Science Fiction

• The Lost World | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The granddaddy of giant monster movies, The Lost World was one of the most expensive movies ever made in 1925, costing more than a million dollars, and has remained one of the most influential. Every larger-than-life creature feature since--from King Kong to Godzilla and Jurassic Park--owes a debt to this original adventure fantasy based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel. It's the story of a maverick scientist (Wallace Beery under a bushy beard) who finds a land that time forgot on a plateau deep within the South American jungles and comes back to London with a captured brontosaurus to prove it. His expedition includes Bessie Love, the daughter of an explorer who disappeared on the previous expedition, and big game hunter Lewis Stone. The ostensible stars of the picture are all upstaged by Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs, simple models brought to life with primitive stop-motion animation (the technique was soon to be perfected by O'Brien for King Kong). Hardly realistic by any measure, these pioneering special effects are still a sight to behold, especially the lumbering brontosaurus which receives the most care from O'Brien, both foraging in his jungle and rampaging through the streets of London. With the coming of talkies, The Lost World became obsolete: all known American prints were destroyed in favour of a sound remake (which became King Kong) and the film only survived in a severely truncated form (even the original negative was lost). For this release David Shepard meticulously "rebuilt" the film using material from eight different surviving prints from all over the world, cleaning and restoring along the way. The result is 50% longer than previously extant prints, still not complete but closer than any version since its 1925 debut. The difference is not merely in restored scenes but in a rediscovered sense of grace in scenes filled out to their original detail and pace. The film moves and breathes once again like a silent film. On the DVD: From the attractive solid slipcase to the wonderful "period" menu interface, this is a delightful DVD package. The film itself looks surprisingly good--a real tribute to the restoration team's efforts--with careful tinting in the style of the period (blues for evening, reds for dawn etc.). The disc features the choice of either an original score by The Alloy Orchestra or a classical orchestral score compiled and conducted by Robert Israel (both enjoyable and effective), 13 minutes of O'Brien's animation outtakes (including a couple of isolated frames that capture O'Brien manipulating his models) and a well-meaning but basic commentary by Arthur Conan Doyle historian Roy Pilot. There's also a text biography of Conan Doyle and a display of original postcards, posters and other promotional items. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Man Who Fell To Earth | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Who is Newton? Arriving one day at a remote Kentucky town Newton has soon hired a New York lawyer to help him found a mysterious industrial empire using his advanced technological advantage. As he takes on and beats every major US corporation people can only guess at his true purpose. Initially his noble intention is to save his dying world from agonising death by drought but soon Newton agelessly falls from grace as he becomes prey to lust...

• The Alien Conspiracy - Time Enough | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The war between the two alien races escalates with the Greys contaminating mankind with violence and the Morphs using humans as pawns. One human operative ambivalent about his situation in New York City wants to experience the same time over and over again with his new girlfriend because he knows of the fateful events that will soon happen. Yet he can't seem to get the relationship right. A cult classic sci-fi flick!

• The X Files: Season 3 | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Focused lightning bolts, stigmata, possession, and ancient curses become secondary in Season 3 of The X-Files as more episodes are devoted to pursuing the increasingly complex story threads. "The Blessing Way" is an explosive start, introducing the Syndicate's well-manicured man (John Neville), while Scully's sister Melissa is shot and Mulder experiences Twin-Peaks-like prophetic visions. We learn of medical records of millions, including Scully, who have been experimented upon ("Paper Clip"): the fast-paced train-bound two-parter "Nisei" and "731" suggests the experiments are about alien hybridisation. Krycek turns out to be hosting an alien in the next double-act, "Piper Maru" and "Apocrypha", in which Skinner is shot by Melissa's killer. Two great one-offs outside the arc are "Clyde Bruckman's "Final Repose", a bittersweet tale of foreseeing death (featuring an Emmy-winning performance from Peter Boyle) and Jose Chung's " From Outer Space", a spoof of alien conspiracy theories through an author's investigations into abductees. --Paul Tonks

• The Twilight Zone - Season 1 | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call...The Twilight Zone! This fantastic 6 DVD boxed set contains all 36 episodes from Rod Serling's classic groundbreaking s

• Solty Rei Collection | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £29.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (33.34%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Solty Rei: Complete Collection (6 Discs)

• Helldriver (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £19.75   |  Saving you £0.24 (1.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The absolutely insane Yoshihiro Nishimura director of Tokyo Gore Police and the amazing Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl is back with another foray into disturbing wonder with the Japanese zombie movie Helldriver. An alien-spawned mysterious mist blankets the northern half of Japan transforming those who inhale it into ravenous flesh-eating zombies. Plunged into chaos Japan is torn in two: the southern half of the country where the populace remains untouched by the deadly gas lives behind a heavily-fortified wall while the northern half is a lawless zombie-infected wasteland. Hope arrives in the form of Kika (Yumiko Hara) a beautiful high school girl armed with a chainsaw sword powered by an artificial heart. Recruited by the government Kika leads a ragtag group of desperados on a secret mission into the zombie-infected wilds to exterminate zombie queen Rikka (Eihi Shiina from Audition Tokyo Gore Police) and put an end to the plague of the living dead. But the road is fraught with a thriving zombie population that refuses to lay down and die!

