Eureka Classics battles the EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (review)

Joan Collins takes a group of real estate customers on a weekend of terror when toxic waste canisters dumped into the ocean turn an island into the EMPIRE OF THE ANTS based on the short story by H.G. Wells.  Directed by Bert I. Gordon (FOOD OF THE GODS).

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Entertainment (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

EMPIRE OF THE ANTS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Bert I. Gordon, moderated by Kevin Sean Michales
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Del Valle and filmmaker Michael Varrati
• Optional introduction by Chris Cooke, filmmaker and co-director of Mayhem Film Festival
• "The B.I.G. Picture" interview with film historian Kim Newman
• Radio Spot
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with an O-card slipcase featuring original poster artwork and a booklet featuring new writing on "Empire of the Ants" and ecological horror by genre film expert Liam Hathaway. 

Eureka Classics and Vincent Price invite you to the MADHOUSE (review)

Vincent Price is horror star Paul Toombes whose hit creation Dr. Death takes on a life of his own and starts killing people on his comeback production in this American International/Amicus co-production also starring Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, and Adrienne Corri.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MADHOUSE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Del Valle
• Optional Introduction by horror novelist Stephen Laws
• "The Revenge of Dr. Death: Making MADHOUSE" documentary
• "Lights, Camera, Murder!" visual essay by horror and Gothic scholar Mary Going
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with an O-card slipcase featuring original poster artwork and a booklet featuring new writing on Madhouse by genre film expert Christopher Stewardson and an archival interview with director Jim Clark conducted by John Hamilton, originally published in The Dark Side. 

Eureka's Masters of Cinema seeks out TERROR IN THE FOG: THE WALLACE KRIMI AT CCC (review)

Prolific turn-of-the-century British thriller writer Edgar Wallace remained popular in Germany throughout the twentieth century from the continued reprints of his novels to an authorized cycle of films from Rialto Film that Artur Brauner's CCC company attempted to rival with a series of films based on the novels of Wallace's lesser-known son Bryan Edgar Wallace.  In CURSE OF THE YELLOW SNAKE, an adventurer attempts to keep a cursed golden statue out of the hands of a cult bent on world domination.  In THE STRANGLER OF BLACKMOOR CASTLE, a killer stalks the estate, strangling and decapitating victims.  In THE MAD EXECUTIONERS, someone has appointed themselves judge, jury, and executioner, taking the law into their own hands and going after criminals Scotland Yard cannot catch.  In THE PHANTOM OF SOHO, a knife-wielding killer stalks the alleys of the red light district.  In THE MONSTER OF LONDON CITY, a series of copycat Jack the Ripper murders terrorizes the city at the same time an actor is playing the killer on the stage, making him the prime suspect.  In THE RACETRACK MURDERS, a series of murders occurs just before Derby Day.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

TERROR IN THE FOG - THE WALLACE KRIMI AT CCC: Standard Edition Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One:
• The Curse of the Yellow Snake:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by authors Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Introduction by film historian and author Tim Lucas
• German Theatrical Trailer
  
• The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by authors Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
• Introduction by film historian and author Tim Lucas
• "What is a Krimi" introduction by film historian and author Tim Lucas
• Disc Two:
• The Mad Executioners:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by authors Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
• Introduction by film historian and author Tim Lucas
• German Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
  
• The Phantom of Soho:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (upscaled from standard definition)
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by authors Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Introduction by film historian and author Tim Lucas
  
• German Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• International Trailer
  
• "Bryan Edgar Wallace: An Era" interview with Alice Brauner, producer and managing director of CCC Film and daughter of Artur Brauner
• Disc Three - The Monster of London City:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by authors Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Introduction by film historian and author Tim Lucas
• German Theatrical Trailer
• "Passing the Blade: From Krimi to Slasher" video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
  
• Disc Four - The Racetrack Murders:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by authors Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
• Introduction by film historian and author Tim Lucas
• "Terror in the Fog" discussion between film historians Tim Lucas and Stephen Bissette (alternate audio track on the film)
• German Theatrical Trailer
  
• Standard edition double-walled slipcase featuring artwork by Poochamin.

Currently available only from Eureka Entertainment in the U.K. 

Second Run peeps in on EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974 (review)

When his girlfriend and mother of his child decides she wants her independence, filmmaker Kazuo Hara attempts to stay close to her and explore his feelings by making a film about her only to discover that she is pushing back against more than his smothering behavior and forging a nontraditional path for herself and her children.

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

EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974 Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Introduction by writer Chris Fujiwara
• Interview with director Kazuo Hara at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam 2018
• Theatrical Trailer
• Booklet featuring essays by critics Tony Rayns and Ela Bittencourt. 

