Shudder hires THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT (review)

New mortuary assistant Rebecca must take the night shift and encounters unusual demon-infested corpses in this video game adaptation from Shudder and Dread.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (U.K.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and French Subtitles
• Behind the Scenes
• Shudder Start-up Promo 

Unearthed Films resurrects the LEGION OF THE DEAD (review)

A pair of idiots, two bumbling brother hit men, and a waitress face become involved with a fallen angel's attempt to take over the world with an army of the dead in Olaf Ittenbach's LEGION OF THE DEAD.

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

LEGION OF THE DEAD Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Producer's Cut:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Olaf Ittenbach and composer Mel Lewis
• Making-of
• Deleted Scenes
• Outtakes
• Festival Premieres
• Photo Gallery
• Video Trailer
• Alternate Trailer
• U.S. Video Trailer 
• Disc Two - Director's Cut:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo (with German audio for restored scenes)
• Optional English Subtitles (for German scenes only) or full English SDH Subtitles 
• Reversible cover
• First pressing slipcover. 

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Kimstim explores SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS (review)

Christopher Nolan presents the Quay Brothers' return to feature filmmaking with this live action/puppetry hybrid adaptation of the fictionalized biographical stories of Bruno Schulz whose protagonist travels deep into the Carpathian Mountains where his dead father is staying at an asylum that does not obey the laws of time provoking a journey into his own unconscious.

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

SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Polish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• English Subtitles
• "The Art Teacher from Drohobycz - Bruno Schulz by the Quay Brothers (Polish Cultural Institute in London)" documentary
• Quay Brothers Q&A on stop motion animation (Courtesy Garden Cinema London)
• Image Gallery
• Theatrical Introduction

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Second Run studies THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ (review)

A man tries to give into to his murderous impulses with frustrating results in Luis Buñuel's blackly comic study of a madman.

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

THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Spanish LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Surreal Vision" three-part video essay by writer and filmmaker Cristina Álvarez
• Video essay by critic David Wilt
• BD-ROM: Luis Buñuel’s annotated personal script of the film
• 24-page booklet featuring writing by film scholar and Buñuel expert Jordi Xifra, and also Cristina Álvarez López. 

Radiance Films avenges THE BETRAYAL (review)

A noble young samurai is asked to take responsibility for an accidental killing to preserve the honor of his clan only to be betrayed by his masters and his friends in this "critical chanbara" from the director of THE DEMON OF MOUNT OE and THE SNOW WOMAN.

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

THE BETRAYAL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Select-Scene Audio Commentary by Japanese film historian Tom Mes
• The Path to Betrayal" 2025 visual essay by film critic Philip Kemp
• "The Four Elements of Tokuzo Tanaka" 2024 visual essay by Japanese film historian Tom Mes

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A WOMAN KILLS for Radiance Films (review)

A sadistic female murderess is executed, yet crimes in her style continue to terrify the French public in this unclassifiable "thriller" from political filmmaker Jean-Denis Bonan.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

A WOMAN KILLS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Virginie Sélavy
• Introduction by critic Virginie Sélavy
• "On the Margin: The Cursed Films of Jean-Denis Bonan" 2015 documentary, updated in 2022
• Short films by Jean-Denis Bonan
• Theatrical Trailer

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88 Films fights IN THE LINE OF DUTY I-IV: STANDARD EDITION (review)

Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Khan star in the four "Girls with Guns" films that made them famous as Hong Kong cops who put all on the line against ruthless villains.  Cynthia Rothrock, Michael Wong, and Donnie Yen also star.

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

IN THE LINE OF DUTY I-IV Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Royal Warriors:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (theatrical and alternate mixes) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (new dub) and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (classic dub) 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng 
• English Title Sequence 
• Missing Airplane Scene Inserts 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two - Yes Madam:
• Hong Kong Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (theatrical mix) Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (home video mix) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (home video mix) 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary with Hong Kong film expert Frank Djeng 
• English Export Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Select Scene Commentary by actress Cynthia Rothrock and Frank Djeng on the Airport Scene and Final Fight Scene 
• Introduction by actress Cynthia Rothrock 
• "Battling Babes" featurette 
• Archival interview with actress Michelle Yeoh 
• "Ladies First" interview with actor Mang Hoi 
• "A Team Player" interview with actress Cynthia Rothrock 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Three - In the Line of Duty III:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Asian film experts Frank Djeng and Michael Worth 
• English Credit Sequence 
• "The Golden 80s" interview with actor John Sham 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Theatrical Trailer #1 
• English Theatrical Trailer #2
• Disc Four - In the Line of Duty IV:
• Hong Kong Version: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Asian film experts Frank Djeng and Michael Worth 
• Audio Commentary by Hong Kong expert Stefan Hammond and lead actor Michael Wong 
• English Export Version: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Archival interview with actor Donnie Yen 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Theatrical Trailer

