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Home- June 26, 2021
Martha: A Picture Story Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Utopia Distribution | 2019 | 85 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has become influential to the global movement of street artists.
Biography / Documentary
- June 25, 2021
Career Opportunities Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1991 | 83 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 22, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The life of a smooth-talking small-town guy with a knack for putting up a front--but no talent for holding down a job, suddenly takes a turn for the fantastic when he finds himself locked inside the local department store one night with the daughter of the town's wealthiest citizen.
Comedy / Romance
Nobody Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 92 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Dark humor
Nobody 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 92 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Dark humor
The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee: Collection 1 Blu-ray Movie
Castle of the Living Dead / Challenge the Devil / The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism / Theatre Macabre / Sherlock Holmes and The Deadly Necklace / Crypt of the Vampire / Blu-ray + CD
Severin Films | 1962-1972 | 6 Movies | 1042 min | Not rated | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Foreign
Castle of the Living Dead Blu-ray Movie
Il castello dei morti vivi / Crypt of Horror / Terror in the Crypt
Severin Films | 1964 | 90 min | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
An Italian horror film in which a witch curses a count, claiming one of his own children will avenge her death. Years later, he fears his own daughter may be the one.
Horror
Challenge the Devil Blu-ray Movie
Katarsis / Includes Relics from the Crypt
Severin Films | 1963 | 78 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A group of delinquent youths wind up at a remote castle where they spend a grueling night of horror after being challenged by the mysterious owner to find the body of his lost love.
Foreign
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism Blu-ray Movie
Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel | 4K Restoration
Severin Films | 1967 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.
Horror / Mystery / Foreign
Theatre Macabre Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1971-1972 | 619 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Foreign
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace Blu-ray Movie
Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes
Severin Films | 1962 | 84 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Sherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.
Mystery / Foreign
Crypt of the Vampire Blu-ray Movie
Terror in the Crypt
Severin Films | 1964 | 85 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Count Karnstein (Christopher Lee) sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor: Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill...
Horror / Supernatural
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1971 | 100 min | Rated G | Jun 29, 2021 | Randy Miller III
The story of Charlie Bucket, a little boy with no money and a good heart, who dreams wistfully of being able to buy the candy that other children enjoy. Charlie enters into a magical world when he wins one of five "Golden Tickets" to visit the mysterious chocolate factory owned by the eccentric Willy Wonka and run by his capable crew of Oompa-Loompas. Once behind the gates, a cast of characters join Charlie and Grandpa Joe on a journey to discover that a kind heart is a far finer possession than a sweet tooth.
Family / Fantasy / Musical
- June 24, 2021
Backdraft 4K Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary | Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1991 | 137 min | Rated R | Jun 01, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Psycho 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1960 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 109 min | Unrated | May 25, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000. On the run she checks into the remote Bates Motel, run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Strike Commando 2 Blu-ray Movie
Trappola diabolica
Severin Films | 1988 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 96 min | Not rated | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Michael Ransom's Vietnam squad leader, Vic Jenkins, is captured by terrorists demanding ten million dollars worth of diamonds in return for his release. Michael, reluctantly aided by local tough-girl Rosanna Boom, is dispatched by the C.I.A. to recapture Jenkins, and put a stop to his heroin-smuggling captors. But not all is as it appears.
Action / Adventure / War / Foreign
- June 23, 2021
Eye of the Tiger Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1986 | 92 min | Rated R | May 25, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Gary Busey plays Buck, a former Vietnam veteran/ex-con recently released from the state prison. He returns to the small Midwest town where he grew up only to discover the place overrun by a large motorcycle gang bent on causing trouble. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his young daughter, Busey, with the help from a fellow Vietnam vet, as well as his former cell-mate, a drug kingpin living in Miami, Buck arms himself to the teeth and wages a war against the motorcyclists to destroy them once and for all.
Action / Drama
Donny's Bar Mitzvah Blu-ray Movie
Circle Collective | 2021 | 79 min | Not rated | Jun 04, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Donny Drucker's 1998 Bar Mitzvah VHS Tape.
Comedy / Drama
Strike Commando Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1986 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 102 min | Not rated | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Sgt. Mike Ransom is a one-man war machine on a screaming-for-vengeance mission against brutal Vietcong, merciless Russians, double-crossing U.S. officers and acres of bullet-blasted Philippines jungle.
Action / War
Trackdown Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1976 | 98 min | Rated R | Jun 01, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow after her to make sure she doesn't get into trouble. He's a little too late, however, since almost as soon as she gets off the bus, Betsy has her belongings stolen, then gets kidnapped, gang-raped, and is sold to a pimp to work for him as a prostitute. It is now up to Jim, with help from social worker Lynn, to rescue his sister and set things right.
Action / Drama
Earwig and the Witch Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | アーヤと魔女 | Āya to Majo / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2020 | 82 min | Rated PG | Apr 06, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
It follows an orphan girl, Earwig, who is adopted by a witch and comes home to a spooky house filled with mystery and magic.
Anime / Family / Fantasy / Foreign