Tony Stark is the epitome of "come-the-revolution…" capitalism, a morally ambiguous playboy billionaire who's built his wealth on mankind's incessant need to slaughter his fellows, but, after showing off one of his latest weapons to the military, Stark endures an experience that will leave him, both physically and mentally, a changed man. Stark is now an individual with a conscience, a burning desire to see justice done and the limitless cash to make it a reality… the building of a ‘superhero' find out more...

A fantastic looking film with a very pregnant atmosphere. Based on a true story of three girls disappearing on a school outing (only one was found and she remembered nothing). The film transforms this into an allegory for the loss of innocence that is associated with virginity and childhood. find out more...

Arnie is the leader of a tough bunch of professional soldiers down in Central America sorting out a little problem for Uncle Sam. An unexpected hitch is the hunter, an alien sportsman who'd like Arnie's head for his trophy wall! A great action movie - Alien meets Rambo!!! find out more...

Ever got the feeling that your home is out to get you, well for the Lutz family down in Amityville it's much more than a feeling. Just goes to show that home buyers should have a proper survey carried out. Great fun, eminently watchable and supposed(!) to be based on a true story. find out more...

Five very different kids arrive at high school one Saturday morning to do a nine hour detention during which time they must write an essay titled "Who do I think I am?". At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some marijuana, they pour their hearts out to each other, and tell about their fears, secrets, and their deepest emotions, and problems. An iconic 80s movie and the first of a trilogy preceding 'Sixteen Candles' and 'Pretty In Pink'. find out more...

Frank is worried about the treatment his wife is receiving at "The Clinic of Psychoplasmics" and when he starts to investigate his nearest and dearest are put under threat from a bunch of vicious, childlike mutants. Effective, and once banned, vintage Cronenberg body-horror. The difference between the two discs contained here are that the UK version is r-rated and the US version is the fully uncut and superior version. Soon-to-be-fathers should think twice about renting this one! find out more...

Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters and lives a sweet life of cards, booze and women. Eventually Salomon's luck runs out when he's arrested and thrown into a Nazi concentration camp, but it's not long before his exceptional skills are spotted and he is coerced into a counterfeit operation on a gargantuan scale; a plan to help finance the war effort and flood the British and American economies with fake currency. For the first time in his life Salomon finds himself in a mo find out more...

A lovely fantasy of a far-off star where one era is ending and another dawning. The prophets decree that only a wee cute (muppet-like) Gelfling can save the world from domination by the evil Skeksis forever. This stunningly made film's imaginative settings could only be from the Henson team. Excellent. find out more...

From Louder Than War, Jamie Havlin takes a look at a ground-breaking horror movie from the early 1980s that Martin Scorsese named as one of the scariest films of all time. 

Inspired as the end credits inform us, by ‘a true incident that took place in Los Angeles, California, in October 1976′, The Entity tells the story of Carla Moran (Barbara Hershey), a single mother with a teenage son and two younger daughters who is training to become a typist.

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Hill House is a dark brooding mansion with a chillingly eerie history. Dr Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, and an unhealthy penchant for terror, is drawn to the site and, along with two researchers and a skeptic, sets out to unravel the house's mysteries.
A really good early horror made thrilling by the atmosphere, the low key sound effects and the chilling camerawork. find out more...