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. 

Full Moon charges up MANDROID (review)

A secret robotics experience being carried out behind the Iron Curtain goes awry when a mad scientist sets it loose on its creators in this Full Moon production that originally started out as an eighties Empire Pictures project with concept art by Jack Kirby.

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon Features (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MANDROID Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• VideoZone Behind the Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers 

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88 Films duels with SHANGO (review)

In the aftermath of the Civil War, an amnesiac Texas Ranger runs into a group of Confederates and Bandidos who are convinced the war is not over and terrorizing a small village in search of Union gold in this spaghetti western starring Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, and Maurice Poli.

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

SHANGO Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian and writer Lee Broughton
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "The Career of Edgar G." interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
• "Son of a Gun" interview with actor Anthony Steffen's son Manuel De Teffé
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing comes in a slipcover with a rigid slipcase designed by Joel Robinson and liner notes by Daniel Burnett and Lee Broughton.
   

Radiance Films has a "bullfight of love" with Almodovar's MATADOR (review)

What happens when a gored bullfighter who takes killing from the arena into the bedroom and a man-eater of an attorney realize they share the same twisted desires?  More than you can imagine in this Pedro Almodovar erotic thriller starring Antonio Banderas, Assumpta Serna, Nacho Martinez, Eusebio Poncela, and Carmen Maura.

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

MATADOR 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (SDR)
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with Almodóvar expert José Arroyo
• "Jonathan Ross Presents For One Week Only" 1991 episode on Almodóvar's cinema, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodóvar, producer Agustín Almodóvar, stars Antonio Banderas and Carmen Maura, and more
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Guy Lodge and an archival interview with Almodóvar. 

Radiance Films exposes the trickery of SPECIAL EFFECTS (review)

Mary Jean is just dying to get into movies.  When she turns up dead, the director who killed her decides to turn make a film about it, drawing in her prime suspect husband, the investigating detective, and a mysterious young woman who is the dead woman's "dead ringer" in this Larry Cohen Hitchcockian thriller.

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

SPECIAL EFFECTS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Larry Cohen, moderated by Larry Cohen biographer Steve Mitchell 
• Audio Commentary by Larry Cohen biographer Steve Mitchell
• Interview with actor Eric Bogosian
• "Cohen on Cohen" feature-length archival interview
• Interview with critic Christina Newland on Zoë Tamerlis Lund
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented with o-card and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings in an O-card slipcover featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee and a booklet featuring new writing from Juan Barquin.
    

Deaf Crocodile is scorched by the WHITE SUN OF THE DESERT (review)

In the aftermath of the Russian Civil War, a soldier starts home on foot across the Caspian Sea Lowland Desert only to be charged with escorting the surviving members of a ruthless smuggler's harem to safety in this Russian "Eastern" Western.

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

WHITE SUN OF THE DESERT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Russian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Rolf Giesen
• Visual essay by film historian Evan Chester
• Interview with expert on Russian Red Westerns, author Sergey Lavrentyev
• 2025 Trailer

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Full Moon butters up a LAST FOXTROT IN BURBANK (review)

The long-lost, long-buried career embarrassment of director Charles Band LAST FOXTROT IN BURBANK sends up the Bernardo Bertolucci sizzler, substituting margarine for butter.

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

LAST FOXTROT IN BURBANK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Mono
• "Burbank Memories" introduction by director Charles Band
• "Trailers from Hell" episode with writer Larry Karaszewski
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• 2022 Trailer
• Bonus Trailers

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Visual Vengeance has a BLOOD CRAVING on a DATE WITH A VAMPIRE (review)

A one night stand could become something intimate if a lonely vampire can stop playing with her food in this SOV erotic vampire flick from the director of NIGHT OWL.

