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Review Starz Home Entertainment / Dracula 3000 [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Langley Kirkwood
  • Casper Van Dien
  • Udo Kier
  • Erika Eleniak
  • Darrell Roodt
  • Alexandra Kamp
Release date: 2005-10-17
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £3.97

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Review Odyssey Video / House Of The Dead [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Jonathan Cherry
  • Jurgen Prochnow
  • Uwe Boll
  • Clint Howard
  • Tyron Leitso
Release date: 2005-06-13
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.39

Review House Of The Dead [2003] / Odyssey Video:


Review Odeon Entertainment / Twisted Sisters [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Wolfgang Buld
  • Fiona Horsey; Paul Conway
Release date: 2007-03-23
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.79

Review Twisted Sisters [2006] / Odeon Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Supernatural - Season 2 Part 1
Actors & Directors
  • Jared Padalecki
  • Jensen Ackles
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Release date: 2007-05-14
RRP: £29.99
Price: £8.42

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Review Blue Underground / Mountain of the Cannibal God [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Antonio Marsina
  • Sergio Martino
  • Stacy Keach
  • Franco Fantasia
  • Claudio Cassinelli
  • Ursula Andress
Release date: 2007-11-13
Run time: 103 min.
Price: £2.97

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Fly [1986] [Cinema Reserve Edition]
Actors & Directors
  • David Cronenberg
  • Joy Boushel
  • Jeff Goldblum
  • Geena Davis
  • Les Carlson
  • John Getz
Release date: 2006-07-03
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £8.52

Review The Fly [1986] [Cinema Reserve Edition] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Retromedia / Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • Linnea Quigley
  • Michelle Bauer
  • Dennis Mooney
  • Fred Olen Ray
  • Gunnar Hansen
  • Jay Richardson
Release date: 2008-08-05
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Michael Perilstein
Price: £4.93

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Review Lions Gate Home Entertainment / Cabin Fever [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Eli Roth
  • James DeBello
  • Cerina Vincent
  • Rider Strong
  • Jordan Ladd
Release date: 2004-03-15
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.65

Review Cabin Fever [2003] / Lions Gate Home Entertainment:

A sneaky and surprisingly smart horror flick, Cabin Fever sets up all the clichés of its particular subgenre (what might be called the "sexy young people go into the woods" horror movie, featuring hostile redneck locals, dead animals on hooks, cars that suddenly stop running, and so on) and by the end has played a clever twist on every standard element, often to darkly comic effect. What's the plot? Well, five sexy young people (Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, Cerina Vincent, and James DeBello) go to an isolated cabin where they contract a nasty bacteria that eats their flesh; this, combined with a bad-tempered dog and a party-loving police deputy (Giuseppe Andrews, giving a particularly funny performance), leads everyone into confusion and bloody chaos. Some of the ironic twists are a little obvious, but most of them effectively subvert your expectations to entertaining effect. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Warner Home Video / Stephen King's Nightmares And Dreamscapes
Actors & Directors
  • Rob Bowman
  • Samantha Mathis
  • Tom Berenger
  • Steven Weber
  • Brian Henson
  • William H. Macy
  • William Hurt
Release date: 2007-04-16
Run time: 361 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £13.10

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Review Uca Catalogue / Sleepwalkers [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Alice Krige
  • Cindy Pickett
  • Mick Garris
  • Mädchen Amick
  • Brian Krause
  • Jim Haynie
Release date: 2003-10-13
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.66

Review Sleepwalkers [1992] / Uca Catalogue:

