Labels

4K UltraHD (114) 88 Films (226) Acorn Media (77) AGFA (American Genre Film Archive) (22) Altered Innocence (4) Alternative CInema (1) Anchor Bay Entertainment (14) Arrow Academy (14) Arrow Films (48) Arrow Video (250) Artificial Eye (24) Big World Pictures (13) Blog Review (12) Blu-Ray (2161) Blue Underground (52) Breaking Glass Pictures (66) British Film Institute (BFI) (5) Cauldron Films (12) Celluloid Dreams (5) Chelsea Films (6) Cinedigm (13) Cinema Libre (17) Cinephobia Releasing (2) Cleopatra Records (1) Code Red Releasing (91) Criterion Collection (3) Cult Epics (39) Cult Films (3) Dark Force Entertainment (6) Dark Star Pictures (1) Deaf Crocodile (7) Disney (5) Dorado Films (1) Dread (1) DVD Drive-In (1422) DVDBeaver (854) DVDCompare (1291) Entertainment One (6) Epic Pictures (1) Eureka Video (217) Film Chest (6) Film Detective (The) (16) Film Masters (8) Film Movement (135) First Run Features (2) Flicker Alley (2) Full Moon Entertainment (51) Fun City Editions (6) Garagehouse Pictures (7) Gay/Lesbian Interest (98) Gorgon Video (5) Grindhouse Releasing (10) Icarus Films (2) Icon Entertainment (6) IFC (1) Ignite Films (2) Image Entertainment (8) Impulse Pictures (17) Inception Media Group (5) Indicator (1) IndiePix (17) Indomina Films (5) Intervision Picture Corp. (29) Jinga Films (7) Kino Lorber (186) Lightyear Entertainment (3) LionsGate (57) Lovelockandload (3) Magnolia Pictures (8) Maltauro Entertainment (2) Masters of Cinema (80) Mediumrare Entertainment (1) MGM (9) Midnight Releasing (2) Mill Creek Entertainment (3) Momentum Pictures (14) Mondo Macabro (51) MPI Home Video (6) Mr. Bongo (4) MTI Home Video (11) Music Box Films (3) MVD Visual (494) MVM (4) Neon Eagle Video (1) Network (3) Nucleus Films (9) Olive Films (12) Oscilloscope Laboratories (4) Panik House (3) Paramount Pictures (34) Polyscope Media Group (3) Powerhouse Films (1) Radiance Films (66) Raro Video (52) Red Shirt Home Video (1) Redemption Films (28) Retro Review (3) Retromedia (11) Revolver Entertainment (16) RLJ Entertainment (21) Ronin Flix (36) Rustblade Records (2) Scorpion Releasing (163) Scream Factory (141) Screen Media (2) Screenbound (7) Second Run DVD (113) Second Sight (68) Severin Films (179) Shameless Screen Entertainment (12) Shout Factory (175) Shudder (21) Signature Entertainment (1) Simply Media (33) Something Weird Video (4) Sony Entertainment (11) Strand Releasing (90) Synapse Films (54) Tartan Films (14) Time Life (4) TLA Releasing (10) Troma Films (8) Twentieth Century Fox (9) Twilight Time (2) Umbrella Entertainment (69) Unearthed Films (26) Universal Pictures (17) VCI Home Video (19) Vestron Video (7) Videonomicon (2) Vinegar Syndrome (375) Warner Archive (12) Warner Home Video (3) Well Go USA (19) Wild Eye Releasing (20) Wolfe Video (23) Yellow Bag Films (2)

01 February 2026

Radiance Films stokes its LIBIDO (review)

Returning to the seaside villa where as a child he witnessed his father kill his mistress, Christian is on the verge of coming into his inheritance when his sanity is tested by bumps in the night and a few dead bodies in this Gothic/giallo hybrid directed by prolific genre screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi starring a young, then-unknown Giancarlo Giannini.

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

LIBIDO Blu-ray specs:

  • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
  • English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
  • Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
  • Interview with co-screenwriter/co-director Ernesto Gastaldi
  • Interview with Italian cinema expert Richard Dyer
  • English Export Trailer
  • Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista and artwork based on original posters by Renato Casaro.
    Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, and a booklet featuring new interviews with star Dominique Bosquero and script supervisor Patrizia Zulini. 

MVD Visual exposes KNOCK OFF in 4K (Review)

Jean Claude Van Damme, HK director Tsui Hark, and Rob Schneider(!) take on terrorists operating within Hong Kong's knock off industry in the nineties action flick KNOCK OFF.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

KNOCK OFF 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

  • Disc One (4K UltraHD):
    • 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
    • English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
    • Optional English SDH Subtitles
    • Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
  • Disc Two (Blu-ray):
    • Same content as the 4K disc in 1080p plus:
      • 2026 interview with writer Steven E. de Souza
      • 2026 interview with producer Moshe Diamant
      • 2020 interview with writer Steven E. de Souza
      • Archival making-of featurette
      • Theatrical Trailer 
  • Comes with a reversible cover.
  • The first pressing includes a slipcover.

Order from AMAZON!

Also available in a Blu-ray-only edition. 

88 Films brings back SWAMP THING in 4K (review)

Wes Craven tries his hand at DC Comics with his adaptation of SWAMP THING.  TWIN PEAKS' Ray Wise is a scientist who becomes mutated by his own creation.  Also starring Adrienne Barbeau, Louis Jordan, Nicholas Worth, and David Hess.

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

SWAMP THING 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs: 

  • Disc One (4K UltraHD):
    • U.S. Theatrical Cut:
      • 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
      • English LPCM 2.0 Mono
      • Optional English SDH Subtitles
      • Audio Commentary by director Wes Craven, moderated by Sean Clark
      • Audio Commentary by make-up artist William Munns, moderated by Michael Felsher  
    • International Cut:
      • 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
      • English LPCM 2.0 Mono
      • Optional English SDH Subtitles
      • Audio Commentary by film journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz 
    • Theatrical Trailer 
  • Disc Two (Blu-ray):
    • Same content as the 4K disc in 1080p plus:
      • "The Movie that Started Everything: Mimi Craven on Swamp Thing"
      • "Tales from the Swamp" interview with actress Adrienne Barbeau
      • "Hey Jude" interview with actor Reggie Batts
      • "That Swamp Thing: A Look Back with Swamp Thing creator Len Wein"
      • "Swamp Screen: Designing DC's Main Monster" interview with art director Robb Wilson King
      • "From Krug to Comics: How the Mainstream Shaped a Radical Genre Voice" video essay by critic Kim Newman 
  • Comes with a reversible sleeve. 
  • The first pressing includes a slipcover. 
  • A website-exclusive edition includes a slipcase with artwork by Ilan Sheady, slipcover with original artwork, four art cards, and a double-sided poster.