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• Darkness Falls | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £7.40   |  Saving you £2.59 (35.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The legend of Matilda Dixon has hung over the town of Darkness Falls for more than 150 years. The kindly old woman was unjustly accused and savagely slaughtered, and her vengeful spirit is said to be waiting to pounce on anyone who sees her in the dark...

• Big Trouble | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £8.07   |  Saving you £4.92 (37.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The last film directed by John Cassavetes, Big Trouble reteamed some of the creators of the much funnier The In-laws. But despite another script by Andrew Bergman, and a cast that reunited Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, this comedy doesn't live up to its predecessor. A spoof of Double Indemnity, the film casts Arkin as a nervous insurance agent faced with huge college tuition bills for a trio of sons headed for Yale. To make extra money, he gets involved in a scheme with a woman (Beverly D'Angelo) trying to kill her husband (Falk). That the whole thing turns out to be an adventure in insurance fraud shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite an inconsistent script, the chemistry between Arkin and Falk can still produce the occasional laugh. --Marshall Fine