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Old 4th October 2018, 07:38 PM
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Robbery is a must buy.

An absolute steal (so to speak) at three quid. It's absolutely superb.

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Rentadick!

Good call, D. Fine film.
That Ring Of Spies is in there n all D. Harumph
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Robbery is a must buy.

An absolute steal (so to speak) at three quid. It's absolutely superb.

Indeed ... though the BD is only £5.47 ... I'll go the extra for such quality with that film
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Old 7th October 2018, 09:50 PM
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The sale finishes 1pm tomorrow.

For anyone who hasn't bought the Dream Home blu at a mere £2 you are missing out on one of the great savage gore-fests of recent times.

https://networkonair.com/all-product...-home-blu-ray-


Here's my review from the What Films Have you seen? thread.

Dream Home (2010)

A young woman dreams of owning a Hong Kong apartment with a sea view at the famous Victoria Harbour. However due to a poor income, no mortgage and spiraling health care costs for her stricken father her dream home seems just that a dream. Until she decides to take matters into her own hands and clear the current residents out of the apartment.

This Hong Kong horror film from producer and star Josie Ho is unlike any mainstream film i've come across for quite a while. It's wicked combination of topical satire and extremely gruesome horror finds itself at home alongside the French new wave of horror such as Inside (2007) rather than your typical Asian ghost story with which it holds absolutely nothing in common.

The film is very good and stunningly brutal but it lacked the full on suspense of the aforementioned Inside (The film i feel it most resembles when it comes to relentless bloodshed in the home) due to it's fragmented structure which cuts away from the horrors onscreen to show us the womans life up to the point where she takes extreme measures. Due to this Dream Home misses the visceral gut punch as it's constantly taking you out of the moment and not allowing you the time to take in what you have just witnessed.

The many flashback story sequences aren't poor, far from it in fact. They prove Josie Ho to be a wonderful actress giving a beautiful scarred performance, running the gamut of emotions whilst allowing the viewer to laugh and almost cry with her as life constantly kicks her when she's down.

I would love to have seen this film recut and allowed to run as a timeline rather than in flashback mode, yes it would have meant an hour of non-violence but i'm sure it would have made the brutality even more hard hitting than it is... and that's saying something. For this is proper Asian extreme cinema. Arteries are opened and guts are spilled in the most gruesome manner. I defy anyone not to squirm as a young pregnant woman is slowly suffocated and a man is stabbed to death whilst fornicating even though the girl he's shagging seems to be loving the extra thrusting as the knife plunges through his torso repeatedly.

I thought Dream Home was brilliant despite my structural misgivings, in fact it's the finest example of Asian horror i've seen in years, but trust me when i say It's not for the squeamish.
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Old 8th October 2018, 02:32 PM
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For anyone who hasn't bought the Dream Home blu at a mere £2 you are missing out on one of the great savage gore-fests of recent times.

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I had it in my basket and now you've gone and made me order it, I have no self control...
Also got Robbery, Hands of the Ripper and Unearthly Stranger too, I know what I'll be watching on my week off next week...
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I had it in my basket and now you've gone and made me order it, I have no self control...
Also got Robbery, Hands of the Ripper and Unearthly Stranger too, I know what I'll be watching on my week off next week...
Ha,ha. Nice one Zeroid. I'm sure you'll love Dream Home.

Robbery is fantastic also, as is Hands of the Ripper.
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Old 8th October 2018, 03:38 PM
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The sale finishes 1pm tomorrow.

For anyone who hasn't bought the Dream Home blu at a mere £2 you are missing out on one of the great savage gore-fests of recent times.

https://networkonair.com/all-product...-home-blu-ray-

ta Dem, bought.

i don't go for modern movies much but at £2 its sort of like the thrill of thieving without the consequences
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Old 8th October 2018, 04:13 PM
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The sale finishes 1pm tomorrow
If the last time they had a sale is anything to go by, there will be another one starting at the weekend!
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Old 13th October 2018, 03:33 PM
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I ordered this lot last weekend thinking the sale was going to end - But it hasn't.
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Old 13th October 2018, 10:28 PM
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I hope more titles are added again.

There's a lot of series i'd certainly blind buy at the low prices many Bonkers series are going for -3/4 pounds.
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