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Review Warner Home Video / Exorcist - The Beginning [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Renny Harlin
  • Izabella Scorupco
  • James D'Arcy
  • Stellan Skarsgard
Release date: 2005-04-18
Run time: 113 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £0.48

Review Exorcist - The Beginning [2004] / Warner Home Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Omen Trilogy [1976]
Actors & Directors
  • Graham Baker
  • David Warner
  • Lee Remick
  • Gregory Peck
  • Rossano Brazzi
  • Don Taylor
  • Richard Donner
  • Billie Whitelaw
Release date: 2001-06-04
Run time: 317 min.
RRP: £39.99
Price: £12.99

Review The Omen Trilogy [1976] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

In 1976 The Omen scored a hit with critics and audiences hungry for more after The Exorcist with its mixture of Gothic horror and mystery and its plot about a young boy suspected of being the personification of the anti-Christ. Directed by Richard Donner (best known for his Superman and Lethal Weapon films), The Omen gained a lot of credibility from the casting of Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as a distinguished American couple living in England, whose young son Damien bears "the mark of the beast". At a time when graphic gore had yet to dominate the horror genre, this film used its violence discreetly and to great effect and the mood of dread and potential death is masterfully maintained. It's all a bit contrived, with a lot of biblical portent and sensational fury but few would deny it's highly entertaining. Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score works wonders to enhance the movie's creepy atmosphere. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com Damien: Omen II takes place several years after the mysterious events that claimed the life of the US Ambassador and his wife as the now teenaged and militarily enrolled Damien Thorne is slowly being made aware of his unholy heritage and horrific destiny. Woe is he (including anyone in Damien's adoptive family and his classmates) who suspects the truth or gets in his way. While not as unrelentingly frightening as its blockbuster predecessor, this more-than-competent sequel raises some interesting questions about the nature of free will (can the anti-Christ deny his birthright?) before falling into a gory series of increasingly outlandish deaths, the best of which is a terrifyingly protracted scene beneath the ice of a frozen lake. Jerry Goldsmith (who won an Oscar for his work on the first film in the series) contributes another marvellously foreboding score. [+]
-Andrew Wright, Amazon. com The series concludes with The Omen III: The Final Conflict, starring Sam Neill as the adult Damien-aka the son of Satan-in a battle with the heavens for control of mankind. The film ends up depending more heavily on effects and spectacle than on the kind of basic horrors that made the first movie in the series so unsettling but at least this one gives some closure to the seemingly endless saga. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com On the DVDs: On the original movie disc there is an all-new 45-minute documentary, "666: The Omen Revealed", with contributions from all the major behind-the-scenes players, including director, editor, screenwriter (who confesses the movie was only set in England because he wanted a free trip to London!), producer and composer. The latter, Jerry Goldsmith, has his Oscar-winning contribution to the movie recognised with a separate feature in which he talks through four key musical scenes in the score. There's also a thought-provoking short called "Curse or Coincidence?" in which the many bizarre accidents that happened during shooting are related, including the terrible story of what happened to the girlfriend of the man responsible for designing the decapitation scene. Director Richard Donner and editor Stuart Baird provide a chatty audio commentary to the movie. The second and third films lack as many extra features, being content with audio commentaries and theatrical trailers: the commentary for Omen II is by producer Harvey Bernhard, that for Omen III by director Graham Baker. -Mark Walker.

Review Warner Home Video / The Exorcist/The Exorcist 2 - The Heretic - The Heretic / The Exorcist 3 [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Ellen Burstyn
  • William Peter Blatty
  • Paul Henreid
  • Ned Beatty
  • James Earl Jones
  • John Boorman
  • George C. Scott
  • William Friedkin
Release date: 2002-10-21
Run time: 335 min.
RRP: £30.99
Price: £3.98

Review The Exorcist/The Exorcist 2 - The Heretic - The Heretic / The Exorcist 3 [1973] / Warner Home Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Omen
Actors & Directors
  • Gregory Peck
  • Billie Whitelaw
  • Lee Remick
  • David Warner
  • Richard Donner
  • Harvey Stephens (II)
Release date: 2001-06-04
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.99