Radiance Films explores the labyrinthine MALPERTUIS (review)

A sailor on shore leave becomes trapped in the damned house of his mysterious uncle who wants him to continue his mysterious life's work in this surreal thriller from the director of DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS starring Orson Welles, Mathieu Carriere, Susan Hampshire, and Michel Bouquet.

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

MALPERTUIS Blu-ray specs:

• Director's Cut (125 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Dutch LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Harry Kümel, moderated by Françoise Levie
• Cannes Cut (104 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen (upscaled from standard definition)
• English and French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• "Harry Kümel on MALPERTUIS"
• "Jonathan Rigby on MALPERTUIS"
• "MALPERTUIS Archives" documentary
• "Orson Welles Uncut" documentary
• "Susan Hampshire: One Actress, Three Parts"
• 1971 television interview with director Harry Kümel and actor Michel Bouquet
• "Jean Ray: John Flanders" documentary 
• "MALPERTUIS Revisited" locations visit
• French Theatrical Trailer
• "The Warden of the Tomb" 1965 short film by Harry Kümel
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow.

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Radiance Films falls for an 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. 

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Radiance Films gets lost in THE SHAPE OF NIGHT (Review)

Yoshie goes to the city to study dressmaking and works part-time in a bar where she meets a handsome businessman.  Unfortunately, he turns out to be a low-level gangster who manipulates her into a life of prostitution.  When one of regular clients falls for her and offers her a new chance at a happy life, it may all be too late for her and she may have to take drastic measures to truly free herself.

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

THE SHAPE OF NIGHT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with Yoshio Nakamura, son of director Noboru Nakamura 
• "Major Changes" visual essay film historian by Tom Mes 
• Easter Egg 
• Includes a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow.

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Acorn Media investigates ELLIS: SERIES 2 (review)

Sharon D. Clarke (HOLBY CITY) and Andrew Gower (OUTLANDER) are back as Ellis and her partner Harper being sent to remote British villages to take on sensitive cases in series two of ELLIS.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (U.K.) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

ELLIS: SERIES 2 DVD specs:

• 16:9 Anamorphic 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Behind the Scenes
• On Location with Andrew Gower
• Still Gallery 

88 Films fights mutants in the FORBIDDEN WORLD (review)

Summoned to a top secret lab on a distant planet, a space marshal discovers that a genetic engineering experiment to create a new food source has gone horrible wrong and a rapidly-evolving organism is stalking the crew one-by-one in this super gory, nudity-filled Roger Corman cheapie knockoff of ALIEN.

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

FORBIDDEN WORLD 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray combo specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC Dolby Vision and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen presentations of the FORBIDDEN WORLD theatrical cut (77 minutes) and the MUTANT director's cut (82 minutes) on 4K UltraHD and Blu-ray discs
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Two audio commentaries on the theatrical cut by:
• critic Kim Newman and writer Sean Hogan;
• film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth; 
• Audio Commentary on the director's cut by editor/director Allan Holzman, moderated by Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
• "Confessions of a Teenage Mutant" interview with director Allan Holzman
• "Don't Laugh at Mutants: Another interview with Allan Holzman"
• "Newer Horizons" video essay by film historian Mike Foster
• "The Making of Forbidden World" 2010 documentary featuring interviews with director/editor Allan Holzman, special visual effects artist/production designer Robert Skotak, actor Jesse Vint, composer Susan Justin, and more
• Interview with producer Roger Corman
• Interview with effects artist John Carl Buechler
• Image Gallery
• Radio Spot
• 3 TV Spots
• 5 Theatrical Trailers
• The first pressing includes a slipcover with artwork by Joel Robinson and a booklet with notes by James Whittington.

Radiance Films takes aim at LE PROFESSIONNEL (review)

Left to rot in an African prison by the government who hired him, hitman Joss Beaumont escapes and returns to France to finish the job and take revenge on his former employers.  Jean-Paul Belmondo and Robert Hossein star.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

LE PROFESSIONNEL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Howerd S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathianiel Thompson
• "Ginette Vincendeau on Jean-Paul Belmondo"
• "Lovely Jon on Ennio Morricone's Score"
• 1981 French television interview with actor Jean-Paul Belmondo
• 1982 French television interview with René Chateau, Belmondo's agent, producer, and associate
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters. 
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, and a booklet featuring archival interview with director Georges Lautner.

Arrow Video becomes trapped in 4K in 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

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88 Films and Jackie Chan launch PROJECT A: PART II in 4K (review)

In the even bigger sequel to his successful PROJECT A, Jackie Chan leads an elite unit against pirates and smugglers in this big budget Lunar New Year hit.

