Second Run grants THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA (review)

A Czech/East German co-production based on the Czech version of "Cinderella" with feminist undertones THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA remains a Christmas favorite throughout Europe.

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

THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• An Appreciation by film historian Michael Brooke
• "Popelka" 1929 Silent Film Adaptation
• "Střevíček" 1937 Animated Film
• Theatrical Trailer
• Restoration Trailer
• Comes with a booklet by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
   

Acorn Media investigates THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES: SERIES 10 (review)

Quirky city detective Mike Shepard and his local team Kristen Sims, Daniel Chalmers, and coroner Gina investigate bizarre murders in the New Zealand backwoods town of Brokenwood.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES: SERIES 10 DVD specs:

• Six feature-length episodes on three dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 Widescreen (PAL)
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• The Making of Series 10
  

Second Run harvests THE HOP-PICKERS (review)

Where else would you find a widescreen, color musical comedy about harvesting hops than Communist Czechoslovakia with this story of star-crossed lovers stylistically-indebted to Robert Wise's film of WEST SIDE STORY.

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

THE HOP-PICKERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.55:1 Widescreen
• Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Short Films:
• Comes with a 24-page booklet by author Jonathan Owen.
  

MVD Visual hunts COP KILLERS (review)

A drug deal gone wrong results in a shootout and two Rolls Royce-driving criminals on the run with a hostage in this seventies grindhouse flick from the makers of FLESH GORDON.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

COP KILLERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actor Jason Williams, moderated by Adam Trash
• "Confessions of a Cop Killer" interview with actor Jason Williams
• Theatrical Trailer

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88 Films spies on THE WATCHER IN THE ATTIC (review)

A landlord spies on the tenants of his boarding house through holes in the attic.  When he sees beautiful Minako strangle her lover with her thighs, he realizes he has found a soulmate in pleasure and murder in this Nikkatsu adaptation of a story by Edogawa Rampo, the Japanese Poe.

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

THE WATCHER IN THE ATTIC Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.46:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Japanese cinema experts Jasper Sharp and Amber T.
• "Who's Watching Who?" interview with filmmaker Hisayasu Sato
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• The limited edition first pressing includes a DVD copy, OBI strip, and booklet by Earl Jackson.
   

88 Films peruses SWEDEN PORNO: BLONDE ANIMAL (review)

Besides their own homegrown erotica, Japanese studio Nikkatsu went to Scandinavia to exploit "Swedish Sin" with the SWEDEN PORNO series and this entry BLONDE ANIMAL about a pair of innocent young lovers who get entangled with a pair of American swingers.

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

SWEDEN PORNO: BLONDE ANIMAL Blu-ray/DVD Combo specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Japanese cinema experts Rickard Gramfors and Jasper Sharp 
• "Swedish Sin - Johan Nordström on Nikkatsu's 'Sweden Porno' Line" 2024 video essay 
• Stills Gallery 
• Theatrical Trailer
• DVD Copy
• Comes with an OBI strip and booklet with an essay by David Flint.
  

88 Films confesses I AM A NYMPHOMANIAC (review)

A repressed young woman falls down an elevator shaft and becomes a nymphomaniac in Max Pecas' softcore erotic melodrama starring Sandra Julien (SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES), Janine Reynaud (SUCCUBUS), and Michel Lemoine (SEVEN WOMEN FOR SATAN).

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

I AM A NYMPHOMANIAC Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Flirting with Genres" interview with film historian Christophe Bier
  

Arrow Video petrifies with MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (review)

A young journalist doing a story on a windmill with a macabre carousel of female statues becomes embroiled in lust and jealousy in the early Italian horror film MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN Blu-ray specs: 

• Italian Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• English Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• "MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN and The Gothic Body" visual essay by film historian Kat Ellinger
• "Turned to Stone" featurette containing archival interviews with actress Liana Orfei and film historian Fabio Melelli
• "A Little Chat with Dr. Mabuse" interview with actor Wolfgang Preiss
• Alternate Opening Titles:
• UK "Drops of Blood" Titles
• German Titles
• Trailers:
• US Theatrical Trailer
• German Theatrical Trailer
• Image Galleries:
• Posters
• Stills and Lobby Cards
• German Pressbook
• US Pressbook
  

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Grindhouse Releasing takes a trip through HOLLYWOOD 90028 (review)

A freelance cameraman's psyche deteriorates as another of Hollywood's broken dreams, but his includes serial murder in this forgotten seventies arty exploitation film.

