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• Violence in a Women's Prison | Blu Ray | (19/09/2022) from £13.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Another entry in the Italian run of popular ˜Emmanuelle' sex movies, Bruno Mattei's presentation of caged female sleaze delivers a suitably charged piece of institution-based exploitation wrought with cat fights corruption and claustrophobic tension. When investigative journalist Emmanuelle (Laura Gemser) pretends to be a drug dealer so that she can go to prison and write an expose of life inside Santa Catrina, a women's penitentiary, she experiences humiliation, violence and is made to suffer solitary confinement and other random punishments. Violence in a Women's Prison is the seventh entry in the Emmanuelle series and provides fans of this fascinating sub-genre with another sensationalist feature. A must for cult film collectors everywhere.

• The Bird With the Crystal Plumage | Blu Ray | (13/12/2021) from £21.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage a film which redefined the ˜giallo' genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom. Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, We Own the Night), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, Funeral in Berlin) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, Spasmo) A staggeringly assured debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage establishes the key traits that would define Argento's filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West), this landmark film has never looked or sounded better in this new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Video!

• The Bird Of Crystal Plumage | DVD | (27/01/2001) from £12.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (38.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An American writer (Tony Musante - Toma TV series) traveling in Rome is the only witness to an attempted murder by a sinister figure in a raincoat and black leather gloves though he is powerless to do anything to stop them. With a feeling that something is not quite right about the scene he has witnessed and the police's inability to make any progress he launches his own personal investigation - and nearly loses his life in the process. While this modern day Jack-the-Ripper type is slithering through the dark byways of Rome slicing up pretty girls director Dario Argento is carving up the emotions of terrified viewers. Dark deeds are mixed with black comedy worthy of Hitchcock in a film of almost unbearable tension and nail-biting suspense.

• The Grim Reaper (La Commare Secca) - (Mr Bongo Films) (1962) | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £19.95   |  Saving you £-1.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Bertolucci's directorial debut La Commare Secca is based on a book by Pasolini and tells the story of a prostitute who is brutally murdered in a park near the Tiber River in Rome. The police track down all visitors to the park that night with hope of catching the killer the story is told in flashbacks as each suspect gives their account.

• Lethal Lolita | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £7.21   |  Saving you £-1.22 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On 13 May 1992 17-year-old Amy Fisher had an accomplice drive her to the house of Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa New York. When Mary Jo answered the door Amy shot her in the head. Mary Jo survived the attack but sustained injuries that left her paralysed. The case caused a sensation. Amy was dubbed ""The Long Island Lolita"" by the media and became the most notorious teenager in America. Portrayed as promiscuous and immoral Amy claimed to have started a passionate affair at a yea

• Violence In A Woman's Prison | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Shot back to back with 'Emanuelle In Prison' 'Violence In A Woman's Prison' is along the lines of 'The Concrete Jungle' and such other caged delights. Laura Gemser plays yet another Emanuelle a reporter who goes to prison undercover on trumped up charges to expose the corruption within the prison and to secure a scoop about the bad conditions run by sadistic warden Lorraine De Selle. Naturally the place is a hellhole. Gemser bares her fabulous body has sex with Gabrielle Tinti dumps a bucket of faeces on a guard and spends time in the hole where she is devoured and chewed on by hungry rats! Extremely kinky as expected with Mattei managing to stage a somewhat bizarre art rape-scene which looks like something from a Tinto Brass movie where the warden and her lover gets horny while watching a girl being raped and beaten up by male inmates (oh yes there are male inmates here too!). Lorraine De Selle is great as the evil warden and there's another loud great soundtrack by Luigi Ceccaralli.

• Giallo | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A triple bill of stylish 'Giallo' thrillers from Italian maestro Dario Argento: The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) and Phenomena (1984). The Bird With The Crystal Plumage : An American writer (Tony Musante - Toma TV series) travelling in Rome is the only witness to an attempted murder by a sinister man in a raincoat and black leather gloves though he is powerless to do anything to stop him. With a feeling that something is not quite right about the scene he has witnessed and the police's inability to make any progress he launches his own personal investigation - and nearly loses his life in the process. While this modern day Jack-the-Ripper type is slithering through the dark byways of Rome slicing up pretty girls director Dario Argento is carving up the emotions of terrified viewers. Dark deeds are mixed with black comedy worthy of Hitchcock in a film of almost unbearable tension and nail-biting suspense. Cat O'Nine Tales: The second movie directed by Dario Argento. With the screenplay by Dardano Sachetti and score by Ennio Morricone Cat O'Nine Tails is a haunting and suspensful thriller in the classic giallo tradition. The story begins when a blind puzzle maker (Karl Malden) overhears a conversation shortly before a robbery is committed at a genetics institute. When he teams up with a journalist (Franciscus) intent on solving the crime they uncover a trail off murders linked to the institute. Can they discover the murderer's identity before it is too late? Phenomena: Young Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) is sent to study at an exclusive boarding school in Switzerland. A psychopathic killer is at large and has already murdered one of the academy's students. Jennifer sleepwalks and has a strange empathic relationship with insects. One day she befriends local entomologist Dr. McGregor (Donald Pleasance) who has been helping the police in their murder investigation with his knowledge of insects. McGregor encourages her to use her gift to track down the killer bu this places her in mortal danger...

• VIOLENCE IN A WOMEN'S PRISON - VIOLENCE IN A WOMEN'S PRISON (1 Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (08/05/2018) from £23.87   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Big Racket | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi) is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums who terrorise a sleepy Italian village and extort cash from the locals. With the threat of horrific brutality no one dares to act except a restaurant owner (Renzo Palmer) who approaches Palmieri and sings like a canary. As a result his young daughter is raped. Discovering that the terrorism is related to drug dealers Palmieri is forbidden to continue investigating his case by his superior - so he goes it alone. Palmieri recruits men who have become victims of the crooks and the film ends with a bloody massacre...

• Emanuelle In Prison | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Investigative reporter Emanuelle finds herself locked up in an all women penitentiary run by a ruthless warden and her brutally sadistic guards. Vowing to exact revenge on the corrupt politician who set her up Emanuelle must first survive the daily torture and attempts at her life by grotesque prison bully Albina. Into this powder keg of smouldering sex and violence comes four bloodthirsty death row inmates led by 'Crazy Boy' Henderson. Blasting their way to a prison takeover this q