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• Gothika | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £7.97   |  Saving you £2.02 (25.35%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The title of Gothika prepares you for a spooky, atmospheric thriller with an emphasis on supernatural mystery. The best way to appreciate the movie itself is to understand that it's a waking nightmare that needn't make sense in the realm of sanity. Making a flashy Hollywood debut after his superior 2000 thriller The Crimson Rivers, French actor-director Mathieu Kassovitz pours on the dark and stormy atmosphere, trapping a competent psychologist (Halle Berry) in the prison ward where she treated inmates (including Penelope Cruz) until she was committed for killing her husband (Charles S. Dutton), who was also her boss. Did a car crash cause her to suffer ghostly delusions, or is a young girl--dead for four years--sending clues from beyond the grave? Berry has to prove her innocence while Kassovitz keeps everything--including the viewer and costar Robert Downey Jr. (as Berry's colleague)--in the dark about just where the nonsensical plot is leading. There's a better movie in here somewhere, among the catwalks and crannies of the impressive prison-castle setting, and Berry gives 100% in a performance that's consistent with the movie's overwrought tone. Attentive viewers will identify the killer early on, and the ending is anticlimactic, but Gothika serves up a few good shocks for ghost-story connoisseurs. --Jeff Shannon

• Alien 3 | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (32.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161 a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Ripley's fears that an Alien was aboard her craft are confirmed when the mutilated bodies of ex-cons begin to mount. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind Ripley must lead the men into battle against the terrifying creature. And soon she discovers a horrifying fact about her link with the Alien a realisation that may compel Ripley to try destroying not only the horrific creature but herself as well.

• Deadlocked | DVD | (17/11/2000) from £7.45   |  Saving you £1.53 (34.30%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A young man is arrested for the rape and murder of a woman in a deserted building. All evidence against him seems undisputable but his father is not convinced and in his rage he takes the jury hostage.

• A Matter of Justice | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A young soldier returns home with an older woman on his arm and announces that she is his wife. His mother bitterly disapproves of the relationship and the marriage soon fails. Before the divorce the young man is brutally murdered and his mother convinced of his wife's guilt embarks on a crusade to see justice done...

• The 60s | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Mimic 1 & 2 | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A double bill of terrifying creature features including Mimic and the sequel Mimic 2. Mimic: A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease only to find out three years later that something has gone terribly wrong. Their creation has taken on a horrifying life of its own able to mimic and destroy its every predator - even man! And now it threatens to wipe out an entire city...unless they stop it in time... Mimic 2: Just when they were all thought to be dead the giant cockroaches are back and this time they've mutated to take on human form!

• Jacknife | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Made in 1989 and set 15 years after the end of the Vietnam War, Jacknife tells the story of alcoholic trucker Dave (Ed Harris) who lives with his sister Martha (Kathy Baker). Robert De Niro is Megs, Dave's ex-'Nam sidekick who re-enters his life on the promise of a fishing trip. Megs and Martha embark on a tentative courtship to the seething fury of Dave, who considers Megs "bad news". However, through wartime flashbacks it soon becomes clear that his hitting the bottle is a means of bottling up his feelings about Vietnam, Megs and their mutual buddy Bobby, killed in action. Ruminative and romantic, Jacknife slow-burns its predictable though satisfying way to its resolution, the three main players carrying the burdens of their roles with admirable restraint, especially Ed Harris, whose rage is internalised at the expense of his liver. There are echoes of The Deerhunter but this is not a film of that order or scale, as its low-budget synthesiser soundtrack signifies, feeling at times like a superior made-for-TV affair. On the DVD: A full-screen version with a ratio of 4:3. Neither sound nor picture quality are exactly a showcase for DVD technology, both being a little fuzzy, while the dubbing goes noticeably awry on 42 minutes. Special features are decidedly un-special: the original, lugubrious trailer plus "talent profiles" which are merely lists of the main players' previous films. --David Stubbs

• Identity / Gothika / House Of Nine | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Identity (Dir. James Mangold 2003): A daring new thriller from director James Mangold and producer Cathy Konrad featuring an all-star ensemble cast including John Cusack Ray Liotta Amanda Peet Alfred Molina Jake Busey Clea DuVall and Rebecca De Mornay. Caught in a savage rainstorm ten travellers are forced to seek refuge at a strange desert motel. They soon realize they've found anything but shelter. There is a killer among them and one by one they are murdered. As the storm rages on and the dead begin to outnumber the living one thing becomes clear: each of them was drawn to the motel not by accident or circumstance but by forces beyond imagination forces that promise anyone who survives a mind-bending and terrifying destiny. Gothika (Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz 2003): Halle Berry stars as Dr. Miranda Grey a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey's only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a rain-soaked road. The incarcerated and medicated Grey is now haunted by the same apparition and she must convince her former colleague Pete Graham (Robert Downey Jr.) that she is not insane or guilty of murder. Meanwhile the seemingly mad ramblings of Chloe (Penelope Cruz) one of Grey's former patients now make more sense and Grey must throw aside clinical logic to solve the supernatural murder mystery. House Of Nine (Dir. Steven R. Munroe 2005): Nine strangers with no apparent connection between them are abducted: drugged kidnapped and sealed in a house together. Doors are bolted shut windows are plugged with brick. No way out. Disoriented and angry they are greeted by a voice on an intercom system: they are to be watched as they 'compete' for a prize of five million dollars. And the winner will be the only one who gets out alive!