REVIEW LINK: Grindhouse Releasing (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HOLLYWOOD 90028 Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Marc Heuck and Heid Honeycutt 
• Audio Commentary on the film's locations by film historian Shawn Langrick 
• "Twisted Throats" Reissue Version (in standard definition) 
• Alternate X-Rated Cuts 
• Outtakes 
• Trailers and Radio Spot 
• Still Galleries 
• Grindhouse Releasing Prevues of Coming Attractions 
• Easter Eggs
• Disc Two:
• "Hollywood Dreams: The Making of HOLLYWOOD 90028" 
• "Christopher Augustine at The New Beverly: September 13, 2022 Q and A" 
• "Tom and Tina: The Early Years" interview with filmmaker Tom DeSimone 
• Christina Hornisher Short Films 
• "Los Angeles: Here and Gone" location comparison 
• Production Credits 
• Easter Eggs
• Disc Three:
• CD Soundtrack by Basil Poledouris
• Comes in a slipcase with a reversible cover, a booklet featuring essays by Jim Van Bebber, Marc Heuck, David Szulkin, and Richard Kraft.

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Arrow Video haunts CRIMSON PEAK in 4K (review)

Guillermo del Toro tells a tale of gothic romance on an epic scale (at least an epic budget) when a young American woman is swept off her feet by a British aristocrat and taken to his ancestral home, the forbidding CRIMSON PEAK where the dead are not quiet.

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

CRIMSON PEAK 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision HDR/HDR10)
• English DTS:X and DTS Headphone:X 2.0 Stereo
• English Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by co-writer/director Guillermo del Toro 
• "The House is Alive: Constructing CRIMSON PEAK" documentary 
• Spanish-language Interview with co-writer/director Guillermo Del Toro 
• Allerdale Hall - Four Featurettes:
• "The Gothic Corridor"
• "The Scullery"
• "The Red Clay Mines"
• "The Limbo Fog Set"
• "A Primer on Gothic Romance" interview with co-writer/director Guillermo del Toro on the film's literary elements 
• "The Light and Dark of CRIMSON PEAK" featurette about the film's use of color 
• "Hand Tailored Gothic" featurette on the film's costumes 
• "A Living Thing" featurette on the modelling and construction of the Allerdale Hall sets 
• "Beware of CRIMSON PEAK" walking tour of Allerdale Hall with actor Tom Hiddleston 
• "Crimson Phantoms" featurette on the film's ghosts 
• "Kim Newman on CRIMSON PEAK and the Tradition of Gothic Romance" interview with the author and critic 
• "Violence and Beauty in Guillermo del Toro's Gothic Fairy Tale Films" video essay by writer Kat Ellinger 
• Deleted Scenes 
• International Trailer 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• 2 TV Spots 
• Image Galleries: 
• Production Stills 
• Behind the Scenes
  

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Eureka's Masters of Cinema goes bump in the night with THE CAT AND THE CANARY (review)

On a dark and stormy night, a young heiress is threatened by greedy relatives and an escaped maniac in the OG "old dark house" film THE CAT AND THE CANARY.

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

THE CAT AND THE CANARY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Robert Israel Score in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Original English Intertitles
• Audio Commentary by author Stephen Jones and author/critic Kim Newman
• Audio Commentary by film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
• "Mysteries Mean Dark Corners" video essay by David Cairns and Fiona Watson
• Interview with writer and film critic Pamela Hutchinson
• Interview with film critic Phuong Le
• Extracts from John Willard's Original Play
• "Lucky Strike" Paul Leni Cigarette Brand Endorsement
• The first pressing comes with a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Richard Combs, Craig Ian Mann, and Imogen Sara Smith.
  

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88 Films stalks THE COMEBACK (review)

An American pop singer takes a house in the English countryside to work on his comeback album, unfortunately it may be haunted and someone is murdering all of his friends in Pete Walker's penultimate horror film starring singer Jack Jones.

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

THE COMEBACK Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter David McGillivray, moderated by film critics Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Audio Commentary by director/producer Pete Walker, moderated by "English Gothic" author Jonathan Rigby
• "Walker's Women" interview with director Pete Walker
• "The Making of THE COMEBACK"
• Theatrical Trailer
  

88 Films splits a SCHIZO (Review)

No one believes ice skater Samantha when she claims someone is stalking her, but then the bodies start to drop in Pete Walker's PSYCHO-thriller.

