From director Mario Bava, the Godfather of Italian horror, comes Hatchet for the Honeymoon, a superlative early 70s slasher which places us and the erstwhile filmmaker back in the realm of the Gialli feature, a cinematic sub-genre he practically invented. With echoes of Psycho (1960) and Peeping Tom (1960), this unsettling production sees troubled protagonist John Harrington (Stephen Forsythe) turning to a life of serial killing. Refused a divorce by his uncaring wife, and haunted by childhood trauma John takes out his murderous frustrations on a string of would-be brides who innocently cross his path. Undoubtedly an influence on later movies like Maniac (1980), and a host of other chillers, this often-overlooked piece from one of Europe's finest, is a smart, beautifully stylised, gory delight. Special Features Audio Commentary by Giallo Cinema Export Troy Howarth Meet the Bavas - An Interview with Renowned Director Lamberto Bava Working With A Master - An Interview with Assistant Camerman Gianlorenzo Battaglia Trailer
From director Mario Bava, the Godfather of Italian horror, comes Hatchet for the Honeymoon, a superlative early 70s slasher which places us and the erstwhile filmmaker back in the realm of the Gialli feature, a cinematic sub-genre he practically invented. With echoes of Psycho (1960) and Peeping Tom (1960), this unsettling production sees troubled protagonist John Harrington (Stephen Forsythe) turning to a life of serial killing. Refused a divorce by his uncaring wife, and haunted by childhood trauma John takes out his murderous frustrations on a string of would-be brides who innocently cross his path. Undoubtedly an influence on later movies like Maniac (1980), and a host of other chillers, this often-overlooked piece from one of Europe's finest, is a smart, beautifully stylised, gory delight. Product Features Audio Commentary by Giallo Cinema Export Troy Howarth Meet the Bavas - An Interview with Renowned Director Lamberto Bava Working With A Master - An Interview with Assistant Camerman Gianlorenzo Battaglia Trailer
LONG SHOT (BFI Flipside 034) (DVD + Blu-ray) A film by Maurice Hatton THE FLIPSIDE: rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions. Rarely seen in the last 40 years our latest Flipside marks the release of this important and funny slice of Scottish cinema. A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and while he attracts some major stars and directors to the film, he finds that with their support come more and more script changes... Filmed around the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, Long Shot is a deadpan satire about the trials and tribulations of British independent filmmaking, with terrific cameos from Charles Gormley, Wim Wenders, Susannah York, Stephen Frears, Alan Bennett and John Boorman. Extras: Scene Nun, Take One (Maurice Hatton, 1964, 26 mins): short film starring Susannah York and directed by Maurice Hatton Sean Connery's Edinburgh (1982, 28 mins): short film starring the iconic actor. The film was sponsored by the City of Edinburgh District Council and aimed at increasing tourist trade Hooray for Holyrood (Ross Wilson, 1986, 50 mins): Scottish Television short presented by Robbie Coltrane celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Edinburgh Film Festival Booklet with new writing from Bill Forsyth, Vic Pratt and Dylan Cave, plus full film credits
He's a composite of some 200 personalities each and every one a notorious killer. He's Sid 6.7 a virtual reality creation designed to put L.A. police officers to the test. But Sid isn't playing games anymore. He's escaped the bounds of cyberspace. And if you think he's unconquerable in the world of bits and bytes wait till you see what Sid has in store for a world of flesh and blood. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe square off on opposite sides of the law and on both sides of
The Award Winning film autobiography of the English eccentric Quentin Crisp. The film traces Crisp's life from the early 1930's telling of his blatent exhibitionism as an outrageously effeminate homosexual. John Hurt's unforgettable performance won him a BAFTA for Best Actor while director Jack Gold won the Academy's highest commendation The Desmond Davies Award for outstanding creative contribution to television.
Who Do You Think You Are? follows the journeys of over sixty well known personalities as they explore their family trees uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been until recently hidden in the annals of time. Now in a premiere event all seven series and the new Who Do You Think You Are? USA are brought together in one unique boxed set; sixty-six incredible stories one compulsively watchable collection.
John Harrington (Stephen Forsyth) and his wife Mildred (Laura Betti) run an exclusive wedding boutique. John has secretly embarked on a series of murders killing young brides on their wedding nights because with each murder his memory comes closer to revealing the traumatic event that branded him a dangerous psychotic. Fed up with his wife (who's no newlywed). John gets rid of her the only way he can - by presiding over her murder while wearing a wedding veil himself! But Mildred's ghost has no intention of letting him forget his vow: Till Death Us Do Part!
Another darkly comic effort from the master of the Macabre Mario Bava. Every time John Harrington hacks up a bride on her wedding night with a meat cleaver the face of his mother's killer (who died similarly) becomes a bit clearer. Compelled to discover the killer's identity he kills again and again even killing his own wife who returns to haunt him as a ghost that everybody can see...but him!
Features eight movies. In 'Take Out The Beast' two men returning home in a cosmic station are ordered to kill the biorobot that is accompanying them. Unfortunately for them the robot is more human than they think... Also features: 'Under The Car' 'On Hope' 'Override' 'Present Tense Past Perfect' 'Evening Class' 'Peacock Blues' and 'Partners'.
Experience an amazing collection of Academy Award winning and Academy Award nominated features compiled in one box!
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