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

DATE WITH A VAMPIRE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080i60 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Jeffrey Arsenault
• Interview with director Jeffrey Arsenault
• Interview with screenwriter Kevin J. Lindenmuth
• Interview with actress Cynthia Polakovich
• Interview with ‘Basement Vampire’ actor Joe Zaso
• "Location Manager Nathan Thompson: DATE WITH A VAMPIRE Memories"
• Buckingham Manor Location Video with Nathan Thompson
• Image Gallery
• Video Trailer
• Visual Vengeance Trailer
• Bonus Film BLOOD CRAVING:
• Audio Commentary by director Jeffrey Arsenault
• Interview with director Jeffrey Arsenault
• Image Gallery
• Original First Draft Trailers
• Video Trailer
• Visual Vengeance Trailer 
• After Midnight Trailer Reel
• Comes with a reversible cover and foldout miniposter.
• The first pressing includes an O-ring slipcover designed by Rick Melton.

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Radiance Films exposes UNDERWORLD CHRONICLES: THREE YAKUZA FABLES BY TAKASHI MIIKE (review)

Takashi Miike had been making Yakuza films as part of Japan's direct-to-video V-Cinema boom but his video-bound project FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION was given a theatrical launch and ended up with wider exposure through the festival circuit.  Ten years after his gang boss father sacrifices his older brother for a rival gang dispute, teenage Riki trains his classmates for revenge against all responsible.  In AGITATOR, a low-level gang chief takes on three powerful organizations when he realizes he has been used as a pawn in a plot for three gang bosses to move up in their families.  In DEADLY OUTLAW: REKKA, a hotheaded gang chief acquires a rocket launcher to avenge his godfather.

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

UNDERWORLD CHRONICLES - THREE YAKUZA FABLES BY TAKASHI MIIKE 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Fudoh: The New Generation (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Takashi Miike and actor Shosuke Tanihara
• Optional introduction by director Takashi Miike 
• Disc Two - Fudoh: The New Generation (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Takashi Miike and actor Shosuke Tanihara
• Optional introduction by director Takashi Miike
• Interview with director director Takashi Miike
• Interview with actor Shosuke Tanihara 
• Disc Three - Agitator (Blu-ray):
• Theatrical Cut (150 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 1.0
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Mes 
• Two-Part Television Cut (200 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (upscaled from standard definition)
• Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Interview with director Takashi Miike
• Theatrical Trailer  
• Disc Four - Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Mes
• Interview with director Takashi Miike
• "Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!" documentary 
• Limited edition of 5,000 copies, presented in rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and an 80-page bound book featuring new writing by Tom Mes and Colin Geddes, and archival writing from Tony Rayns. 

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Radiance Films incites Takashi Miike's AGITATOR (review)

When a low-level Yakuza gang boss realizes that he has been used in an underhanded plot of syndicate intrigue that has betrayed his Big Brother and his gang's godfather, he takes on three different organizations on his own in this Takashi Miike epic.

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

AGITATOR Blu-ray specs:

• Theatrical Cut (150 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes 
• Television Cut (200 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (upscaled from standard definition)
• Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Interview with director Takashi Miike
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and a booklet featuring new writing by Tom Mes.

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88 Films initiates a SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE in 4K (review)

A young coed has haunting visions of brutal murder when she moves into the Theta Sorority House.  Left with a few friends for the holiday weekend, only she realizes that there is a knife-wielding killer stalking them one by one in this Roger Corman production.

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

SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues! podcast and Made for TV Mayhem podcaster Amanda Reyes 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth 
• Audio Commentary by film journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues! podcast and Made for TV Mayhem podcaster Amanda Reyes 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth 
• Audio Commentary by film journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz 
• Extended UK VHS Cut 
• "Final Girl Memories" interview with actress Angela O'Neill
• "Concorde Affair" interview with Ryan Gowland of the New World Pictures Podcast
• "No Alphas or Omegas Here" video essay by film historian Heather Wixson
• "A Nightmare on Sorority Row" audio interview with actress Angela O'Neill
• "A Slash Course In Terror: Inside SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE" interview with author/film historian Amanda Reyes 
• "The Final Girl: A Guide to Surviving Slasher Films" video essay with film historians Dr. Richard Howell and Amanda Reyes 
• "Sorority Pledge" interview with producer Roger Corman 
• "Sorority Sister" interview with actress Nicole Rio 
• "Sorority Brother" interview with actor Vinnie Bilancio 
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a slipcase.
• The first pressing features an O-ring slipcover featuring original artwork and a booklet by Calum Waddell. 

