Crime Thriller

• Miss Marple - The Body In The Library | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £6.94   |  Saving you £3.05 (43.95%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Geraldine McEwan takes over the coveted mantle of the titular super sleuth in one of a series of all-star cast adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl whose remains are discovered in an abandoned quarry? The Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery...

• Soylent Green | DVD | (18/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Whole Town's Talking (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (23/03/2026) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Edward G Robinson (All My Sons) takes on a dual role, playing both an advertising man and a violent gangster, in The Whole Town's Talking, a fast-paced screwball comedy from legendary director John Ford (The Long Gray Line), also starring Jean Arthur (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). Mild-mannered Arthur Jones (Robinson) is arrested when he is mistaken for his doppelgänger, bank robber Killer Mannion (also Robinson). When Mannion gets wind of this, he kidnaps Jones' co-worker Miss Clark (Arthur), and seeks to frame Jones for his crimes... Based on a story by W R Burnett (Little Caesar), and co-written by regular Frank Capra collaborator Robert Riskin (It Happened One Night), The Whole Town's Talking is a hilarious blend of screwball comedy and crime film. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES 4K restoration Original mono audio Cymbaline (2020, 7 mins): video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: Himself and His Movies Leonard Maltin on ˜The Whole Town's Talking' (2014, 6 mins): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian A Trip Outside Ford Country (2020, 23 mins): new appreciation by academic and film historian Sheldon Hall No Rules But Her Own (2020, 18 mins): writer and critic Pamela Hutchinson discusses the life and career of actor Jean Arthur Lux Radio Theatre: ˜The Whole Town's Talking' (1941, 53 mins): vintage radio adaptation, starring Jim Jordan and Marian Jordan Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Key Largo | DVD | (01/06/2006) from £7.00   |  Saving you £10.99 (157.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  John Huston (The Maltese Falcon) directed this smart thriller about a gangster (Edward G. Robinson) who holds a number of people hostage in a hotel on the Florida keys during a tropical storm. Humphrey Bogart is the returning war veteran who takes on the villains, and Lauren Bacall is on hand as one of the people on the wrong end of Robinson's gun. Somewhat similar in tone to Howard Hawks's To Have and Have Not (which also featured Bogart and Bacall), Key Largo is a moody movie which captures a certain despair offset by the bond between individuals united by common purpose. Claire Trevor won an Academy Award for her part as Robinson's alcoholic girlfriend. --Tom Keogh

• The Complete Fritz Lang Mabuse Box Set | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  THE COMPLETE FRITZ LANG MABUSE BOX SET - From the early stages of his career across five decades to his final film Fritz Lang built a trilogy of paranoiac thrillers focused on an entity who began as a criminal mastermind and progressed into something more amorphous: fear itself embodied only by a name - Dr. Mabuse. For the first time on home video all three of Fritz Lang's Mabuse films have been collected for one package in their complete and restored forms. 1: Dr. Mabuse der Spieler. [Dr. Mabuse the Gambler.] (1922) - Lang's two-part nearly 5-hour silent epic detailing the rise and fall of Dr. Mabuse in Weimar-era Berlin. 2: Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse [The Testament of Dr. Mabuse] (1933) - a tour-de-force thriller rife with supernatural elements all converging around an attempt by the now-institutionalised Mabuse (or someone acting under his name... and possibly his will) to organise an Empire of Crime. 3: Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse [The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse] (1960) - Fritz Lang's final film in which hypnosis clairvoyance surveillance and machine-guns come together for a whiplash climax that answers the question: Who's channelling Mabuse's methods in the Cold War era? The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Fritz Lang's complete Mabuse trilogy - a cornerstone in the work of one of cinema's all-time greatest directors. The Complete Fritz Lang Mabuse Box Set is released on 19 October 2009

• The Tourist: Series 1&2 | DVD | (05/02/2024) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Chelsea Detective: Series 1 | DVD | (18/09/2023) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Wallander Collected Films 14-20 | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Based on the books by best-selling author Henning Mankell detective Kurt Wallander is an intense and headstrong maverick who is prone to eating poorly sleeping irregularly and drinking too much. With unorthodox methods of working and his blunt approach Wallander relies on instinct and experience and doesn't shy away from using illegal means to solve crimes. Episodes comprise: 1. The Revenge 2. The Guilt 3. The Courier 4. The Thief 5. The Cellist 6. The Priest 7. The Leak

