A Knight in Camelot (1998)
A modernised version of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court with Whoopi Goldberg as a physicist who time travels back to Camelot
K-PAX (2001)
Kevin Spacey is a mysterious patient in a psychiatric institution who claims to be an alien. An uncredited ripoff of the far superior Man Facing Southeast
Kaboom (2010)
Gregg Araki film that centres around sexually conflicted university student Thomas Dekker and his various liaisons amid witches, a doomsday weapon, cults and premonitions
Kadaicha (1988)
Australian horror that sets out to combine US models like A Nightmare on Elm Street and a few dashes of Poltergeist with the idea of an Aborigine curse but emerges as poorly executed
Kafka (1991)
Steven Soderbergh’s second film was this flop pseudo-biopic that places Franz Kafka (Jeremy Irons) alongside mad scientist elements and German Expressionist homages but fails to find much of Kafka’s paranoid mood
Kalifornia (1993)
Smart and coolly intelligent road movie thriller with a then-unknown David Duchovny as a writer on a tour of serial killer murder sites and a then unknown Brad Pitt giving an alarmingly charged performance as a psychopathic redneck along for the ride
Kamikaze (1986)
An early film written/produced by Luc Besson in which a scientist invents a device that can kill people on tv
Kamikaze 1989 (1982)
A detective thriller set in a near-future Germany. Celebrated arthouse director Rainer Werner Fassbinder plays the investigating detective
Kandisha (2020)
Directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury made the brutally extreme Inside. Here they return with what feels like an unofficial copy of Candyman about a vengeful boogeywoman
Kantemir (2015)
Interesting effort about actors putting on a cursed play that comes to life and the characters start taking over the actors to replay events. That said, the idea is often stronger than its delivery as a horror film. Robert Englund in a rare non-villainous, non-over-acted lead role
Kaos (1984)
Anthology of Luigi Pirandello stories from the Taviani Brothers, including a werewolf episode and a ghost story
Karate Cop (1993)
A really cheap and unconvincing post-apocalyptic action starring forgotten martial arts star Ron Marchini
Karla (2006)
Film based on true-life serial killing couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. This could have been another Monster but it feels like a film that played everything safe and watered down in terms of its content
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Lightweight and likeable Meg Ryan romcom in which she is romanced by a chivalrous and perfectly mannered Hugh Jackman travelled through time from the 19th Century
Kate’s Addiction (1999)
A psycho-thriller with Kari Wuhrer stalking best friend Farrah Forke insisting they are meant to be together
Kaw (2007)
Halfway reasonable Syfy Channel film with people under attack by treacheries of ravens, this homages The Birds to modest effect
Kazaam (1996)
Children’s film starring NBA star Shaquille O’Neil as a genie, this has a wide reputation as a bad movie
Keep Watching (2017)
Film about a family finding everything they do is filmed by hidden cameras before their home is invaded by masked figures
Keeper (2025)
An Osgood Perkins film where Tatiana Maslany joins her boyfriend at his cabin in the woods for the weekend and becomes aware strange things are happening as she starts to experience visions and see creatures
Keeping Mum (2005)
Comedy in which reverend Rowan Atkinson’s home is invaded by murderous nanny Maggie Smith. A promisingly black idea ends up being delivered as a quaintly mumsy British rural comedy
Keyhole (2011)
Disappointment from Guy Maddin where he abandons much of his trademark kitsch surrealism … feels like cross between a haunted house film and a 1940s crime drama as filtered through the indecipherable obscurtianism of the French New Wave
Kichiku (1997)
Disturbing Japanese film about a student revolutionary group and their internal turmoils, which descend into violence and bloodshed
Kick-Ass (2010)
One of several films that came out around the same time on the theme of wannabes without powers playing at being superheroes. Matthew Vaughn delivers a film that falls between witty deflation of and a celebration of the nerdy fantasy of superherodom
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
I wasn’t a huge fan of the original but this sequel is a much better film that gives the characters a thorough workover while making clever play out of the contrasts of masked superhero and reality that ran through the first film. As before, Chloe Grace Moretz owns the film and the scenes of her forced to be a normal girl are hilarious
Kidnapped (2010)
Spanish home invasion thriller that moves with a moderate degree of brutality and tension but ultimately feels more like a set of choices in a survival horror videogame than an engaging thriller
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
A film spun off from the popular Canadian comedy troupe Kids in the Hall. The loose plot concerns a happiness drug
Kids of the Round Table (1995)
Canadian children’s film that does a modest, amusing job of updating the Arthurian legends to the modern day
