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• Deception | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A solid enough thriller held together by some somewhat implausible plot devices, Deception stars Ben Affleck as Rudy, whose cellmate Nick is lucky enough to be pen-pal to the beautiful Ashley (Charlize Theron) who in turn has pledged herself, body and soul to the man inside whom she has never set eyes upon. Upon his release, Rudy decides to pose as Nick in order to take up with this luscious and adoring female. Unfortunately, the scheme backfires on Rudy when he discovers that Ashley was apparently a pawn in her ruthless brother Monster's game to coerce him into helping him and his gang of gun-runners rob a casino that Nick used to work in. Deception rumbles along at a pretty seedy, violent pace for a long time, with Rudy's efforts to escape resulting in Monster (a menacing Gary Sinise) using him as a dartboard in one memorably brutal scene. Following their raid on the casino, however (clad in Santa outfits), the plot takes a couple of devilish twists and turns which reward the viewer prepared to come this far down the road with these people. The lack of empathy may be redeemed by some viewers with a scene featuring Charlize Theron naked in a pool. --David Stubbs

• They Nest | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £10.60   |  Saving you £3.39 (31.98%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Off the coast of Maine an African cargo vessel mysteriously explodes and crashes into the harbour. What no one knows is that the crew have already been dead for days... Dr. Ben Cahill (Thomas Calabro) arrives on Orrs Island to resolve some personal problems and receives a hostile reception. The locals do not like outsiders and in particular Jack Wald (John Savage) does his best to make Ben feel unwelcome. Soon bizarre and frightening deaths start to occur on the island. Each victim

• They Nest | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's Feeding Time. When Dr. Ben Cahill takes a leave of absence from his medical practice and moves to Orr Island off the coast of Maine all he expects is some quiet time away. But the solace of the tiny isle is shattered when bizarre and frightening deaths begin to occur. The victims appear to have died by natural causes yet each body has red insect bites on its flesh. When an autopsy reveals one dead man's chest cavity filled with insect cocoons Cahill is horrified to discover that a rare breed of African cockroaches has invaded the island and they are using the inside of human beings as breeding grounds! Now it's a race against time as the islanders try everything they can to escape the deadly insects before they are eaten alive!