"Director: Tibor Takács"

• The Gate (Vestron) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2018) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1987 The Gate was at the forefront of what came and went as a purely 80s genre: Kiddie Horror. Just like The Lost Boys or The Monster Squad of the same year, the idea was to let a couple of younger-than-teenage kids loose in a well-worn horror scenario and play it for as many laughs as scares. Its 15 certificate (PG-13 in the States) meant The Gate had an enormous opening weekend, and a considerable shelf life. The kids in question here are a very young Stephen (Blade) Dorff as Glen and his best friend Terry. After some tree felling in Glen's seemingly miles-square back yard they discover a hole full of precious rock. This is of course the Gate to a demonic dimension. As things start levitating, Glen's dog dies and moths get into the most awkward of places, it becomes obvious that the Gate is open! A teenage sister does little to help early on, but naturally the story develops into one about banding together under extreme circumstances. The make-up and stop-motion animation effects remain impressive in scope and there are a couple of frights still just on the right side of cliché. Since it was so successful, the writer and director went on to make an inferior sequel some years later. On the DVD: Viewers should note this is a very murky transfer that's in an unspecified widescreen ratio. There's also an unspectacular (equally unspecified) sound mix. But a gallery of 10 photos and the theatrical trailer makes up for that, right? --Paul Tonks

• Spiders | Blu Ray | (14/10/2013) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The City is crawling! In New York City's subway tunnel a new species of poisonous spiders is discovered. Inadvertently the spiders mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the entire city.

• Sabotage | Blu Ray | (27/07/2015) from £6.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (61.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An ex-Navy commando (Mark Dacascos – Double Dragon) is framed for a bungled mission to save hostages from terrorists in which he survived being shot 7 times by an assassin (Tony Todd - Candyman). Years later he is hired to protect a weapons distributor and his wife only to have the same assassin kill them; this sets him on a mission with the assigned FBI agent (Carrie Anne Moss – The Matrix) to bring the killers and conspirators to justice.

• Meteor Storm | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £4.06   |  Saving you £10.19 (363.93%)   |  RRP £12.99

  San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits around the earth... For astronomer Michelle Young what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event soon turns into her worst nightmare as thousands of meteors break the surface of the atmosphere and bombard the city of San Francisco.

• NYC Tornado | DVD | (16/04/2012) from £5.06   |  Saving you £7.93 (61.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What appears to be harmless little whirlwinds and dust devils turns out to be a precursor to something a lot deadlier and ends up threatening New York City's very existence.

• Spiders | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £5.94   |  Saving you £10.05 (169.19%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The City is crawling! In New York City's subway tunnel a new species of poisonous spiders is discovered. Inadvertently the spiders mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the entire city.

• Outer Limits - Series 1 | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This DVD box set contains all 22 episodes from season 1 of the sci-fi series The Outer Limits. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Sandkings (1) 2. The Sandkings (2) 3. Valerie 23 4. Blood Brothers 5. The Second Soul 6. White Light Fever 7. The Choice 8. Virtual Future 9. Living Hell 10. Corner of the Eye 11. Under the Bed 12. Dark Matters 13. The Conversion 14. Quality of Mercy 15. Caught in the Act 16. The Voyage Home 17. The New Breed 18. The Message 19. I Robot 20. If These

• The Gate | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 1987 The Gate was at the forefront of what came and went as a purely 80s genre: Kiddie Horror. Just like The Lost Boys or The Monster Squad of the same year, the idea was to let a couple of younger-than-teenage kids loose in a well-worn horror scenario and play it for as many laughs as scares. Its 15 certificate (PG-13 in the States) meant The Gate had an enormous opening weekend, and a considerable shelf life. The kids in question here are a very young Stephen (Blade) Dorff as Glen and his best friend Terry. After some tree felling in Glen's seemingly miles-square back yard they discover a hole full of precious rock. This is of course the Gate to a demonic dimension. As things start levitating, Glen's dog dies and moths get into the most awkward of places, it becomes obvious that the Gate is open! A teenage sister does little to help early on, but naturally the story develops into one about banding together under extreme circumstances. The make-up and stop-motion animation effects remain impressive in scope and there are a couple of frights still just on the right side of cliché. Since it was so successful, the writer and director went on to make an inferior sequel some years later. On the DVD: Viewers should note this is a very murky transfer that's in an unspecified widescreen ratio. There's also an unspectacular (equally unspecified) sound mix. But a gallery of 10 photos and the theatrical trailer makes up for that, right? --Paul Tonks

• Sabrina The Teenage Witch | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  She's young pretty athletic and turning sweet sixteen. It's on her 16th birthday that Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) will discover that she's been given the gift of magic! Discover Sabrina The Teenage Witch in the delightful movie that launched the successful TV series!

• Armageddon | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £4.94   |  Saving you £-1.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  In the future world of post-soviet and economically devastated Russia Big Brother still rules with an iron hand of brutality brain washing and ruthless dictatorship. Into this cauldron of corruption and terror plunges American crook and smuggler John Wade (Rutger Hauer) looking to make a quick fortune out of illegal silicon fantasy chips...bio-synthetic devices that can make the user's weirdest and wildest fantasies come true in their scrambled minds.