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

SCHIZO Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter David McGillivray, moderated by film critics Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• "Ask Mr Walker" interview with director Pete Walker
  

VCI scares up HILLBILLYS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE (review)

On the way to Nashville, country singers Woody and Boots along with their manager Jeepers spend the night in an old house haunted by a killer gorilla and international spies.  Basil Rathbone and Lon Chaney Jr. co-star.

REVIEW LINK: VCI Entertainment (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

HILLBILLYS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE Blu-ray/DVD Combo specs:

• Disc One (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Disc Two (DVD):
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Robert Kelly
• Still Gallery 
• Trailer for LAS VEGAS HILLBILLYS

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Full Moon unearths THE PRIMEVALS (review)

Forty years in the making, THE PRIMEVALS was PUPPET MASTER stop motion artist David Allen's passion project that started shooting in 1994 and stalled due to financial issues and then his passing.  Now the film has been completed by producer Charles Band and the industry effects greats who were once his apprentices.  When the body of a yeti is brought back from Tibet, a scientific time and a guide travel deep into the mountains to find another and discover the secret behind human evolution.

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon Pictures (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE PRIMEVALS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Trailer

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Second Run spends DAYS and an AFTERNOON with Tsai Ming-Liang (review)

An actor in constant pain after a stroke and a younger Laotian masseuse find more than physical intimacy in the space of an evening in DAYS, from the director of GOODBYE, DRAGON INN.

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

DAYS//AFTERNOON - TWO FILMS BY TSAI MING-LIANG Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One - Days:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• This film is intentionally unsubtitled.Interview with director Tsai Ming-Liang 
• "Wandering" 2021 short film by Tsai Ming-Liang 
• "Days Passed: Lee Kang-Sheng Through the Eyes of Tsai Ming-Liang" video essay by film historian Michelle Cho 
• Teasers and Trailers
• Disc Two - Afternoon:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• "Tsai Ming-Liang in Conversation with Tony Rayns" (78 minutes) 
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a 20-page booklet with writing by So Mayer.

Unearthed Films visits the VILLAGE OF DOOM (review)

An introverted young man is further ostracized in his village when he contracts tuberculosis and cannot serve in the Japanese army and decides to make his village his own battlefield in this true crime account from Daiei.

REVIEW LINK: Unearthed Films (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

VILLAGE OF DOOM Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian film experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• "Dark Asia with Megan: Case #57 Japan's Darkest Night, Tsuyama Massacre" interview with true crime podcaster Megan Lee 
• Promotional Gallery 
• Theatrical Trailer Comes with a slipcover.

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Cauldron Films turns Michael York into the "Phantom of Death" in OFF BALANCE (review)

Michael York plays a pianist struck down with a rare disease and he can no longer control his impulse to kill in this giallo from Ruggero Deodato starring Donald Pleasance and Edwich Fenech.

REVIEW LINK: Cauldron Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

OFF BALANCE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles (for English track) and English Subtitles (for Italian dub)
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth 
• "An Uncommon Director" interview with Ruggero Deodato, filmed July 2022 
• English Export Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a reversible cover.

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Arrow Video contracts THE ADDICTION (review)

On her way home from class one night, Kathleen Conklin (Lili Taylor) is assaulted by a woman (Annabella Sciorra) and bitten on the throat.  Over the next few days, she turns from heroin addiction to blood-drinking in desperation to satisfy the hunger within her.  Christopher Walken, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Paul Calderon, Freddo Starr, and Kathryn Erbe also star in this indie vampire film from Abel Ferrara.

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

THE ADDICTION 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Abel Ferrara, moderated by critic and biographer Brad Stevens 
• "Talking with the Vampires" documentary about the film made by Ferrara featuring actors Christopher Walken and Lili Taylor, composer Joe Delia, Ken Kelsch, and Ferrara himself 
• Interview with director Abel Ferrara 
• Appreciation by critic Brad Stevens 
• "Abel Edits THE ADDICTION" featurette 
• Image Gallery 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Easter Egg 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain, and the first pressing includes a slipcover and an illustrated collector s booklet containing new writing on the film by critic Michael Ewins
  

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Dread the blind witch BEEZEL (review)

Three stories chart the deadly history of a New England house haunted by a demonic force lurking in the cellar.

REVIEW LINK: Epic Pictures (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BEEZEL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC Mult-Aspect Ratio
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH and Spanish Subtitles
• The Making of BEEZEL
• Short Films DOCTOR DEATH and THE SLEEP WATCHER
• Trailer
• Dread Trailers

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Synapse Films desecrates THE CONVENT (review)

When a group of college fraternity and sorority members break into a long-abandoned Catholic school to tag the bell tower, they unleash a Satanic evil that possess them in a mission to bring about the end of the world in this 2000 comedy horror flick featuring Adrienne Barbeau.

