My collection (88 titles)

Some good, some bad and some ugly!

by: A customer

As close to the true story as can be

Black Hawk Down on DVD (2001)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kim Coates, Gabriel Casseus
Director: Ridley Scott
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State-of-the-art war movie from director Ridley Scott, based on the US military blunders which took place in Somalia in 1993. Following a series of attacks by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid on a Red Cross distribution centre, a group of US Rangers are sent on a mission to capture two of Aidid's close ..read more »
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- 70
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To Catch a Killer (1992)
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Michael Riley
Director: Eric Till
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This is the true story of how the worst mass murderer in the history of the United States was eventually brought to justice, and how the methods used to apprehend him became the model for law enforcement across the country in detecting & apprehending mass murderers.
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- 70
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Pant soilingly good

The Grudge on DVD (2004)
Starring: William Mapother, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clea DuVall
Director: Takashi Shimizu
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'The Grudge' is the curse of one who dies in the grip of a powerful rage. Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is an exchange student working for a Japanese medical centre. Covering for another nurse she attends to an old American woman, Emma, and while there unknowingly uncovers the source of the curse. ..read more »
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- 60
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Not as scary but still good for some frights

The Grudge 2 on DVD (2006)
Starring: Edison Chen, Jenna Dewan, Joanna Cassidy
Director: Takashi Shimizu
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Follow up to the 2004 film of the same name - a US remake of the Japanese film 'Ju-on' (2003) by Takashi Shimizu. In this sequel, the vengeful and terrible curse continues to consume and petrify all in its path as we are shown three seemingly unconnected stories. An American girl discovers her ..read more »
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- 50
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Has aged a bit, lets see this much hyped remake

Hellraiser on DVD (1987)
Starring: Clare Higgins, Doug Bradley, Andrew Robinson
Director: Clive Barker
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The feature-film debut of multi-talented filmmaker Clive Barker, this grim and surreal project is based on the writer/director's own novella The Hell-Bound Heart. The film opens with a chilling prologue in which globe-trotting pervert Frank (Sean Chapman) -- a connoisseur of sexual depravity ..read more »
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- 70
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Decent effort,not bad at all

Hellbound - Hellraiser 2 (1988)
Starring: Imogen Boorman, Clare Higgins, Doug Bradley
Director: Tony Randel
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The sequel to Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' re-visits the mythological world of a cult of sadists and the undead, the Cenobites. While an obsessive psychiatrist (Kenneth Cranham) attempts to raise Pinhead and friends to earth, teenager Kirsty Collins (Ashley Lawrence) receives a message from her ..read more »
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- 60
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Pretty good,bit cheesy in places

Hellraiser 3 - Hell On Earth on DVD (1992)
Starring: Kevin Bernhardt, Peter Boynton, Doug Bradley
Director: Anthony Hickox
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Pinhead returns for another bout of gory mayhem. This time a young investigative reporter, Joey Summerskill (Terry Farrell), witnesses a vision of the horrific death of a tormented teenage boy and decides to find out the truth behind it. Her work uncovers the Lament Configuration Box which opens ..read more »
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- 60
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Personal favourite about the origins of the box

Hellraiser 4 - Bloodline (1996)
Starring: Doug Bradley, Valentina Vargas, Adam Scott
Director: Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher
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Past, present and future are blended by exploring the evil origins of the Lament Configuration box (the key to unlocking the pleasures of Hell), and the attempts to destroy it, in this horror movie. Naturally Pinhead and his Cenobites aren't happy about this and take their revenge...
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- 60
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Nice twist,more a thriller than a horror

Hellraiser - Inferno on DVD (2000)
Starring: James Remar, Doug Bradley, Nicholas Turturro
Director: Scott Derrickson
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Supernatural villain Pinhead (Doug Bradley) finds himself on the wrong side of the law in this, the fifth film in the Hellraiser franchise. Joseph (Craig Sheffer) is a detective with the L.A.P.D. who one morning discovers he's no longer living in California - he's been exiled to Hades, and the only ..read more »
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- 50
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No need to say much,other than amazing

The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
Starring: James Whitmore, Morgan Freeman, Mark Rolston
Director: Frank Darabont
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In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most ..read more »
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- 90
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