Crime Thriller

• Stone | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £4.19   |  Saving you £11.80 (73.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path.

• Runaway Jury | Blu Ray | (27/05/2013) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-1.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From master storyteller John Grisham and the director of Don't Say a Word comes a taut suspense-thriller that 'grabs hold of you and never lets go' (Philadelphia Metro). In their first film together screen legends Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman face off in this electrifying nail-biter about a ruthless jury consultant (Hackman) who'll do anything to win. With lives and millions of dollars at stake the fixer plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a jury member (John Cusack) and a mysterious woman (Rachel Weisz) who offers to 'deliver' the verdict to the highest bidder. Packed with danger intrigue and pulse pounding twists and turns Runaway Jury rules! Special Features: Commentary with Director Gary Fleder 2 Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Director Gary Fledor Selected Scene Commentary x2 Exploring the Scene: Hackman and Hoffman together Off the Cuff: Hackman and Hoffman The Ensemble: Acting The Making of Runaway Jury Shadow and Light: Cinematography A Vision of New Orleans: Production Design Rhythm: The Craft of Editing

• The Star Chamber | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  They meet. They judge. They execute... All in the name of the law. Steve Hardin (Michael Douglas) a young judge must grapple with his conscience as vicious criminals in his court are going free as a result of unscrupulous lawyers finding obscure loopholes in the law. Hardin feels utterly powerless until he discovers ""The Star Chamber"" a small group of powerful men bent on their own kind of vigilante justice. Meeting behind closed doors in the utmost secrecy they decree the

• Scorpio | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £15.23   |  Saving you £-2.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Though not quite a classic, director Michael Winner's Scorpio is still an underrated espionage thriller that was well attuned to the political cynicism of its time. Burt Lancaster plays Cross, a CIA operative who dates back to the agency's earliest days as the OSS. Scorpio (Alain Delon) is a protégé of Cross, and one of Cross's best friends in a netherworld where everyone's allegiances, personal and political, are in question. Higher-ups within the intelligence agency decide that Cross knows too much and is better off eliminated; at first, Scorpio refuses the job until the CIA frames him on a phoney narcotics bust and coerces him into the assignment. The two men play a game of global cat-and-mouse as Cross consorts with his Russian counterparts--fellow ageing dinosaurs in a young man's game. Cross's links with the Russians go back to the days of the Spanish Civil War and the time when Cross was given the ironic label of "premature anti-Fascist" by the House Unamerican Activities Committee. The incredibly convoluted plot is rife with double-crosses and reverse double-crosses, in an environment in which nothing is quite as it seems and no one is to be trusted. Winner infuses enough energy and excitement into the film's many action segments to make Scorpio worthy of comparison to John Frankenheimer's best political thrillers. The director also throws in several curveballs, such as the zither music during a meeting in a Vienna café (shades of The Third Man) and the preposterous device of disguising Lancaster as an African-American priest. The best line must be "I want Cross, and I want him burned!" --Jerry Renshaw

• London Boulevard | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £10.75   |  Saving you £14.24 (132.47%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the book by Ken Bruen, "London Boulevard" is the story of a man newly released from prison who falls in love with a reclusive young movie star and finds himself in a duel with a vicious gangster.

• A Bullet Is Waiting (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jean Simmons (Footsteps in the Fog), Rory Calhoun (The Colossus of Rhodes), Stephen McNally (The Lady Gambles) and Brian Aherne (The Song of Songs) star in A Bullet Is Waiting. Sheriff Munson (McNally) is escorting prisoner Ed Stone (Calhoun) when circumstances force both men to seek shelter in an isolated cabin with a solitary young woman, Cally (Simmons). With neither man seeming to be who he claims to be, Cally is unsure who to trust, and the tension begins to mount. Directed John Farrow (Night Has a Thousand Eyes), A Bullet Is Waiting is a thrilling and unique hybrid of film noir and western. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with writers Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (2021) From Cricklewood to Hollywood (2021, 21 mins): archivist and historian Josephine Botting discusses the early career of actor Jean Simmons and her transition from British to American cinema The Yoke's on Me (1944, 16 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio protect their isolated farmhouse from unwanted guests Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Outrage | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £9.71   |  Saving you £15.28 (157.36%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The king of yakuza epics Takeshi Kitano (Brother, Zatoichi, Hana-Bi, Sonatine) returns with his most violent gangster film yet. Mr. Chairman, the head of the ruling Sannokai yakuza clan, suspects that his henchman Ikemoto has struck a forbidden alliance with rival gangster Murase. Ikemoto tries to quell his boss' distrust by making a move against Murase, marking the start of a ruthless series of conflicts and betrayals. Before long, several yakuza clans are out for blood in their constant battle for power and money. The rival bosses fight to rise through the ranks by scheming and making short-lived allegiances. In this corrupt world where there are no heroes, it's a bad guy vs. bad guy in a spiralling outrage of gang warfare.

