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• Hell Night | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hell Night, a horror film originally made in 1981, is not remotely frightening unless, that is, you are plagued with a pathological aversion to leaden scripts, rampant overacting and cheap special effects; but it is just about knowing enough to be charming, and retains a (very) slight kitsch appeal. The plot--in the loose sense of the word--sees a group of picturesque young college kids compelled, for some reason or other, to spend a night in a haunted house (you can just picture the high fives at the script meeting when some genius came up with that one). Some other college kids try to scare them by way of a prank, but it turns out that something evil really is loose on the premises, and events unfold with entrancing predictability. On the DVD: Hell Night is presented in widescreen, and has been digitally remastered. Special features include brief biographies of actor Linda Blair, director Tom De Simone and producers Irwin Yablans and Bruce Cohn Curtis, as well as the option to watch the film with commentary provided by the four. The original cinema and television trailers for Hell Night are also included.--Andrew Mueller

• Hell Night | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Linda Blair plays virginal heroine Marti Gaines who together with fellow teens Seth Jeff and Denise takes up a challenge made by party animal Peter Bennett to spend a night at Garth Manor as part of a fraternity-sorority pledge. Garth has a notorious history: twelve years ago the owner massacred his wife and kids and then hanged himself in the house. To liven things up a bit a pack of drunken frat-boys descends on Garth Manor to scare Marti and her pals out of their wits. But something even more horrible has beaten them to it and begins to pick off the pledgers one-by-one through methods ranging from impalement to decapitation. As Garth Manor gives out its darkest secret will anyone come out alive?