Acorn Media is on the case with HARRY WILD: SERIES 3 (review)

A retired English professor and a sixteen-year-old student partner up to solve mysteries in Dublin in this Acorn cozy mystery starring Jane Seymour.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (U.K.) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

HARRY WILD: SERIES 3 DVD specs:

• Six episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.00:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles 

Acorn Media seeks tricks and treats from V/H/S/HALLOWEEN (review)

Learn what happens when you break the rules of trick or treating or take candy from strangers in the gory anthology V/H/S/HALLOWEEN.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

V/H/S/HALLOWEEN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English/Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and French Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by "Diet Phantasma" director Bryan M. Ferguson, "Coochie Coochie Coo" director Anna Zlokovic, "Fun Size" director Casper Kelly & actors Lawson Greyson, Jenna Hogan, Jake Ellsworth, and Riley Nottingham, and editor Phil Samson, "Kidprint" director Alex Ross Perry, and "Home Haunt" director R.H. Norman and Micheline Pitt-Norman
• "Carbonated Carnage" behind the scenes featurette for "Diet Phantasma"
• Behind the scenes for "Coochie Coochie Coo"
• "Kidprint" deleted scene
• "Diet Phantasma" uninterrupted cut
• "Diet Phantasma" Commercial
• "Diet Phantasma" Image Gallery     

Unearthed Films sews the GARDEN OF LOVE (review)

The only survival of a commune massacre, Rebecca grows up with amnesia of the event until the ghost of her father starts beckoning her to help him find their killers so they can tear them limb-from-limb in this German splatterfest by Olaf Ittenbach (THE BURNING MOON).

REVIEW LINK: Unearthed Films (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

GARDEN OF LOVE 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 Subtitles
• "Making GARDEN OF LOVE" effects documentary
• "Behind the Scenes of GARDEN OF LOVE" documentary
• Original Opening
• Outtakes
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing includes a slipcover.

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88 Films crowns the PEACOCK KING (review)

When the Gates of Hell are opened, a Tibetan monk and a Japanese monk are separately tasked with preventing the return of the Hell King to Earth, if they can stay out of each others' way in this Golden Harvest special effects-heavy adaptation of the popular Japanese manga.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

PEACOCK KING Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Mono
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (DVD dub) and LPCM 2.0 Mono (original dub)
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Frank Djeng and filmmaker F.J. DeSanto
• "Yuen Biao on PEACOCK KING" interview
• "Tony Rayns on PEACOCK KING" interview
• Scenes from the Japanese Version
• English Opening and Closing Credits
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery 

Radiance Films stokes its LIBIDO (review)

Returning to the seaside villa where as a child he witnessed his father kill his mistress, Christian is on the verge of coming into his inheritance when his sanity is tested by bumps in the night and a few dead bodies in this Gothic/giallo hybrid directed by prolific genre screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi starring a young, then-unknown Giancarlo Giannini.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

LIBIDO Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
• Interview with co-screenwriter/co-director Ernesto Gastaldi
• Interview with Italian cinema expert Richard Dyer
• English Export Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista and artwork based on original posters by Renato Casaro.
  Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, and a booklet featuring new interviews with star Dominique Bosquero and script supervisor Patrizia Zulini. 

MVD Visual exposes KNOCK OFF in 4K (Review)

Jean Claude Van Damme, HK director Tsui Hark, and Rob Schneider(!) take on terrorists operating within Hong Kong's knock off industry in the nineties action flick KNOCK OFF.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

KNOCK OFF 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• Same content as the 4K disc in 1080p plus:
• 2026 interview with writer Steven E. de Souza
• 2026 interview with producer Moshe Diamant
• 2020 interview with writer Steven E. de Souza
• Archival making-of featurette
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a reversible cover.
• The first pressing includes a slipcover.

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Also available in a Blu-ray-only edition. 

88 Films brings back SWAMP THING in 4K (review)

Wes Craven tries his hand at DC Comics with his adaptation of SWAMP THING.  TWIN PEAKS' Ray Wise is a scientist who becomes mutated by his own creation.  Also starring Adrienne Barbeau, Louis Jordan, Nicholas Worth, and David Hess.

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

SWAMP THING 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• U.S. Theatrical Cut:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Wes Craven, moderated by Sean Clark
• Audio Commentary by make-up artist William Munns, moderated by Michael Felsher  
• International Cut:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• Same content as the 4K disc in 1080p plus:
• "The Movie that Started Everything: Mimi Craven on Swamp Thing"
• "Tales from the Swamp" interview with actress Adrienne Barbeau
• "Hey Jude" interview with actor Reggie Batts
• "That Swamp Thing: A Look Back with Swamp Thing creator Len Wein"
• "Swamp Screen: Designing DC's Main Monster" interview with art director Robb Wilson King
• "From Krug to Comics: How the Mainstream Shaped a Radical Genre Voice" video essay by critic Kim Newman 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve. 
• The first pressing includes a slipcover. 
• A website-exclusive edition includes a slipcase with artwork by Ilan Sheady, slipcover with original artwork, four art cards, and a double-sided poster.