Cookies on FilmShelves
We use essential cookies to keep the site working. With your permission we also use analytics cookies (so we can fix what's broken) and advertising cookies (so the ads you see are more relevant). Read our privacy policy.
You'll still see ads on the free tier — rejecting just means they won't be personalised.

The third in the critically acclaimed Short Sharp Shocks BFI Flipside series as it continues its ongoing mission to curate an alternative Brit-screen history of overlooked rarities in deluxe home-entertainment editionsThe third 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 further compelling compendium of strange, striking, thrilling, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects from the heyday of the British cinematic supporting programme.Settle down for another strange cinematic journey through uncanny stories, twists in the tale, low-budget weirdness, stylish spectacle, avant-garde art, peculiar public information, monstrous music and provocative experiment – many ultra-rare and all with oodles of atmosphere and in High Definition.The Films:Return to Glennascaul (Hilton Edwards, 1951, 23 mins)Strange Stories (John Guillermin and Don Chaffey, 1953, 45 mins)Strange Experiences: Grandpa (Derick Williams, 1956, 4 mins)Strange Experiences: Old Silas (Derick Williams, 1956, 4 mins)Maze (Bob Bentley, 1970, 15 mins)Skinflicker (Tony Bicât, 1973, 43 mins)Broken Bottle (1973, 1 min)Don’t Fool Around With Fireworks (1973, 1 min)The Terminal Game (Geoff Lowe, 1982, 34 mins)Wings of Death (Nichola Bruce and Michael Coulson, 1985, 21 mins)

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 3 (2023)
The third 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 further compelling compendium of strange, striking, thrilling, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects from the heyday of the British cinematic supporting programme. Settle down for another strange cinematic journey through uncanny stories, twists in the tale, low-budget weirdness, stylish spectacle, avant-garde art, peculiar public information, monstrous music and provocative experiment – many ultra-rare and all with oodles of atmosphere and in High Definition.