British sex film shot on video. ‘A Satanic Orgy Of Sex’ - video box cover blurb. Ref: ‘Keeping The British End Up’ (Reynolds & Hearn publishers)

INN OF THE FLYING DRAGON (1981) - Swedish/Irish vampire film based on a le Fanu story, from the makers of VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN.

INSIDE OUT (2003) - 20-minute short directed by Oliver Knott. "Alone in a large country house, Lara stars to see and hear things. As night falls her psychosis intensifies to a terrifying and shattering discovery" - Portobello Film Festival notes.

THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU (2000) - 15-minute short directed by Andrew Coats

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994) - listed in several sources as a U.S./U.K./France co-production

INTIMATE RELATIONS (1997) - Julie Walters in bleak semi-comic drama; brutal murders at finale.

THE INVASION (2001) - animated sf comedy directed by Phil Mulloy. The Zogs, aliens with detachable heads, invade Earth.

INVENTING TROUBLE (1915) - silent. Inventor demonstrates various labour-saving devices but is eventually eaten by a prehistoric monster!

THE INVESTIGATION (2001) - Canadian police hunt for a serial rapist/murderer is hampered by procedural problems and staffing cuts. U.K./Canadian t.v. movie starring Nicholas Lea.

INVISIBILITY (1909) - Hepworth silent, directed by and starring Lewin Fitzhamon. Man buys box of invisibility powder from eccentric professor, becomes invisible. Special effects scenes with clothes apparently moving about on their own, etc.

ISLAND OF DEATH (1975) - Nico Mastorakis' notorious 'video nasty' featuring weird sex'n'death on a Greek island. Scenes in London? The entry on this movie in David Kerekes and David Slater's book 'See No Evil' records it as a U.K./Greek co-production.

IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE (1987) - movie starring pop duo the Pet Shop Boys; Joss Ackland appears as a priest and as an insane killer.

IT HAPPENED IN SOHO (1948) - 'Soho Strangler' (ref: British Film Catalogue)

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND (1937) - Tod Slaughter melodrama.

JACK, EL DISTRIPADOR DE LONDRES (1971) - Paul Naschy in an updating of the 'Jack The Ripper' story, a Spanish/Italian co-production shot entirely in London.

JACK THE RIPPER (1958) - four episodes of t.v. show 'The Veil', edited together as movie. Hosted by Boris Karloff. U.S./U.K.?

THE JACKET (2005) - man accused of murder finds himself in an asylum, but is able to travel in time via a strait-jacket and a morgue drawer, enabling him to decipher the truth about his past.

JACK’S THE BOY (1932) - ref: M.J.Simpson. Directed by Walter Forde, starring Jack Hulbert as policeman who traps jewel thieves in Madame Tussauds’ Chamber Of Horrors “which contains various royal executions and a pointy-toothed caveman!”

JANE EYRE (1970) - George C. Scott and Susannah York in a U.K. film version of the Charlotte Bronte gothic classic.

JANE EYRE (1983) - shown either in two parts or eleven half-hour segments, this mini-series from Charlotte Bronte’s novel starred Timothy Dalton and Zelah Clarke.

JANE EYRE (1996) - Franco Zeffirelli’s version starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Hurt. French/Italian/U.K. production.

JANE EYRE (1997) - t.v. movie adaptation starring Samantha Morton and Ciaran Hinds.

JANE EYRE (2011) - with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (2000) - inferior 2-part t.v. remake of the Harryhausen classic, a Hallmark production filmed at Shepperton.

JAZZ BOAT (1960) - breezy gangster comedy; scenes at end in fairground haunted house attraction, with large Frankenstein Monster head, skeletons, and a sort of hairy-armed ape-like creature.

JERICHO MANSIONS (2003) - Canadian/U.K. thriller. Dead body is found in an apartment building - the superintendent begins to suspect everyone of the killing, ultimately even including himself. Starring James Caan. Directed by Alberto Sciamma (THE KILLER TONGUE, ANAZAPTA)

JOE MACBETH (1955) - strange but successful restaging of the Shakespeare play as a gangster movie, with Sid James particularly memorable as ‘Banky’ (i.e. Banquo, who makes his traditional ghostly appearance).

JOHNNY AND THE DEVIL (1988) - claymation fantasy short directed by Alison Pook.

THE JOHNSTOWN MONSTER (1971) - Children's Film Foundation production. Kids create hoax monster - real one turns up at end.

A JOLLY BAD FELLOW (1963) - Leo McKern as university poisoner whose toxins cause victims to laugh uncontrollably before they die. Amusing black comedy.

