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• Bad Love | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £21.97   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: Lolita: Humbert is smitten. He plans to marry Charlotte Haze. That way he'll always be close to his dear one - Charlotte's precocious daughter! Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick explores the theme of sexual obsession (a subject he would revisit 37 years later in Eyes Wide Shut) with this darkly comic and deeply moving version of Vladimir Nabokov's novel. James Mason plays devious deluded Humbert: wedded to needy Charlotte (Shelley Winters); rivaled by the ubiquitous Clare Quilty (chameleonlike Peter Sellers); and enraptured to his gelatinous core by the blithe teen (Sue Lyon) with that lovely lyrical lilting name - Lolita! The Postman Always Rings Twice: When Nick Smith (Cecil Kellaway) hires drifter Frank (John Garfield) to work as a handyman at his roadside diner he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will lead to his own murder. Nick's beautiful wife Cora (Lana Turner) persuades her lover Frank to join her in a plot to kill her husband but events spin out of control as the suspense builds in this tale of lust and immorality... Dangerous Liaisons: The game of conquest is underway. Anything goes when a predatory wealthy widow (Glenn Close) challenges a notorious rake (John Malkovich) to seduce a beautiful young newlywed (Michelle Pfeiffer). But this time a cardinal rule will be broken: two players will fall in love - with tragic results. This acclaimed winner of three Academy Awards boasts grand 18th century without missing a beat.

• Zack And Reba | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Reba (Murphy of CLUELESS and 8 MILE) calls off her wedding a week before it is to occur. After her fiance commits suicide guilty Reba takes off for her hometown of Spooner. There she encounters Beulah (Reynolds) and her grieving grandson Zack (Flanery of POWDER) who is still in love with his dead wife. Beulah begins scheming to bring these two attractive and mixed-up youngsters together...

• Beyond Evil | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When an architect and his wife move into a house with a bloody past a 100 year old ghost possesses the wife!

• Haunting Fear | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Passion betrayal and murder. From the tortured spirit of Edgar Allan Poe come his most inspired tale of sexual terror and psychological suspense... HAUNTING FEAR! An erotically charged decent into madness starring the broodingly romantic Jan Michael Vincent and a mysteriously exotic Karen Black. Stylishly directed at a riveting pace Haunting Fear spirals into a frenzy of sexual insantity and erotic revenge as it climaxes with one of the years most controversial endings Haunting Fear - Her unnatural desires becomes his lethal weapon.

• Star Packer / Blue Steel | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £10.70   |  Saving you £-3.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Star Packer: John Wayne stars as a tough cowboy who infiltrates a gang of outlaws in order to track down the man responsible for the murder of his family. Blue Steel: A town is held to ransom by a band of outlaws when gold is discovered. All looks grim until John Wayne comes on the scene and stands up to them. With George 'Gabby' Hayes and Eleanor Hunt.

