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• The Blood Of Dracula | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Six weeks after her mother dies Nancy Perkins' father remarries. The stepmother then sends Nancy off to a school for girls where the innocent girl falls under the spell of evil chemistry teacher Miss Branding. Putting Nancy under hypnosis Miss Branding converts the poor damsel to vampirism causing her to commit murders and then forget about them. The villainess recieves her comeuppance when Nancy refuses to snap out of her spell transforming into a slavering vampiric beast.

• One Hell Of A Guy | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When one of Satan's messengers (Rob Lowe) is sent to Earth and falls in love with a living angel there's going to be one hell of a good time in this romantic comedy...

• White Rush | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £9.92   |  Saving you £4.07 (41.03%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When a drug deal goes sour and accidently leaves a cool $6 million worth of cocaine in the hands of five friends they each see something different. What none of them see is that one of the dealers is still alive and he needs his coke back before his impatient Mexican supplier sets a lethal lady assassin on his trail...

• The Terror | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A lieutentant in Napoleon's army (a young Jack Nicholson) traces a mysterious woman to a castle on the Baltic coast and finds himself trapped by a mad baron (Boris Karloff). This highly enjoyable atmopsheric slice of low-budget horror from the great Roger Corman was also reportedly directed at points by future talents Francis Coppola and Peter Bogdanovich.

• The Roger Corman Horror Collection | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Siren DVD's three-disc Roger Corman Collection contains The Little Shop of Horrors and The Terror, which Corman directed, as well as Dementia 13, which he produced. Though he has a reputation as one of the craftiest businessmen in Hollywood, Corman was too cheapskate in the 1960s to bother copyrighting a bunch of his films and so the same titles have been showing up on video and now DVD from many different distributors. All these films were thrown together in odd circumstances to take advantage of leftover sets, contracted performers or tied-up production funds. Little Shop of Horrors (a disguised remake of A Bucket of Blood) was famously made over a three-day weekend "because it was raining and we couldn't play tennis". The Terror exists because Boris Karloff owed a few days' work after completing The Raven and castle sets were still standing. Dementia 13 was written and directed by a young Francis Coppola in Ireland to take advantage of a European trip made for Corman's The Young Racers. All the films are interesting, in themselves and as footnotes to distinguished filmographies. Little Shop of Horrors has a lasting cult reputation for its blackly comic tale of codependency between a skid-row botanist (Jonathan Haze, relying a bit too much on a Jerry Lewis impersonation) and a blood-drinking, flesh-hungry mutant plant voiced by screenwriter Chuck Griffith ("feed meeee!"), with a creepy cameo from a young Jack Nicholson as a masochist who loves to visit the dentist. The Terror, which has Nicholson as the bewildered lead, is a wilfully incomprehensible Gothic picture made up on the spot by Corman and a handful of other directors (including Coppola and Monte Hellman), climaxing with Karloff's bogus baron and a decaying spectre woman swept away by a flood in the dungeons. Dementia 13, a saga of axe murders and mad sculptors, is brisk grand guignol with a lot of creepy imagery to do with drowned children and family rituals. On the DVD: The Roger Corman Collection limply claims the films are "digitally mastered" (note, not "remastered") as they are simply copies of low-quality video onto disc. Because these titles are public domain no one seems willing to take any care with transfers, and all three films are in terrible state. The Terror, the only colour film, looks especially atrocious (Vistascope cropped to full-frame) but the black-and-white films also suffer all manner of damage. The packaging is classy, but it's a shame more work wasn't done on the films themselves.--Kim Newman

• Lovers Rock Gala Awards | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £12.37   |  Saving you £-0.38 (-3.20%)   |  RRP £11.99

  The UK's Biggest Ever Reggae Show Filmed Live @ the O2 Brixton Academy - July 2009Such a collection of artists has never been captured before on DVD. `Lover's Rock' has been played at music festivals, night clubs and households around the world for the last 30 years and is still popular today. The show hosted by Grammy Award Winner Jazzie B (OBE) features 16 of the top selling British Lovers Rock icons, including 38 of the biggest most popular love songs (running time: 2h 23m), made up from UK No 1 Pop Chart Hits and a number of world renowned hit songs.Featured Artists: Caron Wheeler, Sugar Minott, Trevor Walters, Winston Reedy, Susan Cadogan, Tradition, Sandra Cross, Michael Gordon, Paul Dawkins, Lorna Bennett, Errol Dunkley, Jimmy Lindsey, Vivian Jones, Dennis Bovell and Jean Adebambo.Featured Songs: `Back to Life', `Good Thing Going', `Stuck On You', `Paradise', `You Know How To Love Me', `Every Little Bit Of My Heart', `Breakfast In Bed', `Natural Woman', `Man In Me', `OK Fred', `Sugar Love', Plus many more...The biggest Reggae concert DVD to come out of the UK, this DVD will bring out the singer in you.