Stephen King's Sleepwalkers is about a half-human, half-cat race of shape shifters called, for no apparent reason, sleepwalkers. Hunky Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his incestuous mother (Alice Krige) are sleepwalkers, and they've come to the small town of Travis, Indiana, where they've somehow acquired a nice house and false identities. They need virgin souls to survive and have fixated on local beauty Tanya (Madchen Amick from Twin Peaks). That's about it for the story-from then on it's a series of chase scenes full of badly done gore. King must have been sleepwalking himself when he wrote this screenplay: the dialogue is terrible, the characters are cardboard, and the plotting is clumsy. Combine that with mediocre acting, thoughtless direction, slapdash editing, and cheesy special effects, and you have Sleepwalkers. Amick comes off reasonably well and there are cameos by King, Clive Barker, and horror directors John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Joe Dante (Gremlins), and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). But really, if you're interested in were-cats, see the original Cat People, starring Simone Simon; it's both sexier and scarier. -Bret Fetzer, Amazon. com.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Dragon Wars [Blu-ray] [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Elizabeth Pena
  • Robert Foster
  • Hyung Rae Shim
  • Jason Behr
  • Amanda Brooks
  • Craig Robinson
Release date: 2008-05-19
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £12.17

Review Dragon Wars [Blu-ray] [2007] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Stunning computer-generated special effects are the main selling point of Dragon Wars, a Korean-made fantasy about ancient monsters wreaking havoc in modern Los Angeles. The complex plot, based on legend, pits an evil serpent and its demonic army against a young woman (Amanda Brooks) who is the reincarnation of a young woman imbued with the heaven-sent power to transform the creature into an all-powerful dragon. Jason Behr (The Grudge) is the reporter who discovers that he too is a reincarnated warrior bound to prevent Brooks and her power from falling into the wrong hands. The elaborate premise isn't helped by the script, which delivers absurd dialogue and situations with child-like naivete. Thankfully, the presence of Robert Forster (as another reincarnated hero) and solid actors like Elizabeth Pena, Craig Robinson and Chris Mulkey, help smooth over the frequent moments of unintentional humour. But this won't matte! r much to fantasy fans and (especially) younger viewers, who will tune in for the film's riot of special effects. Director Shim Hyung-rae and his talented team offer scene after scene of exceptional CGI creations, most notably an aerial dogfight between helicopters and winged lizards in the skies above downtown L. A. , and a climactic battle which makes good on the title's promise. The DVD includes a making-of featurette which outlines Shim's four-year struggle to complete the project, as well as storyboard galleries and an animatics display. [+]
- Paul Gaita END.

Review Network / Armchair Thriller - A Dog's Ransom [1978] [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Benjamin Whitrow
  • Zena Walker
  • Donald McWhinnie
  • Brian Stirner
Release date: 2008-01-21
Run time: 154 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.36

Review Armchair Thriller - A Dog's Ransom [1978] [1967] / Network:


Review Marquee Pictures / Armageddon [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Rutger Hauer
  • Yvonne Scio
  • Patrick Dreikauss
  • Tibor Takacs
  • Mark Dacascos
Release date: 1999-05-24
Run time: 93 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.99

Review Armageddon [1998] / Marquee Pictures:

This 1998 testosterone-saturated blow-'em-up from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay (The Rock, Bad Boys) continued Hollywood's millennium-fuelled fascination with the destruction of our planet. There's no arguing that the successful duo understand what mainstream audiences want in their blockbuster movies-loads of loud, eye-popping special effects, rapid-fire pacing, and patriotic flag waving. Bay's protagonists-the eight crude, lewd, oversexed (but, of course, lovable) oil drillers summoned to save the world from a Texas-sized meteor hurling toward the earth-are not flawless heroes, but common men with whom all can relate. In this huge Western-in-space soap opera, they're American cowboys turned astronauts. Sci-fi buffs will appreciate Bay's fetishising of technology, even though it's apparent he doesn't understand it as anything more than flashing lights and shiny gadgets. Smartly, the duo also try to lure the art-house crowd, raiding the local indie acting stable to populate the film with guys like Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Owen Wilson, and Michael Duncan, all adding needed touches of humour and charisma. When Bay applies his sledgehammer aesthetics to the action portions of the film, it's mindless fun; it's only when Armageddon tackles humanity that it becomes truly offensive. Not since Mississippi Burning have racial and cultural stereotypes been substituted for characters so blatantly-African Americans, Japanese, Chinese, Scottish, Samoans, Muslims, French. [+]
if it's not white and American, Bay simplifies it. Or, make that white male America; the film features only three notable female characters-four if you count the meteor, who's constantly referred to as a "bitch that needs drillin'". Sadly, she's a hell of a lot more developed and unpredictable than all the other women characters combined. Sure, Bay's film creates some tension and contains some visceral moments, but if he can't create any redeemable characters outside of those in space, what's the point of saving the planet? -Dave McCoy.

