"Director: David Cronenberg"

• Stereo And Crimes Of The Future | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  STEREO: In a scientific institute a group of carefully selected subjects is submitted to experimental surgery various drugs and longterm isolation in order to increase their potential for telepathic communication.CRIMES OF THE FUTURE: Millions of women died from Rouge's Malady - a disease caused by cosmetics and discovered by mad dermatologist Antoine Rouge who subsequently disappeared. In his clinic patients' bodies start producing mysterious functionless organs.

• Videodrome UHD | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £32.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Combining the bio-horror elements of his earlier films whilst anticipating the technological themes of his later work, Videodrome exemplifies David Cronenberg's extraordinary talent for making both visceral and cerebral cinema. Max Renn (James Woods) is looking for fresh new content for his TV channel when he happens across some illegal S&M style broadcasts called Videodrome. Embroiling his girlfriend Nick (Deborah Harry) in his search for the source, his journey begins to blur the lines between reality and fantasy as he works his way through sadomasochistic games, shady organisations and body transformations stunningly realised by Oscar-winning makeup effects artist Rick Baker. Hailed by his contemporaries John Carpenter (he's better than all of us combined!) and Martin Scorsese (no one makes films like he does) as a genius, Videodrome was Cronenberg's most mature work to date and still stands as one of his greatest. Product Features Brand new 4K restorations from the original camera negative by Arrow Films of both the full-length director's cut and the US theatrical cut, approved by director David Cronenberg 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Original lossless mono soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, the on-set correspondent for Cinefantastique Magazine and author of Videodrome: Studies in the Horror Film David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme, a documentary featuring interviews with Cronenberg, George A. Romero and Alex Cox on Cronenberg's cinema, censorship and the horror genre Forging the New Flesh, a documentary by filmmaker Michael Lennick on Videodrome's video and prosthetic make up effects Fear on Film, a round table discussion from 1982 with Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis and Mick Garris The complete, uncensored Samurai Dreams footage with commentary by Michael Lennick Helmet-Cam Test and Why Betamax?, two featurettes by Michael Lennick on the film's effects The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome, a 1982 featurette by Mick Garris, with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Cronenberg, James Woods, Deborah Harry and Rick Baker Videoblivion, an interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin Pierre David on Videodrome, an interview with executive producer Pierre David AKA Jack Martin, an interview with Dennis Etchison, author of novelisations of Videodrome and The Fog, discussing Videodrome and his observations of Cronenberg's script Camera, Cronenberg's short film starring Videodrome's Les Carlson Pirated Signals: The Lost Broadcast, deleted and alternate scenes from the TV version Original trailers Image gallery Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx Illustrated 60-page collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Justin Humphreys, Brad Stevens and Tim Lucas, extracts from Cronenberg on Cronenberg, and a brand new roundtable retrospective with critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Cerise Howard, Josh Nelson and Emma Westwood Foldout double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards

• A History of Violence/American History X | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This box set features the following films: A History of Violence (Dir. David Cronenberg) (2005): Tom Stall is a loving family man and a well respected citizen of a small Indiana town. But when two savage criminals show up at his diner Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a hero who took the courage to stand up to crime people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all that media attention has the likes of mobsters showing up at his doorstep charging that Tom is someone else they've been looking for. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history of violence that no one knows about? American History X (Dir. Tony Kaye) (1998): Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists lands in prison for a brutal hate-driven murder. Upon his release ashamed of his past and pledging to reform Derek realises he must save his younger brother Danny (Edward Furlong) from a similar fate. Running Scared (Dir. Wayne Kramer) (2006): Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is a low-level mafia thug who finds himself in the middle of a drug-deal gone wrong in which a hail of gunfire and some dead undercover cops are the net results. Fleeing from the scene Joey is charged with dispensing one of the steel revolvers used to kill the cops. Instead he stashes the gun in his own basement just in case he ever needs insurance against his own gang. Unfortunately Joey's 10-year old son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) and his best friend Oleg (Cameron Bright) see where the weapon is hidden. Oleg whose Russian mob-connected step-father is physically abusive towards him and his mother steals the gun to exact revenge. This forces Joey to embark on a nightmarish 18 hour journey to locate Oleg and the gun before his own gang the Russian mafia or bad cop Detective Rydell (Chazz Palminteri) finds them or the true link between the gun and the crimes....

