New Blu-ray Reviews

Chamber of Horrors Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1966 | 99 min | Not rated | Jul 27, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

A Chamber of Horrors! Special in-film devices called The Fear Flasher and The Horror Horn cue viewers to the terror in this frightfest. A condemned man chops off his manacled hand (Fear Flasher! Horror Horn!) to escape, outfits his stump with tools designed to chop, rip and skewer, and goes on a death spree.

Horror

State and Main Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2000 | 106 min | Rated R | Jul 27, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.

Comedy / Drama

Skin Deep Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1989 | 101 min | Rated R | Jul 13, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Zach, who is not only suffering from writer's block, but his drinking is out of control, as is his obsessive womanizing, and, not surprisingly, his wife wants to end their marriage. To add to his problems, his house has just burned down, and his agent is knocking at death's door.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Midnight in the Switchgrass Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2021 | 100 min | Rated R | Jul 27, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An FBI agent and a Florida State officer team up to investigate a string of unsolved murder cases

Crime / Thriller

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition | L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Arrow | 1970 | 96 min | Not rated | Jul 27, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign

The Walking Dead: The Complete Tenth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019-2021 | 1005 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Martin Liebman

The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the United States in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a police officer in the old world. As their situation grows more and more grim, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive.

Drama / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Melodrama

A Quiet Place Part II Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2020 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 27, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

A Quiet Place Part II 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2020 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 27, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Mail Order Murder: The Story of W.A.V.E. Productions Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover Edition Limited to 1,200 | SOLD OUT

Saturn's Core Audio & Video | 2020 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Mail Order Murder: The Story of W.A.V.E. Productions is the first true and uncensored account of the New Jersey based horror and custom video movie studio W.A.V.E. Productions. Since its start in 1987, W.A.V.E. founder/director Gary Whitson has produced a staggering filmography of over 400 shot on video features by allowing his fans to script and finance their custom movies specifically tailored to satiate their own idiosyncratic video obsessions. In this all-new documentary, directors Ross Snyder and William Hellfire chart the history and subsequent 30 year phenomenon of W.A.V.E. Productions with in-depth and candid interviews from a multitude of Gary's stars and collaborators, including Tina Krause, Pamela Sutch, Debbie D, Dave Castiglione, Laura Giglio, Deanna Demko, Aven Warren, Clancy McCauley and many more.

Documentary

For Those Who Think Young Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1964 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 22, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

When the Silver Palms, a popular after school hangout for a group of surfing college kids, is threatened with closure, a group of teenagers will do anything to keep it open, even blackmail.

Comedy

Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2021 | 87 min | Rated R | Aug 10, 2021 | Randy Miller III

Inspired by the iconic mid-1990s DC story from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two continues as the Holiday Killer is still at large and, with Bruce Wayne under the spell of the venomous Poison Ivy, Batman is nowhere to be found. Liberated by an unlikely ally, Bruce quickly uncovers the real culprit: Poison Ivy’s employer Carmine Falcone. The Roman, his ranks decimated by Holiday and his business spinning out of control, has been forced to bring on less desirable partners – Gotham City’s rogues’ gallery. In the meantime, Harvey Dent is confronting battles on two fronts: attempting to end the mob war while also dealing with a strained marriage. And, after an attack that leaves Harvey hideously disfigured, the District Attorney unleashes the duality of his psyche that he’s strived his entire life to suppress. Now, as Two-Face, Dent decides to take the law into his own hands and deliver judgment to those who’ve wronged him, his family and all of Gotham. Ultimately, the Dark Knight must put together the tragic pieces that converged to create Two-Face, the Holiday Killer, Batman and Gotham City itself.

Action / Animation / Crime / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Mirror Blu-ray Movie  

Зеркало / Zerkalo

Criterion | 1975 | 107 min | Not rated | Jul 06, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Writer-director Andrei Tarkovsky draws on episodes from his own life in this story of a dying man reflecting on his relationships with his parents, wife and son. The film includes a number of reflections on the Russian people and their history, using the life of one man to consider the Russian experience from the Second World War through to the end of the Stalinist period.

Biography / Drama / History / Foreign

Born for Hell Blu-ray Movie  

Naked Massacre / Die Hinrichtung

Severin Films | 1976 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 92 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.

Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Annie Get Your Gun Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1950 | 108 min | Not rated | Apr 20, 2021 | Randy Miller III

The story of the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, who rises to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.

Biography / Comedy / Musical / Romance / Western

The Dead Zone Blu-ray Movie  

Remastered | Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1983 | 104 min | Rated R | Jul 27, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson

When Johnny Smith awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities. Heartbroken that his girlfriend has moved on with her life, Johnny also must contend with his unsettling powers, which allow him to see a person's future with a mere touch.

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

The House of Usher Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome Archive

Vinegar Syndrome | 1989 | 92 min | Rated R | Jan 26, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Ryan Usher and his girlfriend Molly visit the remote estate of his uncle Roderick, who plots to get rid of his nephew and use Molly to carry on the family bloodline while at the same time keeping his deranged brother hidden in the attic.

Horror

Flight to Mars Blu-ray Movie  

The Film Detective | 1951 | 72 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Four scientists and a newsman (Cameron Mitchell) crash-land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.

Sci-Fi

Brotherhood of the Wolf Blu-ray Movie  

Le pacte des loups | Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 2001 | 151 min | Unrated | Jul 27, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Set in 1765, during the reign of Louis XV, an epic adventure based in part on a well-known French legend. In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is leaving a trail of mutilated corpses across the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a seemingly near-human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. Desperate to end the growing unrest of the populace, the King sends in a renowned scientist and his Haudenosaunee blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may finally bring the beast down. But what these men find, when finally confronted with the true nature of the beast, is more shocking than anyone could have anticipated.

Action / Adventure / History / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign / Melodrama

Hanger Blu-ray Movie  

2 Disc Collector's Edition

Unearthed Films | 2009 | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A pregnant prostitute is forced to have a brutal abortion in a dark back alley, an act of sheer violence that will eventually lead to a bloody revenge.

Comedy / Horror

High School Fantasies Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover Edition | Limited to 2,000

Vinegar Syndrome | 1974 | 70 min | Rated X | Dec 29, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Freddie is the school nerd and can’t seem to score a date with any of the girls, let alone with heartthrob Mary-Lou, who would rather go out with class clown and bad boy Buddy, who himself is more interested in playing practical jokes with his best friend Moose. But their "harmless" pranks only get them into perpetual trouble with their stern teacher, who has her own special way of dishing out corporal punishment. With senior prom around the corner, Freddie decides that he needs to get a date with Mary-Lou and becomes determined to win her affection at any cost.

Comedy / Erotic