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Review New Line Home Video / Final Destination 2 [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • James N. Kirk
  • Andrew Airlie
  • Eric Keenleyside
  • David R. Ellis
  • Fred Henderson
  • Terrence "T.C." Carson
Release date: 2003-07-22
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Shirley Walker
Price: £3.83

Review Final Destination 2 [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / New Line Home Video:


Review Wilton Graff / Psycho Killers [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Beck
Release date: 2005-08-16
Run time: 248 min.
Price: £2.62

Review Psycho Killers [2005] / Wilton Graff:


Review Tartan Video / Slaughter Night [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Frank van Geloven
Release date: 2007-04-10
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £5.32

Review Slaughter Night [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Tartan Video:


Review New Line Home Video / The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Marcus Nispel
  • Erica Leerhsen
  • Jonathan Tucker
  • Jessica Biel
  • Eric Balfour
  • Mike Vogel
Release date: 2004-03-30
Run time: 98 min.
Price: £4.35

Review The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / New Line Home Video:

The 2003 version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre adheres to the pure-and-simple slasher-movie formula: introduce a gaggle of sexy young people, make vague gestures to distinguish them-Jessica Biel wants to get married and doesn't like pot, so she's our moral compass-then start hacking them to pieces one by one. The visual palette includes grimy crucified dolls, fly-specked pig carcasses, body parts floating in murky jars, a tobacco-chewing redneck sheriff and many slender beams of sunlight cutting through dank, dusty interiors. The camera lovingly photographs Biel's tank-topped bosom and sculpted abs as she's running in terror from a bloated, chainsaw-wielding, human-skin-wearing maniac. This remake lacks the macabre comedy of the original; it's all about the nauseating sensation of waiting for something to jump out of the dark. -Bret Fetzer.

Review RHI Entertainment / The Sitter [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • William R. Moses
  • Gail O'Grady
  • Stacy Haiduk
  • Russell Mulcahy
Release date: 2008-06-17
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Colleen Halsey
Price: £5.18

Review The Sitter [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / RHI Entertainment:


Review Razor Digital Entertainment / The Backlot Murders [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Priscilla Barnes
  • Corey Haim
  • David DeFalco
  • Charles Fleischer
  • Carrie Stevens
  • Brian Gaskill
Release date: 2004-05-25
Run time: 94 min.
Price: £5.36

Review The Backlot Murders [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Razor Digital Entertainment:


Review Shriek Show / Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Melissa Morgan
  • Toni Wynne
  • Herschell Gordon Lewis
  • Mark McLachlan
  • John McConnell
  • J.P. Delahoussaye
Release date: 2003-07-29
Run time: 98 min.
Price: £9.21

Review Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Shriek Show:


Review MTI Home Video / Lucky [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Emanuel
  • Lucky
  • Jillian Bach
  • David Reivers
  • Steve Cuden
  • Piper Cochrane
Release date: 2004-01-13
Price: £5.97

Review Lucky [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MTI Home Video:


Review Columbia TriStar / Candyman [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Culkin
  • Kenneth A. Brown
  • Sarina Grant
  • Xander R. Berkeley
  • Stanley de Santis
Release date: 2004-08-17
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: Philip Glass
Price: £5.24

Review Candyman [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

Based on a story by Clive Barker and skilfully written and directed by Bernard Rose, Candyman rises above most horror films by eerily suggesting that some urban legends-in this case a particularly frightening one-have a spooky basis in reality. The legend of the Candyman is a potent one around the high-rise tenements of Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing complex, where the residents speak of a dark, ominous figure who appears when his victims say his name five times in front of a mirror, then mercilessly slashes them to death. Upon learning that the Candyman is rumoured to live in one of the vacant tenements, a University of Illinois researcher (Virginia Madsen) investigates a recent murder at Cabrini-Green. She learns that the Candyman (played by Tony Todd) is both unreal and chillingly real-a supernatural force of evil empowered by those who believe in his legend. He is a killer made flesh by the belief of others, and the young researcher's investigation is a threat to his existence. What happens next? We wouldn't dare spoil the chills, but rest assured that writer-director Rose has tapped into a wellspring of urban angst and fear, and Candyman serves up its gruesome frights with a refreshing dose of intelligence. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Universal Studios / Psycho III [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Alan Browne
  • Patience Cleveland
  • Gary Bayer
  • Jeff Fahey
  • Juliette Cummins
  • Anthony Perkins
Release date: 2005-09-13
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Carter Burwell
Price: £3.20

Review Psycho III [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Review Brain Damage / Home Made [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jason Impey
  • Matthew Verity
  • Sarah Gardner
  • Jason Impey
  • Ken Dirke
Release date: 2008-04-01
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £5.06

Review Home Made [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Brain Damage:


Review Lions Gate / 2001 Maniacs [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Englund
  • Travis Tritt
  • Lin Shaye
  • Bill McKinney
  • Peter Stormare
Release date: 2006-03-28
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Matt Sorum
Price: £5.21

