For the week of January 8th, RLJE Films will release on Blu-ray Joe Lynch's Suitable Flesh, starring Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Barbara Crampton, Bruce Davison, Johnathon Schaech and Giovannie Cruz.
Description: Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. But it leads her into dark occult danger as she tries to escape a horrific fate. Based on a Story by H.P. Lovecraft.
RLJE Films' Blu-ray of Suitable Flesh contains filmmaker commentary, a conversation with composer Steve Moore, a behind-the-scenes featurette, a blooper reel and a storyboard to screen featurette.
This week, Kino Lorber have a number of titles coming to Blu-ray, they are:
The Blu-ray box set Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVI (1942-1951), which features Phil Rosen's The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942), Lewis Allen's Chicago Deadline (1949) and Joseph Pevney's Iron Man (1951). All three films feature new 2K masters and new audio commentaries with film historians / critics, as well as newly remastered theatrical trailers for The Mystery of Marie Roget and Chicago Deadline.
Douglas Sirk's Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952), starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn, Gigi Perreau, Lynn Bari and William Reynolds. Kino's Blu-ray of Has Anybody Seen My Gal is sourced from a new 2K master. Extras include a new audio commentary with Piper Laurie (moderated by film critic / historian Lee Gambin), the legacy featurette Fun on the Lot (2008) and a newly remastered theatrical trailer.
Special edition re-releases of Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) and Norman Panama's The Road to Hong Kong (1962). Both films contain new audio commentaries, as well as theatrical trailers.
Joseph Sargent's The Hell with Heroes (1968), starring Rod Taylor, Claudia Cardinale, Harry Guardino, Kevin McCarthy, Pete Duel and William Marshall. Kino's Blu-ray of The Hell with Heroes is sourced from a new 2K master. Extras include a new audio commentary with filmmaker / historian Steve Mitchell and author Steven Jay Rubin (Combat Films: American Realism) and a newly remastered theatrical trailer.
Jacques Deray's The Outside Man (AKA Un homme est mort) (1973), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Georgia Engel and Felice Orlandi. Kino's Blu-ray of The Outside Man is sourced from a new 4K master prepared by Gaumont and contains both the English and French versions of the film in a a 2xBD-50 set. Extras include a new audio commentary with film historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson, and theatrical trailers for both versions of the film.
Ted Kotcheff's Split Image (1982), starring Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Dennehy. Kino's Blu-ray of Split Image is sourced from a new 2K master. Extras include a new audio commentary with film historian / filmmaker Daniel Kremer and a newly remastered theatrical trailer.
Coming to Blu-ray from BBC Home Entertainment is Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (1967), starring Patrick Troughton, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Joseph Fürst and Colin Jeavons. The BBC presents Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace as an animated reconstruction of all four episodes. Extras include the surviving original episodes 2 and 3, photographic reconstructions of episodes 1 and 4, audio commentaries, Australian censored scenes and more.
Coming to Blu-ray from Shout is J. Lee Thompson's St. Ives (1976), starring Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino and Harris Yulin. Shout's Blu-ray of St. Ives is sourced from a new 2023 scan of an interpositive. Extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette and a theatrical trailer.
Also coming to Blu-ray from Shout is Don Siegel's Telefon (1977), starring Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Alan Badel and Patrick Magee. Shout's Blu-ray of Telefon is sourced from a new 2023 scan of an interpositive. Extras include a theatrical trailer.
Coming to 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's Blood Simple (1984), starring Dan Hedaya, Frances McDormand, John Getz, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams and Raquel Gavia. Sourced from a 4K master (approved by cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld and filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen), Criterion presents Blood Simple with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. A Blu-ray disc includes Criterion's extras, including Shooting Blood Simple, a conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens, interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound editor Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh and trailers. A leaflet includes an essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich.
Coming to Blu-ray from Paramount Home Media Distribution is Robert Townsend's Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987). The filmed stand-up special is making its worldwide debut on Blu-ray.
Also coming from Paramount is a 4K UHD upgrade for Brian Robbins' Varsity Blues (1999), starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, Scott Caan and Richard Lineback. Sourced from a new 4K master, Paramount presents Varsity Blues with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras on an included Blu-ray include filmmaker commentary, four featurettes and a theatrical trailer.
Coming to 4K UHD from Decal Releasing and NEON is Park Chan-wook's Oldboy (올드보이) (2003), starring Choi Min-sik, Kang Hye-jeong, Yoo Ji-tae, Jin-seo Yoon, Dal-su Oh and Kim Byeong-Ok. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative (supervised by director Park Chan-wook), Decal and NEON present Oldboy with Dolby Vision HDR and Korean: DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 tracks. Extras on the 4K UHD disc include three legacy audio commentaries and a music and effects track, while an included Blu-ray features the documentary Old Days: An Oldboy Story (2016) the Autobiography of Oldboy video diary (2006), a new interview with Park Chan-wook and Nicolas Winding Refn, deleted scenes with optional commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, interviews and more. Limited edition packaging includes a 68-page casebound book, essays by Stephanie Zacharek, David Sims and Phoebe Chen and six gift-wrapped collector cards.
Finally this week, Maasacre Video have a 4K UHD upgrade for Uwe Boll's BloodRayne (2005), starring Kristanna Loken, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Will Sanderson, Geraldine Chaplin and Udo Kier. Sourced from a new 4K master, Massacre Video presents BloodRayne with an HDR grade approved by the director. Extras include new filmmaker commentary, the unrated cut of the film, deleted and extended scenes, interviews, behind-the-scenes and more.