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• The Birthday Party | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Harold Pinter's first full-length stage play, The Birthday Party, was 10 years old when William (The Exorcist) Friedkin directed it for the cinema in 1968. In some ways, it was already a period-piece by then, Pinter's use of a combination of silence and excruciatingly banal dialogue to generate precipitous dramatic tension having been absorbed by contemporary theatrical mythology long since. Are the sinister McCann and Goldberg real? Or do they exist only in Stan's head? At the end, we're none the wiser. But Friedkin's claustrophobic direction, with the tormented Stan as its focus, has taken us through a master study in understated horror. The handheld camera, so fashionable in modern television drama, has rarely been used to such hypnotic effect. As Stan, Robert Shaw is mesmerising in his descent to animal-like submission. Sydney Tafler's Goldberg and Patrick Magee 's McCann make a truly terrifying double act. Cult television fans will appreciate an early appearance by Helen Fraser (these days best known as a sadistic prison warder in Bad Girls) as the easily seduced neighbour. Now that Friedkin's film is itself over 30 years old, the scent of mothballs ought to be even more pronounced. Its decrepit seaside boarding house setting and the drabness of the peripheral players are redolent of the distinctly non-swinging side of the 1960s in which it was made. But more than anything, The Birthday Party is about unspecified terror and the sort of inner demons that lurk in all of us. On the DVD: Excellent sound quality helps to make this a compellingly theatrical experience: never has the noise of tearing newspaper been more menacing. And the picture quality retains the grainy authenticity of the original print. Special features include brief backgrounders on the history of the play and Friedkin's career, and a slide show of still s from key scenes. --Piers Ford

• 12 Rounds 2 | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £14.41   |  Saving you £5.58 (38.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  12 RoundsFinnish director Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger Die Hard 2) brings first-time screenwriter Daniel Kunka's story to life in this fast-paced action film. When New Orleans police officer Danny Fisher apprehends Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen The Wire) a villainous Irishman being pursued by the FBI Jackson’s girlfriend is accidentally killed. One year later Jackson is out of prison and seeking revenge kidnapping Fisher's girlfriend Molly (Ashley Scott) and setting up an elaborate game of cat and mouse that traverses the city. Now a detective Fisher with the help of the FBI and his fellow officers has to survive 12 rounds of Jackson's game--each more mentally and physically challenging than the last-if he wants to see Molly alive again. Meanwhile the roguish Jackson may be seeking more than just retribution. 12 Rounds 2WWE superstar Randy Orton slams action into overdrive in this pulse-pounding thrill ride filled with gripping suspense! Paramedic Nick Malloy (Orton) is plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he receives a terrifying phone call from a vengeful psychopath (Brian Markinson) connected to his past. The maniac threatens to unleash a murder spree unless Nick can complete a series of 12 challenges without involving the cops or missing a single deadline. With no time to spare - and his own wife's life on the line - Nick must piece together cryptic clues and hunt down the killer before it's too late!

• 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  WWE superstar Randy Orton slams action into overdrive in this pulse-pounding thrill ride filled with gripping suspense! Paramedic Nick Malloy (Orton) is plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he receives a terrifying phone call from a vengeful psychopath (Brian Markinson) connected to his past. The maniac threatens to unleash a murder spree unless Nick can complete a series of 12 challenges without involving the cops or missing a single deadline. With no time to spare - and his own wife's life on the line - Nick must piece together cryptic clues and hunt down the killer before it's too late! Special Features: Audio commentary with Roel Reiné and Radu Ion Three Featurettes: Randy Orton Located Locations: From Hellar's Lair to the Sugar Factory The Action of 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded

• Stuck In The Middle | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £9.96   |  Saving you £1.02 (14.63%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Tracklist: 1. Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World 2. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough 3. Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap 4. Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 5. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 6. 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday 7. Squeeze - Cool For Cats 8. 10cc - Things We Do For Love 9. Squeeze - Up The Junction 10. Thin Lizzy - Sarah 11. Free - All Right Now 12. Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle 13. Status Quo - Whatever You Want 14. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 15. Level 42 - Something About You

• 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded (Blu-ray + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (24/06/2013) from £7.64   |  Saving you £14.61 (229.00%)   |  RRP £20.99

  WWE superstar Randy Orton slams action into overdrive in this pulse-pounding thrill ride filled with gripping suspense! Paramedic Nick Malloy (Orton) is plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he receives a terrifying phone call from a vengeful psychopath (Brian Markinson) connected to his past. The maniac threatens to unleash a murder spree unless Nick can complete a series of 12 challenges without involving the cops or missing a single deadline. With no time to spare - and his own wife's life on the line - Nick must piece together cryptic clues and hunt down the killer before it's too late! Special Features: Audio Commentary with Roel Reine and Radu Ion Three Featurettes: Randy Orton Reloaded Locations: From Hellar's Lair to the Sugar Factory The Action of 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded

• Hobokken Hollow | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £7.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-33.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  No-one Gets Out Alive! Based on the true story of the Texas ""slave ranch"" a war veteran drifts through Texas on collision course with a nightmare. Still haunted by the evils of war Trevor is confronted with the brutal homegrown evil of the Broderick family at Hoboken Hollow a remote Hill Country ranch that many visit but few ever leave.

• Ballad Of Josie | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-4.57 (-45.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Josie Minick is acquitted for accidentally killing her drunken husband; nevertheless her 8-year-old son Luther is taken to Cheyenne to be cared for by her wealthy father-in-law Alpheus Minick. Despite the offer of her rancher neighbour Arch Ogden to buy her rundown ranch Josie decides to renovate the place with her husband's insurance money but she soon becomes discouraged by her failure to resurrect the place. She tries a job as a waitress but is equally unhappy. Finally she