Kids vs Aliens (2022)
The director of Hobo with a Shotgun returns with a film about a group of kids caught up as aliens invade a party
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
One of the loveliest of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime, the story of a young witch who creates a parcel delivery service using her broomstick . As always, Miyazaki gives the film is simple beauty and an adult emotional complexity that finds far more adult depth than anything in the equivalent Harry Potter series
Kiki’s Delivery Service (2014)
NOT the Hayao Miyazaki film but a live-action version based on the same books, made by Takashi Shimizu of the Jun-on/The Grudge films fame. Replicating Miyazaki in live-action would seem a futile endeavour from the outset and expectedly this lacks the sweet emotional uplift of his version
Kill … Baby Kill (1966)
Italian directer Mario Bava returns to the Gothic in this atmosphere-laden film about a ghost child
Kill and Kill Again (1981)
A martial arts film where karate champion James Ryan must reunite the old gang to take on a super-villain with a mind control drug
Kill Command (2016)
Modestly-made British film about a unit of soldiers on an exercise who become hunted by killer robots. With effects that easily rival those of bigger-budgeted Hollywood films, this gets down to the business at hand and produces an excellent and very intensive little film
Kill Her Goats (2023)
You could maybe coin the term Folk Slasher for this low-budget film where girls are pursued by chainsaw wielding figures in goat-headed masks
Kill List (2011)
The film that made Ben Wheatley’s reputation, this starts as an absorbing kitchen sink drama about the domestic lives of two hitmen before taking a bizarre left field veer into horror territory
Kill Switch (2017)
Modest Dutch film involving action between this and a parallel Earth that is being wrecked by an inter-dimensional portal … Much of the film is shot in First Person Shooter perspective, while the director provides a highly accomlished level of mass destruction CGI effects all by himself
Kill Theory (2009)
This has clearly been conceived as Saw by way of Big Brother in which a group of teens are imprisoned in a house and forced to eliminate one another until only one remains. Alas it is a promising premise that suffers a banal and utterly ordinary handling
Killdozer (1974)
This film’s premise – “a killer bulldozer” – has had it slotted into bad movie stakes. It was clearly intended as a copy of
Killer Bees (1974)
TV movie that does nothing to dispel the dictum that there has never been any such thing as a good killer bee film. As always, the effects let the show down and the rest of the piece is slow going and talky
Killer Book Club (2023)
A Spanish slasher film reminiscent of I Know What You Did Last Summer where a clown-masked killer eliminates their way through members of a book club
Killer Crocodile (1989)
Italian exploitation ripoff of Jaws with a group of environmentalists dealing with a giant killer crocodile
Killer Crocodile 2 (1990)
A sequel to Killer Crocodile, a dreary Italian-made Jaws ripoff
Killer Instinct (2000)
Reasonable B-budget slasher film with teens stalked after accepting a dare to spend a night in an abandoned asylum
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Killer clown film directed by the Chiodo Brothers best known for their makeup effects who come up with an appealing arsenal of sinister clown figures. On the other hand, the film is a one-note joke
Killer Me (2001)
Ambitious ingenue film about a loner who may or may not be a serial killer
Killer Motel (2012)
An obscure Japanese film about a backwoods motel where things get very strange – the hosts slaughtering the guests, a zombie wandering around. The film comes with a decided WTF element to it, the least of which is actually trying to work out what is going on
Killer Mountain (2011)
You would not be mistaken for passing this over as a regular mountaineering drama – and indeed, that’s how half of the film transpires. Then however it starts to get weird and introduces everything from monsters to Shangri-La and Ancient Astronauts on the mountainside
Killer Nerd (1991)
This gained a minor cult in which an abused nerd snaps as a result of constant humiliations and goes on a killing rampage. Tony Radloff gives an extraordinary performance
Killer Pad (2008)
Directorial outing from Freddy Krueger himself Robert Englund who makes the horror equivalent of a frat comedy where three guys rent a palatial home and throw a party as a portal to Hell opens in the basement
Killer Party (1986)
Canadian entry from the classic era of slasher films. Originally titled The April Fool, this hits some occasionally effective notes that sit between horror and prank. Mostly routine, while the last 10 minutes take an abrupt dogleg turn to become an Evil Dead copy
Killer Sofa (2019)
A New Zealand-made horror comedy about, not as the title might suggest, a possessed sofa but a possessed recliner chair
Killer Tomatoes Eat France (1992)
Fourth and final of the Killer Tomatoes films by which time the slight appeal of the original concept has been well and truly worn out
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! (1991)
