"Director: Robert Day"

• Peter Sellers - Hoffman / The Smallest Show On Earth / Carlton-Browne Of The F.O./ Two Way Stretch | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring the films: 'Hoffman' 'The Smallest Show On Earth' 'Carlton-Browne Of The F.O.' and 'Two Way Stretch'. Hoffman *(WS 1.85:1 Anamorphic 1970 1 hour and 47 Minutes Colour): Peter Sellers is Hoffman a middle aged misfit who blackmails his young attractive secretary into spending a week with him. Although he behaves like a creep throughout the weekend he actually emerges as a sympathetic character in the end. Two Way Stretch *(FS 1960 1 hour and 23 minutes B&W):

• The Initiation of Sarah | Blu Ray | (20/06/2022) from £13.88   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WELCOME TO HELL WEEK! Satantic secrets and telekenetic terror combine in this classic made-for-TV horror movie directed by Hammer Films alumnus Robert Day (She), from a story co-written by Tom Holland (Fright Night), featuring cinematography by Ric Waite (48 Hrs). Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin (Kay Lenz, House), has a secret gift: the ability to control and destroy with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more outgoing and popular sister, Patty (Morgan Brittany, Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat), their plans to join the most prestigious sorority on campus are scuttled by snobby president, Jennifer Lawrence (Morgan Fairchild, Phantom of the Mall). Separated from her sister, Sarah is taken in by a rival, less popular sorority, whose mysterious house mother, Mrs. Hunter (Shelley Winters, The Night of the Hunter), is harbouring a secret of her own: a scheme to harness Sarah's terrifying power for revenge. Betrayed by Patty, humiliated by Jennifer, it can only be a matter of time before Sorority Hell Week erupts in flame! Making its Blu-Ray debut with an all-new restoration by Arrow Films from the original camera negative, The Initiation of Sarah has never looked better and comes packed with all new bonus materials. Product Features Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original lossless mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary by TV Movie expert Amanda Reyes Welcome to Hell Week: A Pledge's Guide to the Initiation of Sarah, a brand new appreciation by film critic Stacie Ponder and Queer Horror programmer Anthony Hudson, co-hosts of the Gaylords of Darkness podcast, celebrating the film through a queer feminist lens Cracks in the Sisterhood: Second Wave Feminism and The Initiation of Sarah, a brand new visual essay by film critic and historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Intimations of Sarah, a brand new interview with film critic Samantha McLaren looking at witchcraft, empowerment, TV movies, and telekinetic shy girls post Carrie The Initiation of Tom, a brand new interview with Tom Holland on this his first film writing credit Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect FIRST PRESSING ONLY fully illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Lindsay Hallam and Alexandra West

• She | DVD | (29/10/2001) from £18.23   |  Saving you £-2.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hammer's She might be a travesty of Rider Haggard's epic adventure novel, scaling things down to fit into a budget lavish only by the studio's low standards. At least the film opens with the unexpected sight of Peter Cushing and Bernard Cribbins in a dive in Palestine in 1919, shimmying with belly-dancers and brawling with the locals John Ford-style. Less entertainingly the film then switches attention to blonde clod John Richardson who is dreamily visited by blonde goddess Ursula Andress--her eerie beauty enhanced by the usual Hammer trick of dubbing the foreign crumpet with a posh voice.Our adventurers are given a map which leads them through deserts and mountains to the lost city of Kuma, an Egyptian-style civilisation ruled by Ayesha. This immortal She-Who-Must-be-Obeyed has been unaccountably waiting for Richardson to be reincarnated ever since she pettishly killed him thousands of years ago. In this reading, She is an Aryan fascist given to tipping those who displease her into a pit of molten lava. Her final comeuppance--as she bathes again in the blue flame of immortality and finds the process reversed so she suffers one of Hammer's patented Dracula dissolves to dust--takes place during a native uprising which overthrows her whole corrupt regime.The leads look terrific but can't act for beans so it's a mercy that stalwarts Cushing and Christopher Lee (as the treacherous High Priest) are on hand, not to mention Cribbins (comedy servant in bowler hat), Andre Morell and Rosenda Monteros.The James Bernard music is enchanting in a way Robert Day's direction sadly isn't, but the sets and (especially) costumes are splendid and the film has its moments of magic and terror: as the centurion pours out the remains of Morell's daughter from a jar, as the flame burns blue and the lovers bathe in it.On the DVD: the 2.35:1 widescreen print is in very good shape. Otherwise, there's not even a trailer. --Kim Newman

• Life in Emergency Ward 10 | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This film is based on the popular British TV series Emergency Ward 10 and stars Michael Craig and Dorothy Alison. A surgeon arrives from America with a new heart-lung machine in order to save a young boy who has a hole in his heart. The doctor is treated coolly by a jealous rival and an old man dies while on the new life-saving machine. Controversy erupts among his more traditional colleagues over the American doctor's experimental methods. Romance humour and drama surround the doctors nurses and patients all leading to an inevitable hospital party.

