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Blu-ray Sales: October 25-31: Masters of the Universe Not Frightened by Frankenstein
Posted November 9, 2026 03:22 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on October 31st, Alliance Entertainment's Masters of the Universe (2026) remained atop the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts in its second week, fending off the Criterion Collection's new release of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025), which took second place. Third place on all charts went to The Frighteners, which was released on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD by Arrow Video this week.
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This Week on Blu-ray: November 9-15
Posted November 8, 2026 07:48 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 9th, the Criterion Collection will release Blue Heron on Blu-ray, as well as Shoot the Piano Player and Marie Antoinette (2006) on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Other new releases include The Apothecary Diaries: Season 2 from Crunchyroll, Call of the Night: Season 2 from Sentai Filmworks and Mad Bills to Pay from Oscilloscope Laboratories. Catalog titles include Blu-rays for Lock Up: Season 1, Volume 1 from ClassicFlix and Miranda from Cult Films, as well as 4K UHD releases for Planet of the Vampires from Radiance Films, Above the Law from Toy Robot Video, Four Rooms from Kino Lorber, Con Air from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Memoirs of a Geisha from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Lovely Bones from Paramount Home Media Distribution and Paddington from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
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The Big Combo 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 6, 2026 05:54 AM by Webmaster
Ignite Films will issue standard 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray editions of Joseph H. Lewis' classic film noir The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, and Robert Middleton. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 15.
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Resident Evil (2026) 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:31 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Zach Cregger's Resident Evil (2026), starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser, and Will Merrick. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 29.
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Big Jake 55th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:30 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of George Sherman's Big Jake (1971), starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, and Bruce Cabot. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 19th.
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El Dorado 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 2, 2026 08:31 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Howard Hawks' El Dorado (1966), starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, and Paul Fix. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 26.
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Futurama: Volume 8 Blu-ray
Posted October 14, 2013 04:00 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Futurama: Volume 8. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on December 10th.
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The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season Blu-ray
Posted October 14, 2013 03:54 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on December 3rd.
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Crystal Fairy Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted October 14, 2013 03:23 PM by Webmaster
IFC Films and MPI Home Video will bring to Blu-ray Chilean director Sebastián Silva's adventure comedy Crystal Fairy (2013), starring Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, and Juan Andrés Silva. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on November 19th.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Selected Horror-Movie Titles (Expired)
Posted October 13, 2013 09:22 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects selected horror-movie titles from the Weinstein Company and Scream Factory. The six sale items include From Beyond, Grindhouse and Halloween. Through October 19th, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray for 48% - 55% off its standard MSRP.
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This Week on Blu-ray: October 15-22
Posted October 13, 2013 01:09 AM by Josh Katz
For the week of October 15th, Fox Home Entertainment is bringing The Heat to Blu-ray. Other titles include Magnolia's A Hijacking, Johnnie To's Drug War actioner, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness and Georges Franju's Eyes without a Face, Orson Welles' The Stranger, Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western High Plains Drifter, and both versions of the erotic thriller Embrace of the Vampire.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Oka!
Posted October 11, 2013 07:48 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Well Go USA are offering three members a chance to win a copy of Oka!. This unusual film is based on the real life story of musicologist Louis Sarno, who has lived with the Bayaka Pygmy tribe for over 25 years. The film features an exceptional soundtrack full of ethnic African music and lush cinematography by Conrad W. Hall (Conrad Hall's son). Oka! streets on October 22.
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Flicker Alley Details Cinerama Holiday and South Seas Adventure
Posted October 11, 2013 02:56 PM by Webmaster
Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. have officially announced the home video digital premieres of Cinerama Holiday (1955) and South Seas Adventure (1958). Both films will be released in Deluxe Combo Blu-ray/DVD editions in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of Pacific Theatres' historic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Pacific Rim
Posted October 11, 2013 02:15 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of director Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini and Ron Perlman. The action-packed sci-fi spectacle arrives on Blu-ray via 3D and 2D combo packs on October 15th.
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The Ultimate Life Blu-ray
Posted October 10, 2013 05:50 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director Michael Landon Jr.'s The Ultimate Life (2013), starring Logan Bartholomew, Peter Fonda, Ali Hillis, Lee Meriwether, and Drew Waters. The release will be available for purchase on December 10th.
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First Look at David O. Russell's American Hustle
Posted October 10, 2013 05:06 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures has released the first official teaser trailer for director David O. Russell's (Silver Linings Playbook) latest project, American Hustle (2013), starring Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, and Elisabeth Röhm. The film is set to open in select theaters across the United States on December 13th.
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Koch Media Details Streets of Fire and Cat People
Posted October 10, 2013 04:55 PM by Webmaster
German label Koch Media has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray releases of Walter Hill's Streets of Fire (1984), starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, and Rick Moranis, and Paul Schrader's Cat People (1982), starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, and John Heard. The two releases will be available for purchase in Germany on November 8th.
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First Look at Joey Figueroa and Zak Knutson's Milius
Posted October 10, 2013 04:33 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal has sent us the official UK trailer for Joey Figueroa and Zak Knutson's documentary Milius (2013). The film chronicles the life story of one of the most influential and controversial film directors in the history of Hollywood, and is set to open in theaters across the United Kingdom on November 1.
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Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday Blu-ray
Posted October 10, 2013 04:06 PM by Webmaster
Eagle Rock Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday. A must-see for any Deadhead, Move Me Brightly is a film based around a unique musical gathering held to mark what would have been Jerry Garcia's 70th birthday at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, California. Street date is October 29th.
