![Review Reeltime Pictures / The Beyond Belief - Mutations [1974]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514RRKDKHGL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Donald Pleasence
- Julie Ege
- Tom Baker
- Jack Cardiff
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £11.99
Review The Beyond Belief - Mutations [1974] / Reeltime Pictures:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 37 : Transfigurations / The Best Of Both Worlds [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513919X5FPL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- George Murdock
- LeVar Burton
- Tom Benko
- Colm Meaney
- Cliff Bole
- Jonathan Frakes
- Patrick Stewart
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.95
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 37 : Transfigurations / The Best Of Both Worlds [1990] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Contender Entertainment Group / Lexx - Vol. 2.3 - 2.05 Lafftrak / 2.06 Stan's Trial [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q5MVA1XFL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Stefan Ronowicz
- Stephen Manuel
- Bruce McDonald
Run time: 115 min.
Price: £12.99
Review Lexx - Vol. 2.3 - 2.05 Lafftrak / 2.06 Stan's Trial [1999] / Contender Entertainment Group:A "Light Universe" and a "Dark Zone" keep good and bad apart for the characters of Lexx, even though it's often hard to tell the difference between the two in this offbeat and unique sci-fi show that delights in its own nastiness. With flashes of nudity and surgical gore, and a collection of extreme hairstyles and accents, the show's overall look is often akin to a sci-fi Eurotrash. Aboard the stolen 10-kilometre-long spaceship Lexx (designed to look like a dragonfly) are the "Dirty Three-and-a-Half": insufferable coward Stanley H. Tweedle (Brian Downey), the Edward Scissorhands clone and 2000-years-dead Kai (Michael McManus), decapitated and lovestruck robot head 790 (voiced by writer Jeffrey Hirschfield), and the skimpily wardrobed Zev (Eva Habermann), replaced for Season Two by Xev (Xenia Seeberg). A disregard both for genre conventions and good taste makes the show a constant series of surprises: by the time of the third season, the expression "anything goes" had long passed being understatement. On this tape: "Lafftrak" is one of the series' standout shows. TV World invites "contestants" to enter a show and compete for ratings. There's Boy School or Super Stretch and Bounce, which might get you to The Xev Show. But you definitely don't want a spot on Speciality Show. Writer Lex Gigeroff has multiple hilarious cameos. [+]In "Stan's Trial", he's still desperate for some "bingo bongo yum yum time", which blinds him to a sting operation laid at the Celes Pleasure Liner. His alleged traitorous past finally catches up, and the events of "Giga Shadow" are made clear. This volume's documentary centres on set building. -Paul Tonks.
![Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Fly [1987]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QYB8EAH1L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- John Getz
- Geena Davis
- David Cronenberg
- Jeff Goldblum
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.93
Review The Fly [1987] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Margot Kidder
- Darrel Wasyk
- Sally Kirkland
- Tom Dey
- Erik Canuel
- David La Haye
- Audrey Benoit
- Clare Sims
Run time: 84 min.
Price: £12.99
Review The Hunger - Clarimonde / Bridal Suite / Sloan Men / Warner Vision International:
Actors & Directors
- Richard Franklin
- Thaddeus Smith
- Stacy Keach
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Grant Page
- Marion Edward
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Road Games [1982] / Bmg Video:
![Review Art House Productions Ltd. / Macabre [1980]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411T0RE0M3L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Lamberto Bava
- Roberto Posse
- Bernice Stegers
- Ferdinando Orlandi
- Stanko Molnar
- Veronica Zinny
Run time: 86 min.
Price: £12.99
Review Macabre [1980] / Art House Productions Ltd.:
![Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Revenge Of Frankenstein, The / The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb [1958]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71NWRVZC40L._SL160_.gif)
Actors & Directors
- Eunice Gayson
- Peter Cushing
- Terence Fisher
- Francis Matthews
- John Welsh
- Michael Gwynn
Run time: 164 min.
Price: £10.99
Review Revenge Of Frankenstein, The / The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb [1958] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:The Revenge of Frankenstein was an inevitability after Hammer Films had made an international star of Peter Cushing in The Curse of this sequel-rich franchise. The plot here is a braver twist on the story than the many follow-ups would take. The Creature doesn't make its presence known until the final reel, up to which point the only sense of lurking menace comes from Cushing's deliciously mannered performance as a disguised Dr Stein. A new name and a new town is a gamble sure to fail, and circumstances almost immediately conspire against the deceit. Also rattling around the brilliantly lit studio sets are Eunice Gayson and Francis Matthews, while Michael Gwynn gives everything he's got in stiff competition to predecessor Christopher Lee in the Creature role. It's subtle and simply screams out for enfranchisement-so of course Hammer dutifully made another five in the series. On the DVD: The Revenge of Frankenstein comes with mono sound (all you're going to get from Hammer and 1958), but the 1. 66:1 ratio is a treat. You also get a trailer (and a surprise additional movie trailer) plus 10 photos. -Paul Tonks.
