Horror and Suspense

• Return Of The Living Dead | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £32.77   |  Saving you £-17.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Return of the Living Dead is a parody-cum-sequel spin-off from George Romero's superior Night of the Living Dead films. A corpse-containing canister gets breached and releases an oily, loose-limbed, brain-eating zombie tatterdemalion and a gas that revives anything dead in the vicinity, even a bisected dog preserved as a vet's teaching specimen and a case of pinned butterflies. The dim-bulb leading characters--earnest Clu Gulager, goofy James Karen and Thom Matthews--burn up a mess of surplus living body parts, but the rains wash the ashes into the earth of a nearby cemetery and a whole crowd of brain-eating zombies claw their way out to terrorise a group of teens who sport the kind of 1985 fashions, hairdos, slang preferences and musical tastes that will never feature in a TV nostalgia programme. There are plenty of in-jokes at the expense of the Living Dead films (learning that shooting 'em in the brain doesn't work, the appalled Matthews gasps, "You mean the movie lied?"), and director Dan O'Bannon, the writer of Dark Star and Alien, hurries things along through some gruesome action and terror-by-zombie bits until the surprisingly cynical anti-government conclusion. It's not as wittily outrageous as Re-Animator or Braindead, but it has an amiable, drive-in-cum-home video grunge about it. Frequently naked exploitation regular Linnea Quigley makes an impression as the punkette zombie who goes on the rampage wearing nothing but leg-warmers and body make-up. The frill-free DVD is full-screen (boo hiss!) except for the titles, offers only the trailer and inadequate cast and crew notes as extras, but it looks okay. --Kim Newman

• For Elisa | DVD | (30/06/2014) from £4.10   |  Saving you £11.89 (290.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Desperate to earn some money student Ana answers a job advert asking for occasional nanny duties. Arriving at apartment 3B in the town square for the job interview things couldn't have gone better either - tea biscuits nursery rhymes and a healthy hourly rate. But before long Ana realises she has entered a terrifying dark world of obsession and misery. Kept prisoner in a creepy residence full of antique toys she must try and overcome the deranged diva Diamantina and her strange daughter Elisa.

• Jigsaw | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A group of art students get set the task of splitting up a mannequin and each decorating a piece; the end result is the dummy jigsaw. But when they burn the body their brainchild rises from the ashes complete with a plan of violent death for each of its creators.

• Massacre County | DVD | (26/02/2018) from £8.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A clown covered in blood is being held with his hands cuffed inside a cell at a police station. The suspect is being questioned about the hideous crime that took place in an isolated mansion. The house, rented by a group of young friends looking for some fun during weekend away, had been the scene of a massacre. Meanwhile, a brutal sadistic wild boar farmer roams the neighboring countryside looking for fresh meat to feed his animals... But after one of them goes missing, hell breaks loose and a bloodbath begins. Inspired by slasher movies from the 80's Massacre County is a blood splatter flick with dark humor and suspense.

• MPD - Psycho Series 1 - Parts 1 And 2 - Drifting Petals / Memories Of Sin | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £6.84   |  Saving you £-1.85 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Detective Yousuke Kobayashi is on a case involving a series of brutal murders. When his very own girlfriend's dismembered body is mailed to him in a cooler he is pushed over the edge: eventually tracking down the murderer and savagely killing him. During his murder trial he declares that his name is not Yousuke Kobayashi but Kazuhiko Amamiya. Sentenced for murder he is eventually diagnosed as suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder... However it is only a matter of time until

• The Nameless | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Trying to reach the limits of evil... but evil has no limits! In Spain the vanished six years old daughter of the editor Claudia (Emma Vilarasau) is found completely mutilated in a well by the police being recognized by her husband only due to a bracelet and her shorter leg. Five years later Claudia divorced and addicted to prescription tranquilizers receives a short phone contact from her daughter. She looks for the former detective in charge of the investigation and together with a reporter of a magazine of parapsychology they find the existence of a diabolic sect called ""Los Sin Nombre"" that searches for the essence of pure evil...

• Automaton Transfusion | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £6.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (61.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A group of teenagers learn that the local population has been overtaken by flesh eating zombies after an army experiment goes badly wrong. The high school kids decide to fight back against a growing horde of reanimated corpses in what becomes an action packed punch you in the throat non stop ride through the city forests and schools.

• Saint Sinner | DVD | (14/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 1815 monk Tomas Alcala unwittingly unleashes two female succubi Munkar and Nakir upon an unsuspecting 21st century. He is chosen by God to travel through the centuries and stop the demons' rampage...

• Scary Movie Trilogy - Scary Movie / Scary Movie 2 / Scary Movie 3.5 - Special Edition | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  From the director of "Airplane" comes the third instalment in the scary spoof franchise.

• The Sick House | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £10.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Beneath The Hospital A Terrifying Malevolence Will Be Reborn... When archaeologist Anna (Gina Philips) stumbles across an ancient relic in a disused London hospital she believes she can save the crumbling structure - and her year's work - from imminent destruction. Meanwhile after being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident a group of terrified teenagers take refuge in one of the hospital's old wards... Determined to prove the relic's worth Anna opens it but unwittingly releases the evil spirit of a doctor who once treated plague victims at the site. With both Anna and the teenagers trapped this malevolent force can once again bring pain and suffering to those he is meant to help. One by one they all encounter the Doctor's evil reincarnation and find themselves fighting for their lives - and souls - in a long forgotten medieval underworld.

