October is a scary month for many reasons - Halloween is in it, the nights get darker quicker and it's the closest month to Christmas so far this year. But put all the fear out of your mind for a moment and look on the bright side! October is the start of winter coats, hot drinks, fairy lights and cosying up to fireplaces. If SAD is starting to get you down, why not pop out to the shops or spend some dosh online - here's everything you could possibly desire 'til November! (Be sure to have a look at last month's list too!)
The Cabin in the Woods set out to successfully revamp the horror franchise completely - and that it did! It's been said here that for a 15-rated movie it packs one hell of a gory, blood covered, terrifying, stress-inducing punch. So, if you love Saw, there's plenty of gore but also a stacks of mind-blowing twists. If you love Scream, there's quite a lot of that sort of stabby-killing thing going on as well. It basically pays homage to what's made horror films so good up until recently where, until the 'Cabin' got involved, they seemed to have run out of steam. With Halloween on its way and Joss Whedon's magnificent brain involved this is one blu-ray you won't regret having in your collection this month... Actually, you might regret it. Depends how you get on... Buy it.
2. Prometheus on Blu-ray - £15
It's not out quite yet, but it'll be in the shops by Monday. Speaking of Halloween, although this isn't strictly a horror movie, it's fucking spooky. Avatar showed us what life would be like on other planets if the aliens inhabiting them were reasonably pleasant. Prometheus shows us what life would be like if we were to step foot on another planet whose psychotic alien inhabitants weren't very social creatures, who have in the past taken a liking to breeding hideous insects and bugs that exist simply to kill everything they set their eyes on. Opposite ends of the universe, then. Let's hope when we get there in real life, we've chosen the 'Avatar' end. The film's caused some controversy since it's release, but if you watch it with an open mind, you should be fine. It's packed with extra features, so scoop up the blu-ray ASAP on Amazon.
3. Etouch gloves - £10
You're waiting for the bus in the early hours of the morning and it feels as though your fingers have just dropped off. Despite this peculiar sensation, you wish to text your mother, telling her you miss summer and that she may have to deal with funeral arrangements if your bus doesn't arrive within the next five minutes. Without a pair of nifty 'Etouch' gloves you might find that task quite difficult. "How the ruddy hell do they work?!" - you may ask. Well, fuck knows, to be fair. "Why can't ordinary gloves do this?!" - you'll be shouting as you text your mother. Nobody knows, just enjoy it and make a formal complaint regarding your public transport's terrible service at the bus stop via your iPhone!
4. Red Dwarf DVD box set - £19
If you find that you're a fan of science fiction, but can't cope with Prometheus-style questions and mysteries or Avatar's masses of emotion and moral messages, and that you enjoy a good britcom once in a while, such as Blackadder, 'Allo 'Allo or Only Fools & Horses, you'll probably get a fair bit of enjoyment out of Red Dwarf. It's a science fiction britcom that centres around a chap named Dave Lister, the last surviving human, and his friends Rimmer, Kryten & Cat. You've probably caught re-runs on the telly before, but what better time to properly get stuck in now that Dave (the channel, not Lister) has kicked off a brand new series!? Grab a box set here.
5. James Bond 007 fragrence - £25
Do you often find yourself wondering what James Bond must smell like? It's probably a complicated mixture of testosterone, naked women, blood, alcohol, 'new car smell' and explosives. But, there is only one way to know for sure. They've bottled it all up so that you can now purchase Bond's unique scent for a mere £25! Skyfall's on its way, so spray like crazy and who knows - you might end up surrounded by sexy ladies in a fast invisible car! Let's just hope you don't end up on the moon with a dead wife instead. Wear it to Skyfall the first time you see it (because you will be seeing it multiple times) and see if you can sniff out who's done the same.
6. The Raid on Blu-ray - £12
Two different scary movies have already been listed here, but The Raid is scary in a way you wouldn't have thought. Stick this in your disc tray and prepare to spend it's duration on the very edge of your seat. It is a constant, relentless bombardment of the senses - it's visually stunning with a thumping soundtrack to get your heart racing, filled to the brim with gobsmackingly brutal choreography you never see coming. Every single minute offers a new collection of life threateningly tricky punches, kicks, cartwheels and somersaults. It's not just mindless fighting though, there's a full on story here and it doesn't get brushed under the carpet after half an hour, along with millions of dead bodies. It's a white knuckle ride. Get it.