Cult Epics probes taboos in 4K with THE KEY (review)

A husband and a wife each discover their other half's forbidden secrets and desires in Tinto Brass' THE KEY, the film that made him a household name as the auteur of classy Italian erotica based on the novel by Jun'ichirô Tanizaki and starring Frank Finlay and Stefania Sandrelli with a score by Ennio Morricone.

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

THE KEY 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• English/Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles (for Italian dialogue-only)
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Marcus Stiglegger
• Theatrical Trailer
• Tinto Brass Trailers 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English/Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles (for Italian dialogue-only)
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Marcus Stiglegger
• "Brass' Talisman" interview with actor Franco Branciaroli
• "Keyhole Venice" film locations visit
• "Sensuous Morricone" interview with music historians Pierpaolo de Sanctis and Claudio Fiuano
• Isolated Score by Ennio Morricone
• Archival interview with director Tinto Brass
• Outtakes
• "The Key" Photo Gallery
• Tinto Brass Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Tinto Brass Trailers 
• Comes with a reversible cover, a slipcover, and a 20-Page illustrated booklet by Eugenio Ercolani. 

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Eureka Classics face off against 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: Eureka Video (U.K.) Region B 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
• "Whip Smart" interview with writer Wayne Wong
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies comes in a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) with a collector’s booklet featuring new writing on "The Invincible Eight" and Golden Harvest by East Asian cinema expert Camille Zaurin. 

Eureka's Masters of Cinema makes a pact with THE DEVIL'S HAND (review)

A failed painter may lose more than his hand when he makes a deal with the Devil for talent in this French work of fantastic cinema made under Nazi occupation.

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

THE DEVIL'S HAND Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critic James Oliver
• "The Devil's in the Details" video essay by film historian Samm Deighan
• "Continental: French Cinema in the Devil's Hand" documentary
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies comes in a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by John Dunn with a collector's booklet featuring new writing on director Maurice Tourneur by French cinema expert Barry Nevin.
   

Arrow visits SALEM'S LOT in 4K (review)

A vampire plague drifts into a small New England town with the fog and the only people who can stop it are a novelist and a horror-obsessed teenager in Tobe Hooper's iconic miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling novel.

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

 SALEM'S LOT 4K UltraHD specs: 

• DISC ONE:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.33:1 Fullscreen Dolby Vision presentations of the two-part miniseries and the extended movie version
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Tobe Hooper
• Audio Commentary by film critics Bill Ackerman and Amanda Reyes
• Alternate TV Footage
• Screenplay Gallery 
• DISC TWO: 
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.33:1 Fullsceen Dolby Vision presentation of the international theatrical version
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Chris Alexander
• "King of the Vampires" interview with Stephen King biographer Douglas Winter
• "Second Coming" appreciation by author and critic Grady Hendrix
• "New England Nosferatu" interview with filmmaker Mick Garris
• "Fear Lives Here" look at the locations of "Salem's Lot" today with filmmaker Elijah Drenner
• "We Can All Be Heroes" appreciation by film critic Heather Wixson, co-author of "In Search of Darkness"
• "A Gold Standard for Small Screen Screams" appreciation by film critics Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman, co-hosts of the podcast "Horror Queers"
• Trailers
• Image Gallery
• Comes in a slipcase with a reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options, "Salem's Lot" town sign sticker, a double-sided foldout poster featuring two original artwork options, and a collectors' perfect-bound booklet

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Breaking Glass Pictures look for love in SAUNA (review)

A young gay man runs away to the city and lives it up by night while cleaning a sauna by day.  When he meets a trans man on Grindr, a hookup turns into a tumultuous relationship as both try to fit into one anothers' worlds and find out who they are as individuals.

REVIEW LINK: Breaking Glass Pictures (U.S.) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

SAUNA DVD specs:

• 16:9 Anamorphic 1.55:1 Widescreen
• Danish Dolby Digital 5.1
• Burnt-in English Subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Slide Show
• Trailers 

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88 Films wages war in THE DELIGHTFUL FOREST (review)

After avenging his brother's murder on his sister-in-law and her lover, the hero Wu Song accepts his prison sentence only to become entangled in a web of betrayals as rival gangs struggle over a nearby territory.  Ti Lung stars in this Shaw Brothers classic based on the famous novel "The Water Margin" directed by Chang Cheh.

