Jan 18th  
Torture Garden*  
(GB 1967)         
Columbia/Amicus. 100m.

The devil, posing as a fairground attraction, tells the grisly futures of four inquisitive customers.
A more polished Amicus compendium since their previous effort Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, though much in the same mould with variable styles of story from the Gothic to the ridiculous, and performances that are strong or just plain wooden. 

Written by: Robert Bloch.
Producers: Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky.
Director: Freddie Francis.
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance, Peter Cushing, Michael Bryant, Maurice Denham, Beverly Adams, John Phillips, Barbara Ewing, John Standing, Ursula Howells, Michael Ripper, Clytie Jessop.
Photography: Norman Warwick.
Music: James Bernard, Don Banks.

Preceded by:
Electrocuting an Elephant*
(US 1903. 1m. bw. silent; The harrowing sight of an execution of a circus elephant (who had killed a spectator), allegedly both organised and filmed by Thomas Edison, who for whatever perverse historical reason, chose to record the event on film as well.)