• Inspector Morse - Series 8 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features all the special episodes of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. Way Through The Woods: A man accused of being the Lover's Lane killer is killed in a prison fight before his trial. But Inspector Morse is convinced that he was innocent and that the key to the murderer can be found in the depths of Wytham Woods... 2. The Daughters Of Cain: What first appears as a routine case for Morse and Lewis becom

• The Sweeney: Paris | DVD | (20/06/2016) from £3.19   |  Saving you £11.80 (369.91%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A French police unit try to stop a group of criminals. French action film directed by Benjamin Rocher starring Jean Reno. It is a remake of the 2012 film The Sweeney

• The House Of Seven Gables | DVD | (16/05/2016) from £9.79   |  Saving you £3.20 (32.69%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The house of Seven Gables has a bloody history, dating back to when Colonel Pyncheon falsely accused a poor carpenter, Matthew Maule, of witchcraft. After Maule is hanged, Colonel Pycnheon usurps his land and builds the luxurious Pyncheon home on it. But with his dying breath Maule has laid a curse on all who live at Seven Gables, and when the Colonel dies shortly afterwards, the Pyncheon family is condemned to live in the shadow of the ˜Maule Curse'. Stars Vincent Price, George Sanders and Margaret Lindsay.

• Split Second (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/07/2020) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents Split Second (1992), a dark, dystopian thriller starring Rutger Hauer as a veteran detective on the trail of a serial killer in a rainswept future London. Co-starring Alastair Duncan and Kim Cattrall, and supported by a host of legendary British character actors, this newly restored presentation of the film is complemented with extensive new interviews with the filmmakers. Title 015 on the 101 Films Black Label, this limited edition version comes with slipcase and booklet. The year is 2008, and heavy rainfall has flooded large areas of London. Rookie police officer Dick Durkin (Alastair Duncan) is assigned to partner maverick Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer), a burnt-out and highly cynical homicide detective who was unable to prevent the murder of his partner by a serial killer three years earlier. Following a spate of murders it appears that the killer has returned, and Stone and Durkin are assigned to the case. After investigating the scenes of several slayings they appear no closer to identifying the killer, but a mysterious connection to Stone keeps the trail warm. As each gruesome murder draws the detectives closer to the killer, the killer gets closer to them, until they must finally confront the true evil that lurks below the streets of London. Special Features: High Definition (1080p) presentation of the main feature in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, newly scanned, restored and colour graded in 4K from the 35MM internegative Audio Commentary by action film historian Mike Leeder and filmmaker Arne Venema ¢ Great Big Bloody Guns! Producer Laura Gregory & Actor Alastair (Neil) Duncan on Split Second (HD, 27:25) Call Me Mr. Snips! An Interview with Composer Stephen W. Parsons (HD, 22:21) Stay In Line! An Interview with Line Producer Laurie Borg (HD, 23:02) More Blood! An Interview with Creature Effects Designer Cliff Wallace (HD, 32:03) Shoot Everything! An Interview with Cinematographer Clive Tickner (HD, 18:57) Limited edition booklet: Includes ˜Monster Mash: Making Split Second' by Scott Harrison, and ˜Behind Blue Eyes: Rutger Hauer, Unlikely Action Star' by Phillip Escott Specially commissioned artwork Original 1992 Split Second Making of featurette featuring interviews with stars Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair (Neil) Duncan, Michael J. Pollard, Writer Gary Scott Thompson and more! (SD, 6:12) Original 1992 behind the scenes feature featuring effects creator Stephen Norrington, cast and crew (SD, 3:31) Split Second Japanese Cut, full frame with burnt-in Japanese subtitles (SD, 95:00) Deleted Scenes from the Japanese Cut (English, burnt-in Japanese subtitles) (SD, 4:30) 7 Promotional TV Clips (SD) U.S. VHS Home Video Promo (SD, 2:55) Theatrical Trailer (SD, 2:12)