JUBILEE (1978) - directed by Derek Jarman. Set in a post-punk, anarchic London; gory castration scene, murders.

JUDGEMENT DAY (1990) - amateur gore film directed by Justin Stanley (organiser of the infamous 'Splatterfest' all-night film show at London's Scala in 1990). On-set report appeared in 'In The Flesh' fanzine #4. An e-mail from Justin to myself in early 2004 confirms this as an unfinished project.

JUST ANOTHER CHAINSAW MASSACRE (200?) - short film from Faction Productions. Completed? Ref: Paul Higson.

KAFKA (1991) - Jeremy Irons stars in director Steven Soderbergh’s wild fantasy placing Franz Kafka in the midst of a plot resembling one of the author’s own. U.S./French co-production shot in Prague, with considerable U.K. involvement in front of camera and behind the scenes.

KALEIDOSCOPE (2016) - paranoid psychological thriller starring Toby Jones.

THE KEEP (1983) - U.S. production based on the F. Paul Wilson novel, filmed at Shepperton.

KEEPING MUM (2005) - black comedy directed by Niall Johnson, starring Rowan Atkinson and Maggie Smith. "Cod-gruesome slayings and horrid things in trunks, in the Ealingesque manner, although this is actually pretty tame stuff" - Peter Bradshaw, 'The Guardian'.

KILLER FISH (1978) - stolen jewels dumped in piranha-infested lake. Brazilian/French co-production; some sources claim Italian and U.K. involvement (Carlo Ponti and Lew Grade?)

THE KILLER WORE GLOVES (1974) - Spanish/Italian giallo set in London.

THE KILLING EDGE (1986) – low-key, shot-on-video post-apocalypse drama directed by Lindsay Shonteff

KILLING ME SOFTLY (2002) - London-based thriller with Heather Graham marrying Joseph Fiennes but coming to suspect that he may have been responsible for the deaths of two ex-girlfriends. GASLIGHT/LOVE FROM A STRANGER revisited?

KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949) - Ealing classic directed by Robert Hamer. Dennis Price bumps off members of the aristocratic D'Ascoyne family (all played by Alec Guinness).

THE KING (James Marsh 2005) - violent dark drama set in the U.S. bible belt, starring William Hurt and Gael Garcia Bernal. Tagline "the devil made me do it". U.S./U.K. co-production.

KING SOLOMON'S TREASURE (1977) - Harry Alan Towers-produced version of Rider Haggard; lost treasure, dinosaurs.

KINGDOM (2001) - feature-length children’s fantasy featuring dragons.

KISS KISS BANG BANG (2000) - science-fiction writer becomes obsessed with his female neighbour, with ultimately murderous results. Thriller from Ray Brady, director of the controversial BOY MEETS GIRL.

KITTY IN DREAMLAND (1911) - witches, ogre appear in a dream

A KNIGHT ERRANT (1907) - Robert Paul short, directed by J.H.Martin. Ogre, witch.

KRULL (1983) - sword and sorcery fantasy. Giant 'Crystal Spider'; monstrous, lobster-like 'Slayers'; transformations, etc.

KULL THE CONQUEROR (1997) - sword and sorcery fare starring Kevin Sorbo. U.S./U.K./Slovakian/Croatian co-production. Tia Carrera as sorceress, revived as mummy and ultimately transforming into a monstrous demon.

LABYRINTH (1986) - Jim Henson fantasy, with David Bowie as the baby-napping Goblin King.

LADY IN DANGER (1992) - another production from Brian Davies’ Videas Films; thriller involving a love triangle and a plot to kill an abusive husband.

LADY POSSESSED (1951) - woman believes herself to be possessed by husband's former spouse.

THE LADYKILLERS (1955) - Ealing black comedy.

THE LAST CHAPTER (1972) - Denholm Elliott as hack novelist, interviewed and seduced by a schoolgirl (Susan Penhaligon) who may be one of the nine Muses. Based on a John Fowles story. Ref: 'Ten Years Of Terror', FAB Press.

THE LAST DRAGON (2004) - Emmy-nominated feature length fake t.v. 'documentary'; scientist attempts to argue that dragons really existed. U.S./U.K., narrated by Patrick Stewart and Ian Holm in different versions. A.k.a. DRAGONS' WORLD: A FANTASY MADE REAL.

THE LAST EXORCISM (2002) - Ref: Paul Higson. Started shooting in late 2002, directed by Ivor Dehavey and starring Eileen Daly. Mentioned in filmography on Eileen’s website. Completed?

THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS (2002) - 2 men, one on the run from gangsters, the other deserted by his wife, meet at a service station; they decide to travel together, but run out of petrol close to a Highland guesthouse occupied by some strange inhabitants. Odd Scottish thriller which has been compared with STRAW DOGS and THE WICKER MAN.

THE LAST LEPRECHAUN (199?) - filmed in South Africa for U.K. company Peakviewing. Veronica Hamel stars as an evil witch.

THE LAST REUNION (1955) - ghost appears at annual dinner held by WWII British bomber crew. Harry Alan Towers-produced t.v. drama, has been shown as 'movie' on U.S. television.

THE LAST SIGN (2005) - Canadian/UK/French co-production; Andie McDowell seemingly haunted by ghost of alcoholic and abusive ex-husband. Apaprently more of a romantic drama-thriller than anything more horrific, though marketed in horror film packaging.

LAUGH TRACK: PSYCHOMANIA (2003) - a U.S. comedy troupe took the classic 1972 British biker horror movie PSYCHOMANIA and recorded their own dialogue track, in the manner of Woody Allen’s WHAT’S UP TIGER LILY?, retaining the film’s visuals but altering the content of the story.

LAWN DOGS (1997) - U.K.-produced fantasy drama, set in U.S. and directed by Australian John Duigan! Features the legend of 'Baba Yaga' as a central theme.

LAWNMOWER MAN 2: BEYOND CYBERSPACE (1994) - U.S./British/Japanese co-produced sequel, this time with no discernible Stephen King connection and a distinct bias towards sf rather than horror.

THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (2000) - hour-long Xmas special spin-off from the hit BBC2 comedy series - features several of the regular characters in an Amicus-style horror compendium. Stories feature 'Solutions' (a weird problem-solving cult), a choir of German vampires, and a mystical Eastern curse.

LEATHERFACE SPEAKS (2001) - filmed interview with Gunnar Hansen, star of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, shot during his promotional tour of Britain accompanying screenings of the legendary movie.

LEGACY (2002) - two groups of young people in Birmingham awake to find their city deserted. “Supernatural thriller” – ‘This Is Worcestershire’ website. A feature-length project made by 22 pupils from Colmers Farm High School, directed by Craig Boardman and screened at the 2002 Birmingham Film And TV Festival.

LET’S KILL UNCLE (1966) - directed by William Castle.

LIEUTENANT PIMPLE, KING OF THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS (1914) - silent comedy short, part of a series starring Fred Evans as Pimple.

LIFE’S A BLAST (2001) - 3 lads on a camping trip discover the body of an alien in the wreckage of a crashed spaceship; they begin to fool around with the futuristic weaponry from the craft, but the dead alien’s nephew arrives to claim the corpse, leading to a spectacular sf battle in the woods! Hilarious 11 minute comedy short directed by Nottingham filmmaker Shaun Mechum. Shown at Leicester Short Film Festival 2002.

LIFESPAN (1974) - anti-aging formula; grave-robbing. U.S./U.K./Dutch co-production.

THE LIGHT ON THE WALL (1928) - one of the 6 Fred Paul 'Dr. Sin Fang' shorts starring Harry Agar Lyons

LIKE MINDS (2005) - Australian/U.K. thriller directed by Gregory J. Read. Teenager suspected of killing schoolmate with a shotgun is studied by a psychologist; "psychopathic mind games"; "secret society of the Knights Templar"; "two minds may well have become one" - British Films Catalogue.

THE LIMPING MAN (1931) - first film version of Will Scott's mystery play, re-filmed in 1936.

THE LIMPING MAN (1936) - old dark house, secret passages, sinister butler, good and evil twins. From Will Scott's play.

LIPS OF BLOOD (1972) - Lord Dartmoor attempts to revive preserved body of Egyptian boy. French/Spanish horror, with English setting.

LIPSTICK AND BLOOD (1984) - "a turgid psycho-drama with some half-decent gore effects" - 'Shock Xpress'. Rape-revenge item directed by Lindsay Shonteff.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) - U.S. horror comedy musical, shot in U.K.

LIVE AND LET DIE (1973) - James Bond thriller with voodoo plot, clairvoyant.

THE LIVE MUMMY (1915) - man pretends to be Egyptian mummy to fool a scientist.

A LIVELY SKELETON (1910) - young man uses a skeleton to frighten the patients of the doctor whose daughter he loves.

THE LIVING DEAD (1934) - serum which produces cataleptic semblance of death.

LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE (1974) - Spanish zombie movie filmed on U.K. locations.

