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• Witchfinder General | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £7.94   |  Saving you £-1.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Witchfinder General is one of those cult British films that, like The Wicker Man, seemed to herald a renaissance in the fortunes of the British film industry in the late 1960s and early 70s. With only his third film, director Michael Reeves displayed an assured grasp of technique and a confident ability to mix and match genres that marked him out as a homegrown wunderkind to rival the Spielbergs and Coppolas who were just graduating from film school across the Atlantic. Sadly, this promise remained unfulfilled as Reeves died suddenly, soon after completing the film, from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs; Witchfinder General remains his only significant work Veteran Vincent Price is wonderfully cast as the titular witchfinder, Matthew Hopkins, whose bloody and usually sexually motivated persecutions across civil war-torn East Anglia are carried out with much relish, graphic fake blood and lots of screaming. Ian Ogilvy, an old school pal of the director's, is the upright new model soldier who swears vengeance against Hopkins for the rape of his betrothed (Hilary Dwyer, who in true Hammer Horror fashion gets to take her top off and scream a lot). Lascivious depictions of burning witches and gratuitous sex aside, what draws the viewer into the film is the setting as Reeves' camera roams lovingly across the East Anglian countryside. The opening-hanging scene, for example, depends strongly on location for its effect, and Ogilvy's quest for revenge takes on a John Ford-style Western aura in the director's hands. Perhaps not quite the masterpiece some seem to think it is, Witchfinder General remains a sturdy piece of distinctively British filmmaking. On the DVD: This disc allows the viewer to select the slightly extended "Export cut" of the movie, which has a little more graphic blood than the censored UK release, although the restored sequences are of markedly inferior quality. The anamorphic picture and mono sound are decent, even if too many murky nighttime scenes and badly dubbed actors' voices betray the film's restrictively low budget. The major extra is a documentary about the life and short career of Michael Reeves, while other fill-ups include text notes from critic Kim Newman, a music video, trailer, filmographies and stills. All in all, it's a welcome restoration of a genre classic. --Mark Walker

• Wuthering Heights | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Haunting passionate and unforgettable this beautiful version of Emily Bronte's timeless masterpiece stars Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton as Cathy and Heathcliff star crossed lovers destined for a doomed romance.....

• The Oblong Box | DVD | (23/02/2015) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Gordon Hessler directs this 1960s horror starring Vincent Price. Lord of the manor Julian Markham (Price) is ashamed of his mutilated brother Edward (Alistair Williamson) and keeps him hidden away from public view in the tower of his vast house. However, when Edward escapes he attempts to get his revenge on his overbearing brother. The cast also includes Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies and Sally Geeson.

• Cry Of The Banshee | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In a time of superstition and paranoid accusations a sadistic magistrate named Lord Whitman (horror legend Vincent Price) decides to wage war upon anyone he suspects is dabbling in witchcraft and the occult. Satanists witches pagans heretics and all those who dabble in the dark arts must be destroyed. After a coven of witches are brutally slaughtered on the command of Lord Whitman the surviving high priestess vows revenge. As a servant of Satan the high priestess uses all her powers to conjure a dark avenger from the deepest depths of hell to curse Lord Whitman''s flesh and his blood. A terrifying merciless beast of retribution is then set loose upon the earth and sent to obliterate Lord Whitman and his family. Soon his cries of victory will be replaced by cries of agony. Soon all he will hear is the cry of the banshee: kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

• The Oblong Box | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Discover the unspeakable hunger of the restless dead. Witness the horrifying blood drenched gut ripping excesses of revenge. Be prepared for a journey to the dark side of human nature. Are you ready for a horrifying gruesome tale of voodoo murder and mayhem? Are you ready for the secrets held within the oblong box? Beware the man in the crimson hood for death is his master. Starring not one but two legends of midnight movies horror classics and creature features Christopher Lee and Vincent price The Oblong Box was the last of American International Pictures notorious adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's stories. Vincent Price plays Julian Markham a colonial aristocrat with a dark guilty secret. Being held captive in his attic is his hideously disfigured brother Edward the victim of a strange and grotesque voodoo curse. In an attempt to escape Edward fakes his own death and ends up being buried alive. Unearthed by grave robbing body snatchers working for a sinister Doctor (Christopher Lee) Edward decides it's time to let his presence be known in a world of ghastly shadows.