The British Sleaze Files
by ninjaalexs | created - 23 Feb 2012 | updated - 20 Jan 2015 | PublicA complete list of lesser-seen, sleazy, 60s, 70s & 80s British exploitation films from an article in the Flesh & Blood magazine.
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1. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
92 min | Horror, Comedy
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.
Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt
Votes: 2,762
2. Come Play with Me (1977)
94 min | Comedy, Musical
A health-resort where both the clients and the employees easily take their clothes off and have a little fun is the setting of this sex-comedy.
Director: George Harrison Marks | Stars: Irene Handl, Alfie Bass, George Harrison Marks, Ronald Fraser
Votes: 500
3. Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974)
R | 92 min | Comedy
Blundering idiot is set an ultimatum by his girlfriend. Keep a job for a week or she leaves him. Only innuendo and comedy pratfalls can stop him.
Director: Jim Atkinson | Stars: Jeremy Bulloch, Neil Hallett, Jill Damas, Joy Harington
Votes: 374
4. Cover Girl Killer (1959)
Not Rated | 61 min | Crime, Thriller
Set in the sleazy world of a backstreet 1950s nightclub, a serial killer is believed to be murdering the models of a glamour magazine.
Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Spencer Teakle, Victor Brooks
Votes: 460
5. Creatures the World Forgot (1971)
GP | 95 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In prehistoric times, two brothers fight each other for the leadership of their tribe.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Julie Ege, Tony Bonner, Robin John, Brian O'Shaughnessy
Votes: 1,059
6. Daemon (1985 TV Movie)
65 min | Family, Horror, Mystery
A young boy living in a large house with his sisters is subjected to very frightening phenomena and doubts about who he is after his scriptures teacher discusses black magic in the classroom.
Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Susannah York, Bert Parnaby, Arnaud Morell, Donna Glaser
Votes: 54
Got a favourable review in the article.
7. Death Shock (1981 Video)
47 min | Horror
Sex and black magic in the Norwich countryside
Directors: Ben Dover, Frank Thring | Stars: Ben Dover, Linzi Drew, Frank Thring
Votes: 143
8. Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery
Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.
Director: Edmund Purdom | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, Mark Jones
Votes: 3,045
9. Paul Raymond's Erotica (1981)
86 min | Drama
Brigitte Lahie stars as a stunning French reporter who Paul Raymond personally invites into Soho's sleaziest sex locales. This experience convinces the young woman that she wants to be a stripper too.
Director: Brian Smedley-Aston | Stars: Brigitte Lahaie, Diana Cochran, Paul Raymond, Faith Daykin
Votes: 104
10. Eskimo Nell (1975)
85 min | Comedy
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 434
Said to be one of the better films on the list.
11. Hot Girls for Men Only (1967)
43 min | Short, Comedy
A sophisticated London fashion columnist takes a job with a small-town publisher and "moral crusader", much to the dismay of her rich, jealous boyfriend. The "crusader", however, turns out to be not quite what he says he is.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: David Kernan, Andrea Allan, Derek Aylward, Tom Gill
Votes: 89
12. I Am a Groupie (1970)
R | 86 min | Drama, Musical
A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Ford | Stars: Esme Johns, Billy Boyle, Richard Shaw, Donald Sumpter
Votes: 241
13. I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976)
84 min | Comedy
Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon works in a peculiar sex research institute in which patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and where no man is safe from a ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Barry Andrews, James Booth, Sally Faulkner, Ben Aris
Votes: 108
14. Invitation to Hell (1982)
Unrated | 44 min | Short, Horror
A young girl attends her high school reunion, but when it's discovered she is still a virgin, she is taken prisoner and planned to be used as a sacrifice in a Druid ceremony for the spring equinox.
Director: Michael J. Murphy | Stars: Becky Simpson, Joseph Sheahan, Colin Efford, Steven Longhurst
Votes: 234
15. The Last Night (1983)
Not Rated | 50 min | Horror
Two psychos escape from the maximum security wing of Broadmoor Prison and sneak in the backdoor of a theatre to hide away while a performance of a stage play titled "Murder in the Dark" stages its final night.