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

THE PROJECT A COLLECTION 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD): 
• Hong Kong Cut: 
•  2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos
• Original Hong Kong Mix and newly-remixed Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Cantonese (Japanese Theatrical Mix) DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Newly-remixed Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Frank Djeng and filmmaker FJ DeSanto 
• Export Cut: 
•  2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Export Trailer 
• Tai Seng Video Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray): 
• Hong Kong Cut: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos
• Original Hong Kong Mix and newly-remixed Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Cantonese (Japanese Theatrical Mix) DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Newly-remixed Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Frank Djeng and filmmaker FJ DeSanto 
• Export Cut: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Interview with filmmaker historian Anthony Carpio 
• "The Big Boss" interview with actor Chan Wai-Man 
• "Someone Will Know Me" 1988 stuntman documentary 
• Japanese Version Ending 
• Full-Screen Jackie Chan Recording Session 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Export Trailer 
• Tai Seng Video Trailer 
• Stills Gallery

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88 Films catapults Jackie Chan into PROJECT A in 4K (review)

Jackie Chan plays a member of the water police battling pirates.  When the unit is dissolved, he must join the land police only to discover a plot from within to leave ships and their cargo vulnerable to plundering in this big-budget extravaganza.

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

PROJECT A 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Project A (4K UltraHD): 
• Hong Kong Cut: 
•  2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Mandarin Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Frank Djeng and FJ DeSanto 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Frank Djeng 
• Extended Taiwanese Cut: 
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Mandarin Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Lunar New Year Introduction 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Export Trailer 
• Disc Two - Project A (Blu-ray): 
• Hong Kong Cut: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Mandarin Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Frank Djeng and FJ DeSanto 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Frank Djeng 
• Extended Taiwanese Cut: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Mandarin Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Interview with Jackie Chan's stunt double Mars Cheung 
• "Dancing with Danger" interview with stunt god Mars 
•  "Master Killer" interview with grandmaster Lee Hoi-san 
•  "The Elusive Dragon" interview with actor/stuntman Yuen Biao 
• "The Pirates Den" interview with actor Dick Wei 
• "Can't Stop the Music" interview with composer Michael Lai 
•  "Project Collector" interview with Paul Dre and Matt Routledge 
• "Plan B — Writer Edward Tang on PROJECT A" 
•  Outtakes 
• Japanese Version Ending 
• "The Making of PROJECT A" behind the scenes footage 
• Lunar New Year Introduction 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
•  English Export Trailer 
• Stills Gallery

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Blue Underground clashes with FIRE AND ICE in 4K (review)

The kingdom of Firekeep is under threat by the deadly Nekron and his witch mother of Icepeak in this ice age clash of good and evil in this animated cult adventure film based on the paintings of iconic artist Frank Frazetta and directed by FRITZ THE CAT's Ralph Bakshi.

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

FIRE AND ICE 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC Dolby Vision and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen presentations on 4K UtlraHD and Blu-ray discs
• English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director/co-producer/co-writer Ralph Bakshi, moderated by Lance Laspina
• "The Art of Fire and Ice: The Frank Frazetta Legacy" interview with Sara Frazetta, granddaughter of Frank Frazetta
• "Frank Frazetta's Fire and Ice" appreciation by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez
• "The Making of Fire and Ice" 1982 featurette by Mike Bakshi
• "Bakshi on Frazetta" interview with director/co-producer/co-writer Ralph Bakshi 
• "Sean Hannon's Diary Notes" interview with actor Sean Hannon
• Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
• Image Galleries:
• Posters
• German Lobby Cards
• Color Stills
• Frank Frazetta Artwork Portfolio
• Ralph Bakshi Artwork Portfolio
• Sketches
• Animation Cells and Backgrounds
• Video, Comics, and More 
• Theatrical Trailer
• Complete CD Soundtrack by William Kraft
• Collector's steelbook packaging and transparent slipcover 

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Radiance Films gets radicalized by HI, MOM! (review)

Robert De Niro is back from Vietnam and tries his hand at pornographic filmmaking and experimental theater on his way to becoming a TAXI DRIVER in Brian De Palma's early comic satire of American television and race relations.  Jennifer Salt and Gerrit Graham also star.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.S./U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HI, MOM! 4K UtlraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UtlraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Dolby Vision Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by author Travis Woods 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by author Travis Woods
• "Dionysus in 69" experimental theater production of Euripides' 'The Bacchae' filmed by Brian de Palma in 1970 (85 mins)
• "Son of GREETINGS" 1970 behind-the-scenes footage by filmmaker Peter Davis (76 mins)
• Producer Charles Hirsch on HI, MOM!
• Critic Ellen E. Jones on HI, MOM!
• Theatrical Trailer 
•  
• Limited edition of 5,000 copies presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings and comes with a reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters as well as a booklet featuring new writing by Matt Zoller Seitz.

