Gothic Films

Rosemary Wilson leaves home one morning for a very important interview, but finds her car has a flat tyre. Luckily ‘a friend’ of her husband spots her dilemma and offers her a lift. After a series of setbacks they reach the Town Hall, 15 minutes late. Here, Rosemary discovers that the fact that the job has already been appointed isn’t the only shock that awaits her.

Considered to be one of the most ambitious short films made by the Spence Brothers, this stone-age alien extravaganza has everything a true sci-fi fan needs in spades. The mission is simple: aliens must capture and record living specimens from earth. However a violent earthquake forces the ship to take off whilst a giant robot, used to collect specimens, is swallowed up in the eruption. During quarry excavations in the present day the robot is re-animated, and the mission is still on.

A remote rocket-station in the desert is on the point of launching a nuclear-powered rocket when an alien craft appears, at first playing havoc with computer read-outs, and then blasting the station to ruins with deadly rays. Only a handful survive the attack. Now the story is told again in shortened form, with a narrator reading the story of the Tower of Babel from Genesis 11.

Two children playing hide and seek stumble upon a strange visitor on the beach. This sparks a chain of bizarre events inspiring civil disobedience in a Newtownards housing estate.

This delightful short film documents a trip by ferryboat to the Maidens lighthouse on the little island of Magee, Co. Antrim, to deliver essential supplies to the lighthouse crew. Shortly after this movie was shot, the lighthouse became fully automated and the need for this service disappeared.

The naïve Sheila Fairfax (Brent) plays with men’s emotions without fully comprehending the risks leading to several dangerous situations from which she and the man she loves to barely escape with their lives.

Brady has spent his life trying to outsmart the leprechauns and his big chance comes when he manages to capture one. Keeping the little man a prisoner, he starves the leprechaun until he reveals the secret of his wealth. Armed with this knowledge, Brady sets off across the moor to make himself a very rich man.

A strange old hermit uses witchcraft to give life to the Frankenstein monster. Will the creature be his instrument of revenge, or will it turn on its creator?

A young man travels to his uncle’s lonely castle to give him a rare tractate. His uncle enlists his help in summoning up the ancient demon Cthulu, using secret rites of Black Magic which involve grave-robbing and murder. As the demon is summoned, the young man fears the worst and is forced to make a life changing decision.

A young man travels to collect his inheritance left to him by his late uncle but discovers that the man dabbled in the occult.

A short documentary film on the privately owned Tudor Cinema built and run by Roy Spence’s identical twin brother Noel. The film shows the preparation and organisation involved in running the small 66 seat private cinema and is a loving tribute to classic cinemas of a bygone era.

Meet the people reliving the 1950s in the outskirts of 1980s Belfast. This Spence Brothers documentary gives an enjoyable glimpse into a family reviving the Teddy boy culture in 1980’s Northern Ireland. Follow John ‘the Ted’ as he shows you where to get the records, clothes and learn the essential moves, all in the outskirts of Belfast. Then meet the other committed members of Greenisland’s Junior Rock ‘n’ Roll society dedicated to this bygone era.

Three alien criminals from the planet Tryzzia are exiled to a distant planet for their heinous crimes. The planet is Earth! Who will stand against these evil extra-terrestrials and thwart their killing spree, or are we all doomed?

A geologist uncovers a ring of oddly-marked stones in a lonely mountainous area. The markings and size of the ring would suggest the landing site of a spaceship. In the centre of this ring is an unknown electronic device. The geologist discovers too late that he has stumbled upon an alien recording device left behind to monitor and relay information about planet Earth.

Contact has been lost with a top-secret research lab, and Agent 'X' is sent to find out why. When he arrives at the island where the laboratory is located, he discovers all the staff dead, their bodies mutilated by horrendous radiation burns. However, the silent dead are not the only witnesses to his investigation, and another is watching his every move. Too late, Agent X realises that a death similar to that inflicted on the staff - by a hand that is not human - will be meted out to him. His options are limited - escape or die!

An American teenager is carried off by beings from space who transplant alien organs into his body. Realising that he is the guinea-pig in some gruesome experiment, he comes to a drastic conclusion... he must deny the aliens the knowledge they so desperately seek.

The tormented ghost of a young woman, who was burned at the stake as a witch by New England puritans, is laid to rest by a traveller who realises the solution to her torment.

A newcomer at a select gentlemen's club is invited to prove his worth by telling a suitably chilling ghost story. The stranger elects to relate a fact-based incident from his own life. By the time he has finished, he has genuinely shocked all present.

Attempting to resurrect two former high priests of the Brotherhood of the Wolf through Black Magic, a newcomer transforms a young artist into a werewolf. The ceremony goes wrong at the crucial moment and the newcomer is carried off to another dimension.