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In 1945, Hitler unleashes a disease on Britain which kills all but a handful of people. One man is chased by the Blackshirts (who are slowly dying) so they can find a way to stop their own deaths....
Domain
There is a nuclear attack in London and the entire city is devastated. A group of survivors gather together and try to hide underground from the radiations. But they dont know that underground, the rats have mutated into mean life forms who kill....
Nobody True
An ordinary man has an "out of body experience". When his spirit returns he finds his body has been murdered. Lingering in the real world as an undetectable presence, he learns that the killer now plans to murder his (the victim's) family. Despite his lack of a physical body, he must find a way to prevent this from happening....
Once
After a stroke Thom Kindred goes back to his childhood home in the grounds of a mansion, where he lived in bliss with his late mother. On arrival he finds his rich benefactor on his deathbed, his son (Thom's childhood friend) somehow involved with the 'siren' who is nursing the ailing man. ...

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Once...
Recovering stroke victim Thom Kindred goes to his uncle's country estate for some rest and relaxation. While there he encounters magical beings, both good an evil, and becomes embroiled in a terrifying battle between magical forces for control of the estate....