A church warden is found dead in his vestry and Inspector Morse is put on the case but before long he has five murders to solve...
The super sleuth called in to investigate one of the most puzzling murder cases yet. Someone is selling examination secrets at Oxford and making a killing in more ways than one. Nicholas Quinn is a hard of hearing member of the examinations board - until one day he is found dead at home. Can Morse match up the clues with the killer?
This 4 DVD Box Set contains 4 of Herschell Gordon Lewis' greatest films! 2000 Maniacs: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Civil War the inhabitants of a small Southern US town organise the festival to end all festivals. With a captured audience of North Americans the townsfolk amuse themselves by playing roll-the-man-in-the-nail-lined-barrel and compete at target practice using a pretty girl and a boulder. With all this chaos erupting around them a young couple make a desperate attempt to leave the town before they too fall victim to Two Thousand Maniacs! Wizard of Gore: With his unique stage show small-time illusionist Montag the Magnificent becomes an overnight success. As crowds flock to witness his incredible and fantastical act Montag recruits pretty ladies from his audience publicly disembowels hacks tortures and otherwise mutilates their bodies only to have them return unmarked and unscathed to their seats. But not all is as it seems. When as if by magic these female participants start turning up as the victims of horrific crimes that exactly imitate his on-stage violations Montag finds it necessary to conceive of a grander illusion to keep suspicion at bay. Art imitates life imitates death in this fine slice of blood-soaked shock cinema. And it ain''t done with mirrors! Gruesome Twosome: Mrs Pringle's Little Wig Shop is a family business specialising in hairpieces crafted from human hair. Located on a college campus the shop is well served by the number of young women eager to change their style. But the laws of supply and demand are such that the Pringles are forced to make a few sacrifices... human sacrifices. Wielding his trusty electric carving knife Mrs Pringle's son Ronald helps his Mom out by scalping those unfortunate enough to enquire about the room that the old lady has to rent. This outrageous and blackly comic movie features a truly surreal opening sequence that has to be seen to be believed. You'll flip your wig! Colour Me Blood Red:When temperamental artist Adam Sorg's latest paintings fail to impress his critics he finds himself unable to change his style using the materials at his disposal. Searching in vein for the perfect pigment he discovers that it is the deep red of his girlfriends's blood that has the shade he has been looking for. However when his supply runs dry Sorg is forced to look elsewhere for the colour he needs...
Top Cat remains a favourite cartoon of many for its slyly subversive yet comically light-hearted anti-authoritarian themes. Set in the trash-strewn alleyways of New York City the animated series centres around charismatic con-man Top Cat and his gang of lowlife felines as they dodge nemesis Officer Dibble in their eternal quest for get-rich schemes.
Top Cat remains a favourite cartoon of many for its slyly subversive yet comically light-hearted anti-authoritarian themes. Set in the trash-strewn alleyways of New York City the animated series centres around charismatic con-man Top Cat and his gang of lowlife felines as they dodge nemesis Officer Dibble in their eternal quest for get-rich schemes.
Another case for the Oxford detective, played by John Thaw. Morse's latest case takes on a personal perspective when a former fellow college student (Daniel Massey) is murdered. Lewis finds himself dragooned into an Old Boys cricket team in place of the murder victim, where he stumbles across a drug-smuggling operation.
In downtown Manhattan Allie a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few strange and surreal characters along the way.
L.A. City of Angels. Tinseltown. La-La Land. The place thats made a bundle selling glamour illusion and dreams the perfect place for the newly relocated plastic-surgery practice of McNamara/Troy. Its also the place for Lights! Camera! Scalpels! as Sean and Christian go from consulting on a TV drama about plastic surgery to being on-camera players (and rivals for stardom). Its the place for wavering Kimber to become porn again for strung-out Matt to try to go straight for Julia and Christian to rekindle a flame for all the personal and professional entanglements that are McNamara/Troy. And its the place for skilled surgical procedures some silly some heartrendingly serious. Welcome to L.A.!
The Woman In Green: Based on the Conan Doyle short stories 'Adventures of the Empty House' and 'The Final Problem' this film marks the last screen appearance of Professor Moriarty in the Basil Rathbone series. Holmes and Watson must solve the greatest crime wave since Jack the Ripper. A sequence of strange murders baffles the police. Holmes is called onto the scene and discovers the existence of a blackmail ring that uses a female hypnotist to further their skulduggery. Young And Innocent: Hitchcock's favourite film from his 'British period' is a spine-chilling melodrama centring around the murder of a young actress strangled with a raincoat belt - a clue which sets off a chain of life-threatening events. With its superb visual effects black humour and suspense. This is truly vintage Hitchcock. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934: A husband and wife's holiday in Switzerland goes horribly wrong when their daughter is kidnapped leading them into a web of mystery and intrigue...
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