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Review Optimum Home Entertainment / Stargate [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Viveca Lindfors
  • James Spader
  • Kurt Russell
  • Roland Emmerich
  • Jaye Davidson
  • Djimon Hounsou
Release date: 2008-08-04
Run time: 125 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.81

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / The Covenant [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Chace Crawford
  • Steven Strait
  • Laura Ramsey
  • Toby Hemingway
  • Jessica Lucas
  • Renny Harlin
Release date: 2007-04-09
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.83

Review The Covenant [2006] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review MGM / Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles [1980] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Joyce Van Patten
  • Gayle Hunnicutt
  • Michael Anderson
  • Roddy McDowall
  • Darren McGavin
  • Rock Hudson
Release date: 2004-09-07
Run time: 293 min.
Price: £4.71

Review Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles [1980] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review Universal Pictures UK / The Relic [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Tom Sizemore
  • Peter Hyams
  • Penelope Ann Miller
  • Clayton Rohner
  • James Whitmore
  • Linda Hunt
Release date: 2002-02-25
Run time: 105 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.69

Review The Relic [1997] / Universal Pictures UK:

The Relic is the story of a monster that runs amok in a Chicago museum on the very day the institution is holding a glitzy reception. Naturally, the museum bosses want to go ahead with their public relations even as the creature is decapitating victims. Penelope Ann Miller plays a scientist on the run from the critter (which is at times computer generated and reminiscent of the raptors in Jurassic Park), and Tom Sizemore is a cop looking for his cold-blooded (in every sense) killer. Peter Hyams (Timecop) directs, and as always he excels at managing the plastic action at the cost of real feeling and logic. (Much of the story is pretty laughable. ) -Tom Keogh.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Planet Of Evil [1975]
Actors & Directors
  • David Maloney
  • Tom Baker
Release date: 2007-10-15
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.88

Review Doctor Who - Planet Of Evil [1975] / 2 Entertain Video:

Drawing influence from some classic science-fiction across its four episodes, Planet Of Evil is a strong Doctor Who adventure, that finds Tom Baker in the title role, and Sarah-Jane (played by Elisabeth Sladen) as his side. The adventure begins when they respond to a distress call from the most distant planet in the Universe. The planet's name is Zeta Minor, and when they arrive, the Doctor and Sarah discover that a geological expedition has gone wrong, with just one survivor left. So what's happened? And what's with the one who managed to stay alive? Planet Of Evil has the answers… This is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure, originally broadcast in the midst of a confident period in the show's history. Well directed, and only occasionally hurt by its limited budget, there are also some strong supporting performances among the cast that do the story no harm at all. The DVD itself is suitably packed with the kind of fascinating material that classic Doctor Who stories are renowned for, with a commentary track, documentaries, a photo gallery and publicity material. But the star remains the story itself. Planet Of Evil is really good science fiction, reverential in some of its story elements yet tight enough to work as an adventure of real merit in its own right. A worthy addition to the Who DVD library. -Simon Brew.

Review Contender Entertainment Group / Ju-On - The Grudge [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Yui Ichikawa
  • Misa Uehara
  • Misaki Ito
  • Megumi Okina
  • Takashi Shimizu
Release date: 2007-10-22
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.28

Review Ju-On - The Grudge [2003] / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Angel Season 4 (New Edition)
Actors & Directors
  • David Boreanaz
  • Alexis Denisof
  • Amy Acker
  • J. August Richards
  • Charisma Carpenter
Release date: 2006-03-06
Run time: 922 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £31.44

Review Angel Season 4 (New Edition) / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Uca / The Frighteners [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Jim Fyfe
  • Peter Jackson
  • Julianna McCarthy
  • Michael J. Fox
  • Elizabeth Hawthorne
  • Trini Alvarado
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 105 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.98

Review The Frighteners [1997] / Uca:

