"Director: Donovan Winter"

• Give Us Tomorrow | DVD | (19/10/2015) from £8.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (66.74%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Following our earlier releases of his British exploitation classics Some like it Sexy Escort Girls and The Deadly Females Nucleus Films now proudly bring you the world premiere DVD release of Donovan Winter’s final feature the 1978 home-invasion thriller Give us Tomorrow. With a cast of experienced British acting talent headed by Sylvia Syms (Asylm The Tamarind Seed The Saint) and a captivating performance by Donna Evans (now one of Hollywood’s top stunt doubles but then a promising young heroine) this grimy yet sleek hostage movie is far more than your standard slice of Soho sleaze and like The Deadly Females emphasises the director’s gradual move from the tawdry British Sex Film towards social comment- with a hefty chunk of suspense thrown in. Shot in the leafy suburban Orpington the story concerns two less-than-professional criminals Ron (Derren Nesbitt The Man in the Back Seat Where Eagles Dare) and The Boy (Alan Guy) who hold a family prisoner in their home whilst their colleagues simultaneously raid a local bank managed by the father (James Kerry Killer's Moon Blake's 7) Of course being a British crime film something has to go wrong and with one teller (Gene Foad- Dickens Of London) dead and the aforementioned accomplices having “done one” with the loot our hapless duo soon find themselves in a lose-lose situation with half the London Borough Of Bromley constabulary in attendance... Tense and claustrophobic but with a setting straight out of a Thames TV sitcom Give us Tomorrow was at the time originally withheld for legal reasons (see booklet) from proper distribution or theatrical release. Original VHS releases are extremely scarce: therefore the arrival of this long-awaited remastered and uncut disc is cause for celebration among cult collectors everywhere. So sit back relax and watch but remember DON’T answer that unexpected knock at the door!

• Escort Girls | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £8.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (71.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's Christmas Eve in London, 1974 - and seven lonely people are on the town, looking to grab that elusive slice of enjoyment. So who better to contact than an escort agency- providing high-class ladies and gentlemen for anyone willing to pay the right price.But even in the saucy seventies, things weren't that easy- and our intrepid pleasure seekers have to face everything from inadequacy, rejection and catharsis to racism, violence and grand theft. Just goes to show how lonely a place the throbbing metropolis can be, especially during the holiday season...Donovan Winter's gritty, realist sex drama is a fascinating snapshot of a London long past, featuring an early performance from David Dixon (Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, The Legend Of Robin Hood) alongside notable cult film faces Veronica Doran (Haunted House Of Horror, Funny Man) Ken Gajadhar (Death May Be Your Santa Claus) Helen Christie (Lust For A Vampire) and Maria O' Brien (Adventures Of Barry McKenzie, When Dinsoaurs Ruled The Earth) It's glittering, it's grimy, and above all, it's guaranteed to make you say, now where have I seen them before? A night in with the Escort Girls (and boys) is like the night out you never thought you'd have... and you still might not!

• The Deadly Females | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  What would you do if your husband, wife or business partner was making your life unbearable, to the point where there was no alternative but to have them removed- permanently? Could you bring yourself to do it? If not, bored Kensington housewife Joan (Tracy Reed, cousin of Oliver and niece of Carol) offers a possible alternative- for a price, she and her highly trained, all-female hit squad will very discreetly 'take out' the offending party and leave no trace behind .In this dark, bleakly comic and sometimes grimly prophetic drama from Donovan Winter, which, like many of the best British exploitation films, features a story ripped from yesterday's headlines, we enter the lives of both assassin and victim, and discover that in the London of 1975, whether swanky Knightsbridge or deepest suburban Orpington, noone has immunity from murder, and everyone is expendable. Locations also take in the legendary Biba department store, shortly before its closure.As usual, Winter assembles a cast of great performers from both ends of the cinematic spectrum, with future TV stars Bernard Holley (Z Cars, Tripods, Thriller, Dr Who, Phoenix And The Carpet, Birds Of A Feather) Brian Jackson (Revenge Of The Pink Panther, Protectors, Persuaders, Escort Girls) and Rula Lenska (Rock Follies, Take A Letter Mr Jones, Cluedo, Dr Who, Leap In The Dark, Confessions) rubbing shoulders with seasoned blue movie names Heather Chasen and Steve Amber, the former of whom is now a respected actress in her own right. There's also a minor role for horror star Sally Faulkner (Prey, Vampyres, The Body Stealers) which the eagle-eyed amongst you will have fun spotting.Is it the Mafia? Is it the Triads? Is it the Illuminati? The Men In Black? No, it's The Deadly Females - and they've got your name on their books...

• Some Like It Sexy | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £11.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (33.24%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Join uber- Mod sex god Peter (Christopher Matthews- Scream And Scream Again Brides Of Dracula) as he cavorts across a not just swinging but fully bouncing and pulsating London at the turn of the two greatest decades it ever saw: the 60s and 70s. Flitting from one boho pad to another in his fully functional babe wagon - a white Triumph - he leaves his mark (sometimes literally) on a variety of beautiful women of all ages nationalities colours and shapes. The lucky ladies include later Gothic Goddesses Madeleine and Mary Collinson (Twins Of Evil) Annabel Leventon (Rocky Horror Strike It Rich Penmarric Armchair Theatre) and a young Nicola Pagett (Privates On Parade A Bit Of A Do Avengers Whodunnit Viking Queen Frankenstein The True Story) There's also a fully clothed (what do you mean damn?) appearance from Hammer scream queen Madeleine Smith (The Vampire Lovers Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell Tam Lin Theatre Of Blood) as the delectable daughter of one of Peter's classy conquests. With a superb pop-psych-bubblegum-library freakout soundtrack and some choice locations this is the film for anyone who wants to indulge in unadulterated enjoyment albeit with a twist. As director Donovan Winter put it it's like Alfie with more sex and here more is definitely what you get. Anyone seeking intellectual stimulation or 'pure cinema' can retire to the corner on the other side of the room where they can eulogise about Citizen Kane to their heart's content but in the meantime we're going to have some fun...and like Peter himself we'll come back many many times... Also included is Winter's early 40-minute featurette A Penny For Your Thoughts (1966) which again set to some of the grooviest tunes of the era tells us exactly what women talk about when the chaps aren't there...or do they? Starring Monty Python starlet Carol Cleveland Britsploitation heroine Sheila White (Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush Confessions On The Buses) and character actress Yvonne Antrobus (Dr Who Wessex Tales Target) among the fillies in frillies.