BeYonD the Gates

Precious Pictures, £8.99 (DVD)

Remember in the late 1980s, when board games started ‘enhancing the fun’ with a bundled VHS Tape? Like Atmosfear, where a hooded Gate Keeper glared out of the TV, screaming “YOU MAGGOT!” at petrified players. Beyond the Gates takes the VHS board game idea and uses it to open a portal to a hellish world of death, mayhem... and lots of pink light. Starring horror legend Barbara Crampton, the film’s a little slow and not exactly inspired, but it’s still an interesting attempt to recapture some of the fears and loves of our youth. Try it, you maggot! PL 7/10