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• Rabid | DVD | (06/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  One of David Cronenberg's most successful early films, Rabid features porn star Marilyn Chambers as a woman who becomes infected with a virus after an operation. As result she grows a kind of phallus with which she penetrates her victims as she sucks their blood and thus the disease spreads rapidly. The film displays all Cronenberg's usual horrified fascination with the human body and its sexual function. Looking back, it can be read as a kind of parable about AIDS, but it works perfectly well as an effective low-budget shocker. On the DVD: the widescreen image on the DVD is acceptable quality, as is the sound. The fairly routine extras consist of excerpts from a TV interview with Cronenberg, lasting about 10 minutes; a collection of stills from the film; some written notes by horror expert Kim Newman that give useful background, though in part reproduce what is said in the interview; full filmographies for Cronenberg and the three principal performers, including a long list of Chambers' porn credits. --Ed Buscombe

• Mary Higgins Clark - While My Pretty One Sleeps | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (32.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Prominent New York gossip columnist Ethel Lambston is about to rock the fashion industry with an expose revealing the dark secrets of top designers. But when she mysteriously disappears it is left to Neeve Kearny - the beautiful owner of an exclusive boutique - to continue her work.With Ethel's ex-husband her worthless nephew and a shadowy fashion mogul all in the frame Neeve is forced to cast aside her own problems - namely the impending release of her mother's own killer

• Rabid | DVD | (07/08/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of David Cronenberg's most successful early films, Rabid features porn star Marilyn Chambers as a woman who becomes infected with a virus after an operation. As result she grows a kind of phallus with which she penetrates her victims as she sucks their blood and thus the disease spreads rapidly. The film displays all Cronenberg's usual horrified fascination with the human body and its sexual function. Looking back, it can be read as a kind of parable about AIDS, but it works perfectly well as an effective low-budget shocker. On the DVD: the widescreen image on the DVD is acceptable quality, as is the sound. The fairly routine extras consist of excerpts from a TV interview with Cronenberg, lasting about 10 minutes; a collection of stills from the film; some written notes by horror expert Kim Newman that give useful background, though in part reproduce what is said in the interview; full filmographies for Cronenberg and the three principal performers, including a long list of Chambers' porn credits. --Ed Buscombe

• Hostile Advances - The Kerry Ellison Story | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Kerry Ellison becomes the object of desire for Sterling Gray who deals with his attraction by stalking and terrorising Kerry's life. When her official complaint of sexual harassment is dismissed by the courts she realises she is the only one with the power to get her life back.

• The Little Kidnappers | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £7.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  BASED ON THE CHILDREN,S FAVORITE "THE LITTLE KIDNAPPERS" TELLS THE STORY OF TWO ORPHANS WHO COME TO NOVA SCOTIA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO LIVE WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER (CHARLTON HESTON). HE'S A STERN AND BITTER MAN WHO IS TORMENTED BY THE LOSS OF HIS ONLY SON. SOON, THE MISUNDERSTANDING IS RESOLVED AND THE FAMILY- AND A DIVIDED COMMUNITY- IS BOUGHT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

• Looking For Miracles | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in 1935 this is the story of sixteen year old Ryan Delaney who takes a job as a camp counsellor. He is surprised to learn that he will be responsible for his younger brother Sullivan who has spent most of his life living away with relatives. Together the brothers discover the meaning of 'family'.

• Lantern Hill | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A spellbinding ghost story unfolds when 12-year old Jane Stuart discovers that her mysterious father (Sam Waterston) whom the family has tried to convince her is dead resurfaces to reconcile his troubled past. She discovers a kind man genuinely interested in both her welfare and her mother's. With the assistance of a powerful mystic (Colleen Dewhurst) Jane resolves to reunite her parents despite the horrible forces that stand in her way!

• Hostile Advances | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Sterling Gray sits behind Kerry Ellison in her office at work. He fantasises about her and their relationship. At first he surprises her with gifts and unexpected visits. But then he starts following her. And making prank calls. And making her afraid to be alone.

• David Cronenberg Collection - Double Horror - Shivers / Rabid | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One of David Cronenberg's most successful early films, Rabid features porn star Marilyn Chambers as a woman who becomes infected with a virus after an operation. As result she grows a kind of phallus with which she penetrates her victims as she sucks their blood and thus the disease spreads rapidly. The film displays all Cronenberg's usual horrified fascination with the human body and its sexual function. Looking back, it can be read as a kind of parable about AIDS, but it works perfectly well as an effective low-budget shocker. On the DVD: the widescreen image on the DVD is acceptable quality, as is the sound. The fairly routine extras consist of excerpts from a TV interview with Cronenberg, lasting about 10 minutes; a collection of stills from the film; some written notes by horror expert Kim Newman that give useful background, though in part reproduce what is said in the interview; full filmographies for Cronenberg and the three principal performers, including a long list of Chambers' porn credits. --Ed Buscombe

• Dinner At Fred's | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard leaves the corporate office for a weekend in the country house of his fiance who is also the daughter of his boss. On the way there he is forced to accept lodging from a local called Fred but when he enters the house the wacky family refuse to let him move on. The family believe they are under the curse of the wild turkey by which anyone who stays past midnight in the rural house is doomed never to leave.

• Lantern Hill | DVD | (01/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A spellbinding ghost story unfolds when 12-year old Jane Stuart discovers that her mysterious father (Sam Waterston), whom the family has tried to convince her is dead, resurfaces to reconcile his troubled past. She discovers a kind man, genuinely interested in both her welfare and her mother's. With the assistance of a powerful mystic (Colleen Dewhurst), Jane resolves to reunite her parents, despite the horrible forces that stand in her way!