Sunday 28 July 2013
Death Wish 4 : The Crack Down VHS video cover
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is a 1987 action thriller film, and the fourth installment in the Death Wish film series. It features Charles Bronson, who reprises his leading role as Paul Kersey. In Death Wish 4, Kersey is once again forced to become a vigilante after his girlfriend's daughter dies of a drug overdose. He is recruited by tabloid owner Nathan White (John P. Ryan) to take down various crime figures of the Los Angeles drug trade.
Death Wish 3 VHS video cover
Death Wish 3 is a 1985 action film starring Charles Bronson as vigilante killer Paul Kersey and is the second sequel to the 1974 film Death Wish. It was written by Don Jakoby (under the pseudonym Michael Edmonds). The film is the last Death Wish film to be directed by Michael Winner. Despite being set in New York, some of the filming was shot in London to reduce production costs. The film sees Kersey do battle with New York street punk gangs while receiving tacit support from a local NYPD lieutenant (played by Ed Lauter).
Death Wish 2 VHS video cover
Death Wish II is a 1982 crime thriller directed by Michael Winner. It is the first of four sequels to the 1974 film Death Wish. In Death Wish II, architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) moves to Los Angeles with his daughter. After his daughter is murdered at the hands of several gang members, Kersey is once again forced to become a vigilante. Unlike the original, in which he hunts down every criminal he encounters, Kersey only pursues his family's attackers. The sequel makes a complete break from the Brian Garfield novels Death Wish and Death Sentence, redefining the Paul Kersey character.
The Professional Golgo 13 VHS video cover
Golgo 13: The Professional, known as simply Golgo 13 (ゴルゴ13?) in Japan, is a Japanese animated film adaptation of the Golgo 13 manga series released on May 28, 1983 by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. It is the first animated film to be based on the manga and the third film overall.
Baby Cart to Hades VHS Video Cover
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (Japanese: 子連れ狼 死に風に向う乳母車 or Kozure Ôkami: Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma, literally Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator Against the Winds of Death), is the third in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro.
Baby Cart in Peril VHS video cover
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (Japanese: 子連れ狼 親の心子の心 or Kozure Ōkami: Oya no kokoro ko no kokoro, literally Wolf with Child in Tow: The Heart of a Parent, the Heart of a Child), is the fourth in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro.
Baby Cart at the River Styx VHS video cover
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (Japanese: 子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車 or Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma, literally Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator of the River of Sanzu) is the second in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro.
Stephen King's Needful Things VHS video cover
Needful Things is a 1993 horror film, and an adaptation of Stephen King's 1991 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Fraser C. Heston, the son of actor Charlton Heston. It stars Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia and J. T. Walsh.
Stephen King's Creepshow VHS video cover
Creepshow is a 1982 horror anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King. The film's ensemble cast included Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, and E.G. Marshall. Romero again engaged makeup and special effects artist Tom Savini for this film.
Stephen King's The Langoliers VHS video cover
The Langoliers was adapted for a two-part TV movie in 1995. The TV movie starred Kate Maberly, Kimber Riddle, Patricia Wettig, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Frankie Faison, Baxter Harris, Dean Stockwell, David Morse, Christopher Collet and Bronson Pinchot. The movie version of The Langoliers, produced for broadcast on ABC-TV, was filmed almost entirely in and around the Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine (author King's hometown) during the summer of 1995. King himself made a cameo appearance in the film as Craig Toomey's boss, during Toomey's hallucination.
Stephen King's The Tommyknockers VHS video cover
The Tommyknockers is a 1993 television miniseries based on the novel The Tommyknockers by Stephen King. It was directed by John Power, and starred Marg Helgenberger and Jimmy Smits in the two lead roles.
Stephen King's Thinner VHS video cover
Thinner (Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell with the screenplay by Tom Holland. The film is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name and stars Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wührer and Bethany Joy Lenz.
