Ralph Bates

• Vampire Lovers/Lust For A Vampire | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £4.97  |  Saving you £11.02 (68.90%)  |  RRP £15.99

  Vampire Lovers: When the Countess' daughter Mircalla comes to stay people start mysteriously dying but can the people of the village turn to anyone to help rid their village of this evil family. Lust For A Vampire: The evil Mircalla is summoned by her heirs and soon a new river of blood is running through the town.

• Dear John - Complete Collection - Series 1 & 2 Plus The Christmas Special | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £19.99  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £N/A

  This collection contains the entire series of Dear John featuring all the episodes from Series One and Two plus the Christmas Special. John Lacey arrives home to find a letter from his wife informing him she has left him for his best friend. After spotting an advert in the local paper for the '1-2-1 Club' an encounter group for the divorced and separated he decides to go along. Here he meets the feisty Kate the bland bespectacled Ralph the exuberant Kirk St. Moritz resplendent in white suit and medallion and of course club founder Louise who asks everyone with relish Were there any sexual problems?

• Dear John - Series 1 | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £11.69  |  Saving you £7.99 (40.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  The entire first series of the classic BBC comedy Dear John where upon finding his wife has left him for his best friend John joins the 1-2-1 Club a local encounter group for the divorced and separated. Here he meets the feisty Kate the bland bespectacled Ralph the exuberant Kirk St. Moritz resplendent in white suit and medallion and of course club founder Louise who asks everyone with relish Were there any sexual problems?

• The Caesars | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £7.44  |  Saving you £12.55 (62.80%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Made in 1968 and broadcast to tremendous critical acclaim The Caesars was one of the last great drama productions made in black and white for ITV by Granada. The Caesars is an unrivalled period drama detailing the murder sex and madness that will forever have a place in the annals of ancient history. This six-part series is available for the first time anywhere on DVD. After a century of being wrecked by dissension and ruinous civil wars the Romans were willing to p

• Dear John - Series 2 | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £10.19  |  Saving you £9.80 (49.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  John Lacey's social life is ever expanding with social events organised by the 1-2-1 Club. As the members get to know each other they support one another through various crises. Ralph is harassed by Hell's Angels Kirk has a crisis of confidence John meets a lady Kate gives up her job to travel around Greece and flirty Louise still insists on grilling anyone she can about their sex life. They are also joined by new members Sylvia and ex-60s pop star Ricky Fortune.

• The Horror Of Frankenstein | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £3.99  |  Saving you £9.00 (69.30%)  |  RRP £12.99

  Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments. But when the doctor runs out of fresh body parts for his 'research ' he turns to murder to complete his gruesome new creation. Now his monster has unleashed its own ghastly killing spree and the true Horror Of Frankenstein has only just begun...

• Fear In The Night | DVD | (08/01/2007) from £4.24  |  Saving you £8.52 (65.60%)  |  RRP £12.99

  Cliff Herlihy (Paul Kelly) has a terrible nightmare in which he sees himself killing a complete stranger. When Cliff awakens he discovers evidence that his nightmare was no dream at all. Whilst sheltering from a storm in a remote mansion Vince and Cliff discover a mirrored room - just like the one in Cliff's nightmare. When the mansion's owner reveals himself to be a hypnotist Grayson has to unravel the strange happenings before his friend is driven to suicide.

• Moonbase 3 - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £50.24  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £24.99

  From 'Doctor Who' producer Barry Letts and writer Terrance Dicks comes Moonbase 3 originally aired in 1973. The series had two directors Ken Hannam who also directed the 1981 TV version of The Day of the Triffids and Christopher Barry who had directing duties on Doctor Who and The Tripods. Among the stars were British acting stalwart Donald Houston and Ralph Bates star of many Hammer horror films. Moonbase 3 was another groundbreaking piece of science-fiction from the BBC employing James Burke as scientific advisor it was unique in its technical authenticity. Deaprture And Arrival: Dr. Helen Smith becomes concerned over the mental state of one of the pilots Harry Sanders. She expresses her concerns to the base's second in command Michael Lebrun and tries to convince him to get Commander Ransom to remove the pilot from duty. Ransom refuses and assigns Sanders to pilot the Commander's shuttle for a trip to Earth. After an malfunction Sanders cuts the communications link and goes outside the shuttle to make repairs and is thrown into space. When Ransom attempts to pilot the shuttle it explodes. The European agency sends a Welch scientist to take over the station and to investigate the shuttle accident. Behemoth: After a number of mysterious deaths paranoia sets in as the crew begins to believe the deaths are being committed by a 'Moon Monster' living on the surface of the Moon. Achilles Heel: The station's crew suffers from an unusual number of accidents and mistakes. Director Caulder must deal with the problems while trying to operate within his Earth-bound superiors' budgetary limitations. Outsiders: An auditor is sent to Moonbase 3 from the European Headquarters in Brussels to investigate whether or not the cost of operating the base is justified. Director Caulder demands results for the base scientists as Dr. Helen Smith becomes concerned over the stress on the staff especially Steven Partness... Castor And Pollux: An accident leaves Tom Hill stranded in a shuttle between Earth and the Moon. The only person who can save him is Colonel Gararov a Russian cosmonaut. However to rescue Hill Gararov would have to disobey the orders of his superior General Trenkin Commander of the Russian moon base. Viw Of A Dead Planet: The Artic Sun Project proposes to use a nuclear explosion over the Artic thereby melting the ice and creating a Garden of Eden. The project's designer Sir Benjamin Dyce comes to Moonbase 3 in an attempt to stop the program for fear that the explosion can not be contained and it will lead to the extinction of mankind...

