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‘Ooh, I really want a curved TV!’ said nobody ever. But today I find myself testing one anyway, thanks to Samsung’s conviction that the future of TV isn’t flat. In fact, so sure is the Korean screen king that bent is best that it currently only offers its top-tier TV technology in a curved flagship model: the 65in UE65HU8500. Is this a case of knowing what’s good for us before we do, or just trying to be different for the sake of it?

The T+A Caruso Blu is described by its German manufacturer as a 'complete multi-source hi-fi system.' As a product, it's delightfully esoteric – a heavyweight, premium-priced one-box solution that works as a Blu-ray player, media player, CD deck, DAB/'net/FM radio and a Bluetooth dock. It's undoubtedly a lifestyle product, but one that promises a high level of performance. 

According to author Bruce G. Hallenbeck in his excellent new book about UK film company Amicus, the owner/producers Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg  'did not invent the horror anthology. They merely took a pre-existent format and ran with it. But they turned it into a sub-genre all its own and left behind them a collective of which both they, and all who sailed in them, could be justifiably proud.'

Like some kind of camp 1970s precursor to the Saw franchise, The Abominable Dr. Phibes stars Vincent Price as the titular Phantom of the Opera-like ghoul out for revenge on the doctors he blames for the death of his wife. To this end he concocts a series of ingenious and spectacular murders patterned on the ten plagues of Egypt from the Old Testament. Sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again finds Price's twisted genius rising from the grave and heading to Egypt to track down the location of the 'River of Life', which holds the secret of restoring his late wife.