Horror and Suspense

• The Bride Of Frankenstein | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £5.25   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It appeared, at the end of the epochal 1931 horror movie Frankenstein, that the monster had perished in a burning windmill. But that was before the runaway success of the movie dictated a sequel. In Bride of Frankenstein, we see that the monster (once again played by Boris Karloff) survived the conflagration, as did his half-mad creator (Colin Clive). This remarkable sequel, universally considered superior to the original, reunites other key players from the first film: director James Whale (whose life would later be chronicled in Gods and Monsters) and, of course, the inimitable Dwight Frye, as Frankenstein's bent-over assistant. Whale brought campy humour to the project, yet Bride is also somehow haunting, due in part to Karloff's nuanced performance. The monster, on the loose in the European countryside, learns to talk and his encounter with a blind hermit is both comic and touching. (The episode was later spoofed in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein.) A prologue depicts the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, being urged to produce a sequel by her husband Percy and Lord Byron. She's played by Elsa Lanchester, who reappears in the climactic scene as the man-made bride of the monster. Her lightning-bolt hair and reptilian movements put her into the horror-movie pantheon, despite being onscreen for only a few moments. But in many ways the film is stolen by Ernest Thesiger, as the fey Dr. Pretorious, who toasts the darker possibilities of science: "To a new world of gods and monsters!" --Robert Horton

• Magic Magic | DVD | (28/04/2014) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (43.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A naive young tourist's road trip across Chile with friends turns into a waking nightmare.

• Seconds (1966) | Blu Ray | (26/10/2015) from £14.09   |  Saving you £3.90 (27.68%)   |  RRP £17.99

  To the enigmatic question “Who are Seconds?”, the film’s original poster responded: “The answer is almost too terrifying for words.... The story of a man who buys for himself a totally new life. A man who lives the age-old dream — If only I could live my life all over again.” John Frankenheimer directs Rock Hudson as a “second”: that is, the newly plastic-surgery altered “reboot” of, in this instance, a listless banker named Arthur Hamilton. Such procedures are carried out by a secret organization known only as “The Company,” with the promise of giving an individual a chance at making a fresh start at life… but at what cost? Master lighting cameraman James Wong Howe provides the paranoiac atmosphere to the skewed reality of what came to be widely considered one of Frankenheimer’s very best films. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Seconds on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK for the first time. Features: Gorgeous restoration from a 4K transfer, in 1080p HD on the Blu-ray Two Feature-length audio commentaries: one by director John Frankenheimer, and one by film scholar Adrian Martin New video interview with novelist and critic Kim Newman Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired Original theatrical trailer Booklet featuring new essays by critics David Cairns and Mike Sutton

• Near Dark | Blu Ray | (17/08/2009) from £13.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (21.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the dusty heat of the American southwest innocent country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) is seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a roving pack of vicious drifters led by the enigmatic Jesse (Lance Henriksen Terminator Aliens). But this is no ordinary band of outlaws. Caleb is now trapped in a nightmare of soulless evil that waits in the shadows hellish mayhem that thrives on blood; the horror that begins Near Dark. Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Jenette Goldstein (Aliens) co-star in this extraordinary thriller co-written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break Hurt Locker).

• Demon Lover | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £18.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (5.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jenny Harris is an attractive young housewife with a cheating husband and an unhappy life. That is until her strange neighbour Rebecca introduces her to the world of imaginary fantasy lovers and awakens in Jenny a hitherto untapped lust. However as bizarre deaths begin to pile up around Jenny she feels the presence of something unearthly something quite evil...

• Frankenstein: The True Story | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £14.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jack Smight directs this 1973 adaptation of the classic novel by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) is training to become a doctor when his younger brother tragically drowns. Unable to understand why God would take away his brother, Frankenstein declares his allegiance with the devil and his determination to bring his sibling back to life. While studying anatomy Frankenstein learns how to preserve dead matter and restore life. He sets out, working with Dr Henry Clerval (David...

• Great White | DVD | (17/05/2021) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ladyhawke | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.25   |  Saving you £4.74 (57.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This lushly produced fantasy has gained a loyal following since its release in 1985, and it gave a welcome boost to the careers of Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer. You have to ignore the overly aggressive music score by Andrew Powell, music director of the Alan Parsons Project (critic Pauline Kael aptly dubbed it "disco-medieval") and director Richard Donner's reckless allowance of anachronistic dialogue and uninspired storytelling, but there's a certain charm to the movie's combination of romance and heroism. Broderick plays a young thief who comes to the aid of tragic lovers Isabeau (Pfeiffer), who is cursed to become a hawk every day at sunrise and Navarre (Hauer) who turns into a wolf at sunset. The curse was cast by an evil sorcerer-bishop (John Wood), and as Broderick eludes the bishop's henchmen, Navarre struggles to conquer the villain, lift the curse and be reunited with his love in human form. The tragedy of this lovers' dilemma keeps the movie going, and Broderick is well cast as a young, medieval variation of Woody Allen. --Jeff Shannon

• The Deadly Mantis | DVD | (24/08/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A THOUSAND TONS OF HORROR! FROM A MILLION YEARS AGO... It's man versus insect in The Deadly Mantis, a thrilling classic from the golden age of Sci-Fi cinema! When a giant, thousand-ton, carnivorous praying mantis is released from its million-year slumber in the frozen Arctic, a determined commander (Craig Stevens), a palaeontologist (William Hopper) and a photojournalist (Alix Talton) work together to stop it's terrible path of deadly destruction. As it walks, leaps and flies towards Washington DC, the fate of a nation rests on stopping the menacing insect by any means possible.