Stephen KIng Collection Double Cassette VHS video cover
Stephen King triple bill. In 'Christine', a teenage boy who lovingly
restores a 1958 Plymouth, which he nicknames 'Christine'. What he
doesn't know is that the car is possessed - and like any jealous lover,
Christine will tolerate no rivals... In 'The Dark Half', struggling
writer Thad Beaumont's (Timothy Hutton) serious works go unnoticed while
he makes a healthy living as a pulp thriller writer under the pseudonym
of George Stark. When his friends and colleagues start to get picked
off and his fingerprints are found all over the scene of the crime, Thad
realises that his personality has a dark half which is not going to go
away. In 'Sleepwalkers', soon after Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his
mother (Alice Krige) arrive in sleepy Travis, Indiana, a series of
gruesome killings takes place. The Bradys are in fact sleepwalkers;
shape shifting vampires who require the blood of virgins in order to
thrive....
Urotsukidoji 2 Legend of the demon womb VHS video cover
Basket Case 2 VHS video cover
Basket Case 2 is a 1990 American comedy horror film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. It was released on DVD by Synapse Films in October, 2007.
Saturday 27 July 2013
Basket Case VHS video cover
Basket Case is an American horror film, written and directed by Frank Henenlotter, that was released in 1982. It has two sequels, Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991) by the same director. It is notable for its low budget and strong violence. The film gained an audience in the 1980s due to the advent of home video.
The Blob (remake) VHS video cover
The Blob is a 1988 horror film written by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont, and directed by Russell. It stars Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark and Joe Seneca. This film is a remake of the 1958 film, The Blob, which starred Steve McQueen.
Fortress VHS video cover
Fortress is a 1986 criminal and survivalism drama thriller directed by Arch Nicholson and written by Everett De Roche, starring Rachel Ward. The film features an early performance by Asher Keddie.
Meet The Feebles VHS video cover
Meet the Feebles is a 1989 New Zealand black comedy film directed by Peter Jackson, and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, and Danny Mulheron. It features Jim Henson-esque puppets in a perverse comic satire.
Akira - two disc set DVD Cover
Akira (アキラ?, [akiɽa]) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, and featuring the voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, and Taro Ishida. The screenplay is based on Otomo's manga Akira, focusing mainly on the first half of the story.
Critters 1 - 4 Ultimate Collectors Edition DVD Cover
The Critters film series, from New Line Cinema (which was owned by Warner Bros.), comprises four movies that combine elements of horror, science fiction and comedy. The first film, called simply Critters, was released in 1986 and received "two thumbs up" from Siskel and Ebert.
V for Vendetta DVD Cover
V for Vendetta is a 2005 British action thriller film directed by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowski Brothers, based on the 1982 comic book of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd.
Straw Dogs DVD Cover
Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The screenplay by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman is based upon Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm.
The man who wasn't there DVD cover and card
The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 British-American neo-noir film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Billy Bob Thornton stars in the title role
The Defiant Ones DVD Cover
The Defiant Ones is a 1958 black and white film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive.
Cold Comfort DVD Cover
Cold Comfort is a Canadian psychological thriller film, released in 1989. The film was written by Richard Beattie and Elliot L. Sims based on the play by James Garrard, and directed by Vic Sarin.
Scum DVD Cover - Uncut version
Scum is a 1979 British crime drama film directed by Alan Clarke, portraying the brutality of life inside a British borstal. The script was originally made for the BBC's Play for Today strand in 1977, however due to the violence depicted, it was withdrawn from broadcast
This is the 2002 uncut uncensored version.
Donnie Darko - The Directors Cut DVD Cover
Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction and drama film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell. The film depicts the adventures of the title character as he seeks the meaning and significance behind his troubling Doomsday-related visions.
Urotsukidoji Special Edtion DVD Cover
Urotsukidōji (超神伝説うろつき童子 Choujin Densetsu Urotsukidouji) is a Japanese manga and a series of Original Video Animation (OVA) releases.
This dvd special edition features the films Legend of the overfiend and Legend of the demon womb
This dvd special edition features the films Legend of the overfiend and Legend of the demon womb
Chopping Mall DVD cover
Chopping Mall is an American horror/science fiction film, produced by Julie Corman and originally released on March 21, 1986 under the title Killbots. Lionsgate
released the film twice on DVD; once in 2004 with special features
including a featurette, commentary, still gallery and trailer, and in
2012 as part of an 8 horror film DVD set.