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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Eureka's Masters of Cinema spies on MABUSE LIVES! DR. MABUSE AT CCC: 1960-1964 (review)

Fritz Lang's DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER is back in the Cold War era gathering intelligence for blackmail and world domination in THE 1,000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE and plotting world cataclysms in THE RETURN OF DR. MABUSE, THE INVISIBLE DR. MABUSE, THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, SCOTLAND YARD HUNTS DR. MABUSE, and THE DEATH RAY OF DR. MABUSE.

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

MABUSE LIVES! DR. MABUSE AT CCC: 1960-1964 Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One - The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• German and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Introduction by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
• Alternate Ending from the French Version
• "A Conversation with Dr. M" interview with actor Wolfgang Preiss
• "Eye of Evil" 1966 U.S. Re-Release Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two:
• The Return of Dr. Mabuse:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• German and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Introduction by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
• The Invisible Dr. Mabuse:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• German and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Introduction by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
• "Mabuse Lives at CCC" 2025 interview with producer and managing director of CCC Film Alice Brauner, daughter of CCC founder Artur Brauner
  
• Disc Three:
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse: 
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.66:1 Widescreen
• German and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Introduction by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
• Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse:
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.37:1 Pillaboxed Fullscreen
• German and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Introduction by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
• "Kriminology" video essay by film historians David Cairns and Fiona Watson
• Disc Four - The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse:
• Original German Version:
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.37:1 Pillaboxed Fullscreen
• German and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Italian Co-Production Version:
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.37:1 Pillaboxed Fullscreen (with standard definition inserts)
• Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Introduction by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
• Limited collector's edition of 2,000 copies comes in a hardcase featuring new artwork by Tony Stella with a 60-page collector’s book featuring new notes on each film by journalist Holger Haase, a new essay by German film scholar Tim Bergfelder, an archival essay by David Cairns, archival writing by Fritz Lang and notes by Lotte Eisner on Lang’s final unreleased projects.
  

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Second Sight rebirths THE BROOD in 4K (review)

When he suspects his daughter is being abused by his estranged wife, a father starts digging up information on her doctor who practices a form of psychotherapy that allows his patients to physically externalize their rage in this "body horror" take on KRAMER VS. KRAMER from David Cronenberg.

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

THE BROOD 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Dolby Vision/HDR10 (4K UltraHD disc)
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Blu-ray disc)
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Martyn Conterio and Kat Ellinger
• Audio Commentary by film scholar William Beard
• "Meet the Carveths" interview with actors Art Hindle and Cindy Hinds by Fangoria editor Chris Alexander
• "Producing The Brood" interview with executive producer Pierre David
• "The Look of Rage" interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
• "Scoring The Brood" interview with composer Howard Shore
• "Character for Cronenberg" interview with actor Robert A Silverman
• "Anger Management: Cronenberg's Brood and the Shapes of Cinematic Rage" video essay by film historian Leigh Singer
• "Cronenberg - The Early Years" interview with David Cronenberg
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi, 120-page book with new essays by Jenn Adams, William Beard, Craig Ian Mann, Carolyn Mauricette, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Amber T, Alexandra West and Scott Wilson, as well as six collectors' art cards.
  

Radiance Films basks in A MOMENT OF ROMANCE (Review)

Rich girl Jo-Jo becomes the hostage of jewelry heist getaway driver Wah Dee and sparks fly (literally) in this influential mix of Triad film and Hong Kong melodrama starring Andy Lau and Jacklyn Wu from director Benny Chan and producers Johnnie To and Ringo Lam.

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

A MOMENT OF ROMANCE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng
• Interview with director Benny Chan
• "In Love and Danger: HK Cinema Through A MOMENT OF ROMANCE" visual essay by critic and Asian cinema expert David Desser
• Theatrical Trailer
• Come with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow.