• Flavia the Heretic | Blu Ray | (25/05/2020) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Witness the most notoriously graphic and nasty descent into the nunsploitation genre with Gianfranco Mingozzi s unforgettable masterpiece of shock cinema that is Flavia The Heretic. Set during 15th Century Italy when brutality was wielded mercilessly in the name of God, young Flavia (Florinda Bolkan) is imprisoned in a monastery by her tyrannical father. Rather than the years of quiet contemplation she might expect, the sexually frustrated Flavia instead gets a crash course in hell on earth as rape, torture, castration, bondage and worse becomes her world but that is nothing compared to what will become of her! Beautifully filmed by Alfio Contini (The Night Porter) and boasting a score by Oscar-winning composer Nicola Piovani this disturbingly cruel exploration of religiously condoned sexual violence is as well made as it is sadistic on the senses. Extras: New unique interview with the iconic Florinda Bolkan the legend of arthouse and grindhouse Italian cinema (imdb) Audio commentary by genre-specialist Kat Ellinger, Editor Diabolque Magazine

• The Fugitive - The Chase Continues | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £11.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (41.70%)   |  RRP £16.99

  From the producers of the original hit film... Tense action-thriller in which Dr. Kimble an eminent surgeon wrongly accused of brutally murdering his wife is relentlessly pursued by US Marshal Samuel Gerard (Mykelti Williamson). Following his escape from police custody Dr. Kimble must find the real murdereer a one-armed man he saw at the scene of the crime before he is found and executed for a crime he did not commit. The chase is on!

• Bad Biology (2-Disc Blu-ray and UHD) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For his first film in 17 years, splatter master Frank Henenlotter - Writer/Director of FRANKENHOOKER, BRAIN DAMAGE and The BASKET CASE Trilogy - returned with the most graphic, transgressive, and jaw-droppingly depraved black comedy shocker of his career: Jennifer (Charlee Danielson) is a homicidal nymphomaniac who spontaneously births mutant babies. Batz (Anthony Sneed) has a monstrous penis with a mind of its own. In a city ruled by pleasure and pain, will two made-for-each-other freaks deliver the ultimate orgasmic horror? Eleonore Hendricks (DADDY LONGLEGS), radio host Rude Jude and Director James Glickenhaus (THE EXTERMINATOR, THE ASTROLOGER) co-star in 'one very entertaining seriously batshit film' (JoBlo) produced and co-written by underground hip-hop hero R.A. The Rugged Man Thorburn with insane F/X by Gabe Bartalos (SKINNED DEEP, SAINT BERNARD), now scanned in 4K from the camera negative. Disc Specs: Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Audio: English 5.1 Surround / English Stereo 4K Video: HDR10 Closed Captions Region Free Run time: 84 mins. Disc 1: UHD Commentary With Director Frank Henenlotter, Director Of Photography Nick Deeg and Actor Anthony Sneed Archival Commentary With Director Frank Henenlotter and Producer A. The Rugged Man Thorburn Disc 2: Blu-ray Commentary With Director Frank Henenlotter, Director Of Photography Nick Deeg and Actor Anthony Sneed Archival Commentary With Director Frank Henenlotter and Producer A. The Rugged Man Thorburn Spook House - Interviews With Director Frank Henenlotter, Producer A. The Rugged Man Thorburn, Production Coordinator Michael Shershenovich, Director Of Photography Nick Deeg, Retired Detective David Henenlotter and Production Manager Chaz Kangas In The Basement With Charlee Danielson - A Brief, Completely Off-Kilter Interview With the Elusive Miss Charlee Danielson and a Basketball Deeg And Sneed - A Conversation Between Nick Deeg and Anthony Sneed Swollen Agenda - Interview With Makeup Effects Artist Gabe Bartalos Beyond Bad - Behind The Scenes Of BAD BIOLOGY F*ck Face - Photographer Clay Patrick McBride Runs Around The Director's Apartment Filming Guys Making Their 'O Face' SUCK - A Wonderfully Twisted Short Film By Anthony Sneed Legendary Loser - Music Video By R.A. The Rugged Man Thorburn Image Gallery - Publicity Pix, Behind-The-Scenes Shots, Video Covers And Death Pix