Review Contender Entertainment Group / The Grudge 1&2 Box Set
Actors & Directors
  • Misa Uehara
  • Yui Ichikawa
  • Misaki Ito
  • Megumi Okina
  • Takashi Shimizu
Release date: 2006-10-09
Run time: 176 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £7.96

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Review Weinstein Company / Wolf Creek [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Gordon Poole
  • Greg McLean
  • John Jarratt
  • Cassandra Magrath
  • Kestie Morassi
  • Nathan Phillips
Release date: 2006-12-19
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Francois Tetaz
Price: £4.10

Review Wolf Creek [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import] / Weinstein Company:


Review Dreamworks Video / The Ruins [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Shawn Ashmore
  • Joe Anderson (VI)
  • Carter Smith (VII)
  • Laura Ramsey
  • Jonathan Tucker
  • Jena Malone
Release date: 2008-07-08
Run time: 93 min.
Price: £11.72

Review The Ruins [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Dreamworks Video:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man [1943]
Actors & Directors
  • Roy William Neill
  • Bela Lugosi
  • Ilona Massey
  • Patrick Knowles
  • Lionel Atwill
Release date: 2008-05-05
Run time: 73 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.97

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Review Universal Studios / Silent Running [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ron Rifkin
  • Jesse Vint
  • Bruce Dern
  • Douglas Trumbull
  • Cliff Potts
  • Mark Persons
Release date: 2002-05-21
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £4.30

Review Silent Running [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:

After creating many of the innovative special effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Douglas Trumbull tried his hand at directing, and 1971's Silent Running marked an impressive debut. (In addition to creating the visual effects for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and directing 1983's Brainstorm, Trumbull later turned to the creation of high-tech cinematic amusement park rides. ) One of the best science-fiction films of the 1970s, Silent Running stars Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell, a nature-loving crewmember aboard the Valley Forge, a gigantic spaceship in a small fleet that carries the last surviving forests of the Earth, which has fallen victim to overpopulation and ecological neglect. Freeman's name reflects his nonconformist philosophy, which runs counter to the prevailing recklessness of his three ill-fated crewmates, who are eager to jettison their precious payload and return to the bleakness of Earth. Before they can sabotage the forests, Freeman does what he must, and spends the remainder of his mission with three robotic "drones" as his only companions, struggling to maintain his sanity in the vastness of space. Dern is superb in this memorable role, representing the lost soul of humankind as well as the back-to-nature youth movement of the 1960s and the pre-Watergate era. (Appropriately, Joan Baez sings the film's theme song. ) A rare science-fiction film that combines bold adventure with passionate social conscience, Silent Running will remain relevant as long as the Earth is threatened by the ravages of human carelessness. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Omen [1976]
Actors & Directors
  • Roy Boyd
  • Nancy Manningham
  • Tommy Duggan
  • Gregory Peck
  • Patrick Troughton
  • Richard Donner
Release date: 2006-10-23
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £3.48

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Review Optimum Home Entertainment / One Missed Call 2 [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Renpei Tsukamoto
Release date: 2008-03-31
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.98

Review One Missed Call 2 [2005] / Optimum Home Entertainment:


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Dracula 3000 [2004], House Of The Dead [2003], Twisted Sisters [2006], Supernatural - Season 2 Part 1, Mountain of the Cannibal God [1978], The Fly [1986] [Cinema Reserve Edition], Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers [1988], Cabin Fever [2003], Stephen King's Nightmares And Dreamscapes, Sleepwalkers [1992], Dragon Wars [Blu-ray] [2007], Armchair Thriller - A Dog's Ransom [1978] [1967], Armageddon [1998], The Grudge 1&2 Box Set, Wolf Creek [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import], The Ruins [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man [1943], Silent Running [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Omen [1976], One Missed Call 2 [2005]

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