New Blu-ray Reviews

The Curse of the Screaming Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Curse of the Cannibal Confederates / +Night of Horror / Slipcover in Original Pressing

Vinegar Syndrome | 1982 | 2 Movies | 89 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

A group of six buddies head south for some deer hunting when they stumble onto an old Confederate graveyard. Problem is, this graveyard is full of rebel zombies who suddenly rise from their graves. These zombies are hungry for human flesh and soon the hunters become the hunted.

Horror

Arnold Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Pressing

Vinegar Syndrome | 1973 | 95 min | Rated PG | Sep 26, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Karen is the new gold-digging bride of a corpse. She marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.

Comedy / Horror / Mystery

Jaws 4K Blu-ray Movie    

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

The Film Vault | 1975 | 124 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 04, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When a seaside community finds itself under attack by a great white shark, three men embark on a quest to kill it before it strikes again.

Adventure / Horror / Thriller

Black Magic Rites Blu-ray Movie  

Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel Trecento... / The Reincarnation of Isabel | Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1973 | 98 min | Not rated | Aug 29, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Delirium director Renato Polselli delivers yet another delectable slice of cinematic sleaze with this sadomasochistic shocker set in a gothic castle, and culminating with the sacrifice of seven naked virgins during a bloody satanic orgy. Lurid depictions of whippings, torture, and beatings abound in a truly diabolical tale of inhuman cruelty starring Euro sleaze-queen Rita Calderoni and prolific actor/bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay.

Horror

P.J. Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint | 1968 | 109 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Down-on-his-luck private investigator P.J. Detweiler is hired by a wealthy businessman to protect his mistress from whomever is sending her death threats. But when P.J. winds up killing his new boss's business partner, he suspects that he was hired to act as a tool for murder.

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 10, 2023 | Martin Liebman

Set in the 1990s, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on an action-packed, globetrotting adventure as the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons join the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. Noah, a sharp young guy from Brooklyn, and Elena, an ambitious, talented artifact researcher, are swept up in the conflict as Optimus Prime and the Autobots face a terrifying new nemesis bent on their destruction named Scourge.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 10, 2023 | Martin Liebman

Set in the 1990s, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on an action-packed, globetrotting adventure as the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons join the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. Noah, a sharp young guy from Brooklyn, and Elena, an ambitious, talented artifact researcher, are swept up in the conflict as Optimus Prime and the Autobots face a terrifying new nemesis bent on their destruction named Scourge.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 126 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 10, 2023 | Martin Liebman

Set in the 1990s, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on an action-packed, globetrotting adventure as the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons join the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. Noah, a sharp young guy from Brooklyn, and Elena, an ambitious, talented artifact researcher, are swept up in the conflict as Optimus Prime and the Autobots face a terrifying new nemesis bent on their destruction named Scourge.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

The Johnstown Flood Blu-ray Movie  

The Film Preserve | 1926 | 68 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2023 | Randy Miller III

Tom O'Day (George O'Brien) is loved by two women, Anna Burger (Janet Gaynor) and Gloria Hamilton (Florence Gilbert). Tom has no idea of Anna's love for him, and he becomes engaged to Gloria. Gloria's father, John Hamilton(Anders Randolf), is a wealthy lumber man who controls a dam upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He wants the water behind the dam kept at the highest level in order to facilitate his logging contracts. But Tom knows that the dam is faulty and endangers thousands of people in the valley below. A massive flood seems inevitable unless Tom can convince Hamilton to allow the floodgates to open and reduce the danger.

Drama

Lost Souls Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2000 | 98 min | Rated R | Sep 19, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson

A small group of Catholics led by an ailing priest believe that Satan intends to become man, just as God did in the person of Jesus. The writings of a possessed mental patient lead them to Peter Kelson, a writer who studies serial killers. They think it's his body Satan will occupy. The youngest in the group, a teacher named Maya Larkin, goes to Peter to investigate further and to convince him to believe in the possibility of Evil incarnate. Other signs come to him as he and Maya them take a journey full of strange occurrences, self-discovery, and an ultimate showdown.

Drama / Horror / Thriller

We Kill for Love Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Pressing

Yellow Veil Pictures | 2023 | 163 min | Unrated | Oct 31, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

A documentary that goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late night cable television and the shelves of neighborhood video stores.