• Sorority Party Massacre | DVD | (18/08/2014) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (58.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In danger of losing his badge a big city detective agrees to aid a small town sheriff in a routine missing persons investigation... only to discover that at least one girl has gone missing each year for the last 20 years. When a body finally emerges on the lake and suspects literally crawl out of the hills the two lawmen realise they’re being toyed with - and to make things worse the killer seems to have set his eyes on a group of sorority girls not only isolated by the lake but with their own nefarious plans in mind. Outnumbered and out of options the two lawmen must solve the mystery of the missing girls or suffer the same fate.

• Hidden Agenda | DVD | (30/05/2007) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• A Little Bit Zombie | DVD | (18/08/2014) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Infected by a virus, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains, all while trying to keep it together so as not to incur the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be.

• Goblin | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.60 (317.99%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 1831, on the eve of Halloween a fierce Goblin rises from a bloody human sacrifice. Present day, Goblin is back to terrorize the Perkins family the night of Halloween.

• Rapt | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• How To Make A Monster | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Peter Drummond has been chief of make up at a Hollywood studio for 25 years. When his services are abruptly dispensed with Drummond takes his revenge on the callous heads of the studio by hypnotising a couple of actors and bringing his murderous creations Teenage Frankenstein and Teenage Werewolf to life!

• Psycho Sisters | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Beyond the brink of madness.... Jackie and Jane are sexy siblings with a dark and troubled past: they witnessed their parent's murder-suicide and sister's brutal death. Now after years of psychiatric care they're ready to join the world again... as drop-dead gorgeous serial killers with a drop-dead attitude. Jane - tough maniacal yet sexually repressed - wants nothing to do with men other than see them suffer. Sensitive and virginal Jackie wants to experience love and hot-

• Anaconda/Anacondas - The Hunt For The Blood Orchid/Anaconda - The Offspring/Anaconda - Trail Of Blood | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Anaconda: Deep in the mighty Amazon jungle a documentary crew headed by Dr Steven Kale and Terri Flores rescue a charismatic loner Paul Sarone. But Sarone is a man obsessed and his secret motive wraps them all in a deadly coil of danger as he sets out to capture the vicious master of all predators - a lethal Anaconda! Anaconda: Hunt For The Blood Orchid: When a corporate pharmaceutical sponsor is about to pull the plug on research part-time adventurer Dr. Jack Byron re-awakens their interest with tales of the Borneo black orchid said to produce a chemical that can keep a cell reproducing indefinitely. When the trip becomes increasingly dangerous due to floods capsized boats and gigantic ill-tempered anacondas Byron refuses to allow his crew to end the expedition and resorts to foul play in order to keep them on the trail... Anaconda 3: The Offspring: Coil up on the couch and prepare yourself for more action more danger and more snakes! The giant anacondas are back in the next chapter in the thrilling series starring David Hasselhoff as Hammett the ruthless mercenary and snake slayer. In a secret research facility two mega snakes are undergoing testing by a brilliant scientist Amanda (Crystal Allen). But when the financier Murdoch (John Rhys-Davies) pushes the experiments too far the snakes escape hungry and heading for civilization. What Hammett doesn't know is that one of the snakes is expecting a litter of slithering offspring. Now the race is on to head off the snakes' unstoppable onslaught before they reach the city.

• Curtain | DVD | (18/07/2016) from £4.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (101.82%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Danni (Danni Smith), a burnt-out former hospice nurse, moves into a new apartment in Queens, she thinks she's finally found the key to a simple, less traumatic life. But when her shower curtains start to disappear through a strange portal in her bathroom wall, Danni realizes she'll do anything to protect her new normal existence. To get to the bottom of this disturbing mystery, Danni quickly teams up with earnest co-worker Tim (Tim Lueke), a fellow street canvasser for the charity Whale Savers. However, with an enigmatic woodsman (Martin Monahan) and his bizarre band of men hot on their tail, Danni and Tim will soon discover that there's no such thing as simple in this world, or any other. Click Images to Enlarge

• For Hire | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  This 1997 thriller For Hire ponders the question of what terrible things a person might be persuaded to do, given the right circumstances and the right price. Rob Lowe plays Mitch, a Chicago cab driver trying to make it as an actor, married to the pregnant Faye. Among his clients are bestselling writer Lou Weber (Joe Mantegna), who befriends Mitch and confides in him that a drug dealer is trying to kill him. Over the next few days, Mitch begins to suffer severe stomach pains, collapsing in Weber's apartment after a fare and is diagnosed with inoperable stomach cancer. With only a short time to live, he decides to take up Weber's offer to rub out his drug dealer stalker for $50,000, a nest egg for his family after he's gone. A not entirely unpredictable twist follows, hinted at by the Lucifer-like beard sported by Mantegna and the film alights only briefly to meditate on the potential for evil in all of us before resuming its journey along conventional, though certainly passable Hollywood thriller lines. An intriguing precept--it's just a slight shame that neither the players nor director's hearts seem really to be in this movie. On the DVD: Features a trailer. --David Stubbs