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One of the best high-concept horror films of recent decades makes its worldwide 4K UHD debut, in a dual format edition containing both Blu-ray and 4K UHD discs.

October 26, 2025 Colin Dibben

Martyrs (18) |Home Ents Review

One of the best high-concept horror films of recent decades makes its worldwide 4K UHD debut, in a dual format edition containing both Blu-ray and 4K UHD discs.

A five-disc, ten movie boxed set that highlights the range of one of the most prolific and accomplished directors ever to emerge from the Hong Kong film industry.

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October 20, 2025 Colin Dibben

Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: the Heroic Cinema of Chang Cheh (18) |Home Ents Review

A five-disc, ten movie boxed set that highlights the range of one of the most prolific and accomplished directors ever to emerge from the Hong Kong film industry.

Both cheerful and uncanny, The Ambulance is a great late addition to B-movie maestro Larry Cohen’s career. The whole thing is a joy to watch even if Eric Roberts’ extreme mullet hair is a bit of a scene stealer.

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October 12, 2025 Colin Dibben

The Ambulance (15) |Home Ents Review

Both cheerful and uncanny, The Ambulance is a great late addition to B-movie maestro Larry Cohen’s career. The whole thing is a joy to watch even if Eric Roberts’ extreme mullet hair is a bit of a scene stealer.

The proto-noir French classic with cool, fatalistic characters, oodles of mood and a killer understated climax is back.

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October 12, 2025 Colin Dibben

Quai des Brumes (12) |Home Ents Review

The proto-noir French classic with cool, fatalistic characters, oodles of mood and a killer understated climax is back.

The British Film Institute’s exploration of the UK’s ‘supporting feature’ vaults continues.

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October 12, 2025 Colin Dibben

BFI Flipside Presents: Short Sharp Shocks Vol. 4 (18) |Home Ents Review

The British Film Institute’s exploration of the UK’s ‘supporting feature’ vaults continues.

It is always good to be able to return to an epochal movie and see it looking better than ever. This 4K restoration gives you the chance to see what all the fuss was about when Diva came out in 1981.

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October 4, 2025 Colin Dibben

Diva (12) |Home Ents Review

It is always good to be able to return to an epochal movie and see it looking better than ever. This 4K restoration gives you the chance to see what all the fuss was about when Diva came out in 1981.

A ravishing 4K remaster of the beguiling dark fantasy which is seriously disrupted by performances that remind you of Murnau’s iconic 1922 version.

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September 20, 2025 Colin Dibben

Nosferatu the Vampyre (15) |Home Ents Review

A ravishing 4K remaster of the beguiling dark fantasy which is seriously disrupted by performances that remind you of Murnau’s iconic 1922 version.

Raw and powerful, these five German films created amidst the rubble of Berlin at the end of World War 2 present an intriguing perspective on the effects of the war.

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September 14, 2025 Colin Dibben

Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA (12) |Home Ents Review

Raw and powerful, these five German films created amidst the rubble of Berlin at the end of World War 2 present an intriguing perspective on the effects of the war.

Manic, massed shootouts, comedy, drippy romance and even some song and dance: there’s fun to be had here but Flaming Brothers is no classic of the ‘heroic bloodshed’ action genre.

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September 14, 2025 Colin Dibben

Flaming Brothers (18) |Home Ents Review

Manic, massed shootouts, comedy, drippy romance and even some song and dance: there’s fun to be had here but Flaming Brothers is no classic of the ‘heroic bloodshed’ action genre.