• Dangerous Knowledge | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £7.47  |  Saving you £7.52 (50.20%)  |  RRP £14.99

  John Gregson Patrick Allen and Prunella Ransome star in N. J. Crisp''s exciting and treacherous spy thriller available to own on DVD for the very first time. Once you're in the spy game you never leave. Kirby (John Gregson) is ex-Army Intelligence. Now he's a mere insurance salesman. Or is he? Returning from a trip to France Kirby finds himself being shadowed by two agents. An innocent bystander Laura (Prunella Ransome) helps him to escape. But how innocent is Laura? After all her stepfather is a high-ranking civil servant named Roger Thane (Patrick Allen) - and it's his operatives who are following Kirby... Who can Kirby trust? Suddenly Kirby's French contact is dead the KGB and CIA are all involved and an assassin is after him. Just what does he know?

• Doctor Jekyll And Sister Hyde | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £6.95  |  Saving you £9.04 (56.50%)  |  RRP £15.99

  Professor Jekyll an earnest scientist obsessively works day and night haunted by the fear that one lifetime will not be enough to complete his research; sidetracked from his objective he becomes consumed with developing an immortality serum. Once convinced his findings are complete he consumes the potion only to discover that he is to become two as he turns into half Jekyll and half Hyde. Desperate to cover up his new found identity he calls her his sister but things take a turn for the worse when he realises that he needs female hormones if he is to maintain his existence. Before long he is battling with his alter ego Mrs Hyde as a number of young girls begin to go missing in the streets of London...

• Tales Of The Unexpected - Series 5 - Complete | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £8.43  |  Saving you £9.99 (40.00%)  |  RRP £24.99

  Roald Dahl's chillingly brilliant anthology series Tales of the Unexpected makes a return to DVD. Although widely-regarded as one of the greatest children's authors of all-time Roald Dahl also wrote chilling adult fiction taking the twisted ideas used to entertain children and thrilling adults with similar themes. Much-gossiped about in its day the surprising stories - usually with a sting in the tale - enthralled a nation the moment the iconic titles started.

• Monster | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £8.85  |  Saving you £4.14 (31.90%)  |  RRP £12.99

  A woman gives birth to a baby but the child is possessed by the spirit of a dwarf whom the mother once spurned.

• The Horror Of Frankenstein | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £2.54  |  Saving you £4.23 (52.90%)  |  RRP £7.99

  Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments. But when the doctor runs out of fresh body parts for his 'research ' he turns to murder to complete his gruesome new creation. Now his monster has unleashed its own ghastly killing spree and the true Horror Of Frankenstein has only just begun...

• Doctor Jekyll And Sister Hyde | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £3.97  |  Saving you £6.02 (60.30%)  |  RRP £9.99

  A young doctor in search of a life-prolonging drug drinks his own potion and turns into a beautiful woman. He needs female hormones for his experiments so a number of London women are soon meeting bloody deaths.

• Lust For A Vampire | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £36.23  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £13.99

  Through the unholy rites of black magic the notorious female vampire Carmilla Karnstein is reincarnated as a luscious young debutant (Yutte Stensgaard). But when the depraved seductress is enrolled at an exclusive girl's school she begins to inflame the desires of her fellow students as wellias her weak-willed teacher (Ralph Bates). Can these perverse hungers be quenched by theimere taste of blood or will an entire village be unwittingly consumed by their lust for a vampire?

