Eureka Classics is terrorized by BEASTS UNLEASHED (review)

From the fringe of 1950s Hollywood comes two low-budget sci-fi treats.  THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES terrorizes a family in the middle of the desert with attacks by birds, cows, dogs, and eventually possessed humans in this effort produced and partially directed by Roger Corman.  THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN is the real culprit behind cattle and human disappearances that have a cowboy and a rancher at each other's throats south of the border.

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

BEASTS UNLEASHED Blu-ray specs:

• The Beast with a Million Eyes:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen Presentations of the Theatrical Cut and the Extended Television Cut
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• "Terror from Beyond the Stars" interview with science fiction expert Mark Bould
• Theatrical Trailer 
• The Beast of Hollow Mountain:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" interview with critic Kim Newman
• Theatrical Trailer 
• The first pressing comes with a limited O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Mute and booklet featuring new writing by genre film expert Christopher Stewardson on special effects artist Paul Blaisdell and The Beast with a Million Eyes and a new essay by film journalist Sean McGeady on Weird Westerns and The Beast of Hollow Mountain. 

Second Sight Films deduces THE NAME OF THE ROSE (review)

A Franciscan monk with a yen for logic and philosophy and his young novice seek out a human culprit for a series of brutal murders in a Northern Italy abbey when the brotherhood themselves suspect the Devil and want to summon the Holy Inquisition in this West German/French/Italian big-budget adaptation of Umberto Eco's bestselling novel starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater.

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

THE NAME OF THE ROSE 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC Dolby Vision and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Discs
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian James Marsh
• Audio Commentary by director Jean-Jacques Annaud
• "Charm of Humanity" interview with director Jean-Jacques Annaud
• "A Boy and His Dog" interview with actor Christian Slater
• "Bringing the Mustard" interview with actor Ron Perlman
• "Liquidating the Disk" interview with screenwriter Andrew Birkin
• "The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose" 1986 documentary 
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Liza Shumskaya and includes a 120-page book with new essays by Eugenio Ercolani and Gian Giacomo Petrone, Francesco Massaccesi, Sam Moore, Gregory Mucci, Dan Schindel, and Nadine Whitney, as well as six collectors' art cards.

Also available in separate standard edition 4K UltraHD and Blu-ray editions. 

Radiance Films and Transmission tune in to TWO BOXES: TELEVISED TERROR IN FRANCO'S SPAIN (review)

During General Franco's dictatorship in Spain, the public had veiled concerns of "disapperance" and passive disengagement explored to terrifying ends in two short television projects.  In LA CABINA, a middle-aged businessman becomes a public spectacle when he becomes trapped in a telephone box.  In EL TELEVISOR, a family man finally realizes his dream to own a color television set only to realize that it actually owns him in this short feature from Narcisco Ibanez Serrador (THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED, WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?).

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

TWO BOXES: TELEVISED TERROR IN FRANCO'S SPAIN Blu-ray specs:

• La cabina (1972):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Spanish LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writers and film-makers Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton
• "Jose Luis Garci on La cabina" screenwriter interview
• "Antonio Mercero Santos on La cabina" location manager interview 
• El televisor (1974):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Spanish LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critics and horror experts Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
• Interview with Spanish film expert Antonio Lazaro-Reboll
• 1999 Press Conference with Narciso Ibanez Serrandor promoting "El televisor" 
• Limited edition of 5,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, including an O-card and reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Justin Coffee, and booklet featuring new writing from Alex Mendibil and Paul Martinovic. 

Acorn Media and Lucy Lawless investigate MY LIFE IS MURDER: SERIES 5 (review)

Lucy Lawless plays a former detective who returns to Auckland to settle into a retirement baking sourdough bread only to keep getting involved in murder mysteries as a police consultant with her hacker friend and ex-con brother.

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

MY LIFE IS MURDER - SERIES 5 DVD specs:

• Eight episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles 

Arrow Video will never leave THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (review)

THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS' Lino Capolicchio is an art restorer called to a remote village in the Po Valley to restore a rotting fresco that depicts a macabre rendition of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and gradually discovers that something is very wrong in the village related to the fresco's mysterious painter in this rural giallo from ZEDER director Pupi Avati.