• Busoni - Doktor Faust | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £30.05   |  Saving you £4.94 (16.44%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Ferruccio Busoni - Doktor Faust - Live Recording From The Zurich Opera House 2006.

• Lover Girl | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  As a teenager Jake Ferrari is abandoned by her mother so she goes to move in with her sister Darlene. However Darlene does not want her around and Jake is stranded in Los Angeles. Luckily Darlene's neighbour Marci takes her in. But when Jake discovers Marci runs a massage parlour she wants to work there despite Marci's reservations...

• Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso | DVD | (22/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For those with any interest in Vivaldi's operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 San Francisco Opera revival by Pier Luigi Pizzi of his own 1979 production which was largely responsible for beginning modern interest in Vivaldi's stage work. The composer first premiered Orlando finto pazzo in 1714, but the Orlando Furioso finalised in 1727 was so heavily reworked as to be virtually an entirely new opera, and so successful Handel set the same epic poem by Aristo under the title Alcina in 1735. Vivaldi's opera is not of that calibre, offering rather too much functional recitative and only a handful of truly memorable arias. However, the cast perform with such commitment and style as to make the work thoroughly enjoyable. It is a tale of romantic and magical intrigue on a small island, inevitably echoing Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the classically elegant set-design and colourful costumes evoke a suitable sense of fantasy. Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne makes the title role her own while Susan Patterson is a characterful and strong-minded Angelica. William Matteuzzi makes a sympathetic Medoro, notably outmanoeuvred in love, while as the sorceress Alcina Kathleen Kuhlann is a appropriately complex and powerful in revealing the loneliness at the heart of her corruption. On the DVD: There are no features other than the two trailers which appear on almost all Arthaus releases. The production is presented in the original television 4:3 and the image is little better than a good video. The picture is not especially detailed and too often the performer's faces are slightly out of focus while the sets are pin-sharp. Overall the image suffers the usual problems from originally being shot on professional video, in addition to which some compression artefacting is noticeable. The prologic sound is fine, though appears simply to down mix the main stereo signal to the rear channel and the result is more accurate if switched to straight stereo. --Gary S Dalkin

• Modern Legends | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (76.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Modern Legends

• 28 Days / The Net / Forces Of Nature | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Net:Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) is a freelance computer analyst who spends her days tracking down computer viruses and her nights at home 'chatting' to other Internet users. She is content with her reclusive existence until her life is turned upside down when she is sent a top-secret disc. Caught up in a murderous web of corruption and conspiracy and pursued by a force that will stop at nothing including deleting all traces of her existence Angela is forced to flee for her life... 28 Days:From director Betty Thomas (Dr. Dolittle Private Parts) comes 28 Days the story of Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) a successful New York writer living in the fast lane and everyone's favorite party girl - until she gets drunk with boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West) borrows her sister's (Elizabeth Perkins) wedding limo and earns herself a stay in court-ordered rehab. There Gwen comes face to face with a unique set of rules and rituals embraced by an assortment of interesting characters - Counselor Cornell (Steve Buscemi) and fellow re-habbers Eddie (Viggo Mortensen) Gerhardt (Alan Tudyk) Oliver (Mike O'Malley) Andrea (Azura Skye) Roshanda (Oscar-nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Bobbie Jean (Oscar nominee Diane Ladd). Forces Of Nature:It's only two days before his wedding when Ben's (Ben Affleck) plane skids out of control leaving him stranded in New York with no way home to his nervous fianc''e in Savannah. Against his better judgment the reliable groom-to-be hitches a ride with free spirited traveler Sarah (Sandra Bullock) - setting off the year's most riotous road trip. At first these two opposites attract nothing but trouble in a sidesplitting series of comic mishap as and unnatural disasters. But an irresistible attraction and the forces of nature threaten to detour them forever in this sexy whirlwind adventure Jeffrey Lyons (WNBC-TV) declared 'a fun hip ride' - one you'll never forget.

• The Best Day Of My Life | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Troubled matriarch and widowed grandmother Irene lives alone in a decaying family villa. Since the death of her husband her eldest daughter Sara has lived in emotional solitude unable to open up even to her adolescent son marco. She fills the gap by obsessing about whether he might have an accident that he might be on drugs - or worse still - that he might be gay like his uncle Claudio. Claudio has never managed somehow to tell his mother about his sexual orientation and even tho

• Ken Russell's Fall Of The Louse Of Usher | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  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.

