Movies by Gary Shail

Quadrophenia
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.

The Music Machine
At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new film.

Day of the Stranger
Adapted freely from the classic novella 'The Mysterious Stranger' by Mark Twain; Day of the Stranger revives the tradition of the acid western of the 1970's. Caine Farrowood is a bounty hunter who works under the control of ruthless kingpin Loomweather. One day a bounty retrieval goes awry and Caine is left for dead. Just when he thinks his life is over he mysteriously awakens back home to the comforts of his wife Christina. Baffled and confused by how he got home Caine insists on finding answers, but before long he is enlisted in the retr...
Clan of the Raven
These were truly the Darker Ages, The Chaos Wars ensued. Judgement upon humanity. Judgement upon a broken, wounded world. A World on the edge, bereft of the Old Gods who have descended into insanity, senility, or sentient sleep as they have tired of their mortal playthings. Magic, Kings, the Gods & order are all but lost and a new disorder reigns. The Darkest of times. So a strange alliance gather to stand & back the elemental forces of nature.
The Bed
The Bed opens with Jamie, a young man, looking round an old, deserted country house. Through flashback we see Jamie as a boy, scared out of his wits when his older sister and her boyfriend, left alone in the house to babysit Jamie for the evening, play cruel tricks on him. His sister makes believe she’s been sucked under Jamie's bed by a monster and her boyfriend pretends he’s been stabbed. Jamie has his revenge at the end when the couple, laughing at scaring Jamie half to death and frolicking on The Bed, are suffocated by its sheets and con...