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88 Films grants Jackie Chan a pockeful of MIRACLES (review)

Jackie Chan unofficially remakes A POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES and LADY FOR A DAY as a gangster who attributes his good luck to the roses he buys daily from a street vendor.  When he learns that the woman has let her daughter away at school believe she is a wealthy woman, he and his girlfriend (Anita Mui) go to elaborate extremes to keep her daughter, her fiance, and his father from discovering the truth while also fighting a gang war.  Lo Lieh and Wu Ma also star along with tons of celebrity cameos in this action/drama/comedy.

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

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• Hong Kong Version (128 mins): 
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• 3 Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono tracks (original, alternate, and home video mixes) 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by the New York Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and filmmaker F.J. DeSanto 
• Export Version (107 mins): 
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• Hong Kong Version (128 mins): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• 3 Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono tracks (original, alternate, and home video mixes) 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by the New York Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and filmmaker F.J. DeSanto 
• Export Version (107 mins): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Jackie Chan: Film Director" video essay by film historian Steve Lawson 
• Excerpts from the Taiwanese Version 
• Hong Kong Teaser Trailer 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Export Trailer 
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer 
• Japanese TV Spot 
• Image Gallery
• The deluxe limited edition comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original Hong Kong art and is packaged in a rigid slipcase with artwork by Sam Green, a perfectbound book with essays by David West, Paul Gramhall, and William Blaik – not supplied for review so we do not know if it has been expanded over the booklet included with the first 3,000 copies of the 2019 edition – limited art cards, and a double-sided foldout poster.

Eureka Classics spars with the SHAOLIN BOXERS (review)

James Tien takes the lead as one of the SHAOLIN BOXERS fighting a corrupt gang who want to take over his master's school and extort protection money from the town.

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

SHAOLIN BOXERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Audio Commentary by Asian cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "Shaolin Style" interview with Wayne Wong of Martial Arts Studies
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling and a collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Hong Kong cinema scholar Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park.
   
  

Arrow Video hosts ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK in 4K (review)

The gal with the enormous... ratings: ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK gets her own film spin-off as the horror hostess makes a stop in New England to collect her inheritance on the way to Vegas and soon has a torch-wielding mob chasing her to burn her at the stake as a witch!

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

ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actors Cassandra Person, Edie McClurg and writer John Paragon
• Audio Commentary by director James Signorelli
• Audio Commentary by producer Patterson Lundquist
• Introduction by director James Signorelli (optional)
• "Too Macabre: The Making of ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK" 2018 documentary (97 minutes)
• "Recipe for Terror: The Creation of the Pot Monster" featurette
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. Teaser Trailer
• Image Galleries
• Includes a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck. 
• The first pressing also includes an illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Sam Irving, Kat Ellinger and Patterson Lundquist.
  

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88 Films gets stranded with CASTAWAY (review)

Gerald, a middle-aged man puts an ad in the lonely hearts column looking for a "wife" to spend a year with him on a desert island.  When twenty-something Lucy responds to the ad, they begin a desert island odyssey of clashing wills, tempestuous lust, and a fight for survival against nature itself in this eighties Nicolas Roeg film starring Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe.

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

CASTAWAY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Nathaniel Thompson, and Troy Howarth
• Audio Commentary by film journalist David Flint
• "Harvey Harrison on CASTAWAY" cinematographer interview
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
  

88 Films declares THE LADY IS THE BOSS (review)

Lau Kar-Leung and Kara Hui but heads over how to run a traditional martial arts school in the Shaw Brothers action comedy THE LADY IS THE BOSS.

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

THE LADY IS THE BOSS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• "Sam Ho on Lau Kar-Leung" interview
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and foldout poster.
  

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88 Films fears THE LADY ASSASSIN (review)

When the emperor must decide between two of his sons as his successor, the evil fourth prince plots his ascension to the throne with a web of deceit and murder that may come back to haunt him in THE LADY ASSASSIN from Shaw Brothers.

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

THE LADY ASSASSIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "From Child Actor to Fight Coordinator" interview with martial arts director Poon Kin-Kwan
• Video Trailer
• Still Gallery
• Reversible Cover
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and a foldout poster.
  