• Amityville Blu-Ray Collection | Blu Ray | (27/06/2022) from £27.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The ultimate Blu-Ray collection of Amityville sequels includes four of the best from this blockbusting horror franchise: The Evil Escapes (1989), It's About Time (1992), A New Generation (1993) and Dollhouse (1996). This box set is enhanced by a wealth of extras, including brand new features and commentaries produced by Calum Waddell.Product FeaturesDisc 1 (includes a new 5000-word booklet on the AMITYVILLE franchise):Amityville The Evil Escapes / Amityville It's About Time:NEW: Audio commentary by Bryan Norton, author of For God's Sake, Get Out! The Amityville Horror at the Movies book, moderated by Calum WaddellNEW: Interview with producer Steve WhiteNEW: Interview with film historian David Del Valle on the life of legendary Evil Escapes actress Patty DukeNEW: Ocean Avenue Effective Interview with Especial Effects artist Richard StutsmanNEW: Interview with producer Steve WhiteNEW: Film critic Kim Newman on the Amityville Horror franchiseDisc 2 (4x post cards):Amityville A New Generation / Amityville DollhouseNEW: Interview with producer Steve WhiteNEW: Film critic Kim Newman on the ˜true haunting' horror film genre.NEW: Audio commentary with director/producer Daniel Farrands (Amityville: The Awakening, The Amityville Murders), moderated by Calum WaddellNEW: Interview with director Steve WhiteNEW: Interview with cinematographer Thomas L. Callaway

• NIGHTWING & SHADOW OF THE HAWK (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (15/03/2021) from £10.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release a 1970s Killer creature double feature of NIGHTWING & SHADOW OF THE HAWK, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, presented as part of the Eureka Classics range from 15 March 2021. The first print run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition Collector's Booklet. Are a wave of mysterious deaths on a Native American reservation being caused by killer vampire bats, or a curse from beyond the grave? Featuring special effects work by Carlo Rambaldi (Alien, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial), Nightwing was one of many creature features produced to cash in on the success of Jaws, but director Arthur Hiller (Love Story) also imbues the film with a humanitarian edge. Described in recent years as an eco-gothic Western, and a great exploration of social change and race relations, Nightwing comes to Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK. An ageing medicine man (Academy Award nominee Chief Dan George; The Outlaw Josey Wales) recruits his sceptical grandson (Jan-Michael Vincent; Airwolf, The Mechanic) to aid him in a spiritual battle against evil spirits and black magic. Filmed in the forests of British Columbia to stunning effect, Shadow of the Hawk features a number of eerie and effective sequences of supernatural terror, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time ever on home video in the UK. Special Features: O-card Slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling | English SDH subtitles | Nightwing Brand new audio commentary by film historians Lee Gambin and Amanda Reyes | Shadow of the Hawk Brand new audio commentary with film writer Mike McPadden and Ben Reiser | Oil and the (Geo)Politics of Blood Audio essay by John Edgar Browning | Trailers | PLUS: A Limited-Edition Collector's Booklet featuring essays by film historian Lee Gambin and film scholar and author Craig Ian Mann (First Print Run of 2000 Copies Only)

• Muscle | Blu Ray | (01/02/2021) from £6.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sick of his life and lifestyle Simon (Cavan Clerkin) hits the gym. His inexperience, timid nature, and soft body stick out in this run-down gym full of Schwarzeneggers. Immediately, he draws the attention of an intimidating personal trainer named Terry who offers to coach him. Terrys criminal past, impulse to humiliate, and aggressive style all concern Simon but he swiftly sees results and finally feels alive. All too quickly though, Simons life spins out of control after his girlfriend leaves him and Terry becomes his boss, friend, and roommate. Simon suddenly finds himself trapped, stuck in a self-destructive spiral, as every aspect of his life now dangerously rests in Terrys big, tough hands...

