Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal 1981

6.50

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

1981

Animal Farm

Animal Farm 1954

7.01

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.

1954

Robinson Charley

Robinson Charley 1948

1

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

1948

The Christmas Visitor

The Christmas Visitor 1959

5.83

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

1959

The Butterfly Ball

The Butterfly Ball 1977

3.20

Roger Glover puts on a star-studded concert at the Royal Albert Hall for his concept album "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast".

1977

Ruddigore

Ruddigore 1967

1

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful heir, has run away to live as innocent peasant Robin Oakapple in the Cornish village of Rederring, sticking his brother Despard with the curse. But on the very day that "Robin" is to marry sweet, beautiful Rose Maybud, it all falls apart. Can Sir Ruthven outwit a picture gallery full of his ancestors' ghosts to save the day?

1967

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast 1974

3.00

A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan Aldridge had provided the illustrations. British Lion had secured the rights, and commissioned Glover, through Tony Edwards (the Deep Purple manager), to add the musical dimension that it required if it were to be made into a 26-part animated cartoon series, suitable for TV. (Discogs) This is the music video for the song Love Is All, performed by Ronnie James Dio.

1974

Dream Doll

Dream Doll 1979

6.70

A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A bizarre adaption of Le Ballon Rouge.

1979

6 Little Jungle Boys

6 Little Jungle Boys 1945

6.00

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

1945

Automania 2000

Automania 2000 1964

6.80

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing demands for novelty and status consciousness, with predictable environmental consequences.

1964

A Modern Guide to Health

A Modern Guide to Health 1946

1

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

1946

The Axe and the Lamp

The Axe and the Lamp 1963

1

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole world of sin and folly as relevant today as in the 16th century.

1963

The Candlemaker

The Candlemaker 1956

3.00

A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.

1956

The Question

The Question 1967

7.00

This satirical animated short by the renowned Halas & Batchelor Studio asks the big Question. Can the meaning of life be found in religion or science? Patriotism or war? Money or self-discovery? Or none of the above?

1967

The Magic Canvas

The Magic Canvas 1948

7.00

A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.

1948

Abu and the Poisoned Well

Abu and the Poisoned Well 1943

1

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of the conflict Halas & Batchelor were commissioned by the British Government to make four cartoons featuring a young boy Abu and his mule. They were intended to demonstrate in simple visual terms that Britain was a stout friend and the Axis powers a pernicious evil.

1943

Dying for a Smoke

Dying for a Smoke 1967

1

An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen, disguises himself as an 18-year-old motorcyclist, the better to lure children into the cigarette habit. Fourteen-year-old Sam falls into the trap, but after awesome visions of his future, expert advice from a doctor, and straight talk from a friendly lorry-driver renounces the habit.

1967

Birds, Bees and Storks

Birds, Bees and Storks 1965

6.00

A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where his explanations are so vague as to be incomprehensible.

1965