• For Love Or Country | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After many years of living under the repressive regime of Fidel Castro's Cuba his musical talents stifled by state control jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval finally faces up to the grim reality that he must flee his homeland. But escape is not easy. A celebrity prized for his propaganda value he is watched day and night. Not only that Cuba is home to his wife Marianela and their children and Arturo cannot bring himself to tear the family apart until a twist of fate triggers a dange

• The Exorcism Of Emily Rose/Gothika/The Grudge | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Exorcism Of Emily Rose What happened to Emily? Based on a true story. In 1976 the Catholic Church officially recognised the demonic possession of a German college freshman. During her exorcism the young woman died and the priest stood trial for causing her death. Academy Award nominee Laura Linney plays an attorney who defends the priest. The case reawakens her faith. (Dir. Scott Derrickson 2005) Gothika: ""Just because someone is dead doesn't mean they're gone."" A brilliant psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the very asylum where she worked with no memory of having killed her husband.... (Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz 2003) The Grudge: American nurse Karen Davis (Sarah Michelle Gellar) living and working in Tokyo is drawn to an odd house and exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim... Produced by Sam Raimi 'The Grudge' sees Sarah Michelle Gellar changing tack from her 'Buffy' guise in this superior chiller directed by Takashi Shimizu adapted from his own Japanese horror classic. (Dir. Takashi Shimizu 2004)

• The Forgotten / Gothika | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £10.39   |  Saving you £17.59 (237.70%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This boxset combines two great thriller movies which are based around supernatural occurences. The Forgotten (2004 Dir. Joseph Ruben): A grieving mother Telly Parada is struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist and her husband tell her that she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. But when she meets the father of one of her son's friend who is having the same experience Telly embarks on a mission to

• Sniper - 23 Days Of Fear In Washington D.C. | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £51.99

  SNIPER - 23 DAYS OF FEAR IN WASHINGTON DC tells the story of the 23 day shooting spree that gripped Washington DC. Charles Dutton stars as Chief Charles Moose, whose job it is to piece together the clues and apprehend the sniper on the rampage.

• L.A. Riot Spectacular | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Fans and critics are hailing this outrageous all-star satire which bravely tackles Los Angeles' devastating riots that erupted after the Rodney King beating verdict -- a subject most filmmakers wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole! As funny as it is thought-provoking this gloriously politically incorrect comedy reenacts the videotaped beating and continues through the police officers' trial and the destructive aftermath. The film riffs on the city's explosive ethnic and social tensions skewers the media's hunger for higher ratings and digs into the hypocrisy of the Los Angeles Police Department.

• Gothika | UMD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Alien 3 (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £15.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (43.78%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The bitch is back. Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161 a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Ripley's fears that an Alien was aboard her craft are confirmed when the mutilated bodies of ex-cons begin to mount. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind Ripley must lead the men into battle against the terrifying creature. And soon she discovers a horrifying fact about her link with the Alien a realisation that may compel Ripley to try destroying not only the horrific creature but herself as well.

• Jack Reed - A Search For Justice | DVD | (25/09/2000) from £22.96   |  Saving you £-13.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Police Sergeant Jack Reed investigates the murder of a young night-club waitress. All the clues lead to her boss... but he can pull strings at City Hall.

• Mississippi Masala (Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (24/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mimic | DVD | (16/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From acclaimed director Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water ) comes a terrifying modern cult classic. Starring Oscar® winner Mira Sorvino (Hollywood ), Charles S. Dutton (Legion), and Josh Brolin (Sicario), this electrifying thriller brings the epic battle between man and nature to life when a team of scientists discover a glitch in their miracle cure. With the power to mimic and destroy its every predator and the threat of an entire city's destruction, their creation has taken on a horrifying life of its own. The ever growing weight of extinction on their shoulders forces the team to take matters into their own hands in this stylish hit that delivers heart pounding thrills from beginning to end.

• Surviving the Game | DVD | (11/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A