• Gore Horror - 10 movies | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-32.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Pin A plastic nightmare... Pin (short for Pinocchio) is an anatomical instruction dummy. Dr Linden (Terry O'Quinn) uses the dummy to explain difficult questions to his children Leon and Ursula. When Dr Linden and his wife die suddenly Leon projects a personality to Pin to replace his father. When Ursula starts hanging around with new boyfriend Stan Leon and Pin take action! From the creators of The Amityville Horror and David Cronenburg's Scanners Pin is a frightener that delves into the madness of Psycho and the terror of Child's Play. Possessed Beyond the Door 2 Several years after her first husbands death Dora (Daria Nicolodi) returns to her country home with her son (David Colin Jr) and her second husband (John Steiner). However she finds that the house is occupied by a mysterious evil presence that begins to torment her with terrifying nightmares and strange occurrences. Even her young son Mark is grasped by the evil and undergoes hideous transformation as though possessed by a supernatural force. As Dora is driven closer to the edge of madness the truth behind her first husband's death is revealed. The terror grows as the game of supernatural revenge is played to its chilling conclusion. The final theatrical film from Italian horror maestro Mario Bava. Scar Axe At last total terror! Little Lisa Took an Axe and Gave Her Houseguests 40 Whacks... After terrorizing a convenience store salesgirl with tomatoes three lowlifes on a crime spree hide out at an isolated farmhouse occupied only by teenage Lisa and her pathetically paralyzed grandpa. Bad move guys... Curfew Two brothers make it their life goal to track down the judge who sentenced them to an asylum. They are surprised to find out the judge is no pushover and they have a hard fight on their hands... Pieces House on Sorority Row Seven graduating sorority sisters decide to throw a graduation party at their sorority house despite the objections of the resident house mother. Following an embarrassing altercation between the house mother and one of the girls a foolish prank is played that results in the old woman's death. Unable to cope with the accidental death the girls decide to temporarily hide the body and not inform the police until after the party. On the night of the party each girl is individually stalked and murdered in a grizzly fashion by an unknown assailant. There is only one girl left alive to tell the tale... and the one person who can reveal the truth may be the one who wants her dead. Don't Ring the Doorbell Ellen lives with two animals - one of them is her sister! Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion where they keep a pet ape which belonged to their late father locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keep her head on straight as it were the other (a virtual hermit who is looked after by her sister) appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity as she begins to develop some murderous behavior... 13th Child The haunted pine forests of New Jersey is a wilderness area larger than the Grand Canyon. This wilderness abounds in dense forest and is the perfect refuge for a legendary creature which has been feared by the locals since the eighteenth century. Locals tell stories of a native Indian shaman who mastered the forbidden black art of shape shifting. Legend has it that the Indian shaman transformed his thirteenth child into a creature - half man and half beast...

• Jack Black Pack - School Of Rock / Orange County | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £6.34   |  Saving you £23.64 (705.67%)   |  RRP £26.99

  While it invites charges of Hollywood nepotism, Orange County overcomes that stigma with a delightful cast of newcomers and veterans alike. It's no better or worse than many teen comedies, but director Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) astutely combines teen-flick staples (stoner gags, raucous parties) with a biting undercurrent of southern California absurdity. This comedic texture helps Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) to prove their big-screen promise. They play (respectively) an Orange County teen and aspiring writer named Shaun who yearns for admission to Stanford, and his sensible girlfriend who knows just how to nurture his dreams. Much of the comedy arises from the foibles of Shaun's dysfunctional family (played to perfection by Jack Black, Catherine O'Hara and John Lithgow), while unbilled cameos by Ben Stiller and Kevin Kline add zest to a movie that tries to be different, and mostly succeeds. --Jeff Shannon

• Follow A Star | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Square Peg Norman Wisdom plays one of a pair of council workmen who, while repairing the road outside an army base, come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too. The Square Peg is the film that introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!". Also here Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger Honor Blackman provides the love interest. Following his rising star was just what Norman Wisdom's audience had been doing all through the 1950s and, by 1959, and after six films with director John Paddy Carstairs, it was time for a change. Hence Robert Asher made his directorial debut with Follow a Star. The plot is a comedy version of A Star is Born (1954), with Norman yet again playing a dreaming shop worker, this time aspiring to singing stardom. Vernon Carew (played by Wisdom regular Jerry Desmonde) is the fading singer who schemes to use Wisdom's talent to sustain his own rapidly failing career, while the girl is overlooked starlette June Laverick. Norman is surrounded by a particularly strong supporting cast, with Hattie Jacques returning from The Square Peg (1958), Richard Wattis, John Le Mesurier, Fenella Fielding, Ron Moody and, uncredited, future Bond villain Charles Grey. --Gary S Dalkin

• WWE - The Best PPV Matches Of The Year 2009 - 2010 | Blu Ray | (16/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Knowing the eyes of the world are upon them the goal of every WWE Superstar is to appear at a pay-per-view event and once there they desire to steal the show by putting on the best match of the night. For the first time on DVD the WWE Universe can enjoy the best PPV matches of the year in one home video collection from the Last Man Standing Match at Backlash to the Mask vs. Intercontinental Championship Match at SummerSlam. All the best bouts from WrestleMania Hell in a Cell and many more can be found on this 3 DVD set. The stars of Raw and SmackDown present the 15 greatest PPV bouts of the year featuring Superstars John Cena Rey Mysterio Triple H Randy Orton Shawn Michaels CM Punk and many more.

