A haunting and dreamlike gothic horror/giallo hybrid, Death Smiles on a Murderer is a compelling early work from the legendary sleaze and horror film director Joe D'Amato (Anthropophagus, Emanuelle in America), here billed under his real name Aristide Massaccesi. Set in Austria in the early 1900s, Death Smiles on a Murderer stars Ewa Aulin, (Candy, Death Laid an Egg) as Greta, a beautiful young woman abused by her brother Franz (Luciano Rossi, Death Walks in High Heels, The Conformist) and left to die in childbirth by her illicit lover, the aristocrat Dr. von Ravensbrück (Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Kill, Baby... Kill!). Bereft with grief, Franz reanimates his dead sister using a formula engraved on an ancient Incan medallion. Greta then returns as an undead avenging angel, reaping revenge on the Ravensbrück family and her manically possessive brother. Presented here in a stunning 2K restoration, D'Amato's film is a stately and surreal supernatural mystery which benefits from an achingly mournful score by Berto Pisano, several shocking scenes of gore, and a typically sinister performance from Klaus Kinski as a morbid doctor. Features: Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original Italian and English soundtracks Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack New audio commentary by writer and critic Tim Lucas D'Amato Smiles on Death, an archival interview in which the director discusses the film All About Ewa, a newly-filmed, career-spanning interview with the Swedish star Smiling on the Taboo: Sex, Death and Transgression in the horror films of Joe D'Amato, new video essay by critic Kat Ellinger Original trailers Stills and collections gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Stephen Thrower and film historian Roberto Curti
All 6 films from the legacy of the original Invisible Man. Includes The Invisible Man - 1933. The invisible Man Returns - 1940. The Invisible Woman - 1940. Invisible Agent - 1942. The Invisible Man's Revenge - 1944. Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man - 1951. The original Invisible Man is one of the silver screen's most unforgettable characters and, along with the other Universal Classic Monsters, defined the Hollywood horror genre. The Invisible Man: Complete Legacy Collection includes all 6 films from the original legacy including the chilling classic starring Claude Raines and the timeless films that followed. These landmark motion pictures featured groundbreaking special effects and continue to inspire countless remakes and adaptations that strengthen the legend of the Invisible Man to this day. Bonus Features: Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed Feature Commentary with Film Historian Rudy Behlmer Production Photographs Theatrical Trailers
This acclaimed drama feature casts Cathy Come Home star Carol White as a young woman whose determined efforts to escape a life of rural poverty lead to complications and worse; Oscar winner John Mills is the lonely ageing farmer with whom she finds work accommodation and the promise of easy money. An earthy sympathetic adaptation of H.E. Bates' novel Dulcima earned director Frank Nesbitt a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1971. This rare much sought-after film is now presented in a brand-new transfer from the original elements. Dulcima a pretty girl treated as a drudge by her family lifts herself from her environment by becoming housekeeper to Parker a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her and a strange yet mutually beneficial relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper newly arrived on a nearby estate also catches Dulcima's eye... SPECIAL FEATURES: [] Original Theatrical Trailers [] Image Gallery [] Original Pressbook PDF
Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in three 55 minute episodes: Friends Romans & Enemies The Judas Pair and To Sleep No More.
In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science-fiction and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.
For the NASA-funded research team stationed at the most desolate reaches of Antarctica it's another routine day - until the communications satellite picks up a mysterious signal coming from a strange object lodged several meters beneath the ice. Suspecting it may not be from Earth the lead scientist immediately places a call to Julian Rome (James Spader) an old friend formerly employed as a cryptologist for the U.S. government's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) progr
Walt Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs" timeless animated classic sparkles like never before with an all-new, state-of-the-art digital restoration and exciting new bonus features.