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

THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• Audio Commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "Painted Screams" 2025 documentary by Federico Caddeo featuring interviews with co-writer/director Pupi Avati, co-writer Antonio Avati, assistant director Cesare Bastelli, actors Lino Capolicchio, Fancesca Marciano, Giulio Pizzirani, and Pietro Brambilla, production designer Luciana Morosetti, assistant camera operation Toni Scaramuzza, sound mixer Enrico Blasi, and Emanuele Taglietti (son of assistant production designer Otello Taglietti (94 minutes)
• "La Casa e Sola" visual essay by critic Chris Alexander
• "The Art of Suffering" visual essay by critic Kat Ellinger
• Italian Theatrical Trailer 

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Cult Epics exposes the smutty letters of P.O. TINTO BRASS in 4K (review)

Having built up a reputation as a master of erotica, director Tinto Brass is inundated daily with letters, photos, and videos charting the erotic imaginations of his female fans.  With his sexy secretary, he probes these fantasies in search of inspiration in this erotic anthology film.

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

P.O. BOX TINTO BRASS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• English Subtitles for scenes never dubbed into English
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Jeremy Richey, Nathaniel Thompson, Eugenio Ercolani, and Heather Drain
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• English Subtitles for scenes never dubbed into English
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Jeremy Richey, Nathaniel Thompson, Eugenio Ercolani, and Heather Drain
• Interview with director Tinto Brass
• Image Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a 20-page booklet and slipcover.

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Also available from AMAZON in a Blu-ray single-disc edition.

Also available directly from CULT EPICS with a website-exclusive alternate slipcover, four lobby card reproductions, and a bonus disc featuring the documentary ISTINTOBRASS. 

Deaf Crocodile tucks us in for DEFA FAIRY TALES (review)

After World War II, West Germany embraced capitalist ideals and Hollywood-style cinema while Soviet-controlled East Germany took a Utopian approach to their cinema through DEFA studio using film to instill communist ideals including fairy tales whose moral lessons stressed the value of hard work and the corruption of greed with familiar-yet-unfamiliar tellings of SNOW WHITE and LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD along with the less-familiar stateside MOTHER HULDA in which a put-upon stepdaughter dives into a well to retrieve a lost spindle and finds herself high above in the clouds, THE DEVIL'S THREE GOLDEN HAIRS in which a young man travels to Hell to trick the devil in order to win the hand of a princess and save his death-ridden village, and SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED in which two sisters fight an evil mountain spirit to free the princes they love from a curse.

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

DEFA Fairy Tales Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Snow White:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan 
• Mother Hulda:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke 
• Disc Two:
• Little Red Riding Hood:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.36:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Shelagh Rowen-Lagg and Anne Golden 
• Disc Three:
• The Devil's Three Golden Hairs:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles 
• Disc Four:
• Snow White and Rose Red:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan 
• "Socialist Fantasies, the Bros. Grimm and DEFA Studios: Fairytale Filmmaking in East Germany" visual essay by film historian Evan Chester
• Interview with comics artist, film historian, and author Stephen R. Bissette by Deaf Crocodile's Dennis Bartok (94 minutes)

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SRS exorcises the DEVIL TIMES TWO (review)

A series of brutal murders in the woods surrounding an abandoned monastery where a tragic exorcism claimed the lives of ten people bring a pair of priests to the Mother Superior caretaker who believes that the Gates of Hell are somewhere close by and the murders are being committed by returning damned souls in this GRINDHOUSE-style modern pastiche disguised as a TV recording of a long-lost seventies Italian horror film.

REVIEW LINK: SRS (Sub Rosa Studios) Region ALL BD-R (DVDCompare)

DEVIL TIMES TWO BD-R specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Backstage Featurette
• Photo Gallery
• Trailer

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Acorn Media investigates the quirky with THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES: SERIES 12 (review)

City slicker detective Mike Shepherd has taken over the police department of rural Brokenwood and with his partners investigate bizarre murder cases with a roster of quirky suspects in this fish out of water show inspired by NORTHERN EXPOSURE.

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

THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES - SERIES 12 DVD specs:

• Six feature-length episodes on three dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 Anamorphic 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Cast Interviews:
• Neill Rea
• Fern Sutherland
• Jarod Rawiri 

Eureka ventures INTO THE FOREST: FOLKTALES AT DEFA (review)

East Germany's state DEFA film studio mounted a series of enormously-popular fairy tale adaptations with opulent production values, bizarre quirks, and socialist messaging that have remained entertaining and even attained cult status.  In THE DEVIL FROM MILL MOUNTAIN, an evil miller sabotages his competition but the benevolent spirits of the woods help a young woman expose his bad deeds.  In THE SINGING RINGING TREE, a prince ventures out to obtain a magical tree for a haughty princess but an evil dwarf has other plans for the couple.  In RUMPELSTILTSKIN, a young maiden is entrapped by her lazy, greedy father into the lie of spinning gold from straw for the King, but a magical imp offers to help her for a price.  In LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, a young girl on her way to her grandmother's house through the woods has more to fear than just a wolf.  In THE DEVIL'S THREE GOLDEN HAIRS, a blacksmith's assistant must venture into Hell to trick the Devil and win the hand of a princess and save his village.

