"Director: Bernard Rose"

• Sxtape | DVD | (28/07/2014) from £5.03   |  Saving you £14.96 (297.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the Producers of 'Paranormal Activity' and 'Insidious'. A young couple attempt to spice up their relationship by recording a sex tape in an abandoned hospital. Realising they're not alone in their ominous surroundings the couple discover some sex tapes shouldn't be made as their kinky adventure turns into a desperate fight for survival.

• Ivans XTC | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £5.94   |  Saving you £-3.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  There's a fine line between success and excess. Outstanding and daring Bernard Rose's exploration of Hollywood's seamier side tells the story of a man who has everything yet he finds that this can never be enough. Ivan Beckman (Danny Huston) has the Midas touch. He's secured the deal of his career and life in Hollywood's fast lane has just got one hell of a lot faster. But when fate delivers a cruel and unexpected blow Ivan is sent spiralling out of control. Soon he starts living his life of hedonistic pleasure - parties women and drugs - to the extreme. And while others are more than willing to join in the fun only Ivan knows the occasion. A modern day interpretation of Tolstoy's classic short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' this brilliant expose of Hollywood's cut-throat world of deal making and breaking features an inspired performance by Danny (son of John) Huston in the lead role.

• Paperhouse | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  To define the 1988 fantasy flick Paperhouse as a mere horror film would be an injustice--although this intelligent and thought-provoking British film is certainly scary in parts. In exploring the world of dreams, director Bernard Rose (Candyman) offers a far more elegant exposition of the subject than the Nightmare on Elm Street school of horror. Based on the novel Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, Paperhouse offers a believable cause for its intensified dreamworld: Anna (Charlotte Burke) falls ill with glandular fever--a fever which will blur her understanding of reality and dreams. It is clear from the start that Anna has an overzealous imagination, holding onto her childhood games while her best friend becomes more interested in boys. Before her descent into illness Anna draws the Paperhouse of the title, and it is this house that dominates her dream world. Although the acting is rather hammy and the scenes set in reality are tedious, the true beauty of the film comes from Production Designer Gemma Jackson and Cinematographer Mike Southon, whose talents emerge in the dream sequences. Clearly taking inspiration from the Surrealist movement, Jackson recreates a chilling version of Anna's drawing of the house, full of dark shadows and terrifying noises, that perhaps has more in common with Jan Svankmajer's macabre adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice than the innocent childhood offerings of Disney. Ultimately Paperhouse is an exploration of the traumatic transition into adulthood of a young girl on the cusp of her teenage years: at the start of the film Anna "hates boys", but by the end she is sharing her first kiss with Mark, her playmate in the dream world.On the DVD With a 1.66:1 ratio format and Dolby Digital sound the stylistic brilliance of this movie is much easier to see and enjoy than in its previous incarnations on television and video. The special features leave a lot to be desired, though, offering only an unexciting original trailer and four filmographies for the director and the three main adult actresses. --Nikki Disney

• Boxing Day | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From the director of Candyman and Immortal Beloved comes a powerful tale that delves into the heart of the human condition. Basil (Danny Huston) leaves his family on Boxing Day to pursue a lucrative property deal in Colorado. He hires local chauffeur Nick (Matthew Jacobs) to drive him into the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The mens' backgrounds are as different as their points of view: Basil, the shrewd and abrupt American businessman pitched against his charming and recently divorced English driver. But as the evening sets in, the growing menace of the elements leaves the men with no choice but to work together if they are to survive the night. This modern day interpretation of Tolstoy's novella 'Master and Man', follows Ivansxtc and The Kreutzer Sonata as the third film in Bernard Rose's series of Tolstoy adaptations.

• Greatest Ever Slasher Movies Collection | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This Box Set contains the following films: Hostel A trio of teenagers two American one Icelandic backpack around Europe looking for a good time. While in Amsterdam they are told of a youth hostel in Slovakia where all their wildest dreams will come true. Jumping onto the first train there the three stumble into a hedonistic travellers' paradise. Soon however one of the three boys goes missing and slowly but surely the holiday from hell begins to unfold... The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) First released to a shocked public in 1974 Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has a deserved reputation as a compelling part of a new wave of American horror film (alongside the likes of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Wes Craven's Last House on the Left). Terrifyingly dark and based (very loosely) on factual events this controversial brilliantly atmospheric occasionally darkly funny film tells of the tragedy that befalls a group of five teenagers one summer afternoon. A blueprint for a generation of film-makers and undiminished by time The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of the purest horror movies ever made. CandyMan A children's ghost story comes to terrifying life in this gut-wrenching thriller about a graduate student whose research into modern folklore summons the spirit of the dead. Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) laughs when she interviews college freshmen about their superstitions. But when she hears about Candyman a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project she thinks she has a new twist for her thesis. Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site of a brutal murder Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can't really exist... until he appears igniting a string of terrifying tragic slayings. But the police don't believe in monsters and they charge Helen with the grisly crimes. And only one person can set her free .....Candyman. Urban Legend When a series of strange deaths occur on the campus of Pendleton College student Natalie (Alicia Witt) begins to suspect that there is a bizarre link someone is making urban legends a sinister reality. Her classmates loyal Brenda (Rebecca Gayheart) ambitious journalist major Paul (Jared Leto) and class joker Damon (Joshua Jackson) insist the deaths are just coincidences despite the extraordinary circumstances. But when Natalie gets too close to discovering the killer's demented desire to re-create the ultimate urban legend she realises that she could be the next victim... I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) hasn't been the same since last summer when her friends were brutally murdered. Still harbouring guilt over her role in the death of a fisherman her college grades have slipped and her relationship with her high school sweetheart is on the rocks. When her best friend Karla Wilson (Brandy) wins an all-expenses paid trip for four to the Bahamas she starts to think that maybe her luck is changing for the better. However the moment they hit the picturesque island havoc ensues. Their romantic getaway turns into a vacation of murder and mayhem that soon has Julie and friends running for their lives.

• 2 Jacks | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  ‘2 Jacks’ is a fast-paced glamorous and romantic vision of Hollywood then and now. Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son Jack Jr. maintain his legacy? Based on an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s short story ‘The Two Hussars’. Features: Official Trailer & The Making of 2 JACKS

• Chicago Joe And The Showgirl | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (-12.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Chicago Joe

• Uspensky - Anna Karenina (Sladkovsky) | DVD | (23/03/2006) from £27.89   |  Saving you £-2.90 (-11.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Tolstoy's great novel of passion and retribution is brought to new dramatic and musical life in this operatic stage adaptation from the great Russian composer Vladislav Uspensky.