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Deaf Crocodile faces nuclear annihilation in 4K with KRAKATIT (review)

A chemist invents an incredibly powerful and unpredictable explosive material and fears its abuse as he is pursued by corrupt and dangerous parties in the Czech surreal noir KRAKATIT from author Karel Capek who first coined the term "robot" in his turn-of-the-century science fiction.

REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (U.S.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

KRAKATIT 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC Dolby Vision and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen Transfers on 4K UltraHD and Blu-ray discs
• Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Peter Hames and Czech film expert Irena Kovarova
• "Krakatit: Moral Vertigo in the Nuclear Age" visual essay by film historian Clayton Dillard
• Interview with film archivist and head of restoration at the Národní Filmový Archiv Tereza Frodlova 

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Blue Underground takes THE LIFT to Hell (review)

THE LIFT gives you a good reason to take the stairs when a lightning strike causes a high-tech microchipped elevator system to go crazy and brutally murder passengers.  From the director of AMSTERDAMNED.

REVIEW LINK: Blue Underground (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE LIFT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Dutch DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH, English (for Dutch track), and French Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Dick Maas and producer Hans van Dongen
• "Going Up"  interview with actor Huub Stapel
• "Long Distance" 2003 short film by Dick Maas (4:13)
• Dutch and American Theatrical Trailers
• Poster and Still Gallery

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Blue Underground swims with sharks and a ZOMBIE (review)

ZOMBIE is going to eat you in HD in Blue Underground's 4K restoration of Lucio Fulci's splatter classic.  A reporter and a young woman travel to a tropical island in search of answers and discover open graves and gushing throat wounds.  Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, and Richard Johnson star.

REVIEW LINK: Blue Underground (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

ZOMBIE Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 and 1.0 Mono, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 and 1.0 Mono, and French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH, English (for Italian track), Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and Thai Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by author Troy Howarth
• Audio Commentary by actor Ian McCulloch, moderated by Diabolik Magazine editor Jason J. Slater (1998)
• Introduction by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
• "When the Earth Spits Out the Dead" interview with "Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci" author Stephen Thrower
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
• Radio Spots
• Poster & Still Gallery
• Disc Two:
• "Zombie Wasteland" interview with stuntman Ottaviano Dell'acqua and actors Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, and Al Cliver
• "Flesh Eaters on Film" interview with co-producer Fabrizio de Angelis
• "Deadtime Stories" interview with co-writers Elisa Briganti and (uncredited) Dardano Sacchetti
• "World of the Dead" interview with cinematographer Sergio Salvati and production designer Walter Patriarca
• "Zombi Italiano" interview with special make-up effects artists Giannetto de Rossi and Maurizio Trani 
• "Notes on a Headstone" interview with composer Fabio Frizzi
• "All in the Family" interview with Lucio Fulci's daughter Antonella Fulci
• "Zombie Lover" appreciation by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
• Easter Egg

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Eureka's Masters of Cinema answers when ADVENTURE CALLS! KARL MAY AT C.C.C. (review)

Although little known in English-speaking territories, Karl May was as famous in Germany for his westerns and other globe-hopping adventures as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie in the rest of the world, still selling millions of copies to this day.  In the sixties, competing studios Rialto Film and C.C.C. undertook a series of Karl May adventures including the characters of Old Shatterhand and his Native American blood brother Winnetou, Balkan explorer Kara Ben Nemsi, and Dr. Karl Sternau searching for Aztec treasure amidst the Mexican Civil War.  Lex Barker stars in seven films from the C.C.C. series with Rialto's famous Winnetou actor Pierre Brice in two films made at the start and end of the cycle.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Entertainment (U.S./U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

ADVENTURE CALLS! KARL MAY AT C.C.C. Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Old Shatterhand:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Optional introduction by  Sir Christopher Frayling, author of "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone"
• Daliah Lavi Featurette
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer 
• Winnetou and Old Shatterhand in the Valley of Death:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Optional introduction by  Sir Christopher Frayling, author of "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone"
• Archival Making-of Documentary on "Old Shatterhand" and "Winnetou and Old Shatterhand in the Valley of Death" 
• Disc Two:
• The Shoot:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Optional introduction by  Sir Christopher Frayling, author of "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone"
• Archival Newsreel
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Through Wild Kurdistan:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Optional introduction by  Sir Christopher Frayling, author of "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone"
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Making Karl May's Orient Cycle" archival documentary 
• Disc Three:
• In the Kingdom of the Silver Lion:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Optional introduction by  Sir Christopher Frayling, author of "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone"
• Theatrical Trailer 
• "Heroes on Horseback: Karl May at CCC" interview with producer Alice Brauner, managing director of CCC Film and daughter of CCC founder Artur Brauner
• "Prodigal Son" interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on the late career of Robert Siodmak
• Restoration Featurette 
• Disc Four:
• The Treasure of the Aztecs:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Optional introduction by  Sir Christopher Frayling, author of "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone"
• Theatrical Trailer 
• The Pyramid of the Sun God:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Optional introduction by  Sir Christopher Frayling, author of "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone"
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Archival interview with Bernhard Schmid, co-editor and contributor to Karl-May-Verlag 
• Limited hardcase edition of 2,000 copies including a 60-page collector's book featuring new writing on Karl May on page and screen by German popular cinema experts Tim Bergfelder and Holger Haase, a profile of Lex Barker by Boris Brosowski and an essay on Old Shatterhand and Winnetou by Lee Broughton, author of "The Euro-Western".