There have been many film and TV adaptations of Oliver Twist but this 1948 production from director David Lean remains the definitive screen interpretation of the Charles Dickens classic. From the ominous symbolism of its opening storm sequence (in which Oliver's pregnant, ill-fated mother struggles to reach shelter before childbirth) to the mob-scene climax that provokes Bill Sikes's dreadful comeuppance, this breathtaking black-and-white film remains loyal to Dickens while distilling the story into its purest cinematic essence.Every detail is perfect--Lean even includes a coffin-shaped snuffbox for the cruel Mr. Sowerberry--and as young Oliver, eight-year-old John Howard Davies (who would later produce Monty Python's Flying Circus for the BBC) perfectly expresses the orphan's boyish wonderment, stern determination and waifish vulnerability. Best of all is Alec Guinness as Fagin, so devious and yet so delightfully appealing under his beak-nosed (and, at the time, highly controversial) make-up. (Many complained that Fagin's huge nose and greedy demeanour presented an anti-Semitic stereotype, even though Lean never identifies Fagin as Jewish; for this reason, the film wasn't shown in the US until three years after its British release.) Likewise, young Anthony Newley is artfully dodgy as Fagin's loyal accomplice, the Artful Dodger. Guinness's performance would later provide strong inspiration for Ron Moody's equally splendid portrayal of Fagin in the Oscar-winning Oliver! and while that 1968 musical remains wonderfully entertaining, it is Lean's film that hews closest to Dickens' vision. The authentic recreation of 19th-century London is marvellous to behold; Guy Green's cinematography is so shadowy and stylised that it almost qualifies as Dickensian film noir. Lean is surprisingly blunt in conveying Dickens's theme of cruelty but his film never loses sight of the warmth and humanity that Oliver embodies. --Jeff Shannon
A fascinating adventure into the unknown! When an ordinary businessman encounters a mysterious radioactive mist during a boating trip his life takes a bizarre and frightening twist. Soon he finds he is shrinking and within weeks he's just two inches tall battling cats and spiders.
What do yo get if you mix warped British humour with political intrigue Royal kidnaps hostile invasions nuclear bombs British Task Forces mad international terrorists and the SAS? Total mayhem!
The 1988 Girls with Guns' action film starring Cynthia Khan in her first breakthrough role Eureka Entertainment to release, IN THE LINE OF DUTY III, the third instalment in the action film series, starring Cynthia Khan in her first breakthrough role. Presented as part of Eureka Classics range in its UK debut on Blu-ray presented from a brand new 2K restoration. Available from 20 March 2023, the first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase and Collector's Booklet. Cynthia Khan stars in her first leading role as a young police officer who goes up against a dangerous duo of Japanese terrorists. After staging an outrageous jewellery heist in Tokyo, two thieves (Stuart Ong and Michiko Nishiwaki) travel to Hong Kong to trade their stolen goods. When things don't go to plan, they go on a violent rampage through Hong Kong, and the only ones standing in their way is a newly promoted police cadet and a Japanese cop with a personal vendetta. Often overshadowed by other films in the series, In the Line of Duty III is the hidden gem of the franchise, featuring shockingly brutal and ferocious action sequences. Not available on home video in the UK since the VHS era, Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. Product Features Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling [First Print Run of 2000 copies] 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration Cantonese and English audio options (both in their original mono presentations) Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema New interview with Cynthia Khan New interview with Michiko Nichiwaki Trailers Reversible sleeve design PLUS: A Limited Edition collector's booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver and extracts from A Different Brilliance The D & B Story [First Print Run of 2000 copies] *All extras subject to change
The most elaborate of the features to date, Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown introduces new Pokémon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold and Silver-edition Game Boy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pokémon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly's palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her and grant whatever she wishes--except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash's mum to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. ("We figure if we don't help you, we're outta showbiz," Meowth explains.) Molly's father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly and the other two-dimensional characters simply don't fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pokémon 3 look like two films unsuccessfully spliced together. --Charles Solomon, Amazon.com.