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Magnolia to Release Gabriela Cowperthwaite's Blackfish (Updated)
Posted October 10, 2013 02:48 PM by Webmaster
Magnolia Pictures has revealed that it plans to release on Blu-ray Gabriela Cowperthwaite's documentary film Blackfish (2013). Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Blackfish will be available for purchase on November 12th.
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Dragon Ball Z: Season 1 Uncut Blu-ray
Posted October 10, 2013 11:24 AM by Webmaster
FUNimation Entertainment has detailed the Blu-ray release of Dragon Ball Z: Season 1, which features the first 39 episodes of the classic anime series, presented in remastered high definition. The 4-disc Season 1 set arrives on Blu-ray on December 31st.
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Nura Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital, Set 1 Blu-ray
Posted October 10, 2013 11:04 AM by Webmaster
Early next year, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and VIZ Media are releasing the next 12-episode installment of Studio Deen's anime series, Nura Rise of the Yokai Clan. The first half of the second season, Demon Capital, Set 1, is based on Hiroshi Shiibashi's Nura manga of the same name, and arrives on January 28, 2014.
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Exclusive Giveaway: The Colony (2013)
Posted October 10, 2013 10:43 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Image Entertainment are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of director/co-writer Jeff Renfroe's The Colony (2013), starring Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead). The science fiction thriller streets on October 15th.
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Upcoming Cohen Media Releases
Posted October 10, 2013 01:24 AM by Webmaster
Cohen Media Group has revealed that it plans to add four titles to its catalog in January, 2014: Jean-Luc Godard's Je vous salue, Marie a.k.a Hail Mary (1985) and For Ever Mozart (1996), Italian director Emanuele Crialese's Terraferma (2011), and French director Eric Valette's La proie a.k.a The Prey (2011).
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Stop-Loss Blu-ray
Posted October 10, 2013 01:07 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release writer/director Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss on Blu-ray as part of its 600-title distribution deal with Paramount. The wartime drama stars Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum, and streets on February 4, 2014.
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Blu-ray Sales, Sept. 30-Oct. 6: The Little Mermaid Swims Up the HD Chart
Posted October 9, 2013 11:54 PM by Josh Katz
For the week that ended on October 6th, Disney scored the top figures on the Blu-ray media chart its release of The Little Mermaid. This 1989 animated classic revitalized Disney's feature animation department and proved an enduring success for the studio - the film made over $211 million worldwide (almost $400 million, when adjusted for inflation) and continues to attract new fans on the home media platform.
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Music Box Acquires Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Penance
Posted October 9, 2013 06:11 PM by Webmaster
Chicago-based distributors Music Box Films have acquired all distribution rights to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's thriller Penance for the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Ireland. The company plans a theatrical release in early summer 2014, followed by a home video release.
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First U.S. Trailer for Claire Denis' Bastards
Posted October 9, 2013 05:29 PM by Webmaster
Sundance Selects/IFC Films have released the first official U.S. trailer for acclaimed director Claire Denis' latest film Les salauds a.k.a Bastards (2013), starring Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Julie Bataille, Michel Subor, and Lola Créton. The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival earlier this month.
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Angry Birds Toons: Season One - Volume One Blu-ray
Posted October 9, 2013 04:50 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Angry Birds Toons: Season One - Volume One. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on December 3rd.
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Prince Avalanche Blu-ray
Posted October 9, 2013 04:16 PM by Webmaster
Magnolia Pictures has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche (2013), starring Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, and Joyce Payne. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on November 12th.
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Adore Blu-ray
Posted October 9, 2013 04:08 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Anne Fontaine's Adore a.k.a Perfect Mothers (2013), starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, and James Frecheville. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on December 10th.
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The Visitor (1979) Blu-ray
Posted October 9, 2013 02:15 PM by Webmaster
Drafthouse Films has announced the Blu-ray release of the full-length cut of the 1979 sci-fi/horror hybrid The Visitor, starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Franco Nero and Sam Peckinpah. The film is also being re-released in theaters for a limited engagement in major markets this Halloween. The Blu-ray edition is set to follow in January, 2014.
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Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne, Set 2 Blu-ray
Posted October 9, 2013 12:58 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and VIZ Media have announced the Blu-ray release of Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne, Set 2 (Rinne no Raguranje), which features the second 12-episode installment of the Studio Xebec/Production I.G. anime from director Tatsuo Sato (Ninja Scroll: The Series). The second volume of the mecha anime series arrives on Blu-ray on January 7, 2014.
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Blu-ray
Posted October 8, 2013 08:15 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray releases of director Thor Freudenthal's Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, and Brandon T. Jackson. The releases will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on December 17th.
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Metallica: Through the Never Blu-ray Gets UK Release Date
Posted October 8, 2013 05:09 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Entertainment One will bring to Blu-ray director Nimrod Antal's (Kontroll) highly anticipated 3D film Metallica: Through the Never. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is January 27th. Metallica Through the Never is produced by Charlotte Huggins.
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Drafthouse Films Prepping Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45 for Blu-ray
Posted October 8, 2013 04:52 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Drafthouse Films have confirmed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray director Abel Ferrara's cult thriller Ms. 45 (1981), starring Zoë Lund, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto, and Helen McGara. Remastered in HD from the original negative materials, the film will return to theaters this December, and will make its debut on Blu-ray, fully uncut, next year.