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Visual Vengeance investigates THE PARANORMAL (review)

A parapsychologist and a skeptical physicist investigate strange activity at an old movie theater and become trapped with the owner and the projectionist with a zombie film on the screen that is becoming increasingly interactive in this regional Missouri nineties shot-on-video horror flick.

REVIEW LINK: Wild Eye Releasing (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE PARANORMAL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080i60 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director/co-writer/editor Todd Norris
• Audio Commentary by dierctor/co-writer/editor Todd Norris and composer Paul Roberts
• Cast and Crew Interviews
• "The Two Todds" interview with filmmakers Todd Norris and Todd Sheets
• "The Paranormal" Channel 5 TV Ad Bumpers
• Bloopers
• Deleted Scenes
• Original Script Excerpts
• Storyboard Gallery
• Todd Norris Short Films:
• "The Closet"
• "L..."
• "Night of the Growling"
• "Parallax" 
• Visual Vengeance Trailer for "The Paranormal"
• Comes with a folded mini-poster with art by Giorgio Credaro, a reversible sleeve featuring original VHS art, and a "Stick Your Own" VHS sticker set.

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Second Sight suffers in 4K from INSOMNIA (review)

A detective's carefully-crafted self-image fractures in the Land of the Midnight Sun while on the trail of the murderer of a teenage girl in this early theatrical Nordic Noir starring Stellan Skarsgård.

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

INSOMNIA 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray combo specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Dolby Vision and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Presentations on two discs
• Norwegian/Swedish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Surround
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Erik Skjoldbjærg and co-writer Nikolaj Frobenius 
• "Running on Instinct" interview with director Erik Skjoldbjærg 
• "Falling Into It" interview with producer Petter J. Borgli 
• "Private Prisons: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on INSOMNIA" visual essay 
• Erik Skjoldbjærg's Short Films: 
• "Spor" 
• "Close to Home" 
• "Near Winter"
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Peter Strain, a 120-page book with new essays by Jenn Adams, Mitchell Beaupre, Barry Forshaw, Francesco Massaccesi, Priscilla Page and Travis Woods, and six collectors' art cards .

Eureka's Masters of Cinema discovers CECILE IS DEAD (review)

Georges Simenon's famous detective Maigret initially dismisses the uncertain fears of a spinster about nightly visitations to the apartment of her invalid aunt by someone who takes nothing but leaves signs of their presence until the young woman's name appears in conjunction with the discovery of a headless corpse in this thriller produced in France under German occupation starring Albert Prejean as Maigret and directed by Maurice Tourneur.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CECILE IS DEAD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by crime cinema expert Sergio Angelini, host of the "Tipping My Fedora" podcast
• "Maigret and His Continental Films" 2015 introduction to the film by Christine Leteux, author of "Maurice Tourneur: réalisateur sans frontières"
• "My Friend Maigret" 2026 discussion of Inspector Maigret from page to screen with film historian Martin Hall
• The first 2,000 copies come with a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Sean Phillips and a booklet featuring new writing on Cécile is Dead and adaptations of French literature under German occupation by Andrew Watts. 

Second Sight samples THE DEVIL'S CANDY (review)

A metal head artist and his family move into a remote Texas farmhouse and into the path of a Satanic serial killer turning victims into THE DEVIL'S CANDY.  From the director of THE LOVED ONES and DANGEROUS ANIMALS.

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

THE DEVIL'S CANDY 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 2.40:1 Dolby Vision 4K UltraHD and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 SDR Widescreen Blu-ray Discs
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Sean Byrne
• "Into the Fire" interview with director Sean Byrne 
• "Those Fragile Things" interview with actor Ethan Embry 
• "Devil in the Details" interview with director of photography Simon Chapman 
• "The Cutting Room" interview with editor Andy Canny 
• "A Big Step Forward" interview with production designer Tom Hammock 
• "Behind the Scenes: VFX" 
• Sean Byrne's Short films:
• "Advantage Satan"
• "Work?"
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Huan Do, a 120-page book with new essays by Anton Bitel, Reyna Cervantes, Becca Johnson, Joe Lipsett, Mary Beth McAndrews and Zoe Rose Smith, and six collectors' art cards. 

