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Short Sharp Shocks (2-disc Blu-ray)

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Nichola Bruce’s 8mm behind-the-scenes footage of the Wings of Death shoot, presented chronologically and mute. Most were in for misdemeanours like theft or receiving stolen goods – things you would never send people to youth detention centre for nowadays,” he added. He ended his last sentence 18 years ago and now has a stable life running his own business, but believes that his path would have been different if he had not been abused.

The latest in the critically acclaimed BFI Flipside series – continuing its ongoing mission to curate an alternative Brit-screen history of overlooked rarities in deluxe home –entertainment editions – is a compelling compendium of strange, striking, thrilling, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects from the heyday of the British cinematic supporting programme. This carefully-curated collection – the first of its kind anywhere - includes a plethora of sought-after titles, some newly remastered in HD for the very first time – and showcases an eclectic range of delights spanning the second half of the 20 th century from the 1940s right through to the 1980s. The booklet then proceeds disc by disc and film by film, with some quite extensive notes. Jonathan Rigby gives a detailed look at Return to Glennascaul, likewise Botting on Strange Stories, and – rather shorter on shorter films – Vic Pratt on the two Strange Experiences pieces. Directors both alive and able to participate contribute to the booklet as well, so we have Bob Bentley on Maze, though much he says here overlaps with his interview on the disc. I think the staff thought they were doing their duty for king and country but there were no parameters or system of control.” An artist becomes unhealthily obsessed with his painting of a dead bullfighter in this bizarre tale of romance, intrigue, insanity and auto-suggestion. This plays out like a weaker episode of Tales of the Unexpected and is a little cheesy, but still worth a watch.

a short, sharp shock

A promiscuous young man, Baird (Alexis Kanner, The Prisoner), wakes up in a strange flat, wearing clothes that don’t fit, with a hangover and a half-remembered memory of a visit to a strip club. What happened last night? This rather confusing tale is fun mostly because of the crazy 60s fashions on display and for the general ambience it exudes. Splashing Around (2020, 18 mins): interview with Julie Peasgood, star of The Lake and House of the Long Shadows. Julie was 22 when she shot this and really enjoyed the experience, although did get frightened in the car sequence. She also recalls shooting House of Long Shadows and falling in love with Vincent Price and Peter Cushing and their funny stories. It turned us into hardened criminals. I went in for stealing a motorbike, and six months later I was appearing in court for armed robbery and possession of firearms... common sense should have told you then that brutalising kids would have an adverse effect.”

BFI Flipsideis dedicated to rediscovering the margins of British film, reclaiming a space for forgotten movies and filmmakers who would otherwise be in danger of disappearing from our screens forever. It is a home for UK cinematic oddities, offering everything from exploitation documentaries to B-movies, countercultural curios and obscure classics, If it's weird, British and forgotten, then it's Flipside. Disc Two's extras include a lengthy interview with the irrepressible David McGillivrary who offers an engaging career overview with elements that will be familiar to many, especially those who have read his book (he leaves out the spicier bits, naturally). There's also an interview with Julie Peasgood (18 minutes) and another with Peter Shillingford covering his career in British cinema as both cinematographer and producer. Finally there are image galleries for TELL-TALE HEART, THE LAKE and THE ERRAND, script galleries for THE LAKE and THE ERRAND and the original short story of the latter. The first pressing also comes with a booklet featuring new writing on the films from Vic Pratt, William Fowler and Josephine Botting. We were physically abused on a daily basis, it was a time when I believed they would kill me,” said Keith. The idea was perhaps taken too far, perhaps the training they were given was taken beyond the realm of legality. We need an inquiry to work out who was authorising this type of behaviour.” Professor David Wilson, a criminologist who was governor of a progressive young offenders’ institution in the 1980s, said detention centres were run to deliberately put inmates under psychological and physical stress.Mary I of England used the phrase in 1555 to refer to what she hoped would be a brief and effective use of brutality to persuade the populace to return to Catholicism by publicly burning a small number of visible Protestant heretics, rather than making a larger more systemic purge. [3] The phrase is spoken by roadie Roger Manifold in the Pink Floyd song " Us and Them" on the band's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. [6] His brother believes he was sexually abused, with him referring to some abuse as “too bad to talk about”. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

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