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Radiance Films gets a nip of VAMPIRE'S KISS (review)

Nicolas Cage goes off the deep end as usual, but this time he thinks he's a vampire in VAMPIRE'S KISS.  Jennifer Beals, Maria Conchita Alonso, Kasi Lemmons, and Elizabeth Ashley also star.

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

VAMPIRE'S KISS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Robert Bierman and actor Nicolas Cage
• Audio Commentary by critics Kim Newman and Nick de Semlyen 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Robert Bierman and actor Nicolas Cage
• Audio Commentary by critics Kim Newman and Nick de Semlyen
• "Robert Bierman on Vampire's Kiss" 2026 director interview
• "Joseph Minion on Vampire's Kiss" 2026 screenwriter interview
• "Colin Towns on Vampire's Kiss" 2026 composer interview
• "The Dumb Waiter" 1979 short film by Robert Bierman
• Optional Introduction to "The Dumb Waiter" by Robert Bierman
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery 
• Limited edition of 6,000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, including a pull-out poster and six lobby-card style postcards, and 40-page perfect bound book featuring new writing from Julia Armfield, Zach Schonfield, and Justin LaLiberty. 

Radiance Films becomes lost in THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM (review)

In this Polish fantasy from Wojciech Has (THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT), a young man travels to visit his "dead" father in a remote sanatorium where time does not behave as it does in the real world.  Entering a surreal dream world, he is assailed by childhood memories entangled with fantastic adventures that may entrap him forever in the world of sleep.  Based on the story collection by Bruno Schulz.

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

THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• Polish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Polish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke
• "Accordion" 1947 short film by Wojciech Has
• 1987 Polish Television interview with production designer Jerzy Skarzynski by filmmaker Jerzy Wójcik
• Limited edition of 5,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, including a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow, and booklet featuring new writing by critic Ela Bittencourt and archival writing from Annette Insdorf. 

Arrow Video sorts out THE OUTFIT (review)

Before Jason Statham, Robert Duvall was the real Parker taking on the syndicate with Joe Don Baker and Karen Black in this seventies neo-noir thriller based on the novel by Richard Stark a.k.a. Donald Westlake.

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

THE OUTFIT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen presentations of the theatrical version (103 minutes) and a rare version with an alternate ending (101 minutes)
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critic and author Jedidiah Ayres and film critic Mike White of The Projection Booth Podcast
• "The Man With the Getaway Face" appreciation of author Donald E. Westlake (aka Richard Stark) by Westlake expert Levi Stahl
• "Paths Not Taken" appreciation of the film by critic Walter Chaw
• "Tapping into the Outsider" appreciation of "The Outfit" and the Parker novels by Alissa Marmol-Cernat and Shay Dennis, creators of "Tough Business: A Parker Site"
• "Walter Hill on John Flynn" interview with filmmaker Walter Hill
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Galleries
• Comes with a slipcover and reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella, as well as a collectors' booklet with new writing by critics Chris D, Glenn Kenny, and Priscilla Page.

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Radiance Films reflects on THE DOUBLE (review)

Jean Sorel, Ewa Aulin, and Lucia Bose form a dysfunctional love triangle in this Moroccan-set erotic thriller from director Romolo Guerrieri.  Silvano Tranquilli, Marilu Tolo, and Giacomo Rossi-Stuart also star.

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

THE DOUBLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English (for Italian) Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• "Romolo Guerrieri and Eva Aulin on The Double" re-edit of a 2013 interview with director Romolo Guerrieri and a 2017 interview with actress Ewa Aulin
• "Stephen Thrower on The Double" appreciation by author Stephen Thrower
• Image Gallery
• Easter Egg
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters, and booklet featuring new writing by author and critic Nathaniel Thompson.

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Arrow Video is on the case with MARLOWE (review)

Raymond Chandler's famous detective enters the swinging sixties investigating a missing young man and a blackmailed television actress.  James Garner and Gayle Hunnicutt star.