Acorn solves murder with HARRY WILD: SERIES 4 (review)

Retired literary professor turned private detective Harry Wild and her teenage partner Fergus investigate more bizarre murders behind the backs of her police superintendent son and his boss in series four of the Acorn cozy mystery series starring Jane Seymour.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (U.K.) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

HARRY WILD Series 4 DVD specs:

• Eight episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 Anamorphic 2.00:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Behind the Scenes 

Cult Epics explores the world of GIRLS in 4K (review)

Just Jaeckin tries to escape the shadow of EMMANUELLE and THE STORY OF O with a wholesome look into the complicated lives of French teenagers in the disco-era GIRLS as they deal with boyfriends, pranks, school, career ambitions, parents, and the pill.  Featuring a score by Eric Stewart of 10cc including the band's hit "I'm Not in Love".  Starring Anne Parilaud (LA FEMME NIKITA) and Isabelle Mejias (JULIE DARLING).

REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (U.S.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

GIRLS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• DISC ONE (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Jeremy Richey 
• DISC TWO (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Jeremy Richey
• "Who Was Just Jaeckin?" visual essay by film historian Jeremy Richey
• Last Interview with director Just Jaeckin from 2022
• Interview with actress Isabelle Mejias
• 1980 TF1 television interview with director Just Jaeckin, and actresses Anne Parrilaud, Zoé Chaveau, and Charlotte Walior
• "GIRLS: The German Cut" alternate scenes from the West German version
• Bonus Trailers 
• Comes with a reversible cover.
• The first pressing includes a slipcover. 

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Unearthed Films hears the voices of THE UGLY (review)

Summoned to do an independent assessment of a serial killer, psychologist Karen Schumaker tries to get to the truth behind the crimes of charming Simon Cartwright and the delusion or supernatural force he calls THE UGLY in this nineties film festival favorite from New Zealand.

REVIEW LINK: Unearthed Films (U.S.) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE UGLY Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 4.0 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actors Rebecca Hobbs and Paolo Rotondo, moderated by Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
• 1997 New Zealand Radio Interview with writer/director Scott Reynolds
• Scott Reynolds Short Films:
• Theatrical Trailer (in 2.0 stereo and 4.0)
• Photo Gallery
• Visual Essay by Howard S. Berger
• Reversible Cover
• Five-page booklet by Jason Jenkins
• The first pressing includes a slipcover.

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88 Films gets sucked into ARCADE (review)

In this Full Moon production from producer Charles Band and director Albert Pyun, a gang of teenagers are the test subjects for the new virtual reality game ARCADE that is able to react like a living being and change its strategy.  When members of the group start to literally disappear into the game, they must learn how to beat ARCADE which has learned how to play outside the virtual world.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

ARCADE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080i60 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by producer Charles Band and actress Megan Ward
• Audio Commentary by associate producer Daniel Schweiger
• Audio Commentary by film journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz
• The Game Master" interview with actor John de Lancie
• "See You on the Other Side" interview with actor Jonathan Fuller
• "Kiss Reality Goodbye" interview with associate producer Daniel Schweiger
• "Virtual Worlds: Filming ARCADE" interview with cinematographer George Mooradian
• "Into the Machine: Scoring ARCADE" interview with composer Alan Howarth
• Videozone Making-of
• Proof of Concept Trailer with Audio Commentary by associate producer Daniel Schweiger
• Remastered Trailer
• The first pressing includes a rigid slipcase designed by Joel Robinson and a double-sided foldout poster.

88 Films fights beside HEROES TWO (review)

Chen Kuan-Tai and Alexander Fu Sheng play two famous heroes out to fight corruption and oppression in HEROES TWO, the first of Chang Cheh's Shaolin cycle.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HEROES TWO Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Optional "Three Styles of Hung Fist" Short Film Introduction
• Mandarin and English Versions of the original and newly-created "Three Styles of Hung Fist" introduction
• Audio Commentary by film historian David West
• Audio Commentary by New York Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and martial arts scholar Blade Po
• Audio Commentary by Asian film historian Linn Hayes 
• Tony Rayns on HEROES TWO"
• "Made to Be a Hero" interview with actor Chen Kuan Tai
• Textless Credits Sequence
• Original Chinese Credits
• Original English Credits
• Image Galllery
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• English Export Trailer
• German Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing includes a slipcover with artwork by "Kung Fu Bob" O'Brien, a double-sided poster, and a booklet with notes by Johnny Burnett, Karl Newton, and "'Kung Fu Bob presents 'Animal Styles'", the first instalment of an ongoing series. 