Review 2001 Maniacs [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review Image Entertainment / Bloody Movie [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Cameron Mitchell
  • William Butler
  • Staci Greason
  • André De Toth
  • John Ireland
  • Nick Marino
  • Alan Hale Jr.
Release date: 2004-09-14
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £6.95

Review Bloody Movie [1987] / Image Entertainment:


Review Terror Vision / Back Woods [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Grant Woodhill
  • Jim Edberg
  • David Hayes
Release date: 2006-08-08
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Patrick Hazen
Price: £2.94

Review Back Woods [2001] / Terror Vision:


Review Brain Damage / Summer of Massacre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Chriss Jarratt
  • Michael Baughan
  • Bryn Hammond
  • Jeannette James
  • Amanda Formon
  • Jack Wilkie
Release date: 2008-07-29
Run time: 79 min.
Price: £4.85

Review Summer of Massacre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Brain Damage:


Review Ardustry Home Entertainment / Evil Ed [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Per Lofberg
  • Anders Jacobsson
  • Gert Fylking
  • Olof Rhodin
  • Johan Rudeback
Release date: 2005-10-04
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Lindh
Price: £19.27

Review Evil Ed [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Ardustry Home Entertainment:


Review Tartan Video / Black Christmas [1974]
Actors & Directors
  • Bob Clark
  • Margot Kidder
  • Roy Moore
  • Keir Dullea
  • Olivia Hussey
  • John Saxon
Release date: 2003-12-08
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.84

Review Black Christmas [1974] / Tartan Video:

You may never have heard of Black Christmas, a neglected gem from 1974, but you've probably seen one of its many imitators. Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star as two residents of a sorority house that is emptying out as Christmas approaches. The atmosphere is jolly and carefree, except for an ongoing series of menacing telephone calls, and, oh yes, we've just seen someone climb into the attic with apparent ill intent. Kidder does some scene-stealing as the bad girl, Hussey illustrates one of the downsides to having beautiful long 70s hair and Keir Dullea does a nice turn as the creepy boyfriend. Director Robert Clark knows that the unseen is far scarier than what can be seen and he ratchets up the tension beautifully, making good use of ominous shadows, and putting in nice touches such as replacing the sound of a distraught woman's scream with the piercing ring of yet another ominous phone call. This is a terrific, well-made little movie that is genuinely sleep-with-the-lights-on scary. Don't miss it. -Ali Davis.

Review Barnholtz Entertainment / Harvest of Fear [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ryan Deal
Release date: 2006-03-07
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £8.61

Review Harvest of Fear [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Barnholtz Entertainment:


Review Showtime Entertainment / The Curse of el Charro [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kathryn Taylor
  • Rich Ragsdale
  • Andrew Bryniarski
  • Danny Trejo
  • Heidi Androl
  • Drew Mia
Release date: 2006-10-03
Run time: 91 min.
Price: £3.28

Review The Curse of el Charro [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Showtime Entertainment:


Review Sony Pictures / Hostel [Blu-ray] [2006] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Takashi Miike
  • Jay Hernandez
  • Mark Taylor
  • Jan Vlasák
  • Miroslav Táborský
Release date: 2007-10-23
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Nathan Barr
Price: £13.05

Review Hostel [Blu-ray] [2006] [US Import] / Sony Pictures:

Well-made for the genre - the excessive-skin-displayed-before-gruesome-bloody-torture-begins genre - Hostel follows two randy Americans (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights, and Derek Richardson, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd) and an even randier Icelander (Eythor Gudjonsson) as they trek to Slovakia, where they're told beautiful girls will have sex with anyone with an American accent. Unfortunately, the girls will also sell young Americans to a company that offers victims to anyone who will pay to torture and murder. To his credit, writer/director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) takes his time setting things up, laying a realistic foundation that makes the inevitable spilling of much blood all the more gruesome. The sardonic joke, of course, is that Americans are worth the most in this brothel of blood because everyone else in the world wants to take revenge upon them. This dark humor and political subtext help set Hostel above its more brainless sadistic compatriots, like House of Wax or The Devil's Rejects. In general, though, there's something lacking; horror used to suggest some threat to the spirit-today's horror can conceive of nothing more troubling than torturing the flesh. For afficionados, Hostel features a nice cameo by Takashi Miike, director of bloody Japanese flicks like Audition and Ichi the Killer. -Bret Fetzer.

Models & Brands:
Final Destination 2 [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Psycho Killers [2005], Slaughter Night [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Sitter [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Backlot Murders [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Lucky [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Candyman [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Psycho III [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Home Made [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), 2001 Maniacs [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Bloody Movie [1987], Back Woods [2001], Summer of Massacre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Evil Ed [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Black Christmas [1974], Harvest of Fear [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Curse of el Charro [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Hostel [Blu-ray] [2006] [US Import]

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