Maverick director Ken Russell offers up a truly outrageous take on the Edgar Allen Poe story that has to be seen to be believed! When Roderick Usher is found guilty of the brutal murder of his wife he is branded insane and sent to the county lunatic asylum. There he is locked in a padded cell and left at the mercy of Dr. Calahari (Ken Russell) whose mind-blowing shock treatment gives rise to a series of bizarre and nightmarish adventures. As Roderick undergoes mind bending therapy Dr. Calahari and the beautiful but strange Nurse Smith gradually unravel the horrible truth behind the Louse of Usher.
Haunting Of The Beacon
The second instalment of the popular Japanese anime, Bubblegum Crisis 2 contains the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the eight original videos. In a devastated high-tech Tokyo of a Blade Runner-ish future, four beautiful women disguised by their heavily armed exoskeletons protect society from killer androids and from an ambitious corporation that tries to take over the world, while also having complicated personal lives. The cute teenager NeNe always has a crush on someone or other; flighty Linna has to fit her superhero life into a busy social schedule; and Priss has her career as a rock singer as well as a habit of feeling emotional. Only the austere Sylia is entirely in control of her life--so much so that she needs the others for a bit of productive chaos. In the episodes included they deal with a mysterious car that is riding down motorcyclists, help a tragic android who is vampirising citizens to feed a damaged friend and cope with attempts by an evil conspirator to frame them for mass mayhem. The stories rely rather too heavily on extended sequences of fast bikes and car racing, or mechanised bodysuits and big robots tearing each other apart, but the plotting can be subtle and the emotional scenes tense and fraught. Someone trying to get a sense of anime's strengths and weaknesses could do a lot worse than start here. On the DVD: the disc is presented in a visual aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and has a very loud Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack which presents every screech of tortured metal vehemently and every pounding anthem in the slightly pompous score. There are no extras apart from a very extended documentation of the credits. --Roz Kaveney
A summer vacation turns into a nightmare as rising executive Tom Williams (John Ritter) takes his beautiful wife Gina (Rachel Hunter) and his children on a long-awaited break. Tom and his family are thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse when they are kidnapped by a vicious gang led by the psychotic Mr Eddie (Eric Roberts) the last in a line of white trash criminals lured to the west coast by the promise of easy pickings. Tom is given an ultimatum find .2 million or his family will die! But all is not what it seems as it becomes clear to Tom that the sadistic Eddie has no intention of turning his family free. Unable to ask for help Tom must summon up every ounce of moral and physical courage to save his family from almost certain death!
A diamond hunter agrees to take an American couple deep into the jungles of Borneo in search of a raw diamond.
Kids Return
A collection of 3 monster movies. The Mole (15) Grave Vengeance (18) In Exchange (18)
During World War II, 1.2 million African-Americans served in America's Armed Forces. Fully 125,000 served overseas. 708 were killed. Among these were The Wereth Eleven. Their story was lost to history. Until now. The Wereth Eleven is an ambitious docudrama based on the true story of eleven African-American soldiers who were ruthlessly murdered by the Nazi SS during the Battle of the Bulge. The film weaves exciting visual effects, never before seen archival footage, and compelling inte...
Animal attacks says the TV news are behind a recent spate of grisly killings. But two ex-security agents know the real cause maybe the real culprits...
Ken Wallis is probably best known for building and flying James Bond's Little Nellie in the 007 film You Only Live Twice. Ken has also spent much of his life as a war hero, an inventor and an extraordinary engineer. Now on the centenary of his father's first flight and using never seen before footage, Ken shares his unique and fascinating journey through the past 100 years of aviation and engineering.
Black Dawn: Stephen Seagal returns as Jonathan Cold a former CIA agent who goes undercover in a dangerous group of terrorists planning to bomb Los Angeles for revenge. When they kidnap Cold's protge Amanda (Tamara Davies) however his cover threatens to be blown and it's a race against time before the city is likewise blown to bits. (Dir. Alexander Gruszynski 2005) Into The Sun: Only one man has the skills to stop the Yakuza... When a government official is killed American operative Travis Hunter (Seagal) with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought into investigate... (Dir. Fritz Kiersch 2004) Submerged: He found the enemy...but on the wrong side! Chris Kody (Steven Seagal) the world's best mercenary is freed from prison... but there is a catch. Kody must use his lethal weapons and fighting skills to stop a group of terrorists who have taken over a nuclear submarine... (Dir. Anthony Hickox 2005)
Blessed with a treasure of timeless songs South Pacific combines the passionate heartwarming romance of a naive young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) with South Seas splendour and a world at war while the breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written. Bonus CD Tracklisting: 1. South Pacific Overture 2. Dites Moi 3. Cock Eyed Optimist 4. Twin Soliloquies 5. Some Enchanted Evening 6. Bloody Mary 7. My Girl Back Home 8. There Is Nothing Like A Dame 9. Bali Ha'i 10. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair 11. I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy 12. Younger Than Springtime 13. Happy Talk 14. Honey Bun 15. Carefully Taught 16. This Nearly Was Mine 17. Finale
A Bucket of Blood: Coffee bar waiter Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) is hailed as an artist for his amazingly lifelike sculptures. Unbeknownst to his customers his art is achieved by murdering his models and covering them in clay. Said by many to be a cult actor Dick Miller's finest hour A Bucket of Blood is a superb semi-spoof of the dead-bodies-in-the-wax-museum genre. The Killer Shrews: Special effects master Ray Kellogg turns director for this 1959 slice of sci-fi horror about a
A lot can happen in 30 Miles. Two strangers travel the paths of deception in this road movie from first-time director Ryan Harper. Anthony is a successful black movie agent on his way to a wedding in Las Vegas. Speeding down the highway through the Nevada desert he encounters a stranded white drifter Ernie (Rusty Gray) and stops to give him a lift. The two men hit it off easily and soon let their guards down but as each begins revealing the details of his past the other r
Grave Of The Vampire (Dir. John Hayes 1974): In a dark deserted graveyard populated almost exclusively by rotting corpses lies a 400 year old creature more undead than alive. It's been some time since he last fed and now he's hungry again... but this time he wants something more than blood! Disturbed by an amorous couple he ventures from the grave to bequeath his horrific legacy killing the boyfriend and planting the seed for his son and heir - a half-breed doomed to live in purgatory. Years later understanding his true nature the half-human vampire seeks to wreak his vengeance against his blood-sucking father culminating in a bloodthirsty and apocalyptic confrontation that goes straight for the jugular! Flesh Eating Mothers (Dir. James Aviles Martin 1989): On the rampage through small town America comes a new threat to national security... evil vicious mindless zombies mums with the ability to eat anyone anywhere anytime!
This boxset includes the following: Attack of the Giant Leeches The Giant Gila Monster The Killer Shrews
Sink your teeth into the hysterically funny spoof Vampires Suck - it's positively dripping with outrageous humour and bloody good fun! Becca, an angst-ridden teenager at a new high school, finds herself torn between two supernatural suitors: a moody vampire and an extremely hairy werewolf. From two of the comedy masterminds who wrote Scary Movie and Co-starring Ken Jeong (The Hangover), this comedy will leave you howling for more! This edition also contains a Digital Co...
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