• David Cronenberg Collection - Double Horror - Shivers / Rabid | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One of David Cronenberg's most successful early films, Rabid features porn star Marilyn Chambers as a woman who becomes infected with a virus after an operation. As result she grows a kind of phallus with which she penetrates her victims as she sucks their blood and thus the disease spreads rapidly. The film displays all Cronenberg's usual horrified fascination with the human body and its sexual function. Looking back, it can be read as a kind of parable about AIDS, but it works perfectly well as an effective low-budget shocker. On the DVD: the widescreen image on the DVD is acceptable quality, as is the sound. The fairly routine extras consist of excerpts from a TV interview with Cronenberg, lasting about 10 minutes; a collection of stills from the film; some written notes by horror expert Kim Newman that give useful background, though in part reproduce what is said in the interview; full filmographies for Cronenberg and the three principal performers, including a long list of Chambers' porn credits. --Ed Buscombe

• Domino/A Man Apart/A History Of Violence | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Domino: Bored with the runway and the glamorous LA life Domino shows up for a bounty-hunter seminar. Catching the ""teachers"" of the seminar as they try to cut and run with the proceeds she manages to win their respect and joins their team. This consists of Ed Mosbey (Mickey Rourke) the tough-as-nails leader and Domino's surrogate father and Choco (Edgar Ramirez) an impulsive Venezuelan who harbors a not-so-secret love for Domino. The three form a kind of family working under Claremont Williams (Delroy Lindo) who ""plays Charlie to their three angels."" For a time they are unstoppable even agreeing to let the slimy Mark Heiss (Christopher Walken) produce a reality-TV show about them which is hilariously hosted by Beverly Hills 90210 stars Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green. But when Claremont orchestrates a complicated inside job in order to raise the money for his granddaughter's doctor bills the precarious balance within the trio is disturbed. Tom Waits stands out in a cameo as a wise wanderer who advises the lost bounty hunters. A Man Apart: For years the U.S. Government has been losing the war on drugs. Now one cop is going to turn the tide. Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) is A Man Apart. He doesn't look like a cop. He doesn't act like a cop. He comes from the street. And he's part of the most successful anti-narcotic crew in law enforcement. But when a Mexican drug cartel murdered his wife they destroyed his life. Now he's gunning for revenge. A History of Violence: Loosly based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke A History Of Violence is the latest film from Canadian auteur David Cronenburg . Tom Stall is a loving family man and a well respected citizen of a small Indiana town. But when two savage criminals show up at his diner Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a hero who took the courage to stand up to crime people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all that media attention has the likes of mobsters showing up at his doorstep charging that Tom is someone else they've been looking for. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history of violence that no one knows about?

• 3 Classic Cult Thrillers - Bad Timing / King Of New York / Dead Ringers | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Bad Timing - Art Garfunkel plays a moody American psychoanalyst whose mounting obsession with a beautiful fun-loving young girl drives her to the brink of death on a drug overdose. As he waits anxiously at the hospital and tries to answer police questions he recalls the details of the complex and tempestuous affair: their meeting their discovery of physical joy marred by mental anguish their constant separations and reconciliations. Yet is he telling the police the whole truth? King Of New York - The first big budget movie from the controversial director of Driller Killer and Bad Lieutenant features an unforgettable performance from Christopher Walken as gangland supremo Frank White. Recently released from prison White sets out to be King of New York by gaining control of a multiracial gang of drug dealers - to the horror of the Traditional Mafia - and the city's poorest area. But New York's streets have grown meaner since Frank last walked them. Enemies on both sides of the law are determined to stop him in his criminal and philanthropic ventures and the consequences can only be violent. Dead Ringers - Director David Cronenberg based this controversial and stylish psychological horror on a bizarre true story... Jeremy Irons delivers a disturbing performance as twin Gynaecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle. Intrigued by the mysteries of sex and anatomy the brothers grow from inseparable playmates to world-renowned specialists. Sharing their women Elliot and Beverly seem inseparable. The entrance of Claire (Bujold) an actress seeking fertility treatment changes their relationship forever. Both twins seduce her but shy sensitive Beverly falls in love and attempts to break free from his charming brother with catastrophic consequences.