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88 Films pulls the strings of PINOCCHIO 964 (review)

Dumped onto the street as rubbish because of his inability to get an erection, cyborg sex slave Pinocchio 964 is taken in by a girl with amnesia.  As she attempts to help him recover his own identity, her own memories are triggered and this is fairy tale culminates in a bloody, vomity mess of body horror from the director of RUBBER'S LOVER.

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

PINOCCHIO 964 Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Archival interview with director Shozin Fukui
• "Pozzie Punk" new interview with director Shozin Fukui
• "Tokyo Noise" interview with film historian Stephen Thrower
• Shozin Fukui short films "Gerorisuto" and "Caterpillar"
• Teaser Trailer
• Limited edition first pressing includes a DVD copy, numbered OBI strip, and booklet with an essay by Mark Player.
  

Blue Underground sinks its teeth into VENOM (review)

The abduction and ransom of a child goes wildly awry with a dead policeman and a killer mamba on the loose in this British thriller fro the director of BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW starring Oliver Reed, Klaus Kinski, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, and Sterling Hayden.

REVIEW LINK: Blue Underground (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

VENOM 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• 4K UltraHD:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision) 
• English Dolby Atmos 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by director Piers Haggard, moderated by Jonathan Sothcott 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson, and Eugenio Ercolani
• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English Dolby Atmos 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by director Piers Haggard, moderated by Jonathan Sothcott 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson, and Eugenio Ercolani 
• "Fangs for the Memories" 2025 interview with editor/second unit director Michael Bradsell 
• "A Slithery Story" 2025 interview with makeup artist Nick Dudman 
• "Mamba Memories" 2025 interview with author/critic Kim Newman 
• "Pick Your Poison" 2025 interview with author/critic Allan Bryce 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Teaser Trailer TV Spots 
• Poster and Still Gallery
• Comes with a slipcase, a reversible cover, and an 18-page illustrated booklet featuring the essay "Filmmaking Bites: The Twisting, Turning History of "Venom" by Michael Gingold.

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Eureka celebrates THE DAREDEVILS with an ODE TO GALLANTRY (review)

Chang Cheg's Venom Mob is showcased in this double bill.  In THE DAREDEVILS, four friends face off against an army of ten thousand to avenge a murdered friend.  In ODE TO GALLANTRY, a beggar gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity between rival martial arts gangs.

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

THE DAREDEVILS/ODE TO GALLANTRY Blu-ray specs: 

• The Daredevils:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Ode to Gallantry:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies comes with a limited edition O-Card slipcover featuring new artwork by Chris Malbon and a collector's booklet featuring new writing by writer and critic James Oliver.
  

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Raro Video and Radiance Films take on RULERS OF THE CITY (review)

Low-rung protection money collector Tony is eager to prove himself but gets in over his head collecting on a bad check from violent mobster Scarface Manzari and must rely on his new buddy Ric and old timer Napoli to stay one step ahead of two violent gangs on his tail in this lighter crime thriller from Fernando Di Leo (MILAN CALIBER 9).

REVIEW LINK: Raro Video (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

RULERS OF THE CITY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.88:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• "Violent City" documentary featuring including interviews with director Fernando Di Leo, actor Al Cliver, editor Amedeo Giomini, and weapons expert Gilberto Galimberti
• "As a child, I saw my father murdered, and I want revenge now that I'm grown" interview with Eurocrime authority Mike Malloy 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters and a booklet with new writing by Francesco Massaccesi.

Radiance Films engages with terrorism in LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE (review)

Before THE CONFORMIST, Jean-Louis Trintignant played another character who embraced fascism in the French political thriller/domestic drama LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE as a man on the run with his wife (Romy Schneider) after a failed political assassination attempt.