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

MARLOWE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "$100 a Day (Plus Expenses)" appreciation by film historian Howard S. Berger
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Galleries
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson.
• The limited edition includes a slipcover featuring the new key art and 24-page liner notes booklet: "Philip Marlowe: Man Out of Time" by Priscilla Page, "Stirling and Bruce" by Jeff Chang. Also has information on the cast and crew, notes on the presentation, disc production credits and special thanks.

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88 Films and Jackie Chan join the MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS (review)

Jackie Chan, James Tin, and Bruce Leung are the MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS escorting a beautiful lady, her sick brother, and lethal twin swords women across deadly mountain terrain teeming with bandits and witches in the first Hong Kong 3D production.  Directed by Lo Wei.

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

MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS Blu-ray specs:

• Three-disc set featuring 1080p24 MVC Real3D and 2D and anaglyph 3D MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen transfers
• Cantonese, Mandarin, and English LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
• Alternate English LPCM 2.0 Mono Track with alternate music cues
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by NY Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and filmmaker F.J. DeSanto
• "Punching Into the 3rd Dimension - James Mudge on Magnificent Bodyguards"
• "Magnificent Bodyguards - A New Dimension in Action?" visual essay by film historian Steve Lawson
• Mandarin Theatrical Trailer
• English Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a reversible cover, lenticular slipcover, one pair of anaglyph 3D glasses, and booklet by Thorsten Boose and "Kung Fu Bob" O'Brien.

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Deaf Crocodile checks into DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL (review)

A police detective called deep into the mountains to a ski resort for a crime that has not happened has his rational mind tested by mysterious happenings in this Estonian adaptation of a novel by the Strugatskiy Brothers (STALKER, HARD TO BE A GOD).

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

DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC Dolby Vision and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Estonian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke
• "Snow Job: A Routine Investigation in Dead Mountaineer's Hotel" visual essay by Ryan Verrill & Dr. Will Dodson of Someone’s Favorite Prod.
• "Bonus Track" excerpt from the 2016 Riho Vastrik documentary on composer Sven Grünberg and his score for the film
• "Closeup: The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel" 2010 Estonian Public TV documentary
• "Soviet Estonia Newsreel # 6 - The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel" 1979 Soviet Estonian Newsreel

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Radiance Films exposes THE PORNOGRAPHERS (review)

Under the guise of selling medical supplies, Sabu is a pornographic filmmaker and dealer who believes he is performing a public service but he is surrounded by greed inside and outside of his dysfunctional surrogate family in Shohei Imamura's first independent directorial effort.

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

THE PORNOGRAPHERS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Masaomi Kondô on The Pornographers" 
• "Steve Corbeil on Akiyuki Nosaka"
• "Tony Rayns on The Pornographers"
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition of 5000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, including a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow, and a booklet featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp. 

Troma bakes up SUGAR COOKIES (review)

When producer Max Pavell kills porn star Alta Lee in a sexualized game of Russian roulette, Alta's bisexual lover Camelia provides an alibit.  When she meets aspiring actress Julie - an exact double of Alta - she sets about remaking the starlet in order to draw Max into a sexy and deadly game.  Mary Waranov, Lynn Lowry, and George Shannon star.  Directed by Theodore Gershuny (SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT).

REVIEW LINK: Troma Films (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SUGAR COOKIES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Introduction by Lloyd Kaufman President of Troma and Executive Producer
• "Making SUGAR COOKIES" interview with actress Lynn Lowry
• "Remembering SUGAR COOKIES" interview with producer Lloyd Kaufman Interview with actress Lynn Lowry Interview with actress Mary Waranov 
• Troma Video Release Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Looking for Oliver Stone, Associate Producer of SUGAR COOKIES"
• "Troma's JFK Asassination Theory"
• "Entombed: Seeing Red" music video
• "Toxic Advice"
• INNARDS! Music Video
• Radiation March
• "Spice Up Your Sleepover with Troma Now!" promo
• "TA in 4K!" Toxic Avenger 4K Promo
• Coming Distractions

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MVD Visual gets terrorized by TROLL (review)

A family move into a San Francisco apartment building where a magical troll is planning to open the gate to his dimension by transforming the unfortunate tenants into fairie creatures in this Empire Pictures production from Charles Band directed by special effects designer John Carl Buechler.  Starring Michael Moriarty, Noah Hathaway, Julie Louis-Dreyfuss, Gary Sandy, Sonny Bono, Phil Fondacaro, and June Lockheart.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (U.S.) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

TROLL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Troll Empire: The Making of TROLL" documentary
• Theatrical Trailer
• Photo Gallery
• Bonus Trailers
• Comes with a reversible cover and slipcover.