• Blood From The Mummy's Tomb / Devil Rides Out / Horror Of Frankenstein / Lust For A Vampire / Scars Dracula | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £41.19  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £50.99

  The Devil Rides Out (WS 1.66:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 91 mins) Employing ancient rituals a group of Satanists invoke the powers of darkness for personal gain risking very souls to do so. All those involved become increasingly ensnared by the malevolent presence they have summoned. Learning of a friend's involvement the Duke de Richeleau enters the fray as champion for the Powers of Light. Accompanied by his three friends Rex Van Ryn Simon Aron and Richard Eaton the Duke takes the battle to the enemy; the Devil himself! The Horror Of Frankenstein (WS 1.85:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 92 mins) On the sudden death of his father young Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) inherits his title his castle and his comely and very accommodating housemaid Alys (Kate O'Mara). Victor decides to leave college and return home where he can carry out scientific experiments of which his teachers would never approve... With the aid of a grave-robber Victor collects the parts he requires for his greatest experiment yet; the construction of a human being! As the struggle to keep his experiments secret becomes harder the body count mounts up and the monster is not yet complete! Scars Of Dracula (WS 1.85:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 91 mins) When two innocent victims discover the blood drained corpse of a missing friend in Dracula's castle necropolis the flesh-creeping horror begins. Christopher Lee the definitive Count Dracula to British film fans portrays both the creature's essential power and evil and his sexual and magnetic appeal in a script that stems directly from the original Bram Stoker novel. Lust For A Vampire (WS 1.78:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 91 mins) When the fascinating and fatal Mircalla Karnstein enrolls at an exclusive girls' finishing school in Transylvania English teacher Richard Lestrange is among those who fall victim to her striking and sensual beauty. As he risks his life to save her from the terrified villagers he must first save himself from her lethal kiss... Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (WS 1.85:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 89 mins) The evil begins when professor Julian Fuchs (Andrew Keir) and his expedition team discover in Egypt after years of quest the tomb of Queen Tera (Valerie Leon). The Queen is a beautiful creature naked save for the tapestry of wonderful jewels that decorate her body. Legend suggests that Egyptian priests murdered Tera Queen of Darkness and that she has mysterious powers from beyond the grave... The opening of the tomb has a strange effect on Fuchs and his team. Are they aware of the powers they are unleashing when they return to England with the mummy and the strange artefacts found in the tomb?

• Dear John - Series 1-2 | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £N/A  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £24.99

  When John loses his wife to his best friend he joins a local encounter group for divorced and separated people and life suddenly becomes far more interesting. Series 1: 1. A Singular Man 2. In The Club 3. Death 4. The Party 5. Toby 6. The Fourteen Year Itch 7. Under Cover Series 2: 1. A New Member 2. Confidence 3. Problems With Toby 4. Sanctuary 5. Torquay 6. Once Bitten The 1987 Christmas Special

• Scream House Triple Terror 1 | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £9.79  |  Saving you £0.20 (2.00%)  |  RRP £9.99

  A triple DVD pack of nostalgic horror featuring Just Before Dawn Devil's Hand and Fear In The Night. Just Before Dawn (1981 Dir. Jeff Lieberman): Despite the local Ranger's ominous warning a party of three boys and two girls take a camping trip to the mountain. In the steamy backwoods they sense an atmosphere of mounting tension. Soon they realise there is some deadly horror lurking in the woods. The Ranger had been right! They meet a strange girl and her equally strange family. Then one of them is murdered...then another...and another... Will any of them survive those dark hours JUST BEFORE DAWN? Devil's Hand (1962 Dir. William J. Hole Jr.): Robert Alda stars as a man who becomes entranced by the beautiful high-priestess of a voodoo cult. Totally bewitched he realizes that he has to break his own spell when his fiance is kidnapped and due to be sacrificed. Fear In The Night (1972 Dir. Jimmy Sangster): Joan Collins stars in this this tense study of paranoia set in a boy's prep school that has pervasive surrealistic qualities. A young woman (Geeson) who has recently suffered a nervous breakdown moves with her husband to a rural English boarding school. However her nerves are not assuaged when she meets the school's intimidating headmaster (Cushing) and his vampy wife (Collins). Unfortunately Geeson's tension only gets worse when she finds herself being stalked and harassed by a one-armed man who seems to be a deranged psychotic. Unable to convince anyone that what is happening to her is real Geeson begins to suspect her husband of trying to kill her until one night of almost unbearable terror that reveals a secret more shocking than anything she could have imagined...