New Blu-ray Reviews

Demons of the Mind Blu-ray Movie  

Blood Evil / Blood Will Have Blood / Nightmare of Terror

Shout Factory | 1971 | 90 min | Rated R | Jan 14, 2020 | Dr. Stephen Larson

In the 19th century, a depraved baron confronts a hereditary curse by imprisoning his two adult children in the family castle. But when a nearby village is plagued by a series of sex murders, the killings trigger a mass hysteria of profane rituals and sadistic desires. Can these 'demons' be destroyed by a power beyond madness or will a final onslaught of evil demand that blood have blood?

Horror / Thriller

The Turning Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2020 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".

Drama / Horror

Journeys Through French Cinema Blu-ray Movie  

Voyages à travers le cinéma français

Cohen Media Group | 2017-2018 | 459 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

My Journey Through French Cinema (2016), Bertrand Tavernier's César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history, was too short to introduce audiences to all that he wanted to share. In this new eight-part series, the acclaimed director of such films as Coup de Torchon and Round Midnight guides us through a roster of filmmakers both influential and forgotten, explores how his country's cinema was shaped by the German occupation and changed again through the New Wave, spotlights little-known female filmmakers, and more. Subjects include: René Clément, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Julien Duvivier, Henri Decoin, Claude Autant-Lara, as well as composers who made movie music an art in and of itself, far from the Hollywood spotlight.

Documentary / Foreign

Soul 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 100 min | Rated PG | Mar 23, 2021 | Randy Miller III

A musician who has lost his passion for music is transported out of his body and must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music

Santo in The Treasure of Dracula Blu-ray Movie  

Santo en El Tesoro de Drácula / El Vampiro y El Sexo

VCI | 1968 | 91 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Santo travels to the past to seize the treasure of Count Dracula and distribute it to needy families in Mexico.

Action / Adventure / Horror / Foreign

The Fear Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome | 1995 | 102 min | Not rated | Feb 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

A weekend group goes to a remote cabin for "fear therapy". While each person is working to conquer their worst fears, they all become terrorized by a living monster made of wood which stalks each of them in turn.

Horror

Hitcher in the Dark Blu-ray Movie  

Paura nel buio / Slipcover in original pressing

Vinegar Syndrome | 1989 | 96 min | Not rated | Feb 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Mark, a disturbed young man, harbors sexual desires for his deceased mother. Driving around the back roads of Va. Beach, Mark seeks out lone females to carry out his twisted sexual fantasies. Enter Daniela, who bares a striking resemblance to mom, who happens to make the mistake of accepting a ride from Mark.

Thriller

Wild West Days Blu-ray Movie  

VCI | 1937 | 250 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

This action-packed serial presents the dangers, hardships, and glorious triumphs of the early western pioneers. Kentucky Wade and his two buddies ride to help a couple who are being threatened by outlaws. Kentucky and his pals also keep busy fighting their way across the plains and mountains to battle a tribe of Indians led by Red Hatchet. Shortly they also contend with false reports of a strike, which starts a gold rush and exciting hair-trigger action.

Action / Adventure / Western

The Bermuda Depths Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1978 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 97 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2021 | Randy Miller III

What secret lurks 20,000 feet below the waves in the paranormal realm called The Bermuda Triangle? That’s the question a scientist, his students and a young man haunted by nightmarish memories of his Bermuda childhood ask themselves. The answer involves a beauty who has sold her soul for eternal youth a. And a giant sea turtle that leaves death in its wake.

Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Russian Raid Blu-ray Movie    

Русский Рейд / Russkiy Reyd

Eureka Entertainment | 2020 | 103 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Nikita, a former Russian Spetsnaz operative, is hired to neutralize the large private security force at a local factory so that his shady employer can extort the business from the factory owner. But Nikita and his group of highly trained fighters get more than they bargained for when it turns out the factory is actually owned by a dangerous warlord connected to the Russian military. By the time the 'hostile takeover' is complete, Nikita reveals that he has orchestrated his own secret mission to take personal revenge on the most dangerous man in Russia.

Action / Foreign

Paracelsus Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1943 | 105 min | Not rated | Jun 30, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

G. W. Pabst's film about the 16th century German philosopher/doctor known as Paracelsus (actually born in Switzerland) is a well produced biopic with some surprises. For instance when Paracelsus gives credit to Gypsy (!) folk remedies or when an Expressionist dance (St. Vitus' Dance) symbolizes the entry of the plague into the closed town. The romantic subplot, straight out of Die Meistersinger, only adds to the usual discomfort of watching a Goebbels approved Nazi era production.

Biography / Drama / Foreign

Millennium Actress 4K Blu-ray Movie    

Collector's Edition | 千年女優 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Anime Ltd | 2001 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 25, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

When Studio Gin'ei commissions filmmaker Gen'ya Tachibana to make a documentary in commemoration of its 70th anniversary, he travels to a secluded mountain lodge to interview the idol of his youth, the enigmatic Chiyoko Fujiwara, who was the studio's leading lady from the 1930s until the 1960s. As Chiyoko reminisces about her life, Tachibana and his cameraman suddenly find themselves on a rich and dazzling journey through time. Chiyoko's films and personal memories intertwine with present events and stretch the boundaries of reality.

Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign / Surreal / Period

A Scream in the Streets Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1973 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Unrated | Mar 30, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to track down and arrest a brutal rapist-murderer terrorizing the city. Their job is complicated by the fact that the killer is able to avoid capture because he can pose as a woman.

Action / Crime

Soul Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 101 min | Rated PG | Mar 23, 2021 | Martin Liebman

A musician who has lost his passion for music is transported out of his body and must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music

Soul 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 101 min | Rated PG | Mar 23, 2021 | Martin Liebman

A musician who has lost his passion for music is transported out of his body and must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music

Soul 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 100 min | Rated PG | Mar 23, 2021 | Martin Liebman

A musician who has lost his passion for music is transported out of his body and must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music

Man of the East Blu-ray Movie  

E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico

Kino Lorber | 1972 | 125 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights, likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers, footpads all of them, shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work, until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton, who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.

Action / Comedy / Western / Foreign

Monster on the Campus Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1958 | 77 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson

The blood of a primitive fish exposed to gamma rays causes a benign research professor to regress to an ape-like, bloodthirsty prehistoric hominid.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Monos Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2019 | 102 min | Rated R | Dec 10, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

Drama / Thriller / Foreign

I Wish I Knew Blu-ray Movie  

海上传奇

Kino Lorber | 2010 | 119 min | Not rated | Apr 28, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

A portrait of Shanghai, China, a major metropolis that has undergone dramatic change since it opened as a trading port in the mid-1800s. Throughout the years, Shanghai has hosted all kinds of people--revolutionaries, capitalists, politicians, soldiers, artists, and gangsters. It has also been the backdrop for major revolutions, political assassinations, and lyrical love stories.

Documentary / History / Foreign