Documentary

Amber Aroused / Slip Into Silk Blu-ray Movie  

Peekarama / Slipcover in Original Pressing

Vinegar Syndrome | 1985-1987 | 2 Movies | 157 min | Rated X | Oct 31, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Amber Aroused: Terry is applying for a job as a live-in maid. On her way to the interview, she picks up Sasha Gabor, whose car has broken down on the side of the road. With Sasha in the car, Terry satisfies herself before dropping him off and going to meet Harvey and Magda. Terry soon finds out that Harvey has invented a robot capable of serving drinks and satisfying women with a penis attachment. Slip into Silk: Silk, a late-night radio talk show host, is worried that her conniving colleague, Sylvia, is planning to steal her show.

Comedy / Sci-Fi / Erotic

Slip Into Silk Blu-ray Movie  

Mélusine

Vinegar Syndrome | 1985 | 78 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Silk, a late-night radio talk show host, is worried that her conniving colleague, Sylvia, is planning to steal her show.

Comedy / Erotic

Amber Aroused Blu-ray Movie  

Mélusine

Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 79 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Terry is applying for a job as a live-in maid. On her way to the interview, she picks up Sasha Gabor, whose car has broken down on the side of the road. With Sasha in the car, Terry satisfies herself before dropping him off and going to meet Harvey and Magda. Terry soon finds out that Harvey has invented a robot capable of serving drinks and satisfying women with a penis attachment.

Sci-Fi / Erotic

Blade & Soul: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

ブレイドアンドソウル

Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 325 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 24, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

She was trained to be the Clan of the Sword's ultimate assassin, but the Clan is destroyed and only she remains. Now, even though there is a price on her own head, Alka must honor the Code by which she was raised. Her clan will be avenged. No matter how mighty the armies of the Param Empire and the demonic powers of their battle leader Jin Valel may seem, no matter how many assassins and bounty hunters they send to vanquish her, nothing will stop the emotionless killing machine they have unleashed upon themselves. For this is her final mission and she will cut that path of wrath through their screaming flesh!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign

Rail Wars!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

RAIL WARS! -日本國有鉄道公安隊- / Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai

Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 14, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

In a world parallel to our own, Japan’s national train system is united under the illustrious Japanese National Railways. High schooler Naoto Takayama is one of many who dreams of someday becoming a driver at the JNR. When Naoto manages to snag a job as a trainee for the Railways Security Force, he thinks he’s finally on the fast-track to success. However, Naoto’s expectations are quickly derailed when he finds that he has trouble telling who’s crazier- his coworkers or the criminals he’s supposed to catch! But when RJ, a shadowy group with sinister motives, appears to seize control of the JNR, it’s up to Naoto and his motley crew to get things back on track. Will Naoto and the rest of the Railways Security Force be able to pull the brakes on RJ’s scheme, or will it be the end of the line not only for their team, but the entire JNR as well?

Action / Anime / Comedy / Crime / Erotic / Foreign

The Mist 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2007 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 126 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

David Drayton and his young son Billy are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are things lurking in the mist... deadly, horrifying things... creatures not of this world. Survival depends on everybody in the store pulling together... but is that possible, given human nature? As reason crumbles in the face of fear and panic, David begins to wonder what terrifies him more: the monsters in the mist — or the ones inside the store, the human kind, the people that until now had been his friends and neighbors?

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural / Melodrama

The Mist 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2007 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 126 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

David Drayton and his young son Billy are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are things lurking in the mist... deadly, horrifying things... creatures not of this world. Survival depends on everybody in the store pulling together... but is that possible, given human nature? As reason crumbles in the face of fear and panic, David begins to wonder what terrifies him more: the monsters in the mist — or the ones inside the store, the human kind, the people that until now had been his friends and neighbors?

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural / Melodrama

Urusei Yatsura Movie 3: Remember My Love Blu-ray Movie  

Discotek Media | 1985 | 93 min | Unrated | Jan 25, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

A curse placed on Lum as an infant manifests itself in the present day, causing her to be taken to another dimension. Lum's husband, Ataru Moroboshi is turned into a hippo, and attempts to find Lum with the help of her friends.

Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 115 min | Rated R | Sep 26, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A big-time thief in hiding hooks up with a goofy young drifter. He then gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Heist