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Isola: Multiple Personality Girl Blu-ray Movie
ISOLA 多重人格少女 / Tajuu jinkaku shôjo
Arrow | 2000 | 94 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped.
Horror / Psychological thriller / Foreign
Inugami Blu-ray Movie
狗神
Arrow | 2000 | 106 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.
Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign
St. John's Wort Blu-ray Movie
弟切草 / Otogiriso
Arrow | 2001 | 85 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Nami has been creating artwork for a new video game based on images she's been seeing in her dreams. With one of the game producers, she travels out to an abandoned house that seems to match her visions. As they explore the old mansion, Nami begins to have more visions of a forgotten childhood, until at last she comes across a photo of twin infants, labelled "Nami" and "Naomi". As Nami and the producer go from room to room, an unseen person seems to be watching them from a hidden room.
Horror / Foreign
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Blu-ray Movie
口裂け女 / Kuchisake-onna
Arrow | 2007 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposed to be just an urban legend. A woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.
Horror / Foreign
Persona Blu-ray Movie
仮面学園 / Kamen gakuen
Arrow | 2000 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When a student by the name of Danda adopts a porcelain mask as a direct result of school bullying, he spurs on a large majority of fellow students to do the same thing.
Horror / Foreign
Noroi: The Curse Blu-ray Movie
ノロイ / Noroi
Arrow | 2005 | 115 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
Horror / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Foreign
Scarface 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1932 | 94 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An ambitious and near insanely violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
Hussy Blu-ray Movie
Kino Cult #17
Kino Lorber | 1980 | 95 min | Not rated | Oct 22, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Beaty is a prostitute working out of a high-class London cabaret where Emory is a technician. They begin an affair encumbered by her job, his lack of money, and their pasts: Beaty has a ten-year-old son who lives with her ex, and she has a dangerous former boyfriend; Emory has a wife who died in questionable circumstances and a shady friend who shows up with a scheme for making lots of money. Beaty and Emory want to sort things out, but the odds are against them. Life is no cabaret.
Crime / Drama
The Great Cleric: The Complete Season Blu-ray Movie
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 17, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Healing others at no cost, Luciel is making the most of his new life. While unscrupulous healers see him as an enemy, thankful adventurers are training him in exchange for care - training he’ll certainly need if he keeps angering the Healer’s Guild.
Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
Classroom for Heroes: The Complete Season Blu-ray Movie
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 08, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
An elite school for heroes, Rosewood Academy students take their studies seriously. All except for the new student, Blade. A former hero of humanity but lacking common sense, he gains the attention and ire of the Empress of the school, Earnest Flaming!
Action / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
Castlevania: Nocturne - Season One Blu-ray Movie
Viz Media | 2023 | 207 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 08, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
France, 1792 - the height of the French Revolution. In a remote part of western France, the counter-revolutionary aristocracy has forged an alliance with a terrifying Vampire Messiah, who promises to ‘eat the sun’ and unleash an army of vampires and night creatures to crush the revolution and enslave humanity. Annette, a sorceress from the Caribbean, seeks out Richter Belmont, last descendant of the long-fabled family of vampire hunters, to lead the resistance.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Period
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation - Season Two, Part One Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 325 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 24, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
After Eris’ departure, Rudy wallows in depression until he rediscovers his purpose in the heat of battle and returns to life as an adventurer. Tales of his exploits earn him an invite to Ranoa University of Magic, where a former friend studies in disguise.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
- October 22, 2024
Twisters 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2024 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 22, 2024 | Randy Miller III
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Cooper, lured back to the open plains after a devastating encounter years prior, and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.
Adventure / Thriller
Twisters Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2024 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 22, 2024 | Justin Dekker
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Cooper, lured back to the open plains after a devastating encounter years prior, and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.
Adventure / Thriller
Twisters 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2024 | 123 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 22, 2024 | Justin Dekker
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Cooper, lured back to the open plains after a devastating encounter years prior, and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.
Adventure / Thriller
Words and Music Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1948 | 120 min | Not rated | Sep 03, 2024 | Randy Miller III
Bio-pic of songwriters Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Musical
The Beast Within Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2024 | 97 min | Rated R | Oct 22, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After a series of strange events leads her to question her family's isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the forest.
Horror
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead - Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Viz Media | 2023 | 288 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 08, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life… “Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?” Confess to… party like it’s… travel Japan coast to… Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira’s got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!
Action / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Trigun Stampede - Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 10, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Rookie reporter Meryl Stryfe and her jaded partner are after the most wanted man in Noman’s Land, Vash the Stampede. But they’re left with more questions than answers. How can a pacifist rack up such a bounty, and why is he so hard to pin down?
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Western / Foreign
- October 21, 2024
The African Queen 4K Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Studio Canal | 1951 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 21, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Captain of a tramp steamer and a maiden-lady can't stand each other on a trip down a river, However it does not take long before their dislike turns to love.
Adventure / Drama / Romance / War / Period