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Colin Finbow

Born November 26, 1940 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK (age 85)

Colin Finbow is a British film director and writer known for his work in children's television and educational programming. He directed A Swarm in May (1983), an adaptation of William Mayne's novel, and Daemon (1985), a science fiction film exploring artificial intelligence. Finbow's films often address complex themes accessible to younger audiences, contributing significantly to British children…

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Dark EnemyDark Enemy · 1984
Dark Enemy
★ 4.81984
MovieDramaFantasy
After a nuclear war, a group of children at an isolated farmhouse debate what the outside world might be like. Soon one of them leaves the house to investigate, and finds out that things aren't the way they thought.
Emily's GhostEmily's Ghost · 1992
Emily's Ghost
★ 6.01992
MovieDrama
Emily, a young Edwardian girl stifled by the constraints put on the women of her time, moves with her family to the ancestral home in the country, and begins to see the ghost of another girl.
Something Wicked This Way ComesSomething Wicked This Way Comes · 1972
Something Wicked This Way Comes
★ 4.51972
MovieHorrorFantasy
Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.
The Higher MortalsThe Higher Mortals · 1993
The Higher Mortals
★ 8.01993
MovieDrama
This movie deals with the problems suffered by many smaller girls' boarding schools during the early 1990s recession, and makes use of metaphor and analogy in its critique of the John Major government of the day.
DaemonDaemon · 1985
Daemon
★ 7.51985
MovieHorrorMystery
11-year-old Nick moves into a large old house with his sisters Jennie and Clare, left in the care of Helga the Swedish au pair while their parents are away in America. Nick is unhappy at his new school, where he is befriended by a boy named Sam and intimidated by scripture teacher Mr. Crabb, who is interested in the occult and demonology. Nick hears voices in the house and receives messages on his computer screen; he also suffers inexplicable blisters on his feet and grazes on his elbows and knees. When he dreams of burning and wakes up in a bed full of ashes, Nick tells a psychiatrist that he feels he is possessed by a demon.
A Swarm in MayA Swarm in May · 1983
A Swarm in May
★ 6.51983
MovieDrama
John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen hates and dreads the prospect, so he persuades the smallest boy in the school, Iddingley, to take his place. Then, while exploring one of the Cathedral towers without permission, Owen finds something which makes him change his mind, and solves a mystery which has been baffling people for hundreds of years...
Under the BedUnder the Bed · 1988
Under the Bed
★ 10.01988
MovieComedyFamily
A young girl kicks all of her rubbish under her bed creating a monster which she and her brother must fight.
The Custard BoysThe Custard Boys · 1979
The Custard Boys
★ 8.51979
MovieDramaFamily
An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?

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