Crime Thriller

• Murdoch Mysteries - Series 1 -3 Box Set | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £24.99   |  Saving you £50.00 (200.08%)   |  RRP £74.99

  Murdoch Mysteries: Series 1 2 & 3 (14 Discs)

• Britain's Serial Killer Box Set: A Is For Acid / Harold Shipman Dr Death / Brides In The Bath | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £12.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (54.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Triple bill of made-for-TV crime dramas about real-life serial killers. In 'A Is for Acid' (2002), after mistakenly believing a Latin term to mean that murder can only be proven with the evidence of a body, John George Haigh (Martin Clunes) discovers a way to get rid of potential victims by using sulphuric acid. He first kills his friend, Donald McSwan (Neil McKinven), in order to assume control of his business, but in order to increase his finances Haigh takes a number of further victims. When those who knew the deceased become suspicious a criminal investigation is launched and it looks as though Haigh's murderous ways will finally be put to a stop. 'Harold Shipman - Doctor Death' (2002) follows the story of Dr. Harold Shipman (James Bolam), a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 'The Brides in the Bath' (2003), in order to accumulate wealth George Joseph Smith (Martin Kemp) commits bigamy under various pseudonyms and kills three of his wives between 1910 and 1915. He tries to make it look as though the women died by accidentally drowning in their bathtubs but the deaths are eventually linked with Detective Inspector Arthur Neil (Alan Mckenna) working to solve the case. This Is Personal: The Hunt For The Yorkshire Ripper - This BAFTA nominated drama tells the story of the greatest manhunt in British criminal history. For years Peter Sutcliffe evaded the clutches of the embattled West Yorkshire Police led by Detective George Oldfield (Alun Armstrong)

• Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee | DVD | (05/03/2009) from £5.36   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dom Hemingway | DVD | (31/03/2014) from £4.46   |  Saving you £17.29 (640.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse - funny profane and dangerous. Back on the streets of London after twelve years in prison it's time to collect what he's owed for keeping his mouth shut. Travelling with his devoted best friend (Richard E Grant) Dom visits his crime boss (Demian Bichir) in the south of France to claim his reward. But Dom's drink and drug-fuelled ego decides that what he's lost can't be replaced. One car accident and a femme fatale later (Madalina Diana Ghenea) Dom realizes that his priority must be to reconnect with his long-lost daughter (Clarke). But Dom does what Dom does best. He screws things up for everyone...

• Psycho 60th Anniversary Edition (Limited 4K UHD Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (07/09/2020) from £32.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the most shocking films of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho changed the thriller genre forever. After its original release in 1960, the film was censored for decades until now. Join the Master of Suspense on a chilling journey as an unsuspecting victim (Janet Leigh) visits the Bates Motel and falls prey to one of cinema's most notorious psychopaths - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). Featuring one of the most iconic scenes in film history - the famous shower scene, Psycho is still terrifying after all these years (Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide). INCLUDES 2 VERSIONS OF PSYCHO PSYCHO UNCUT: The extended version of the movie as seen in theaters in 1960 is exactly as intended by Alfred Hitchcock and now available with additional footage for the first time ever PSYCHO: The most widely seen version of the movie was edited for content and subsequently used for TV broadcasts, theatrical re-releases and home entertainment over the last 60 years BONUS FEATURES The Making of Psycho In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho The Shower Scene: With and Without Music The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho) And More

• The Invisible Man (4K UHD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/06/2020) from £17.61   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Golden Globe & Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss stars in a terrifying modern tale of obsession, inspired by Universal's classic monster character. Available exclusively to the Home Entertainment release, this is the uncut version of the film which was not shown in cinemas or At Home On Demand. Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister, their childhood friend and his teenage daughter. But when Cecilia's abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. Bonus Features Uncut Feature Commentary with writer/ director Leigh Whannell Deleted Scenes Moss Manifested Director's Journey with Leigh Whannell The Players Timeless Terror