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

THE CONVENT 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.78:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Mike Mendez, composer Joseph Bishara, and actors Megahn Perry and Liam Kyle Sullivan 
• Audio Commentary by the Lords Of Hell actors David Gunn and Kelly Mantle 
• Behind the Scenes 
• Locations featurette 
• Deleted Scene 
• Gore Outtakes 
• Still Gallery 
• Electronic Press Kit 
• Promotional Trailer 1 
• Promotional Trailer 2
  
• Comes with a reversible cover and "It's Always Something with a Virgin" liner notes booklet by Corey Danna. 

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Also available directly from Synapse Films in a 4,000 copy limited edition with a slipcover.

Acorn Media investigates MIDSOMER MURDERS: SERIES 23 (review)

Barnaby and Winter investigate more bizarre murders in the idyllic English countryside including the suspicious car accident of a former police chief, a series of strange deaths among a group of preppers, a deadly sabotage campaign against an artisan mill, and deaths at a drag queen competition.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

MIDSOMER MURDERS: SERIES 23 DVD specs:

• Four episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• "MIDSOMER MURDERS: 25 Years of Mayhem" anniversary special
• Caroline Graham Biography
• Broadcast Dates
   

Film Movement and Vinegar Syndrome prey on L'INNOCENTE (review)

Luchino Visconti's final film looks at nineteenth century hypocrisy when Tullio is unfaithful to his wife Giuliana with widowed young countess Teresa and only begins to desire his wife again when she has an affair of her own.  Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Massimo Girotti, and Marc Porel star.

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

L'INNOCENTE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono 
•  Optional English Subtitles 
•  "Reframing L'INNOCENTE" visual essay by Ivo Blom 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Film Movement Trailers 
• Booklet by Dan Callahan  

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Film Movement and Vinegar Syndrome get BENT (review)

The 1997 screen adaptation of the 1979 Martin Sherman play looks at the forbidden intimacy between two gay men in a concentration camp during World War II.  Clive OWen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellan, and Mick Jagger star.

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

BENT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen 
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH subtitles 
• Behind the Scenes 
• "Streets of Berlin" music video by Mick Jagger
  
• Cast Interviews
• Re-release Trailer 
• Original Trailer 
• Previews 
• Booklet by Steven Alan Carr 

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Radiance Films retells THE STORY OF ADELE H. (review)

Isabelle Adjani came to international attention in François Truffaut's THE STORY OF ADELE H. about the tragic life and love of Adele Hugo, daughter of Victor Hugo, who followed the love of her life to Nova Scotia, Barbados, and into madness.

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

THE STORY OF ADELE H. Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French/English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with critic Phuong Le 
• 1986 interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros 
• 1975 interview with director François Truffaut 
• 1980 interview with actress Isabelle Adjani 
• 1975 footage of the premiere in Lyon with François Truffaut and Isabelle Adjani 
• French Theatrical Trailer 
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies comes with a reversible cover featuring designs based on original posters and a 24-page booklet featuring archival writing by Fran ois Truffaut. 
• Presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.
  

Radiance Films experiences PANIC IN YEAR ZERO! (review)

An average suburban family discovers their basest instincts when they take to the road in the aftermath of a nuclear attack in this American International picture starring Ray Milland and Frankie Avalon.

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

PANIC IN YEAR ZERO Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film critic Richard Harland Smith 
• Interview with writer/critic Kim Newman 
• 1972 interview with actor Ray Milland 
• "Atomic Shock!" interview with filmmaker Joe Dante 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies comes with a reversible cover featuring designs based on original posters and a booklet featuring new writing by film critic Christina Newland. 
• Presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.
  

88 Films solicits MADAME CLAUDE (review):

A madame whose girls cater to high profile French and internatioanl clients becomes embroiled in a wide-ranging political scandal in Just Jaeckin's softcore thriller based on a true story.  Francoise Fabian, Dayle Haddon, and Klaus Kinski star.  Music by Serge Gainsbourg with a theme song by Jane Birkin.

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

MADAME CLAUDE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French/English and English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Monsieur Klaus - Kinski and French Cinema" visual essay by film historian Troy Howarth
• Still Gallery
• Initial pressing includes a slipcase and booklet notes by Chris O'Neill.
  