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

LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Interviews with director Alain Cavalier
  
• 1983 TV interview with actor Jean-Louis Trintignant 
• "The Succulence of Fruit" interview with critic Philippe Roger 
• "Un Américan" 1958 short film by Alain Cavalier 
• Still Gallery 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Reversible Cover

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

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

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision) 
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Italian cinema experts Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson and Eugenio Ercolani 
• "When Butterflies Turned to Glass" interview with director Aldo Lado 
• "Glass Doll Theories" video essay by film historian Pier Maria Bocchi 
• "Lado's Trilogy of Terror" video essay by film historian Mike Foster 
• "Paralyzed by Fear" interview with expert Stephen Thrower 
• "The Need to Sing" interview with singer Edda dell'Orso 
• "Cutting Glass Dolls" interview with editor Mario Morra 
• "Czech Mate" retrospective documentary with director Aldo Lado and Jean Sorel (101 mins) 
• "Einmal Italien und zurück [Once to Italy and Back]" interview with co-producer Dieter Geissler 
• English International Trailer 
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Italian cinema experts Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson and Eugenio Ercolani 
• "When Butterflies Turned to Glass" interview with director Aldo Lado 
• "Glass Doll Theories" video essay by film historian Pier Maria Bocchi 
• "Lado's Trilogy of Terror" video essay by film historian Mike Foster 
• "Paralyzed by Fear" interview with expert Stephen Thrower 
• "The Need to Sing" interview with singer Edda dell'Orso 
• "Cutting Glass Dolls" interview with editor Mario Morra 
• "Czech Mate" retrospective documentary with director Aldo Lado and Jean Sorel (101 mins) 
• "Einmal Italien und zurück [Once to Italy and Back]" interview with co-producer Dieter Geissler 
• English International Trailer 
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Presented in a rigid slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys, and containing a perfect-bound book, and double-sided poster,
  

88 Films and Jackie Chan wield the DRAGON FIST (review)

Jackie Chan is out to avenge his murdered master (again) in this late Lo Wei production preceding his Golden Harvest blockbusters.

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

DRAGON FIST Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin, Cantonese, Cantonese (alternate video mix), and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles for Mandarin and Cantonese tracks 
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and FJ DeSanto
• "A Dragon's Rules" interview with writer/journalist David West
• Japanese Opening Credits
• Japanese TV Spot
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Lobby Card Gallery
• Then and Now Gallery

Second Run resurrects a GOLEM (review)

A man discovers in the course of a police interrogation that he is missing all but his most recent memories in this Polish quasi-science fiction thriller based on a pre-Kafka occult novel by Gustav Meyrink directed by Piotr Szulkin.

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

GOLEM Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Polish LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke 
• Short Films: 
• "One, Two, Three [Raz, dwa, trzy]" (1972) 
• "Everything [Wszystko]" (1972) 
• "A Sketch in Six Parts [Szkic do sześclu części]" (1973) 
• "Copyright Film Polski MCMLXXVI" (1976) 
• Annotated Script/Storyboard 
• Comes with a 20-page booklet featuring essays by Tomasz Kolankiewicz and Michał Oleszczyk.
  

Second Run chases FUGITIVE IMAGES: SELECTED WORKS BY ANDREA LUKA ZIMMERMAN (review)

"A selection of vital works from filmmaker, artist and cultural activist Andrea Luka Zimmerman, the first director to be shortlisted for both the Grierson and Jarman Awards. Situated between documentary and fiction, these films challenge political and structural injustice, working with marginal communities to assert our shared humanity."