• Farscape: Complete Season 4 (Boxset) | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  The final series of sci-fi extravaganza, Farscape, this 10-disc Box Set contains all 22 episodes, presented as widescreen and uncut features with Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio. Also included are more than 2½hrs of never before seen features.

• The Last Line Of Defense | DVD | (24/01/2000) from £4.24   |  Saving you £1.75 (41.27%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Fire in the Sky (Imprint # 26) | Blu Ray | (25/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bakugan - Battle Brawlers - Series 1 Vol.2 | DVD | (20/07/2009) from £15.58   |  Saving you £-9.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bakugan: Season 1 - Vol.2

• The Outer Limits - Aliens Among Us Collection | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £4.84   |  Saving you £12.41 (346.65%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission... Surrender yourself to the mysterious world of 'The Outer Limits' as one of the creepiest and most provocative series in television history comes to DVD. This collection of the 1990's version of the science fiction anthology series compiles six of the best episodes dealing with all-things alien. Episodes comprise: SandKings - Part 1: Dr

• Vexille | DVD | (26/09/2008) from £7.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (102.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Japan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind.

• Adrenalin - Fear The Rush | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Russian government has collapsed. Amidst the chaos riots and struggle for power a terrible weapon has leaked out. Virulent microflage a deadly germ of the cold war has begun to spread across Eastern Europe killing massive numbers of people. Now in a quarentene camp set up for immigrants in 2017 Boston one vicious murderer has the disease. Within two hours he will become violently contagious and it is up to a team of officers (Christopher Lambert Natasha Henstridge) in a r

• Wolfhound | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.

• Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock -- Two Disc Special Edition | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  With hindsight, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is the satisfactory middle instalment of a well-rounded trilogy that began with The Wrath of Kahn and ended with The Voyage Home (after which this crew really should have retired gracefully). But on its first release, few fans knew what to expect and initial impressions were disappointing. The biggest talking points were that the film was Leonard Nimoy's directorial debut and that his name wasn't in the opening credits. Naturally, the biggest question was just how would the loss of Spock affect the franchise? That question was neatly dodged and what audiences got instead was a tale of team-spiritedness, sacrifice and rebellion that ended on a question mark. In other words it was a fun ride without many answers. The centrepiece of the movie has to be stealing The Enterprise, a beautifully conceived sequence that remains at the heart of classic Trek's filmic storyline: sacrificing all for the sake of friendship, Kirk and co. set out to rescue their lost companion; this single action defines everything the characters had ever meant to each other, and has an effect on everything that followed. And if the loss of Spock had left audiences eager for more, that was as nothing compared to the loss of The Enterprise. On the DVD: Star Trek III on disc does not come in a new transfer as the previous two special edition DVDs, and you won't find any deleted or new scenes either. The extras package is fascinating, nonetheless, especially with the contributions from Nimoy. His fond reminiscences in the commentary track are priceless, with good support from writer-producer Harve Bennett, director of photography Charles Correll, and Robin Curtis (Saavik). The text commentary from the Okudas isn't as involving as the others, sadly, but this is made up for by the trivia dished out in documentaries covering: model-making, costume design, the science of Terraforming, and how to speak Klingon. The best inclusion is "Captain's Log" featuring interviews with an enthusiastic Nimoy, a sarcastic Shatner, an appreciative Curtis and the rarely seen Christopher Lloyd. --Paul Tonks

• Quatermass And The Pit | DVD | (29/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  We have met the enemy, and it is us: when a Martian spacecraft with a terrifying link to the origins of humanity is unearthed beneath a London tube station, only the esteemed Professor Bernard Quatermass (a very British--and possibly mad--precursor to Mulder and Scully) can save London's suddenly murderous population from itself. One of the most intelligently paranoid science fiction films ever produced, this pessimistic masterpiece functions as a dark flip side to the relatively optimistic alien-induced evolution theory presented in the later 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nigel Kneale's brilliant script (which posits a surprisingly plausible, otherworldly rationale for the existence of the supernatural) was later appropriated by acknowledged fan John Carpenter for his underrated Prince of Darkness. A must-see for horror and science-fiction aficionados. --Andrew Wright, Amazon.com

• Shadow chaser; Gates of time | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Five thousand years ago an alien spacecraft piloted by the android SIRIUS is destroyed by an electrical storm and the remains of the craft and it's occupants are buried by time. It is survived however by an intriguing myth that the aliens possessed the gift of everlasting life and that the buried craft contains an elixir which if replicated would bring untold riches to the owner of such a powerful drug

• I Am Legend - Premium Collection Steelbook (Blu-ray + UV Copy | Blu Ray | (12/11/2012) from £29.95   |  Saving you £-4.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The last man on earth is not alone. Will Smith plays that lone survivor in I Am Legend, the action epic, fusing heart-pounding excitement with a mind-blowing vision of a desolated Manhattan. Somehow immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, military virologist Robert Neville (Smith) is now the last human survivor in New York City and maybe the world. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time.

• Day the Earth Stood Still / Id | DVD | (04/08/2010) from £7.61   |  Saving you £0.38 (4.99%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Independence Day: The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of mankind.