Rent Short Sharp Shocks: Vol.2 (1986)
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3h 37min
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- Synopsis:
Return once more to the heyday of the supporting programme with a second cornucopia of eerie, eccentric and edgy short films. This strange cinematic journey traverses uncanny stories, twists in the tale, low-budget weirdness, stylish spectacle, peculiar public information, monstrous music and provocative experiment - all with oodles of atmosphere, and in High Definition too.
Quiz-Crime No.1 (1943)
Can you beat master sleuth Detective Inspector Frost at his own game? Take his vintage whodunit test, in the case of the golfing-holiday murder and the affair of the slain showgirl.
Quiz-Crime No.2 (1944)'Everyone likes a detective story', chuckles the Detective Inspector. But can you crack the cases of kidnap in the Soho backstreets and a bloodily botched boarding house murder?
The Three Children (1946)
The public information film takes an eerie turn in this disquieting child-peril frightener crafted to unsettle neglectful post-war parents.
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
An insane killer is on the run (John Le Mesurier in an edgy early role) in this weird, torn-from-the-headlines thriller by John Gilling.
Mingaloo (1958)
A clockwork dog with a sinister secret haunts the dreams of all who see it. What is the nightmarish answer to its riddle?
Jack the Ripper with Screaming Lord Sutch (1961)
Joe Meek-produced rock'n'roll and tasteless Hammer-inspired theatrics collide in a bloodcurdling proto-music video.
The Face of Darkness (1976)
A politician (Lennard Pearce) out to reinstate the death penalty stirs a malignant medieval spirit.
The Dumb Waiter (1979)
A woman (Geraldine James) receives a mysterious phone call, beginning a night of knife-edge terror in this debut shocker from the director of cult favourite 'Vampire's Kiss'.
Hangman (1985)
Industrial accidents are presented with graphic glee by a mysterious masked executioner, who seems to enjoy his work, in a video nasty-era public information film like no other.
The Mark of Lilith (1986)
Black lesbian filmmaker Zena (Pamela Lofton) becomes involved with Lillia (Susan Franklyn), a white undead wraith, in a radical dismantling of the cinematic vampire mythos.- Actors:
- Pamela Lofton, Susan Franklyn, Jeremy Peters, Patricia St. Hilaire, Michael Cudlip, Nigel Court, Bruna Fionda, Isiling Mack-Nataf, John Stuart, Victoria Hopper, John Le Mesurier, Frank Hawkins, Tony Doonan, Gillie Fenwick, Blanche Fothergill, William Douglas, A. Sawford-Dye, Elizabeth Howarth, Pat Ryan, Gordon Bell
- Directors:
- Bruna Fionda, Polly Gladwin, Isiling Mack-Nataf, John Gilling, Theodore Zichy, Ian F.H. Lloyd, Robert Bierman, Ronald Haines
- Producers:
- Harry Reynolds, Theodore Zichy, Ian F.H. Lloyd, Stanley Chase, Maggi Randall
- Voiced By:
- David Casey, Hilary Gasson
- Writers:
- John Gilling, Theodore Zichy, Ian F.H. Lloyd, Robert Bierman
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Music & Musicals, Special Interest, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/10/2021
- Run Time:
- 217 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Darkness Falls (2021, 43 mins): an interview with 'The Face of Darkness' writer and director Ian FH Lloyd
- Heads Will Roll (2021, 40 mins): an interview with 'The Dumb Waiter' writer and director Robert Bierman
- Making Their Mark (2021, 33 mins): an interview with 'The Mark of Lilith' directors Polly Biswas Gladwin, Bruna Fionda and Zachary Nataf
- Puttin' on the Ritzy (2021, 13 mins): Ritzy alumnus Clare Binns celebrates the radical history of the legendary London cinema where 'The Mark of Lilith' was shot
- Image galleries for 'The Face of Darkness', 'The Dumb Waiter' and 'The Mark of Lilith'
- Newly commissioned sleeve artwork by renowned illustrator Graham Humphreys
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following Films:
1. Quiz Crime No.1
2. Quiz Crime No.2
3. The Three Children
4. Escape from Broadmoor
5. Mingoloo
6. Jack the Ripper - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following Films:
7. The Face of Darkness
8. The Dumb Waiter
9. Hangman
10. The Mark of Lilith
- Special Features
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