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• Double Indemnity | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £10.19   |  Saving you £-0.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Director Billy Wilder and writer Raymond Chandler adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck): kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But, of course, in these plots things never quite go as planned, and Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out. From the opening scene you know Neff is doomed, as the story is told in flashback; yet, to the film's credit, this doesn't diminish any of the tension of the movie. This early film noir flick is wonderfully campy by today's standards, and the dialogue is snappy ("I thought you were smarter than the rest, Walter. But I was wrong. You're not smarter, just a little taller"), filled with lots of "dame"s and "baby"s. Stanwyck is the ultimate femme fatale, and MacMurray, despite a career largely defined by roles as a softy, is convincingly cast against type as the hapless, love-struck sap. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com

• A Nightmare On Elm Street | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £5.86   |  Saving you £14.13 (241.13%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nightmare on Elm Street is the only Elm street film that falls into the "really scary" category. A dead murderer returns in the dreams of the children of his old enemies, and torments them. Wes Craven tamps down the humour that would overtake the films and goes all out for shivers. There are several memorably surreal horror sequences involving tongued telephones and bottomless baths as Craven's unhealthy imagination runs riot. With Heather Langenkamp as the plucky Nancy, John Saxon and Ronee Blakely as her dim bulb parents, Amanda Wyss and young Johnny Depp as teen victims, and Robert Englund as "Fred" Krueger. -- Kim Newman

• Lifeboat | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Six men and three women. Against the sea. Against each other. Nine survivors of a torpedoed ship awaiting a rescue that may never arrive find themselves in the same boat with one of the perpetrators... Alfred Hitchock's nail-biting guessing game thriller was nominated for 3 Oscars.

• From Hell | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Heavy on atmosphere and light on everything else, From Hell is visually impressive while lacking the depth of the acclaimed graphic novel it's based upon. Making their third feature since 1993's Menace II Society, twins Allen and Albert Hughes approach the Jack the Ripper case with physical precision, re-creating the gritty Whitechapel district of 1888 London in meticulous detail. What they've forgotten is the sheer terror that gripped Whitechapel in the wake of the Ripper's slaying of five prostitutes, investigated here by a Scotland Yard sleuth (Johnny Depp) who uses opium, laudanum and absinthe to fuel his semi-prescient visions of the slayings. Heather Graham attempts a slippery Cockney accent as a would-be victim, while Ian Holm steals the show as a has-been surgeon with devilish delusions of grandeur. Violence is obliquely suggested or briefly graphic, but no matter how you cut it, From Hell is only marginally thrilling as it treads familiar territory. --Jeff Shannon

• Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Winner of five ACADEMY AWARDS® including Best Picture* with this 2-disc Blu-ray™ set that includes an all-new hour-long documentary detailing Julie Andrews' return visit to Salzburg where she filmed her iconic role as Maria half a century ago! *1965: Directing, Film Editing, Music, Best Picture, Sound Includes All-New 60-Minute Documentary The Sound of a City: Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg and more!

• The Stand: A Limited Series | DVD | (18/10/2021) from £13.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a killer plague wipes out 99% of the world's population, the embattled survivors struggle to make their way in a post apocalyptic reality.

• Scream (2022) | Blu Ray | (05/04/2022) from £14.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A