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• Survival Of The Dead | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £5.76   |  Saving you £12.23 (212.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The master filmmaker continues to reinvent the modern horror genre with a film that draws new battle lines between the living and the dead.

• Survival Of The Dead | Blu Ray | (15/03/2010) from £16.18   |  Saving you £8.81 (54.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The master filmmaker continues to reinvent the modern horror genre with a film that draws new battle lines between the living and the dead.

• Sanctuary | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £5.68   |  Saving you £0.31 (5.46%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Confirming the testosterone-laced promise he showed in the earlier Drive, the charismatically lithe Mark Decascos stars as buff man-of-the-cloth Father Luke, whose plans for a successful food drive are put on hold when a covert kill squad forces him to confront his shadowy past in this surprisingly effective bullet ballet. The needlessly complex high-tech storyline may be somewhat shaky, but this adrenalised conspiracy thriller earns its wings by virtue of a strong cast (including a villainous Jaimz Woolvett, miles away from his role as the greenhorn gunslinger in Unforgiven), an impressively stylised lighting palette and a jaw-droppingly gonzo epilogue that cries out for--nay, demands--a sequel. Director Tibor Takacs was previously responsible for two unfairly forgotten 1980s horror gems The Gate and I, Madman. --Andrew Wright

• Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Father Vassey (Michael Rooker) has a problem. Using his two 9mm, laser-sighted cannons, he has tracked down and killed the holders of a heretic ceremony meant to bring a demon into the world. Not just any demon, for this one's reason to be is nothing less than uncreating creation. The problem is, Vassey's too late. The demon has manifested and escaped, and is now on the hunt for the soul of a young boy who is believed to be saint material, due to the stigmata he had at birth. The film is directed by Jamie Dixon, heretofore a special effects supervisor, who shows canny restraint where special effects are concerned. The shadowy demon of the title is depicted often by a fluid black cloud, which is functional without losing its eeriness or credibility. The acting is solid, never campy, though Michael Rooker sometimes feels out of place. And the climactic scenes, built up to with good pacing, are fraught with peril and excitement. All in all, this is a worthwhile effort for a first-time director, and that makes it one of the best direct-to-video releases I've seen in quite a long time. I just wish I could locate the Bram Stoker story it's supposed to be based on. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com

• New Blood | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Small time gang...big time problems. Danny White (Nick Moran: Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and his crew of wannabe gangsters find themselves pitted against the local mafia headed by Leigh and Hellman (Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano: The Matrix) when they accidentally kill a local business man they were hired to kidnap. With nowhere else to turn and bleeding from a fatal gunshot wound Danny visits his estranged father Alan (John Hurt: Contact) looking for help. When Alan sees Danny's condition he only has one thought: Danny may be the organ donor he's been desperately searching for to save Danny's mortally sick sister. But Danny is not prepared to die for nothing. There is a price to be paid and a deal is struck between father and son. And so begins the most terrifying and bizarre night of their lives.