88 Films wields a KNIFE UNDER THE THROAT (review)

Florence Guerin and Brigitte Lahaie are menaced by a knife-wielding killer in the eighties French slasher KNIFE UNDER THE THROAT from director Claude Mulot (THE BLOOD ROSE).

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

KNIFE UNDER THE THROAT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Brigitte on My Mind" interview with actress Brigitte Lahaie
• Image Gallery
   

88 Films has a rendezvous with Nikkatsu's APARTMENT WIFE: AFFAIR IN THE AFTERNOON (review)

Left to her own devices by a salary man husband unmindful of her pleasure, a young wife becomes vulnerable to seduction and the scheming of a sexpot neighbor in this first Nikkatsu softcore erotica effort.

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

APARTMENT WIFE: AFFAIR IN THE AFTERNOON Blu-ray/DVD Combo specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.44:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Irene Gonzalez-Lopez 
• "An Introduction to Roman Porno: Mio Hatokai on APARTMENT WIFE: AFFAIR IN THE AFTERNOON" 
• Stills Gallery 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• DVD Copy 
• Includes a reversible cover with original and newly commissioned artwork by Silver Ferox. 
• The first pressing includes the DVD copy, an OBI strip, and booklet notes by Dmitri Ianni.
  

Arrow Video has a date with TOMIE (review)

A young college student suffering from amnesia after an accident is stalked by a beautiful classmate who repeatedly dies and comes back in the manga adaptation TOMIE.

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

TOMIE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Japanese cinema expert Amber T. 
• "It's a Girl's World" interview with director Ataru Oikawa 
• "Scream Queen" interview with actress Mami Nakamura 
• "From Manga to Screen" interview with producer Mikihiko Hirata 
• Making-of Tomie 
• Series Trailers 
• Image Gallery 
• Comes with an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Zack Davisson and Eugene Thacker and a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck. 

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Fun City Editions gyrates with HEAVENLY BODIES (review)

Three young women take on a big gym chain when they strike out for themselves with an all-inclusive dance and aerobics studio in this Canadian FLASHDANCE cash-in.

REVIEW LINK: Fun City Editions (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HEAVENLY BODIES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Millie De Chirico and Jeffrey Mixed 
• "A Little Bit of Gold Dust" interview with actress Cynthia Dale 
• Image Gallery 
• Comes with a reversible cover and a booklet. 
• Also available with a slipcover exclusively at Fun City Editions.

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88 Films goes Nikkatsu with WOODS ARE WET (review)

Falsely accused of murdering her mistress, servant Sachiko goes on the run and is taken in by a wealthy couple of innkeepers but they have evil intentions in this loose adaptation of the Marquis de Sade's "Justine" from Nikkatsu studio.

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

WOODS ARE WET Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.45:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Japanese film expert Jasper Sharp and academic Lindsay Hallum
• "Pleasure and Pain: Mio Hatokai on WOODS ARE WET" interview
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Includes a reversible cover with original and newly commissioned artwork by Silver Ferox. 
• The first pressing includes the DVD copy, an OBI strip, and booklet notes by Dr. Virgine Selavy.
  

Film Masters spends the NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST under ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (review)

A rocket crashes back to Earth with an uninvited passenger in NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST while mutated bloodsuckers stalk victims in the swamp in ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, a Roger Corman/Gene Corman duo directed by the show-runner of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and AIRWOLF.

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

NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST/ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Night of the Blood Beast:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen and 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen Versions 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Weaver 
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episode 
• 8mm Silent Digest Version 
• Re-created Theatrical Trailer 
• Publicity Slideshow 
• Restoration Comparison
• Disc Two - Attack of the Giant Leeches:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Weaver 
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episode 
• "Made from T.V.: Bernard Kowalski as a Director" documentary 
• Re-created Theatrical Trailer 
• Yvette Vickers Picture Gallery
• 22-page booklet featuring an interview with NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST screenwriter Martin Varno and a piece on ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES by Tom Weaver.
  

