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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Celluloid Dreams is paralyzed by the SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (review)

When his girlfriend vanishes the night before they plan to leave the country, Prague-based American reporter Gregory Moore goes in search of her, stumbling into a sinister conspiracy only to realize too late that his own time is running out in this giallo from Aldo Lado (NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS) starring Jean Sorel, Ingrid Thulin, Mario Adorf, and Barbara Bach.

REVIEW LINK: Celluloid Dreams (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.39:1 widescreen (HDR10)
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English (for Italian) and SDH (for English) Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Aldo Lado and Federico Caddeo (in French with English subtitles)
• Audio Commentary by film critic Guido Henkel
• Isolated Score (in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono)
• English International Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Grindhouse Theatrical Trailer
• Unreleased "Catalepsis" English Trailer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English (for Italian) and SDH (for English) Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Aldo Lado and Federico Caddeo (in French with English subtitles)
• Audio Commentary by film critic Guido Henkel
• Isolated Score (in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono)
• English International Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Grindhouse Theatrical Trailer
• Unreleased "Catalepsis" English Trailer
• Disc Three (Blu-ray):
• "The Nights of Malastrana" 2015 retrospective documentary with director Aldo Lado and Jean Sorel (101 minutes) 
• 2018 interview with writer/director Aldo Lado 
• "The Most Beautiful Voice in the World" interview with soprano Edda Del Orso 
• "The Quest for Money" interview with producer Enzo Doria featuring archival comments by director Aldo Lado and actor Jean Sorel 
• "Cuts Like a Knife" interview with film editor Mario Morra 
• "To Italy and Back" interview with co-producer Dieter Geissler 
• "The Man on the Bridge" video essay by Howard Berger 
• Image Gallery 
• German "Malastrana" Opening Credits and "Ende" Card
• Disc Four (Blu-ray):
• Grindhouse Version from 35mm archival lab print:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen 
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH (for English) and English (for Italian subtitles) 
• U.S. "Paralyzed" VHS Pan and Scan Version:
• 480i MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen 
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles
• Comes with a reversible cover and a booklet in a hard slipcase.
  

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Radiance Films communes with THE EEL (review)

After serving an eight year prison sentence for a brutal crime of passion, Takuro settles in a seaside village and opens up a barbershop but resists getting close to other people, fearing his past will be exposed, until he rescues a woman who tries to commit suicide and starts to let his guard down in this quirky drama from Shohei Imamura.

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

THE EEL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Presentations of the theatrical cut (117 minutes) and director's cut (134 minutes)
• Japanese LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with film critic Tony Rayns
• Interview with screenwriter and director's son Daisuke Kengan
• "1997: A Year to Remember" visual essay by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and limited edition booklet featuring a newly translated archival interview with Imamura. Presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.

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Severin Films gets it UP! for Russ Meyer (review)

The murder of Adolf... Schwartz would be more intriguing than "who killed Laura Palmer" if the residents of a California desert town were not so busy diving into each other's orifices in Russ Meyer's UP!

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (US/UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

UP! 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Elizabeth Purchell
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Elizabeth Purchell
• "No Fairy Tale... This!" interview with actress Raven De La Croix
• Radio Spot
  

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Severin Films revs up with a MOTORPSYCHO! (review)

Alex Rocco and Haji are on the trail of biker rapists for vengeance in Russ Meyer's busty biker film/western mashup MOTORPSYCHO.

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MOTORPSYCHO 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Elizabeth Purchell and filmmaker Zach Clark
• Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Elizabeth Purchell and filmmaker Zach Clark
• "Desert Rats on Hondas" interviews with actress Haji and actor Alex Rocco
• Theatrical Trailer
  

Film Monsters awaken the MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR (review)

Roger Corman's first film as a producer was this twelve-day, $12,000 sci-fi wonder about a Mexican village terrorized by a sea creature of mysterious origins.

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

MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Weaver featuring an archival interview with producer Roger Corman
• "Bob Baker: From Monsters to Marionettes" documentary by Justin Humphreys
• "Roger Corman: Becoming a B-Movie Maker" archival interview
• Still Gallery
• 35mm Theatrical Trailer
• 2025 Re-cut Trailer
• Comes with a 16-page booklet by film historian Tom Weaver.
  

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