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• In The Spider's Web | DVD | (28/07/2014) from £3.89   |  Saving you £12.10 (75.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  They are the stuff of legend, nightmares, fascination and myth. But in hidden jungles across the globe, spiders are something more. They're worshipped. They're controlled. They're waiting to be fed...

• Tarzan (1999) Disney - Collector's Edition (2 Disc) | DVD | (04/09/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  After viewing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to Walt Disney about adapting his novel of an ape-man into a feature animated cartoon. Sixty odd years later, the tale is finally told with brilliant design work that looks unlike any previous animated film. The story is a natural for Disney since the themes of misunderstood central figures have been at the heart of most of its recent hits. Disney's Tarzan doesn't wander far from the familiar story of a shipwrecked baby who is brought up by apes in Africa. What gives the film its zing is its clever use of music (the songs are sung by Phil Collins himself rather than onscreen characters) and the remarkable animation. Deep Canvas, a 3-D technology, was developed for the film, creating a jungle that comes alive as Tarzan swings through the trees, often looking like a modern skateboarder racing down giant tree limbs. The usual foray of sidekicks, including a rambunctious ape voiced by Rosie O'Donnell, should keep the little ones aptly entertained. The two lead voices, Tony Goldwyn as Tarzan and Minnie Driver as Jane, are inspired choices. Their chemistry helps the story through the weakest points (the last third) and makes Tarzan's initial connection with all things human (including Jane) delicious entertainment. Disney still is not taking risks in its animated films, but as cookie-cutter entertainment, Tarzan makes a pretty good treat. On the DVD: It's the dish--mistakes, unused footage, creative differences, embarrassing behind-the-scene stories--that makes collector's editions so much fun. Unfortunately, this goes against the Disney philosophy of picture-perfection, and this two-set disc shows it; only half of the new material is engaging. The other half of this second disc, the "Tarzan Archives," is a slickly produced filler--more publicity fluff than real insight on the development of the film and the animation process. Much better are the three abandoned scenes (with voices and storyboards), including a much fiercer opening and ending, plus dozens of sketches made over the years as the designers pursued the luscious look of the film. The original audio demos Phil Collins made for the film are also intriguing (mostly filled with dummy or place-holding lyrics). The new audio commentary (by the producer and two directors) is a "fireside chat" variety, hardly worth more than one listen. Two side-by-side comparisons of storyboards to final film are a great tool to show youngsters how the animated process works, as is animator Glen Keane's talks on animating Tarzan. Also for kids: a read-along book and trivia game. --Doug Thomas

• Alien Vs Predator | UMD | (10/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Pumpkinhead | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £20.72   |  Saving you £-11.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  For each of man's evils a special demon exists... When his young son is accidentally killed by a group of city dwelling teenagers a simple country storekeeper seeks a merciless vengeance from the fiery legends of backwood folklore; a terrifying creature known only as Pumpkinhead! Classic horror for Halloween!

• Garm Wars: The Last Druid | DVD | (14/03/2016) from £6.89   |  Saving you £13.10 (65.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  FROM THE DIRECTOR OF GHOST IN THE SHELL AND STARRING LANCE HENRIKSEN (ALIEN) KEVIN DURAND (LOST) AND MELANIE ST-PIERRE (ASSASSINS CREED) In a world where clone soldiers from three military tribes are locked in a perpetual battle of air land and technology one clone is separated from the battle and finds herself on the run with a group of unlikely companions.

• Festen | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £22.96   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A man celebrates his sixtieth birthday with friends relatives his wife and children but some unpleasant family truths are revealed...

• Near Dark (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets the pretty and enigmatic Mae (Jenny Wright) he immediately falls for her angelic charms. Equally enamoured Mae agrees to go for a ride in Caleb's truck where despite Mae's apparent apprehension and urgency to get back home before sunrise the pair make out. During their romantic interlude Mae gives Caleb a nip on the neck before mysteriously disappearing into the night. Alone and slightly confused by the time dawn breaks Caleb is suffering from severe stomach cramps and a serious aversion to sunlight. While struggling to make his way back to his father's farm he is abducted by a group of strangers in a motorhome. The kidnappers turn out to be Mae's ""family"" a band of vampires who intend to feast on Caleb before he turns into one of them... ""Romantic and haunting tender and terrifying it oozes atmosphere as thick as blood"" Total Film

• Alone In The Dark 2 | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £3.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Former witch-hunter Abner Lundberg (Lance Henriksen) is forced to come back to fight his old nemesis a century-old dangerous witch out on the prowl again. This time Lundberg joins forces with Edward Carnby (Rick Yune) who attempt to track down the dangerous witch Elisabeth Dexter (Allison Lange).

• Haunted | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £5.30   |  Saving you £7.69 (145.09%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Victor Salva directs this horror starring Luke Kleintank and Alex McKenna. When Nick Di Santo (Kleintank) visits his mother who has been institutionalised in a mental hospital since Nick was a child, he learns that the father he thought died a long time ago is in fact alive and may hold the clue to his unwanted telekinetic ability. As he embarks on a trip to a town and a house that he thought only existed in his nightmares, Nick, with his best friend Ryan (Anthony Rey Perez) and girlfriend Ev.

