Stephen Thrower Movies

After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the...

At the edge of a grand estate, near a crumbling old mansion lies a strange stone building with just a single room. In the room there lies a bed. Born...

One of the most important English singers of 20th century traditional song, Shirley Collins and her sister Dolly stood at the epicentre of the folk...

Pioneer erotic film maker Peter de Rome talks about his life and work.

For over 60 years teams within the US Air Force and Intelligence services exploited and manipulated beliefs about UFOs and ET visitations as part of...

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the...

A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise...

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

A brief history of Grindhouse cinema presented by Emily Booth

The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and...

Documentary on the making of the low-budget 1970's drive-in cult classics Axe (1974) and Date with a Kidnapper (1976)

In the spirit of the EC horror comics of old, the film tells the story of five teens who get lost on their way to a rock concert, are menaced by...

Stephen Thrower examines locations used in Jess Franco movies.

This documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the experimental scene (Coil, Current 93, Foetus, Test...

Set in a London gentleman's outfitters in 1976, and taking inspiration from the emotions aroused by a fetishist love of corduroy, leather and tight...

Imagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite...

Film historian Stephen Thrower discusses the 1970 cult classic Eugenie.

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...