• Dreamland | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hailed by critics for its heartfelt performances by its powerhouse cast Dreamland is a coming-of-age film about friends and family who test the boundaries of loyalty dependence and love. In the heart of the New Mexico desert lies a trailer park named Dreamland which serves as a haven for healers mourners and passionate romantics. Audrey (Agnes Bruckner) resides here with her father (John Corbett) who lives in an alcohol-induced haze reminiscing about his long-departed wife. When she's not nurturing her father Audrey is encouraging her best friend (Kelli Garner) who is battling a debilitating disease yet dreams of becoming a beauty queen. When an attractive young athlete (Justin Long) moves in next door a love triangle ensues which forces Audrey to choose between pursuing her own desires or staying in Dreamland taking care of everyone else.

• Lake Of Fire | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £15.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (13.93%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Tony Kaye's graphic shocking and controversial documentary which takes a look on both sides of the abortion debate.

• Elephant / Last Days | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £19.42   |  Saving you £5.57 (22.30%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Elephant (2003): Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Director prizes at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival Gus Van Sant's realistic drama takes us inside an American high school on one single ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic... Last Days (2005): Introspective artist Blake is buckling under the weight of fame professional obligations and a mounting feeling of isolation. Many people are looking for Blake - his friends his managers and record label even a private

• Original Sin | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £6.55   |  Saving you £-2.56 (-64.20%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Antonio Banderas is a wealthy nineteenth century Cuban businessman plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale (Angelina Jolie)whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

• Romance With A Double Bass (John Cleese & Connie Booth) | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Romance with A Double Bass is a truly delightful film and an important piece of film history. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov this project was one of John Cleese's first post-Python projects. Romance With A Double Bass was the second writing collaboration for Cleese and Connie Booth and their first on screen appearance together before they created the classic Fawlty Towers. A bassist (Cleese) shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess (Booth) and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same unbeknownst to the bass player but when someone steals their clothes the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case; along the way they overcome many mishaps and discover they have feelings for each other. The film also starts a host of British talent including June Whitfield Graham Crowden Freddie Jones Jonathan Lynn and Andrew Sachs.

• The Hills Have Eyes II (1984) - Digitally Remastered | DVD | (28/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Wes Craven's blood-thirsty sequel to the massive cult horror hit The Hills Have Eyes in which the hills around Yucca Valley become another slaughter ground at the hands of a gang of barbaric cannibals. This sequel features bone-chomping flashbacks from cannibals and dogs alike!

• The Doll Squad | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £8.47   |  Saving you £-5.48 (-183.30%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Both director-entrepreneur Ted V Mikels and the packaging of The Doll Squad claim that the TV show Charlie's Angels was ripped off from this cheapo action film. In truth both concepts owe a lot to Emma Peel, Pussy Galore's Flying Circus or the femme armies that crop up in Our Man Flint and other 60s spy efforts. Despite its (horrible) lounge score and eye-straining selection of flared, midriff-baring 70s outfits, Mikels' opus is basically a late-trailing Bond knock-off shot without a stunt budget. Extortionist baddie Eamon O'Reilly (the usually classier Michael Ansara) wants to blackmail the US into handing over secrets and giving into a load of terrorist demands by spreading a bubonic plague manufactured by twin (or clone) mad scientists. "Big Bertha", a computer, suggests that the best way to nail O'Reilly is to send out "the Doll Squad", a cadre of female agents led by Sabrina (Francine York), who can take advantage of his weakness for women (and occasional impotence). The first two choices, a Q-type scientist and a martial artist, are killed by O'Reilly's goons, though Sabrina sees off her would-be assassin with a cigarette lighter/flamethrower that scars his face (and only mildly perturbs the people in the next booth at the bar), so she rounds up a new gang of hairspray-addicted fashion victims: a librarian (Sherri Vernon), a stripper (Tura Satana) and a swimmer (Leigh Christian), later hauling in a squealy and useless undercover girl who is easily kidnapped by O'Reilly to lead them into a trap. We're supposed to believe most of the action takes place in a Dr No-like island retreat but it looks a lot like scrubby California desert and the director's ranch-style "castle". Aside from some fab gear (matching jumpsuits with bust-accenting white lines) the girls have little to do but run around shooting inept stuntmen. On the DVD: For a marginal title, The Doll Squad offers some pleasing extras: a lurid trailer that's probably a more fun watch than the film ("Sabrina's code-prefex is OO-38-24-35!"); a gallery of publicity materials and stills; an exhaustive Mikels filmography; and an odd 1993 interview with the director. The film itself looks as good as it ever will--it's muddily photographed with low-tech effects (the flamethrower flames are just scratched on the emulsion) but at least the colours are vivid and the print is in great condition. --Kim Newman