• Cold Light Of Day | Blu Ray | (26/10/2020) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  February, 1983. Detectives are called to a residential address in the London suburbs following reports that the drains have been clogged by human remains. One of the property's residents, Dennis Nilsen a mild-mannered and unassuming civil servant is brought in for questioning, leading to the discovery of one of the most shocking and disturbing cases of serial murder ever to rock Britain. Offering a grim and gritty retelling of the story of Des Nilsen, often dubbed the British Jeffery Dahmer, 1989's Cold Light of Day stars Bob Flag (the face of Big Brother in Michael Radford's 1984) as Nilsen-cipher Jorden March, delivering one of the most chilling and credible portrayals of a serial killer ever committed to screen. From writer-director Fhiona-Louise, Cold Light of Day which picked up the UCCA Venticittà Award at the 1990 Venice International Film Festival is a hugely underseen and underrated British effort that can stand proudly alongside the likes of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer as one of the most unflinching true-crime films of all time. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Limited Edition of 2000 units Brand new 2K restoration from the original 16mm camera negative approved by director Fhiona-Louise Original uncompressed mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary with writer/director Fhiona-Louise Brand new audio commentary with film historians/writers Dean Brandum and Andrew Nette Newly-filmed interview with actor Martin Byrne-Quinn Newly-filmed interview with actor Steve Munroe Original Cold Light of Day promo film made to raise financing for the feature Re-Release Trailer Two short films starring Cold Light of Day director Fhiona-Louise and photographed by Star Wars DP David Tattershall, newly restored in HD: Metropolis Apocalypse (1988, 11 mins) and Sleepwalker (1993, 2 mins) Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx Limited Edition Die-cut O-card Limited Edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jo Botting and a look at how the press reported Dennis Nilsen's real-life crimes by Jeff Billington

• Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Eureka Classics) 3-Disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (18/01/2021) from £14.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A must-own for every classic mystery and horror fan! Eureka Entertainment to release the INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES: THE COMPLETE FILM SERIES starring Lon Chaney, Jr; a must-own for every classic mystery and horror fan; on Blu-ray as a part of the Eureka Classics range from 7 December 2020. Death, dementia, dark arts... it's just another day in the forbidding and fascinating world of the Inner Sanctum! Get ready for unlimited thrills and chills as all six classic Inner Sanctum Mysteries come to Blu-ray in the UK for the first time ever! Based on the popular radio shows of the 1940's, horror icon Lon Chaney, Jr. (The Wolf Man), gives timeless performances in six spooky feature-length films. Calling Dr. Death (dir. Reginald Le Borg, 1943) A doctor is not sure if he murdered his wife and has his nurse try to find the truth by hypnotising him. Weird Woman (dir. Reginald Le Borg, 1944) While on a trip, a professor falls in love with an exotic native woman who turns out to be a supernatural being. Dead Man's Eyes (dir. Reginald Le Borg, 1944) When an artist is blinded, an operation to restore his sight depends on another person willing to donate their eyes. The Frozen Ghost (dir. Harold Young, 1945) A stage mentalist and a discredited plastic surgeon are involved in mysterious goings-on in an eerie wax museum. Strange Confession (dir. John Hoffman, 1945) Flashbacks reveal the events leading up to a man's revenge on the racketeer who took advantage of his wife. Pillow of Death (dir. Wallace Fox, 1945) A lawyer in love with his secretary is suspected of suffocating his wife, among others. Special Edition Contains: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all six films. Uncompressed LPCM monaural audio tracks Optional English SDH subtitles Calling Dr. Death Audio commentary from screenwriter/film historian C. Courtney Joyner and Regina Le Borg (daughter of director Reginald Le Borg) Weird Woman Audio commentary from author Justin Humphreys (The Dr. Phibes Companion) and Del Howison (Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre) Strange Confession Audio commentary from screenwriter Peter Atkins (Hellraiser II, III, & IV) and screenwriter/film historian C. Courtney Joyner Kim Newman on The Inner Sanctum Mysteries New interview with journalist, film critic, and fiction writer Kim Newman This is the Inner Sanctum: Making a Universal Mystery Series [55 mins] The Creaking Door: Entering The Inner Sanctum [15 mins] History of the Radio Series with author/radio historian Martin Grams Jr. Mind Over Matter [20 mins] Archival interview with actor Martin Kosleck (The Frozen Ghost) Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Radio Episodes A selection of episodes from the original radio series PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring new writing on the series by Craig Ian Man Key Points: Boxed set containing all 6 of Universal's Inner Sanctum series of films from the 1940s All films star Lon Chaney, Jr. (also known for classics such as The Wolf Man & High Noon) On Blu-ray in the UK for the first time ever A must-own for every classic mystery and horror fan