• The Strangers - Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (28/09/2020) from £26.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A remote getaway for Kristen and James is disturbed by a 4am knock on the door and the terrifying invasion of their home by three masked strangers. At the mercy of the intruders whose motive is unknown, the young couple must fight to survive a night of psychological torment and brutal violence in this ˜Home Invasion' classic. SPECIAL FEATURES: Includes Theatrical Cut and Extended Cut Because You Were Home: a new Interview with Director Bryan Bertino Cutting Moments: a new interview with Editor Kevin Greutert The Fighter: a new interview with Actor Liv Tyler The PinUp Girl: a new interview with Actor Laura Margolis The Elements of Terror: interviews with cast and crew Strangers at the Door: interviews with Director Bryan Bertino and cast Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Limited Edition of only 3,000 Rigid slipcase Soft cover book with new essays by Anton Bitel and Mary Beth McAndrews plus stills and behindthescenes images Poster with new artwork

• Spookies (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £20.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents cult 80s horror Spookies (1986), released on Bluray for the first time in the UK, and title 019 on the 101 Films Black Label. Produced by Michael Lee, founder of legendary video distributor VIPCO, the film's tumultuous production history saw original cowriters/directors Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran and cowriter/producer Frank M. Farel fired, and Eugenie Joseph brought on board to shoot new scenes and reedit the existing footage. The chaotic and deranged result has gone on to amass an army of devotees in the intervening years, attaining genuine cult status among horror fans. Among the additional content is a new version of featurelength documentary VIPCO: The Untold Story. After their car breaks down, a group of travelers find themselves stranded in a remote part of New England. After taking shelter in a spooky old mansion, complete with a graveyard, they discover a ouija board and decide to spend the night attempting to summon some spirits. But the group soon learns that playing with the forces of black magic isn't fun and games, and it's not long before they're headtohead with all sorts of demonic creatures, shape shifters, and other forms of evil, all of whom are more than happy to pick them off in the most gruesome of ways.

• Flatliners | Blu Ray | (05/02/2018) from £7.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Flatliners, five competitive medical students, obsessed by the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiments: by stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience - giving them firsthand account of the afterlife. But as their experiments become increasingly dangerous, they are each haunted by the sins of their pasts, brought on by the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side. Click Images to Enlarge

• Batman 85th Anniversary Collection | Blu Ray | (16/09/2024) from £101.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Collection of 10 4K DCU animated movies from the Batman franchise including - BATMAN: YEAR ONE, BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM, BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, BATMAN AND HARLEY QUINN, BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT, BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM, BATMAN: SOUL OF THE DRAGON, BATMAN: LONG HALLOWEEN PART 1, BATMAN: LONG HALLOWEEN PART 2, BATMAN HUSH, BATMAN: THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Batman: Year One Batman: Assault on Arkham Batman: The Killing Joke Batman and Harley Quinn Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Batman: Hush Batman: Soul of the Dragon Batman: The Long Halloween (P1/P2) Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

• Walk East on Beacon (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  G-men weed out communist spies in the Cold War classic Walk East on Beacon, starring George Murphy (Border Incident), Finlay Currie (Bunny Lake Is Missing), Karel Štěpánek (Affair in Trinidad), and Virginia Gilmore (Western Union). When it emerges that Eastern Bloc countries have received information regarding a top secret 'space weapons' programme, federal agent Belden (Murphy) and his team must martial all the latest technology - including wiretaps and video recording - to prevent Professor Kafer (Currie) from being kidnapped. Directed by Alfred L Werker (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), inspired by the real-life case of Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and loosely based on FBI boss J Edgar Hoover's own accounts of that case, Walk East on Beacon is a riveting account of the 'crime of the century'. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity author and academic Frank Krutnik (2021, 69 mins) The March of Time: 'G-Men Combat Saboteurs' (1941, 21 mins): documentary short from the famed newsreel series created by Walk East on Beacon! producer Louis de Rochemont The March of Time: 'G-Men at War' (1942, 20 mins): documentary short from the newsreel series, focusing on the efforts of the FBI to apprehend spies and fifth columnists Commotion on the Ocean (1956, 17 mins): the Three Stooges once again find themselves mixed-up with a foreign spy ring and smuggling top secret materials in this 'Fake Shemp' reversion of Dunked in the Deep Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Mothman Prophecies | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This true life tale tells of a reporter drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.