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Review Digital 1 Stop / SciFi Classics: 50 Movie Pack (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Joseph V. Mascelli
  • Edward Finney
  • Selena Royle
  • Claudia Barrett
  • George Nader
  • Fritz Böttger
  • John Mylong
  • Jerry Warren
  • Edgar G. Ulmer
  • Gregory Moffett
Release date: 2004-03-23
Creator: Albert G. Miller
Price: £11.91

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Review Orbit Media Ltd. ORB10140 / The Last Man On Earth [1964]
Actors & Directors
  • Sidney Salkow
  • Franca Bettoia
  • Vincent Price
  • Emma Danieli
  • Ubaldo Ragona
  • Umberto Raho
  • Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Release date: 2008-09-29
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £4.57

Review The Last Man On Earth [1964] / Orbit Media Ltd. ORB10140:

Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide plague due to a mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working in Central America years ago. He is all alone now. or so it seems. As night falls, plague victims begin to leave their graves, part of a hellish undead army that''s thirsting for blood. his!.

Review Twilight Zone / The Twilight Zone - Season 3 (Colour)
Release date: 2006-05-08
RRP: £59.99
Price: £17.06

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Review A.D.V. Films / Destroy All Monsters! [1968] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kyôko Ai
  • Jun Tazaki
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • Akira Kubo
  • Yukiko Kobayashi
  • Ishirô Honda
Release date: 2000-02-22
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £6.32

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Review ITV DVD / Thunderbirds: Volume 7 [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • John Tate
Release date: 2004-07-19
Run time: 197 min.
Creator: Sylvia Anderson
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.00

Review Thunderbirds: Volume 7 [1965] / ITV DVD:

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here. As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audiences' affections to their cool machines-the real stars of the show-while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catch phrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company. ) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood. On this DVD: The four episodes are: "The Cham Cham", "Security Hazard", "Atlantic Inferno" and "Path of Destruction".

Review Warner Home Video / Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Vic Morrow
  • Steven Spielberg
  • George Miller
  • Charles Hallahan
  • John Landis
  • Albert Brooks
  • Dan Aykroyd
  • Doug McGrath
  • Joe Dante
Release date: 2007-10-09
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: George Clayton Johnson
Price: £8.85

Review Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Thunderbirds / Thunderbirds - Episodes 1, 2 And 3 [UMD Mini for PSP]
Release date: 2006-01-30
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.63

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who: The Movie [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Jon Pertwee
  • Peter Davison
  • Patrick Troughton
  • William Hartnell
  • Tom Baker
Release date: 2007-07-02
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Sydney Newman
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.99

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Review MGM / The Monster That Challenged the World/It! The Terror From Beyond Space (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Edward L. Cahn
  • Ann Doran
  • Marshall Thompson
  • Kim Spalding
  • Shawn Smith
  • Shirley Patterson
  • Arnold Laven
Release date: 2005-02-15
Run time: 152 min.
Creator: Pat Fielder
Price: £4.09

Review The Monster That Challenged the World/It! The Terror From Beyond Space (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review Uca / The Thing From Another World [1951]
Actors & Directors
  • Christian I. Nyby
  • Margaret Sheridan
  • Ken Tobey
  • Robert Cornthwaite
  • James Arness
  • Douglas Spencer
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 83 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.94

Review The Thing From Another World [1951] / Uca:

With its modest special effects, lean plot, and small cast of lesser stars, this 1951 thriller remains a sturdy blueprint for fusing horror and science fiction. The formula has been employed countless times since, fleshed out with more extensive and elaborate production values, and manned by higher profiled marquee names, but the results have yet to improve on The Thing from Another World, Howard Hawks's lone foray into sci-fi. The story begins as military airmen are dispatched to a remote Arctic research station where scientists have detected the crash of a spacecraft. An effort to retrieve the saucer-shaped vehicle fails, but the team returns to the station with the frozen body of its sole occupant. When the extraterrestrial pilot is accidentally thawed, the crew, headed by a tough-talking pilot (Kenneth Tobey), grapples with a massive, chlorophyll-based humanoid (James Arness) thirsty for blood and in no mood for galactic diplomacy. Hawks takes only a production credit for this low-budget exercise, but his filmmaking style transcends Christian Nyby's nominal direction: rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue, an ensemble of comrades whose professionalism is tempered by wisecracks, and unsentimental female characters (embodied by feisty romantic interest Margaret Sheridan) recall Hawks's signature works, while propelling the plot over any potential gaps in credibility. It's hardly surprising, then, that The Thing from Another World remains among the most influential science fiction movies ever shot, or that it remains exciting entertainment a half century later. -Sam Sutherland.