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

FUGITIVE IMAGES: SELECTED WORKS BY ANDREA LUKA ZIMMERMAN Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Taskafa: Stories from the Street (2013): 
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.78:1 Widescreen 
• English/Turkish LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• English Subtitles 
• Trailer 
• Estate, a Reverie (2015): 
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.78:1 Widescreen 
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• Trailer 
• Short Films: 
• "I am Here" 
• "More Utopias Now!" 
• "Birdboy and the General" 
• "Shelter in Place" 
• "Civll Rites" 
• "Art Class" (2020) 
• Trailer 
• "Merzschmerz – Four Short Films": 
• "Lucky Hans" 
• "A Good Man" 
• "The Flying Fish" 
• "Once Upon a Time There Was a Tiny Mouse" 
• Appreciation by Penny Woodcock
• Disc Two:
• Erase and Forget (2017): 
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.78:1 Widescreen 
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• Trailer 
• Here for Life (2019): 
• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 1.78:1 Widescreen 
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• Teaser and Trailer 
• Behind the Scenes 
• Songs: 
• "Wayfaring Stranger" by Fern Maddie 
• "Gelem Gelem" by Balamuc 
• "Sounding the Voices" sound work by Andrea Luka Zimmerman 
• Appreciation by Gareth Evans
• Comes with a 48-page booklet.

88 Films gets a slick FULL BODY MASSAGE (review)

When her regular masseur cancels, a successful art dealer spends a challenging evening with a replacement whose focus on spiritual healing spurs erotic intimacy in Nicolas Roeg's Showtime TV movie starring Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown.

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

FULL BODY MASSAGE Blu-ray specs: 

• Theatrical Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widesreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• TV Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen (upscaled from standard definition)
• English DTS 2.0 Stereo
• "Painting by Numbers: Gareth Williams on FULL BODY MASSAGE" actor interview
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve with new artwork by Hannah Gillingham.
  

Eureka's Masters of Cinema visits SIRK IN GERMANY 1934-1935 (review)

Before Douglas Sirk became Hollywood's King of Melodramas, he worked in a variety of genres in his native Germany but always with an eye towards biting social commentary about life under the Nazis.  In the comedy APRIL, APRIL! a pompous man and his socialite wife scramble to save face after they have been the victims of a prank.  In THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT, an unwed mother endures public shame as she attempts to live honorably in a repressive society.  In PILLARS OF SOCIETY, a man returns to his Norwegian home after twenty years and discovers that he has been scapegoated by his corrupt brother-in-law.

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

SIRK IN GERMANY 1934-1935 Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.19:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen Transfers of APRIL, APRIL!, THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT, and PILLARS OF SOCIETY
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono Audio
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentaries on all three films by Douglas Sirk expert David Melville Wingrove
• Shorts: 
• Zwei Windhunde (Two Greyhounds) (1934) 
• Dreimal Ehe (Three Times Before) (1935) in two versions 
• Der eingebildete Kranke (The Imaginary Invalid) 
• "Magnificent Obsessions" 2025 interview with film historian Sheldon Hall
• Limited to 2,000 copies. 
• Comes with an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Scott Saslow and a collector’s booklet featuring a new extended essay on Sirk’s early works by German cinema expert Tim Bergfelder.
  

Altered Innocence casts its gaze on LE BEAU MEC (review)

Wallace Potts, the lover of ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev, made a cinematic study of hustler/model/porn star Karl Forest where the lines between the subject's real life and the filmmakers fantasies become blurred.

REVIEW LINK: Altered Innocence (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

LE BEAU MEC Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Elizabeth Purchell and filmmaker Adam Baran 
• François About talks about "Le beau mec" with historian Hervé Joseph Lebrun 
• Print Materials & Original Photos Gallery 
• Newly-created Trailer Trailers 
• Comes with a reversible cover and a 12-page booklet by film critic Caden Mark Gardner.
  

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Arrow Video learns to PLAY IT COOL with an "electric jellyfish" (review)

When her mother goes to prison for stabbing her rapist, young Yumi has nowhere to go but to become a hostess at a nightclub where she is further victimized by client and gangsters.  She uses her poker skills to keep from surrendering her body but falling in love complicates her goals in this melodrama from the director of IREZUMI and BLIND BEAST.

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

PLAY IT COOL Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.42:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp and professor and Japanese literature specialist Anne McKnight
• "Too Cool for School" video essay by Japanese film scholar Mark Roberts
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Image Gallery
• Comes with a slipcover, a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella, and an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Earl Jackson.
  