• Roadgames (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/10/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stacy Keach (Fat City) and Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) star in Richard Franklin's 1981 Australian slasher classic, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Keach plays Quid, an American trucker who, with the help of Curtis's hitchhiker, tracks down a serial killer active on the long, empty roads of southern Australia. This extras-laden edition boasts an all-new 2020 restoration from a 4K scan of the duplicate negative, produced exclusively for this release. Special Features: Brand new restoration by Powerhouse Films, from a new 4K scan of the internegative Original mono audio Audio commentary with director Richard Franklin and film historian Perry Martin (2003) Audio commentary with cinematographer Vincent Monton, costume designer Aphrodite Kondos, production secretary Helen Watts, and filmmaker Mark Hartley (2019) Audio commentary with writers and programmers Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe (2020) Kangaroo Hitchcock (2003, 20 mins): archival documentary on the making of Roadgames Australian Long Haul (2019, 14 mins): actor Stacy Keach reflects on the role of Pat Quid and working in Australia Archival Interview with Richard Franklin (1981, 26 mins): the director discusses his early films and Roadgames Audio interviews with Richard Franklin (2001, 23 mins), Stacy Keach (2016, 10 mins), and stunt co-ordinator Grant Page (2016, 33 mins) ˜Not Quite Hollywood' Interview Excerpts (2008, 64 mins): over an hour of outtakes from Hartley's acclaimed documentary on Australian cinema, featuring Franklin, Page, actors Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis, screenwriter Everett De Roche, and assistant director Tom Burstall ˜Roadgames': A Lecture (1980, 131 mins): archival recording of Franklin, co-producer Barbi Taylor and composer Brian May Trouble Bound (2020, 13 mins): appreciation by film historian Neil Sinyard Script Read (1980, 117 mins): audio recording of a pre-production read-through, featuring Franklin, Keach and Marion Edward Music Demos (1980, 5 mins): excerpts from the Brian May score in demo form And His Ghost May Be Heard (1973, 15 mins): rare short film directed by Franklin Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• One Hour Photo | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £6.09   |  Saving you £11.90 (195.40%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Robin Williams plays the sinister operator of a one hour photo development lab who becomes obsessed with a young suburban family in this acclaimed thriller.

• Mr. Brooks | DVD | (10/03/2008) from £8.44   |  Saving you £11.55 (136.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Consider Mr. Brooks. Seemingly, he's perfect. But he has a secret: he is an insatiable serial killer.

• Blood Simple | Blu Ray | (30/10/2017) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The debut film of director Joel Coen and his brother-producer Ethan Coen, 1983's Blood Simple is grisly comic noir that marries the feverish toughness of pulp thrillers with the ghoulishness of even pulpier horror. (Imagine the novels of Jim Thompson somehow fused with the comic tabloid Weird Tales and you get the idea.) The story concerns a Texas bar owner (Dan Hedaya) who hires a seedy private detective (M Emmett Walsh) to follow his cheating wife (Frances McDormand in her first film appearance) and then kill her and her lover (John Getz). The gumshoe turns the tables on his client and suddenly a bad situation gets much, much worse, with some violent goings-on that are as elemental as they are shocking. (A scene in which a character who has been buried alive suddenly emerges from his own grave instantly becomes an archetypal nightmare.) Shot by Barry Sonnenfeld before he became an A-list director in Hollywood, Blood Simple established the hyperreal look and feel of the Coens' productions (undoubtedly inspired a bit by filmmaker Sam Raimi, whose The Evil Dead had just been coedited by Joel). Sections of the film have proved to be an endurance test for art-house movie fans, particularly an extended climax that involves one shock after another but ends with a laugh at the absurdity of criminal ambition. This is definitely one of the triumphs of the 1980s and the American independent film scene in general. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Vehicle 19 | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £3.49   |  Saving you £12.50 (358.17%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious) stars as Michael Woods a down and out ex-con desperate to turn his life around. With one last chance to salvage his relationship with his estranged girlfriend he breaks his parole to visit her to try and fix what they have left. A mix up with the car rental company leaves Michael stuck with the wrong car but his problems are only just beginning. When he finds that the car contains a silenced gun and a hostage hidden behind the backseat Michael realises he is way out of his depth and soon finds himself on a dangerous collision course with the corrupt and powerful Chief of Police. Unable to go to the police and having already broken parole it's up to Michael alone to save not only the hostage's life but his own. Special Features: Making of Trailer

