DVD & BluRay

CHILD’S PLAY Vertigo, cert 15, Blu-ray £13 From the producers of It, comes a re-working of the controversial 1988 hit about a scary doll called Chucky, who’s surprisingly voiced by Mark Hamill of Luke Skywalker fame.

And no Halloween should be without this funny, manic, gory, and frankly scarily tricky treat. Yes, it’s crazy that a goggly red-eyed, battery-operated doll is capable of giving adults heebie-jeebies, but Chucky, will have you peering through trembly fingers. The story’s been changed some from the blood-chilling original that had censors having fits, in that Chucky isn’t the result of a dead psycho’s voodoo curse, but rather a disgruntled employee at a Vietnamese Buddi doll company has inserted a rogue chip in the doll’s operating system which makes him do very bad things. The background’s similar to the original which was dubbed a ‘video nasty’, in that a single mum has moved to a new neighbourhood and her introverted son Andy (Gabriel Bateman- pictured) who has

ROBERT THE BRUCE Signature, cert 15 DVD £7.99 This is a spin-off from Braveheart with Angus Macfadyen reprising his role in the 1995 Mel Gibson tartan blood-and-thunder epic as Bruce, who in the wake of William Wallace’s death, crowned himself king and took up the Scottish cause, only to suffer defeats by the mighty English forces. With his army scattered, Robert’s a hunted man, and wounded. Near to death he’s saved by a young widow who nurses him back to health. To fight another day. Snowy Montana settings don’t quite look like the Highlands and the accents are dodgy, but it’s a sturdy tale.

Who did Mel Play? Entries to Alex Gordon, Bruce competition.

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hearing problems isn’t making friends, so she buys him the latest in doll technology as a companion, it’s almost human, and calls himself Chucky. But Chucky’s glitch allows him to think, act and feel and jealousy is his prime emotion, which turns him into a killer - in increasingly gruesome ways - if anybody or anything upsets his adored Andy. Name another dangerous toy film. Entries to Alex Gordon, Play competition by November 7.

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BLOOD Revelation, cert E Blu-ray £17.99 Motorbikin’… motorbikin’… millions love the ride and the roar, it’s in the blood. Well, fans of the open road and a bike between your legs, you’ll love this documentary about bikers of every creed. It’s about those who lovingly produce custom machines, a unique bike to love, and the passions that drive them. Biker Gareth Roberts and producer Lucy Selwood travelled all over the world talking to bikers and builders, from Harley Davidson and their collaboration with maverick bike builders El Solitario in the Sahara, to ice racing bikes in Wisconsin and wall of death machines in Texas.

Name a motorcycle movie. Entries to Alex Gordon, Oil competition.

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