Horror and Suspense

• Mario Bava - Vol. 1 | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This collection features a trio of films directed by 'the master of the macabre' Mario Bava. Black Sabbath (1963): Italian horror master Mario Bava's spine-tingling horror anthology. In the first tale A Drop Of Water a woman steals a ring off of the finger of a corpse only to be haunted by the angry spirit of the ring's owner. In The Telephone a woman is harassed by phone calls from the dead. Finally Boris Karloff plays a vampire-like creature in The Wurdalak who feeds off the blood of its family. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963 aka The Evil Eye): The mystery of the Alphabet Murders in Rome was left unsolved ten years ago. When Nora Davis (Roman) travels there on vacation she gets tangled in a web of death starting with Edith an old friend of the family. As Nora tries to find some help for Edith she witnesses the stabbing murder of yet another woman. She soon discovers that the murder actually happened ten years ago to Emily Craven and that the Alphabet Murderer is looking for is still looking for the letter 'D'. The Mask of Satan (1960 aka Black Sunday/Revenge of The Vampire): Buxom B-movie queen Barbara Steele stars in this atmospheric film about the long dead evil Princess Asa and her brother who are accidentally brought back to life. Asa goes on a quest to murder her twin descendent Princess Katia (also played by Steele) and seduces many unknowing victims along the way.

• Hitch-Hiker | DVD | (26/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.20

• Hitch-Hiker | DVD | (18/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.44

• The Innkeepers & House Of The Devil 2-Disc Boxset | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £4.40   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  House Of The Devil: Sam is a pretty college sophomore and so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job with the sinister Ulmans. But after discovering no baby exists in the household, Sam discover the Ulmans have lured her to their diabolical mansion deep in the woods. Left alone in the house, something stirs in the rooms high above Sam. Outside, as lunar eclipse begins, it soon becomes clear that she will end this night in a bloody fi...

• Last House On The Left | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on Ingmar Bergman's highly acclaimed 'The Virgin Spring' Wes Craven's 'The Last House On The Left' tells the terrifying story of two teenage girls Mari and Phyllis heading up to the city to celebrate Mari's 17th birthday at concert by the band Bloodlust. While trying to score some marijuana prior to the show the pair are drugged beaten and kidnapped by a group of escaped convicts and taken into the woods where their horrific ordeal ends in rape and murder. When the criminals coincidentally but unknowingly take refuge at the nearby house of one of their victims the girl's parents discover the gruesome fate of their daughter and seek to exact their revenge...

• Cannibal Holocaust Redux | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Versus | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £6.22   |  Saving you £8.77 (141.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  There are 666 portals to the other side and somewhere in Japan lies the home of the 444th. It is here that Prisoner KSC2-303 escapes from his fellow inmates to rendezvous with a group of men who will lead him to safety. After he realises that the price of his freedom is the death of a female hostage he refuses to comply with his rescuers' plans and blood is spilled. But when in the aptly named Forest of Resurrection long dead Yakuza fighters come back to life to avenge their ow

• The 39 Steps | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Alfred Hitchcock considered The 39 Steps to be one of his favourite films partly because it launched his classic theme of the innocent man on the run from villains and lawmen. Robert Donat stars as Richard Hannay in this freely adapted version of John Buchan's story. Despite repeated remakes Hitchcock's riveting original remains unequalled.

• Lord Of Illusions | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £6.28   |  Saving you £9.71 (154.62%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Scott Bakula stars as detective Harry D'Amour who stumbles upon a mystery involving the world-famous magician Philip Swann and his beautiful wife Dorothea. Harry is drawn into a world full of secrets deceit and unimaginable terrors. Harry eventually comes face to face with Nix the diabolical power who gave Swann his dark magic. In the climactic final battle Harry confronts Nix and learns that illusion is trickery but magic is real. Written & directed by horror master Clive Bar

• The Howling (1 Disc Edition) | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £13.00   |  Saving you £2.99 (23.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Severely shaken after a near-fatal encounter with a serial killer TV newscaster Karen White (Dee Wallace-Stone) takes some much-needed time off. Hoping to conquer her inner demons she heads for the 'Colony' a secluded retreat where her new neighbors are just a tad too eager to make her feel at home. Also there seems to be a bizarre link between her would-be attacker and this supposedly safe haven. And when after nights of being tormented by savage shrieks and unearthly cries Karen ventures into the forest to find answers she makes a terrifying discovery. Now she must fight not only for her life but for her very soul!

