"Director: Bob Clark"

• Black Christmas | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  You may never have heard of Black Christmas, a neglected gem from 1974, but you've probably seen one of its many imitators. Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star as two residents of a sorority house that is emptying out as Christmas approaches. The atmosphere is jolly and carefree, except for an ongoing series of menacing telephone calls, and, oh yes, we've just seen someone climb into the attic with apparent ill intent. Kidder does some scene-stealing as the bad girl, Hussey illustrates one of the downsides to having beautiful long 70s hair and Keir Dullea does a nice turn as the creepy boyfriend. Director Robert Clark knows that the unseen is far scarier than what can be seen and he ratchets up the tension beautifully, making good use of ominous shadows, and putting in nice touches such as replacing the sound of a distraught woman's scream with the piercing ring of yet another ominous phone call. This is a terrific, well-made little movie that is genuinely sleep-with-the-lights-on scary. Don't miss it. --Ali Davis

• Porky's Steelbook | Blu Ray | (16/06/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  You'll be glad you came! Long before American Pie and Superbad came the original and best sex comedy. A firm favourite of teen movie fans Porky's introduced audiences to Kim Cattrall (Police Academy Big Trouble in Little China) and made an absolute killing at the box-office. It's 1954 and the sex-obsessed boys of Angel Beach High School are looking to get laid. Porky's is their destination local nightclub and whorehouse. Only its redneck owner has other plans as does his sheriff brother. Will Meat Mickey Tommy and the other guys in the gang get their own back? And will the barely-endowed Pee Wee finally lose his virginity? Having established his credentials as one of Canada's top horror filmmakers with the likes of Black Christmas and Dead of Night Bob Clark took an unexpected turn into the world of the teenage sex comedy and inadvertently made the most successful Canadian motion picture of all time an honour it still holds today. Special Features: Limited Edition Steelbook Packaging High Definition Digital Transfer Newly Created Exclusive Content Collector's Booklet Featuring New Writing on the Film Archive Content and more!

• Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things! | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Alan is an obnoxious theatre director who brings his acting troupe to a remote island to indulge in some black magic tomfoolery. The mouthy crew have mixed feelings about Alan's plans to raise the dead but he keeps threatening them with unemployment so they play along. The initial voodoo ritual turns out to be a prank Alan having organised for another actor to leap out of the grave on cue. But the demented director is eager for more fun and proceeds to dig up a real corpse demand t

• Yours, Mine And Ours/Parenthood/Baby Geniuses | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Yours Mine And Ours: The 2005 re-make of Melville Shavelson's original 1968 comedy hit! Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo are a perfect match in this irresistible comedy about two single parents who get married... only to meet some unexpected homewreckers -their own kids! Admiral Frank Beardsley (Quaid) a widower with eight children runs his family like a tight ship. Frank's orderly life changes course when he impulsively marries his long-lost high school sweetheart Helen (Russo); a free-spirited fashion designer with ten kids of her own. For Frank and Helen's wildly different families it's fight at first sight. So his kids hatch a plan to sabotage the marriage! What follows is a no-schemes-barred domestic free-for-all that rocks the house with hilarious moments... and some heartwarming surprises. Parenthood: The Buckmans are a modern-day family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the ""right way"". At the centre of the storm is Gil (Steve Martin) who manages to keep his unique sense of humour while attempting to maintain a successful career and be a loving husband and parent all at the same time. As Gil and the rest of the Buckmans discover being the ""perfect"" parent often means just letting children be themselves. Baby Geniuses: Dr. Elena Kinder (Kathleen Turner) is out to dominate the world. Two-year-old Sly is the only person in her way. Dr. Kinder and her partner in crime Dr. Heep (Christopher Lloyd) have a covert research lab dedicated to cracking the code to a secret baby language. When Sly escapes from the lab he joins his twin brother Whit in an effort to expose the nefarious plot. Raised by his uncle (Peter MacNicol) who cares for special children Whit is naive to the ways of the world and is quickly captured by Dr. Kinder. Mistaken for Whit Sly is taken back to his uncle where he rallies the other foster babies into a super commando rescue squad to invade the secret lab in an effort to squash Dr. Kinder's evil plot.

• Baby Geniuses | DVD | (07/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When babies babble or draw, adults jokingly say they know what the baby is trying to communicate. What if a clinic found that these babblings and doodles were actually very intelligent responses or scribbling of an ancient form of communication? Well, it seems that all it would create is this tepid comedy. Kathleen Turner runs the clinic that believes babies have "universal knowledge" before they learn to speak (and dumb down). What she plans to do with this knowledge is never really understood, but know this: the plans are evil. The secret lives of babies have been pretty adorably filmed previously with Look Who's Talking, but here the babies talk and move via visual effects like the animals in Babe. They also karate chop adults and talk about such adorable things as "diaper gravy". By the time the story (a variation of The Parent Trap) heats up (relatively speaking), there is not much left to engage us except some cute babies that just look odd as effects take over their mouths and movements. --Doug Thomas