7. Action Movie FX app - £0
Mission Impossible, Bourne, Bond, Die Hard - if these are a few of your favourite movie franchises you might have thought about what it'd be like if your life was just as exciting as Ethan Hunt's. Now it's not so hard to imagine. Thanks to amazing technology such as the iPhone, you can blow stuff up with the press of a finger! Action Movie FX from Bad Robot Interactive will let you fire missiles at the unsuspecting general public using the camera on your phone, or smash up their cars! The possibilities are endless and while the app is free, extra effects will cost you. But, where else would the money go? Instead of waisting a few pence on that fudge bar, why not find out once and for all what it'd look like if your cat were to explode.
8. Sonic the movie on DVD - £30
Psyche yourself up for Wreck-It Ralph (due for release in the UK February next year) by watching a movie that'll remind you how you used to practically poo yourself with glee every Christmas when Santa gave you the latest and greatest Sonic the Hedgehog game. The anime movie from 1996 stars Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik and it's the only animated feature that's got Metal Sonic in it. Straight to DVD back in the day, it was missed by quite a few Sonic fans, but cherished by those who stumbled across it. It can get pricey due to the fact it's rare, but you can grab it on Amazon for £30 today!
9. Replica Dalek - £3496
Are you a big fan of Doctor Who and the Daleks? Well, you need your own one then! Hell, why stop at one? Build an army! Right the way through your childhood, even if you knew they weren't really aliens, you probably never considered the fact that one day you could have a Dalek in your lounge - for fun! If you've never come face to stalk with a Dalek before, be sure to keep an ear open and find out if there'll be one getting wheeled through your local shopping centre any time soon. This happens a lot for some reason. But, no matter how ridiculous Doctor Who gets, the Daleks somehow always manage to remain a little bit scary! Nothing earns a double take quite like a Dalek in real life. Get yours from Firebox.
10. Malcolm in the Middle, season 1 on DVD - £22
Malcolminthemiddle.co.uk reported in February that "Season 1 of Malcolm in the Middle will be released on DVD in the UK (Region 2) in April 2012, followed by a season a month until a final box-set near Christmas 2012." It's about sodding time! It took a many number of years for this to happen due to copyright madness over a lot of the music that features throughout the course of the series. But thank god it's finally here! If you've been seeing Bryan Cranston popping up in loads of movies lately (usually playing the president, or the mayor, or something similar) take a look back at Malcolm. Not only is he Breaking Bad's leading man and a seriously good actor, he also does a stonking good job at making you giggle as 'Hal'. You can pick up the first season here.
It's not out quite yet, but it'll be in the shops by Monday. Speaking of Halloween, although this isn't strictly a horror movie, it's fucking spooky. Avatar showed us what life would be like on other planets if the aliens inhabiting them were reasonably pleasant. Prometheus shows us what life would be like if we were to step foot on another planet whose psychotic alien inhabitants weren't very social creatures, who have in the past taken a liking to breeding hideous insects and bugs that exist simply to kill everything they set their eyes on. Opposite ends of the universe, then. Let's hope when we get there in real life, we've chosen the 'Avatar' end. The film's caused some controversy since it's release, but if you watch it with an open mind, you should be fine. It's packed with extra features, so scoop up the blu-ray ASAP on Amazon.
You're waiting for the bus in the early hours of the morning and it feels as though your fingers have just dropped off. Despite this peculiar sensation, you wish to text your mother, telling her you miss summer and that she may have to deal with funeral arrangements if your bus doesn't arrive within the next five minutes. Without a pair of nifty 'Etouch' gloves you might find that task quite difficult. "How the ruddy hell do they work?!" - you may ask. Well, fuck knows, to be fair. "Why can't ordinary gloves do this?!" - you'll be shouting as you text your mother. Nobody knows, just enjoy it and make a formal complaint regarding your public transport's terrible service at the bus stop via your iPhone!