One movie-lover's nightmare is another's raucous joyride, and this special effects-laden horror comedy is bound to split both camps right down the middle. Michael J Fox plays a psychic investigator who can actually see ghosts, and lives with a trio of spirits who scare people to promote Fox's ghost-busting business. In a town infamous for serial killings, a new series of deaths prompts Fox to induce his own out-of-body experience so he can battle death in a spirit-plagued netherworld where evil reigns supreme-or something like that. So much happens in this chaotic film that you might feel like you're watching several movies at once-a slasher pic, a supernatural thriller, and a black comedy all rolled into one non-stop showcase for grisly makeup and a dozen varieties of special effects. It's an odd but wildly inventive film from New Zealand director Peter Jackson, who earned critical acclaim for his previous film Heavenly Creatures and would later create the ingenious pseudo-documentary Forgotten Silver. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Warner Home Video / From Beyond The Grave [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Connor
  • Rosalind Ayres
  • Ian Bannen
  • Ian Carmichael
  • Wendy Allnutt
  • Peter Cushing
Release date: 2007-10-15
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.97

Review From Beyond The Grave [1973] / Warner Home Video:

From Beyond the Grave is an anthology film adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, strung together under the pretext of an antique dealer who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him. First up is "The Gate Crasher" with David Warner who frees an evil entity from an antique mirror; then "An Act of Kindness" featuring Donald Pleasence; followed by "The Elemental;" and "The Door. " From Beyond The Grave was the directorial debut of Kevin Connor who would go onto become a modest name in genre cinema. It was actually one of Connor's best films and he demonstrates exceptional directorial style. Particularly good are the seance scenes in the first episode where Connor conducts some inventive 360-degree pan shots with a candle that explodes between a flickering flame and a jet in the foreground. The murders in this segment are vividly staged, with Connor creating some marvelously sinister images of David Warner standing about in bloodstained clothes and a totally wrecked apartment. -Sally Giles.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Idle Hands [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Devon Sawa
  • Seth Green
  • Vivica A. Fox
  • Jessica Alba
  • Eden Ratcliffe
  • Rodman Flender
Release date: 2000-05-22
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.98

Review Idle Hands [1999] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Despite all the pot-smoking in Idle Hands, the message here seems to be that too many bong hits will take you on a one-way trip to the devil's playground. That's what happens to Anton (Devon Sawa), a wasted teen who's so perpetually zonked on weed that he doesn't notice his parents have been slaughtered by an evil force that then possesses Anton's right hand, taking on a wildly homicidal life of its own after Anton chops it off with a butcher knife. The first victims are Anton's pals Mick (teen-movie stalwart Seth Green), who gets a beer bottle embedded in his skull, and Pnub (Elden Henson), whose head is lopped off by a rotary saw blade, and later reattached with a barbecue fork and duct tape. (Did we mention that Mick and Pnub turn into undead jokesters? It's that kind of movie. ) This unoriginal idea is little more than an excuse for gross-out effects and easy one-liners, and then Vivica A. Fox appears as the demon-buster who knows how to kill the hand once and for all. It's fun to a point, and certain to be a popular Halloween hit with its intended teenage audience, but you can't help wishing this movie had tried harder to be something more than a collection of crude and gory gags. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Tremors - Attack Pack - Tremors/Tremors 2 - Aftershocks/Tremors 3 - Back To Perfection/Tremors 4 - The Legend Begins
Actors & Directors
  • Fred Ward
  • Michael Gross
  • Sara Botsford
  • Ron Underwood
  • S.S. Wilson
  • Brent Maddock
  • Kevin Bacon
  • Shawn Christian
Release date: 2007-03-05
Run time: 383 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.97

Review Tremors - Attack Pack - Tremors/Tremors 2 - Aftershocks/Tremors 3 - Back To Perfection/Tremors 4 - The Legend Begins / Universal Pictures UK:

Tremors didn't actually break any new ground (even though its tunneling worm monsters certainly did), but it revved up the classic monster-movie formulas of the 1950s with such energetic enthusiasm and humour that it made everything old seem new again. It's also got a cast full of enjoyable actors who clearly had a lot of fun making the film, and director Ron Underwood strikes just the right balance of comedy and terror as a band of small-town rednecks battles a lot of really nasty-looking giant worms. The special effects are great, the one-liners fly fast and furious between heroes Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward (and yes, that's country star Reba McEntire packin' awesome firepower), and it's all done with the kind of flair one rarely associates with goofy monster flicks like this. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Wind Chill [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Linden Banks
  • Ned Bellamy
  • Martin Donovan
  • Emily Blunt
  • Gregory Jacobs
  • Chelan Simmons
Release date: 2008-05-05
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.22