• The Critic | Blu Ray | (09/12/2024) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in 1930's London, The Critic is a thrilling tale of ambition, blackmail, and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its heart. When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (Mckellen), finds himself suddenly in the cross hairs of the Daily Chronicle's new owner David Brooke (Strong), he strikes a Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land (Arterton) who is desperate to win his favour.

• Ghost Stories for Christmas (5-DVD set) | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s and 70s, the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of MR James, the Cambridge academic and author of some of the most spine-tingling tales in the English language, which were broadcast to terrified viewers in the dead of winter. This was a tradition that was briefly revived by the BBC between 2007 and 2010. These adaptations, which have a subtlety and style all of their own, have been a major influence on many contemporary British horror filmmakers and have come to be some of the most sought after British TV titles of all time by their legions of eager fans. Episode Comprise: Whistle and I’ll Come to You. The Stalls of Barchester. A Warning to the Curious. Lost Hearts. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. The Ash Tree. The Signalman. Stigma. The Ice House. A View from a Hill. Number 13.

• Nomads (LE) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2025) from £26.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  They creep. They kill and no one knows who they are or where they came from. But when these rootless demonic spirits descend on a determined doctor, all hell breaks loose. Bitten by a dying madman named Jean Pommier (Pierce Brosnan Goldeneye, Mamma Mia - in his first leading role), Dr. Eileen Flax (Lesley-Anne Down Sphinx, From Beyond the Grave) becomes the vessel for his turbulent and insane thoughts. Thrust into his last days, she is shocked to discover the existence of mysterious and murderous demons on a quest for destruction and begins her own quest to somehow stop them before she joins Pommier in his horrifying fate! Special Features ¢ Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the original negative. ¢ Uncompressed English DTS-HD Master Audio 5:1 ¢ Optional English subtitles for the hard of hearing ¢ Audio Commentary with director John McTiernan moderated by film writer and author Eric Lichtenfeld ¢ Delightful Alchemy: Pierce Brosnan remembers Nomads - Exclusive new interview with star Brosnan on his first feature lead role ¢ A Fringe Genre Exercise: New video essay and appraisal of the film by writer, author and critic Kim Newman ¢ Paging Doctor Flax - Interview with star Lesley-Anne Down on Nomads ¢ Musical Nomads - Interview with composer Bill Conti ¢ Radio spot ¢ Image Gallery ¢ Archive Trailer ¢ Reversible Sleeve featuring two artwork choices

• Spiders | Blu Ray | (14/10/2013) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The City is crawling! In New York City's subway tunnel a new species of poisonous spiders is discovered. Inadvertently the spiders mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the entire city.

• Train | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £4.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (65.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers | DVD | (12/04/2015) from £11.58   |  Saving you £3.41 (29.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Perhaps the most infamous title which was not only censored by the BBFC it had its title censored too removing the word “CHAINSAW” from its original video rental sleeve! Now available in the UK in a complete uncensored version very few films have achieved the cult status of Fred Olen Ray’s HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS. It played in festivals around the world it inspired numerous imitators and it made a bona-fide B-Movie Megastar of actress Michelle Bauer. Now 27 years later Nucleus Films presents a Special Anniversary Edition in celebration of the continuing mystique that is HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS. Join detective Jack Chandler as he tracks the runaway teen (played by Horror Queen Linnea Quigley) into the dark recesses of Los Angeles’s most stringent religious cult. Beware the chainsaw-worshipping madman played by THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE’S original Leatherface Gunnar Hansen! And above all else watch out for the saw-wielding vixen performing “The Virgin Danced of the Double Chainsaws”! Bonus Features: Theatrical Trailer Audio Commentary with Director Fred Olen Ray & TL Lankford Making Of Documentary Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers & the BBFC Double-Sided Sleeve

• Baghead | Blu Ray | (08/04/2024) from £9.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Iris (Freya Allan) inherits a run-down pub from her estranged father (Peter Mullan) and discovers a dark secret within its basement - Baghead - a shapeshifting creature that will let you speak to lost loved ones, but not without consequence..

• Ghostquake (DVD) | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £5.94   |  Saving you £7.05 (54.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An unlikely earthquake shocks the students and faculty at Helville High. Unknown to all the earthquake releases spirits that have been trapped in the walls of the school for years and who immediately possess the Principal and other teachers. When eight kids find themselves trapped inside the school with no way out it soon becomes clear they’re teachers not who they used to be!;Starring Danny Trejo (Machete Lost) and Charisma Carpenter (Buffy Angel) find out if the group of students can put an end to the killing spree terrorising their school.

• Forgotten Gialli: Volume #2 | Blu Ray | (31/08/2021) from £39.24   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Antichrist | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Director Lars Von Trier delivers the most controversial film of the year as a couple retreats to Eden only to find their own hell on Earth.

• Carnival Of Souls | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Carnival of Souls has gained a strong cult reputation over recent years. Directed and produced by Harold ""Herk"" Harvey it has an intriguing power mixing ordinary people and everyday situations with the extraordinary and the supernatural. Made in Lawrence Kansas in 1962 the film centres on Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) who apparently survives a serious car accident. Shortly after she heads for Utah and a new job as a church organist but is pursued by a cadaverous phantom figure