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SHORT SHARP SHOCKS (1948-1980)
The fourth volume in the BFI Flipside's celebrated Short Sharp Shocks series is another eye-opening assemblage of unusual, exceptional, exciting, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects - veering from the heyday of the British cinematic supporting programme, to the earliest days of commercial television; and far, far beyond.
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 features an uncanny cornucopia of ingenious micro-budget shockers, astonishing, award-winning amateur works, televisual twist-in-the-tale weirdness, breathtaking fantasy-film spectacle, blood-spattered rarities, petrifying public information frighteners and evocative avant-garde experimenta – all offering up oodles of atmosphere.
DISC 1
The Fatal Night (Mario Zampi, 1948, 50 mins), Death in the Hand (A Barr-Smith, 1948, 43 mins), Strange Experiences: Halloween Party (Derick Williams, 1955, 3 mins), Strange Experiences: The Laughing Clown (Derick Williams, 1956, 4 mins), Night Ride (Denis Meikle, 1967, 19 mins), Mirror Mirror (Eastbourne Cine Group, 1969, 7 mins)
DISC 2
Scarecrow (John Sharrad, 1972. 17 mins), Red (Astrid Frank, 1976, 24 mins), Sanctum (Bill Davison, 1976, 19 mins), Play Safe: Frisbee (David Eady, 1978, 1 min); Play Safe: Electricity (David Eady, 1978, c11 mins), Black Angel (Roger Christian, 1980, 25 mins)
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Interview with Mario Zampi Jr (2025): new interview with the son of the director of The Fatal Night
- Interview with John Attfield (2025): new interview with one of the stars
- Interview with Astrid Frank (2025): new interview with the director
- Interview with Roger Christian (2025): new interview with the director
- Night Ride: Outtakes (1967, 4 mins, silent
- Image galleries
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with contributions from Jonathan Rigby, Vic Pratt, Dr. Josephine Botting, William Fowler, Astrid Frank, Bill Davison and Roger Christian
Newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
(REGION B)