Director: Michael J. Murphy | Stars: Steven Longhurst, Caroline Aylward, David Bruhl, Colin Efford
Votes: 94
16. Lifeforce (1985)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
Votes: 29,462 | Gross: $11.60M
17. Link (1986)
R | 103 min | Horror
When a female zoology student is invited to a remote seaside mansion to assist a primatology professor with his experiments involving chimpanzees, dangerous events start to occur, all involving the intelligent 45-year-old chimp, Link.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Terence Stamp, Elisabeth Shue, Steven Finch, Richard Garnett
Votes: 3,743 | Gross: $1.72M
Good horror film, great poster artwork.
18. Mystery at the Burlesque (1949)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery
A man watching a musical show at the Windmill theatre is shot apparently from the stage. The cast continues the performance so that the detective can solve the murder.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Garry Marsh, Jack Livesey, Jon Pertwee, Eliot Makeham
Votes: 133
19. Spaced Out (1979)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Three specimens from a female race of aliens crash land in England and abduct four earthlings by accident. They decide to use the opportunity to start experimenting. On the males.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Barry Stokes, Tony Maiden, Glory Annen, Michael Rowlatt
Votes: 740
Pete Walker comedy - said to be quite good.
20. Percy (1971)
R | 103 min | Comedy
Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Cyd Hayman, Julia Foster
Votes: 469
Apart from The Kinks soundtrack, not much going for it.
21. It's Not the Size That Counts (1974)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the city's water that makes men impotent.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Leigh Lawson, Elke Sommer, Denholm Elliott, Judy Geeson
Votes: 327
Sequel to the above.
22. The Playbirds (1978)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...
Director: Willy Roe | Stars: Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Gavin Campbell, Alan Lake
Votes: 534
23. School for Sex (1969)
Not Rated | 68 min | Comedy
Lord Wingate, aquitted after appearing in court for fraud, starts up a 'finishing school' for girls. He enlists the help of the Duchess of Burwood and Hector. The first batch of pupils come from Holloway prison.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Derek Aylward, Rose Alba, Bob Andrews, Vic Wise
Votes: 400
Directed by Pete Walker.
24. Screamtime (1983)
R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A trilogy of three improbable stories of horror and the supernatural are combined into this low budget thriller: "That's the Way to Do It," "Dreamhouse,," and "Do You Believe in Fairies?"
Directors: Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Stars: Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto, Kevin Smith
Votes: 1,012
25. Sitting Target (1972)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane, Edward Woodward
Votes: 1,532
Possibly the best film on this list - bleak and nihilistic with a great performance from Oliver Reed.
26. Sleepwalker (1984)
51 min | Horror
Rich couple Angela & Richard travel to the home of brother and sister Alex and Marion for dinner but end up clashing with their hosts over their different views. And when a destructive ... See full summary »
Director: Saxon Logan | Stars: Joanna David, Nickolas Grace, Heather Page, Bill Douglas
Votes: 401
Rarely seen film - apparently only had a theatrical release in 1985. This film has since had a DVD release from Bfi and it's well worth seeing.
27. Suffer Little Children (1983)
74 min | Horror
A mute child arrives at a children's home and starts terrorizing the other children with her demonic powers.
Director: Alan Briggs | Stars: Colin Chamberlain, Ginny Rose, Jon Hollanz, Nicola Diana
Votes: 233
28. Venom (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Terrorists in the process of kidnapping a child get trapped in a house with an extremely deadly snake.
Directors: Piers Haggard, Tobe Hooper | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles
Votes: 3,222 | Gross: $5.23M
29. The Very Edge (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A young married woman finds herself being stalked by a sinister psychopath.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Richard Todd, Anne Heywood, Nicole Maurey, Jack Hedley
Votes: 158
30. The Swappers (1970)
R | 81 min | Drama
Six unconnected stories involving wife and husband swapping, or swinging, are described in a titillating way while analyzed by a pseudo psychologist.
Director: Derek Ford | Stars: James Donnelly, Larry Taylor, Valerie St. John, Denys Hawthorne
Votes: 123
31. Gutter Girls (1963)
88 min | Drama
A clique of girls in an English school wear a small yellow teddy bear on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Linda, the girls' leader, fears she may be pregnant ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Jacqueline Ellis, Annette Whiteley, Georgina Patterson, Anne Kettle
Votes: 164
There's also a stronger European version available.
32. The Love Factor (1969)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A race of sexy women from Angvia, a planet in another dimension, comes to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.
Director: Michael Cort | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey, Robin Hawdon, Anna Gaël
Votes: 1,023
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