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Eureka's Masters of Cinema chases Buster Keaton on THE GENERAL in 4K (review)

Buster Keaton went over-schedule and over-budget on the epic comedy THE GENERAL in which he played a Southern train engineer who single-handedly attempts to foil a Northern plot and rescue his two great loves: his girl and his engine.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka (U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

THE GENERAL 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC Dolby Vision 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Music Score by Carl Davis in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Original English Intertitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• "Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto" video essay by Imogen Sara Smith, author of "Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy"
• "A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride" video essay on locomotives in the films of Buster Keaton by film critic and editor Luke Ryan
• "Peter Kramer on The General" interview 
• "The Silent Years" 1971 TV Introduction by Orson Welles
• "Silents Please" 1960 TV Introduction by Gloria Swanson
• "Filming Locations" featurette
• "Video Tour of The General" featurette
• Home Movie Footage
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies comes with a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring package design by Nick Wrigley and a booklet featuring archival material and essays by critic Philip Kemp and animator Richard Haynes.

Radiance Films revitalizes the sea with WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE (review)

A laid-off salary man supporting a wife and child who live away from him has no choice but to head to a seaside village to find a possibly imaginary treasure left behind by a recently-deceased older friend.  He gets distracted from his goal when he meets a young woman with strange sexual powers in the final feature film by Shohei Imamura.

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

WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Introduction by filmmaker Takashi Miike
• Interview with screenwriter Daisuke Tengan
• Making-of Video Documentary
• 2001 discussion between director Shohei Imamura and former assistant Takashi Miike
• Theatrical Trailer (2:05)
  Teaser Trailer with introduction by filmmaker Takashi Miike
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, including a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow, and a booklet featuring new writing by Bastian Meiresonne. 

Acorn and Shudder peek into THE CREEP TAPES: SEASON TWO (review)

Serial killer Josef and his adorable alter ego Peach Fuzz the wolf lure more unsuspecting filmmakers to their doom in season two of the Shudder series spin-off of CREEP and CREEP 2 starring Mark Duplass with a special appearance by LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL's David Dastmalchian.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (U.K.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE CREEP TAPES - SEASON TWO Blu-ray specs: 

• Six episodes on one Blu-ray disc
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary on all episodes by actor/co-writer Mark Duplass, co-writer/creator/director Patrick Brice, and editor Chris Donlan
• Start-up Promos  

Arrow Video goes to the Outback to WAKE IN FRIGHT in 4K (review)

A city slicker teacher exiled to the Australian Outback plans to spend the holidays in Sydney but a series of bad choices plunges him into a beer-swilling, roo-shooting backwoods nightmare in this Australian thriller from Ted Kotcheff (FIRST BLOOD) starring Gary Bond and Donald Pleasence.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (U.S./U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

WAKE IN FRIGHT 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Dolby Vision Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Ted Kotcheff and editor Anthony Buckley
• Audio Commentary by Peter Galvin, author of "The Making of Wake in Fright"
• "Return to the 'Yabba" documentary on the film's Broken Hill locations
• "Take in Fright" interview with director of photography Brian West
• "Sounds of the Outback" interview with sound editors Keith Palmer and Eddy Joseph
• "The Cinema's Great Squeaky Bald Git: Kim Newman Discusses the Career of Actor Donald Pleasence"
• "The Filmmaker and the Filmbuff: Philippe Mora and Paul Harris Discuss Wake in Fright"
• Archive Interviews:
• "Yer Mad, Ya Bastard!" interview with director Ted Kotcheff
• "Not Quite Hollywood" interview with actor Jack Thompson
• 2009 Q&A with Ted Kotcheff at the Toronto International Film Festival
• 2009 audio interview with director Ted Kotcheff, conducted by Paul Harris
• 2025 audio interview with composer John Scott, conducted by music historian Daniel Schweiger
• Alternate Scenes from "Outback"
• TV Reports:
• 2009 "7:30 Report" on the Rediscovery and Restoration of "Wake in Fright"
• "Who Needs Art?" 1971 TV Segment on "Wake in Fright"
• Chips Rafferty Obituary by Ken G. Hall
• Trailer Gallery:
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. TV Spot
• Restoration Trailer
• Foreign Visions of Local Stories: A Trailer Reel of Australian Films Helmed by Overseas Filmmakers
• Image Gallery
• Comes with a slipcover, a collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jay Slater, Paul Lê and David Michael Brown plus archive materials, and a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Marshall.

