New Blu-ray Reviews

Halloween 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition | Sacred Bones Exclusive | Exclusive Black, White and Orange Splatter 7" Vinyl / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Shout Factory | 1978 | 92 min | Rated R | Oct 15, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

Horror / Thriller

Red Sorghum Blu-ray Movie    

Hóng gāo liáng / 红高粱 / Imprint Collection #67

Imprint | 1987 | 91 min | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.

Drama / Romance / War / Foreign / Period

The Time Machine Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2002 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 05, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

Adventure / Sci-Fi

Dead Again Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1991 | 108 min | Rated R | Oct 05, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Mike Church is a policeman turned private detective in Los Angeles. He specializes in finding missing persons and agrees to investigate a mysterious woman called Grace. She has amnesia and no memories of her own. Her troubled life may be connected to a sensational 1949 trial in which a respected composer was found guilty of murdering his wife.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

Homebodies Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 98 min | Rated PG | Nov 02, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block of flats, they decide to take action. What starts as an attempt to discourage the developers soon escalates into wholesale murder of both the developers and the construction workers.

Comedy / Horror

Boardinghouse Blu-ray Movie  

Housegeist

AGFA | 1982 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 99 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

A boarding house is reopened years after gruesome murders were committed there. Suddenly, the body count begins once more!

Comedy / Horror / Supernatural

Nothing Underneath / Too Beautiful to Die Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover Edition Limited to 5,000

Vinegar Syndrome | 1985-1988 | 2 Movies | 194 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Too Beautiful to Die Blu-ray Movie  

Sotto il vestitio niente II

Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 100 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

The models of an agency are invited to a party by the owner of the agency, Alex. During the party, Alex is playing games on his computer and it looks like the girls have the house to themselves, but there's another guest, and an accident happens - a fatal accident. This will start a string of murders - all those that were at that party begin to fall one by one. The police intervene, investigations are made, but the killer is like an elusive shadow.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Nothing Underneath Blu-ray Movie  

Sotto il vestito niente

Vinegar Syndrome | 1985 | 94 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

A serial killer roams the city of Milan, Italy, using scissors to assassinate and kill top-models. A park ranger from USA arrives in the city to protect his sister, but realizes that she has vanished. He starts searching for her, meeting with a lot of people and getting to know the (sometimes dangerous) world of international jet-set. But soon the killer will search for him too.

Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Edmond Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Marquee Collection

MVD Visual | 2005 | 82 min | Rated R | Nov 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A fortune-teller's teasing rumination sends Edmond Burke lurching into New York City's hellish underworld.

Thriller

Gravitation - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Gravitation / Gravitation: Lyrics of Love

Right Stuf | 1999-2001 | 2 Seasons | 385 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 03, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

Love - the one force that simply won't be denied! Walking through the park, aspiring rock star Shuichi's latest lyrics flutter away and land at the feet of a stunning stranger that takes his breath away. The stranger happens to be the famous novelist Eiri Yuki, who completely crushes the young singer by telling him he has "zero talent". Now, Shuichi's so annoyed that he's managed to finish his song just so he can find and confront Yuki! But, are his actions really motivated by anger, or has he fallen in love?

Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance / Comic book / Foreign

Godzilla vs. Kong 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2021 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 15, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home. Along for the ride is Jia, an orphaned girl who has a unique and powerful bond with the mighty beast. However, they soon find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla as he cuts a swath of destruction across the globe. The initial confrontation between the two titans -- instigated by unseen forces -- is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the planet.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Squid Girl: Seasons 1 & 2 Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

侵略!?イカ娘 / Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Sentai Filmworks | 2010-2014 | 2 Seasons | 675 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 28, 2017 | Neil Lumbard

Angered by mankind’s pollution of her beloved ocean, Squid Girl rises from the dark and mysterious depths in order to punish the loathsome human race! Unfortunately, that plan immediately hits more snags than a dozen fishing lines in a washing machine. Not only does her small stature not intimidate humans, but instead of unleashing a tsunami of destruction, her attempts only cause minor damage to a pleasant little beachside restaurant. And then, the unexpectedly aggressive Aizawa sisters, who run the Lemon Beach House, force her to work there to pay it off! They even make her provide her own squid ink for a tasty squid ink spaghetti! Thus begins our tale of a poor not-quite fish out of water: SQUID GIRL!

Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Family / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

精霊の守り人

Sentai Filmworks | 2007 | 650 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 29, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives, in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince, and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead.

Adventure / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign

Outlaw Star: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition | 星方武侠アウトロースター / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 1998 | 650 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 13, 2017 | Neil Lumbard

This rollicking adventure takes place in the distant future, when interstellar space is divided among Pirates, the Space Forces, and Outlaws, who live by their personal codes. Self-proclaimed Outlaw Gene Starwind is a crack shot, a ferocious brawler, and a dashing ladies' man. But he suffers from a fear of space rooted in his troubled past. He lives on the two-bit planet Sentinel III with his friend and business partner Jim Hawking, a kid who looks a bit like Duo in Gundam Wing. Jim and Gene are drawn into a web of intrigue by the rebel pirate Hot Ice Hilda.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Outlaw Star: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

星方武侠アウトロースター / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 1998 | 650 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 13, 2017 | Neil Lumbard

Legend speaks of the Galactic Leyline, a treasure that offers the ultimate power of the universe to those who seek its glory. Utilizing the latest technology, a living starship has been built with the power to find the Galactic Leyline. By twist of fate, it has fallen into the hands of an outlaw, named Gene Starwind. Together with his team of bounty hunters, he will take to the stars and come to discover his fate.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Sci-Fi / Foreign

The Stand Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2020-2021 | 510 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2021 | Martin Liebman

After the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of literally Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.

Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Epic

Vanilla Sky Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Presents #27 | Remastered / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2001 | 136 min | Rated R | Nov 16, 2021 | Martin Liebman

A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jilted lover.

Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal

Devi Blu-ray Movie  

The Goddess

Criterion | 1960 | 93 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young woman's father-in-law begins to believe that she is a reincarnation of the goddess Kali, to whom he is strongly devoted. As she falls under the adoring eyes of other villagers, she begins to lose herself to the illusion.

Drama / Foreign

Mirage Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1965 | 108 min | Not rated | Sep 10, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An accountant's memory suddenly becomes mixed up starting from the moment the building he is in has a power blackout. He is bewildered that he can't recall even simple particulars of his job and places he does remember don't exist. Believing he has some type of amnesia, he tries to backtrack what happened before the blackout. Aided by a rookie detective and confused by an old girl friend, he tries to make sense of inconsistent facts while people around him are being murdered.

Mystery / Thriller