• Corridors Of Blood | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In an effort to relieve the suffering of surgery patients Dr. Thomas Bolton painstakingly develops an opium-based anesthetic to which he gradually becomes addicted. In order to provide a continual supply of chemicals to continue his experiments and support his addiction he falls in with a den of murderers who use his signature to sell corpses to the local hospital.

• The Avengers : The Definitive Dossier 1967 (Box Set 3) | DVD | (26/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  1967 was a good year for the Avengers: The Definitive Dossier, Files 5 and 6 contains six classic episodes in which Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg get to flirt with stylish decadence as John Steed and Mrs Emma Peel. As they are at pains to point out at the end of one episode, their adventures often start with the mysterious death of an agent, and their involvement usually means at least one more death along the way--one of them gets tied up and the other has to engage in some perfunctory martial arts to save them. Yet none of this is important--it is the charm that matters, and the fact that the show was so aware of its own clichés is part of that charm. Another factor was the parade of British character actors in minor roles. Here Peter Cushing is a silkily vengeful villain, John Laurie a railway enthusiast and, in a body-switching episode, Freddie Jones and Patricia Haines are Steed and Emma themselves. The plots involve killer robots, engineered premonition in nightmares and hypnotic regression to childhood; the touches of surreal are part of The Avengers style blended with 60s fashions and loopy plots to create something effectively original and hugely influential. On the DVD: the DVDs are presented in a standard 4:3 television visual aspect with good mono sound for their date. As with other releases in this series, the special features consist of short biographies, a picture gallery and a "Follow the Hat" feature (modelled on the "White Rabbit" from The Matrix) in which Patrick McNee introduces each episode and interesting facts about cast and designers are flashed onto the screen.--Roz Kaveney

• The Lady From Yesterday | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £9.82   |  Saving you £-0.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A man (Rogers) with a wife (Bedelia) and two daughters and a flourishing career is visited by a woman (Chen) whom he had an affair with when he was in Vietnam. Who reveals to him that they have a son and that she wants him to take their son.

• Runaway Father/Lady From Yesterday | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £9.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Runaway Father - Pat Bennett's hopes are so high when she marries the dashing US Airforce Captain John Payton. But by the time Pat is pregnant with their third child the marriage is falling apart. One day John walks out to a new secret life of luxury leaving Pat and their kids to starve on welfare - he even fakes his own death to avoid detection. Lady from Yesterday - Craig Weston's quiet married life in Houston changes forever when he is contacted out of the blue by a woman with whom he had an affair while serving in Vietnam. Craig is the father of her son Quan and she is terminally ill and wishes him to adopt the boy. Torn between fear of losing his family and his moral obligation to Lien Craig feels he must tell his wife about this devastating secret.

• China Rose | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

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• Peter Sellers - The Essential Collection | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Titles Comprise: Heavens Above! A socialist parson is sent into an upper-class area where he sets about converting the wealthy... I'm All Right Jack: A man becomes the pawn of a corrupt management and a labour union. Only Two Can Play: Peter Sellers plays John Lewis a man bored by his job and homelife. Then he meets Liz the wife of a local councilor who falls for him. The two must try to avoid being detected for fear of reprisal in their small Welsh town. Two Way Stretch: While in prison Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers) has planned the perfect robbery. He intends to break out steal a fortune in diamonds and then break back into prison without anyone noticing he has been absent. With only a few days left of his sentence and a perfect alibi - what could possibly go wrong? Carlton-Browne And The F.O: Imperial interest in an ex-colonial island increases with the discovery of rich mineral deposits. However Ambassador Carlton-Browne (Terry-Thomas) manages to bring chaos to everything... Hoffman: Black comedy starring Peter Sellers as Hoffman a middle aged misfit who blackmails his younger secretary into spending a week with him before her impending marriage and discovers a whole new side to himself...

• The Green Man | DVD | (18/05/2020) from £10.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  1950s British comedy starring Alastair Sim. Seemingly mild-mannered watchmaker Hawkins (Sim) is in fact a skilled assassin. His latest target is leading politician Sir Gregory Upshott (Raymond Huntley), who is due to stay the weekend at the Green Man hotel. However, Hawkins' well-planned attempts to remove Sir Gregory permanently from public life are frustrated by his neighbour Ann Vincent (Jill Adams) and well-meaning vacuum cleaner salesman William Blake (George Cole).