This cult horror tale stars Peter Cushing as the mysterious Dr Schreck, who boards a train and offers to tell his five fellow passengers their fortunes using his tarot cards. The deadly tales he tells includes werewolves, voodoo and a severed hand. Who is this sinister Doctor - and where exactly is the train heading?
Dr Terror’s House of Horrors
Meet Dave
Seeking a way to save their doomed world a crew of tiny aliens arrive on earth in their super-spaceship disguised as a human called DAVE (Eddie Murphy). On board the spaceship each miniature member of the crew is responsible for operating a different part of the body. As the aliens try to ensure that Dave fits in with his fellow humans in New York city there are some hilarious results - their mission is definitely proving to be more difficult then they had planned. Gather round and Meet Dave in this laugh out loud comedy for all ages starring Dr Dolittle's Eddie Murphy. Join the crew of this spaceship to discover that there's a whole other world going on inside.
Mr. And Mrs. Smith (2005)
Hollywood's hottest stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sizzle as John and Jane Smith - a bored married couple who unbeknownst to each other are both lethal assassins working for rival organisations.With a killer blend of action intense thrills hilarious comedy and sex-appeal Mr. and Mrs. Smith gives a whole new meaning to 'Til death do us part.
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The Kiss Jeremy's life is a daily slog through teenage misery unaware that change is possible but change is coming. He's about to stumble into an ancient feud between two warring vampire clans and enter the world of Santa Maria the forgotten queen of the Clan of the Snake who has been imprisoned and left for dead in a shallow grave in the desert of Hell. It has taken centuries but her saviour has finally arrived. Jeremy's love resurrects Santa Maria's corpse from the wasteland of death and Santa Maria's love for Jeremy raises him from the numbing death of his teenage life. Bloodstained Romance Holden is a socially-awkward student with a growing obsession for fellow classmate Sadie a beautiful young woman who has everything he wants. As Holden's fixation increases his mind begins to unravel revealing murderous urges he feels compelled to act on and he is plunged into a twisted world of bondage porn and violence. With every murder the line between reality and fantasy becomes ever more blurred until Holden's unable to remain at a distance from Sadie any longer. Deadly Manor A classic horror story which follows a cast of attractive youngsters on a camping trip to a remote wooded area. Joined by a mysterious hitchhiker the group take shelter in an old mansion. Mystery piles upon mystery..until the murders begin. Demon Wind Sixty years ago a peaceful farm is ripped apart by a demon wind opening a gateway to hell. In an attempt to lose the gate Cory and a group of his friends must overcome the demons and undead which were unleashed by his grandparents.Hard Rock Zombies A comedy horror cult classic' where Jesse and his heavy metal band play clubs and socials while waiting for their big break. Although warned about playing in Grand Guignol due to the less than hospitable locals the band ignores the warning and the locals conspire with werewolves killer dwarves murderous psychopaths and the band are murdered one by one. A local girl's chant brings the band back from the dead to take revenge on their killers and play their final unperformed concert; soon the entire town is crawling with zombies. The townspeople have no choice but to offer up a virgin for sacrifice and the re-animated 'Hard Rock Zombies' save the girl and the day.Invader A Viking space capsule suddenly and unexpectedly returns to Earth from an explorative trip to Mars a journey it should not have been able to make on its own. It brings with it an armour clad alien that's hell bent on finding and sending back information in preparation for the invasion of Earth. NASA scientists take the alien to a lab for intensive investigation but are hindered by the army who seize control of it and the space capsule. When the alien inevitably escapes the killing begins and the army desperately tries to recapture or destroy it. Failure will mean the destruction of all life on Earth and the end of the human race.
Promises Promises
Jayne Mansfield bares almost all (and becomes the first Hollywood actress to do so) in this sex comedy. This sexy shipboard romp about two women who are pregnant but don’t know which of the husbands is the father resulted in a headline-grabbing photo spread in Playboy Magazine. Comic Fritz Feld gives Tommy Noonan a pill to help him become a father… was this the original “blue pill?”