The Queen of Pop has done it again and offered her fans and music impresarios alike a musical performance to be remembered. Madonna: Drowned World Tour--filmed in her home town of Detroit on August 26, 2001--is an amazing pop concert and a visually stunning modern-dance and multi-media piece encompassing all the recent incarnations of this chameleon-like performer. Never one to shy away from championing new styles, both in clothes and music, Madonna is still as raunchy as she was on her Erotica tour, but the Drowned World Tour also offers a much more effeminate and intelligent side to her performance. This time we see a Geisha/Japanese performance during "Frozen" and a jokey southern-belle line-dancing romp during "Dont Tell Me". The monarch of performance has also discovered the best way to undergo an elaborate costume change without keeping your audience waiting--simply ply them with stunningly directed music videos on a multitude of screens and hang two solitary male dancers upside down to perform feats of dance perfection. This truly impressive show holds as much for Madonna fans as it does for anyone who is interested in studying modern performance and dance routines--and Madonna is certainly well versed enough to teach in this field with almost 20 successful years in the business. The Drowned World Tour--rumoured to be her last live show--goes to prove that Madonna still reigns supreme. On the DVD: Although the special features are hardly a ray of light--simply an impressive photo gallery and some Web links--the picture and sound on this DVD are excellent. As a champion of all things new Madonnas DVD uses a picture perfect format of 4:3, and superb sound quality: with a choice of Dolby Digital 2.0, 5.1 and DTS 5.1 youll feel like youre at the concert in a prime seat. Another impressive feature is the ability to view the song lyrics, allowing you to strut around your living room like a prima donna with this glamorous version of Karaoke! --Nikki Disney
Series 2 of Hetty Feather' builds on the many strengths of the first series; the vivid, exciting characters; the deep emotional layers; the high-action plots and set-pieces; the wonderful textural details of the period the candlelight, the corridors, the rooms in the rafters, the ink and paper, staircases and dorms: the Victorian world will come alive for a contemporary audience. Across ten episodes of this BBC series, the Foundlings engage in sleuthing to unravel mysteries; they meet an explorer from outside who offers them a path for the future; they discover football; a snake goes on the loose; the Foundlings are spooked by ghosts; they have to keep their own personal meetings hidden from Matron and her side-kicks, particularly when one of the meetings is in a big house across the City.
Evelyn (Kathy Bates) is a middle-aged housewife dissatisfied with her life. One day she meets an elderly lady, Mrs Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) who tells her a story of two young women in the 1930's on a journey through life and love. The friendship of the two girls, Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary Louise Parker) inspires Evelyn to improve her life and luck. A warm, touching and, at times, greatly amusing tale about the importance of friendship, starring two Oscar-winning actresses.
ITV2's sexually-charged drama Secret Diary Of A Call Girl follows the double life of a beautiful young prostitute working the streets of London. By day Hannah (Billie Piper Dr. Who) is a respectable legal secretary who works long hours to make ends meet. By night she's Belle a ruthless money-hungry hooker who will do anything to satisfy her clients' basest fantasies. A professional in every sense of the word Belle slips with seeming ease from the role of girl-next-door to high-heeled dominatrix taking care never to become emotionally involved with her clients. But the constant pressures of keeping her two lives separate begins to take its toll and in an unguarded moment with a handsome stranger Belle lets slip her true identity. From then on he only wants to be with Hannah...
Set in Italy in the 1970s, and based on the true story of the Italian underworld's most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age nine, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country's most notorious mobster before the age of 27. While Vallanzasca lived by his own professional code of honour - he claimed that he never 'shot anyone in the back' - he and his gang took out their enemies and wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders.
Told through the eyes of the younger sister, the film charts the sisters descent into a post apocalyptic hell where they must choose between humanity and brutality in the fight for survival.
Its boom time in Jamestown, the 17th Century English Settlement on the very edge of the breathtaking Virginian wilderness. But success brings scrutiny and intrigue, and there are few in the settlement who have nothing to hide. Unlikely alliances have been formed; some provide friendship, some offer love, and some lead to great peril. Relations with the Native Americans offer hope of advancement for the settlers until greed for land and power corrupts those with influence in the colony. What ensues is devastating conflict; the fallout of which will shape the New World for centuries to come. This final season written by Bill Gallagher, brings the epic story to an exhilarating close and features an ensemble cast which includes Ben Batt, Naomi Battrick, Max Beesley, Patsy Ferran, Jason Flemyng, Abiola Ogunbiyi, Abubakar Salim and Niamh Walsh.
Hollywood Pictures and Amblin Entertainment deliver an electrifying rollercoaster ride of a movie! Everyone is afraid of something..for Dr Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) his phobia is downright embarrassing. But when he moves his family to a small town the one thing that bugs him most is now threatening the townspeople at an alarming rate. For this unlikely hero overcoming a childhood fear of spiders might just save them all but it may already be too late! Directed by Frank Marshal
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