The Banshee Labyrinth

Death Line

• 1972
• UK
• 87 min

• Directed by: Gary Sherman
• Cast: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd

After being trapped under falling masonry beneath the London Underground, a group of Victorian workers survive as cannibals. In modern day London (well, 1972) one of the group makes contact with tube users.

Death Race 2000

• 1975
• US
• 80 min
• 18

• Directed by: Paul Bartel
• Cast: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone

A distopian future (well the year 2000, it sounded sci-fi back in 1975) where drivers compete in the Transcontinental Death Race where they score points by mowing down innocent bystanders.

Death Wish 3

• 1985
• US
• 92 min
• 18

• Directed by: Michael Winner
• Cast: Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter

Deceased food critic, bon vivant and sometime filmmaker Winner directed this entry to his infamous vigilante series with Bronson coerced back into right-wing action by a crooked cop.

Edinburgh Skeptics in the Pub

Regular meet-ups of Edinburgh's most enquiring minds, breaking down doctrine with pints and chat.

House (Hausu)

• 1977
• Japan
• 88 min
• 15

• Directed by: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
• Cast: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba

One of Japanese cinema's wildest exports. A schoolgirl sets off to her aunt's house with six friends but the house harbours physical manifestations of terrifying emotional traumas.

Inky Fingers Open Mic

Open mic for literature and spoken word lovers. Email ahead (inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com) for a chance to perform, or just watch and admire.

MegaGames with Tom Webb

Interactive game show where you (yes you) dictate how much fun you have. Featuring new twists all the old-school faves including Human Hungry Hippos, Crowd Kerplunk and Audience Guess Who?.

Penitentiary III

• 1987
• US
• 91 min
• 18

• Directed by: Jamaa Fanaka
• Cast: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Raymond Kessler (aka The Haiti Kid), Danny Trejo

'Too Sweet' Gordone (Kennedy) is forced to fight for his life after he's banged up for killing his opponent during a boxing match. Featuring a stand out performance from The Haiti Kid as Midnight Thud a crack smoking dwarf rapist.

Roma a mano armata (Rome Armed to the Teeth)

• 1976
• Italy
• 95 min

• Directed by: Umberto Lenzi
• Cast: Maurizio Merli, Arthur Kennedy, Giampiero Albertini

A tough cop tracks a psychotic hunchbacked killer in this violent Italian drama.

Taoism Drunkard

• 1984
• Hong Kong
• 90 min
• 15

• Directed by: Cheung-Yan Yuen
• Cast: Cheung-Yan Yuen, Mandy Chan, Hai-ling Chu

Baffling but insanely entertaining Hong Kong martial arts movie including such heady delights as a drunken kung fu priest, a hustler dressed as a six-foot dildo and a dope smoking transvestite grandmother.

We Are Poets

• 2011
• UK/US
• 80 min

• Directed by: Daniel Lucchesi, Alex Ramseyer-Bache
• UK release: 28 June 2012

A group of British teenagers express themselves through poetry. This documentary follows them on a journey to the White House at Brave New Voices – America's most prestigious poetry slam event.