Fruet, William

Poltergeist - The Legacy - Season 1

To the unaware Dr. Derek Rayne (de Lint) and his team are nothing more than a group of curators and seekers of ancient artifacts operating in a castle-like house on isolated Angel Island. But to those in-the-know they are members of Legacy an ancient network of guardians against evil battling to protect mankind from the creatures inhabiting the shadows and the night.Led by Dr. Rayne the San Francisco Legacy team is composed of psychiatrist Rachel Corrigan (Helen Shaver The Color of Money); Father Philip Callahan (Patrick Fitzgerald The Last of the Mohicans); ex-Navy SEAL Nick Boyle (Martin Cummins We All Fall Down) and researcher/psychic Alex Moreau (Robbi Chong Cheech & Chong s The Corsican Brothers). Encounter the unknown unnerving and unnatural in every episode of Poltergeist: The Legacy Season 1 as the team investigates the supernatural realm for knowledge and artifacts to aid their fight against the evil in the world.System Requirements:Running Time: 982 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 027616136138 Manufacturer No: 13613

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 1

The crackling Canadian police procedural Da Vinci's Inquest combines the best elements of popular U.S. police procedurals like CSI, Crossing Jordan, and Law & Order--with a little throwback to Quincy for good measure. What makes Da Vinci's Inquest so compelling is the performance of lead actor Nicholas Campbell, a cop turned coroner who tells anyone who'll listen, and lots of people who won't, that his job is to represent and look after the dead. Season 1, which debuted in 1998, follows Campbell's Dominic Da Vinci through the gritty side of Vancouver, navigating serial murders as well as extreme dysfunction in his own life. The focus on Da Vinci's personal life--his tumbles off the wagon, the torture of his ex-wife's involvement with a colleague--gives the series more heart than most blood-and-guts crime series. The show and Campbell have won several Gemini Awards (the Canadian Emmys) for the nuance and intellect that keep viewers engaged, even as they sense ominous turns of events about to unfold. Mystery fans can't ask for more. --A.T. Hurley

The realism of Law & Order. The science of CSI. A sensibility all its own.

"I'm not a policeman, OK? Y'know what I do? I look after the dead."
So says Dominic Da Vinci, a controversial, charismatic big city coroner. And in Da Vinci's job, the dead always cry out for justice.

A richly talented ensemble cast joins award-winning actor Nicholas Campbell in this critically acclaimed crime series. Working with police and pathologists while fighting bureaucratic resistance, coroner Da Vinci relies on high-tech forensic science and old-fashioned shoe leather to illuminate the murky world in which men and women commit murder. With this complete first season—comprising 13 thrilling episodes—you can savor the delicately nuanced drama of Da Vinci's Inquest from the very beginning.

DVD FEATURES INCLUDE trailer and cast filmographies.

The Outer Limits (The New Series) - Sex & Science Fiction

MGM is grouping episodes from the new Outer Limits anthology series by theme rather than chronology for DVD, and this first collection compiles six episodes that focus on matters of the heart (and other body parts). Alyssa Milano's nude scene in "Caught in the Act" will probably garner the most attention, but the disc's strongest hour is "The Human Operators," a thoughtful, award-winning take on man vs. machine that's adapted from a story by science fiction legends Harlan Ellison and A.E. van Vogt. This reworking of the 1963-1965 science fiction series is competent but lacks the palpable suspense of the original series. Also, there's no sense of new ground being broken with its stories; the original series took risks with its parables on war ("Soldier") and technology ("O.B.I.T."). The new Limits also tackles issues, but the end results pack a lesser punch. Hardcore sci-fi fans may take to this tempered-down version; all others will find it mildly diverting. --Paul Gaita

Caught in the Act:Hannah Valesic (Alyssa Milano) has a killer body...literally! When the formerly chaste beauty is taken over by a sinister force, her appetite for men becomes insatiable ? and murderous! Can her loving boyfriend put an end to her killing spree?Bits of Love:Earth's sole survivor, artist Aiden Hunter (Jon Tenney), has created a beautiful hologram, Emma (Natasha Henstridge), for companionship. But when Emma expresses an urgent desire for a baby, will she sever his cord to reality?Valerie 23:Can a little jealously be a good thing? Not for Rachel Rose (Nancy Allen), a physical therapist whose life is threatened when she comes between her paraplegic patient and his amorous robotic companion who is programmed to remove any obstacle that stands in her way.The Human Operators:Like other Star Fleet vessels, Ship (voice of Malcolm McDowell) has evolved and now controls the only human (Jack Noseworthy) aboard. But the relationship takes a dramatic turn when man fights machine in a desperate bid for freedom!Skin Deep:When a prototype image enhancer allows Sid Camden to transform himself into a handsome co-worker (Antonio Sabato, Jr.), he quickly begins enjoying the life his average looks denied him. But he soon discovers there's more to his new reflection than meets the eye.Flower Child:Alien plant life arrives on Earth, blossoming into the form of a beautiful woman who roots herself into the lives of Chris (Jeremy London) and his fiancée. But if Chris allows this new love to bloom, will he plant the seed for her species to rule the planet?

