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Review Tartan Video / Ring Trilogy (4 disc Collector's Edition) [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Hiroyuki Sanada
  • Kyoko Fukada
  • Norio Tsuruta
  • Daisuke Ban
  • Nanako Matsushima
  • Hideo Nakata
  • Sato Hitomi
Release date: 2004-10-25
Run time: 385 min.
RRP: £39.99
Price: £14.00

Review Ring Trilogy (4 disc Collector's Edition) [1996] / Tartan Video:


Review Eastern Cult Cinema / Wild Zero [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Bass Wolf
  • Tetsuro Takeuchi
  • Guitar Wolf
  • Drum Wolf
  • Masashi Endô
  • Kwancharu Shitichai
Release date: 2003-04-21
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.99

Review Wild Zero [2000] / Eastern Cult Cinema:


Review Ventura / Isola [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Toshiyuki Mizutani
  • Yoshino Kimura
  • Yu Kurosawa
Release date: 2005-03-07
Run time: 93 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.89

Review Isola [1999] / Ventura:


Review Columbia TriStar / Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Yusuke Kawazu
  • Masahiro Takashima
  • Takao Okawara
  • Kenji Sahara
  • Ryoko Sano
  • Megumi Odaka
Release date: 2005-02-08
Run time: 106 min.
Price: £4.84

Review Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Tartan Video / Audition (Collector's Edition) [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Eihi Shiina
  • Takashi Miike
  • Jun Kunimura
  • Renji Ishibashi
  • Tetsu Sawaki
  • Ryo Ishibashi
Release date: 2004-06-28
Run time: 111 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.97

Review Audition (Collector's Edition) [1999] / Tartan Video:


Review Tartan Video / Ring 2 [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Hideo Nakata
  • Kenjiro Ishimaru
  • Miki Nakatani
  • Hitomi Sato
  • Kyôko Fukada
  • Fumiyo Kohinata
Release date: 2001-07-30
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.36

Review Ring 2 [1998] / Tartan Video:

The Ring 2 sequel further complicates the urban myth of the original tale, adding a chilling back-story concerning the origins of Sadako, the long-haired, bug-eyed living dead girl who chills her victims like a video nasty. Shell-shocked by the sudden death of her boyfriend, Koichi, Mai Takano takes it upon herself to investigate the sinister videotape that purportedly kills those who watch it after exactly one week. But the police also want to question Takano concerning her proximity to another death, that of Koichi's former father-in-law, and the disappearance of his ex-wife, Reiko, the journalist who began investigating the video tape curse. Plagued by premonitions and visions, hounded by the police, Takano stumbles upon Yoichi, Reiko's son, who after viewing the videotape has acquired strange supernatural powers. Although now mute, Takano seems able to communicate with him and wins the frightened boy's confidence in order to involve him in scientific experiments carried out by Dr Ikuma, the aims of which are to break the curse of Sadako once and for all. Director Nakata stays true to the tone of his original, tightening the plot like a piano wire around the audience, and priming them for the inevitable next episode in the series. -Chris Campion.

Review Ventura / Shikoku [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Toshie Negishi
  • Ren Osugi
  • Shunichi Nagasaki
  • Michitaka Tsutsui
  • Yui Natsukawa
  • Chiaki Kuriyama
Release date: 2005-01-24
Run time: 101 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.60

Review Shikoku [1999] / Ventura:


Review Tartan Video / Infection [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Msanobu Takashima
  • Takashige Ichise
  • Shiro Sano
  • Koichi Sato
  • Kaho Minami
  • Masayuki Ochiai
Release date: 2006-07-24
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.31

Review Infection [2004] / Tartan Video:


Review Tartan Video / Tetsuo - The Iron Man [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Kei Fujiwara
  • Tomoro Taguchi
Release date: 2002-04-22
Run time: 67 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.95

Review Tetsuo - The Iron Man [1989] / Tartan Video:

In Tetsuo: The Iron Man Shinya Tsukamoto draws on the marriage of flesh and technology that inspires so much of David Cronenberg's work and then twists it into a Manga-influenced cyberpunk vision. A man (Tomoroh Taguchi) awakens from a nightmare in which his body is helplessly fusing with the metal objects around him, only to find it happening to him in real life. or is it? Haunted by memories of a hit and run (eerily prophetic of Cronenberg's Crash), the man knows this ordeal could be a dream, a fantastic form of divine retribution, or perhaps technological mutation born of guilt and rage. Shot in bracing black and white on a small budget, Tsukamoto puts a demented conceptual twist on good old-fashioned stop-motion effects and simple wire work, giving his film the surreal quality of a waking dream with a psychosexual edge (resulting in the film's most disturbing scene). The story ultimately takes on an abstract quality enhanced by the grungy look and increasingly wild images as they take to the streets in a mad chase of technological speed demons. This first entry in his self-titled "Regular Sized Monster Series" was followed by a full-colour sequel, Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer, which trades the muddy experimental atmosphere for a big-budget sheen but can't top the cybershock to the system this movie packs. -Sean Axmaker.

