88 Films flies away with TOKYO EMANUELLE (review)

When her Parisian husband leaves her, Kyoko returns to Japan and becomes entangled in eroticism with an old schoolmate and a mysterious professor who has come up with new laws of eroticism in this Nikkatsu erotic film inspired by the famous Emmanuelle novels and films.

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

TOKYO EMANUELLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.45:1 Widescreen
• Japanese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Jasper Sharp and David Flint
• "Lost in Translation" introduction by film historian Kei Chiba
• "Emanuelle Goes to Tokyo" introduction by film historian Mio Hatokai
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing includes a limited edition OBI strip and booklet notes by Jasper Sharp and Dakota Noot.

Arrow Video can't get enough of THE STUFF in 4K (review)

Are you eating it or is it eating you?  New World's and Larry Cohen's cult eighties hit THE STUFF hits 4K via Arrow Video.  Michael Moriarty plays an industrial spy looking into the overnight success of the highly addictive and mind-altering desert "The Stuff".  Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Danny Aiello, and Patrick O'Neal star.

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

THE STUFF 4K UltraHD specs:

• Disc One - Theatrical Cut (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writers and critics David Flint and Adrian Smith 
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Larry Cohen 
• "Can't Get Enough of THE STUFF: Making Larry Cohen's Classic Creature Feature" 2014 documentary featuring Larry Cohen, producer Paul Kurta, actress Andrea Marcovicci, mechanical makeup effects artist Steve Neill, and critic Kim Newman 
• "Enough is Never Enough" newly-edited featurette featuring previously unseen interviews with director Larry Cohen and producer Paul Kurta, originally shot for the 2017 documentary KING COHEN 
• "42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street" 2015 documentary 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Alternate Trailer 
• TV Spot 
• Arrow Trailer 
• KING COHEN Trailer 
• Image Gallery
• Disc Two - Pre-release Version (Blu-ray): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Comes in a slipcover with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Barnes and an iIllustrated collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Joel Harley and a new essay by Daniel Burnett.

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88 Films falls for a WITCH FROM NEPAL (review)

Chow Yun-Fat gets bewitched on a trip to Tibet as the chosen one of a tribe fighting an evil cat warrior in this film from the director of A CHINESE GHOST STORY.

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

WITCH FROM NEPAL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Interview with critic Tony Rayns
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer 

Deaf Crocodile haunts FRECKLED MAX AND THE SPOOKS (review)

Abused by his foster parents at a traveling circus, Max escapes the caravan in "vampire country" and meets the friendly residents of Castle Frankenstein in Juraj Jakubisko's feature-length version of his seven-part television miniseries based on the popular children's novel "Frankenstein's Aunt".

REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

FRECKLED MAX AND THE SPOOKS Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Slovak DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
• "Film about Film [Film o filme]" 1986 behind the scenes look at the miniseries and feature by Rudolf Ferko
• "Portrait of a Film Director [Portrét režiséra]" 1989 documentary on director Juraj Jakubisko by Matej Mináč featuring filmmaker Federico Fellini
• Interviews:
• Ján Ďuriš, director of photography
• Petra Galková, assistant director
• Rastislav Steranka, Director of the National Cinematographic Centre of the Slovak Film Institute
• "Frankenstein's Faster, or Frankenstein's Aunt: The Novel That Became Freckled Max" video essay by journalist and physical media expert Ryan Verrill (The Disc Connected) and film professor Dr. Will Dodson (27:55)

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Arrow Video stays up late with THE NIGHTWATCH COLLECTION (review)

Before Nordic Noir, there was NIGHTWATCH, a Danish thriller in which young law student Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in his breakout role) takes a job as a watchman in Copenhagen's forensic department during the murderous reign of a serial killer of young women in which he becomes the prime suspect.  Kim Bodnia (THE BRIDGE) and Sofie Grabol (THE KILLING) also star.  In NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER, Martin's daughter discovers that the murder who nearly killed her parents is still alive and institutionalized, starting a new chain of murders.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE NIGHTWATCH COLLECTION Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - NIGHTWATCH:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Danish/Swedish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Ole Bornedal
• "Not Afraid of the Darkness" interview with director of photography Dan Laustsen
• "Death in Denmark" appreciation of NIGHTWATCH and NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER by film critic and Nordic Noir specialist Barry Forshaw
• 1994 making-of documentary
• Danish Theatrical Trailer
• German Theatrical Trailer
• English Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two - NIGHTWATCH - DEMONS ARE FOREVER:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Danish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• "How the NIGHTWATCH Films Explore the Horrors of Adulthood" video essay by film critic Heather Wixson
• "Life (and Death) on Mars: Public and Private Life in the NIGHTWATCH Universe" video essay by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Danish Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork for both films by Peter Strain, a double-sided foldout poster featuring newly commissioned artwork for both films by Peter Strain, and illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Eva Novrup Redvall. 

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Altered Innocence gets JUICE for DADDY DEAREST: TWO CLASSIC ADULT FILMS BY ARTHUR J. BRESSAN, JR. (review)

The two penultimate East Coast adult films of gay filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan come to Blu-ray in new 2K restorations.  In JUICE, a photographer has the weekend to get some hot shots or lose his job.  In DADDY DEAREST, a director making an adult film is inundated with memories of his lost love and fantasies that begin to reshape his work.  Michael Christopher, Daniel Holt, Johnny Dawes, Eric Ryan, and Vincent Thomas (the alleged inspiration for the Ryan Phillippe's character in the film 54) star.

REVIEW LINK: Altered Innocence (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

JUICE/DADDY DEAREST: TWO CLASSIC ADULT FILMS BY ARTHUR J. BRESSAN, JR. Blu-ray specs:

• Juice (1984):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Engish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Elizabeth Purchell & KJ Shepherd of "Cruising the Movies"
• Theatrical Trailer
• Daddy Dearest (1985):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Engish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Elizabeth Purchell & KJ Shepherd of "Cruising the Movies"
• Theatrical Trailer
• Video essay on Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. by I. Que Grande 
• Ephemera and Script Gallery 
• Other Trailers
• Comes with a booklet with an essay by Mackenzie Lukenbill and press notes by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 

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88 Films is SEXUALLY YOURS (review)

Descendant of the great seducer Casanova, Gerard Casanova is a "call boy" who prefers the women to come to him and pay (travel costs extra) in this seventies French sex comedy from Max Pecas.

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

SEXUALLY YOURS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Still Gallery