New Blu-ray Reviews

Executioners from Shaolin Blu-ray Movie  

The Executioners of Death / Hong Xi Guan

Arrow | 1977 | 108 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

After the destruction of the Temple, a Shaolin disciple devotes years to mastering Tiger style in order to defeat the martial arts master who killed his teacher. His wife, a Crane style specialist, has a feeling one style won't be enough.

Action / Martial arts / Foreign

Chinatown Kid Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1977 | 117 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A martial artist living with his grandfather is stricken with poverty and dreams of a better life. He has to leave Hong Kong after getting into trouble, so he moves to San Francisco, where his superior kung fu leads him back into trouble.

Action / Drama / Foreign

The Five Venoms Blu-ray Movie  

The Five Deadly Venoms / 五毒 / Wu du

Arrow | 1978 | 102 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them.

Action / Martial arts / Foreign / Period

Crippled Avengers Blu-ray Movie  

Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms

Arrow | 1978 | 100 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Three men who have been physically disabled by a vindictive martial arts master and his physically-disabled son ally together and learn kung fu from an elderly martial-artist and his mentally-disabled pupil, so they can avenge themselves.

Action / Martial arts / Foreign

Heroes of the East Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1978 | 100 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A Chinese man marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted by the others. He must then prove his worth through a series of duels with the seven Japanese martial artists who come to meet the challenge.

Action / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign

Dirty Ho Blu-ray Movie  

Lan tou He

Arrow | 1979 | 103 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The eleventh son of the Qing emperor, who's a kung fu master, is visiting Canton incognito. While there, he meets a loudmouth thief who he takes under his wing, while assassins sent by his fourth brother threaten his life.

Action / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign

Damnation Blu-ray Movie  

Kárhozat

Arbelos | 1988 | 121 min | Not rated | Dec 14, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A lonely barfly falls in love with a married bar singer.

Crime / Drama / Romance / Foreign

The Kindred Blu-ray Movie  

Limited edition of 3500 / Blu-ray + DVD + CD

Synapse Films | 1987 | 93 min | Not rated | Dec 14, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

A geneticist takes his assistants to his old family home to locate the deadly product of his late mother's revolutionary research into rapid human evolution - his monstrous tentacled baby brother, before a mad scientist gets to him first.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Smut Without Smut: Satanic Horror Nite Blu-ray Movie  

Sacrilege / The Devil Inside Her / Satan's Lust + Smut Without Smut: Satanic Horror Nite

AGFA | 1971-1977 | 3 Movies, 4 Cuts | 264 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Horror / Erotic / Foreign

Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Cristiana Devil Nun / Story of a Cloistered Nun / Images in a Convent / The True Story of the Nun of Monza

Severin Films | 1972-1980 | 4 Movies, 5 Cuts | 361 min | Not rated | Dec 14, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Erotic / Foreign

Cristiana Devil Nun Blu-ray Movie  

Cristiana monaca indemoniata

Severin Films | 1972 | 92 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

During a plane trip from Athens to Rome, the young Cristiana, daughter of a prostitute, and her friend Luca, join in for wagering in the eyes of other passengers. Continuing their flight, the plane meets a storm and is about to crash . Terrorized, Christian make a promise: If God comes to her rescue, she will dedicate her life to being a nun.

Drama / Foreign

Story of a Cloistered Nun Blu-ray Movie  

Storia di una monaca di clausura

Severin Films | 1973 | 98 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A woman who was promised to a powerful family's son at birth falls in love with another man, refuses to renounce him, and is sent to a nunnery by her shocked parents. Once there, she first undergoes degradation to acclimatize her to convent life; then she experiences rampant lesbianism by the repressed nuns, and becomes pregnant by her lover. Finally, her refusal to accede to one nun's lascivious lesbian advances leads to plotting and treachery, and her lover being murdered out of jealousy. Her life now ruined, she further scandalises her family by refusing to take her vows, and leaves the convent, devoting her existence to those in need. Claims to be based on a true story!

Drama / Foreign

Images in a Convent Blu-ray Movie  

Immagini di un convento

Severin Films | 1979 | 93 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Locked behind the walls of a convent are an order of beautiful nuns whose vows force them to forget the pleasures of sexual contact. Crazed with lust and desire many of the nuns pleasure themselves and each other in fear of the Mother Superior. One night a wounded man is found on the grounds of the convent and is brought inside to be healed. He becomes the focus of the young nuns' desires as each one tries to visit this young man. But along with him has come the evil force of Satan. A local priest proceeds to exorcise the demon from within the holy building driving the nuns into a delirium of sexual madness.

Drama / Erotic / Foreign

The True Story of the Nun of Monza Blu-ray Movie  

La vera storia della monaca di Monza

Severin Films | 1980 | 93 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Foreign

StageFright Blu-ray Movie    

Deliria / Bloody Bird / Sound Stage Massacre / StageFright: Aquarius

Shameless | 1987 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Dec 27, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A group of young dancers rehearsing in an old theatre is accidentally locked-in for the night - but they are not alone. In the shadows, someone is watching, waiting and selecting victims at his demented leisure… tonight, serial killer Irving Wallace has escaped and is about to put on his own real-life horror show!

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Going Berserk Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1983 | 84 min | Rated R | Dec 14, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

A drummer/chauffeur engaged to a congressman's daughter encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters during the days leading up to his wedding.

Comedy

Cartoon Saloon's Irish Folklore Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

The Secret of Kells / Song of the Sea / Wolfwalkers

Shout Factory | 2009-2020 | 3 Movies | 272 min | Not rated | Dec 14, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Magic, fantasy and Celtic mythology come to life in Cartoon Saloon's celebrated Irish Folklore Trilogy, featuring three Academy Award®-nominated* modern animated classics. The studio's first film, The Secret of Kells, which beautifully tells the tale of a master illuminator and his young apprentice, is followed by the breathtakingly gorgeous Song of the Sea, which recounts the adventure of a mythical seal-child and her brother on a quest, and the triumphant Wolfwalkers, which delves into the friendship between a young huntress and a free-spirited wolf-girl. This limited edition set features the exclusive Blu-ray™ presentation of Wolfwalkers and hours of new bonus features exploring the three films in environmentally friendly packaging that reflects each film's loving depiction of the natural world.

Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Period

Wolfwalkers Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2020 | 103 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.

Adventure / Animation / Family

Song of the Sea Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 2014 | 93 min | Rated PG | Apr 12, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

Saoirse is a child who is the last of the selkies, women in Irish and Scottish legends who transform from seals into people. She escapes from her grandmother's home to journey to the sea and free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world.

Animation / Family / Fantasy

The Secret of Kells Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2009 | 76 min | Not rated | Dec 14, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Twelve-year-old Brendan lives a quiet life at the Kells monastery with his uncle, Abbott Cellach, but this changes with the arrival of the charismatic Brother Aidan, a master illuminator who takes Brendan under his wing and teaches him his ancient art. In order to finish the magnificent book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a journey that will take him beyond the abbey walls for the first time. In the enchanted forest beyond, he meets the good fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl who rescues him from wolves and helps him to complete his dangerous and top-secret quest, even as the Viking hordes close in around them.

Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Period