UK Horror and Cult DVDs coming out on August 23rd, 2010
New on Blu-ray:
Basement (£15.99 RRP): Returning from an anti-war demo, Gary (Danny Dyer — Severance) and four friends stop briefly in the countryside. Breaking from the group, Derek (Jimi Mistry — RocknRolla) and Saffron (Lois Winstone — Beyond the Rave) find a metal hatch in the middle of the forest, and decide to explore inside. Searching for their missing friends, Gary, Pru (Emily Beecham — 28 Weeks Later) and Sarah (Kierston Wareing — Fish Tank) are forced to follow, but as the hatch locks behind them all, the shadows that lurk in the darkness force the whole group to run for their lives...
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The Innocents (£24.99 RRP): Based on Henry James's Turn of the Screw, The Innocents is a chilling psychological horror film about a woman, Miss Giddens (Kerr), who takes a position as governess for two orphans in a stately Victorian home. Alone with the children and only a few servants, Miss Giddens soon begins to see what she believes to be ghosts and begins to suspect that the children's increasingly bizarre behaviour may be the result of some supernatural power. When she learns the fate of the house's previous governess and valet, Miss Giddens takes it upon herself to rescue the children from the supernatural being that seems to have them in its grips, all the while questioning her own sanity. Kerr's nuanced performance, possibly the best of her career, and Francis's atmospheric cinematography help make this a true horror classic.
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Repo Men (£19.99 RRP): Writers Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner team with director Miguel Sapochnik to adapt Garcia's novel about a repo man named Remy whose body has been constructed almost entirely of artificial organs. When Remy (Jude Law) fails to keep up on payments for his recent heart transplant, his former partner vows to take back the organ by force if necessary. Meanwhile, Remy finds an unexpected ally in the form of his long-lost wife, Beth (Sonia Braga), who has also been retrofitted with numerous artificial organs. Now, despite the fact that they haven't seen each other since Remy joined the army ten years ago, the desperate repo man and his sympathetic wife attempt a daring escape from a man who holds the lives of millions in the palm of his hands. Forest Whitaker and Liev Schreiber co-star.
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The Vampire Diaries: Season 1 (£49.99 RRP): Based on the novels f the same name by author L.J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries is the story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same beautiful girl, and battling to control the fate of an entire town. Stefan and Damon Salvatore return to the fictional town of Mystic falls for different reasons, one for good the other for evil. Stefan is drawn towards Elena Gilbert, who bears resemblance to a past flame, Katherine Pierce, the beautiful but ruthless vampire the brothers knew and loved in 1864. Damon on the other hand is intent on releasing Katherine from the tomb where he believes she was trapped spell many years ago.
The Vampire Diaries: Season 1 is also available on standard DVD.
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New on DVD:
7 Days (£12.99 RRP): A surgeon seeks revenge on the man who raped and murdered his eight year old daughter by kidnapping her accused killer and torturing him for seven days. His life and marriage destroyed by the heinous crime, grieving father Bruno Hamel (Claude Legault) sinks in to a deep depression, and begins formulating a diabolical plan for revenge. Intercepting the police escort as they transport the alleged perpetrator (Martin Dubreuil) to the courthouse, Bruno abducts the man and whisks him away into the countryside. Bruno's plan: slowly torture his daughter's killer for seven days, and then execute him at the absolute height of pain. Keeping police abreast of his sinister project throughout the week, Bruno announces that he will turn himself in once justice has been served.
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The 7th Dimension (£12.99 RRP): Ever wanted to predict the future? Ever believed in a conspiracy? The members of Beacon 77, a dedicated group of computer hackers, do and now they have hacked in, they cannot get back out. Taking on the Vatican's secrets with their computers, these hackers are now faced with the puzzles of the Bible Code, a code that if cracked would give anyone who uncovers it ultimate knowledge and unlimited power. But, once Beacon 77 discover the worlds conspiracies, who is left to trust? Never before has the battle between science and religion been so serious as never before has the future of the universe been in so much danger. Who will win: the unprepared hackers or a power that is far greater than any computer?
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The Final (£12.99 RRP): Dane, an awkward student with a deadly vendetta and suicidal tendencies, leads a group of outcasts in a plot to avenge the years of humiliation they faced from the popular students at their high school. At an abandoned lake house, the outcasts prepare a night of torture that will leave their tormentors scarred for life — physically and emotionally.
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Meat Grinder (£15.99 RRP): Filmmakers have found a secret recipe that will make gorehounds drool! Meat Grinder serves up a sumptuous feast of murder, dismemberment, and cannibalism in this proud member of the 'torture porn' sub-genre. Destined for cult status, the over-the-top gorefest stars Mai as a deranged woman who runs a noodle stall and is hearing voices in her head all the time.
When she finds a dying man in her stall one night, she gets the idea to chop him up, and grind the body parts into meatballs as ingredients for her noodle soup. It turns out to be a popular dish, and as the stall gets more and more business, she must find a steady supply of fresh human meat to feed her customers...
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The Son of Kong (£9.99 RRP): Son of Kong begins where King Kong left off, with foolhardy entrepreneur Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) facing hundreds of thousands dollars in lawsuits from the damages inflicted by the mighty Kong on the city of New York (remember?) Denham's partner Captain Englehorn (Frank Reicher) suggests that they escape to Malaya, where they make the acquaintance of Hilda (Helen Mack), the daughter of drink-besotted circus-owner Peterson (Clarence Wilson).
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You can order these movies from Amazon UK by clicking the links to the left of the descriptions.