Arrow Video inflicts HELLRAISER: QUARTET OF TORMENT in 4K (review)

Arrow Video has such sights to show you with HELLRAISER: QUARTET OF TORMENT featuring the first four films of Clive Barker's mythos.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

HELLRAISER - QUARTET OF TORMENT 4K UltraHD specs:

• Disc One - Hellraiser:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision HDR) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• NEW! Audio Commentary by critics Stephen Jones and Kim Newman 
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Clive Barker from 1996 
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Clive Barker and actress Ashley Laurence, moderated by screenwriter Peter Atkins from 2000 
• "Power of Imagination" discussion with film scholars Sorcha Ní Fhlainn and Karmel Kniprath 
• "Unboxing Hellraiser" visual essay by genre author Alexandra Benedict 
• "The Pursuit of Possibilities" discussion with horror authors Paula D. Ashe and Eric LaRocca 
• "Flesh is a Trap" visual essay by genre author Guy Adams 
• Behind the Scenes: 
• Introduction by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman 
• Extended Clive Barker 1987 EPK 
• Extended Andrew Robinson 1987 EPK 
• Extended Claire Higgins 1987 EPK 
• Extended Ashley Laurence 1987 EPK 
• Extended Creatures and Effects 1987 EPK 
• Original 1987 Electronic Press Kit 
• Archival Special Features: 
• "Being Frank: Sean Chapman on Hellraiser" 
• "Soundtrack Hell: The Story of the Abandoned Coil Score" 
• "Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser" 
• "Hellraiser: Resurrection" 
• Trailers: 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Red Band Trailer 
• International Trailer 
• 4 TV Spots 
• Image Galleries: 
• Image Gallery 
• First Draft Screenplay 
• Final Draft Screenplay
• Disc Two - Hellbound: Hellraiser II
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision HDR) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• NEW! Audio Commentary by critics Stephen Jones and Kim Newman 
• Audio Commentary by director Tony Randel and writer Peter Atkins from 1996 
• Audio Commentary by director Tony Randel, writer Peter Atkins and actress Ashley Laurence from 2000 
• "He Was What They Wanted!" appreciation of the film and Barker by horror authors Kit Power and George Daniel Lea 
• "That Rat Slice Sound" appreciation of composer Christopher Young's scores by Guy Adams 
• Behind-the-Scenes: 
• Clive Barker 
• Cast and Crew 
• Behind the Scenes Footage 
• Archival Special Featurettes: 
• "Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellbound: Hellraiser II" 
• "Being Frank: Sean Chapman on Hellbound" 
• "Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth" 
• Deleted Surgeon Scene 
• Trailers: 
• Theatrical Trailer 1 
• Theatrical Trailer 2 
• Theatrical Trailer 3 
• Red Band Theatrical Trailer 
• TV Spots: 
• TV Spot 1 
• TV Spot 2 
• TV Spot 3 
• Galleries: 
• Storyboards 
• Alternate Ending Storyboards 
• Stills and Promo Material 
• Draft Screenplay
• Disc Three - Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth:
• Theatrical Cut:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision HDR) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by writer Peter Atkins from 2015 
• Unrated Cut: 
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision HDR) with SD Inserts 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• NEW! Audio Commentary by critics Stephen Jones and Kim Newman 
• Audio Commentary by director Anthony Hickox and actor Doug Bradley from 2004 
• Behind the Scenes: 
• 1992 Electronic Press Kit 
• FX Dailies 
• Archival Special Features: 
• "Time with Terri" interview with actress Paula Marshall 
• "Raising Hell on Earth" interview with director Anthony Hickox 
• "Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth" 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Image Gallery
• Disc Four - Hellraiser: Bloodline:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision HDR) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• NEW Audio Commentary by writer Peter Atkins and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman 
• "Beautiful Suffering" documentary 
• Alternate Workprint Cut (~82 minutes) 
• More Alternate Footage 
• "Hellraiser: Evolutions" documentary 
• "Books of Blood and Beyond" appreciation by horror author David Gatwalk 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Image Gallery
• Comes in a slipbox with a 200-page hardback book entitled "Ages of Desire" featuring a writing from Clive Barker archivists Phil and Sarah Stokes.
  

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Second Sight investigates THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (review)

Spawning "found footage horror" as an indie genre of access, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT went from cultural phenomenon to fashionably uncool and all the way back with Second Sight's special edition Blu-ray of a brand new restoration.

REVIEW LINK: Second Sight (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Theatrical Cut: 
• 1080i60 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson 
• Audio Commentary by writers and directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez and producers Rob Cowie, Greg Hale and Mike Manello 
• Festival Cut: 
• 1080i60 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Theatrical Cut from 35mm: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson 
• Audio Commentary by writers and directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez and producers Rob Cowie, Greg Hale and Mike Manello
• Disc Two:
• "The Blair Witch Documentary" (150 minutes) 
• "THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: Analogue Horror in a Digital World" visual essay by film historian Mike Muncer 
• Deleted Scenes (92 minutes) 
• Four Alternate Endings 
• "Curse of the Blair Witch" 1999 TV Mockumentary 
• Cannes 1999: Archive Directors' Interview 
• Three Trailers
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Timothy Pittides, a 184-page hardback book with archive production materials and new essays by Stacey Abbott, Becky Darke, Adam Hart, Craig Ian Mann, Mary Beth McAndrews,  Dr. Cecilia Sayad, Pete Turner and Heather Wixson, "Heather's Journal", and three collectors' art cards.
  

