Arrow Video hosts ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK in 4K (review)

The gal with the enormous... ratings: ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK gets her own film spin-off as the horror hostess makes a stop in New England to collect her inheritance on the way to Vegas and soon has a torch-wielding mob chasing her to burn her at the stake as a witch!

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actors Cassandra Person, Edie McClurg and writer John Paragon
• Audio Commentary by director James Signorelli
• Audio Commentary by producer Patterson Lundquist
• Introduction by director James Signorelli (optional)
• "Too Macabre: The Making of ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK" 2018 documentary (97 minutes)
• "Recipe for Terror: The Creation of the Pot Monster" featurette
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. Teaser Trailer
• Image Galleries
• Includes a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck. 
• The first pressing also includes an illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Sam Irving, Kat Ellinger and Patterson Lundquist.
  

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88 Films gets stranded with CASTAWAY (review)

Gerald, a middle-aged man puts an ad in the lonely hearts column looking for a "wife" to spend a year with him on a desert island.  When twenty-something Lucy responds to the ad, they begin a desert island odyssey of clashing wills, tempestuous lust, and a fight for survival against nature itself in this eighties Nicolas Roeg film starring Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CASTAWAY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Nathaniel Thompson, and Troy Howarth
• Audio Commentary by film journalist David Flint
• "Harvey Harrison on CASTAWAY" cinematographer interview
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
  

88 Films declares THE LADY IS THE BOSS (review)

Lau Kar-Leung and Kara Hui but heads over how to run a traditional martial arts school in the Shaw Brothers action comedy THE LADY IS THE BOSS.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE LADY IS THE BOSS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• "Sam Ho on Lau Kar-Leung" interview
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and foldout poster.
  

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88 Films fears THE LADY ASSASSIN (review)

When the emperor must decide between two of his sons as his successor, the evil fourth prince plots his ascension to the throne with a web of deceit and murder that may come back to haunt him in THE LADY ASSASSIN from Shaw Brothers.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE LADY ASSASSIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "From Child Actor to Fight Coordinator" interview with martial arts director Poon Kin-Kwan
• Video Trailer
• Still Gallery
• Reversible Cover
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and a foldout poster.
  

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88 Films pulls the strings of PINOCCHIO 964 (review)

Dumped onto the street as rubbish because of his inability to get an erection, cyborg sex slave Pinocchio 964 is taken in by a girl with amnesia.  As she attempts to help him recover his own identity, her own memories are triggered and this is fairy tale culminates in a bloody, vomity mess of body horror from the director of RUBBER'S LOVER.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray/Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

PINOCCHIO 964 Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Archival interview with director Shozin Fukui
• "Pozzie Punk" new interview with director Shozin Fukui
• "Tokyo Noise" interview with film historian Stephen Thrower
• Shozin Fukui short films "Gerorisuto" and "Caterpillar"
• Teaser Trailer
• Limited edition first pressing includes a DVD copy, numbered OBI strip, and booklet with an essay by Mark Player.
  

Blue Underground sinks its teeth into VENOM (review)

The abduction and ransom of a child goes wildly awry with a dead policeman and a killer mamba on the loose in this British thriller fro the director of BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW starring Oliver Reed, Klaus Kinski, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, and Sterling Hayden.

REVIEW LINK: Blue Underground (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

VENOM 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• 4K UltraHD:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision) 
• English Dolby Atmos 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by director Piers Haggard, moderated by Jonathan Sothcott 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson, and Eugenio Ercolani
• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English Dolby Atmos 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by director Piers Haggard, moderated by Jonathan Sothcott 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson, and Eugenio Ercolani 
• "Fangs for the Memories" 2025 interview with editor/second unit director Michael Bradsell 
• "A Slithery Story" 2025 interview with makeup artist Nick Dudman 
• "Mamba Memories" 2025 interview with author/critic Kim Newman 
• "Pick Your Poison" 2025 interview with author/critic Allan Bryce 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Teaser Trailer TV Spots 
• Poster and Still Gallery
• Comes with a slipcase, a reversible cover, and an 18-page illustrated booklet featuring the essay "Filmmaking Bites: The Twisting, Turning History of "Venom" by Michael Gingold.

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Eureka celebrates THE DAREDEVILS with an ODE TO GALLANTRY (review)

Chang Cheg's Venom Mob is showcased in this double bill.  In THE DAREDEVILS, four friends face off against an army of ten thousand to avenge a murdered friend.  In ODE TO GALLANTRY, a beggar gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity between rival martial arts gangs.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE DAREDEVILS/ODE TO GALLANTRY Blu-ray specs: 

• The Daredevils:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Ode to Gallantry:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies comes with a limited edition O-Card slipcover featuring new artwork by Chris Malbon and a collector's booklet featuring new writing by writer and critic James Oliver.
  

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