Second Run investigates THE BARNABAS KOS CASE (review)

When an orchestra's triangle player is inexplicably promoted to musical director, the formerly invisible man is corrupted by flattery and power in this hilarious Kafka-esque Slovakin satire from Peter Solan.

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

THE BARNABAS KOS CASE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Slovak LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Invincibility of Absurdity" 2025 introduction by Rastislav Steranka, director of National Cinematographic Centre, Slovak Film Institute
• "Nemecká" 1974 documentary by Peter Solan
• "Promotion (Postup)" 1968 short animated film by Viktor Kubal
• "Portrait: Jarmila Kostova" 1969 short film 
• Comes with a 32-page booklet with new writing on the film by author Jonathan Owen and filmmaker Peter Strickland.

Second Sight takes on SCANNERS in 4K (review)

David Cronenberg's cult classic SCANNERS follows a young man who discovers that his telepathic powers are shared with others including one man bent on world domination and making his kind the next step in human evolution.

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

SCANNERS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Caelum Vatnsdal
• Audio Commentary by film scholar William Beard
• "My Art Keeps Me Sane" interview with actor Stephen Lack
• "Method in his Madness" interview with actor Michael Ironside 
• "Bad Guy Dane" interview with actor Lawrence Dane
• "The Eye of Scanners" interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
• "Mind Fragments" interview with composer Howard Shore
• "The Chaos of Scanners" interview with executive producer Pierre David
• "Exploding Brains & Popping Veins" interview with makeup effects artist Stephan Dupuis
• "Monster Kid" interview with makeup effects artist Chris Walas
• "Cronenberg's Tech Babies" video essay by film historian Tim Coleman
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi with a 120-page book with new essays by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, Eugenio Ercolani and Gian Giacomo Petrone, Kurt Halfyard, Craig Ian Mann, Francesco Massaccesi, Jessica Scott, Emma Westwood and Heather Wixson, and six collectors' art cards.
  

88 Films invites you to the PRIVATE CLUB (reivew)

A randy cab driver is invited to a secret sex club by his sexy fare where rich people live out their fantasies only to discover himself the victim of mind games in Max Pecas' work of French erotica.

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

PRIVATE CLUB Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
  

88 Films plays EROTIC SEX GAMES (Review)

Former nurse Francoise is married to a paraplegic businessman and starts having lusty fantasies about her hunky stepson in this piece of seventies softcore erotica.

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

EROTIC SEX GAMES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Features original and newly-created artwork by Silver Ferox.

88 Films harvests SEEDPEOPLE (review)

Meteor hunters in a small California town cut off by bridge repairs unearth a malevolent alien intelligence in this nineties Full Moon sci-fi effort from the director of ELIMINATORS and ARENA.

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

SEEDPEOPLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz
• Videozone Making-of 
• Video Trailer
• Comes in a rigid slipcover with a poster.
  

Red Shirt Home Video rocks with TRICK OR TREAT (review)

FAMILY TIES' Skippy (Marc Price) summons up evil with a heavy metal rock record in the eighties cult classic TRICK OR TREAT featuring special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne.

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

TRICK OR TREAT Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Charles Martin Smith, moderated by filmmaker Mark Savage 
• Audio Interviews with writer/producer Michael S. Murphey and writer Rhet Topham, moderated by film historian Michael Felsher 
• Audio Conversation with Paul Corupe and Allison Lang, authors of "Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s" 
• "Rock & Shock: The Making of TRICK OR TREAT" all-new retrospective featuring director Charles Martin Smith, actors Marc Price, Glen Morgan, Elise Richards, and Larry Sprinkle, writer/producer Joel Soisson, costume designer Jill Ohanneson, assistant set costumer Francine Decoursey, construction foreman Tom Jones, Jr., special make-up effects artist Everett Burrell, music executive producer Stephen E. Smith, composer Christopher Young, and a special appearance by Gene Simmons 
• "In The Spotlight: A Tribute to Tony Fields" featuring his family and friends 
• "Horror's Hallowed Grounds: The Filming Locations of TRICK OR TREAT" hosted by Sean Clark 
• "After Midnight" Music Video by Fastway 
• Still Gallery featuring optional audio interview with still photographer Phillip V. Caruso 
• Vintage Electronic Press Kit 
• 2 Theatrical Trailers 
• 2 TV Spots 
• 3 Radio Spots 
• The first pressing comes with a slipcover.
  

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Deaf Crocodile investigates why ADELA HAS NOT HAD SUPPER YET (review)

The director of the hit Czech comedy LEMONADE JOE parodies the American nineteenth century pulp novel detective Nick Carter as the intrepid genius detective fights a villain who kills with carnivorous plants.

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

ADELA HAS NOT HAD SUPPER YET Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company and Czech film critic and screenwriter Tereza Brdečková 
• Four Jiří Brdečka Animated Shorts
  

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

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

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

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

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

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Radiance Films communes with THE EEL (review)

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

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

THE EEL Blu-ray specs:

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

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

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

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

UP! 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs: 

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

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Severin Films revs up with a MOTORPSYCHO! (review)

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

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

MOTORPSYCHO 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

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

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

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

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

MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR Blu-ray specs:

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

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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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