Review The Omen / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

In 1976 The Omen was a hit among critics and audiences hungry for more after The Exorcist with its mixture of Gothic horror and mystery and its plot about a young boy suspected of being the personification of the Antichrist. Directed by Richard Donner (best known later for his Superman and Lethal Weapon films), The Omen gained a lot of credibility from the casting of Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as a distinguished American couple living in England, whose young son Damien bears "the mark of the beast". At a time when graphic gore had yet to dominate the horror genre, this film used its violence discreetly and to great effect, and the mood of dread and potential death is masterfully maintained. It's all a bit contrived, with a lot of biblical portent and sensational fury, but few would deny it's highly entertaining. Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score works wonders to enhance the movie's creepy atmosphere. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com On the DVD: The all-new 45-minute documentary, "666: The Omen Revealed", has contributions from all the major behind-the-scenes players, including director, editor, screenwriter (who confesses the movie was only set in England because he wanted a free trip to London), producer and composer. The latter, Jerry Goldsmith, has his Oscar-winning contribution to the movie recognised with a separate feature in which he talks through four key musical scenes in the score. There's also a thought-provoking short called "Curse or Coincidence?" in which the many bizarre accidents that happened during shooting are related, including the terrible story of what happened to the girlfriend of the man responsible for designing the decapitation scene-spooky. Director Richard Donner and editor Stuart Baird provide a chatty audio commentary to the film, and the DVD package is completed by the original theatrical trailer. [+]
-Mark Walker.

Review Warner Home Video / Demon Seed [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Fritz Weaver
  • Julie Christie
  • Barry Kroger
  • Donald Cammell
  • Gerrit Graham
  • Robert Vaughn
Release date: 2005-10-31
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.97

Review Demon Seed [1997] / Warner Home Video:


Review Warner Home Video / The Exorcist - The Complete Anthology : The Exorcist / Exorcist 2 The Heretic / Exorcist 3 / Dominion The Prequel / Exorcist The Beginning (5 Disc Box Set) [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Kitty Winn
  • George C. Scott
  • Paul Schrader
  • Paul Henreid
  • Renny Harlin
  • William Friedkin
  • Ed Flanders
  • John Boorman
  • William Peter Blatty
  • Linda Blair
Release date: 2005-10-17
Run time: 565 min.
RRP: £33.99
Price: £14.87

Review The Exorcist - The Complete Anthology : The Exorcist / Exorcist 2 The Heretic / Exorcist 3 / Dominion The Prequel / Exorcist The Beginning (5 Disc Box Set) [1973] / Warner Home Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Constantine (Two Disc Edition) [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Djimon Hounsou
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Tilda Swinton
  • Shia LaBeouf
  • Rachel Weisz
  • Francis Lawrence
Release date: 2005-07-11
Run time: 116 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £2.99

Review Constantine (Two Disc Edition) [2005] / Warner Home Video:

In the grand scheme of theological thrillers, Constantine aspires for the greatness of The Exorcist but ranks more closely with The Order. Based on the popular Hellblazer comic book series, and directed with nary a shred of intelligence by music video veteran Francis Lawrence, it's basically The Matrix with swarming demons instead of swarming machines. Keanu Reeves slightly modifies his Matrix persona as John Constantine, who roams the dark-spots of Los Angeles looking for good-evil, angel-devil half-breeds to ensure that "the balance" between God and Satan is properly maintained. An ancient artifact and the detective twin of a woman who committed evil-induced suicide (Rachel Weisz) factor into the plot, which is taken so seriously that you'll want to stand up and cheer when Tilda Swinton swoops down as the cross-dressing angel Gabriel and turns this silliness into the camp-fest it really is. The digital effects are way cool (dig those hellspawn with the tops of their heads lopped off!), so if you don't mind a juvenile lesson in pseudo-Catholic salvation, Constantine is just the movie for you! -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review The Amityville Horror / The Amityville Horror (Box Set)
Release date: 2005-10-24
Run time: 200 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £4.85

Review The Amityville Horror (Box Set) / The Amityville Horror:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Amityville Horror [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Melissa George
  • Jesse James
  • Jimmy Bennett
  • Ryan Reynolds
  • Andrew Douglas
  • Chloe Grace Moretz
Release date: 2005-10-24
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.35

Review The Amityville Horror [2005] / MGM Entertainment:

Most horror movies establish an atmosphere of normality, which they gradually rupture with spooky or creepy or stomach-churning images. The Amityville Horror-a remake of the 1979 movie about a possessed house that torments the family that moves into it-tosses normality out the window in the first five minutes, unleashing a nonstop barrage of unsettling camera angles, decaying wood and stained wallpaper, half-glimpsed shadows in motion, fast edits of grotesque ghosts, and dozens of other horror-movie devices. Whether you like the movie will depend on whether you like feeling slightly nauseated and cut off from any semblance of reality-for many people, that's why they go to horror movies. Others won't be able to suspend disbelief that anyone but an actor would spend the time necessary to develop Ryan Reynold's insanely buff physique, prominently displayed as he runs around wearing nothing but a pair of loose-fitting pajama bottoms. In addition to Reynolds, the movie also features Philip Baker Hall and Melissa George. -Bret Fetzer, Amazon. com.

Review Warner Home Video / The Exorcist [1974]
Actors & Directors
  • Jason Miller
  • William Friedkin
  • Ellen Burstyn
  • Max von Sydow
  • Kitty Winn
  • Lee J. Cobb
Release date: 1999-10-25
Run time: 117 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.99

Review The Exorcist [1974] / Warner Home Video:

Director William Friedkin was a hot ticket in Hollywood after the success of The French Connection, and he turned heads (in more ways than one) when he decided to make The Exorcist as his follow-up film. Adapted by William Peter Blatty from his controversial best-seller, this shocking 1973 thriller set an intense and often-copied milestone for screen terror with its unflinching depiction of a young girl (Linda Blair) who is possessed by an evil spirit. Jason Miller and Max von Sydow are perfectly cast as the priests who risk their sanity and their lives to administer the rites of demonic exorcism, and Ellen Burstyn plays Blair's mother, who can only stand by in horror as her daughter's body is wracked by satanic disfiguration. One of the most frightening films ever made, The Exorcist was mysteriously plagued by troubles during production, and the years have not diminished its capacity to disturb even the most stoical viewers. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner Home Video / The Exorcist - Director's Cut [1974]
Actors & Directors
  • Kitty Winn
  • Max von Sydow
  • Jason Miller
  • Lee J. Cobb
  • Ellen Burstyn
  • William Friedkin
Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 127 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.99

Review The Exorcist - Director's Cut [1974] / Warner Home Video:

Director William Friedkin was a hot ticket in Hollywood after the success of The French Connection, and he turned heads (in more ways than one) when he decided to make The Exorcist as his follow-up film. Adapted by William Peter Blatty from his controversial best-seller, this shocking 1973 thriller set an intense and often-copied milestone for screen terror with its unflinching depiction of a young girl (Linda Blair) who is possessed by an evil spirit. Jason Miller and Max von Sydow are perfectly cast as the priests who risk their sanity and their lives to administer the rites of demonic exorcism, and Ellen Burstyn plays Blair's mother, who can only stand by in horror as her daughter's body is wracked by satanic disfiguration. One of the most frightening films ever made, The Exorcist was mysteriously plagued by troubles during production, and the years have not diminished its capacity to disturb even the most stoical viewers. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner Home Video / Constantine [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Rachel Weisz
  • Tilda Swinton
  • Francis Lawrence
  • Djimon Hounsou
  • Shia LaBeouf
Release date: 2005-07-11
Run time: 116 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £1.40

Review Constantine [2005] / Warner Home Video:

In the grand scheme of theological thrillers, Constantine aspires for the greatness of The Exorcist but ranks more closely with The Order. Based on the popular Hellblazer comic book series, and directed with nary a shred of intelligence by music video veteran Francis Lawrence, it's basically The Matrix with swarming demons instead of swarming machines. Keanu Reeves slightly modifies his Matrix persona as John Constantine, who roams the dark-spots of Los Angeles looking for good-evil, angel-devil half-breeds to ensure that "the balance" between God and Satan is properly maintained. An ancient artifact and the detective twin of a woman who committed evil-induced suicide (Rachel Weisz) factor into the plot, which is taken so seriously that you'll want to stand up and cheer when Tilda Swinton swoops down as the cross-dressing angel Gabriel and turns this silliness into the camp-fest it really is. The digital effects are way cool (dig those hellspawn with the tops of their heads lopped off!), so if you don't mind a juvenile lesson in pseudo-Catholic salvation, Constantine is just the movie for you! -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review MGM Entertainment / The Amityville Horror [1979]
Actors & Directors
  • Rod Steiger
  • James Brolin
  • Don Stroud
  • Margot Kidder
  • Murray Hamilton
  • Stuart Rosenberg
Release date: 2001-10-22
Run time: 113 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.89