• Sabotage | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An ex-Navy commando (Mark Dacascos – Double Dragon) is framed for a bungled mission to save hostages from terrorists in which he survived being shot 7 times by an assassin (Tony Todd - Candyman). Years later he is hired to protect a weapons distributor and his wife only to have the same assassin kill them; this sets him on a mission with the assigned FBI agent (Carrie Anne Moss – The Matrix) to bring the killers and conspirators to justice.

• Sanctuary | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £15.56   |  Saving you £-9.57 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Confirming the testosterone-laced promise he showed in the earlier Drive, the charismatically lithe Mark Decascos stars as buff man-of-the-cloth Father Luke, whose plans for a successful food drive are put on hold when a covert kill squad forces him to confront his shadowy past in this surprisingly effective bullet ballet. The needlessly complex high-tech storyline may be somewhat shaky, but this adrenalised conspiracy thriller earns its wings by virtue of a strong cast (including a villainous Jaimz Woolvett, miles away from his role as the greenhorn gunslinger in Unforgiven), an impressively stylised lighting palette and a jaw-droppingly gonzo epilogue that cries out for--nay, demands--a sequel. Director Tibor Takacs was previously responsible for two unfairly forgotten 1980s horror gems The Gate and I, Madman. --Andrew Wright

• Rats | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The Brookdale Psychiatric Hospital is a crumbling institution which barely has enough money to remain open. Formerly a prison it sits on top of a warren of tunnels and sewage system viaducts. But Brookdale has a secret only known by one person. There is something living in the tunnels and it has developed a taste for human blood.

• Earthquake | DVD | (15/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A respected engineer is asked by his company to inspect a nuclear power plant in Russia. The power plant appears to have a possible leak and the core is overheating. Upon investigation disaster strikes and massive earthquake rocks the Russian countryside threatening to start a meltdown and cause an explosion 10 times the size of Hiroshima.

• Mega Snake | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Duff Daniels (John T. Woods) steals an ancient snake the Unteka from Native American snake proprietor Screaming Hawk (Ben Cardinal) he is given three rules to follow: 'Don't let it out of the jar' 'Don't let it eat anything living' and 'Never fear the heart of the snake'. Unfortunately Duff soon breaks the rules and it is left to ophidiophobic paramedic Les to right his brother's wrong with help from his girlfriend Erin (Siri Baruc) and Screaming Hawk.

• Rats | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £10.60   |  Saving you £-1.62 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Brookdale Psychiatric Hospital is a crumbling institution which barely has enough money to remain open. Formerly a prison, it sits on top of a warren of tunnels and sewage system viaducts. But Brookdale has a secret, only known by one person. There is something living in the tunnels and it has developed a taste for human blood.

• Science Fiction Films (Box Set) | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Alien Intruder (Fullscreen 4:3 / English - Dolby (2.0) Stereo / Cert. 15) Four convicts volunteer for a salvage space mission which turns into a nightmare when the crew begin disappearing... Armageddon (Fullscreen 4:3 / English - Dolby (2.0) Stereo / Cert. 18) In the future world of post-soviet and economically devastated Russia Big Brother still rules with an iron hand of brutality brain washing and ruthless dictatorship. Into this cauldron of corruption and terror plunges American crook and smuggler John Wade (Rutger Hauer) looking to make a quick fortune out of illegal silicon fantasy chips...bio-synthetic devices that can make the user's weirdest and wildest fantasies come true in their scrambled minds... Cyborg 3: The Recycler (Fullscreen 4:3 / English - Dolby (2.0) Stereo / Cert. 18) Enter the dark world of synthetic humanoids where ruthless recyclers scavenge cyborg parts and sell them to the highest bidder... The Silencers (Fullscreen 4:3 / English - Dolby (2.0) Stereo / Cert. 18) Sinister assassins intent on silencing witnesses of UFO sightings are an undercover guards from an extra-terrestrial race planning to take over Earth...

• Viper | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A sensitive ex-con trucker (Lamas) has to come hom to help fight mobsters from whom his brother stole 5 million dollars...

• Lies And Illusions | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £5.91   |  Saving you £10.08 (63.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The story revolves around a writer who becomes the target of a spy who believes he is in possession of a fortune in diamonds stolen by the writer's dead fiancee.

• The Black Hole | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  No Force From This World Can Stop It! It's 2 A.M. in St. Louis when a routine scientific experiment goes terribly wrong and an explosion shacks the city. A scientific team investigates clashing with an intergalactic voltage-devouring creature that vaporizes them. By 7 A.M. a chain of earthquakes is tearing the city apart while a massive swirling black hole is consuming the remains. The alien is devouring every human who blocks its way. Mass chaos rules as St. Louis is being evacuated. Only a few people scientist Eric Bryce (Judd Nelson The Breakfast Club) his assistant Shannon (Kristy Swanson Big Daddy) and General Ryker (David Selby End Game) comprehend the mortal danger. By midnight the Pentagon initiates a nuclear attack against the black hole. Bryce has only one hour to find a solution to obliterate the alien and the colossal black hole before mankind is annihilated.