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• Seven Blood-Stained Orchids | Blu Ray | (13/04/2020) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Six women are dead, murdered by a madman known as the Half-Moon Killer. Giulia Torresi (Uschi Glas The Gorilla of Soho; The Body in the Thames) came close to being victim number seven; while she recovers, her fiancé Mario (Antonio Sabàto, Grand Prix, Gang War in Milan) sets out to snare the psycho and realises that the murders might not be as random as the police think From master director Umberto Lezi (Eyeball, Spasmo) comes a prime slice of Giallo action, with a careful plot, tense set-pieces and outrageous violence the black gloved killer makes inventive use of power tools, lead piping and even a telephone. Now restored to its original bloody beauty and completely uncut 88 Films are proud to present the first ever UK release for one of Lenzi's most audacious movies. Extras: 2K Remastered Transfer from the Original Negative Remastered English Soundtrack Remastered Italian Soundtrack and newly translated English Subtitles Audio Commentary by Giallo experts, Troy Howarth and Nathanial Thompson Blood Flowers - An Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi Killed By Death - An Interview with Actress Gabriella Giorgelli

• Black Beauty | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Black Beauty, a magnificent stallion, is born on a rundown family farm and loved by young Joe Evans (Mark Lester - Oliver!). Growing up together, the boy and his horse are inseparable - until the wicked new squire (Patrick Mower) forces the Evans family from the farm and steals Black Beauty away from Joe. Escaping from his cruel new master, Black Beauty finds himself caught up in a series of adventures - racing with gypsies, performing at the circus and even going to war. Back home, Joe has never given up hope of being reunited with Beauty, and is determined to find the great love of his childhood days once more...

• Black Beauty | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £14.25   |  Saving you £-8.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It would be easy to pass by this movie, based on Anna Sewell's famous novel Black Beauty, on the assumption that it's dated and twee. Well, perhaps it is a little, but the sheer quality of the whole enterprise places it in the front rank of children's cinema classics. Screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz's ability to harness both literary and popular techniques in the same work (also true of his written fiction) remains unsurpassed in this captivating tale of Beauty's eventful life, from being raised as a foal by the devoted Joe (Lester), then passing through the hands of various owners before being purchased by, supposedly, Miss Sewell herself, to be once more cared for by a now-adult Joe who is in her employ. Along the way, Beauty passes through the hands of gypsies, a circus owner, a family of aristocrats and is even ridden into war, with each episode being expertly cast (Mower is in particularly fine form as a mad, bad and dangerous army officer) and produced to the highest cinematic standards--even the exterior lighting is perfect. Absolutely recommended. The 4:3 DVD is a transfer of exceptionally high quality and includes the cinema trailer, an image gallery of stills and collector-enthusing promotional ephemera (presented in a thumb-saving slideshow format) and, rather incongruously, a trailer for Help! I'm a Fish!--Roger Thomas