Drama

• Something Weird Collection | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There's schlock-horror movie-making par excellence from producer Dick Randall in this Something Weird Collection 1 twofer. Meat Is Meat (1971) finds mad butcher Otto Lehman back in the Viennese community doing what he does best. With its Sweeney Todd overtones this is not for the faint of stomach, but those who enjoy seeing nagging wives and creepy sidekicks transformed into sausages will lap up accordingly. Victor Buono is perfect casting as Lehman, with Brad Harris stylish as the bored American journalist who rumbles his activities and Karen Field looking good as the housekeeper next door. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1973) is less OTT than the title suggests. Rossano Brazzi (earlier of South Pacific!) is a thoughtful Count Frankenstein, while Michael Dunn is seriously unlikable as necrophile dwarf Genz. As anthropologist-cum-sex kitten Krista, Christiane Royce brings a welcome sophistication to this gloss on the hoary Karloff classic, whose opening "location" sequence and standard of dubbing has to be seen to be believed. On the DVD: The Something Weird Collection 1 DVD presentation is of the no-frills variety usual with Siren releases. With decent remastering at 1.33:1 aspect ratio the lurid colour of both films comes through unadulterated. An added attraction is the poster gallery of low-budget shockers with mildly psychedelic soundtrack to boot. It's good, if not so clean fun for all the family. --Richard Whitehouse

• The Broken Melody DVD | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £6.17   |  Saving you £6.82 (110.53%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jayne Mansfield makes a departure from her usual roles to play tough girl Billy in this dark crime story. Set in London during the 1960s the film casts Mansfield as the ringleader of a band of robbers. After a failed heist her boyfriend Jim (Anthony Quayle) is captured but not before he stashes the booty in a secret hiding place. Now Billy and her crew are on a desperate hunt to find the treasure before anyone else does...

• Ultimate Betrayal | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £9.95   |  Saving you £-1.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A remarkable true story about a father who beat his two sons and committed incest with his four daughters. As adults they embark on a dramatic legal action against him.

• Les Seins De Glace | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £10.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (4.77%)   |  RRP £10.99

  On a beach in Nice Franois meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa he meets Marc a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells Franois that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who approach her...

• Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bare Exposure | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

• China Rose | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  China Rose

• The House Of Eliott - Series 2 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The House of Eliott is now the smartest most prestigious establishment in London and the Eliott sisters have to contend with the pressures of running their empire as well as the problems in their private lives. Beatrice's devotion to the business puts a tremendous strain on her marriage while Evie embarks upon a liaison which threatens to ruin both her life and the House of Eliott. Episode 1 The sisters are both offered a job by gilles Caranac who has just impressed them

• Deep In My Heart | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £5.23   |  Saving you £3.75 (167.41%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Given up for adoption as a baby Barbara Ann (Gloria Reuben) a child of mixed race is facing a life of confusion prejudice and isolation. Raised by a loving foster mother in a black neighbourhood she is suddenly torn from this happy existence and placed in a world with no friends no joy and no sense of family. But she survives and grows up to become the mother of five children. And it is then that Barbara Ann finds the courage to face her past to meet with the woman who gave birth to her all those years ago and to find that place in her heart called home...

• Blue Fire Lady | DVD | (15/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Ifm: Blue Fire Lady

• Under the Stars | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (48.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Under the Stars

• The Dawns Here Are Quiet | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The setting is Karlelia (North-West of Russia near Finland) in 1941 during WW11. Far from the front line action Corporal Vaskov is stationed with a group of young women soldiers to guard an anti-aircraft artillery position. The quiet and serene wilderness is abruptly interrupted when one of the women discovers two German paratroopers nearby. Vaskov decides to take his group of five women to apprehend them but they run into a larger enemy patrol. Now in this deadly fight he must enage the enemy with only his small band of outnumbered patriots. Each heroine has her own story to tell as they fight to save their motherland.