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Arrow Video gives communion to ALICE, SWEET ALICE (review)

When young Karen Spages is murdered on the day of her first communion, suspicion turns towards her older sister Alice who plays cruel pranks on people and wanders her apartment building in a monster mask.  As more murders occur, Alice swears the killer is the ghost of her sister.  Is she crazy or is there something more sinister stalking her family?

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

ALICE, SWEET ALICE 4K UltraHD specs:

• Three Versions:
• Original "Communion" Version with additional gore
• "Alice, Sweet Alice" Theatrical Version
• "Holy Terror" Reissue Version
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Alfred Sole and editor Edward Salier, moderated by William Lustig  
• Audio Commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith 
• "First Communion" interview with director Alfred Sole 
• "Alice on My Mind" interview with composer Stephen Lawrence 
• "In the Name of the Father" interview with actor Niles McMaster 
• "Lost Childhood: The Locations of Alice, Sweet Alice" tour of the original shooting locations by author Michael Gingold 
• "Sweet Memories" interview with filmmaker Dante Tomaselli, cousin of Alfred Sole 
• Deleted Scenes 
• Split-screen Version Comparison 
• "Holy Terror" Re-release Theatrical Trailer 
• U.K. "Communion" TV Spot 
• Image Gallery 
• Screenplay Gallery 
• Comes in a slipcover with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx, and an illustrated collectors booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Blyth.
  

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Arrow Video warns DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING (review)

Lucio Fulci's third giallo effort was brutal and hard-hitting piece of social commentary in which a spate of child murders in a rural Italian village bring out the worst in its citizenry as they turn on strangers and people who are different before they must admit that the killer must be one of them.  Tomas Milian, Barbara Bouchet, Marc Porel, and Florinda Bolkan star.

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

DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary on both versions by film historian Troy Howarth 
• "Giallo a la Campagna" interview with author Mikel J. Koven 
• "Hell is Already in Us: Violence and Gender in DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING" video essay by film historian Kat Ellinger 
• "Lucio Fulci Remembers" 1988 audio interview 
• "Who Killed Donald Duck?" interview with actress Barbara Bouchet 
• "Those Days with Lucio: Florinda Bolkan 'La Maciara'" interview 
• "The DP's Eye: Sergio D'Offizi, Cinematographer" interview 
• "From the Cutting Table: Bruno Micheli, Editor" interview
• "Endless Torture: Maurizio Trani, Make-Up Artist" interview 
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Comes in a slipcover with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady, and an illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Barry Forshaw and Howard Hughes

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88 Films gets haunted by the EROTIC GHOST STORY TRILOGY (review)

With the introduction of the Category III rating in Hong Kong, the industry introduced all kinds of sexy variations on their classic genres including EROTIC GHOST STORY which owes as much to A CHINESE GHOST STORY (and its literary source) as THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, EROTIC GHOST STORY II and EROTIC GHOST STORY III starring the Queen and King of Category III Amy Yip and Anthony Wong.

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

EROTIC GHOST STORY TRILOGY Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Erotic Ghost Story:
• Hong Kong Version (89 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Asian cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• Audio Commentary by film critic/author Samm Deighan 
• Mandarin Version (95 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• "Celebrity Talk Show" TV show episode on the set 
• Hong Kong Trailer 
• Tai Seng Trailer 
• Still Gallery
• Disc Two - Erotic Ghost Story II:
• Hong Kong Version (99 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) 
• Mandarin Version (93 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• 1991 Making-of 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• Still Gallery
• Disc Three - Erotic Ghost Story III:
• Hong Kong Version (96 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) 
• Mandarin Version (77 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• Still Gallery
• Three discs, each with reversible sleeves with original Hong Kong poster artwork and brand-new artwork from Ilan Sheady, in a rigid Slipcase featuring new artwork by Ilan Sheady with six premium collector's art cards, double-sided foldout poster, and a limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by Zoe Rose Smith and archive article by Dylan Cheung.
  