88 Films gets drilled by FRIGHTMARE (review)

The family that slays together stays together in Pete Walker's brutal tale of blood ties and cannibalism starring Sheila Keith.

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

FRIGHTMARE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter David McGillivray, moderated by film critics Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw 
• Audio Commentary by British horror experts Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth 
• Audio Commentary by director/producer/co-writer Pete Walker and director of photography Peter Jessop, moderated by biographer Professor Steven Chibnall 
• "Editor Robert Dearberg on FRIGHTMARE" 
• Theatrical Trailer
  

88 Films investigates "the confessional murders" in HOUSE OF MORTAL SIN (review)

A young woman becomes the object of obsession for a priest who brutally punishes sin in Pete Walker's anticlerical slasher HOUSE OF MORTAL SIN starring Susan Penhaligon and Stephanie Beacham.

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

HOUSE OF MORTAL SIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter David McGillivray, moderated by film critics Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw 
• Audio Commentary by film critic Samm Deighan 
• Audio Commentary by director Pete Walker, moderated by film historian Jonathan Rigby 
• "Symphony of Horror" interview with director Pete Walker 
• "Actor Confessionals" interview with actors Norman Eshley and Stewart Bevan

88 Films opens the portal FROM BEYOND (review)

Stuart Gordon and crew followed up the cult success of RE-ANIMATOR with the bigger and gorier FROM BEYOND in which scientists develop a machine that opens up portals to other dimensions with disastrous results.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

FROM BEYOND 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10) 4K UltraHD and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Blu-ray
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, LPCM 4.0 (LCRS) and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by authors and critics Kim Newman and Sean Hogan 
• Audio Commentary by director Stuart Gordon, producer Brian Yuzna, actress Barbara Crampton, and actor Jeffrey Combs 
• "Don't Bite the Pineal Gland: Jeffrey Combs on FROM BEYOND" 
• "All Aboard the Love Machine: Barbara Crampton on FROM BEYOND" 
• "Back from Outer Space: Ken Foree on FROM BEYOND" 
• "Monster Unleashed: Brian Yuzna on FROM BEYOND" 
• "Reflections with Stuart Gordon: A Director’s Perspective" 
• "Lost and Found" 
• Interview with composer Richard Band 
• Storyboard Comparisons (multi-angle) 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Stills Gallery
• The first pressing includes a silver wrap rigid slipcase with two new artworks by Ilanimation Studios, four collectible art-cards, and a double-sided foldout poster.
  

88 Films gets embalmed at the MORTUARY (review)

"BEFORE YOUR FUNERAL... BEFORE YOU ARE BURIED... BEFORE YOU ARE COVERED WITH THE LAST SHOVELFUL OF DIRT... BE SURE YOU ARE REALLY DEAD!"  Christopher George, Lynda Day George, ALIENS' Bill Paxton, and THE WALTONS' Mary McDonough star in this eighties slasher.

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

MORTUARY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues (Justin Kerswell, Joseph Henson, Nathan Johnson, and Erik Threlfall) 
• "MORTUARY: The Sounds of John Cacavas" interview 
• Newly-created Trailer 
• Comes with a double-walled slipcase and booklet notes.
  

88 Films spies on EYEBALL in 4K (review)

Experience a "blinding vision of horror" when a tour group of Americans in Spain are stalked by an eye-gouging killer in this giallo from Umberto Lenzi.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

EYEBALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• Two-disc "Deluxe Limited Edition" set with 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen Versions
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson, and Eugenio Ercolani 
• Audio Commentary by critics Kim Newman and David Flint 
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues 
• "An Eye For Murder" interview with actress Martine Brochard 
• "Genre Maestro" archival interview with director Umberto Lenzi 
• "The Wandering Eye(ball)" visual essay by film historian Mike Foster 
• "Locations" featurette 
• "The Secret Killer" English Export Title Sequence 
• English End Credits 
• "Eyeball" Trailer Reel: 
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer 
• Italian Trailer 
• U.S. TV Spot 
• Comes in a rigid slip case with art by Graham Humphreys with a reversible sleeve featuring new art by Graham Humphreys and original Italian poster, an 80-page perfectbound book featuring five articles, a foldout double-sided poster, and a set of collectible art cards.
  