• Miss Marple - 4.50 From Paddington | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £9.92   |  Saving you £0.07 (0.71%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Geraldine McEwan takes over the coveted mantle of the titular super sleuth in one of a series (this episodes was Emmy-nominated) of all-star cast adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels. For a moment the two trains were side by side. In that moment Elspeth McGillicuddy (Pam Ferris) witnessed a murder as she stared out of her window. But who apart from Miss Marple would take her story seriously?

• The Mangler | Blu Ray | (10/01/2022) from £16.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IT WILL SCARE THE SHEET OUT OF YOU! Master of Horror Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw, Salem's Lot, Life Force) returns to the works of Stephen King with this baroque and blackly comic adaptation of The Mangler. When a worker at Gartley's Blue Ribbon Laundry is pulled into the titular laundry press and folded like a sheet, police officer John Hunton (Ted Levine, Silence of the Lambs) is called to investigate. Was it an accident, or is something more sinister going on? As more deaths and injuries occur under the watchful eye of owner Bill Gartley (Robert Englund), Hunton, with his demonologist brother-in-law Mark Jackson (Daniel Matmoor) come to believe the machine might be possessed, and the town itself to be hiding a much deeper secret. Like an EC horror comic come to life, The Mangler is bold, brash and politically aware as Hooper once again points his camera at the American Nightmare, this time turning it on the bloodthirsty machinery of capitalism itself! Special Features High Definition blu-ray (1080p) presentation from a 2K restoration Lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson Brand new audio commentary by critics and self-confessed ˜Manglophiles' Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain Audio commentary by co-writer Stephen David Brooks Nature Builds No Machines, a brand new visual essay by Scout Tafoya, author of Cinemaphagy: the Films of Tobe Hooper This Machine just Called Me an Asshole!, a brand new visual essay by author and critic Guy Adams on the monstrous life of inanimate objects in the work of Stephen King Gartley's Gambit, an archival interview with star Robert Englund Behind the Scenes footage Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabelais FIRST PRESSING ONLY fully illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Michael Gingold, Johnny Mains and Henry Blyth

• London To Brighton | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £5.90   |  Saving you £12.09 (204.92%)   |  RRP £17.99

  It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down toilet - one's clothes are ripped the other's face is bruised. So begins this British urban thriller.

• Inspector Morse - Disc 15 And 16 - Masonic Mysteries / Second Time Around | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (150.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Retreat | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £2.49   |  Saving you £13.50 (542.17%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Taking an isolated break on an uninhabited island Martin (Cillian Murphy) and Kate (Thandie Newton) are about to find that their island retreat is about to become a stone prison of unimaginable terror. When a blood soaked stranger (Jamie Bell), stumbles through their door with an apocalyptic story of a virus sweeping across Europe decimating all in its path, their lives are turned upside down as they face the end of everything they know. Using all means necessary, they must fight to escape the approaching threat. But escape is only the beginning of their terrifying fight for survival...

• Gravity | Blu Ray | (12/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  GRAVITY, directed by Oscar nominee Alfonso Cuaron, stars Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney). But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone.

• The Cat O Nine Tails | Blu Ray | (13/12/2021) from £24.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer / director Dario Argento with delivering a follow-up in short order. The resulting film, granted a greatly enhanced budget and heralded in its US marketing campaign as nine times more suspenseful than its predecessor, was The Cat O' Nine Tails. When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arnò (Karl Malden, Patton, One-Eyed Jacks), who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institute's scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, Beneath the Planet of the Apes) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperilled in their search for the truth. And worse still, Lori (Cinzia De Carolis, Cannibal Apocalypse), Franco's young niece, may also be in the killer's sights This second entry in the so-called Animal Trilogy found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller. Co-starring Catherine Spaak (Il Sorpasso) and Rada Rassimov (Baron Blood), and featuring another nerve-jangling score by the great Ennio Morricone (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), The Cat O' Nine Tails remains one of Argento's most suspenseful and underrated films.