• The Passengers | Blu Ray | (27/07/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (46.80%)   |  RRP £21.99

  A grief counselor working with a group of plane-crash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear.

• Out of The Furnace | DVD | (02/06/2014) from £5.25   |  Saving you £14.74 (280.76%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Acclaimed director Scott Cooper takes audiences on a vivid and intense journey into the heart of a fading American Dream in Out of the Furnace, as fate, family and loyalty drive an ordinary man to take heroic measures to fight for those he loves.

• Night and the City (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the lowlife novel of the same name, Night and the City was directed by the twice Academy Award-nominated Jules Dassin and stars Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian, an ambitious American hustler who dreams of getting into the wrestling business in post-war London. The film was at the centre of a controversy when its director, Jules Dassin, was added to the Hollywood blacklist during the production of the film, and was unable to oversee either the editing or music score. Upon initial release the film was overlooked by critics but was re-evaluated in the 1960s when it was celebrated for its ground-breaking lack of sympathetic characters and finally recognised as a baroque masterpiece of corruption, paranoia and doom. Extras: Includes both the US and the previously unseen British version of the film Original theatrical trailer Audio commentary on the US release by Paul Duncan New audio commentary on the British version by film critic Adrian Martin The Guardian Lecture: Jules Dassin interviewed by film critic Alexander Walker (1981) Actor Richard Widmark interviewed at the National Film Theatre in 2002 by Adrian Wootton

• The Conversation | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £10.35   |  Saving you £12.64 (122.13%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) values his personal privacy and anonymity above all else. When he and partner Stan (John Cazale) are hired by a mysterious client known only as 'the director' (Robert Duvall) to follow a young couple, Harry deduces that the woman, Mary, is the director's wife, and the man an employee with whom she is conducting an affair. Harry becomes convinced that the director intends to murder the pair and, haunted by guilt from a previous assignment where the information he provided resulted in loss of human life, sets out to prevent the killing himself.

• Dark Water 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (03/11/2025) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After terrifying audiences worldwide with the blockbuster J-Horror classic Ring and its sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for Dark Water, another highly atmospheric, and critically acclaimed, tale of the supernatural which took the common theme of the dead wet girl to new heights of suspense and drama. Based upon on a short story by Ring author Koji Suzuki, Dark Water follows Yoshimi, a single mother struggling to win sole custody of her only child, Ikuko. When they move into a new home within a dilapidated and long-forgotten apartment complex, Yoshimi begins to experience startling visions and unexplainable sounds, calling her mental well-being into question, and endangering not only her custody of Ikuko, but perhaps their lives as well. Beautifully shot by cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi (Ring, Pulse), and featuring an especially unnerving sound design, Dark Water successfully merges spine-tingling tension with a family's heart-wrenching emotional struggle, creating one of the very finest and most unsettling contemporary Japanese horror films. 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS ¢ 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) ¢ Original lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio ¢ Optional English subtitles ¢ Ghosts, Rings and Water, an interview with director Hideo Nakata ¢ Family Terrors, an interview with author Koji Suzuki ¢ Visualizing Horror, an interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi ¢ Archive interviews with actors Hitomi Kuroki & Asami Mizukawa and theme song artist Shikao Suga ¢ Original ˜making-of' documentary ¢ Trailers and TV Spots ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain

• Taking Lives (Director's Cut) | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £5.08   |  Saving you £8.91 (175.39%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A top FBI profiler is called in by Canadian detectives to catch a cunning serial killer who is assuming the lives and identities of his victims.

• Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J Murphy, 1967–2015 (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (30/01/2023) from £56.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Amongst overlooked filmmakers, British director Michael J Murphy ranks as one of the most sorely neglected. Having cut his teeth on a variety of homemade 8mm shorts, he had completed three feature-length productions by the age of eighteen. Over the next five decades, Murphy would go on to make many more films across a variety of genres, dividing his production time between Greece, Portugal, and the UK, with family, friends, and local stage performers becoming his regular cast and crew in exchange for holidays in the sun. Despite this prolific output a total of more than thirty completed films over a half-century, of which twenty-six survive Murphy's work remains rarely seen and little championed. Fitfully available on videotape, and barely represented on DVD, this comprehensive and long-gestating ten-disc Blu-ray collection seeks to rectify that situation once and for all. Boasting all-new 2K restorations from archival 16mm and 8mm elements, as well as a number of new digital captures from Murphy's personal tape masters, this extensive retrospective of the obsessive auteur's work is bolstered by a wealth of bonus features, including surviving fragments from lost works, and a 120-page book, all of which provides the definitive account of the weird and wonderful worlds of Britain's great unheralded DIY filmmaker. Product Features All-new 2K restorations by Powerhouse Films, using film elements from the Murphy archives, of Tristan and Iseult (1970), Happy Ever After (1974), Secrets (1977), Almost a Movie (1979), The Cell (1980), Stay (1980), Death in the Family (1981), Invitation to Hell (1983), The Last Night (1983), Bloodstream (1985), Moonchild (1989), Torment (1990), Atlantis (1991), Road to Nowhere (1993), Tristan (version one, 1999), ZK3 (2012), Nekros: Isle of the Dead (2014), and The Return of Alan Strange (2015) Standard Definition presentations, newly digitised from Murphy's tape masters, of Qualen (1983), Tristan aka Legend of the Hero (1986), Death Run (1987), Avalon (1988), Second Sight (1992), The Rite of Spring (version one, 1995), The Rite of Spring (version two, 1995), Tristan (version two, 1999), Roxi (2004), and Skare (2008) Original mono soundtracks Over 34 hours' worth of film content Audio commentary with Murphy, and actors Sally Duncan and Phil Lyndon on Invitation to Hell (2008) Audio commentary with author and arts professor Johnny Walker on Invitation to Hell (2022) Audio commentary with Murphy, Duncan and Lyndon on The Last Night (2008) Audio commentary with Murphy, actors June Bunday, Judith Holding and Lyndon on Atlantis (2010) Audio commentary with Murphy and Holding on Skare (2009) Murphy's Lore (2022): three-part documentary assessing Murphy's six-decade career, featuring interviews with Murphy, Bunday, Holding, Chris Jupp, Stephen Longhurst, Patrick Olliver, filmmakers Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason Bell and Tom Lee Rutter, film historians Darrell Buxton and Walker, and film programmer Paul Cotgrove The Horror-on-Sea Interview with Michael J Murphy (2013): the prolific filmmaker in conversation with Bunday and Lyndon, recorded for the British horror festival The Making of ˜Invitation to Hell' and ˜The Last Night' (2008): retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy, Lyndon and Duncan The Making of ˜Atlantis' (2010): two-part retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy, Lyndon, Bunday and Holding The Making of ˜Skare' (2009): retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy and Holding The Making of ˜Roxi' (2004): documentary featuring interviews with actors Mary-Anne Barlow, Bruce Lawrence, Ross Maxwell and Valia Yanarou The Making of ˜ZK3' (2012): retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy, Holding and Lyndon ˜The Rite of Spring': Behind the Scenes (1999) ˜Nekros': Behind the Scenes (2012) ˜Skare' Script Readthrough (2008) Surviving fragments from six lost Murphy films: Atlantis: City of Sin (1967), Boadicea (1968), Gods and Heroes (1971), two versions of Seventh Day (1976/77), and Insight (1978) Outtakes from Moonchild, Torment, Atlantis, Second Sight, and Skare Mute rushes from the lost 16mm version of Skare, with optional selected scene commentary with actor Oliver Price ˜The Return of Alan Strange' Test Footage (2014) Michael J Murphy on ˜Beast' (2010): interview with the filmmaker about Chris Jupp's remake of his lost version of Skare Video Tour of Michael J Murphy's Home (2014) Michael J Murphy Tribute Video (2015): documentary short made for the Murlyn Films International website Home video footage shot by Murphy Trailers for Invitation to Hell, The Last Night, Bloodstream, Legend of a Hero, Death Run, Avalon, Moonchild, Torment, Atlantis, Road to Nowhere, The Rite of Spring, Tristan, Roxi, Skare, ZK3, Nekros: Isle of Death, and The Return of Alan Strange Original ˜Stay' 7 single needle-drop recording Image galleries Script galleries Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Murphy experts Wayne Maginn, Paul Higson, Darrell Buxton and Johnny Walker, a comprehensive filmography, and film credits World premieres on Blu-ray Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US All extras subject to change