Third of the Killer Tomatoes films, this hits an appealingly silly note
Killer Tongue (1996)
Giddy madcap and entirely ridiculous Spanish film in which Melinda Clarke’s tongue is possessed by an alien
Killers (2014)
The Mo Brothers have emerged as a considerable force to be reckoned with in recent years. This, their second film, follows the internet-based friendship between a serial killer and another he decides to mentor in the ways of killing. The Mo’s take to the material with a dark relish and a series of fiendish twists
Killers from Space (1953)
A cheesily bad alien invader film from the 1950s that seems to be trying to throw every element in SF from mind controlling aliens to atomic monsters in to the mix
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Yorgos Lanthimos has become a critically celebrated name in recent years. Here it feels like he has made an anthology of three surreal tales that come in black deadpan
King Arthur (2004)
A big-budget version of the Arthurian legends that makes dubious claim about being rooted in historical fact. Thus the fantasy elements are stripped out and what we have is more an historical spectacle
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (2017)
NOT the Guy Ritchie film but an Asylum mockbuster released at the same time. Perhaps the most WTF take on the Arthurian legends ever with the Knights as gun-wielding US Marines in present-day Bangkok and Morgan le Fay turning into a giant transformer robot
King Arthur: Excalibur Rising (2017)
One of several King Arthur films that came out in 2017 in anticipation of Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. This is actually an Arthurian sequel, featuring Arthur’s son inheriting the sword. As such, it is a B-budget but passable venture into Arthuriana
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Guy Ritchie’s take on the Arthurian legends is an awkward beast that comes out as half wannabe Michael Bay film giddy with CGI delirium and half one of Ritchie’s typical Man’s Man caper films. In all of this, Ritchie plays very liberally with the elements of the Arthurian legends
King Charles III (2017)
Near future film that with biting savagery depicts Prince Charles becoming the King of England and clashing with the government of the day
King Cobra (1999)
Film in which Erik Estrada and Pat Morita face a giant animatronic snake
King Cohen (2017)
Documentary about cult director Larry Cohen, filled with hilariously entertaining stories of his guerrilla filmmaking methods
King Dinosaur (1955)
The first film from Bert I. Gordon, known for his cheap giant animal films through the 1950s, about a space expedition to a planet inhabited by dinosaurs
King Kong (1933)
Perhaps the greatest of all monster movies, one that has attained iconic status. A masterpiece of stop-motion animation, it imbues Kong with character and attains a delicate fairytale-like atmosphere
King Kong (1976)
The infamous Dino de Laurentiis remake of King Kong was so miscalculated it became an industry joke for years after. The beautiful stop-motion of the original has been replaced by Rick Baker in an ape suit, while Fay Wray and the fairytale romance is replaced by Jessica Lange as a ditzy flower child who cracks jokes
King Kong (2005)
Peter Jackson’s dream project, a remake of the 1933 film, and his finest work as a filmmaker. Jackson builds the original out considerably and his command of the effects gives us something quite dazzling
King Kong Escapes (1967)
Toho Films obtained the rights to King Kong to pit him against Godzilla in King Kong Vs Godzilla and then made this entertainingly silly sequel where Kong fights a robot copy of himself
King Kong Lives (1986)
Everybody but everybody hated the 1976 remake of King Kong; only Dino de Laurentiis would have the chutzpah to produce a sequel and the results are absolutely awful, full of dialogue and and scenes guaranteed to have an audience rolling in the aisle
King Kong Vs. Godzilla (1962)
The third of the Godzilla films wherein Toho managed to obtain a coup in leasing copyright to pit Godzilla against a rather tatty-looking King Kong for one of the great title bouts of the century
King of the Hill (2007)
Solid Spanish variant on the Backwoods Brutality cycle in which a man driving through the countryside is shot at and pursued by mysterious hunters
King of the Rocket Men (1949)
Twelve chapter serial that introduced the character of the Rocket Man who appeared in several subsequent adventures. This has an enthusiastic pulp naivete but ends up mostly routine
King Ralph (1991)
Comedy where the Royal Family is wiped out and vulgar American nightclub singer John Goodman inherits the crown
King Solomon’s Mines (1985)
Cannon Films’ remake of the H. Rider Haggard adventure novel was made to exploit the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark but that does not excuse what an awful film it is where everything is played up for excruciating camp humour
King Solomon’s Mines (2004)
TV mini-series version of the classic H. Rider haggard adventure novel that suffers from a non-acting Patrick Swayze badly miscast as Allan Quatermain and the distortion of the story with too many modern attitudes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