Review Tartan Video / Ring (1998) [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Miki Nakatani
  • Hiroyuki Sanada
  • Hitomi Sato
  • Nanako Matsushima
  • Hideo Nakata
  • Yuko Takeuchi
Release date: 2001-03-19
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.73

Review Ring (1998) [2000] / Tartan Video:

A major box office hit in the Far East, Hideo Nakada's Ring is a subtly creepy Japanese ghost story with an urban legend theme, based on a series of popular teen-appeal novels by Susuki Koji. Far less showy than even the restrained chills of The Blair Witch Project or The Sixth Sense, Ring has nevertheless become a mainstream blockbuster and has already been followed by Ring 2 and the prequel Ring 0. A Hollywood remake is in the works. Investigating the inexplicable, near-simultaneous deaths of her young niece and three teenage friends, reporter Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) learns of a story about a supernaturally cursed video-tape circulating among school kids. As soon as anyone has watched the tape, allegedly recorded by mistake from a dead TV channel, the telephone rings and the viewer has exactly a week to live. Those doomed are invisibly marked, but their images are distorted if photographed. Inevitably, Asakawa gets hold of the tape and watches it. The enigmatic collage of images include a coy woman combing her hair in a mirror, an old newspaper headline about a volcanic eruption, a hooded figure ranting, people crawling and a rural well. When the phone rings (a memorably exaggerated effect), Asakawa is convinced that the curse is active and calls in her scientist ex-husband Ryuji (Hiroyuki Sanada) to help. He watches a copy of the video a day after Asakawa is exposed and willingly submits himself to the curse. [+]
Even more urgency is added to their quest when their young son is unwittingly duped, apparently by the mystery woman from the tape, into watching the video too, joining the queue for a supernatural death. On the DVD: For a film made in the digital era, the letterboxed (16:9) print is in mediocre state, with a noticeable amount of scratching, though the Dolby Digital soundtrack is superb, making this a film that's as scary to listen to as it is to watch (the squeamish might find themselves covering their ears rather than their eyes in some scenes). Otherwise, there are trailers for the first two Ring films and Audition, 10 stills, filmographies for the principals, a review by Mark Kermode, blurb-like extracts from other reviews and the ominous option of playing Sadako's video after a solemn disavowal of responsibility from the distributors! -Kim Newman.

Review Tartan Video / Phone [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Ha Ji-Won
  • Choi Woo-Je
  • Ahn Byong Ki
  • Eun Suh-Woo
  • Kim Yu-Mi
Release date: 2005-01-24
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.99

Review Phone [2002] / Tartan Video:


Review Tartan Video / The Eye [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Danny Pang
  • Lawrence Chou
  • Angelica Lee
  • Chutcha Rujinanon
  • Oxide Pang
Release date: 2003-01-27
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £15.99

Review The Eye [2002] / Tartan Video:

The Eye ("Jian gui") incorporates a very old suspicion that has prevented many people from ticking the "cornea" section on their Donor card. From the age of two, Mun (Angelica Lee) has been blind and has learnt to live her life through her other four senses, but after a cornea operation she discovers she has a "sixth sense". As her sight slowly returns she notices shadowy figures prowling around her that are definitely not normal human beings. So begins a quest for the eye donor, during which Mun discovers that people's superstitions still remain as strong as ever. Hong Kong directors Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang have not made another generic horror in the wake of Ring, nor an ultra-violent picture in the style of Battle Royale. A clearer comparison is with The Sixth Sense, but unlike M Night Shyamalan's film The Eye uses stunning visual effects to evoke a deeper sense of the unknown and a deeper understanding of death without the trappings of Christianity (here suicide does not lead to eternal damnation). Ultimately, The Eye is a supernatural suspense story, with Mun turning detective and learning a little more than she bargained for about her own mortality. On the DVD:The Eye offers a short (eight-minute) "making of" documentary which is extended further in the Pang Brothers documentary. As with all Tartan products the disc is full of trailers, but has some added value with Justin Bowyer's film notes. There is the option to play the film without English subtitles, and the subtitles have been improved in contrast to earlier Tartan releases by the addition of a black rim around the italics. [+]
Sound and vision are exceptional and will certainly add to any jumpy reactions. Let's hope this one also gets the two-disc special edition treatment in the future. -Nikki Disney.