3 Classic Musicals Of The Silver Screen – Vol. 1 – Second Chorus / The Duke Is Tops / Private Buckaroo
Second ChorusA charming musical comedy about two trumpet-playing buddies (Fred Astaire and Charles Butterworth) competing for gigs and for the heart of their lovely manager Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard). When Ellen gets hired and moves away the two decide to leave their college campus and follow her to New York. Once there they have numerous misadventures each trying to trump the other's plays while auditioning for a spot in conductor Artie Shaw's band.The Duke Is TopsA young Lena Horne shines in her performance as Ethel a singer who makes her way to the 'big time'. Ralph Cooper plays her boyfriend Duke who is also involved in the entertainment business. Crooked George Marshall a New York talent scout conspires to break Ethel and Duke up and so Duke throws in his lot with a travelling company of entertainers. When Ethel falls on hard times Duke goes to her aid with the help of the boys in the show.Private BuckarooPRIVATE BUCKAROO follows some lucky recruits as they go through basic training that consists mostly of attending USO dances headlined by the Andrews Sisters and the hot trumpet of bandleader Harry James. Drill Sergeant Shemp Howard tries hard to convince the boys to take the war seriously but new recruit Dick Foran is much too busy wooing the Colonel's daughter (Jennifer Holt).
The Cuckoo
A dramatic anti-war romantic comedy set on the northern border between Russia and Finland during World War II a few weeks before the Finnish surrender in 1944 The Cuckoo tells the compelling story of two runaways - a Russian captain (Victor Bychkov) and a Finnish sniper (Ville Haapasalo) - who find refuge with a young Lapp widower (Anni-Kristiina Juuso).Naturally there are cultural and linguistic barriers between them not to mention war rivalries. Yet they slowly get to know each other and their very separate worlds come together in both comic and tragic ways.A highly original and humanistic examination of problems revolving around communication Aleksandr Rogozhkin's film reveals how national alliances can be sorely misleading. The winner of a FIPRESCI award The Cuckoo also triumphed at the Russian Academy Awards in Best Film Best Director and Best Actress categories.
True Horror: Werewolves
Anthony Head international actor and star of Buffy The Vampire Slayer sets out to find out the truth behind the werewolf myth. Are they real or just the stuff of myth folklore and Hollywood movies? Most of us are familiar with the idea of a werewolf: someone who can change into a wolf-like creature with an appetite for blood but how did these tales come about and how have they become accepted as fact?Anthony Head travels around Europe first to Greece where he delves into a 2 000-year-old account of werewolves and human sacrifice and then to France where he uncovers the medieval tale of the most devastating attack by a werewolf – the Beast of Gévaudan – who tore off the head of his victims. But not all tales come from the past and a modern tale of one of these terrifying beasts is revealed to Anthony Head. He meets with werewolf experts and discusses the possibility of whether werewolves are a form of delusion and a product of a disturbed mind a person with a genetic problem or shape-shifting monsters.
Twenty Twelve
Hugh Bonneville Jessica Hynes Amelia Bullmore and Olivia Colman star in this new comedy following the challenges – both personal and professional – faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth the 2012 London Olympics. You’re organising one of the most significant events in the world. You’ve got £9bn to spend and plenty of time before the deadline. What can possibly go wrong? Follow the deliverance team as they do their level best to get to the end of the day the end of the week - and ideally - the end of the Olympics without all the wheels coming off at once. Narrated by David Tennant Twenty Twelve deliciously sends up everyone from marketing creatives and PRs to web designers. Heading the team is the frequently embattled Ian Fletcher played by Hugh Bonneville whose key attribute is the ability to remain relentlessly up-beat about everything even when all available evidence points in the opposite direction.Jessica Hynes is the scene-stealing clueless head of brand and Lord Coe even makes a cameo appearance. The show deals with such hot topics as how to phase the traffic lights across London to get people from west to east; who to sell the Taekwondo hall to after the event and how to cope with sportsmen who want to help but are just too dull. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world. Special Features: Cast interviews