Jake West

Documentary on '90s British vampire culture.

Go back to the 1980s and discover the extraordinary true story of Cliff Twemlow! You’ve never heard of him… but polymath Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, singer, screenwriter, producer and actor who was the most prolific indie filmmaker in the UK for a decade! Witness how this 20th-century Renaissance man created his own innovative micro-film industry in Manchester. Shooting his feature films on clunky early pioneering video technology, G.B.H. (1983) was even branded a Video Nasty! A warmly hilarious portrait that will take you back to an era where literally anything could happen. And did!

An unnamed madame operates a unique peep show that caters to its customers deepest desires, fears, and sins. Tonight, it welcomes a businessman with a unique connection to an extreme fantasy website. Soon he will become a witness to three stories of victims that found the website. It’s only a matter of time before he’s made to pay the ultimate price for dabbling in the dark side of desire.

Documentary about the making of "Lady Frankenstein" and the directing career of Mel Welles.

Feature-length documentary covering the making of the 1982 film XTRO.

"Superfan" Dennis Atherton discusses the film's tropes, aspects of the family drama that get ignored amidst the alien mayhem, and obsessively points out various details in the story and art direction that foreshadow other developments that suggest a degree of stylistic deliberation that cannot be explained away by Robert Shaye throwing in demands, while Bromley-Davenport tends to downplay these touches as intentional.

Lovecraftian film producer Chris Lackey discusses a number of Lovecraft adaptations for film and television.

Stephen Thrower offers some background informations and analysis on the film "La maldición de Frankenstein", directed by Jess Franco.

Seven nightmarish tales from legendary British horror film writer and producer David McGillivray.

Genre writer Stephen Thrower discusses the film. We find out from the ever-informative Stephen that the film was shot in Munich; that composer Bruno Nicolai taught Ennio Morricone.

The Making of DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS

A look back at a 70s cult classic, Tower of Evil.

Stephen Thrower discusses Island of Death and the career of Nico Mastorakis leading up to the making of it.

The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.

The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized. After a short introduction, each film is discussed in turn by an expert, followed by the film's trailer.

The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized. After a short introduction, each film is discussed in turn by an expert, followed by the film's trailer.

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.

Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of dropped 33 titles is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.

Film critic Kim Newman introduces a new series of DVDs and Blu-ray disc releases by BFI showcasing little known British films.

An all-new 72 minute featurette including interviews with Director/Producer Stephen Weeks, Actors Larry Dann and Murray Melvin, British Horror Icon Barbara Shelley, and composer Ron Geesin.

A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.

A brief history of Grindhouse cinema presented by Emily Booth

He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.

The sensationalist reporter Michelle Fox presents the TV show Weird World, with phony matters about UFOS and aliens. When she hears about Cat, a young woman that claims that have been abducted with her boyfriend and become pregnant by aliens, she convinces her chief to travel with a team to the remote Welsh island of Scalled to interview Cat. She invites the cameraman Ricky Anderson with his sound technician partner; the nerd expert in "ufology" and "ley lines" Gavin Gorman; the actress Candy Vixen and an obscure gay actor to prepare the matter. They get a van and wait for the low tide to reach the island, and when they find evidences that aliens are really landed in the location, the ambitious Michelle decides to film her way to fame and wealth.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Phantasm is right here in this 97-minute feature with interviews from Don Coscarelli, producer Paul Pepperman, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Michael Baldwin and Bill Thornbury.

A documentary about the 1981 film The Evil Dead, featuring interviews with movie critics, filmmakers, and others.

Vampire documentary directed by Jake west for Film4

A 19th century woman, who has become one of the undead, acts as a hired killer in modern times. When she starts knocking off part of the elite businessmen, "The Illuminati", who secretly are taking over business and the government, she becomes the target of a hired Scotland Yard detective. Of course, the head of "The Illuminati" is the vampire who first gave her immortality.

A man is killed at a fancy dress party. He has to choose between joining the Afterlife Corporation and reliving his life again or joining Club Death and accepting that his time is over.