Acorn Media and Shudder venture V/H/S/BEYOND (review)

The V/H/S franchise returns with a sci-fi twist with a faux-documentary on the paranormal, a secret police unit raid on the house of a suspected abductor of infants, the secret of a Bollywood superstar, the sinister operations of a pet groomer, skydivers versus UFOs, and a woman who sets out to prove the existence of aliens armed only with a camcorder.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

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

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC Multi-Aspect Ratio
• English/Hindi DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Pre-visuals on "Live and Let Dive"
• Libby Letlow "Fur Babies" Audition Tape
• "Do You Want a Selfie?: The Making of Dream Girl"
• Behind the Scenes of "Stork" with IGN"
• Stowaway" Timelapse
• Behind the Scenes Galleries

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Radiance Films sparkles with UNDERWORLD BEAUTY (review)

Just out of prison, Miyamoto decides to sell the diamonds he stashed before he was arrested for the benefit of his partner Mihara who lost his leg in the heist but other parties want the loot and Mihara's younger sister Akiko gets caught in a deadly game of double crossing in Seijun Suzuki's first widescreen film.

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

UNDERWORLD BEAUTY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with critic Mizuki Kodama
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Love Letter" 1959 short film by Seijun Suzuki:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Suzuki biographer William Carroll
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow. 
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, and including a booklet featuring new writing by critic Claudia Siefen-Leitich and an archival review of the film.
  

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Eureka's Masters of Cinema meets master criminal FANTOMAS (review)

Master criminal Fantomas steals and murders his way through Parisian high society with Inspector Juve on his coattails, but he really is a man of a thousand faces with underlings everywhere in this pulp adventure from Louis Feuillade (JUDEX).

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

FANTOMAS Blu-ray specs:

• Five feature-length episodes on two Blu-ray discs
• 1080i50 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• French Intertitles with optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentaries on the first two episodes by film historian David Kalat
• "Cast a Long Shadow" interview with author and critic Kim Newman
  

VCI listens when THE BAT WHISPERS (review)

Before Batman, The Bat was a murderous master criminal stalking an isolated mansion with murder on his mind in the play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood adapted by Roland West during the silent era and then again in 1930 as the talkie THE BAT WHISPERS shot three times for separate US and UK negatives and in 65mm Magnifilm widescreen.

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

THE BAT WHISPERS Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• U.S. Version: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.32:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• U.K. 35mm Version: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.32:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Still Gallery 
• U.S. vs U.K. Version Comparison
• Disc Two:
• 65mm Magnifilm Version: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.00:1 Widescreen 
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by author and film critic Mick LaSalle 
• U.S. 35mm vs 65mm Version Comparison "The Bat" (1926) vs "The Bat Whispers" (1930) Scene Comparisons 
• "The Bat" (1926) Before and After Restoration Demo 
• Bonus film THE BAT (1959) with Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English LPCM 2.0 Moon 
• Optional English SDH Subtltes
• Comes with a booklet on the restoration.
  

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88 Films meditates on SEX AND ZEN (review)

A licentious scholar thinks of nothing but the pursuit of pleasure, even after he is married, but what's good for the goose...  Michael Mak's SEX AND ZEN was a cult and art house hit, giving the Category III rating respectability and spawning a host of sequels (official and unofficial).

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

SEX AND ZEN Blu-ray specs:

• Hong Kong Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese DTS 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• English DTS 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng of the New York Asian Film Festival
• Mandarin Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The Master of (Sex and) Zen" interview with director Michael Mak
• Archival interview with director Michael Mak
• "Tempting Your Heart: The Seven Emotions of Amy Yip" laserdisc video compilation
• English Opening Credits
• English Closing Credits
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery
• Comes in a limited edition rigid slipcase with a double-sided poster and an illustrated booklet by Zoe Smith, Paul Bramhall, and Dylan Cheung.