If you find that you're a fan of science fiction, but can't cope with Prometheus-style questions and mysteries or Avatar's masses of emotion and moral messages, and that you enjoy a good britcom once in a while, such as Blackadder, 'Allo 'Allo or Only Fools & Horses, you'll probably get a fair bit of enjoyment out of Red Dwarf. It's a science fiction britcom that centres around a chap named Dave Lister, the last surviving human, and his friends Rimmer, Kryten & Cat. You've probably caught re-runs on the telly before, but what better time to properly get stuck in now that Dave (the channel, not Lister) has kicked off a brand new series!? Grab a box set here.
Do you often find yourself wondering what James Bond must smell like? It's probably a complicated mixture of testosterone, naked women, blood, alcohol, 'new car smell' and explosives. But, there is only one way to know for sure. They've bottled it all up so that you can now purchase Bond's unique scent for a mere £25! Skyfall's on its way, so spray like crazy and who knows - you might end up surrounded by sexy ladies in a fast invisible car! Let's just hope you don't end up on the moon with a dead wife instead. Wear it to Skyfall the first time you see it (because you will be seeing it multiple times) and see if you can sniff out who's done the same.
Two different scary movies have already been listed here, but The Raid is scary in a way you wouldn't have thought. Stick this in your disc tray and prepare to spend it's duration on the very edge of your seat. It is a constant, relentless bombardment of the senses - it's visually stunning with a thumping soundtrack to get your heart racing, filled to the brim with gobsmackingly brutal choreography you never see coming. Every single minute offers a new collection of life threateningly tricky punches, kicks, cartwheels and somersaults. It's not just mindless fighting though, there's a full on story here and it doesn't get brushed under the carpet after half an hour, along with millions of dead bodies. It's a white knuckle ride. Get it.
Mission Impossible, Bourne, Bond, Die Hard - if these are a few of your favourite movie franchises you might have thought about what it'd be like if your life was just as exciting as Ethan Hunt's. Now it's not so hard to imagine. Thanks to amazing technology such as the iPhone, you can blow stuff up with the press of a finger! Action Movie FX from Bad Robot Interactive will let you fire missiles at the unsuspecting general public using the camera on your phone, or smash up their cars! The possibilities are endless and while the app is free, extra effects will cost you. But, where else would the money go? Instead of waisting a few pence on that fudge bar, why not find out once and for all what it'd look like if your cat were to explode.
Psyche yourself up for Wreck-It Ralph (due for release in the UK February next year) by watching a movie that'll remind you how you used to practically poo yourself with glee every Christmas when Santa gave you the latest and greatest Sonic the Hedgehog game. The anime movie from 1996 stars Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik and it's the only animated feature that's got Metal Sonic in it. Straight to DVD back in the day, it was missed by quite a few Sonic fans, but cherished by those who stumbled across it. It can get pricey due to the fact it's rare, but you can grab it on Amazon for £30 today!
Are you a big fan of Doctor Who and the Daleks? Well, you need your own one then! Hell, why stop at one? Build an army! Right the way through your childhood, even if you knew they weren't really aliens, you probably never considered the fact that one day you could have a Dalek in your lounge - for fun! If you've never come face to stalk with a Dalek before, be sure to keep an ear open and find out if there'll be one getting wheeled through your local shopping centre any time soon. This happens a lot for some reason. But, no matter how ridiculous Doctor Who gets, the Daleks somehow always manage to remain a little bit scary! Nothing earns a double take quite like a Dalek in real life. Get yours from Firebox.
Malcolminthemiddle.co.uk reported in February that "Season 1 of Malcolm in the Middle will be released on DVD in the UK (Region 2) in April 2012, followed by a season a month until a final box-set near Christmas 2012." It's about sodding time! It took a many number of years for this to happen due to copyright madness over a lot of the music that features throughout the course of the series. But thank god it's finally here! If you've been seeing Bryan Cranston popping up in loads of movies lately (usually playing the president, or the mayor, or something similar) take a look back at Malcolm. Not only is he Breaking Bad's leading man and a seriously good actor, he also does a stonking good job at making you giggle as 'Hal'. You can pick up the first season here.
Grand Total = £3649
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