In the early part of the 1960s he lived briefly in France working as a location scout and subtitler of French films for their British releases.

Balch gets a "special thanks" credit in Burroughs' novel The Ticket That Exploded and directed the Burroughs-influenced experimental film, Towers Open Fire among other short works.

Balch did everything from choosing what films played, to organizing the front-of-house displays, to keeping an eye on projectionists and janitorial staff.

Whereas The Times was more rep oriented, The Jacey specialized in playing exploitation films like Nudist Paradise and the Japanese horror/art-house hit Onibaba.

Meanwhile, Balch carried on his career as a distributor, eventually releasing films such as The Corpse Grinders, Kenneth Anger's Invocation of My Demon Brother, Paul Bowles in Morocco, and Russ Meyer's Supervixens.

Dalmeney Court's other occupants included Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin plus the occasional celebrity passing through such as The Animals’ Eric Burdon.

Many audience members claimed the film made them ill, others demanded their money back, while some just stumbled out of the cinema ranting "its disgusting".

According to Literary Outlaw, Ted Morgan's 1988 biography of Burroughs, Jagger "thought Balch was coming on to him sexually, and in any case didn’t have a reputation as a director in the industry".

Gordon had a long history in horror cinema, and had been partly responsible for the stage version of Dracula that had allowed Balch to meet Lugosi.

Speaking to the critic Kim Newman in Shock Xpress magazine (vol.2, no.5, 1988), Wicking recalled "I had a crazy meeting with him, when he wanted to do some picture or other.