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• Rider On The Rain | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Who will he terrorise... Who will he attack... Who will be his next victim? This nailbiting French/Italian thriller stars Marlene Jobert as 'Mellie' a young woman being stalked in the rain by a mysterious stranger. When her husband is away the stalker breaks in and rapes her. In an act of vengeance she kills her assailant dumping the body into the ocean. When the body is recovered an American military officer Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson) is called in to investigate not only the murder but the missing US Army money that the rapist had been carrying with him...

• Galaxy Of Horrors | DVD | (19/06/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Trapped in a damaged cryogenic pod, a man is forced to watch a series of horrific science-fiction tales while his life support systems run out. Featuring eight intense stories of the unknown and other-worldly, equally wonderful and terrifying. Visit the GALAXY OF HORRORS, if you dare! Curated from Rue Morgue & Unstable Ground's Little Terrors Festival.

• Silkwood | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As a tale of self-discovery, Silkwood, Mike Nichols' 1982 biopic of the plutonium factory worker who uncovered negligence and dangerous practices at the heart of her employer's company, works well enough. Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) is no saint. She drinks, cheerfully gets 'em out for the boys, has left her husband and kids and lives in a curious ménage à trois with her lover, (Kurt Russell) and their lesbian friend (Cher). But, through her own dawning suspicions, she is drawn into union activism and embarks on a crusade to expose the rottenness of her paymasters, only to die in a mysterious car crash. And here is the flaw. The film can't decide whether it's quirky soap opera, a campaigning blow for the anti-nuclear lobby or an allegory for the conflict between the rights of the individual and the demands of the corporate giant. It stops short of providing some important conclusions about what really happened to its central character, and why. Streep is fine though, injecting her character with a studied mixture of innate intelligence and trailer park trash. Russell offers solid support and Cher is outstanding as housemate Dolly Pelliker. Their performances give Silkwood its heart as a powerful human drama. On the DVD: Silkwood is well-served on this DVD release by sharp picture and sound quality (Georges Delerue's poignantly jaunty country and western soundtrack benefits in particular), but the extras are static and add little to the package apart from a strictly "budget" feel: standard biographies of the stars and director with some pretty pointless trivia facts, and a brief history of the production. There's nothing here that even the most generalist of film fans won't already know. A director's commentary explaining why the film loses its bottle in the final reel would be more interesting. --Piers Ford

• To Be Or Not To Be | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An elegant comedic story of a Polish acting troupe who help in their small way to resist the Nazi occupation. When it is discovered that a Polish hero residing in Britain is actually a German agent a Polish RAF officer is deployed to stop him. Upon arriving in Poland the RAF officer together with the already forewarned actors concoct a convoluted charade designed to collect the information from the spy kill him and pass on the false information to the Gestapo.

• David Lean Box Set | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of David Lean's finest films. Include: 1. The Sound Barrier (1952) 2. Hobsons Choice (1954) 3. Blithe Spirit (1945) 4. Brief Encounter (1945) 5. Great Expectations (1946) 6. Oliver Twist (1948) 7. Madeleine (1950) 8. The Passionate Friends (1949) 9. This Happy Breed (1944)

• The Man With One Red Shoe | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £12.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (0.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An innocent man is targeted for surveillance by the CIA. However the intelligence agency finds it increasingly difficult to liquidate the musician as he continues to be oblivious of the attempts to kill him...

• Prancer | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £5.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (33.39%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A reindeer doesn't have to fly to be magical to someone, and Prancer proves the point in an unassuming and plainspoken way. This 1989 family film stars Rebecca Harrell as nine-year-old Jessica, a motherless schoolgirl raised (and largely ignored) by her bereaved and embittered father (Sam Elliot), an apple farmer. While Jessica's dad struggles to keep food on the family table, the little heroine worries over the fate of a wounded reindeer she meets and wistfully identifies as a member of Santa's sled crew. The story may sound overly precious, but the film is grittier and more realistic than that. Far more concerned with wobbly family relationships than gilded escapism, Prancer is a rare family film that can entertain without invoking fluffy enchantment. It was followed 12 years later by a sequel, Prancer Returns. --Tom Keogh

• Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 2 | DVD | (07/04/2005) from £17.93   |  Saving you £23.06 (128.61%)   |  RRP £40.99

  The complete second series of the popular HBO sitcom featuring all 25 episodes over five discs. Stand up comedian Ray Romano stars as Ray Barone a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra who must deal with his brother and his parents who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle with his life while older brother Robert sometimes resents his success. Nevertheless Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humour as he balances his f

• Nighthawks (1981) | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A tough and contemporary story of intrigue set in Paris London and New York. Wulfgar a feared terrorist announces his prescence in New York and two cops Deke Desilva and Willis Fox are given the task of finding him and putting an end to his reign of terror. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues which leads to an explosive confrontation.

• 10 To Midnight | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £11.74   |  Saving you £4.24 (48.46%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The clock is ticking and time is running out as ace detectives Leo Kessler and Paul McAnn track down a psychotic killer who is brutally slaying young women. Caught in a web of red tape they seem unable to bring the murderer to justice until Kessler's daughter becomes the next victim and revenge becomes the most powerful of motives...

