Eureka Video tells TWO TAOIST TALES: TAOISM DRUNKARD AND THE YOUNG TAOISM FIGHTER (review)

The Yuen Clan took the spooky kung fu genre in wacky directions with this pair of loose sequels to MIRACLE FIGHTERS featuring sorcery, scheming, wire acrobatics, and lots of dirty jokes.

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

TWO TAOIST TALES - TAOISM DRUNKARD/YOUNG TAOISM FIGHTER Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One - Taoism Drunkard:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng, NY Asian Film Festival 
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• "James Mudge on TAOISM DRUNKARD" 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two - Young Taoism Fighter:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng, NY Asian Film Festival 
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• "James Mudge on YOUNG TAOISM FIGHTER" 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies includes a limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling and a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Southeast Asian horror expert Dr. Katarzyna Ancuta, and Daniel O'Brien, author of "Spooky Encounters".
  

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88 Films takes aim at DOOMWATCH (review)

A scientist visits a remote Scottish island to take samples to assess the effects of an oil spill only to discover something really wrong with the villagers in this Tigon spin-off of the popular BBC TV series.

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

DOOMWATCH Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film journalists Kim Newman and Sean Hogan 
• Audio Commentary by director Peter Sasdy 
• Introduction by director Peter Sasdy 
• "Saving Our Oceans - Jean Trend on DOOMWATCH" interview 
• "To the Big Screen - Making DOOMWATCH" documentary 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Stills Gallery 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring new artwork by Sean Longmore and original poster. 
• The first pressing includes a glossy O-ring slipcover and booklet notes by Jon Dear.
  

Radiance Films explores oppression and repression with VIVA LA MUERTE! (review)

After a young boy discovers his mother's role in his partisan father's arrest and disappearance, he experiences a stream of surreal visions in which he tries to find out what happened to his father and his mother's true nature in the feature debut of Fernando Arrabal - founder the Panic Movement and colleague of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Roland Topor - based on his autobiographical novel "Baal Babylone".

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US/UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

VIVA LA MUERTE! Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• The Projection Booth Podcast episode #471 (10/06/20) with film historians Mike White, Heather Drain, and Jess Byard 
• Interview with scholar and Spanish cinema expect David Archibald 
• "Sur les traces de Baal" 1970 documentary by Abdellatif Ben Ammar 
• "VIDARRABAL" 2011 documentary by Xavier Pasturel Barron 
• French Theatrical Trailer 
• Still Gallery 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork, and a booklet featuring new writing by Sabina Stent and archival interview with Fernando Arrabal. 
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.
  

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Radiance Films crash lands on the PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (review)

Before ALIEN, Mario Bava's PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES was the original "haunted house in space" as two ships land on a strange planet to answer a distress call only to confront a supernatural entity intent on taking over their bodies one by one.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES Blu-ray specs:

• Italian Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• English Version with Original Score by Gino Marinuzzi Jr.: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary on the English Versions by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas 
• English Version with Home Video Score by Kendall Schmidt: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Transmissions from a Haunted World: Mario Bava and the Space Gothic" documentary 
• "Shadow World" interview with assistant director Lamberto Bava 
• Recreated German Super 8 Version (in English or Italian with optional English subtitles) 
• "Trailers from Hell" introduction by filmmaker Joe Dante 
• "Trailers from Hell" introduction by filmmaker Josh Olson .
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery 
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies. Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and a 20-page booklet featuring a new translation of Renato Pestriniero’s original short story. 
• Presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.
  

Eureka Classics takes on THE CHAMPIONS (review)

Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung stuntman/actor/"little brother" Yuen Biao stars as a country boy who flees to the city and discovers that his fighting footwork is specially suited to football (don't call it soccer).  Joining a professional team, he gets caught up in bets, bribery, and corruption as he attempts to win honesty against competitors who want to throw the game.

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

THE CHAMPIONS Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Cantonese (restored) LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Cantonese (Japanese Theatrical) LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto 
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• Interview with filmmaker and critic James Mudge 
• "Superstar Football HK" featurette by CFK looking at the 1987 Hong Kong celebrity football/soccer team 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a reversible cover featuring original poster artwork. 
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies includes a limited edition edition O-Card slipcover featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling and a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver.
  

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Film Movement and Vinegar Syndrome gaze into THE REFLECTING SKIN (review)

Seth Dove is living the "nightmare of childhood" when he suspects his widowed neighbor is a vampire in Philp Ridley's disturbing British/Canadian "American Gothic" THE REFLECTING SKIN.  Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, and Jeremy Cooper star.

REVIEW LINK: Film Movement (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE REFLECTING SKIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Philip Ridley
• "Angels and Atom Bombs" documentary featuring director Philip Ridley, cinematographer Dick Pope, actor Viggo Mortensen, and composer Nick Bicât
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers
• Booklet by film historians Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche

Available directly from Vinegar Syndrome with a special limited edition spot gloss slipcover designed by Time Tomorrow limited to 2,000 units.

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Eureka Video takes on MIRACLE FIGHTERS (review)

An orphaned young man raised by his uncle becomes caught up in the world of Taoist sorcery in THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS from Yuen Woo-Ping, action director of THE MATRIX trilogy.

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

THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng 
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• "Action Master" archival interview with director Yuen Woo-ping by Frédéric Ambroisine 
• "At the Service of the Great Magician" interview with assistant director Fish Fong 
• "The Shakespeare of Yuen Woo-ping" interview with filmmaker John Kreng 
• Still Gallery 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies comes in an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling with a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver.
  

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