Review The Amityville Horror [1979] / MGM Entertainment:


Review Momentum Picture Home Ent / The Devil's Rejects - Special Edition [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Bill Moseley
  • Deborah Van Valkenburgh
  • Rob Zombie
  • Sheri Moon
  • Ken Foree
  • Sid Haig
Release date: 2005-12-26
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.12

Review The Devil's Rejects - Special Edition [2005] / Momentum Picture Home Ent:


Review Anchor Bay / Night of the Demons [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Tenney
  • Alvin Alexis
  • Lance Fenton
  • Hal Havins
  • Billy Gallo
  • Allison Barron
Release date: 2004-08-24
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £2.77

Review Night of the Demons [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Anchor Bay:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Omen [1976]
Actors & Directors
  • Roy Boyd
  • Richard Donner
  • Tommy Duggan
  • Nancy Manningham
  • Patrick Troughton
  • Gregory Peck
Release date: 2006-10-23
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £2.79

Review The Omen [1976] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Columbia TriStar / Curse of the Demon + Night of the Demon (Ws) [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Niall MacGinnis
  • Maurice Denham
  • Athene Seyler
  • Peggy Cummins
  • Dana Andrews
  • Jacques Tourneur
Release date: 2002-08-13
Run time: 178 min.
Price: £10.02

Review Curse of the Demon + Night of the Demon (Ws) [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Starz Home Entertainment / Blood On Satan's Claw [1971]
Actors & Directors
  • Linda Hayden
  • Patrick Wymark
  • Michele Dotrice
  • Barry Andrews
  • Piers Haggard
  • Wendy Padbury
Release date: 2004-01-26
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.98

Review Blood On Satan's Claw [1971] / Starz Home Entertainment:


Review Optimum Home Entertainment / The Devil's Backbone [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Íñigo Garcés
  • Marisa Paredes
  • Guillermo del Toro
  • Fernando Tielve
  • Eduardo Noriega (II)
  • Federico Luppi
Release date: 2002-03-25
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.99

Review The Devil's Backbone [2001] / Optimum Home Entertainment:

As Guillermo Del Toro films go The Devil's Backbone is a defining moment in his career, breaching the gap between International Art House and mainstream Hollywood success, it being his last film before Blade 2. Based within an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s, the film is driven by its characters and, just like his previous films (Cronos and Mimic), it draws on the supernatural to outline and re-define exactly what it is that drives them. Although Del Toro insists that this is not a film about the Civil War, by trapping and threatening its inhabitants the orphanage inevitably becomes a mirror for the events outside. These four walls become a place of protection for boys who have been orphaned during the war, a place for them to lead a relatively normal existence full of school life, bullying and adventure. Their main source of the latter being Santi, a young ghost who haunts the halls looking for revenge for his recent murder. Yet the pivotal character who evokes real fear in the children is not the spirit, but the greedy, selfish Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), a former orphan, whose experiences have left him with deep emotional scars. With a strong cast and even stronger imagery (created by cinematographer Guillermo Navarro) Del Toro whips up a hauntingly effective film about love, life and the afterlife. On the DVD: entering the extras literally through the keyhole, there are several opportunities to obtain a deeper understanding of this disturbing film. A "Behind the Scenes" featurette includes the cast's own character profiles and interpretation of the story, as well as Del Toro explaining his thoughts about the film and how he achieved some shots. Two of the sequences—"Aerial Bombardment" and "The Ghost"-can be seen in further technical detail, with film footage and computer animation combined to make a whole scene. [+]
A selection of storyboards can also be viewed which run alongside the soundtrack to the scene, with the option to intercut between storyboard and finished film. A theatrical trailer, a picture gallery and written biographies are standard. The film and additional features are in Spanish with English subtitles and menu. With Dolby 5:1 sound and a widescreen picture, the film not only looks and sounds, but also feels fantastically chilling. -Nikki Disney.

Review Momentum Pictures / The Devil's Rejects
Actors & Directors
  • Deborah Van Valkenburgh
  • Sheri Moon
  • Sid Haig
  • Bill Moseley
  • Rob Zombie
  • Ken Foree
Release date: 2005-12-26
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.09

Review The Devil's Rejects / Momentum Pictures:


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