• Re-Animator | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £19.90   |  Saving you £-6.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Re-Animator was undoubtedly one of the most notorious horror films of the 1980's. Based on a classic 'Mad Professor' tale this relentless splatterfest takes obsession suspense and terror to the very limits of your imagination. Prepare to meet Dr. Herbert West the sickest man in science... The night that medical student Dan Cain discovered his pet cat Rufus dead in his roommates fridge was just the beginning. Before long Dan and his beloved girlfriend Megan become involved in the macabre experiments of his roommate the sinister Dr. Herbert West who has created a serum that can bring both brain and body back from the dead. The immoral scientific methods of Dr. West provide the Dean of the medical school with reason to expel West and force Cain out of the hospital. Undeterred West and Cain continue with their experiments in the hospital's morgue - restoring life to an unlimited supply of fresh corpses. However a chilling side effect to West's discovery leads to a seemingly endless night of mind-bending terror and unthinkable madness.

• Wes Craven's Don't Look Down | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A woman tries to get over the death of her sister by taking an Acrophobiac group but soon finds its members are being killed one by one...

• The Blu-ray Horror Collection (5 titles - Hostel/Hostel 2/Vacancy/Dracula/The Covenant) | Blu Ray | (10/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Hostel The hallowed tradition of the post-college European backpacking trip turns into an unimaginable nightmare for two unsuspecting American 20-somethings in Eli Roth's (Cabin Fever) sensational second outing. Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) have embarked upon a hedonistic tour of the continent, and somewhere along the way pick up travelling companion Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson). In Amsterdam the trio partakes of the pastimes most dear to frat boys everywhere: weed, prostitutes, and nightclubs. But when a fellow traveller tells these thrill-seekers about the decadent scene that awaits them in Bratislava, they find themselves unable to resist its lures. Enticed by the promise of a hostel full of beautiful girls who love Americans, they set out for the remote areas of Eastern Europe. There, the sex farce to which the film's first half is devoted slowly turns ominous, as the boys hook up immediately with the gorgeous Natalya (Barbara Nedeljakova) and Svetlana (Jana Kaderabkova), whose eagerness masks more sinister intentions. Soon, the disagreeable backpackers find themselves on the other side of the flesh trade, sold by the girls into an exclusive human trafficking operation that gives its customers the opportunity to torture and kill a helpless victim. Much of what follows consists of the squirm-inducing surgical horrors that characterise precursors such as Saw, with the implications regarding the capitalist system and the human soul becoming ever darker. Produced by Quentin Tarantino, the film amps up the gore factor as much as it can get away with, and, in the tradition of the best horror films, offers a satirical socially conscious commentary. Hostel Part II The inevitable sequel to one of the decade's most intriguing and well-made horror films, Hostel Part II, as the title implies, picks up pretty much where the last film left off. And it doesn't take too long for the sequel to find the same groove that earned its predecessor so much attention. The setting is once again an underground club, where people bid for the right to torture residents at the hostel of the title. Hostel Part II, however, lets us see events from the other perspective too, as we meet the wealthy businessmen who are availing themselves of the club's services. It's a logical dynamic for the movie, and it does bring a fresh perspective to a film that does eventually settle down to a cavalcade of gore and shock. As a director, Eli Roth has clearly improved since last time around, even if this time he too often succumbs to the temptation to show rather than imply, and Hostel Part II as a result feels a little less fresh and more uncomfortable than its predecessor. Yet it's most certainly an unsettling piece of cinema, and one likely to find favour with Roth's increasing fanbase. A word of warning, though: Hostel Part II isn't shy about pulling its punches, and it very much justifies its 18 certificate. It's also a cut above many of its modern day contemporaries in the genre, even though it fails to measure up to part one. --Jon Foster Vacancy A confined setting is a useful tool for thriller-makers, and Vacancy is definitely boxed in: a run-down motel way, way off the Interstate, the kind of place where unsuspecting movie characters go to get stabbed to death in the shower. If Vacancy doesn't quite live up to its Hitchcockian forebears, at least it provides 80 minutes of well-designed mayhem. You know somebody's paying attention just from the opening credits, a clever vortex with pounding music by Paul Haslinger. Then we meet unhappy couple Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale, driving along in the dark and forced to stay at the Pinewood Motel after a car breakdown. There's a night man (Frank Whaley, World Trade Center) in the tradition of Dennis Weaver's Touch of Evil gargoyle, but the real mess of trouble is waiting in room number four. Director Nimrod Antal, who scored a stylish international hit with the Hungarian thriller Kontroll, squeezes maximum juice out of the Route 66 atmosphere of the motel, although the movie doesn't get under your skin the way Kontroll did. Wilson and Beckinsale are a little too marquee-namish for this kind of heavy-breathing work, and the script doesn't give them much to play with. But hey, it's not that kind of movie. Where it really belongs is on the top half of a drive-in double bill, or maybe as a nightmare-scenario TV movie from the Seventies. Either way, it works. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com Bram Stoker's Dracula Francis Ford Coppola's take on the Dracula myth is visually stunning and overflows with passionate seduction and Gothic romance. In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Coppola draws from the original source of the Dracula story to create a modern masterpiece. Gary Oldman's metamorphosis as Dracula, who grows from old to young, from man to beast, is breathtaking. Winona Ryder brings as much intensity to the character of the beautiful young woman who becomes the object of Dracula's devastating desire. Anthony Hopkins co-stars as the famed doctor who dares to believe in Dracula and then dares to confront him. Opulent and irresistible, Bram Stoker's Dracula is an unforgettable film. The Covenant Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Deep Blue Sea) directs this supernatural thriller about descendants of powerful New England families. The sons of Ipswich are legendary at Spenser Academy, the local boarding school. Handsome and popular, these four teenage friends can trace their roots to the founding families of the Ipswich Colony, settled in the late 1600s. For years these Massachusetts families have harboured the secret that they possess supernatural powers. Their descendants--Caleb (Steven Strait), Reid (Toby Hemingway), Tyler (Chace Crawford), and Pogue (Taylor Kitsch)--have inherited magical powers that first manifested themselves when the boys turned 13 years old. In a nutshell, they can do anything. As they approach their 18th birthdays, they are preparing to 'ascend', which means their powers will grow stronger. The downside? The magic is seductive and addictive, and causes premature aging with each use. Ringleader Caleb tries to keep his friends from using magic recklessly, but as the school year begins, strange events and a strong gut instinct convince Caleb that someone is using very powerful magic. Meanwhile, Caleb is exploring his newfound affection for transfer student Sarah (Laura Ramsey). To Caleb''s dismay, Sarah becomes a pawn in a power struggle with a descendant of the fifth founding family of Ipswich, a line thought to be lost during Salem''s witch trials. Is Caleb strong enough to maintain his power and keep his family and friends safe, or will he yield to this new threat and sacrifice himself? The film draws interesting parallels between the luring, addictive power of magic and the addictions real teenagers face. The sufficiently creepy setting echoes New England and sets the stage for supernatural phenomena. The Covenant also stars Sebastian Stan as Chase Collins, a wealthy newcomer to Spenser, and Jessica Lucas as Kate, Sarah's roommate and Pogue's girlfriend.