Review Simply Media / Quatermass 2 [1957]
Actors & Directors
  • Bryan Forbes
  • Sid James
  • John Longden
  • William Franklyn
  • Brian Donlevy
  • Val Guest
Release date: 2003-03-31
Run time: 81 min.
Creator: Nigel Kneale
RRP: £15.99
Price: £18.23

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Ray Harryhausen Collection : 20 Million Miles to Earth / Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers / It Came From Beneath The Sea [1955]
Actors & Directors
  • Hugh Marlowe
  • Nathan Juran
  • Robert Gordon
  • Donald Curtis
  • Frank Puglia
  • Fred F. Sears
  • Joan Taylor
  • William Hopper
Release date: 2008-03-03
Run time: 235 min.
Creator: Ray Harryhausen
RRP: £15.99
Price: £17.04

Review Ray Harryhausen Collection : 20 Million Miles to Earth / Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers / It Came From Beneath The Sea [1955] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Three classic movies from Ray Harryhausen in a stunning collector's box. 20 Million Miles to Earth: Dazzling special effects by Ray Harryhausen highlight this thrilling sci-fi extravaganza about a Venusian monster who wreaks havoc in Italy. On its way home from Venus, a U. S. Army rocket ship crashes into the sea of Sicily leaving Colonel Calder (William Hopper of Rebel Without a Cause) the sole survivor. or so it seems. A sealed container is also recovered from the wreck and, when a zoologist (The Mark of Zorro's Frank Puglia) and his granddaughter (Joan Taylor) open it, the gelatinous mass inside escapes. Overnight, it grows into a horrific monster that has doubled in size. [+]
In desperation, Calder calls in the Army to help fight the monster, which has taken refuge atop the Coliseum in Rome. But it will take more than man's weapons to fight the evil forces of the unknown and save the world from destruction. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers: Relive the exciting days of sci-fi movie matinees with the cult classic Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. Featuring extraordinary visual effects by cinematic genius Ray Harryhausen, the film pits earthlings against alien humanoids in a violent battle for Earth's survival! When the zombie-like aliens arrive at the U. S. Army base in search of help for their dying planet, they try to make friendly contact with scientist Dr. Russ Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his recent bride Carol (Joan Taylor). But the military greets their fleet of saucers with gunfire, and the aliens are forced to retaliate. Can Marvin invent the ultimate weapon in a deadly game of beat-the-clock to save the human race? Hold on to your seat for an intergalactic flight into fantasy with Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. It Came from Beneath the Sea: The action is wet and wild in this sci-fi thriller that pits man - and woman - against a giant octopus. Submarine commander Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey) and scientists Lesley Joyce (Faith Domergue) and John Carter (Donald Curtis) battle an angry sea monster driven from the depths of the ocean by an H-bomb explosion. In search of non-contaminated food, this tentacled tyrant counts among its victims a fishing trawler and its passengers, a family sunning at the beach, several San Francisco skyscrapers and even the Golden Gate Bridge. A daring attempt by the scientists to destroy the monster while saving themselves is a gripping finale to this aquatic adventure. The riveting special effects were created by Ray Harryhausen.

Review Universal Pictures Video / The Thunderbirds (Box Set with Five Toy Rockets) [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Sophia Myles
  • Bill Paxton
  • Jonathan Frakes
  • Anthony Edwards
  • Ben Kingsley
  • Brady Corbet
Release date: 2004-11-15
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £11.98

Review The Thunderbirds (Box Set with Five Toy Rockets) [2004] / Universal Pictures Video:


Review Cheezy Flicks / Dr. Blood's Coffin [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Hazel Court
  • Sidney J. Furie
  • Kieron Moore
  • Ian Hunter
  • Gerald Lawson
  • Paul Hardtmuth
Release date: 2005-10-25
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Buxton Orr
Price: £8.57

Review Dr. Blood's Coffin [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Cheezy Flicks:


Review Twilight Zone / Twilight Zone - Colour Episodes Season 1
Release date: 2005-09-12
Run time: 880 min.
RRP: £59.99
Price: £24.97

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Planet of the Apes -- 35th Anniversary Special Edition (2 discs) [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • Linda Harrison
  • Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Roddy McDowall
  • Charlton Heston
  • Maurice Evans
  • Kim Hunter
Release date: 2004-04-26
Run time: 108 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £4.50

Review Planet of the Apes -- 35th Anniversary Special Edition (2 discs) [1968] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

A genuine genre classic whose impact remains undimmed either by time, increasingly dire sequels, or Tim Burton's lacklustre 2001 "reimagining", the original Planet of the Apes richly deserves this 35th Anniversary special edition. Here you'll find a glorious anamorphic presentation of Franklin J Schaffner's painterly CinemaScope framing, accompanied by a new DTS 5. 1 soundtrack that makes the movie seem even more vibrant and immediate than ever before. On disc one the film is accompanied by two audio commentaries: one from composer Jerry Goldsmith, and another with Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Natalie Trundy and make-up artist John Chambers. These are reasonably interesting, though with a few too many gaps. Better is Eric Greene's exhaustive text commentary. Better still are the features on the second disc. Disc two contains the exhaustive two-hour Behind the Planet of the Apes documentary (also to be found in the six-disc box set) as well as a host of other behind-the-scenes nuggets for die-hard fans: dailies and outtakes, make-up tests and Roddy McDowall's home movies. There's some overlap between a 1967 NATO presentation of the movie hosted by Charlton Heston and other featurettes from 1968 and 1972. Sequel directors Don Taylor and J Lee Thompson are seen in action, and there are trailers, film reviews from 1968 and picture galleries. [+]
-Mark Walker.

