A hidden gem. Some may find the melding of different genres and the many fears of the time it was made in, of Teddy Boys, lead by a youthful and compelling Oliver Reed, rampaging around a British seaside, and of a global issue presented through science fiction metaphors, erratic, but it worked perfectly for me. Add to this an incredibly sobering ending and this turned out to be an immense surprise, a blind buy on DVD which stands out in the Hammer Studio catalogue.

Starts off badly, with one of the most godawful obnoxious songs you'll ever hear ("Black Leather Rock"). It's sort of like they grafted a JD flick onto a scifi film, and none of it quite gels. The scifi part is intriguing, but it isn't developed enough; still, the final "Help me!" fadeout is undeniably rather haunting.

A relatively unknown B-movie gem. Quite an original and intense story despite some silly dialogue. Oliver Reed plays a teddy boy tough leading a gang of rocker hoodlums who, along with his sister and an American tourist, stumble onto a disturbing top secret government experiment. Worth seeking out - if you can find it.

I couldn't believe it - this is shot in my home town. I wasn't really paying attention to the film, what with my heady daze and astonished grin, as I watched fictional characters play out a quasi Clockwork Orange drama on the streets I walk daily. Except, this is 48 years ago, when there are a tenth as many cars and they're all curvaceous and pretty. The film itself is a bit rubbish - "charming," I expect, to some, but Elisabeth Frink's sculptures are beautiful, as is a young Shirley Anne Field.