A fourth entry in the Planet of the Apes reboot saga. The previous two entries hit incredible heights in terms of motion capture performances but this still holds up well
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Anime film released to accompany the latest version of the computer game. This is dazzling, epic-sized animation, mocapped in photorealistic detail that wows the eye on a scale that Western animators never come near. Less convincing is the setting that mixes standard fantasy with modern technology
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Kingsman with its witty parody of gentlemanliness and action movie sensibilities, was the smartest of the modern spy movie parodies. This sequel feels like it has gone from Austin Powers for grown-ups to the excesses of the Roger Moore Bond films in the space of one film
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
This sets out to rescue the spy from the silly self-parody of Austin Powers. The film’s sly mocking of its Englishness, with Colin Firth going into action as an impeccably tailored and mannered gentleman, combined with a series of explosive action sequences make for an irresistible mix
Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012)
If you’ve never seen any of the Kirikou films, you should rush off and do so immediately. They are utterly delightful tales about the native ingenuity and plain-speaking wisdom of a young boy winning out over adult pomposity and foolishness. All are animated with a simplicity that is quite magical
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
The debut film from French animator Michel Ocelot, a beautifully simple series of African folk tales about a young boy whose plain-speaking truths outwit a witch
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
Michel Ocelot returns to make a sequel to Kirikou and the Sorceress, which expands the quality of animation and is slightly the lesser but not without its charms
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
Film based around 70s rock group Kiss where they appear as superheroes fighting a mad scientist with an army of android duplicates
Kiss of the Damned (2012)
The vampire film feels like a genre that has been creatively played out of recent. The story here is an overly familiar one, nevertheless it is propelled into the decidedly watchable by the provocative and stylish direction of Xan Cassavetes (daughter of director/actor John Cassavetes)
Kiss of the Vampire (1962)
One of the more overlooked Hammer vampire films, this doesn’t feature Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing but does some reasonable things in its own right
Kiss or Kill (1997)
Fine Australian psycho-thriller about a couple on the run from an accidental murder. This comes with sharp twists and ambiguities and a great sense of humour
Kiss the Girls (1997)
The first film adapted from James Patterson’s books about forensic profiler Alex Cross with standout performances from Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd
Kissed (1996)
Controversially charged Canadian film where mortuary assistant Molly Parker develops an obsession with having sex with corpses
Kite (2014)
Live-action English language adaptation of an anime. The original was a cause of considerable controversy for its copious sex and violence; here we get no more than an anodyne action movie that is little more than a version of The Punisher cast with a teenage girl
Knight Moves (1992)
Christopher Lambert and Diane Lane star in a thriller about a serial killer who treats his victims like a chess game
Knight of the Dead (2013)
A surprisingly good low-budget film that places zombie into the mediaeval period amid the Black Death
Knights (1993)
Another of Albert Pyun’s post-apocalyptic kickboxing cyborg films. The film has no plot and consists of almost nothing but action scenes
Knights of Badassdom (2013)
This has a winning concept – live-action roleplayers are forced to face a demon they accidentally conjure. Only it seems little more than a one-joke film where the characters running around delivering mock mediaeval dialogue in falsettos soon starts to get rather silly
Knock at the Cabin (2023)
M. Night Shayamalan film about strangers conducting a home invasion to force a family to make a horrible choice to prevent the end of the world
Knock Knock (2015)
Eli Roth home invasion thriller where two malicious girls turn family man Keanu Reeves’ life upside down. Roth creates a strong opening but hits the peak of the film not too far in and thereafter loses direction
Knowing (2009)
Alex Proyas seemed a highly promising genre director during the 1990s but went astray here. Nicolas Cage finding that a time capsule predicts a series of disasters before the film heads off into a strange Biblical End of the World scenario
Koi … Mil Gaya (2003)
The Bollywood version of E.T.. That is if one can imagine an E.T. with singing, dancing and romantic scenes
Komodo (1999)
CGI monster movie with a family under attacks by over-sized komodo lizards
Kong Island (1968)
This has nothing to do with King Kong and is an adventure film that features a female Tarzan and a mad scientist creating an army of mind-controlled gorillas