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

THE DELIGHTFUL FOREST Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David West
• "Warrior Lady" interview with actress Yu Feng
• Image Gallery
• Re-issue Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve with brand-new artwork from Aurelio Lorenzo and original Hong Kong art. 
• The first pressing includes a slipcover by Aurelio Lorenzo. 

88 Films infiltrates the SECRET SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL COURT (review)

Through the manipulation of the court eunuch, the assassination squad of the Ming Dynasty has been turned towards eliminating his enemies.  When the Sergeant of the Guard instead protects the persecuted, the Commander - his own father - orders his death at the hands of his men in this Shaw Brothers classic of court intrigue and mass slaughter. 

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

SECRET SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL COURT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese and Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Still Gallery
• Comes with a reversible sleeve with brand-new artwork from R.P. “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien and original Hong Kong art.  
• The first pressing includes a slipcover by "Kung Fu Bob" O'Brien. 

Altered Innocence cruises with TAXI ZUM KLO (review)

By day, Frank is a schoolteacher, by night he cruises the toilets in this German New Wave film about a double life during the early days of gay rights in West Germany based on the life of its star and director Frank Ripploh.

REVIEW LINK: Altered Innocence (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

TAXI ZUM KLO Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.26:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and Spanish Subtitles
• "This or That" video essay by film historian KJ Shepherd
• "From the Classroom to the Tearoom" video essay by film historian Elizabeth Purchell
• Restoration Trailer
• Other Trailers
• Comes with a booklet featuring an essay by Bradford Nordeen.

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Cinephobia Releasing finds love and loss in #300LETTERS (review)

Just as Jero is about to celebrate Valentine's Day on social media, his boyfriend Tom breaks up with him, leaving him three-hundred letters for each day of their relationship explaining what went wrong.  His friend advises him to move on, but Jero cannot resist knowing the truth.. or a version of it in this Argentinian romantic comedy.

REVIEW LINK: Breaking Glass Pictures (U.S.) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

#300LETTERS DVD specs:

• 16:9 Anamorphic 2.40:1 Widescreen
• Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Start-up Trailers

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It's a DUEL TO THE DEATH between Golden Harvest and 88 Films (review)

A Chinese scholar monk and a Japanese samurai compete in a swordplay competition unaware that forces behind the scenes are attempting to "trim down" the competition for what will become a DUEL TO THE DEATH.  From the director of A CHINESE GHOST STORY.

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

DUEL TO THE DEATH Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Interview with actor Eddy Ko
• Interview with screenwriter Manfred Wong
• "Duel Idenity" interview with actor Norman Tsui
• Interview with actress Flora Cheung
• English Opening/Closing Credits
• Image Gallery
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Reconstructed U.S. Home Video Trailer
• Comes with a reversible cover.
• The first pressing comes with an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Kung Fu Bob and a 31-page booklet with two essays by The Fanatical Dragon.

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Full Moon and Surrender Cinema entice you into the DEVIANT DUNGEON PACK (review)

Enter castles full of time traveling babes and supernatural curses courtesy of Full Moon's nineties erotica label Surrender Cinema.  In DUNGEON OF DESIRE, a photographer and two models get sent back in time by a magic chastity belt and involved in castle intrigue around a pleasure-loving evil queen and two forbidden lovers.  In LURID TALES: THE CASTLE QUEEN, a history student trying out a VR program for relaxation ends up back in the past as the special guest of a beautiful widow and her two sexy sisters.  In HIDDEN BEAUTIES: THE AWAKENING, a pair of siblings and their friends are drawn to a European castle to free three maidens from a gypsy curse.

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon Entertainment (U.S.) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

DUNGEON OF DESIRE DVD specs:

• Disc One (Dungeon of Desire):
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 Fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Bonus Trailers 
• Disc Two (Lurid Tales - The Castle Queen):
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 Fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Bonus Trailers 
• Disc Three (Hidden Beauties - The Awakening):
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 Fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Bonus Trailers 

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