• Out Of Sight | DVD | (22/09/2002) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Out of Sight was one of the best movies of 1998 but ironically this superior crime comedy was a box-office disappointment. Fortunately the movie can enjoy a long life on home video and DVD, where it can be savoured by anyone who missed its original release. Making one of his strongest films since his 1989 debut Sex, Lies, and Videotape and his recent hit Erin Brockovich, director Steven Soderbergh pays tribute to the signature wit and intricacy of Elmore Leonard's novel, brilliantly adapted by Scott Frank, the gifted screenwriter who previously adapted Leonard's Get Shorty. The movie is primarily a showcase for the talent and chemistry of George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, respectively playing a career bank robber who has escaped from jail and the federal agent who falls for his charms while tracking him down. Soderbergh directs with confident visual flair, shifting timelines (à la Pulp Fiction) to weave together subplots and maintain vivid focus on Leonard's splendid characters and smooth-as-silk dialogue. While the sexy repartée between Clooney and Lopez recalls the vintage interplay of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Ving Rhames and Steve Zahn add ample comic relief as Clooney's accomplices. Dennis Farina is memorable as Lopez's father and Albert Brooks is almost unrecognisable as a Wall Street crook whose mansion--and a cache of uncut diamonds--provides the setting for the film's climactic caper. As orchestrated by Soderbergh, the film offers a feast of plot twists and surprises but it never loses track of its delightful characters and the clever wit that brings them so vividly to life. --Jeff Shannon

• The Game | DVD | (09/11/2007) from £9.17   |  Saving you £8.08 (102.15%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's not quite as clever as it tries to be, but The Game does a tremendous job of presenting the story of a rigid control freak trapped in circumstances that are increasingly beyond his control. Michael Douglas plays a rich, divorced, and dreadful investment banker whose 48th birthday reminds him of his father's suicide at the same age. He's locked in the cage of his own misery until his rebellious younger brother (Sean Penn) presents him with a birthday invitation to play "The Game" (described as "an experiential Book of the Month Club")--a mysterious offering from a company called Consumer Recreation Services. Before he knows the game has even begun, Douglas is caught up in a series of unexplained events designed to strip him of his tenuous security and cast him into a maelstrom of chaos. How do you play a game that hasn't any rules? That's what Douglas has to figure out, and he can't always rely on his intelligence to form logic out of what's happening to him. Seemingly cast as the fall guy in a conspiracy thriller, he encounters a waitress (Deborah Unger) who may or may not be trustworthy, and nothing can be taken at face value in a world turned upside down. Douglas is great at conveying the sheer panic of his character's dilemma, and despite some lapses in credibility and an anticlimactic ending, The Game remains a thinking person's thriller that grabs and holds your attention. Thematic resonance abounds between this and Seven and Fight Club, two of the other films by The Game 's director David Fincher. -- Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com