• The Deadly Spawn | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £63.30   |  Saving you £-57.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In a remote part of New England. Two teenagers on a camping trip see what looks like a meteorite fall from the sky and land nearby. Investigating they discover the Deadly Spawn - a toothsome alien-being that quickly disposes of them before setting off in search of more food. Hiding in a nearby town its terror is fully unleashed upon the unwary inhabitants... Released by Vipco in 1983 The Deadly Spawn became an immediate hit scaring audiences all over the U.K. With the release o

• One Fine Day | Blu Ray | (04/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this charming romantic comedy, Academy Award Nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (Hairspray) and Oscar Winner George Clooney (Ocean's Thirteen) find that opposites attract whether they like it or not. Melanie Parker (Pfeiffer) is juggling single parenthood with a career as an architect. Jack Taylor (Clooney) is a commitment-shy newspaper columnist who has his daughter every other weekend. When their kids miss a school field trip, Melanie and Jack agree to take shifts babysitting for the day - resulting in 12 hours of hilarious misadventures with one unexpected twist.

• Rita Hayworth - Screen Goddess Boxset | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

• X-Ray a.k.a Hospital Massacre (Slasher Classics) | Blu Ray | (22/06/2015) from £16.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (23.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Slasher horror written and directed by Boaz Davidson. 20 years after humiliating a young boy named Howard (Charles Lucia) on Valentine's Day Susan (Barbi Benton) finds herself stalked by an anonymous figure during a routine visit to the hospital. Someone is roaming the hospital disguised as a surgeon murdering all the staff before Susan can be examined. But can she escape before being captured by her mysterious pursuer?

• You Are My Sunshine | DVD | (18/07/2022) from £15.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Red Sun (Cult Classics) | DVD | (09/09/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Back To The Future Trilogy | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £15.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (87.55%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Back To The Future (1985): 17 year old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early. Michael J. Fox stars as Marty McFly a typical American teenager accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean ""time machine"" invented by slightly mad scientist Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd). During his often hysterical always amazing trip back in time Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love otherwise he'll never be bor

• Carry On Nurse | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £6.74   |  Saving you £6.25 (92.73%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Carry On which caused a national sensation when a daffodil replaced a thermometer - you know where! The Carry On team have picked up their stethoscopes and bed pans for a strong dose of hospital humour. Hattie Jacques is the infamous matron doing battle with the patients in the second series of the world famous Carry On series.

• Ginger Rogers - Screen Goddess Collection | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £24.66   |  Saving you £25.33 (102.72%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Major And The Minor (Dir. Billy Wilder 1942): A woman disguises herself as a child to save on a train fare and is taken in charge by an army man who doesn't notice the truth. Bachelor Mother (Dir. Garson Kanin 1939): Ginger Rogers stars as a department store salesclerk about to be laid off after the Christmas holiday who happens to be passing an orphanage when a woman leaves a baby on the doorstep. The orphanage assumes that Rogers is the mother despite her protests; when they contact the department store the owner's son (David Niven) decides to restore her job so that she can take care of the child. Before long rumors are flying that Niven is the child's father... Top Hat (Mark Sandrich 1935): Following a case of mistaken identity dancer Jerry (Astaire) follows Dale (Rogers) the girl of his dreams to Europe and tries to win her heart through song and dance routines... This most lavish of musicals from Hollywood's golden era features lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. Gay Divorcee (Mark Sandrich 1934): In one of their best loved most charming song-and-dance comedies Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers demonstrate just how they became best known as America's greatest dance team. It Had To Be You (Dir. Don Hartman Rudloph Mate 1947): Victoria Stafford (Ginger Rogers) is a wealthy young woman who has been engaged three times and who has changed her mind at the last second at all three weddings. She is engaged again and is determined to wed her fourth fiance Oliver H.P. Harrington (Ron Randell) when she has a dream in which a man dressed like an Indian (Cornel Wilde) breaks up her fourth wedding. Upon awakening she is startled to find that the ""Indian"" from her dream is real... Tight Spot (Dir. Phil Karson 1955): Sherry Conley a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background is taken from prison to a hotel where the DA tries to convince her to testify against a mobster. Sherry is reluctant because the last witness was murdered before he made it to the stand and why should she stick her neck out? At the hotel several attempts are made on her life and she falls for Vince the policemen guarding her...

• The Silence Of The Lambs | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on Thomas Harris's novel, Jonathan Demme's terrifying adaptation of Silence of the Lambs contains only a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat) and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com On the DVD: On disc one, the film itself looks clinically sharp in a faultless widescreen (1.85:1) anamorphic transfer, while the Dolby 5.1 soundtrack makes the most of the chilling sound effects and Howard Shore's masterfully understated score. Unlike the Region 1 Criterion Collection, however, there is no audio commentary at all. On the second disc, the all-new hour-long "making-of" documentary features contributions from the screenwriter, producer, composer, costume designer, make-up effects people and even the moth wrangler ("There were no moths harmed in the filming!") as well as Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) and Anthony Hopkins, who talks at length about creating Lecter. Conspicuous by their absence are Jonathan Demme and Jodie Foster. Aside from the usual trailers and stills gallery there are 21 deleted scenes, many of which are not whole scenes but deleted excerpts, a promotional featurette made in 1991 and an outtakes reel that proves the cast really did have fun making this scary picture. For those who want to scare all their friends, there's also an answerphone message from Anthony Hopkins "in character". --Mark Walker