War of the Worlds - The Complete First Season

Tom Cruise and Gene Barry aren't the only ones to save Earth from a Martian invasion--from 1988 to 1990, an intrepid band of scientists and soldiers battled the Red Planet menace on the small screen in the action-packed syndicated television series War of the Worlds. The show operated on an intriguing premise that paid homage to George Pal's classic 1953 film version--the Martians, presumed dead at the end of the movie, are actually in a state of hibernation, and 30 years later, they have not only revived, but begun to inhabit human bodies in a second attempt to conquer our planet. Now, a team of scientists (led by dependable character actor Jared Martin) and soldiers (under the command of actor-playwright Richard Chaves) must convince humanity to fight against an alien onslaught. It's unfortunate that War of the Worlds caught on with only a small but loyal audience (the series lasted just two seasons), since its episodes delivered an entertaining mix of science fiction, action, and suspense; highlights from the first season include "Thy Kingdom Come," which introduces a supporting turn by Ann Robinson, who recreates her role from the 1953 film; "Eye for an Eye," which wryly revisits the famous 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds by Orson Welles that spread real panic over much of the Eastern seaboard; and the disturbing "Unto Us a Child Is Born," in which the human team and the aliens search for a half-Earthling, half-Martian baby. All 22 episodes of the debut season are included on this six-disc set; unfortunately for diehard fans, no supplemental features are included. --Paul Gaita

Da Vinci's Inquest - Complete First Season

The Outer Limits (The New Series) - Mutation & Transformation Collection

1. "The New Breed"A man dying of cancer (Peter Outerbridge) asks his scientist friend (Richard Thomas) to use experimental microscopic robots to cure him. The trial is successful ? too successful ? when the super 'bots try to create a superhuman!2. "Descent"A meek anthropologist develops a serum for genetic dominance and rashly tests the substance on himself! Now his newfound confidence takes complete control of him, turning him into an irrational, overly aggressive Neanderthal!3. "The Joining"Capt. Davidow (C. Thomas Howell), the lone survivor from a transport crash on Venus, isn't feeling too well back on Earth. His doctor is shocked when he finds that Davidow has become host to creatures that replicate when exposed to high levels of radiation.4. "Double Helix"Brilliant geneticist Martin Nodel (Ron Rifkin) unlocks a secret code imprinted on human DNA. But when he tests this code on himself, newfound "instincts" draw him to a remote location where he finds a spacecraft ? his link to another world.5. "The Gun"Known criminal Matthew Logan buys an "out-of-this-world" gun from a mysterious man. But with each shot fired, the weapon attaches itself to Logan's arm with alien tentacles. Can he free himself from this menace, or will he literally become a killing machine?6. "The Inheritors"When three strangers are hit on the head with meteor fragments, they embark on a mission to bring the elderly and terminally ill to another planet for reanimation. Should their plan be foiled, or is it a benevolent gift to the dying?

The Outer Limits (The New Series) - Time Travel & Infinity

The consequences of time travel are the thematic framework for this compilation of episodes from the revamped Outer Limits anthology series, produced for the Showtime network. The six stories compiled here are indicative of the new version's competent but uneventful nature; scripting, performances, and direction (all hampered by the program's low budget) rarely live up to the plots' potential or the drama and suspense of the original series. Amanda Plummer's Emmy-winning turn as a scientist who travels 50 years into the past to commit a murder in the Season Two episode "A Stitch in Time" is the highlight of the disc; the rest (culled from the series' seven-season run) offer well-worn variations on time travel themes. The full-frame disc includes "The Outer Limits Story," which offers talking-head interviews with executive producers Pen Densham and Mark Stern, as well as featurettes on each episode. --Paul Gaita

