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Home- October 20, 2013
The Abominable Dr. Phibes Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1971 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc., which represent the nine Biblical plagues. The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being killed assisted a Dr. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving the wife of Dr. Phibes, but he couldn't be the culprit, could he? He was killed in a car crash upon learning of his wife's death...
Horror / Thriller / Dark humor
Witchfinder General Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1968 | 87 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 17th century England, torn by civil war, the Puritans appoint a "Witchfinder General" with the legal authority to hunt down suspected witches with the help of a henchman. When he is on the trail of one suspected witch, a young girl he has raped, her fiance, a Royalist, decides to give chase and hunt them down.
Biography / Drama / History / Horror
The Haunted Palace Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1963 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In this chilling adaptation of H.P. Lovecrafts The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, Charles Dexter Ward travels with his wife Ann to Arkham to inspect a mansion he has inherited. The original lord of the manor was his Great Grandfather Joseph Curwen, a disciple of the devil, who placed a hideous curse on the villagers as they burned him at the stake. Slowly Ward feels the spirit of his ancestor possessing him and seeking a desperate vengeance on the descendants of those who previously thwarted his plans. Accursed mutants...evil possession...will anyone escape The Haunted Palace?
Horror
The Masque of the Red Death Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1964 | 89 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites several dozen of the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the "Red Death". Prospero orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst a general atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry of a mysterious hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospero is horrified at the revelation of his true identity...
Horror
The Pit and the Pendulum Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1961 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When his sister Elizabeth dies suddenly, Francis Barnard visits his brother-in-law Don Medina (Vincent Price) to find out exactly what happened to her. Don Medina lives a lonely life since his wife's death. He loved her dearly and can't explain what she died of. Francis clearly isn't welcome and it is only Don Medina's sister Catherine that seems to have an interest him. As Francis and Catherine explore the events surrounding Elizabeth's death, Francis learns of Don Medina's horrific childhood experiences and discover an attempt to drive him mad...
Horror / Thriller
House of Usher Blu-ray Movie
The Fall of the House of Usher
Shout Factory | 1960 | 79 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher (Vincent Price) have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax...
Horror
- October 19, 2013
Lifeforce Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Arrow | 1985 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 116 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Oct 14, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Attack From Beneath Blu-ray Movie
Atlantic Rim
Asylum | 2013 | 86 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Giants robots battle giant sea creatures.
Action / Sci-Fi
Tokyo Story Blu-ray Movie
東京物語 / Tôkyô monogatari / Blu-ray + DVD
Criterion | 1953 | 137 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An aging couple journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo.
Drama / Foreign / Melodrama
Leviathan Blu-ray Movie
Cinema Guild | 2012 | 98 min | Not rated | Oct 22, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
In the very waters where Melville's Pequod gave chase to Moby Dick, Leviathan captures the collaborative clash of man, nature, and machine. Shot on a dozen cameras — tossed and tethered, passed from fisherman to filmmaker — this is a cosmic portrait of commercial fishing as it's never been seen.
Documentary
- October 18, 2013
Red River Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1948 | 133 min | Rated BBFC: U | Oct 28, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive.
Action / Adventure / Romance / Western
Sakura Wars The Movie Blu-ray Movie
サクラ大戦 活動写真 / Sakura Taisen Katsudō Shashin / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2001 | 86 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 22, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ichiro Ogami has just left Paris and New York City actress Ratchet Altair is dispatched to join the Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division in Tokyo. But darkness comes as the American company, Douglas-Stewart, under the leadership of Brent Furlong, unveils a plan to make the division obsolete by using Japhkiels, which are supposed to be unmanned mechs. Soon, the Flower Division and Ratchet are drawn into the heart of Douglas-Stewart's plans.
Action / Anime / Sci-Fi / Supernatural / Foreign / Period
Before Midnight Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2013 | 109 min | Rated R | Oct 22, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Eighteen years have passed since American Jesse and Frenchwoman Céline met on a trans-European train and fell in love while wandering the streets of Vienna. Now the pair are living in Paris, proud parents to two young girls. However, their lives are far from perfect. Frustrated at her inability to match Jesse's professional success, Céline is considering a change in career. Jesse, meanwhile, is struggling to connect with his teenage son Hank, who is visiting from Chicago for the summer.
Drama / Romance
Monsters University Blu-ray Movie
PIXAR | Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Pixar | 2013 | 104 min | Rated G | Oct 29, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at the University of Fear -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Monsters University 3D Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Collector's Edition / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2013 | 104 min | Rated G | Oct 29, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at the University of Fear -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Shoot the Sun Down Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut
Kino Lorber | 1978 | 99 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
In the tradition of Sergio Leone, a stylish meditation on America's history of violence, observing the intersection of a former soldier-turned-bounty-hunter, a British chambermaid desperate to escape indentured servitude, and a vicious mercenary in search of Montezuma's gold.
Action / Western
The Hitch-Hiker Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1953 | 71 min | Not rated | Oct 15, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, The Hitch-Hiker is a tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip who are held captive by a homicidal drifter who forces them, at gunpoint, to embark on a grim joyride across the Mexican desert.
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller
Vikings: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox / MGM | 2013 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 408 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 15, 2013 | Michael Reuben
Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking adventurer seeking to fulfill his destiny as a conqueror, alongside his ambitious brother Rollo and loyal wife Lagertha. Throughout his quest, Ragnar faces a path of betrayals and temptations to protect his freedom, family and life.
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War
- October 17, 2013
Daily Lives of High School Boys Blu-ray Movie
Complete Series Premium Edition
NIS America | 2012 | 288 min | Rated 13+ | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Join Tadakuni, Hidenori, and Yoshitake as they undergo the trials and tribulations of life in high school. Each episode presents the boys and their classmates in unique situations.
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign / Coming of age
Shack Out on 101 Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1955 | 81 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
At an isolated, seaside greasy-spoon cafe live George (Keenan Wynn), the sarcastic owner; Slob (Lee Marvin), the potentially violent cook; and Kotty (Terry Moore), the sexy waitress all the men lust after. Plus an occasional customer, including "Professor Sam" (Frank Lovejoy), Kotty's boyfriend from a nearby research facility. And something's going on under the potentially explosive surface emotions...nuclear secrets being smuggled out of the country.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller