New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- September 23, 2023
Nightmare 4K Blu-ray Movie
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Severin Films | 1981 | 97 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Mentally unbalanced patient, George Tatum, is released from a New York mental hospital, slums it up on sleazy 42nd Street, and then travels to Florida to terrorize an unsuspecting family. Brutal, uncompromising, and graphic, this is one NIGHTMARE that you'll never forget! Originally released unrated to theaters during the height of the slasher craze in the early 1980s, this slasher-splatter classic has garnered a huge cult horror fanbase in the years since.
Horror
- September 22, 2023
The Shawshank Redemption 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
The Film Vault | 1994 | 142 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 04, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Framed for the double murder of his wife and her lover, banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his tenure in prison, Dufresne becomes admired by the other inmates, ultimately befriending another prisoner named Red during the process.
Crime / Drama / Melodrama / Period
Cocaine Bear 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2023 | 95 min | Rated R | Sep 19, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Inspired by true events that took place in Kentucky in 1985, during which a 175-pound black bear ingested 88 pounds of pure cocaine.
Comedy / Horror / Thriller / Dark humor
Interview with the Vampire: Season One Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2022 | 336 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 26, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Based on Anne Rice's iconic novel, follow Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Period
Prey Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 2022 | 100 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, “Prey” is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks, and ultimately confronts, turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Prey 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2022 | 100 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, “Prey” is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks, and ultimately confronts, turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Girls und Panzer: TV + OVAs Blu-ray Movie
ガールズ&パンツァー / Gâruzu ando Pantsâ
Sentai Filmworks | 2012-2013 | 375 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 19, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Putting schoolgirls in vintage military tanks and letting them run amok on a battlefield may sound completely crazy, but that's Tankery, the addictive sport/history lesson/free-for-all that's exploding at schools across Japan! Except at Oarai Academy, which is why Miho Nishizumi chose to hide there after drawing her "gun-fu" legend Mother's ire. Then Oarai is caught up in a Tankery competition to save the school, and the resulting arms build-up requires Miho to say farewell to her arms! It's a Tank Heaven for not so little girls as they blow things up in the most delightful ways in the uber-sized and bomb-tastic OVA and TV series collection of Girls und Panzer!
Action / Anime / Comedy / Foreign
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2012-2018 | 4 Movies | 840 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 10, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Yuta Togashi spent years living in a complete fantasy world, a real condition called chunibyo that affects thousands of Japanese students. However, with a lot of work and effort, he's managed to regain his perspective to the point where he's ready to go to high school as a normal kid. Unfortunately, the girl who lives above Yuta is deep into her own case of chuni, and in HER fantasy world, Yuta is her soul mate! How do you handle a relationship with a girl whose feelings may be based entirely on delusions? And what happens when Yuta's FORMER "one true soul mate" returns with her own skewed version of reality? Modern relationships can often get a little weird, but Yuta's life is about to get seriously wild and crazy in the ultimate collection of LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS!
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen / Foreign
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Blu-ray Movie
Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2020-2021 | 694 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 19, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Rem’s in a coma, and Subaru is the only person who remembers her. But this time, his power can’t bring her back. Desperate for solutions, Subaru follows a lead to the Sanctuary, where he meets the Witch of Greed and begins a trilogy of harrowing trials.
Adventure / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Foreign
Touch of Evil 4K Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema | Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment | 1958 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 111 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 25, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After a murder is committed in a small town right on the US-Mexico border a rogue cop from the US tries to frame his Mexican counterpart for it.
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Psychological thriller
- September 21, 2023
Gregory's Girl 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
BFI Video | 1981 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 11, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Violent Streets Blu-ray Movie
暴力街 / Bôryoku gai
Film Movement | 1974 | 96 min | Not rated | May 16, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
Elemental Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2023 | 103 min | Rated PG | Sep 26, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: How much they have in common.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance
Elemental 4K Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Collector's Lenticular Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2023 | 103 min | Rated PG | Sep 26, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: How much they have in common.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance
Guest House Paradiso Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Vinegar Syndrome | 1999 | 90 min | Rated R | Aug 29, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Richie and Eddie, a perverted loser and his alcoholic partner in crime, run the worst hotel in Britain: the Guest House Paradiso.
Comedy / Dark humor
The Pack Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1977 | 99 min | Rated PG | Sep 12, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Set on a remote island where vacationers have senselessly abandoned their unwanted pet dogs, THE PACK shows man's inhumanity coming back to haunt him with fanged fierceness. The confused, starving pets form a rampaging pack — and man's best friend becomes his worst fiend. A heroic marine biologist comes up with a do-or-die scheme that will either reestablish man as top dog --- or turn him into a nasty tidbit.
Horror / Thriller
Battlestar Galactica 4K Blu-ray Movie
45th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1978 | 124 min | Rated PG | Aug 29, 2023 | Martin Liebman
After the destruction of the human colonies, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift refugee fleet in a search for Earth. Released in SENSURROUND
Adventure / Sci-Fi
Battlestar Galactica 4K Blu-ray Movie
45th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1978 | 124 min | Rated PG | Aug 29, 2023 | Martin Liebman
After the destruction of the human colonies, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift refugee fleet in a search for Earth. Released in SENSURROUND
Adventure / Sci-Fi
Kick-Ass 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 103 min | Rated R | Sep 12, 2023 | Martin Liebman
The costumed high school hero Kick-Ass returns, this time with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Teen / Dark humor / Martial arts / Comic book
Kick-Ass 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 103 min | Rated R | Sep 12, 2023 | Martin Liebman
The costumed high school hero Kick-Ass returns, this time with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Teen / Dark humor / Martial arts / Comic book