Short Sharp Shocks (Flipside 41) (2-Disc Blu-ray Set)

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.

Expect strange, spooky stories, odd twists in the tale, imaginative low-budget weirdness and oodles of atmosphere in these juicy bite-size morsels of cult film delight from decades gone by.   

Featuring the following films:

• Lock Your Door (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
• The Reformation of St Jules (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (J B Williams, 1953)
• Death Was a Passenger (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
• Portrait of a Matador (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
• Twenty Nine (Brian Cummins, 1969)
• The Sex Victims (Derek Robbins, 1973)
• The Lake (Lindsey C Vickers, 1978)
• The Errand (Nigel Finch, 1980)

Strictly limited edition of 3,000 copies

BFI Flipside is 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.

Browse more BFI Flipside titles.

• Man With a Movie Camera (2020, 42 mins): interview with Twenty-Nine producer Peter Shillingford
• A Crazy, Mixed-up Kid (2020, 43 mins): interview with David McGillivray, writer of The Errand
• Telling Tales /Arthur Dent and Adelphi: Films in the Family (2020, 37 mins): Kate Lees, of Adelphi Films, discusses the family business and the discovery of 1953 short The Tell-Tale Heart, long believed lost
• Almost Thirty (2020, 15 mins): interview with Renée Glynne, script supervisor on Twenty-Nine
• Splashing Around (2020, 18 mins): interview with Julie Peasgood, star of The Lake and House of the Long Shadows
• Image galleries for The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lake and The Errand
• Script galleries for The Lake and The Errand
• Gallery of the original short story The Errand
• Newly commissioned sleeve artwork by renowned illustrator Graham Humphreys
• NO LONGER AVAILABLE ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the films by Vic Pratt, Dr Josephine Botting, William Fowler, Jonathan Rigby, Peter Shillingford, Lindsey C Vickers and David McGillivray