A Stitch in Time:Fingerprints from a murder committed 50 years ago match those of a controversial brain researcher (Amanda Plummer). But she has the perfect alibi ? she was only in kindergarten at the time! When an FBI agent discovers the astonishing truth, will past and present collide?Tribunal:An attorney obsessed with his father's treatment in a concentration camp has finally discovered the identity of the Nazi responsible for his imprisonment. But without proper evidence ? or a direct link to the past ? will he be able to bring this homicidal man to justice in the present?Gettysburg:Two friends re-enacting the Battle of Gettysburg unwittingly find themselves transported back in time and taken prisoner by a deranged Confederate colonel (Meatloaf) who might not only endanger their future...but the future of the country as well!Time to Time:A history major can't believe that she's been recruited as part of a time-travel team...until they send her back to a crucial turning point in her life. But will she alter history by trying to change her traumatic past...or prove her worthiness by making the ultimate sacrifice?Déjà Vu:Dr. Mark Crest (Kevin Nealon) is in charge of a military experiment transporting test animals through time. But when something goes terribly wrong and events begin to repeat themselves, Crest is the only one who can stop it...before time itself runs out for good!Patient Zero:A deadly plague will wipe out civilization unless Becket (Michael Rooker) can go back in time and find the one person who started the outbreak to prevent the epidemic. Is it a shot in the dark or can he contain the virus before it spreads throughout the world?

The Outer Limits (The New Series) - Aliens Among Us Collection

1. "Quality of Mercy"On a remote planet, Major Skokes (Robert Patrick) has been captured by aliens and placed in a cell. His cellmate is a woman who is slowly being transformed into a hideous creature. Can he escape before a similar fate befalls him?2. "Afterlife"A convicted killer (Clancy Brown) is given a choice between dying by lethal injection or becoming part of a secret military experiment. He soon regrets choosing life when he discovers he's slowly and painfully turning into an alien life form!3. "The Grell"Rescued from their dying planet, the Grell had come to Earth not as equals but as slaves. Now, an uprising has gripped the world in fear and a high-ranking government leader (Ted Shackelford), who is lost in Grell territory, experiences firsthand the ugly face of racism.4. "Relativity Theory"An Earth survey team headed by Teresa Janovitch (Melissa Gilbert) has landed on a remote planet in search of new resources. Encountering a seemingly hostile group of aliens, the team kills them to take back home...and unwittingly triggers an interstellar war!5. "Alien Shop"An alien shapeshifter owns a unique curio shop where his merchandise possesses strange powers. And when a down-and-out petty crook (Johnathon Schaech) takes a wallet from the store, he learns the hard way that money not earned comes with a price.6. "Beyond the Veil"Eddie's horrific dreams of alien abduction are making him so crazy he's placed into a mental rehab unit specially tailored for those with similar delusions. What he discovers inside the ward is an alien plot to silence permanently those who talk too much.

Funeral Home [1980]

The chilling tale of young woman who helps her grandfather converts the town funeral home into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After opening, bizarre family secrets are slowly revealed as guests begin to disappear.

The Outer Limits (The New Series) - Fantastic Androids & Robots Collection

1. "I, Robot"When a robot named Adam is accused of killing his own creator, it's up to a civil liberties attorney (Leonard Nimoy) to investigate and defend him. Is Adam capable of murder? Or did a military retrofit of the normally docile robot turn him into a ruthless killing machine?2. "The Hunt"Since the ban of hunting animals, man has turned to new game: androids! But the sport gets turned on its head when a pack of androids led by Kel (Doug Savant) decides to fight back. Now the hunters become the hunted in a terrifying game of cat and mouse.3. "Resurrection" Humans are gone. Androids rule the earth. But when a couple of scientific droids (Nick Mancuso, Heather Graham) decide to resurrect man from DNA in a single human hair, they unleash the anger of a military machine hellbent on keeping the species extinct.4. "The Camp"For generations, mankind has existed in concentration-type camps under the brutal watch of an alien enemy. But as conditions worsen, a maverick woman leads a successful uprising that reveals a surprising ? and life-altering ? truth about their foes.5. "Glitch"An "everyman" named Tom gets a terrible shock when he learns that he's not a man at all ? but a highly complex android! Now he's on a quest to find his creator before the military turns him into a cyber-assassin for the government.6. "Small Friends"Gene Morton, a jailed scientist, has created incredible microscopic robots that can fix anything mechanical. But when another inmate sees their amazing abilities, he demands that the microbots either break him from prison...or he's going to break Morton's neck!