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Apple is introducing ID/age checks for all iPhone and iPad users in the UK.

Once UK users accept the latest iOS 26.4 software update, they will be asked to verify their age to access age-restricted features and services. Onlly if they perform an ID check will their account will be configured to enable age-appropriate services.

If they choose not to, web content filters will be turned on automatically.

Apples support documentation on the change says that, depending on your country or region, different options might be available to confirm that yo'ure an adult. Potential options include using a credit card to verify age, using existing Apple account information, or uploading an identity document for age verification.

Privacy groups have been rightfully appalled; the BBC quotes Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch , who says the measure is more like ransomware.

Zombie Flesh Eaters is a 1979 Italy zombie horror by Lucio Fulci
Starring Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch and Richard Johnson

Heavily cut by the BBFC for 1979 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Cut by the BBFC from 1992 to 1999. BBFC uncut since 2005. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong gory violence and horror:

• 2025 Arrow Video Special Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 6th October 2025

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THEY WILL RISE TO SUCK THE BLOOD OF THE LIVING!

From the sleazy video nasty vaults comes a movie so stained with controversy and moral indignation that the very mention of its name sends shudders down the spines of the weak-stomached and censorious -- Zombie Flesh Eaters . A gut-munching, shark-wrestling, eye-gouging orgy of mud-caked undead terror and Italian splatter from the dark imagination of horror genius Lucio Fulci ( The House by the Cemetery , City of the Living Dead ).

An abandoned boat in New York Harbour unleashes a dead flesh-crazed Zombie cargo... A young American woman and a journalist investigate a tropical island where a deadly disease is making the dead walk... Soon, thoughts of getting to the bottom of the murderous curse will be forgotten, as Fulcis walking corpses overwhelm the living and reports come in that the Big Apple is swarming with the living dead...

After over 45 years, Zombie Flesh Eaters still has the power to shock and offend the unwilling. Check out this classic sadist video and revel in a wonderfully tasteless movie that once helped usher in a moral panic!

4K ULTRA HD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• 4K restoration from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original English and Italian front and end titles
• Restored original lossless English and Italian mono audio
• Optional remixed lossless English Dolby Atmos audio
• Optional remixed lossless Italian DTS-HD MA 7.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• New audio commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio commentary by screenwriter Elisa Briganti, moderated by Calum Waddell
• Audio commentary by Fulci biographer Stephen Thrower and horror expert Alan Jones
• Sound and Fury: Listening to Zombie Flesh Eaters , a new visual essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Repellent: Memories of Zombie Flesh Eaters , a new visual essay by author and critic Chris Alexander
• Archival introduction by actor Ian McCulloch
• From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Film , a 2012 documentary featuring screenwriters Dardano Sacchetti and Antonio Tentori, critic Kim Newman and filmmakers Luigi Cozzi, Ruggero Deodato and Russ Streiner
• Aliens, Cannibals and Zombies: A Trilogy of Italian Terror , an archival interview with McCulloch
• The Meat-Munching Movies of Gino de Rossi , an archival interview with the celebrated special effects artist
• Zombie Flesh Eaters: From Script to Screen , an archival featurette featuring Dardano Sacchetti showing key pages from his original Island of the Living Dead screenplay
• Music for a Flesh-Feast , a 2012 Q&A with composer Fabio Frizzi at the Glasgow Film Theatre
• Original English language Nightmare Island screenplay
• Theatrical trailers and TV spots
• Easter eggs
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch

The Dollman Toybox: Dollman X Demonic Toys Collection is a film set by Albert Pyun, Charles Band, Peter Manoogian
Starring Jackie Earl Hayley and Tim Thomerson  

UK: Aggregate BBFC 18 rated:

• 2025 101 Films The Dollman Toybox Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 6th October 2025

Demonic Toys is a 1992 USA comedy horror mystery by Peter Manoogian.
Starring Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum and Daniel Cerny.  

The US version was cut for an R rating and seems to have found its way onto 18 rated UK video. The film is uncut in Germany.

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101 Films presents The Dollman Toybox: Dollman X Demonic Toys Collection featuring Dollman (1991), Demonic Toys (1992) & Dollman Vs Demonic Toys (1993). This limited edition 4-disc set brings together Dollman, Demonic Toys and their many spin offs for the very first time, and includes the complete Dollman Kills the Full Moon Universe comic book.

Dollman: Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson - Trancers) is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out to his location all hell breaks loose. Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies. Now he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive.

