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.
  

Also available in separate single disc standard edition 4K UltraHD and Blu-ray.

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.