• Blood Feast | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A weird and grisly ancient rite horrendously brought to life. When Mrs Fremont hires crackpot Egyptian cultist Fuad Ramses to cater at her daughter Suzette's party she commits the culinary catastrophe of the century. With his radical approach to food preparation and absolute insistence upon the most succulent of ingredients Fuad uses his machete to gather his bloody harvest... Herschell Gordon Lewis' classic has been digitally remastered for this release.

• It Happened at the World's Fair | DVD | (07/08/2007) from £17.36   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Speed | UMD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Academy Award Winning Shorts | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Experience an amazing collection of Academy Award winning and nominated features all in one box! The celebrated Cinema Collection includes 56 short movies starring some of Hollywood's finest acting talent! Films comprise: 1. Texan 2. The Investigator 3. Teach 109 4. Another Round 5. Hogg's Heaven 6. Museum Of Love 7. Once In A Blue Moon 8. Hearts Of Stone 9. Lieberman In Love 10. The Witness 11. Birch St. Gym 12. The Price Of Life 13. The Gift 14. Grandpa's Funeral 15. Two Ov

• Cinema Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Features eight movies. In 'Texan' a retired pilot grows suspicious of his wife's actions when he discovers that she is meeting with another man and withdrawing money from the bank... Also features: 'The Investigator' 'Teach 109' 'Another Round' 'Hogg's Heaven' 'Museum Of Love' 'Once In A Blue Moon' and 'Hearts Of Stone'.

• Stepping Razor - Red X | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A profile on reggae artist Peter Tosh who died in 1987. This tragic documentary tells the tale of the all too short life of one of the greatest country men in the world Peter Tosh. Told through interviews with his mother father and friends it charts the meteoric rise to fame of Peter from The Wailing Wailer to The Wailers his disillusionment with Bob Marley and the pro Christian stance that Marley took in his music to his solo career and his fights with various record labels.

• Arkoff - Vol. 1 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A unique collection of some of the seminal 1950's monster and sci-fi movies made by the greatest director of the time including Roger Corman Bruno VeSota and Edward L Cahn. Featuring Monsters vampires delinquent school girls and giant arachnids along with the earliest performances of some of Hollywood's greatest stars. How To Make A Monster: Peter Drummond has been chief of make up at a Hollywood studio for 25 years. When his services are abruptly dispensed with Drummond takes his revenge on the callous heads of the studio by hypnotising a couple of actors and bringing his murderous creations Teenage Frankenstein and Teenage Werewolf to life! The Spider: When a man doesn't return home one night his daughter Carol and her boyfriend Mike go out to search for him. On finding Carol's father's wrecked car by a cave they decide to investigate further. Before they know it the kids have been enmeshed in a giant spider's web woven of course by a giant spider! After finally escaping the eight legged beast's clutches and raising the alarm the spider is seemingly killed and brought back to town. However.... is the spider really dead? War Of The Colossal Beast: A frightened young man races his truck down a dirt road constantly looking back in terror. He is being pursued by some unseen menace! Undoubtedly it is this menace that is responsible for a series of mysterious food truck robberies and the main suspect is the 60-foot tall Colossal Man! Previously presumed dead he is discovered living in a desolate mountain range in Mexico insane and horribly disfigured his face covered in scar tissue and missing an eye. Every effort of communicating with the giant fails and the military drugs him and transports him back to America where he promptly escapes to wreak havoc on an unfortunate city! The Brain Eaters: Strange things are happening in Riverdale Illinois. A huge seemingly alien structure has been found jutting out of the Earth. A bizarre Earth-drilling craft discharges a horde of fuzzy parasitic creatures that fasten themselves to the necks of the townsfolk and control their brains. Sent to investigate the origin of the mysterious object Senator Walter Powers and scientist Dr.Paul Kettering are responsible for stopping the invasion when it becomes clear that the whole town is under the control of the invaders. The Blood Of Dracula: Six weeks after her mother dies Nancy Perkins' father remarries. The stepmother then sends Nancy off to a school for girls where the innocent girl falls under the spell of evil chemistry teacher Miss Branding. Putting Nancy under hypnosis Miss Branding converts the poor damsel to vampirism causing her to commit murders and then forget about them. The villainess recieves her comeuppance when Nancy refuses to snap out of her spell transforming into a slavering vampiric beast.