• Garm Wars: The Last Druid (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (14/03/2016) from £13.09   |  Saving you £11.90 (90.91%)   |  RRP £24.99

  FROM THE DIRECTOR OF GHOST IN THE SHELL AND STARRING LANCE HENRIKSEN (ALIEN) KEVIN DURAND (LOST) AND MELANIE ST-PIERRE (ASSASSINS CREED) In a world where clone soldiers from three military tribes are locked in a perpetual battle of air land and technology one clone is separated from the battle and finds herself on the run with a group of unlikely companions.

• Dead Man - Steelbook | Blu Ray | (07/09/2015) from £21.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (50.03%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Limited to 2000 Copies. In nineteenth century America, William Blake (Johnny Depp) travels West to take up a position at Dickinson's metal works, only to find that the vacancy has already been filled. A series of chaotic and violent confrontations leave Blake wounded, but he is befriended by a native American named Nobody, who takes him on a spiritual journey. Indie guru Jim Jarmusch directs.

• Dream Warrior | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (10.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After an asteroid destroys the world as we know it a new civilization emerges inhabited by human beings and mutants who look human but possess super-human powers. Parish is the head of the new world order. Having already succeeded in consolidating his power and enslaving humanity Parish is fanatically driven to establish a pure and perfect human society. He declares war on all mutants and unleashes his horde of merciless soldiers to exterminate the mutant population. In the midst of battle a group of heroic mutants rise up to confront Parish. Led by Rage Sterling and Zo the mutant freedom fighters they use their abilities to combat Parish's militia and save the people from Parish's tyrannical rule.

• Alien vs Predator | UMD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  In delivering non-18-rated excitement, Alien vs. Predator is an acceptably average science-fiction action thriller with some noteworthy highlights, even if it squanders its opportunity to intelligently combine two popular franchises. Rabid fans can justifiably ask: "Is that all there is?" after a decade of development hell and eager anticipation, but we're compensated by reasonably logical connections to the Alien legacy and the still-kicking Predator franchise (which hinted at AVP rivalry at the end of Predator 2); some cleverly claustrophobic sets, tense atmosphere and impressive digital effects; and a climactic AVP smackdown that's not half bad. This disposable junk should've been better, but nobody who's seen Mortal Kombat or Resident Evil should be surprised by writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson's lack of imagination. As a brisk, 90-minute exercise in generic thrills, however, Anderson's work is occasionally impressive... right ! up to his shameless opening for yet another sequel.--Jeff Shannon

• The Pit and the Pendulum | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A grand inquisitor leads a religious campaign of torture and violence. A woman becomes caught up in the madness when he becomes smitten by her beauty.

• Monster Brawl | DVD | (20/08/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's midnight at the Hillside Necropolis and the stage is set for the first ever Monster Brawl main event!

• My Dog The Champion | DVD | (21/04/2014) from £9.84   |  Saving you £-4.85 (-97.20%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Champion is a 'diamond in the rough' story about a dog named Scout, a cattle dog who decided she didn't like herding cattle. Scout's owner, Billy, a rancher struggling to stay in business, pegs her as a useless, broken tool and has every intention of replacing her. But when the rancher's city slicker granddaughter, Madison, spends the summer on his ranch, the two outcasts form a special bond that ushers Scout into the new arena of Dog Agility Competition. With the help of a cute teenage farm.

• Alien Vs Predator (Extended Version) | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Whoever wins...we lose. It may be our planet but it's their war! The deadliest creatures from the scariest sci-fi movies ever made face off for the first time on film beginning when the discovery of an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica sends a team of scientists and adventurers to the frozen continent. There they make an even more terrifying discovery: two unstoppable alien races engaged in the ultimate battle...

• Mansion Of The Doomed | Blu Ray | (11/03/2022) from £17.33   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mind Ripper | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £15.40   |  Saving you £-9.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Shot in Bulgaria and Canada, with a "Wes Craven Presents" caption--that doubtless has something to do with the producer being Craven's son--Mind Ripper started out as The Hills Have Eyes, Part 3 but turned into yet another re-run of the plot about the genetically-engineered super-being-cum-brain-eating-monster who gets loose in an underground research station and slaughters scientists one by one in grisly fashion. After most of the original cast members are killed, craggy Lance Henriksen turns up with his family to provide a fresh set of characters to be chased, menaced, jumped on, cranially sucked and splattered. The monster, acronymed THOR (Dan Blom), is a would-be suicide volunteered for a new serum created by the sinister GenTec Corporation. He turns into a bald steroid case with yellow contact lenses and a Cronenbergian brain-leeching tentacle tongue, and meagre attempts are made at wringing pathos out of his plight (uniquely, the monster has an irrelevant dream sequence in which he is killed by the heroine). It's competent but formulaic stuff, with reliable Henriksen carrying more than his weight at the head of a cast of then-unknowns, some of whom (Giovanni Ribisi, Natasha Gregson Wagner) have gone on to improve their careers. On the DVD: there are frame captures passed off as a photo gallery and the trailer; and the picture is fullscreen. But what else can you expect?--Kim Newman

• Johnny Handsome | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Johnny Handsome (Mickey Rourke) is a small time crook with a grotesquely deformed face. When thrown in prison for a crime he did not do he befriends a kind doctor (Forest Whitaker) who believes that Handsome would change his ways if he had a normal face. Handsome undergoes plastic surgery and reappears unrecognisable to anyone who knows him. When given parole it seems that Johnny plans to live a straight life... until the past catches up and shows that he only has one aim: to ful