New @ Alice
To try to do justice to the avalanche of interesting finds, documentaries, curios and plain old good and great films arriving daily, Alice has split new additions into Recent Arrivals (3 Day Hire), Featured Acquisitions (7 Day Hire) , New TV to DVD (7 Day Hire) . This is designed to spotlight these offerings before they find their final resting place among Alice's eclectic permanent collection.
We trust these features be some help in your quest to ferret out a gem or three - and ultimately guide you towards expansion of your cinematic horizons and filmic enlightenment....
The Thing ( Blu-ray ) (1982)
8.1/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat
John Carpenter's under-rated remake of the 1951 classic actually follows the original source material (John W Campbell, Jr.s 'Who Goes There?') more c... Read more
The Thing (1982)
8.1/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat
John Carpenter's under-rated remake of the 1951 classic actually follows the original source material (John W Campbell, Jr.s 'Who Goes There?') more c... Read more
The Beyond (1981)
6.9/10
Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck
In 1927, a Satanic disciple is crucified and melted alive in the basement of a Louisiana hotel. Fifty years later, Lisa (Catriona MacColl) inherits th... Read more
The Beyond (Blu-ray) (1981)
6.6/10
Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck
In 1927, a Satanic disciple is crucified and melted alive in the basement of a Louisiana hotel. Fifty years later, Lisa (Catriona MacColl) inherits th... Read more
The Evil Dead ( Blu-ray ) (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Betsy Baker, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Sarah York, Hal Delrich
Earning the memorable Stephen King eulogy of being 'the most ferociously original horror film of the year', Sam Raimi's low budget gore-fest is an exh... Read more
The Evil Dead (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Betsy Baker, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Sarah York, Hal Delrich
Earning the memorable Stephen King eulogy of being 'the most ferociously original horror film of the year', Sam Raimi's low budget gore-fest is an exh... Read more
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (Blu-ray) (1979)
6.9/10
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray, Henry Wilcoxon
Jennie Logan discovers an antique dress in her attic that allows her to travel back in time. Soon she's torn between life with her philandering husban... Read more
East of Elephant Rock (Blu-ray) (1978)
5.5/10
Director: Don Boyd
Starring: John Hurt, Jeremy Kemp, Judi Bowker
In 1948, a new British Governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists. Read more
The Disappearance (Blu-ray) (1977)
5.7/10
Director: Stuart Cooper
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, John Hurt, David Warner, Pe...
Contract killer Jay Mallory 's wife Celandine has disappeared from their apartment. When he is hired by members of an international organization to ca... Read more
Love For Lydia (1977)
7.7/10
Starring: Christopher Blake, Peter Davison, Michael Aldridge, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Kempson
A coming-of-age story from the perspective of Edward Richardson, a junior journalist who falls deeply in love with the enchanting and reckless Lydia A... Read more