Radiance Films is overcome by SENSO (review)

An unhappily married young Countess enters a forbidden relationship with an Austrian soldier during the occupation of Venice in 1866 in Luchino Visconti's first Technicolor film SENSO starring Alida Valli and Farley Granger.

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

SENSO Blu-ray specs:

• DISC ONE:
• Italian Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Fullscreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• English Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Interview with critic and fashion historian Matteo Augello 
• 1969 French television interview with interview with Luchino Visconti and Maria Callas 
• "Luchino Visconti" 1999 documentary by Carlo Lizzani  
• DISC TWO:
• Widescreen Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and booklet featuring new writing by Christina Newland, housed in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings. 

88 Films beams in BAD CHANNELS (review)

When KDUL ditches its "All Polka" music format for rock and roll, an alien decides the station would be the perfect place to capture hot babes using the music of Blue Oyster Cult ("Don't Fear the Reaper").  Paul Hipp, Martha Quinn, and Charlie Spradling star in this Full Moon production from Ted Nicolaou (SUBSPECIES).

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

BAD CHANNELS 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 HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Ted Nicolaou
• Audio Commentary by film journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz
• "Ted Talk BAD CHANNELS" interview with director Ted Nicolaou
• Archival interview with director Ted Nicolaou
• "The Making of BAD CHANNELS
• "VideoZone making-of
• Video Trailer
• Rare Trailer
• The first pressing includes a rigid slipcover with new artwork.

88 Films discovers that humans are easy alien PREY (review)

Long before Stuart Gordon's FROM BEYOND, British-accented aliens discovered that humans are high in protein and "easy PREY" in Norman J. Warren's sex and gore pre-ALIEN sci-fi flick about an alien who takes the form of a man who becomes embroiled in a psychosexual triangle with two women.

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

PREY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• "Stephen Thrower on PRAY" interview
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery 

Blue Underground hops the "death line" for some RAW MEAT (review)

People are disappearing at London's Russell Square Tube Station in a film that gives a new meaning to the Underground in RAW MEAT, starring Donald Pleasance and Christopher Lee, directed by Gary Sherman (POLTERGEIST III, DEAD AND BURIED, VICE SQUAD).

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

RAW MEAT 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray combo specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 1.0 MonoFrench DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Gary Sherman, producer Paul Maslansky, and assistant director Lewis More O'Farrall, moderated by David Gregory
• Audio Commentary by critics Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth
• Trailers:
• DEATH LINE U.K. Theatrical Trailer
• RAW MEAT U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• Three U.S. TV Spots
• Two U.S. TV Spots
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 1.0 MonoFrench DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Gary Sherman, producer Paul Maslansky, and assistant director Lewis More O'Farrall, moderated by David Gregory
• Audio Commentary by critics Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth
• "Tales from the Tube" interview with director Gary Sherman and executive producers Jay Kanter and Alan Ladd Jr.
• "From the Depths" interview with interview with star David Ladd and producer Paul Maslansky
• "Mind the Doors" interview with actor Hugh Armstrong
• Trailers:
• DEATH LINE U.K. Theatrical Trailer
• RAW MEAT U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• Three U.S. TV Spots
• Two U.S. TV Spots
• Poster and Still Gallery
• Comes with a reversible cover.

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Also available on single-disc Blu-ray! 

Acorn Media snoops with THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES: SERIES 4 (review)

SCOTT AND BAILEY's Sally Lindsay is back as English ex-pat Jean White running an antiques shop in picturesque Sainte-Victoire and helping the local police with murder investigations involving antiques.

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

THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES - SERIES 4 DVD specs:

• Seven episodes on two DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Picture Gallery 

Troma gets "Tromatic" for THE LAST HORROR FILM (review)

MANIAC's Caroline Munro and Anthony Spinell reunite in Cannes to shoot THE LAST HORROR FILM.  New York cabbie Vinny dreams of making a horror film starring scream queen Jana Bates.  Camera-in-hand, he jets off to Cannes to find her but is blocked at every turn.  When people around her start dying and disappearing, everyone believes it to be an elaborate publicity stunt to promote her new slasher film; but has Vinny been pushed too far?

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

THE LAST HORROR FILM Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by associate producer and Joe Spinell's friend Luke Walter, moderated by Troma Films' Evan Husney (2009)
• Audio Commentary by actress Caroline Munro, moderated by journalist Alan Jones (2023)
• Audio Commentary by associate producer and Joe Spinell's friend Luke Walter, moderated by Severin Films' David Gregory (2025)
• "Like a Father Figure" Sal Sirchia Remembers Joe Spinell
• "My Last Horror Film Ever" archival audio interview with producter Judd Hamilton
• "The Last Horror Film New York and Cannes Locations Visit" hosted By Rue Morgue's Michael Gingold and Severin Films' David Gregory
• "Mister Robbie" promotional trailer for the never produced "Maniac II: Mister Robbie" directed by Buddy Giovinazzo
• Trailers
• Tromatic Extras
• Tromatic Trailers

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88 Films goes extraterrestrial with THE CAT (review)

Based on the serialized novel by Hong Kong fantasy author Wisely, THE CAT follows a writer investigating the grisly deaths surrounding an old man, a beautiful young woman, and her pet cat.  From the director of DEVIL FETUS and THE STORY OF RICKY.