• Zero Day | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Two kids. One school. ""We are the Army of Two!"" So begins the video diary of Andre (Andre Keuck) and Cal (Calvin Robertson) two best friends and alienated high school students who have meticulously planned a ""big-ass mission"" that will shock and terrify their community. They have officially declared war stockpiled their weapons and set the day now ""let the countdown begin."" Make no mistake: Zero Day is not a ""Blair Witch"" stunt. With his uncanny unprofessional cast and unflinching intimacy director Ben Coccios award-winning first feature is a disturbingly authentic and harrowing look at a tragedy as unthinkable as todays headlines.

• Rome Against Rome | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (37.55%)   |  RRP £10.99

  After valuable treasure is captured during battle the Roman council go into discussion as to what to do next. A brave centurion Gehus volunteers to retrieve it. The treasure is held by a group of rebels led by Aderbal that worships a goddess whose one eyed statue adorns their hideout. Rome Against Rome is a classic peplum with a horror twist. A zombified soldier rising from his coffin Nosferatu style is one of the macabre highlights. But what about zombies being turn

• American Buffalo | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £13.50   |  Saving you £2.49 (15.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Conning Stealing And Lying Are All In A Day's Work. Two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman and two-time Emmy winner Dennis Franz deliver tour-de-force performances as volatile small-time hustlers in this edgy electrifying story of trust betrayal and loyalty gone dangerously awry. American Buffalo is a riveting study in human virtue and vulnerability from Pulitzer-Prize-winning writer David Mamet and director Michael Corrente. For down-and-out junk dealer Don (Franz) life goes from unlucky to unbearable when he discovers that the rare buffalo head nickel he just sold for $90 is worth ten times as much! Refusing to let himself be out-swindled Don enlists the help of a young protege (Nelson) in a scheme to steal the coin back. But their plans are suddenly altered by the intrusion of Teach (Hoffman) a disturbingly aggressive would-be thief who badgers Don into cutting him in on the heist --a decision that carries explosive consequences for everyone involved.

• The Ricky Nelson Story | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £9.70   |  Saving you £-3.71 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In `50s America he grew up in front of millions as TV's most famous child star as his family dramatised their picture-perfect world for the enjoyment of millions. But acting and singing sensation Ricky Nelson was destined to battle with love loss and redemption before falling from grace in one of Hollywood's most compelling and tragic tales.

• Slash | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's Harvest Time! Meet Slash a rock'n' roll band on the edge - the edge of fame fortune and now death itself. They've got the looks the attitude and the music. Slash would kill to make it big. But they might just get killed in the process. At the moment they're on a road to nowhere. They're playing dingy clubs and smelly venues. One night a stranger appears with a letter from Mac's father Jeremiah MacDonald. Jeremiah wants Mac to return to the family farm to attend the f

• Whisper Kill | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £7.87   |  Saving you £-0.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Ambitious reporter Liz Bartlett secretly wishes that Jerry Caper her business associate were dead. Yet her hidden desire soon becomes a reality when he is brutally murdered. Investigative reporter Dan Walker is assigned to the murder case and becomes intrigued by the pretty reporter. They begin a passionate affair but Dan can't dispel his suspicion of Liz's guilt. When a second murder is commited Dan probes deeper looking for clues in Liz's past. But just as the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into plac Dan follows a lead bringing him face to face with the killer in a shocking ending filled with suspense.....

• Reign Over Me | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £4.28   |  Saving you £5.71 (133.41%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adam Sandler takes on a rare straight role which him trying to cope as a man who lost his family in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

• Joy Of Man's Desiring | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £10.48   |  Saving you £7.50 (88.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An open-ended exploration of the energies and rituals of various workplaces. From one worker to another and one machine to the next; hands, faces, breaks, toil: what kind of absurdist, abstract dialogue can be started between human beings and their need to work? What is the value of the time we spend multiplying and repeating the same motions that ultimately lead to a rest - a state of repose whose quality defies definition.