New Blu-ray Reviews

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

7 Seeds Blu-ray Movie  

Part Two / Episodes 13-24

Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | May 11, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

After the Earth was transformed into a world of strange and monstrous creatures and plants, a global seeding program released small teams to retrieve caches of supplies and knowledge. Having been expelled from one such team, Team Summer A, Ango and Ryo roam the seas until they discover Team Summer B stranded on an island. Will things go more smoothly with this new team? Or will greed, deception and the lust for power become a deadlier enemy than the beasts and flora? The hellscape that was Japan is a lethal Eden, and the Seeds have brought their own serpents with them!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign

7 Seeds Blu-ray Movie  

Part One / Episodes 01-12

Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 08, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

The meteor strikes wiped human civilization from the face of the Earth, then even the face itself changed, transformed into something alien and hostile as devastating climatic shifts, global darkness and unprecedented geologic upheavals reshaped what was once our world. But, even in the aftermath of mass extinctions and world sweeping firestorms, life managed to find a way, evolving to new forms, some close to what came before, others from beyond our worst nightmares. It is into this toxic landscape filled with flesh-eating cockroaches, telepathic wolves, and man-eating plants that humanity’s last survivors are released from frozen cryogenic slumber. Five groups; each consisting of seven youths and one adult survival specialist. They are mankind’s last hope, and if they fail to survive in this strange and horrifying new world, the human race will end forever in 7 SEEDS.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign

Castlevania: Season Three Blu-ray Movie  

Viz Media | 2020 | 270 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 23, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

In the aftermath of Dracula's death, Trevor and Sypha are travelling, Alucard remains at the castle in misery, and Isaac is returning to Europe for his revenge. But Carmilla, reunited with her vampire sisters of the Styrian ruling court, sees a way to take advantage of Dracula's demise and build a new future - and she needs imprisoned Hector to achieve it.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural / Period

La Brea: Season One Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2021 | 430 min | Not rated | Jun 07, 2022 | Martin Liebman

An epic adventure begins in La Brea: Season One when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.

Adventure / Drama / Romance

The Old Man Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Unearthed Films | 2019 | 88 min | Not rated | Aug 09, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In a remote Estonian village, three children from the city are forced to spend the summer on their grandfather's farm. When the trio accidentally set loose the old man's prized but thoroughly abused cow, they learn that they have only 24 hours to milk the rogue bovine before it's exponentially expanding udders explode and unleash a milk-pocalypse. To complicate this crisis, a decrepit and disgraced farmer with a body literally infused with milk and a prejudice for cattle is also determined to catch the animal, but with murderous intent. Based on a popular Estonian web series created by Peeter Ritso and Mikk Mägi, so proceeds the most outrageous stop-motion comedy since A Town Called Panic.

Animation / Comedy / Foreign

Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2007-2021 | 8 Movies, 14 Cuts | 759 min | Unrated | Oct 11, 2022 | Martin Liebman

For the first time in one complete set, all 7 terrifying PARANORMAL ACTIVITY movies come together, including—exclusive to this box set—the latest thriller PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN and the definitive documentary UNKNOWN DIMENSION: THE STORY OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Packed with chills and unexpected surprises, this must-have, limited-edition collection starts with the breakthrough original horror phenomenon that enticed audiences around the globe and continued with six uniquely spooky sequels.

Documentary / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural

Tiny Cinema Blu-ray Movie  

Epic Pictures | 2022 | 84 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

A mysterious stranger tells the twisted tale of seemingly unconnected strangers whose lives will change in incredible and bizarre ways forever. As reality unravels, each person must battle unbelievable challenges from a multi-verse seeking answers on the essential questions of life, death, love, and the fate of our future.

Comedy

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2021 | 98 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

A documentary filmmaker follows Margot, as she heads to a secluded Amish community in the hopes of meeting and learning about her long-lost mother and extended family. Following a string of strange occurrences and discoveries, she soon realizes this community that welcomed them into their home might be hiding something sinister...

Horror

Castlevania: Seasons One & Two Blu-ray Movie  

Viz Media | 2017-2018 | 2 Seasons | 299 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 05, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Season One: Trevor Belmont, embittered and excommunicated, finds himself drawn into a battle for the survival of Europe - a region that has brought doom upon itself by taking away the one thing its greatest monster loved. Season Two: Trevor Belmont, last survivor of the house, is no longer alone, and he and his misfit comrades, Sypha Belnades and Alucard race to find a way to save humanity from extinction at the hands of the grief-maddened Dracula and his sinister vampire war council.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural / Period

The Magnificent Kotobuki: The Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 119 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 10, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

In a desolate desert world, air pirates rule the skies. They prey on aerial commerce and hold remote towns for ransom, but the talented pilots of Team KOTOBUKI use their impressive aerial instincts and hard-won skills to defend cities and cargo shipments from these vultures… for the right price, of course. In their existent reciprocating engine aircraft and with ice in their veins, Team KOTOBUKI will take on any enemy that comes their way in an explosive frenzy of aerial dogfights, including never-before-seen new fights unique to The Magnificent KOTOBUKI THE MOVIE.

Action / Anime / Foreign