Couple Indemnity

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Couple Indemnity

A couple’s guide to the films we love throughout cinema history.

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Duel (1971)

Hal has selected Steven Spielberg's feature film debut this week Duel (1971), a road-action thriller centred on a travelling salesman David Mann (played by Dennis Weaver) driving his car through rural California to meet a client. However, he finds himself chased and terrorized by the mostly unseen driver of a pursuing truck.

40 min
NOV 10

Nosferatu (1922)

For a special cinema interactive viewing, we took a trip to the Prince Charles Cinema to watch the highly influential silent horror German film Nosferatu, that tell the story of the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) who summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home. Director: F.W. Murnau

43 min
NOV 3

Casper (1995)

Izzy has selected a film full of childhood nostalgia for her with Casper (1995) which follows the title character who peacefully haunts a mansion called Whipstaff Manor, meeting and befriending a teenage girl named Kat Harvey (Christina Ricci), the daughter of Dr. James Harvey (Bill Pullman), a paranormal therapist who is hired to move into Whipstaff in order to rid the mansion of its spectral inhabitants. Director: Brad Silberling

49 min
OCT 27

Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968)

Hal's gone a bit left-field again for his next Spooktober choice, and he's picked out a classic BBC adaptation of an equally classic ghost story about a skeptical professor on vacation in Norfolk who finds a cursed whistle, starring Michael Hordern. Director: Jonathan Miller "Do you believe in Ghosts Professor?"

34 min
OCT 20

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Izzy's first official selection for Spook-tober is the Oscar-sweeping The Silence of the Lambs (1991) featuring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer named "Buffalo" Bill, who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the imprisoned Hannibal Lector (memorably played by Anthony Hopkins), a former psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. Director: Jonathan Demme

57 min
OCT 13

Dead of Night (1945)

We are back for the first episode of Spooktober (Spooky Season oooohh) and Hal has gone straight in and selected one of his all-time favourite Horror movies with the anthology Ealing classic Dead of Night (1945) starring Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave and Googie Withers as guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig (Johns), who sense impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. Directors: Charles Crichton, Alberto Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer & Basil Dearden

55 min
SEP 29

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Izzy is back with a real treat this week as she has chosen the 2005 Stop-Motion animation comedy film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest. Featuring Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes & Helena Bonham Carter in voice roles. Directors: Nick Park & Steve Box

50 min
SEP 22

Midsomer Murders: Judgement Day (2000)

Hal has picked one of his favourite TV murder mystery episodes for his selection this week as he has picked out Midsomer Murders: Judgement Day (2000) from the archives as another case for Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby (John Nettles) and his sidekick Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey). The residents of Midsomer Mallow are eagerly making preparations for the Perfect Village Competition and many are quietly confident that they might win. However, a spanner is thrown into the works when the rogue Peter Drinkwater turns up with a pitchfork in his chest. Many had reasons to dispose of Drinkwater, but who was it that actually did the job? Director: Jeremy Silberston

51 min

A couple’s guide to the films we love throughout cinema history.

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