The Unnamed Horror

Blu-ray and DVD. Out Now. Eureka! Certificate: PG. I’m a big fan of Fritz Lang’s work and it’s great to see a Blu-ray release for Lang’s early two-part fantasy from his UFA days, a five-hour epic packed with extraordinary visuals…

Blu-ray Out Now. Studio Canal. Certificate: 15. Shot back-to-back with Dracula – Prince Of Darkness on the same sets and with many of the same cast members, this entertaining movie features a barnstorming performance by Christopher Lee as the legendary…

Blu-ray Out Now. StudioCanal. Certificate: 15. One of the best films Hammer ever made, this excellent chiller even delighted Dennis Wheatley, on whose classic supernatural thriller Richard Matheson based his fine screenplay.

DVD/BLU-RAY Out Now. Third Window Certificate: 18. A girl dances on a beach, the tide gently lapping her feet, silhouetted against cool blue light. Suddenly crashing waves pound the soundtrack as hysterical shrieks are heard, the image convulsing spastically. A…

DVD and Blu-ray. Out Now. Studio Canal. Certificate: 15. Paranormal Activity’s Oren Peli produced and came up with the storyline of this initially intriguing but ultimately disappointing low budget chiller. The slim tale has a group of young adults traveling…

Out Now. Universal. Certificate: 18. Though made for DVD, this shot-in-Romania werewolf epic has quite a decent budget and some grandly gory special effects of eviscerated corpses, and heads being spectacularly blown off, Savini-style. The setting is a 19th Century…

Blu-ray Out Now. Lionsgate. Certificate: 15. The Hammer Blu-rays are coming thick and fast now, and here’s one of the most eagerly awaited, the movie that really started it all. I have to admit that I am not so much…

I always thought that Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the poor man’s Laurel and Hardy, but this classic horror comedy was most definitely their finest hour.