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

THE CAT Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Full Japanese Version with Alternate Footage and Cast in Standard Definition
• Interview with screenwriter Gordon Chan
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
• Reversible Cover
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with slipcover, a 40-page perfect-bound book, and a premium art card.

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Radiance Films in post-war WORLD NOIR VOL. 3 (review)

Radiance Films' WORLD NOIR VOL. 3 looks at noir in postwar Europe starting with NOT GUILTY in which a socially-ostracized, alcoholic doctor (Michel Simon) gets a new lease on life when he covers up a fatal accident and sets about committing the perfect murder.  In THE LOST ONE, Peter Lorre writes, directs, and stars as a German doctor living under an assumed name in a refugee camp when a face from the past reappears to collect a favor.  In GIRL WITH HYACINTHS, a writer and his wife attempt to discover the reason that their beautiful young neighbor took her own life.

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

WORLD NOIR VOL. 3 Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Not Guilty:
• Branching Options for the Film with Original or Alternate Ending
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The Perfect Crime: Henri Decoin and NOT GUILTY" visual essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
• 1947 radio interview with actor Michel Simon
• 1947 behind-the-scenes radio documentary
• Alternate Ending
• Photo Gallery
• Disc Two - The Lost One:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critic and programmer Tony Rayns
• Iinterview with critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson
• Interview with programmer and historian Margaret Deriaz
• Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Three - Girl with Hyacinths:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Swedish LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Peter Jilmstad
• "Meeting with Hasse" 1993 TV documentary on filmmaker and actor Hasse Ekman
• "Golden Streaks in My Blood: Seeing and Not Seeing in GIRL WITH HYACINTHS" visual essay by author Julia Armfield
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork, and an 80-page perfect bound book featuring archival pieces and new writing by critics and experts including Farran Nehme, Martyn Waites, Elena Lazic, Jourdain Searles, and more. 

Cult Epics goes full throttle with HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (review)

Fleeing an unhappy relationship for time with his true love - his motorbike - Ko ends up in the countryside where he meets the beautiful free spirit Miyoko.  They begin a whirlwind relationship but reality sets in as Miyoko comes between Ko and his motorbike with her own full throttle desires.  From Nobuhiko Obayashi, director of HAUSU.

REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
• "Becoming the Wind: His Motorbike, Her Island and the Biker Movie" visual essay by Esher Rosenfield
• "Her Island: Onomichi Pt. 1" visual essay by Alex Pratt
• Director Nobuhiko Obayashi Interview
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers 
• Reversible Cover 
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and a reproduction of a 24-page Japanese booklet.

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Second Sight spends the night with THE INNKEEPERS (review)

With only a couple guests for it last weekend of operation, two slacker clerks of the historic Yankee Pedlar Inn decide to use their free time to prove the existence of its ghostly reputation in Ti West's follow-up to HOUSE OF THE DEVIL.  Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, and Kelly McGillis star.

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

THE INNKEEPERS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 2.40:1 Dolby Vision Widescreen 4K UltraHD and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen Blu-ray Discs
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director/editor Ti West, producers Larry Fessenden and Peter Phok, and sound designer Graham Reznick
• Audio Commentary by writer/director/editor Ti West and actors Sara Paxton and Pat Healy
• "A Lasting Memory" interview with writer/director/editor Ti West
• "Let's Make This Good" interview with actor Pat Healy
• "Our Dysfunctional World" interview with producer Larry Fessenden
• "Living in the Process" 2025 interview with director of photography Eliot Rockett
• "Cast a Wide Net" interview with composer Jeff Grace
• "A Validating Moment" interview with line producer Jacob Jaffke
• THE INNKEEPERS Behind the Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Nick Charge, a 120-page book with new essays by Becky Darke, Barry Forshaw, Prince Jackson, Craig Ian Mann, Rebecca Sayce and Heather Wixson. and six collectors' art cards.

MVD Visual finds out WHAT LIVES HERE (review)

A junk removal crew get more than a few trinkets when they agree to clear out a notoriously haunted mansion where the elderly owner was just brutally murdered in this New Jersey slasher shot in the same Victorian mansion as DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

WHAT LIVES HERE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Trailer

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Eureka Video and Masters of Cinema stand off at HIGH NOON (review)

Gary Cooper stars as a sheriff left in the lurch at HIGH NOON in one of the most iconic Hollywood westerns.  Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Lee Van Cleef, and Lloyd Bridges also star.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Entertainment (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

HIGH NOON 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen (Dolby Vision)
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by historian Glenn Frankel, author of "High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic" 
• Audio Commentary by western authority Stephen Prince 
• "Women of the West: A Feminist Approach to HIGH NOON" video essay by Western scholar J. E. Smyth 
• 1969 audio interview with writer Carl Foreman from the National Film Theatre in London 
• Interview with film historian Neil Sinyard, author of "Fred Zinnemann: Films of Character and Conscience" 
• "The Making of High Noon" documentary hosted by critic Leonard Maltin 
• "Inside HIGH NOON" documentary narrated by actor Frank Langella 
• "Behind HIGH NOON" featurette hosted by Gary Cooper's daughter Maria Cooper-Janis 
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing comes in a limited edition O-card slipcase with a collector’s booklet featuring the original short story The Tin Star by John W. Cunningham, a 1974 essay by screenwriter Carl Foreman and a retrospective review of the film from 1986.