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

INTO THE FOREST: FOLKTALES AT DEFA Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• The Devil from Mill Mountain:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke
• The Singing Ringing Tree:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• English (1964 U.K. TV Narration) LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Fairytales and Nightmares" interview with writer, broadcaster, and Fortean Times columnist Bob Fischer 
• "Interview with a Princess" interview with actress Christel Bodenstein
• Disc Two:
• Rumpelstiltskin:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Sam Goff, editorial director for Klassiki and host of The Klassiki Kino Club podcast
• Little Red Riding Hood:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats" 1990 cut-out animation by Otto Sacher adapted from the Brothers Grimm story by the DEFA Studio for Animation Film
• Disc Three:
• The Devil's Three Golden Hairs:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• German and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "DEFA and the Devil" video essay by film and literature scholar Mary Going 
• "The Magic Scissors" 1956 silhouette animation by Bruno J. Böttge inspired by traditional folktales and produced by the DEFA Studio for Animation Film 
• "Sleeping Beauty Was a Beautiful Child" 1987 short puppet animation by Katja Georgi adapted from Sleeping Beauty by the DEFA Studio for Animation Film
• Limited edition box set of 2,000 copies featuring a hardbound slipcase featuring new artwork by Carly A-F, reversible inner sleeves featuring new artwork for each film by Carly A-F, and 60-page collector’s book featuring a new essay on DEFA’s approach to folktales by East German film historian Sebastian Heiduschke, new notes on each film in this set by DEFA Märchenfilm experts Sonja Fritzsche, Qinna Shen and Elizabeth Ward, plus the Brothers Grimm stories that inspired The Singing Ringing Tree, Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood and The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs. 

88 Films champions Shaolin in a SHAWSCOPE TRIPLE FEATURE (review)

88 Films' SHAWSCOPE TRIPLE FEATURE presents a late entry Chang Cheh "Venom Mob" film in TWO CHAMPIONS OF SHAOLIN as two young monks bent on vengeance get entangled in the intrigues between the Shaolin Temple and a brother sect loyal to the Qing Dynasty.  In Tong Kai's SHAOLIN PRINCE, two princes are separated at birth when their father is slaughtered by a rival lord.  One is raised as a monk unaware of his true identity while the other is raised by a prime minister to retake the throne.  Ti Lung and Derek Yee star.  In Tong Kai's SHAOLIN INTRUDERS, two martial arts heroes believe a female warrior is being framed for the murders of the chiefs of the four big martial arts families.  Derek Yee and Jason Pai Piao star.

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

SHAWSCOPE TRIPLE FEATURE Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Two Champions of Shaolin:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and filmmaker Michael Worth
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
• Disc Two - Shaolin Prince:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The Shaw Legacy - Derek Yee on Acting and Directing" interview
• Image Gallery
• Disc Three - Shaolin Intruders:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Mystery in the Monastery - Ricky Baker on Shaolin Intruders"
• Image Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes in a limited edition slipcase with artwork by "Kung Fu Bob" O'Brien and double-sided posters for each film. 

Visual Vengeance goes Gothic with LAURIN (review)

A child murder stalks a German village at the turn of the century and an imaginative little girl who just lost her mother may or may not know who it is.  The killer certainly knows who she is and is after her in SCHOOL'S OUT director Robert Sigl's gothic feature debut.

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

LAURIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono with optional English SDH Subtitles
• German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono with optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Troy Howarth
• Original VHS Rough Cut with Production Audio in English (101 minutes)
• "Laurin c’est moi" new interview with director Robert Sigl
• Interviews:
• camera operator Nyika Jancsó
• actress Dóra Szinetár
• actor Barnabás Tóth
• film historian Jonathan Rigby
• "The Making of Laurin" documentary 
• 1988 Robert Sigl Bavarian Film Awards Presentation
• Robert Sigl Short Films:
• "The Christmas Tree [Der Weihnachtsbaum]" (1983)
• "Coronoia 21: It Comes with the Snow" (2021)
• Image Galleries:
• B&W Stills and Behind the Scenes
• Pressbook
• Postcards
• Technical Screenplay
• "The Christmas Tree" Gallery
• "The Christmas Tree" Polaroid Gallery
• Lost Short "Die Hutte" Gallery
• 1988 Bavarian Film Festival Awards
• Theatrical Trailer
• Visual Vengeance Trailer
• Comes with a collectible mini-poster. 
• The first pressing includes a limited edition O-card slipcover designed by Justin Coons, a limited edition mini-postcard set reproduced from German promotional materials, and a ‘Stick your own’ VHS sticker sheet.

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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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The first 100 orders directly from Cult Epics includes a poster. 

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.