• Scanners | DVD | (25/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  David Cronenberg's 1981 horror film Scanners is a darkly paranoid story of a homeless man (Stephen Lack) mistakenly believed to be insane, when in fact he can't turn off the sound of other people's thoughts in his telepathic mind. Helped by a doctor (Patrick McGoohan) and enlisted in a programme of "scanners"--telepaths who also can will heads to explode--he becomes involved in a battle against nefarious forces. A number of critics consider this to be Cronenberg's first great film, and indeed it has a serious vision of destiny that rivals some of the important German expressionist works from the silent cinema. Lack is very good as the odd hero, and McGoohan is effectively eccentric and chilly as the scientist who saves him from the street, only to thrust him into a terrible struggle. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Scanners | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £9.90   |  Saving you £-3.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning. Cameron Vale is living on the fringe of society self-induced due to his telepathic ability to read other people's minds. Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside) has the same condition and is the head of an underground association of so-called Scanners that want world domination. When Vale is taken to Dr Paul Ruth as a result of supposed insanity he's enlisted into a program that will involve him in a battle against his fellow Scanners.

• The Brood | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £10.50   |  Saving you £6.49 (61.81%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The ultimate in inner terror! Frank Carveth is afraid. Afraid of his ex-wife's sanity fearful for the effects of her influence on their six-year-old daughter and ultimately fearful for his own life. His daughter's teacher Ruth is attacked by two misshapen children in her kindergarden class leading Carveth to unravel the connections between a series of murders his relationship with his ex-wife a radical psychotherapy cult and the mysterious Dr. Raskin. As the menace of

• The Brood | DVD | (25/10/1999) from £12.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (23.19%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Arguably the best and most personal of director David Cronenberg's early films, The Brood is an extremely unsettling horror film about familial disintegration and emotional trauma taken to a monstrous extreme. Art Hindle stars as a man embroiled in a bitter custody struggle with his estranged wife (Samantha Eggar), who is undergoing therapy at psychiatrist Oliver Reed's controversial institute. Reed's treatment causes his patients to give form to their inner conflicts, and Eggar--whose psyche is at the boiling point from childhood abuse as well as the custody trial--creates a horde of homicidal humanoid children who enact bloody revenge on anyone who has threatened their "mother". Cronenberg's first feature with name actors and composer Howard Shore has its share of gruesome moments, but the film's subtext--how emotional violence impacts a family--is its most chilling aspect. --Paul Gaita

• Scanners | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (-12.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cameron Vale is living on the fringe of society self-induced due to his telepathic ability to read other people's minds. Darryl Revok has the same condition and is the head of an underground association of so-called Scanners that want world domination. When Vale is taken to Dr Paul Ruth as a result of supposed insanity he's enlisted into a program that will involve him in a battle against his fellow Scanners.

• The Fly | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This frightening, but extremely moving and romantic horror film stars Jeff Goldblum as an over-ambitious scientist who accidentally merges with a housefly while conducting a bizarre teleporting experiment. A journalist (Geena Davis) who has fallen in love with him while covering his scientific endeavours suddenly finds herself caring for a horrifying creature whose insect half gradually begins to take over.