Review MGM Entertainment / Thunderbirds Are Go - The Movie [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Matt Zimmerman
  • Jeremy Wilkin
  • Sylvia Anderson
  • David Lane
  • Shane Rimmer
  • Peter Dyneley
Release date: 2001-04-09
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: John Read
RRP: £15.99
Price: £29.97

Review Thunderbirds Are Go - The Movie [1966] / MGM Entertainment:

Thunderbirds Are Go followed the remarkable success of the Thunderbirds television series, bringing the three-dimensional puppet animation adventures of International Rescue to the big screen. Set in the 21st century, there is no attempt to explain the background story: as in the TV show International Rescue is a private family organisation who use hi-tech craft to rescue anyone in peril. Here it is the first manned flight to Mars which is in danger, as International Rescue foils a sabotage attempt at the launch, then race to avert disaster when the spaceship returns to earth. What could have made a 50-minute TV episode is expanded to feature length with Martian "rock monsters" and a surreal dream-sequence involving Alan Tracy, Lady Penelope and "Cliff Richard Jnr" & the Shadows, with a new song performed by the real Cliff and the Shadows. In the cinemas this was competing against another British children's TV SF spin-off, the equally colourful Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD, and would be followed by Thunderbird 6 (1968). Yet apart from more complex model work, a bigger orchestra and even bigger explosions, on TV this plays like a widescreen double-length episode. On the DVD: The mono sound is powerful, with Barry Gray's stirring music suffering intermittent distortion. Presented in anamorphic widescreen the picture is very good, with strong colours and only minimal grain, though the print does show occasional damage. Unfortunately the original extremely wide 2. 74:1 Techniscope image is cropped to more conventional 2. [+]
35:1, to the extent that the careful compositions are noticeably damaged, which director David Lane refers to in his joint commentary with producer Sylvia Anderson (who also played Lady Penelope). 35 years after the event their commentary is packed with details of the filming process and full of information about the many problems of and solutions to making an animated feature. Both Anderson fans and budding animators will find this a real education. The original, rather battered, trailer is included, as are galleries of behind the scenes photos, promotional artwork and posters. Altogether it's rather FABulous. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who Original Series : The Cybermen - Limited Edition 4 Disc Box Set (Exclusive To Amazon.co.uk) [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Jon Pertwee
  • Matthew Robinson
  • Michael E. Briant
  • Peter Davison
  • William Hartnell
  • Patrick Troughton
  • Tom Baker
  • Morris Barry
Release date: 2006-11-06
Creator: Sydney Newman
RRP: £39.99
Price: £39.99

Review Doctor Who Original Series : The Cybermen - Limited Edition 4 Disc Box Set (Exclusive To Amazon.co.uk) [1963] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Image Entertainment / Destination Moon [1950]
Actors & Directors
  • Warner Anderson
  • Tom Powers
  • John Archer
  • Erin O'Brien-Moore
  • Irving Pichel
  • Ted Warde
Release date: 2000-02-29
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Leith Stevens
Price: £2.60

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Review Image Entertainment / Invaders from Mars [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jimmy Hunt
  • Leif Erickson
  • Hillary Brooke
  • William Cameron Menzies
  • Helena Carter
  • Arthur Franz
Release date: 2002-12-03
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Richard Blake
Price: £4.81

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SciFi Classics: 50 Movie Pack (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Last Man On Earth [1964], The Twilight Zone - Season 3 (Colour), Destroy All Monsters! [1968] (NTSC), Thunderbirds: Volume 7 [1965], Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Thunderbirds - Episodes 1, 2 And 3 [UMD Mini for PSP], Doctor Who: The Movie [1996], The Monster That Challenged the World/It! The Terror From Beyond Space (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Thing From Another World [1951], Quatermass 2 [1957], Ray Harryhausen Collection : 20 Million Miles to Earth / Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers / It Came From Beneath The Sea [1955], The Thunderbirds (Box Set with Five Toy Rockets) [2004], Dr. Blood's Coffin [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Twilight Zone - Colour Episodes Season 1, Planet of the Apes -- 35th Anniversary Special Edition (2 discs) [1968], Thunderbirds Are Go - The Movie [1966], Doctor Who Original Series : The Cybermen - Limited Edition 4 Disc Box Set (Exclusive To Amazon.co.uk) [1963], Destination Moon [1950], Invaders from Mars [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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