Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play TALL DARK & DEADLY! Updating the vampire mythos to early 1970s Los Angeles these much-loved cult classics star Robert Quarry (Dr Phibes Rises Again) as the svelte Count Yorga living in a mansion in the southern California hills with his equally mysterious brides Introducing himself as a mystic from Bulgaria who s an expert on seances his true nature is given away by the title of his first film Count Yorga Vampire long before the hapless Donna (Donna Anders Werewolves on Wheels) & her friends discover the truth The sequel The Return of Count Yorga sees him relocate to San Francisco where he has designs on an orphanage as a source of potential victims but gets distracted by the prospect of the beautiful but innocent Cynthia (Mariette Hartley Marooned) becoming the latest addition to his harem Firm drive-in favourites from the moment they were first unleashed the Count Yorga films were directed by Bob Kelljan (Scream Blacula Scream) with just the right mix of atmosphere suspense & tongue-in-cheek humour with Quarry s delivery of the Count s witty one-liners being a particular joy SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition digital transfers of both Yorga films from original film elements by MGM Original mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing Audio commentary on Count Yorga Vampire by David Del Valle Audio commentary on The Return of Count Yorga by David Del Valle Interview with critic & author Kim Newman Theatrical trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original & newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys First pressing only Booklet featuring new writing on the films by Frank Collins ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A classic high-tension thriller directed by Montgomery Tully this rarely-seen gem features an exceptional trans-Atlantic cast including Zachary Scott (on magnificently sinister form as a brutal master-criminal) Mervyn Johns noir heroine Peggie Castle fan favourite Lee Patterson & British screen spiv Sydney Tafler The Counterfeit Plan is featured here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio With the aid of his accomplices convicted murderer Max Brandt escapes whilst being escorted to a French prison & flees across the Channel Arriving in England he seeks out a wartime acquaintance Louie An expert forger Louie has now turned his back on his criminal career but Brandt is determined to blackmail him into putting his formidable skills to use once more ...

Set in a Nazi concentration camp this drama centres on history's biggest counterfeit operation In THE COUNTERFEITERS prisoners must choose between aiding the Third Reich in their money-making scheme & their own well-being ...

Basilus a foolish old Duke consults an oracle but he is less than pleased with what he learns To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife & two daughters When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses & adopt disguises to gain access to them all manner of complications ensue ...

Track Listings Disc 1 1 Kenny Rogers
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The Country Girls & its sequels The Lonely Girl & Girls in their Married Bliss changed the temperature of Irish literature in the 1960s & inspired generation after generation of readers & writers The passion artistry & courage of Edna O' Brien's vision in these three novels continue to resonate into the twenty-first century
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Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas & concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British & Irish country house libraries Replete with engaging anecdotes about owners & librarians the book features fascinating information on acquisition bordering on obsession the process of designing library architecture & the care (and neglect) of collections The author also disputes the notion that these libraries were merely for show arguing that many of them were profoundly scholarly assembled with meticulous care & frequently used for intellectual pursuits For those who love books & the libraries in which they are collected & stored The Country House Library is an essential volume to own ...

Historian Dan Cruickshank is invited through the closed doors of six of Britain’s greatest private houses in an illuminating & surprising journey through our architectural history These fascinating buildings remain private homes & closed to the public but their owners have allowed Dan Cruickshank to roam the corridors tease out each home’s story – who built them lived in them & lost them – & uncover tales of excess & profligacy power & ambition From the disarming Elizabethan charm of South Wraxall Manor the classical rigour of Kinross House in Scotland & the majesty & ingenuity of Hawksmoor’s Easton Neston to the Palladian sweep of Wentworth Woodhouse with its 600-foot frontage the Victorian exuberance of Clandeboye & the Edwardian ingenuity of Lutyens’ Marsh Court the secrets of these houses reveal not only the story of our architecture but also reflect the fortunes of the nation itself Dan shows how the story of each house tells the social & economic history of Britain each built on an economic crest or crash & uniquely expressive of its creator’s aims strengths & frailties; the crystallisation of a ruling class at a moment in time ...

A Double Shot of Heartache Forbidden Wine Farther Than My Eyes Can See It's Such a Pretty World Today I Regret It Every Day That's Why I Sing in a Honky Tonk Open Letter to the Blues I'm Walkin' Slow We Have Strayed so Far Away Followed Closely by My Teardrops The Day I Let Him In The Storm Within My Heart Dying a Little Every Day Is Killing Me I'm Down to My Last Cigarette ...

The Country Wife is a satirical comedy which exposes the immorality of Restoration society in a way that has been both condemned & admired since it was written 184 pages Wycherley William ...