Review Columbia TriStar / Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Rei Kikukawa
  • Masahiro Matsuoka
  • Don Frye
  • Ryuhei Kitamura
  • Masuiro Matsuoka
  • Akira Takarada
Release date: 2005-12-13
Run time: 125 min.
Creator: Keith Emerson
Price: £3.26

Review Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Ventura / Inugami [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Kazuhiro Yamaji
  • Masato Harada
  • Eugene Harada
  • Shiho Fujimura
  • Yuki Amami
  • Atsuro Watabe
Release date: 2005-02-14
Run time: 105 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.96

Review Inugami [2001] / Ventura:


Review Dreamworks Home Entertainment / The Ring/Ring Two [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Naomi Watts
  • Gore Verbinski
  • David Dorfman
  • Hideo Nakata
Release date: 2006-06-19
Run time: 215 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £7.16

Review The Ring/Ring Two [2002] / Dreamworks Home Entertainment:


Review Tartan Video / A Tale Of Two Sisters [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Ji-woon Kim
  • Geun-yeong Mun
  • Su-jeong Lim
  • Jung-ah Yum
  • Kap-su Kim
  • Seung-bi Lee
Release date: 2004-11-22
Run time: 115 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.32

Review A Tale Of Two Sisters [2004] / Tartan Video:


Review Tartan Video / The Eye (Collector's Edition) [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Danny Pang
  • Oxide Pang
  • Angelica Lee
  • Lawrence Chou
  • Chutcha Rujinanon
Release date: 2004-08-23
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.97

Review The Eye (Collector's Edition) [2002] / Tartan Video:


Review Columbia TriStar / Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla/Godzilla vs. Destoroyah [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Akira Emoto
  • Takao Okawara
  • Towako Yoshikawa
  • Kensho Yamashita
  • Zenkichi Yoneyama
  • Jun Hashizume
  • Megumi Odaka
Release date: 2000-02-01
Run time: 210 min.
Price: £7.16

Review Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla/Godzilla vs. Destoroyah [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Tartan Video / Tetsuo 2 - Body Hammer [1991]
Actors & Directors
  • Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Kei Fujiwara
  • Tomoro Taguchi
Release date: 2002-04-22
Run time: 79 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.43

Review Tetsuo 2 - Body Hammer [1991] / Tartan Video:

Two years after leaving the grungy cyberpunk calling card of the original Tetsuo, Shinya Tsukamoto re-enters the world of flesh and metal metamorphoses with Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer, a more narratively ambitious film that is neither sequel nor remake, but a rethinking of the ideas on a bigger scale with more impressive effects. The film begins in the recognisable world of the thriller, where a young middle-class couple see their son kidnapped by mysterious hoodlums, and then takes an abrupt turn into an underworld of cybermen led by a mad scientist performing twisted experiments. The father (Tomoroh Taguchi, returning from the first film), filled with rage and shame at his powerlessness, suddenly transforms into a robotic warrior and becomes overwhelmed by the power, simultaneously terrified and ecstatic. Unlike in the original, Tsukamoto offers an explanation, for what it's worth, but the power lies not in the story but the nightmarish imagery and the themes of the marriage of flesh and technology, metal and magic. With an ample budget at his disposal (not to mention colour), Tsukamoto ups the conflict to a battle of biblical proportions while maintaining the brooding, terrifying, nightmarish quality. Tsukamoto's gory, violent vision of technology run amok is not for everyone, but fans of David Lynch and David Cronenberg will find his dangerous visions just as creatively disturbing. -Sean Axmaker.

Review Tartan Video / Premonition [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Maki Horikita
  • Norio Tsuruta
  • Noriko Sakai
  • Mayumani Ono
  • Hiroshi Mikami
  • Daisuke Ban
Release date: 2006-06-26
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.98

Review Premonition [2004] / Tartan Video:


Models & Brands:
Ring Trilogy (4 disc Collector's Edition) [1996], Wild Zero [2000], Isola [1999], Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Audition (Collector's Edition) [1999], Ring 2 [1998], Shikoku [1999], Infection [2004], Tetsuo - The Iron Man [1989], Ring (1998) [2000], Phone [2002], The Eye [2002], Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Inugami [2001], The Ring/Ring Two [2002], A Tale Of Two Sisters [2004], The Eye (Collector's Edition) [2002], Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla/Godzilla vs. Destoroyah [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Tetsuo 2 - Body Hammer [1991], Premonition [2004]

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