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movies i enjoy in the company of the good doctor... ...still a good few to add

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The Beyond - Blu-ray

what can you say about fulci's superb masterpiece, it takes gore to a whole new level and the story is truly bizarre. this blu-ray version is where its at!

The Beyond - Blu-ray (1981)
Starring: Katherine MacColl, David Warbeck, Sarah Keller
Director: Lucio Fulci
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Liza Merril (Katriona MacColl) inherits a rundown Louisiana hotel and decides to restore it to its former glory. But the renovation work gets held up by a series of bizarre murders involving killer dogs and zombies, and this leads Liza to suspect that something might be wrong. Aided by her friend ..read more »
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looks as good as it ever could, i love the original 6 lone wolf and cub movies and if you want a dumbed down mash up of the first 2 movies (all be it with a different story line) and with all the best set pieces look no further, also has a brilliant synth score

Shogun Assassin - Blu-ray (1981)
Starring: Akiji Kobayashi, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ohki
Director: Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston
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Uncut version of the gory martial arts classic. A master Samurai warrior refuses to work for the Emperor. As a result assassins kill his wife and he is forced to flee with his son. Travelling around the world he is determined take revenge on the Emperor's assassins.
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Apocalypse Now - Blu-ray

this is the ultimate edition which includes the original and the (rubbish) redux as well as 2 bonus blu-rays of special features, included the amazing hearts of darkness documentary, which is worth renting on its own. the blu-ray transfer is one of the best i have seen.

Apocalypse Now - Blu-ray (1979)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola's multi-million dollar war epic, accompanied by the 1991 documentary which chronicled its making, and the updated 2001 director's cut. In 'Apocalypse Now', US Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade American ..read more »
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Zombie Flesh Eaters

another brilliant fulci zombie flick i would suggest picking up the blue underground blu-ray release from the usa, its region free,and looks beautiful (though in the states it is just called "zombie")

Zombie Flesh Eaters to Watch Now (1980)
Starring: Tisa Farrow, Richard Johnson, Ian McCulloch
Director: Lucio Fulci
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Run time: 91 minutes
Anne joins up with reporter Peter to search for her missing father whose yacht was found abandoned in New York harbour. They're lead to a remote Caribbean island where they're thrust into a life threatening battle with a horde of flesh-eating zombies.
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Where The Buffalo Roam

before there was johnny depp there was bill murray and i think he does a great job as the dr

Where The Buffalo Roam on DVD (1980)
Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Boyle
Director: Art Linson
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Loosely based on the seminal 'Gonzo' writings of Hunter S. Thompson, this comedy stars Bill Murray as the renegade, drug-crazed, drunken journalist 'Dr' Hunter Thompson, who decides to cover the Super Bowl and the 1972 Presidential Election, accompanied by his reprobate lawyer Carl Lazlo (Peter ..read more »
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The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires

this puts together two of the best genre's old school horror and old school kung fu perfectly, and with hammer horror and the shaw brothers both involved what more could you want. it also says in the cast list included on lovefilm that christopher lee is in this movie, if memory serves, he actually isnt

The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires on DVD (1974)
Starring: John Forbes-Robertson, Peter Cushing, Julie Ege
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Hammer gothic meets Hong Kong-fuey in what turned out to be the last of Hammer's Dracula films. Set in 1900s China, the film stars Peter Cushing as vampire hunter Professor Van Helsing, who has travelled to China to lecture students about the legend of a remote Chinese village that lives under the ..read more »
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Moon - Blu-ray

love the story and atmosphere in this great debut

Moon - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Malcolm Stewart, Robin Chalk, Dominique McElligott
Director: Duncan Jones
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Duncan Jones, who won the 2010 BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer, writes and directs this critically-acclaimed space isolation drama starring Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell, a worker for Lunar Industries who is nearing the end of a three-year contract to mine the moon's surface for the precious gas ..read more »
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

a brilliant tv show hamming up 80s hospital/horror shows, with brilliant extras on the disc (the audio commentaries are hillarious)

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace on DVD (2004)
Starring: Alice Lowe, Matthew Holness, Matt Berry
Director: Richard Ayoade
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This spoof series invites you to see a 'long lost' 1980s TV chiller from acclaimed novelist, Garth Marenghi. With hammy acting and a ridiculously shoddy filmmaking technique, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace makes for seriously funny viewing.
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Four Lions - Blu-ray

a very funny movie about a group of would be suicide bombers

Four Lions - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Benedict Cumberbatch
Director: Christopher Morris
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Black comedy directed by Chris Morris ('Brass Eye', 'The Day Today'). Riz Ahmed plays Omar, a devout British-based Muslim who forms a small terrorist group. Omar is an unconvincing leader and his team of fellow terrorists are just as unimpressive. Among them are dim-witted Waj (Kayvan Novak), shy ..read more »
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Nathan Barley

one of the funniest tv shows ever.

Nathan Barley on DVD (2005)
Starring: Claire Keelan, Julian Barratt, Nicholas Burns
Director: Chris Morris
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All six episodes of the satirical comedy series from writer Chris Morris, attacking the vapid and self-obsessed media industry. Nathan Barley (Nicholas Burns) is a shallow, insecure media type, convinced that he is the definition of urban cool, but secretly terrified that he might not be after all. ..read more »
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