New Blu-ray Reviews

The Changeling 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD

Severin Films | 1980 | 107 min | Not rated | Oct 25, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A man staying at a old mansion which has been unoccupied for years finds himself disturbed by a strange presence which haunts the house.

Horror / Mystery / Supernatural

No Man of Her Own Blu-ray Movie    

I Married a Dead Man

Imprint | 1950 | 97 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After she is abandoned by her unfaithful boyfriend Stephen Morely, Helen Ferguson discovers that she's pregnant, and she has no choice but to go home to her family. Shortly after boarding the train, Helen meets Hugh and Patrice Harkness, a recently married couple who are travelling to visit Hugh's parents, who have yet to met his bride. Patrice, who is also with child, strikes up a conversation with Helen, and allows her to try on her beautiful wedding ring. Moments later, the train becomes involved in a terrible accident in which Hugh and Patrice are killed; because she was still wearing Patrice's ring, Helen is mistaken for the late Mrs. Harkness by Hugh's parents, and is taken home with them as she recovers and has her baby. Helen begins to feel a part of the family until Stephen arrives, demanding money to keep her true identity a secret.

Drama / Film-Noir

Malcolm X 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1992 | 201 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 22, 2022 | Randy Miller III

The story of Malcolm X, who emerged from the streets to become a powerful voice for the black rights movement in America.

Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period

Malcolm X Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1992 | 201 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 22, 2022 | Randy Miller III

The story of Malcolm X, who emerged from the streets to become a powerful voice for the black rights movement in America.

Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period

House of Psychotic Women Rarities Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Footprints on the Moon / The Other Side of the Underneath / Identikit / I Like Bats

Severin Films | 1972-1986 | 4 Movies, 5 Cuts | 390 min | Not rated | Oct 25, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign / Surreal

Identikit Blu-ray Movie  

The Driver's Seat

Severin Films | 1974 | 102 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Mentally disturbed spinster Lise experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone to murder her.

Drama / Mystery

I Like Bats Blu-ray Movie  

Lubię nietoperze

Severin Films | 1986 | 81 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Izabella works at her aunt's shop in a small town in Poland. She is also a vampire.

Drama / Horror / Foreign

Footprints Blu-ray Movie  

Primal Impulse / Le orme

Severin Films | 1975 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 96 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A woman is tormented by strange dreams of astronauts on the moon. She visits a deserted seaside town whose inhabitants know her even though she does not know them.

Mystery / Thriller

The Other Side of the Underneath Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1972 | 111 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Jane Arden's violent and powerful adaptation of her work with The Holocaust women's theatre troupe looks into the mind of a woman labelled schizophrenic and finds, not madness, but tortured sexual guilt created by the taboos of society.

Drama / Surreal

Onyx Equinox: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 22, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

The gods are at war. At stake: the precious resources that they all need and crave - the blood and souls of humanity, which are being stolen by the god of the underworld. Behind his Onyx gates, toxic to all other gods, Michtlantecuhtli seems untouchable… but the serpent god Quetzalcoatl has a plan: send in the lowest of the low, a human, to destroy the Gates and let the blood flow before his fellow gods wipe out mankind in an orgy of slaughter. His chosen weapon: the apathetic Izel, who undertakes the task for the chance to save the soul of the last person in the world he cared about: his sister, who was sacrificed in a blood ritual. The gore-soaked world of Aztec, Incan, and Mayan myths become a savage battleground in the brutal and shocking animation epic, Onyx Equinox!

Action / Adventure / Animation / Foreign

Saturday Night at the Baths Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Pressing

Altered Innocence | 1975 | 82 min | Not rated | Oct 25, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

A musician from Montana finds work and other things at The Continental Baths in New York City, 1974.

Comedy / Drama

Nosferatu Blu-ray Movie  

100th Anniversary Edition

Reel Vault Inc. | 1922 | 86 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In this first-ever screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, a simple real-estate transaction leads an intrepid businessman deep into the superstitious heart of Transylvania. There he encounters the otherworldly Count Orlok — portrayed by the legendary Max Schreck — who soon after embarks upon a cross-continental voyage to take up residence in a distant new land...

Horror / Supernatural / Foreign / Period

The Return of the Living Dead 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Shout Factory | 1985 | 90 min | Rated R | Oct 18, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

On his first day on the job at an army surplus store, poor Freddy unwittingly releases nerve gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas re-animates a corps of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger for human brains! And luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten!

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

The Bat Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

The Film Detective | 1959 | 80 min | Not rated | Oct 25, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago had been the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities, and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but he is killed before he can retrieve the money. Thus the lonely country house soon becomes the site of many mysterious and dangerous activities...

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Season One Blu-ray Movie  

Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

FUNimation Entertainment | 2016 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 23, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

The world is overrun with Kabane, zombie-like creatures with an appetite for human flesh. While the last of humanity has retreated into fortress-like stations connected by armored trains, there are a few that remain as hopeful as Ikoma. Although he services the trains for a living, Ikoma has created a new weapon that he believes could defeat the Kabane.

Action / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Foreign

Steele Justice Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Kino Lorber | 1987 | 97 min | Rated R | Jul 12, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

John Steele is a Vietnam Vet who's had trouble adjusting to life after the war. He hasn't been able to hold on to a job which includes being a cop. When his best friend, Lee who also served with him in Vietnam, and who also became a cop was killed by some drug dealers he was investigating. Steele was able to save his daughter and saw one of the shooters. He later sees him and learns that he is the son of General Kwan, another person he served with in Vietnam who was running his own deals on the side, and who tried to kill Steele and Lee but Steele not only survived but thwarted his last plan. Steele suspects Kwan is involved with Lee's death but unfortunately Kwan's a respected member of the community. And Steele's former boss Bennett is not in a rush to find the killers cause investigation reveals that Lee may have been dirty which Steele knows is not true. Steele sets out to prove Lee's innocence and to get Kwan.

Action / Crime / Thriller

September 30, 1955 Blu-ray Movie  

24 Hours of the Rebel

Scorpion Releasing | 1977 | 101 min | Rated PG | Apr 13, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

"September 30, 1955" follows the effect James Dean's death has on a circle of friends in a small Arkansas town.

Drama / Period / Coming of age

Blind Fury Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1989 | 86 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Blinded and left to die in Vietnam, Nick Parker has been missing in action for more than two decades. Finally home, he sets out to find and forgive his old Army buddy.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts

Kakegurui XX: Season Two Collection Blu-ray Movie  

賭ケグルイ××

Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 25, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Obsessive gambler Yumeko Jabami may know when to hold them and when to fold them, but knowing when to walk away and run has always eluded her. That's bad news at the insane Hyakkaou Private Academy, where students must gamble their fortunes, futures and lives in an endless series of competitions to determine who rules and who become slaves. Yumeko's razor-edged instincts, skills, and the devil's own luck have kept her going thus far, but when the ruthless Momobami clan arrives, intent on taking over the school, the stakes rise even higher while the intrigue, both in and out of the games, hits the deadliest level yet. To survive, Yumeko will have to adapt and make alliances with former enemies, knowing that every minute could result in a knife in her back as the nightmare continues in Kakegurui XX!

Anime / Drama / Mystery / Comic book / Foreign

Kakegurui - Season One Collection Blu-ray Movie  

賭ケグルイ

Sentai Filmworks | 2017 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 30, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer, but when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like.

Anime / Drama / Mystery / Comic book / Foreign