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• Braindead | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If you're not a connoisseur of graphic horror and gruesome gore, you'd better steer clear of Braindead, a wicked 1992 horror-comedy from the demented mind and delirious camera of writer-director Peter Jackson, years before he went on to mainstream success with The Lord of the Rings. However, if non-stop mayhem and extreme violence are your idea of great entertainment, you're sure to appreciate Jackson's gleefully inventive approach to a story that can judiciously be described as sick, twisted and totally outrageous. The movie's central character is a poor schmuck named Lionel who's practically enslaved to his domineering mother. But when ol' Mum gets bitten by a rare and poisonous rat monkey from Skull Island and is turned into a flesh-eating zombie, Lionel has the unfortunate task of keeping Mama happy while fending off all the other zombies that result from her voracious feeding frenzies. If you've read this far, you'll either be crying out for censorship or eagerly awaiting your first viewing (or second, or third...) of this wildly clever and audaciously uninhibited movie. While director Jackson would later achieve far greater critical and box-office successes, his talent is readily evident in this earlier effort. If you find this kind of thing even remotely appealing, consider Braindead a must-see movie. --Jeff Shannon

• The Almighty Johnsons - Series 1 | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Meet the Johnsons, four ordinary Kiwi brothers who have inherited the powers of Norse Gods.

• The Almighty Johnsons - Series 2 | DVD | (17/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Johnson brothers are back, and their quest to find Frigg and gain their full God powers, continues. Along the way, several new and exciting variations will be explored and Axl will find himself on a more personal quest - to become Odin, he must first 'become' Odin... Packed with action, drama, raunchy comedy, and larger-than-life fantasy, The Almighty Johnsons puts the Norse Gods right where they don't want to be: in the bodies of a bunch of New Zealand lads with all the faults, flaws and desires of ordinary mortals.

• Maddigan's Quest | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In a strange post-apocalyptic world the city of Solis is the centre of human civilisation. But dark forces are at work in Solis. There are rumours of spies and betrayal. And the city is cut off from the solar cells it needs for power. Without power Solis is doomed. Solis' only hope lies with Maddigan's Quest; a circus troupe that travels the dangerous shifting roads of their world visiting outlying communities performing entertaining and telling stories. At the heart of the tr

• Peter Jackson | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Three of director Peter Jackson's earlier works.