Actors & Directors
- Alexandra Vandernoot
- Stan Kirsch
- Adrian Paul
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £10.95
Review Highlander: The Sea Witch / Entertainment in Video:
![Review Entertainment in Video / Critters 3 [1991]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5127QS42Z2L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Aimee Brooks
- Kristine Peterson
- Christian Cousins
- William Dennis Hunt
- Joseph Cousins
- John Calvin
Price: £5.99
Review Critters 3 [1991] / Entertainment in Video:
![Review Warner Home Video / To the Devil A Daughter [1976]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PGJFVXXJL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Christopher Lee
- Richard Widmark
- Peter Sykes
- Honor Blackman
- Nastassja Kinski
- Denholm Elliott
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.10
Review To the Devil A Daughter [1976] / Warner Home Video:Hammer's To the Devil a Daughter was the last film made by the once great studio. Clearly ailing, Hammer again adapted a novel by Dennis Wheatley, the author behind one of their greatest successes, The Devil Rides Out (1967). Unfortunately for the studio, films such as Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Exorcist (1973) had, in the intervening decade, radically changed horror cinema. With American star Richard Widmark echoing Gregory Peck's role in the far more polished The Omen (1976), the film seemed, rather than setting the pace as Hammer once had, to be very much jumping on the 1970's occult band-wagon. Christopher Lee is the satanic ex-communicated priest whose coven plan to incarnate the ancient demon Ashteroth, while a supernaturally beautiful Nastassja Kinski demonstrates the same willingness to disrobe as in Cat People (1982). Even so, this lacklustre, misogynistic film couldn't compete with Carrie and Suspiria (both also 1976) and Hammer thereafter concentrated on TV productions. Surprisingly, director Peter Sykes' next film, Jesus (1979), as well as being the most seen and internationally distributed film ever (with an audience of over two billion by 2000), is also the most faithful portrayal of Christ yet committed to celluloid. -Gary S. Dalkin.
Actors & Directors
- Meg Frances
- Karen Smith (VIII)
- Alexander J. Rose
- Simone Grant
- Akio Sakai
- Al Muscari
Run time: 55 min.
Price: £12.99
Review Record Of Lodoss War - Vol. 4 / Pioneer Entertainment Europe Ltd:
![Review Exploited Films / Dead Of Night [1972]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517ERW3CJYL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Rodney Bennett
- Brian Farnham
- Simon Langton
- Robert Knights
- Paul Annett
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £34.95
Review Dead Of Night [1972] / Exploited Films:
![Review Digital Video Distribution / Sorority Babes In The Slime Ball Bowl-O-Rama [1987]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T0CGRK8RL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Robin Rochelle
- Linnea Quigley
- Hal Havins
- Brinke Stevens
- David DeCoteau
- Andras Jones
Run time: 75 min.
Price: £6.99
Review Sorority Babes In The Slime Ball Bowl-O-Rama [1987] / Digital Video Distribution:
![Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : File 13 - One Son [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JVRZEZXJL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- David Duchovny
- Rob Bowman
- Gillian Anderson
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.55
Review The X Files : File 13 - One Son [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
![Review Warner Home Video / Crusade - Vol. 1.05 - Racing The Night / The Needs Of Earth [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EWXSSRFDL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2000-06-05
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.85
Review Crusade - Vol. 1.05 - Racing The Night / The Needs Of Earth [1999] / Warner Home Video:When Babylon 5 finished its promised five-year run, it was obvious some things had been left out. Numerous plotlines lay casually unresolved and way too many "hints" looked ahead to an ominous future. With the Shadows dispatched at the end of the Great War, the final season revealed a race of hangers-on who stayed behind to continue the mischief-making. The biggest clue that more was to follow, came in the fourth TV movie A Call To Arms which introduced several new characters into the mix. Here we saw the Drakh's final "Planet Killer" let loose in Earth's atmosphere-a deadly virus that will take five years to adapt to human DNA, and then wipe it out. The rather high-stakes solution offered by Earthgov is to send an experimental starship, the Excalibur, out into the galaxy to find a cure. The Excalibur's crew is headed up by Gary Cole as Capt. Matthew Gideon; a no-nonsense leader whose principles seem to be challenged every show ("I'm not subtle. I'm not pretty. And I'll piss off a lot of people along the way. [+]") Along for the ride are Daniel Dae Kim as the secretly telepathic Lt. John Matheson, Peter Woodward as quixotic Technomage Galen, and Carrie Dobro as the feisty criminal Dureena Nafeel. Although in theory there are members of the heroic Rangers at their side, the initial idea that this series should have the feel of an Arthurian quest clearly didn't come to pass. Suffering a plague of its own in studio indecisiveness, Crusade managed a run of 13 episodes which during post-production were juggled out of chronological order. It should be taken into consideration when viewing that the first eight were filmed last, so the "redesign" seen in the final five is in fact the opposite of what it seems. "Racing the Night" was originally to be the show's pilot, and might have been a stronger opener. Chancing upon a race who previously dealt with the plague, the Excalibur crew are perplexed to find all manner of historical information except the cure. Then there's a criminal to be caught in "The Needs of Earth", but of course someone beats Captain Gideon to him. The comedic highlight of this volume is learning that archaeologist Max Eilerson watches alien pornography! -Paul Tonks.
![Review MGM Entertainment / Poltergeist II - The Other Side [1986]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411V9TAV81L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Zelda Rubinstein
- JoBeth Williams
- Heather O'Rourke
- Oliver Robins
- Brian Gibson
- Craig T. Nelson
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.44
Review Poltergeist II - The Other Side [1986] / MGM Entertainment:
![Review Vipco / The Slime [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MYE87ZN1L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Gregory Lamberson
- Robert C. Sabin
- Mary Hunter
Run time: 81 min.
Price: £12.99
Review The Slime [1989] / Vipco:
![Review 4 Front Video / King Kong [1976]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FEM93ZW7L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jeff Bridges
- John Guillermin
- John Randolph
- Jessica Lange
- Charles Grodin
- Rene Auberjonois
Run time: 128 min.
Price: £5.99
Review King Kong [1976] / 4 Front Video:
Release date: 1994-10-10
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.99
Review Tenchi Muyo V1-Ryoko Resurrected / Pioneer Entertainment Europe Ltd:
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