This weekend Amazon VOD brings the $0.99 sale back to frightening levels with the Scary Movie Sale. Ten titles each $0.99 to rent: John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Forgotten, Asylum, Beetlejuice, Twilight Zone: The Movie, fear dot com, The Eye 2, The Nun, and Candyman 2: Farewell To The Flesh.

This weekend Amazon VOD isn’t offering up the traditional $0.99 rental sale. But all is not lost, there are a few interesting freebies. NBC is offering up the season two premier episodes of Chuck and Life gratis. And Michael Moore’s latest movie, Slacker Uprising, is also available for free. (I checked out the new Chuck - look for a little TiVo product placement early on.)

And there are more traditional sales as well. Rent one MGM film and get a second rental free. The instructions are on the right hand side of that page. There’s also another $5.99 movie sale, purchase any of ten films for just $5.99.

If you’re a regular Amazon shopper, as I am, Amazon Prime is great. You get free two-day shipping on most everything you buy. There is a $79 annual fee, but it is well worth it if you purchase enough over the course of a year. And you can try Amazon Prime free for one month. Cancel before the trial period ends and you won’t be charged.

Amazon is running a few Blu-ray sales currently.

The Get Three for the Price of Two sale has been extended, with 36 titles to choose from.

Then you can save up to 55% off a selection of 95 titles.

If you have a PS3 but you don’t yet have the DVD/Blu-ray remote to go with it (using the SixAxis to control movies is fairly crappy), buy three Warner Blu-ray movies and get the PS3 remote free.

And last but not least, buy a Blu-ray player and three Warner Blu-ray movies and save $50. It looks like the players on offer include the Sony BDP-S300 Profile 1.0 for $199.98, the Sony BDP-S350 Profile 1.1 for $295.00, the Samsung BD-P1500 Profile 2.0 for $279.99, and the Panasonic DMP-BD30K Profile 1.1 for $274.81. (Personally I’d pick the Samsung.) On the movie side there are 122 titles to select from.

Nothing two impressive this week from Amazon Video On Demand, though there are a number of free downloads that tie into the new fall TV season.

There is a Romantic Movie Sale which is offering twelve movies for purchase, not rent, at $5.99.

If you’re still receiving television via an antenna you’re probably aware by now that analog television signals are going away on February 17, 2009. To continue using an antenna after that date you’ll need a digital tuner. And if you want to continue using an old TV you will probably need a digital converter box. If you haven’t picked one up yet, Amazon has a selection of units. You can redeem the $40 government coupons online toward one of the qualifying units

If you’re using an antenna with a Series2 you can use some models of converter box to allow you to continue using antenna after the cut-over.

This weekend Amazon Video On Demand, the service formerly known as Amazon Unbox, isn’t offering their usual style of sale with discount prices. Instead they’re offering a rent one, get one rental free deal on MGM titles. That’s 101 titles to choose from. Be absolutely sure you follow the instructions on the right of the page if you don’t want to end up paying for the second title. The offer expires 9/30/08, and the free title must be claimed by 10/14/08.