Demonic Toys: Theyre cute and cuddly by day, lethal demons by night. Ruthless killing machines come out alive for just one purpose...death. And for five adults in an abandoned warehouse, every childs worst nightmare has become a deadly reality. While on a stakeout, Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins), a beautiful, tough cop, is trapped inside a warehouse full of toys. But these are no ordinary playthings - they have been awakened to murderous life by a strange child of darkness, The Kid (Daniel Cerny). Each toy feeds on blood: Jack Attack heads straight for the throat, Grizzly Teddy is not afraid to show its claws, and Baby Oopsie Daily is truly to die for. Now its up to Gray and a passing delivery boy, Mark Wayne (Bentley Mitchum), to stop the Demonic Toys!

Dollman Vs Demonic Toys: All is not well in Toyland! When undercover cop Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins, reprising her original role) discovers the murderous Demonic Toys have returned to the Toyland warehouse, she has only one thought in mind: destroy the hideous playthings at all costs. But she needs help. She turns to the only man on Earth who can measure up to these toy chest terrors, Brick Bardo aka Dollman (Tim Thomerson). Joined by his girlfriend, the equally diminutive Ginger (reduced to 11 inches in Bad Channels), future cop Bardo teams with Judith to battle the mutant toys. Now Bardo must fight to save his life and his love as Baby Oopsie develops a large 'crush' on the luscious Ginger...

Also included: Demonic Toys 2 AKA Demonic Toys: Personal Demons, Demonic Toys: Jack Attack, and the Baby Oopsie Trilogy

Brand New Extras:

• 'Playing With His Toys'-Charles Band on Demonic Toys
• 'Strike Up the Band'-Composer Richard Band on Demonic Toys
• 'Here Comes Baby Oopsie' - Director Billy Butler on Demonic Toys

Archive Extras:

Dollman: - Charles Band & Tim Thomerson Vidcast (2013) - Videozone Featurette (SD) - Pulse Pounders (1988) Original trailer (SD)

Demonic Toys: - Videozone Featurette (SD) - Original trailer (SD)

Dollman Vs Demonic Toys: - Commentary with Charles Band & Tim Thomerson - Behind the scenes footage from the Full Moon vault (SD) - Videozone Featurette (SD) - Original trailer (SD)

• Available for the first time in the UK as a full set
• New interviews with crew and critics
• Newly commissioned artwork
• Limited edition includes UK debut of the Dollman kills comics
• All existing extras included

Breathless is a 1983 USA action romance by Jim McBride.
Starring Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky and Art Metrano.   

Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for 1983 cinema release but the the follow up VHS was cut and BBFC 18 rated. The rating reverted to uncut and BBFC 15 rated for 2001 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

When Jesse Lujack steals a car in Las Vegas and drives down to LA, his criminal ways only escalate - but when will it end?

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2025 Cinématographe R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th September 2025
• 2025 Cinématographe Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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Jesse (Richard Gere, American Gigolo), a restless and cocky common criminal with a penchant for fast cars, rock n roll music and comic books, finds himself obsessed with Monica (Valérie Kaprisky, La Femme Publique), a French exchange student at UCLA. On the run for car theft and the accidental slaying of a highway patrolman, Jesse finds himself on the streets of Los Angeles, passing time in swimming pools, making love with Monica and dodging the law that is closing in on him.

A controversial remake of Jean-Luc Godards iconic staple of the French New Wave, À bout de souffle (1960), BREATHLESS is a decidedly 80s updating of the tried-and-true merging of romance and crime, giving way to the sex and violence expected from its era. Directed by American iconoclast Jim McBride (David Holzmans Diary, The Big Easy), who co-wrote the script with L.M. Kit Carson (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2; Paris, Texas), BREATHLESS is a potent blast of pop-culture idolization, eschewing the gritty monochrome of its source for a vibrant, colorful, Los Angeles, gorgeously captured by director of photography Richard H. Kline (Body Heat, The Fury). Cinématographe is proud to present Jim McBrides illustrious neo-noir in its world UHD debut of a new 4K restoration from its original camera negative.

Bonus Features:
1. 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
2. New audio commentary with director and co-writer Jim McBride, moderated by Cinématographe's Justin LaLiberty
3. New audio commentary with film writer Travis Woods
4. Rock N Roll As an Attitude - a new video interview with Jim McBride
5. A Different Perspective - a new video interview with casting director Jane Jenkins
6. To Ensnare is to Enshrine: The Ghostly Layers of Jim McBride's Breathless - a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer
7. Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending with audio commentary from Jim McBride
8. Theatrical Trailer
9. English SDH subtitles