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• Valley Of The Dolls / Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Valley Of The Dolls: An adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's trashy novel telling the story of three remarkable women whose lives are affected by show-business celebrity. Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls: An uninhibited all-girl rock trio and their manager arrive in Hollywood to claim an inheritance due to one of the group. They meet Ronnie Barzell a strange personality but a gifted promoter who soon has the combo headed for the big time. During their ascent the girls beco

• Shout at the Devil - 88 VAULT #13 | Blu Ray | (27/05/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Amid World War 1, a damaged German warship is being repaired in an inlet near Zanzibar. Hearing this news, a British aristocrat an American businessman, and his daughter formulate a plan to destroy the battle cruiser in its weakened state. Starring Roger Moore (Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun) and Lee Marvin (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Dirty Dozen, Point Blank) and based on the best-selling novel by Wilbur Smith, this entertaining wartime romp from director Peter R Hunt (You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service) is guaranteed to keep you transfixed from its intriguing beginning to its explosive climax.

• Asylum | Blu Ray | (06/01/2020) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

• Jennie - Lady Randolph Churchill - The Complete Series | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jennie - Lady Randolph Churchill: The Complete Series (2 Disc)

• Asylum - Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (29/07/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Doctor Martin arrives for a job interview at a secluded asylum for the incurable insane, he must prove himself by listening to the macabre tales of four inmates and deducing which is the former head of the facility who suffered a breakdown. One of the most chilling anthologies of terror from Amicus starring Peter Cushing, Robert Powell, Herbert Lom and Britt Ekland. Special Features: Audio Commentary with Director Roy Ward Baker and Camera Operator Neil Binney 'Two's a Company': 1972 On-set BBC report featuring interviews with Producer Milton Subotsky, Director Roy Ward Baker, Actors Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers, Megs Jenkins, Art Director Tony Curtis and Production Manager Teresa Bolland Screenwriter David J. Schow on Writer Robert Bloch Fiona Subotsky Remembers Milton Subotsky 'Inside The Fear Factory' Featurette with Directors Roy Ward Baker, Freddie Francis and Producer Max J. Rosenberg Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve subtitles for the hearing impaired

• Valley Of The Dolls | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What a trip! An entertainingly psychedelic adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's splendidly trashy novel telling the story of three remarkable women whose lives are affected by show-business celebrity. Revered composer John Williams (Star Wars) won his very first Oscar - and nomination - for Best Music.

• Shout At The Devil | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Shout at the Devil was Roger Moore's second starring role in an adaptation of one Wilbur Smith's bestselling African adventures (the first being 1974's Gold, also directed by Peter Hunt). Taking its mixture of comedy and drama, and part of its plot, from The African Queen the movie finds Moore's decent, upright Englishman teamed with Lee Marvin--in a variation on his Cat Ballou drunken brawler comedy persona--fighting the Germans in colonial East Africa at the beginning of the Great War. Moore plays it straight and makes a most heroic and handsome matinee idol hero. Produced between Moore's second and third outings as Bond, Shout at the Devil was staffed with various 007 regulars, including Hunt who was had edited the first three and directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service, title designer Maurice Binder and director John Glen. It even has a ticking clock-gigantic explosion finale. This is an exciting, beautifully shot escapade which deserves to be much better known. On the DVD: The original Panavision 2.35:1 image is incorrectly letterboxed at around 2:1, cropping so much picture information that the credits disappear at either side of the screen. The print used is of very variable quality, with some scenes looking fine, others washed out and lacking detail, with long shots often being slightly out of focus. Adding to the problems is the abysmal digital encoding which, despite anamorphic enhancement, has left many scenes swarming with compression artefacts. The sound is adequate mono. Unfortunately this disc uses a heavily re-edited and shortened version of the film--cut from 147 to 119 minutes following poor reviews--and the losses in continuity, especially in the early part of the film are very noticeable. The extras are the original trailer, which reveals the entire plot right up to and including the ending, comprehensive filmographies of Marvin, Moore and Hunt, and a seven-minute compilation of posters and publicity stills set to the main themes from Maurice Jarre's score. --Gary S Dalkin

• Alistair Maclean's Puppet On A Chain | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £41.26   |  Saving you £-36.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Action suspense classic by the outstanding author Alistair Maclean. An investigation by the head of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau of a gang of heroin smugglers ensures an action packed plot full of twists and turns.

• The Deadly Trap | DVD | (07/01/2013) from £9.85   |  Saving you £6.14 (62.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Deadly Trap is a 1971 film directed by Rene Clement, based on the novel The Children are Gone. Starring Faye Dunaway (Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown) as Jill and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon, Unknown) as Philip her husband. A married couple moves to France together with their two children. Their world is torn apart when the children go missing and it transpires they have been kidnapped. In a frantic struggle to recover them alive and well, the couples lives begin to fall apart at the seams as Jill's mental state deteriorates and Philip struggles to make sense of what is happening to them.

• Shout at the Devil | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An American with the help of an upper-class Englishman who's looking for adventure hopes to get rich via smuggling and land speculation in Africa. But they are forced to put aside the conflict and focus on more serious problems when they discover a group of Germans attempting to ready a grounded battleship for war.

• Asylum | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of the patients in an institution for the incurably insane was once its director, and a young psychiatrist (Robert Powell) has to figure out which one as they all tell him their stories. What better setting for a horror anthology? It's an inspired framing device, making this one of the better examples of the genre, even if screenwriter Robert Bloch at times resorts to gimmicks rather than invention. The first two stories are less than brilliant (the first is highlighted by dismembered body parts neatly wrapped in butcher paper wriggling back to life for revenge), but Charlotte Rampling and Britt Ekland are marvellous in the third tale, about a mentally unbalanced young woman and her dangerous best friend. Herbert Lom is also excellent in the final story as a scientist who carves an army of dolls he claims he can bring to life by sheer willpower. Director Roy Ward Baker (Quatermas and the Pit) builds momentum with each story until the dark and deliciously bloody climax. This Amicus Studios production looks visually dull compared to Hammer's gothic gloss, but it features a great British cast (including Patrick Magee and Hammer stalwart Peter Cushing), and ultimately Baker makes that gloomy look work for his increasingly creepy production. Amicus produced a series of horror anthologies, including the original 1972 Tales from the Crypt and The Torture Garden (also scripted by Bloch). --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Valley Of The Dolls | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  What a trip! An entertainingly psychedelic adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's splendidly trashy novel telling the story of three remarkable women whose lives are affected by show-business celebrity. Revered composer John Williams (Star Wars) won his very first Oscar - and nomination - for Best Music.