Review Wind Chill [2007] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review Metrodome Video / Cold Prey
Actors & Directors
  • Viktoria Winge
  • Tomas Alf Larsen
  • Ingrid Bolso Berdal
  • Rolf Kristian Larsen
  • Roar Uthaug
Release date: 2007-10-29
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £3.97

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Review Universal Studios / The Last Starfighter [Collector's Edition] (REGION 1) (NTSC) [1984]
Actors & Directors
  • Catherine Mary Stewart
  • Dan Mason (III)
  • Dan O'Herlihy
  • Kay E. Kuter
  • Nick Castle
  • Lance Guest
Release date: 1999-06-08
Run time: 101 min.
Price: £4.29

Review The Last Starfighter [Collector's Edition] (REGION 1) (NTSC) [1984] / Universal Studios:


Review Entertainment in Video / Blade: Trinity (Extended Version) [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Jessica Biel
  • Wesley Snipes
  • David S. Goyer
Release date: 2005-04-25
Run time: 123 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £3.09

Review Blade: Trinity (Extended Version) [2004] / Entertainment in Video:


Review Cinema Club / Horror Express [1972]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Cushing
  • Julio Pena
  • Eugenio Martin
  • Telly Savalas
  • Alberto De Mendoza
  • Christopher Lee
Release date: 2006-10-16
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.97

Review Horror Express [1972] / Cinema Club:


Review Pathe Distribution / Jeepers Creepers 2 [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Nicki Aycox
  • Jonathan Breck
  • Victor Salva
  • Garikayi Mutambirwa
  • Eric Nenninger
  • Ray Wise
Release date: 2004-01-19
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.45

Review Jeepers Creepers 2 [2003] / Pathe Distribution:

Despite the usual symptoms of sequelitis, Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers the goods for those who enjoyed the 2001 original. While establishing the flesh-eating "Creeper" as a new horror icon with frantic action and more elaborate special effects, writer-director Victor Salva follows the traditional formula, dispensing with plot almost altogether and focusing entirely on threat, menace, mayhem, and gore. That's likely to disappoint horror fans hoping for a more revealing exploration of the Creeper's origins (room for another sequel, perhaps?) and by trapping nondescript teens in a school bus attacked by the Creeper, Salva severely limits the movie's overall potential. Still, there's something to be said for straightforward shocks and Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers enough of them to justify its profitable existence. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Momentum Picture Home Ent / The Devil's Rejects - Special Edition [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Deborah Van Valkenburgh
  • Rob Zombie
  • Ken Foree
  • Sid Haig
  • Sheri Moon
  • Bill Moseley
Release date: 2005-12-26
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.02

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


Review Warner Home Video / Altered States [1980]
Actors & Directors
  • Charles Haid
  • Ken Russell
  • William Hurt
  • Thaao Penghlis
  • Bob Balaban
  • Blair Brown
Release date: 2005-11-21
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.98

Review Altered States [1980] / Warner Home Video:


Review Warner Home Video / The Exorcist - Director's Cut [1974]
Actors & Directors
  • Max von Sydow
  • Ellen Burstyn
  • William Friedkin
  • Kitty Winn
  • Lee J. Cobb
  • Jason Miller
Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 127 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.49

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.

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Stargate [1994], The Covenant [2006], Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles [1980] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Relic [1997], Doctor Who - Planet Of Evil [1975], Ju-On - The Grudge [2003], Angel Season 4 (New Edition), The Frighteners [1997], From Beyond The Grave [1973], Idle Hands [1999], Tremors - Attack Pack - Tremors/Tremors 2 - Aftershocks/Tremors 3 - Back To Perfection/Tremors 4 - The Legend Begins, Wind Chill [2007], Cold Prey, The Last Starfighter [Collector's Edition] (REGION 1) (NTSC) [1984], Blade: Trinity (Extended Version) [2004], Horror Express [1972], Jeepers Creepers 2 [2003], The Devil's Rejects - Special Edition [2005], Altered States [1980], The Exorcist - Director's Cut [1974]

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