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Cult Epics gets VD (review)

The producers and director of BLUE MOVIE follow up that pioneering effort of "The Dutch Sex Wave" with a caustic family melodrama of incest, greed, red meat, and contraceptives.

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

VD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Dutch DTS-HD Master Audio and LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Peter Verstratten
• "Festival of Love" 1969 short film by Wim Verstappen
• Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Scorpio Film Trailers
• Comes with a slipcase with new artwork design by Juan Estaban R. and a reversible cover with original Dutch poster art.

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Radiance Films gets spooked in THE HAUNTED CASTLE (review)

When a petulant lord murders a respected elder retainer over a board game, the man's daughter commits suicide and returns as a ghost cat to torment the lord and possess his loved ones in this Daiei Gothic ghost story.

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

THE HAUNTED CASTLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Mari Asato on The Haunted Castle" 
• "The Strange Case of Ikuko Mori" visual essay by Japanese film expert Tom Mes 
• Theatrical Trailer

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Radiance Films shows Franco Nero HOW TO KILL A JUDGE (review)

A filmmaker (Franco Nero) in Sicily making a film about a corrupt judge is threatened with a lawsuit by the man who inspired the character.  When the judge is murdered just as he was in the film, the director attempts to prove that the movie was a smokescreen for another motive in this crime thriller from Damiano Damiani also starring Francoise Fabian.

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

HOW TO KILL A JUDGE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles"Franco Nero on How to Kill a Judge"
• "Lessons in Violence" video essay by filmmaker David Cairns
• "Alberto Pezzotta on Damiano Damiani and How to Kill a Judge" interview with the author of "Directed by Damiano Damiani"
• International Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer

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Radiance Films haunts THE GHOST OF KASANE SWAMP (review)

The murder of a blind masseuse debt collector by a scheming husband who also murders his wife creates a grudge haunts all of their children in this Daiei supernatural Gothic.

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

THE GHOST OF KASANE SWAMP Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Select-Scene Audio Commentary by horror film scholar Lindsay Nelson
• "Norio Tsuruta on The Ghost of Kasane Swamp"
• "Legacy of Ghosts" visual essay by ghost story scholar Zack Davisson
• Theatrical Trailer

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Radiance Films warns Franco Nero THE CASE IS CLOSED, FORGET IT (review)

In prison awaiting a trail for a hit-and-run he swears he did not commit, architect Vanzi (Franco Nero) becomes reluctantly entangled in various intrigues including a mentally-ill prisoner who might really possess incriminating evidence against the mafia in this dark drama from Damiano Damiani.

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

THE CASE IS CLOSED, FORGET IT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• "Franco Nero on The Case is Closed, Forget It" 
• "Behind Bars" interviews with assistant director Enrique Bergier, editor Antonio Siciliano, and actor Corrado Solari
• "Italy's Cinematic Civil Conscience: An Examination of the Life and Works of Damiano Damiani" video essay by critic Rachael Nisbet
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover

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Radiance Films battles THE DEMON OF MOUNT OE (review)

When mountain bandits lead by a merciless demon terrorize the villages below, royal warriors try to infiltrate his lair but his weakness may lie with a mysterious young concubine with a dark secret.  From Tokuzo Tanaka (THE HAUNTED CASTLE).

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

THE DEMON OF MOUNT OE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Taichi Kasuga on The Demon of Mount Oe"
• "Bride of the Demon-Slayer" 2025 visual essay by Japanese film expert Tom Mes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover    

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Radiance Films and Franco Nero versus the Mafia in DAY OF THE OWL (review)

Franco Nero plays a new Italian police commissioner who arrives in Sicily to investigate the murder of a laborer he suspects was committed by one of the local mafia gangs.  Claudia Cardinale stars as the dead man's widow who tries to use what she knows to her advantage.  Lee J. Cobb also stars.  Directed by Damiano Damiani (CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE COMMISSIONER).

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

THE DAY OF THE OWL Blu-ray specs:

• Italian Version (109 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• English Version (103 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Franco Nero on The Day of the Owl" interview including archival interview excerpts with Nero, director Damiano Damiani and original novel author Leonardo Sciascia
• "Franco Nero, Ugo Pirro, Lucio Trentini" 2006 documentary
• "Claudia Cardinale" 2017 Belgian TV interview
• "Identity Crime-Sis: An Italian Genre Finds Itself with Mike Malloy"
• "Casting Cobb: A Tale of Two Continents by Howard S. Berger and David Nicholson-Fajardo"
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover

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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.

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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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