88 Films does battle with THE INVINCIBLE EIGHT (review)

The children of eight murdered general band together to avenge themselves on a corrupt general in Lo Wei's THE INVINCIBLE EIGHT, his first film for Golden Harvest starring Angela Mao and Nora Miao.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.S.) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE INVINCIBLE EIGHT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival, and filmmaker Michael Worth
• Image Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing includes a slipcover with artwork by Aurelio Lorenzo and a foldout poster.

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Radiance Films takes the CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN (review)

Franco Nero plays a young deputy district attorney who suspects that all is not what it seems in an unsuccessful mob hit and that the police captain (Martin Balsam) may be up to his neck in corruption in Damiano Damiano's Palermo crime film also starring Marilu Tolo.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.S./U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• Interviews:
• actor Franco Nero
• actor Michele Gammino
• editor Antonio Siciliano
• film music historian Lovely Jon on the music of Riz Ortolani 
• Image Gallery
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, a reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters, and a booklet featuring archival interviews with Damiano Damiani.

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Eureka's Masters of Cinema hunts down DANGER: DIABOLIK (review)

The ruthless and seductive master criminal and his sexy lady love bedevil both the government and the mafia in Mario Bava's visually-dazzling comic book adaptation DANGER: DIABOLIK starring John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Picoli, and Adolfo Celi with a psychedelic score by Ennio Morricone.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka (U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DANGER: DIABOLIK 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Dolby Vision Widescreen 4K UltraHD and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Blu-ray Discs
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 1.0 Mono
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono (Alternate Dub)
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actor John Phillip Law, moderated by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• "Criminal Intent: Leon Hunt on Diabolik from Page to Screen"
• "Radical Behaviour?: Pop Art Politics in Danger: Diabolik" video essay by film historian Rachael Nisbet
• "Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film"
• "Body Movin'" 1998 music video by Beastie Boys (with optional 2005 commentary by Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch)
• Teaser Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition hardbound set of 2,000 copies comes in a hardcase with package design by Nick Wrigley and includes a 60-page liner notes booklet featuring new essays on "Danger: Diabolik" by Italian film historian Roberto Curti and comic book scholar Jochen Ecke, a new introduction to fumetti neri by crime genre expert Sergio Angelini and new writing on the film’s director by Troy Howarth, author of "The Haunted World of Mario Bava".

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Eureka's Masters of Cinema exposes the CRUEL TALE OF BUSHIDO (review)

When his fiancee attempts suicide, a young salaryman looks back on a family history spanning over two hundred years and a recurring cycle of duty honoring the Bushido code no matter the personal destruction wrought upon generations of his family line in Tadashi Imai's cruel tale starring Kinnosuke Nakamura of the MIYAMOTO MUSASHI film series and the LONE WOLF AND CUB TV spin-off.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (U.S./U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CRUEL TALE OF BUSHIDO Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono and DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Tony Rayns on CRUEL TALE OF BUSHIDO" critic interview
• "7 Kinds of Samurai: Tadashi Imai's Cruel Tale" interview with Jonathan Clements, author of "A Brief History of Japan"
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies includes an O-card slipcover featuring new artwork by Tony Stella and a collector's booklet featuring new writing by Japanese cinema expert Hayley Scanlon.

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88 Films passes the torch to GOD OF GAMBLERS II (review)

Andy Lau is the newly-dubbed "Knight of Gamblers" who must foil the attempts of his boss' old enemy to ruin his reputation while also dealing with the bumbling "Saint of Gamblers" (Stephen Chow) and his uncle who will do anything to study under him in Wong Jing's sequel to both his hit film and Stephen Chow's even bigger hit parody.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

GOD OF GAMBLERS II Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David West
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, NY Asian Film Festival
• "Money Maker" interview with director Wong Jing
• Scenes from the Taiwanese Version
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing comes with a slipcover and double-sided foldout poster. 

Acorn Media turns up crimes for the QUEENS OF MYSTERY: SERIES 2 (review)

Detective Matilda Stone and her three crime-writing aunts get tangled up in various murders in their quaint village of Wildemarsh in series two of QUEENS OF MYSTERY.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (U.K.) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

QUEENS OF MYSTERY: SERIES 2 DVD specs:

• Six episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 PAL widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Solving Series 2" behind the scenes
• Picture Gallery 

Second Run returns to childhood with LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC! (review)

Bullied by his father and his classmates alike, small and frail Oldrich lives a rich fantasy life to survive the uneasy and violent existence of his village in between Nazi occupation and Russian liberation in this surreal film from the director of THE EAR and COACH TO VIENNA.

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

LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC! Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The City Cinematheque Interview with Karel Kachyňa" from CUNY TV 1998
• "A Memory of the Present [Paměť našeho dne]" 1963 short film by Jan Nemec
• Comes with a 20-page booklet with an essay by film critic Peter Hames. 

SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY in 4K for Severin Films (review)

When her scientist husband commits suicide, a grieving widow takes seductive and deadly revenge on the people she holds responsible in Jess Franco's reworking of THE BRIDE WORE BLACK starring Soledad Miranda, Howard Vernon, and Paul Muller.

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

SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Ecstasy in Rage" interview with author Stephen Thrower
• "In the Land of Franco Part 13" locations visit with author Stephen Thrower
• "Jess Killed in Ecstasy" interview with writer/director Jess Franco
• "Sublime Soledad" interview with Soledad Miranda historian Amy Brown
• "Paul Muller on Jess Franco" interview
• German Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a collector's slipcover (U.S. website exclusive and U.K. retail editions only)

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Severin Films tangos with VAMPYROS LESBOS in 4K (review)

Jess Franco's first muse Soledad Miranda stars as the original VAMPYROS LESBOS, the heiress of Count Dracula who seduces a young woman to initiate her into the vampiric circle in this psychedelic classic.

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

VAMPYROS LESBOS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Kat Ellinger, author of "Daughters of Darkness"
• Audio Commentary by film professor Aaron AuBuchon and Oscarbate Film Collective's John Dickson and Will Morris
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Kat Ellinger, author of "Daughters of Darkness"
• Audio Commentary by film professor Aaron AuBuchon and Oscarbate Film Collective's John Dickson and Will Morris
• "Fever Dracula" interview with Stephen Thrower, author of "Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco"
• "The Red Scarf Diaries" Jess Franco career appreciation by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Sean Baker
• "In the Land of Franco Part 12" locations visit with film historian Stephen Thrower
• "Vampyros Jesús" interview with writer/director Jess Franco
• "Sublime Soledad" interview with Soledad Miranda historian Amy Brown
• "Jess Is Yoda" featurette
• German Opening Title Sequence
• German Theatrical Trailer
• Collector's slipcover (U.S. website exclusive and U.K. retail editions only)

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88 Films is STRIPPED TO KILL (review)

When a stripper at the Rock Bottom club is brutally murdered, a female detective goes undercover as a stripper and finds both liberation and danger in this Roger Corman production directed by Katt Shea (THE RAGE: CARRIE 2) starring Kay Lenz and Greg Evigan.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

STRIPPED TO KILL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues! and film scholar Amanda Reyes
• Audio Commentary by director Katt Shea, moderated by Scorpion Releasing's Walt Olsen
• Audio Commentary by director Katt Shea and actress Kay Lenz 
• "Directing Stripped to Kill" interview with director Katt Shea 
• "The Contradiction" video essay by film historian Mike Foster 
• "Stripped: Katt Shea" interview 
• "Stripped: Roger Corman" interview 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• The first pressing comes with a slipcover featuring original artwork and liner notes by Calum Waddell.

Film Masters unleashes the MONSTER MAYHEM COLLECTION (review)

Four low-budget fifties shockers crawl back from the grave in the MONSTER MAYHEM COLLECTION.  In MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL, animal test subjects launched up into space land back on Earth in Africa mutated into a giant beast.  In THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, a scientist is possessed by a malevolent alien force.  In FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, the mad scientist's grandson tests experimental drugs on the daughter of his research partner while trying to build his own monster.  In GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN, a geologist, an archaeologist, and his daughter travel up into the mountains of Big Bear in search of the remains of the conquistador Diablo Giant only to discover he is still quite fresh.

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

MONSTER MAYHEM COLLECTION Blu-ray specs:

• DISC ONE:
• Monster from Green Hell:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles (for film and commentary)
• Audio Commentary by film historian Stephen R. Bissette
• "Missouri Born: The Films of Jim Davis" career retrospective with author/film historian C. Courtney Joyner
• The Brain from Planet Arous:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles (for film and commentary)
• Audio Commentary by author/film historian Tom Weaver, film music historian David Schecter, filmmaker Larry Blamire, and actress Joyce Meadows
• "The Man Before the Brain: Director Nathan Juran" visual essay narrated by film historian Justin Humphreys
• "The Man Behind the Brain: The World of Nathan Juran" visual essay by filmmaker C. Courtney Joyner 
• DISC TWO:
• Frankenstein's Daughter:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles (for film and commentary)
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Weaver, filmmaker Larry Blamire, and film music historian David Schecter
• "Filmmaker of the Unknown" 1983 interview with director Richard E. Cunha 
• Giant from the Unknown:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles (for film and both commentaries)
• Audio Commentary by actor/screenwriter Gary Crutcher
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Weaver, director Richard E. Cunha, actor Ewing Miles Brown, producer Arthur A. Jacobs, Richard E. Cunha's son Rick, filmmaker Larry Blamire, and journalist Steven Cronenberg 
• 17-page booklet by Tom Weaver.