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Home- October 28, 2021
Mad Love Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1935 | 68 min | Not rated | Oct 19, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Doctor Gogol is a renowned surgeon who is obsessed with stage performer Yvonne Orlac. So much so that he actually goes to the theater every evening just to see her. He is disappointed to learn from her that she is leaving the show to join her husband, famed pianist Stephen Orlac, on a much delayed honeymoon. The Orlacs no sooner set off than they are involved in an accident where Stephen's hands are crushed. She begs Dr. Gogol to do anything to save her husband. He decides to graft new hands to replace those that are crushed and uses those from a recently executed prisoner, Rollo the Knife Thrower. When Stephen regains the use of his hands those around him find that he has also undergone a personality change and is now prone to violent fits of temper. He's also very good at knife throwing...
Drama / Horror / Romance / Psychological thriller
Labyrinth of Cinema Blu-ray Movie
海辺の映画館 キネマの玉手箱 | Limited Edition - 4000 Copies
Crescendo House | 2019 | 179 min | Not rated | Nov 02, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The story centers on a group of young people who travel back in time when they are in a movie theater just before closing time. They witness deaths during the closing days of Japan's feudal times and on the battlefront in China before they are sent to Hiroshima just before the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city.
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / War / Foreign
Survive the Game Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2021 | 97 min | Rated R | Oct 12, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A man's life on his farm is interrupted when a cop and a pair of dangerous criminals show up.
Action / Thriller
- October 27, 2021
The Sheik Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #25 / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1921 | 66 min | Not rated | Nov 02, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Forbidden desires in the dangers of a foreign land as Lady Diana (Agnes Ayres) is pursued and captured by the dashing Sheik Ahmed (Rudolph Valentino). Carried off and imprisoned in a luxurious desert hideaway palace. Days go by and Lady Diana is broken down by her own inner cravings. Only when she is set free and torn away from Sheik Ahmed by the sadistic desert bandits does she realize that her true love was a man she once feared most. Original music score by Keith Taylor.
Adventure / Drama / Romance
The Little Rascals Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie
The ClassicFlix Restorations
ClassicFlix | 1922-1938 | 11 Movies | 210 min | Not rated | Oct 19, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Although aired on television in the 1950s under the popular Little Rascals brand, these comedy classics are presented in their original uncut "Our Gang" theatrical editions.
Comedy / Family
The Amazing Mr. X Blu-ray Movie
The Spiritualist
The Film Detective | 1948 | 78 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Turhan Bey (THE MUMMY'S TOMB) plays the mysterious spiritualist who convinces a beautiful widow (Lynn Bari, ORCHESTRA WIVES) and her young sister (Cathy O'Donnell, THEY LIVE BY NIGHT), that her dead husband is trying to contact her from beyond the grave. Richly photographed by famed cinematographer John Alton (BORDER INCIDENT, THE BIG COMBO), the dark, smoky interiors and fog-swept beaches give this a gothic feel that elevates this B-picture to a favorite of noir fans. Co-starring Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis and Virginia Gregg, with stylish direction by Bernard Vorhaus (BURY ME DEAD); sadly, this was one of his last films in the U.S. before being blacklisted. Also known as THE AMAZING MR. X, the film is mastered from original 35mm elements.
Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
- October 26, 2021
Maniac Cop 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Blue Underground | 1990 | 90 min | Rated R | Nov 16, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
This sequel to Maniac Cop pits Matt Cordell (Robert Z'dar), the crazed, murderous "Maniac Cop" of the first film (now horribly disfigured after a particularly brutal stay in prison), and Turkel (Leo Rossi), a serial killer who likes to murder strippers, against a frenzied NYPD detective, Sean McKinney (Robert Davi), who is just one step ahead of a nervous breakdown.
Action / Crime / Horror / Thriller
Frankenstein's Daughter Blu-ray Movie
The Film Detective | 1958 | 85 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Frankenstein's daughter is the new girl in school and she's trying to make friends with all the kids in her class. Unfortunately, she can't just invite her new classmates to come over with all those dug-up bodies and stolen brains lying around everywhere!
Horror / Romance / Sci-Fi
The Suicide Squad 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 132 min | Rated R | Oct 26, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Comic book
The Suicide Squad Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 132 min | Rated R | Oct 26, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Comic book
What Really Happened to Baby Jane? Blu-ray Movie
And the Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club
AGFA | 1962-1972 | 176 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
A female impersonator leads a cast of non-professional actors in a spoof of the film "All About Eve".
Comedy
Kid Candidate Blu-ray Movie
Gunpowder & Sky | 2021 | 69 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
In a time when young Americans increasingly feel cut off from politics and traditional institutions, Hayden Pedigo, a 24 year-old artist and musician in Amarillo, TX makes an unorthodox run for city council after his Harmony Korine inspired spoof campaign video went viral.
Documentary
For Madmen Only Blu-ray Movie
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
Utopia Distribution | 2020 | 87 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Starting his career with Nichols and May, training most of the original cast of SNL, and being the inspiration for the Upright Citizens Brigade theater, there isn't a comic working today who wasn't mentored in some way by Del Close.
Documentary
- October 25, 2021
Gray Lady Down Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1978 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 18, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A nuclear submarine is sunk after a collision with a cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
Action / Drama / Thriller
The Colony Blu-ray Movie
Tides / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2021 | 104 min | Rated R | Oct 12, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set in the distant future, a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, must decide the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace.
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign
- October 24, 2021
Mulholland Drive 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 2001 | 147 min | Rated R | Nov 16, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, and the mysterious night club Silencio.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal
Dracula 4K Blu-ray Movie
+ Drácula 4K / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1931 | 2 Movies | 77 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2022 | Martin Liebman
The legendary bloodsucker stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror
Dracula 4K Blu-ray Movie
+ Drácula 4K / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1931 | 2 Movies | 74 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2021 | Martin Liebman
The legendary bloodsucker stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror
Frankenstein 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1931 | 70 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2022 | Martin Liebman
A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Frankenstein 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1931 | 70 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.
Horror / Sci-Fi