• Spider-Man / Hellboy / Hulk | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spider-Man (Dir. Sam Raimi 2002): Peter Parker (Maguire) was a shy quite nerdy teenager...until he was bitten by a genetically altered spider. Now with the heightened senses and incredible strengths and abilities of a spider Parker has become the amazing Spider-Man! Hellboy (Dir. Guillermo del Toro 2004): In the final days of World War II the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where an occult ceremony is taking place but not before a demon Hellboy has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces Hellboy (Perlman) eventually grows to adulthood under the supervision of his adopted 'father' Trevor Bruttenholm (Hurt) serving the cause of good rather than evil. When the powerful and evil Nazi figure who unleashed Hellboy suddenly reappears in modern times he discovers that Hellboy is now working as a paranormal investigator at a secret U.S. government agency dedicated to protecting humanity from the forces of darkness. Now Hellboy must fight to prevent the destruction of mankind... Dark Horse Comic's popular cult superhero Hellboy makes the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen with Ron Perlman the only actor considered charismatic enough to carry the role of the blood-red demon cutting a cigar-chomping dash aided by the prosthetic work of 6-time Oscar winning make-up artist Rick Baker. The Hulk (Dir. Ang Lee 2003): Scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) has to put it mildly anger management issues. His quiet life as a brilliant researcher working with cutting edge genetic technology conceals a nearly forgotten and painful past. His ex-girlfriend and equally brilliant fellow researcher Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly) has tired of Bruce's cordoned off emotional terrain and resigns herself to remaining an interested onlooker to his quiet life. Which is exactly where Betty finds herself during one of the early trials in Banner's groundbreaking research. A simple oversight leads to an explosive situation and Bruce makes a split-second decision; his heroic impulse saves a life and leaves him apparently unscathed-his body absorbing a normally deadly dose of gamma radiation. Acclaimed Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee turns his masterful eye to adapting the classic Marvel Comics character for the big screen. Setting out to faithfully transfer the Hulk comic book character from four-color paneled page to motion picture screen Lee combines all the elements of a blockbuster visual effects-intensive superhero movie with the brooding romance and tragedy of Universal's classic horror films. Staying true to the early subversive spirit of the Hulk as envisioned by its creators (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) while also tuning the tale to current dangerous times Lee presents a portrait of a man at war with himself and the world both a superhero and a monster a means of wish fulfillment and a nightmare...

• Paradise Canyon | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An undercover federal agent is on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters. John Wyatt (Wayne) is sent under cover to follow Doc Carter's medicine show to expose a counterfeiting gang. When the main suspect is kidnapped with his daughter by the real villain Wyatt realises he has been chasing the wrong man and switches his attentions to the notorious Curly Joe...

• Die Walkure - Wagner | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £25.23   |  Saving you £9.76 (27.90%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Die Walkure is the second part of Richard Wagner's gargantuan tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen concerning the irreconcilable struggle between Power and Love. The originality of this production from Het Musiktheater Amsterdam more than meets the perennial challenge of staging The Ring. Pierre Audi's stage direction in which the orchestra is placed on the spectacular ring-shaped stage succeeds in forging a profound unity between the lyrical mythical and philosophical qualities of

• McLintock | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  George McLintock has to try and convince his wife that he has been faithful after a two year seperation with their fights the talk of the town. Matters are not helped by the extremely attractive cook Mrs Louise Warren he has hired at the ranch house... The film achieved a certain notoriety for the 'spanking' scene widely regarded as a cinematic first.