Unearthed Films has the need for FEED (review)

Before he was a rom-com hunk and the HAWAII FIVE-0 reboot's McGarrett, Alex O'Loughlin was a serial killer with a very unusual fetish in the Australian thriller FEED from the director of LAWNMOWER MAN and VIRTUOSITY.

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

FEED Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Brett Leonard
• Alternate U.S. Cut of the Film with Temp Mix or Mono Audio Options
• Deleted Scenes (with optional commentary by director Brett Leonard)
• Alternate Ending (with optional commentary by director Brett Leonard)
• Additional Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Outtakes
• Behind the Scenes Footage
• Infomercial
• Final Day Interview with director Brett Leonard
• Interview with actor Alex O'Loughlin
• Interview with producer Melissa Beauford
• Interview with actor Jack Thompson
• "Feed in Philadelphia: The North American Premiere"
• Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a slipcover.

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Eureka has an appointment with DOCTOR VAMPIRE (review)

On a trip to London for a medical conference, Tsung loses his virginity to a prostitute who happens to be a vampire and returns to Hong Kong with some peculiar tastes in this vampire comedy starring singer Bowie Lam from the director of ROBOTRIX.

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

DOCTOR VAMPIRE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese (original) and Cantonese (restored) LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and John Charles
• Audio Commentary by Hong Kong cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "A British Vampire in Hong Kong" interview with Stacey Abbott, author of 
• "Celluloid Vampires: Life After Death in the Modern World"
• "Vampire Slaying 101: Remixing Monster Traditions in Doctor Vampire" video essay by gothic scholar Mary Going 
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with a O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys and a limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Hong Kong vampire films from "Mr Vampire" to "Doctor Vampire" by East Asian horror expert Katarzyna Ancuta.
  

Deaf Crocodile takes part in THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH (review)

A folklorist traveling through the Pinsk marshes takes shelter from a storm in the castle of the Janowski family where the sole remaining member and heiress lives under fear of a generations old family curse involving a murdered king in this Belarusian Gothic detective story.

REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.34:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Russian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Mike White of "The Projection Booth" podcast 
• Audio Commentary by comics artist, film historian, and author Stephen R. Bissette
• Introduction by filmmaker and author Kier-La Janisse
• "The Wild, Wild Hunt of King Stakh" video essay by film historian Evan Chester

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Arrow Video infiltrates THE CELL (review)

Jennifer Lopez plays a child psychiatrist who uses advanced technology to enter the minds of her patients.  When the FBI are racing against time to find the abducted victim of a killer who has gone into a coma, she finds it easily enough to get into the killer's mind but becomes trapped when she no longer knows what is real in the debut feature film from music video director Tarsem Singh.  Vince Vaughn and Vincent D'Onofrio also star.

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

THE CELL 4K UltraHD specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• Theatrical Cut:
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.39:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Director's Cut:
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.39:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film scholars Josh Nelson & Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter Mark Protosevich, moderated byfilm critic Kay Lynch
• Audio Commentary by director Tarsem Singh
• Audio Commentary by director of photography Paul Laufer, production designer Tom Foden, makeup supervisor Michèle Burke, costume designer April Napier, visual effects supervisor Kevin Tod Haug, and composer Howard Shore 
• "Projection of the Mind's Eye" interview with director Tarsem Singh (90 minutes) 
• "Between Two Worlds" interview with director of photography Paul Laufer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• Open-Matte Theatrical Cut with Alternate Grading:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Paul Laufer Illuminates" interview about the alternate grading
• "Art Is Where You Find It" visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• "The Costuming Auteur" visual essay by film critic Abbey Bender
• "Style as Substance: Reflections on Tarsem" 2000 featurette
• 8 Deleted/Extended Scenes (with optional audio commentary by director Tarsem Singh 
• "Special Effects" 6 multi-angle vignettes 
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer 
• International Trailer 
• Image Gallery
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Savieri and an illustrated collector's book containing new writing on the film by critics Heather Drain, Marc Edward Heuck, Josh Hurtado, and Virat Nehru.

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