"Director: Mike Matthews"

• Unhappy Birthday | DVD | (27/10/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A refreshingly queer take on the classic British horror film and inspired by cult classics such as The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror, Unhappy Birthday has a playfully retro vibe, a healthy irreverence and a deliciously deviant heart. Starring David Paisley (Holby City), David McGillivray (House of Whipcord) and Jonathan Keane (Spring).A surprise birthday party becomes a living nightmare for city-dwelling couple Sadie and Rick and their friend Jonny. They are invited to visit the remote tidal island of Amen by Corinne - an enigmatic local who hopefully holds the answers to long-buried family secrets. Amen is populated by a historically close-knit community who discourage strangers from visiting. So why have these three outsiders really been allowed on to the island? Despite the bucolic nature of the island the trio have a growing sense of unease, but they find themselves trapped by the tide and at the mercy of the islanders. As the horror of their situation unfolds, these visitors will wish they'd never been born!

• Amen Island | DVD | (13/03/2017) from £5.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A city-dwelling couple and their friend are invited to the remote tidal island of Amen for a surprise birthday party. Husband Rick has been in cahoots with Corinne, an enigmatic Amen Island local who he believes holds the answers to his wife s long-buried family secrets. But the surprise birthday trip soon goes horribly wrong and the trio find themselves trapped by the tide and at the mercy of the unwelcoming island community. A growing sense of unease turns into a living nightmare for the visitors as the true horror of the situation unfolds. AMEN ISLAND is a deviant British thriller inspired by British Cult Classics such as The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror. Directed by Mark Harriott and Mike Matthews and with an all British cast including David Paisley (Holby City, Casualty), Jill Riddiford (Our Friends in the North) and trash horror legend David McGillivray, AMEN ISLAND is the birthday trip from hell.