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Also available from 88 Films in a website-exclusive edition with alternate slipcase artwork.

Second Run ventures into THE VALLEY OF THE BEES (review)

Pledged to the Order of the Teutonic Knights by his penitent father, Ondrej grows into a man in an atmosphere of repression and brutality.  When he escapes, he is pursued by a fanatical brother who has wrapped up his own salvation in Ondrej's redemption.  From the director of MARKETA LAZAROVA.

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

THE VALLEY OF THE BEES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by The Projection Booth podcasters Mike White and Robert Bellissimo 
• Short Films: 
• "The City in White [Město v bilém]" (1972) 
• "Karlovy Vary Promenades [Karlovarské promenády]" (1972) 
• Comes with a 24-page booklet with an essay by critic Peter Hames.
  

Vinegar Syndrome celebrates the empire of CRUEL BRITANNIA with THREE KILLER THRILLERS FROM THE U.K. (review)

British horror in the seventies took a turn towards more realistic, nasty, and sometimes sleazier thrillers.  In CRAZE, Jack Palance plays an antiques dealer who comes to believe that offering blood sacrifices to an African idol will bring him good fortune.  In PENNY GOLD, a woman is brutally murdered but the real target might have been her twin sister, one of whom knows the whereabouts of a priceless collectible stamp.  In CRUCIBLE OF TERROR, an art dealer and his model wife try to make a deal to sell the art pieces of a reclusive sculptor whose last muse wound up encased in molten bronze.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CRUEL BRITANNIA Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• CRAZE:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critics/authors Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• "Happy Gatherings" interview with actress Judy Matheson
• "In for a Pound" interview with actor Richard Heffer
• Archival Career-Spanning Interview with actor Michael Jayston
• Disc Two:
• PENNY GOLD:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critics/authors Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• CRUCIBLE OF TERROR:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critics/authors Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Also available with a slipcase, a slipcover, and a 40-page perfect bound book at Vinegar Syndrome and select indie retailers, limited to 5000 copies.
  
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Radiance Films is haunted by DAIEI GOTHIC (review)

Vengeful ghosts, alluring yokai, and the loving dead haunt DAIEI GOTHIC, a triple feature of classic ghost stories from the celebrated studio.  In THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA, an ex-samurai is haunted by the ghost of his murdered first wife.  In THE SNOW WOMAN, a young woodsman makes a vow to the life-sucking woman of the snow that could cost him his life if he breaks it.  In THE BRIDE FROM HADES, the third son of a samurai family falls in love with a courtesan who may not be of this world.

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

DAIEI GOTHIC Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - The Ghost of Yotsuya:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• An Appreciation by filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• "The Endless Curse of Oiwa" visual essay on the history and adaptations of the classic Ghost of Yotsuya story by author Kyoko Hirano
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two - The Snow Woman:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• An Appreciation by filmmaker Masayuki Ochiai
• "The Haunted Mind of Lafcadio Hearn" visual essay by scholar Paul Murray
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Three - The Bride from Hades:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by author Jasper Sharp
• An Appreciation by filmmaker Hiroshi Takahashi
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer
• Three full-height Scanavo cases for each film with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings. 
• Housed in a slipcase designed by Time Tomorrow and including a limited edition 80-page perfect bound book featuring new writing by authors Tom Mes, Zack Davisson and Paul Murray, newly translated archival reviews and ghost stories by Lafcadio Hearn.

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Film Masters' CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND is caught in the WEB OF THE SPIDER (review)

It's a double bill of Klaus Kinski terror as he plays twins, one good and one evil, and either one of them might be the CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND while Kinski plays Edgar Allan Poe himself daring a foolish journalist into spending the night in a castle where the dead still live and love in WEB OF THE SPIDER.

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

CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND/WEB OF THE SPIDER Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One - Creature with the Blue Hand:
• Theatrical Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• "The Bloody Dead" Video Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by producer/new scenes director Sam Sherman
• "The Bloody Dead" Added Scenes Raw Footage 
• "A Man of Mystery: Inside the World of Edgar Wallace" interview with writer Pete Atkins
• "Kinski Krimis" interview with filmmaker C. Courtney Joyner
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• Re-created Trailer
• Disc Two - Web of the Spider:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Stephen Jones and Kim Newman 
• 2024 Recut Theatrical Trailer 
• CASTLE OF BLOOD Theatrical Trailer
• Includes a liner notes booklet by Nick Clark and Christopher Stewardson.

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