• The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari | DVD | (02/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Thrills The Chills Of Witchcraft Today College student Nan Barlow is researching the history of witchcraft. Taunted by her brother and fianc who have voiced their concern over her silly notions Nan arms herself with resolve and drives into the small New England village of Whitewood. She is glad that at least she was able to count on the support of her professor. A bit anxious but consumed with curiosity she will soon embark herself on the journey of her life!

• The Haunting Of Marsten Manor | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Haunting Of Marsten Manor

• Chemical Wedding | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A supernatural, occult thriller from Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson and Monty Python director and editor, Julian Doyle, about a shy lecturer who becomes possessed by the late black magician, Aleister Crowley when an experiment goes awry.

• Collateral | Blu Ray | (14/06/2010) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tom Cruise uncovers his dark side to play a contract killer who hijacks a taxi - and its driver - to take him from job to job.

• Restitution | DVD | (11/05/2015) from £13.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Deep | Blu Ray | (19/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This lavish suspense-filled film was made from Peter (Jaws) Benchley's best-selling novel. Gail Berke (Bisset) and David Sanders (Nolte) are on a romantic holiday in Bermuda when they come upon the sunken wreck of a WWII freighter. Near it they find an ampule of morphine one of tens of thousands still aboard the wrecked ship. Their discovery leads them to a Haitian drug dealer Henri Cloche (Gossett Jr.) and an old treasure hunter Romer Treece (Shaw). With Cloche in pursuit Gail David and Treece try to recover the sunken treasure...

• Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Officially sanctioned Japanese theatrical sequel to Paranormal Activity made with the involvement of the producers of the original US film.