Second Run investigates THE BARNABAS KOS CASE (review)

When an orchestra's triangle player is inexplicably promoted to musical director, the formerly invisible man is corrupted by flattery and power in this hilarious Kafka-esque Slovakin satire from Peter Solan.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE BARNABAS KOS CASE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Slovak LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Invincibility of Absurdity" 2025 introduction by Rastislav Steranka, director of National Cinematographic Centre, Slovak Film Institute
• "Nemecká" 1974 documentary by Peter Solan
• "Promotion (Postup)" 1968 short animated film by Viktor Kubal
• "Portrait: Jarmila Kostova" 1969 short film 
• Comes with a 32-page booklet with new writing on the film by author Jonathan Owen and filmmaker Peter Strickland.

Second Sight takes on SCANNERS in 4K (review)

David Cronenberg's cult classic SCANNERS follows a young man who discovers that his telepathic powers are shared with others including one man bent on world domination and making his kind the next step in human evolution.

REVIEW LINK: Second Sight (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SCANNERS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Caelum Vatnsdal
• Audio Commentary by film scholar William Beard
• "My Art Keeps Me Sane" interview with actor Stephen Lack
• "Method in his Madness" interview with actor Michael Ironside 
• "Bad Guy Dane" interview with actor Lawrence Dane
• "The Eye of Scanners" interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
• "Mind Fragments" interview with composer Howard Shore
• "The Chaos of Scanners" interview with executive producer Pierre David
• "Exploding Brains & Popping Veins" interview with makeup effects artist Stephan Dupuis
• "Monster Kid" interview with makeup effects artist Chris Walas
• "Cronenberg's Tech Babies" video essay by film historian Tim Coleman
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi with a 120-page book with new essays by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, Eugenio Ercolani and Gian Giacomo Petrone, Kurt Halfyard, Craig Ian Mann, Francesco Massaccesi, Jessica Scott, Emma Westwood and Heather Wixson, and six collectors' art cards.
  

88 Films invites you to the PRIVATE CLUB (reivew)

A randy cab driver is invited to a secret sex club by his sexy fare where rich people live out their fantasies only to discover himself the victim of mind games in Max Pecas' work of French erotica.

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

PRIVATE CLUB Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
  

88 Films plays EROTIC SEX GAMES (Review)

Former nurse Francoise is married to a paraplegic businessman and starts having lusty fantasies about her hunky stepson in this piece of seventies softcore erotica.

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

EROTIC SEX GAMES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Features original and newly-created artwork by Silver Ferox.

88 Films harvests SEEDPEOPLE (review)

Meteor hunters in a small California town cut off by bridge repairs unearth a malevolent alien intelligence in this nineties Full Moon sci-fi effort from the director of ELIMINATORS and ARENA.

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

SEEDPEOPLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz
• Videozone Making-of 
• Video Trailer
• Comes in a rigid slipcover with a poster.
  

Red Shirt Home Video rocks with TRICK OR TREAT (review)

FAMILY TIES' Skippy (Marc Price) summons up evil with a heavy metal rock record in the eighties cult classic TRICK OR TREAT featuring special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne.

REVIEW LINK: Red Shirt Home Video (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

TRICK OR TREAT Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Charles Martin Smith, moderated by filmmaker Mark Savage 
• Audio Interviews with writer/producer Michael S. Murphey and writer Rhet Topham, moderated by film historian Michael Felsher 
• Audio Conversation with Paul Corupe and Allison Lang, authors of "Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s" 
• "Rock & Shock: The Making of TRICK OR TREAT" all-new retrospective featuring director Charles Martin Smith, actors Marc Price, Glen Morgan, Elise Richards, and Larry Sprinkle, writer/producer Joel Soisson, costume designer Jill Ohanneson, assistant set costumer Francine Decoursey, construction foreman Tom Jones, Jr., special make-up effects artist Everett Burrell, music executive producer Stephen E. Smith, composer Christopher Young, and a special appearance by Gene Simmons 
• "In The Spotlight: A Tribute to Tony Fields" featuring his family and friends 
• "Horror's Hallowed Grounds: The Filming Locations of TRICK OR TREAT" hosted by Sean Clark 
• "After Midnight" Music Video by Fastway 
• Still Gallery featuring optional audio interview with still photographer Phillip V. Caruso 
• Vintage Electronic Press Kit 
• 2 Theatrical Trailers 
• 2 TV Spots 
• 3 Radio Spots 
• The first pressing comes with a slipcover.
  

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Also available on 4K UltraHD or movie-only DVD.

Deaf Crocodile investigates why ADELA HAS NOT HAD SUPPER YET (review)

The director of the hit Czech comedy LEMONADE JOE parodies the American nineteenth century pulp novel detective Nick Carter as the intrepid genius detective fights a villain who kills with carnivorous plants.

REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

ADELA HAS NOT HAD SUPPER YET Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company and Czech film critic and screenwriter Tereza Brdečková 
• Four Jiří Brdečka Animated Shorts
  

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