THE LIVING DEATH (1928) - Harry Agar Lyons as 'Dr. Sin Fang' in one of a series of six 1928 shorts

LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN (1971) - Italian horror thriller shot in England, directed by Lucio Fulci. With Stanley Baker.

LLOYD OF THE C.I.D. (1931) - 12-chapter serial, includes death-ray, 'Manor ghost', secret panels, Egyptian tomb.

LOADED (1994) - British/New Zealand co-production directed by Anna Campion. Group of friends gather at old country manor to make a horror film. "Like a 90s twentysomething satire crossed with an old Hammer film...hoary old haunted house clichés" - 'Sight And Sound', April 1998.

LOCH NESS (1996) - romantic comedy-drama with hunt for the monster as the background.

LOCO 47: RAILS OF DEATH (2005) - "When a drunk wonders on to a railway line, disaster strikes. This film is a strange cross between a public information film and a dream like event". An early short from the prolific Bazz Hancher.

LONDON BELONGS TO ME (1948) - séance, fake psychic. Ref: M.J. Simpson.

THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS (1967) - James Mason takes us on a tour of the underbelly of swinging 60s London, including a visit to the site of one of the Ripper murders.

THE LONE RANGER (1968) - experimental short with music by Pete Townshend. Visual reference to Frankenstein's monster.

A LONELY PLACE TO DIE (2011) - hikers discover a girl buried in an underground chamber, are pursued by gun-wielding kidnappers as they try to get her to safety.

LOOK (1999) - 10-minute short; photolab developer menaced by stalker who has taken pictures of her.

LORD OF THE FLIES (1963) - from William Golding novel.

THE LOST FILMS OF BLOODY NORA (2019) - short film described in some reviews as "macabre" and having a sort of 'League of Gentlemen' feel to it.

THE LOST WORLD (1992) - Harry Alan Towers-produced cheapo remake of the Conan Doyle dinosaur classic. Followed hastily by a sequel, RETURN TO THE LOST WORLD. Canadian film - Donald C. Willis’ ‘Horror And Science Fiction Films Checklist IV’ suggests it is a British/Canadian/South African co-production. Directed by Timothy Bond.

THE LOST WORLD (2001) - two-part, feature-length BBC production starring Bob Hoskins as Professor Challenger in a new version of Conan Doyle's prehistoric classic. Special visual effects by the team responsible for hit BBC series 'Walking With Dinosaurs'.

LOVE FROM A STRANGER (1937) - directed by Rowland V.Lee. Basil Rathbone as suave gent who marries and then murders his brides.

LOVECRACKED! THE MOVIE (2005) - U.S. anthology compiling several horror shorts, one of which is the British film WITCH'S SPRING.

LOVESICK: SICK LOVE (2004) - directed by Wolfgang Buld (PENETRATION ANGST). "Becomes nasty in its closing stages with corpses in the cellar, date rape and cold killings" - Paul Higson.

LOVING MEMORY (1970) - 57-minute feature funded by the BFI, directed by Tony Scott. Elderly brother and sister knock down and kill a cyclist; taking him home, the sister dresses the corpse, makes him tea, and plots to kill her brother to prevent him from burying the body.

THE LUCIFER EFFECT (2017) - eight people who think they are competing for movie roles find themselves trapped in a 'Stanford Prison'-like experiment. Credited director is Tim Burke. Was this film ever made, or completed? Online trailers exist, as do articles on the web about the film being controversially pulled from a Cannes festival screening, and other bits and pieces of unconvincing would-be-viral ballyhoo.

LULLABY OF CLUBLAND (2002) - the old version of Pass the Marmalade carried this entry: "gay teenager travels from Manchester to the heart of London's clubland; goes into murderous frenzy after taking a cocktail of drugs. "Bittersweet, often surprisingly innovative comic horror movie" - www.cinemascreen.co.uk . The film's director Mikey Myers committed suicide soon after the shoot". It now seems that the film may be a total fabrication, the invention of one Andre Schneider who was seeking to get into the film business and needed authentic-looking fake credits on his resume! I don't recall where that website quote was obtained from, and cinemascreen.co.uk seems to be defunct (if it ever existed!)

LUST (2005) - tabloid-pestered pop star takes his relatives to an island in order to kill them. Ref: British Films Catalogue. Directed by Elena Lario.

LUSTFUL DESIRES (2014) - 25-minute sexual psychodrama from Jason Impey - features some razor violence during the climax (which, as MJ Simpson points out in his review of the film, involves a safety razor!)