This Week on Blu-ray: October 12-18

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This Week on Blu-ray: October 12-18

Posted October 11, 2026 09:26 PM by Sean Greenwood

For the week of October 12th, Arrow Video has a remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Tony Scott's The Last Boy Scout (1991), starring Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negrón and Danielle Harris. Sourced from a new 4K master by Warner Bros. (approved by director of photography Ward Russell), Arrow presents The Last Boy Scout with a choice of original lossless stereo, a legacy DTS-HD MA 5.1 remix or a new Dolby Atmos remix and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include a new audio commentary with film critics Josh Nelson and Martyn Pedler, new interviews with screenwriter Shane Black and Danielle Harris,a new appreciation with film historian Stéphane Moďssakis (editor of Tony Scott: The Style and the Substance), a 2025 interview with Shane Black at the American Cinematheque, extended and alternate scenes, screenplay and image galleries and two theatrical trailers. Limited edition content includes a "collectors' booklet containing new writing on the film by critics Jedidiah Ayres, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Justin LaLiberty, Andrew Male and Priscilla Page" a double-sided, fold-out poster and a reversible cover with a choice of two original artworks. For full release breakdowns, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.

Coming from Alliance Entertainment is a new 4K UHD edition of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub and Ken Leung. Originally released on Blu-ray and 4K UHD back in August 2026, this new 4K UHD edition is an Amazon Exclusive SteelBook with a second 4K UHD disc and a bonus disc of unspecified extras and a collector's booklet.

Also coming from Alliance is a Blu-ray box set for the Ultraman Legacy Collection (1966-1972), an Amazon exclusive, limited edition 18-disc set collecting the previously-released Ultraman: The Complete Series, Ultraseven: The Complete Series and The Return of Ultraman: The Complete Series. The discs are packaged together with an exclusive gold vinyl Ultraman figurine from Handmade by Robots, and a 28-page episode guide with a new introduction by Keith Aiken of SciFiJapan.com.

Coming from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are SteelBooks for Sébastien Vanicek's Evil Dead Burn, starring Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand and Maude Davey, as well as Craig Gillespie's Supergirl (2026), starring Milly Alcock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, David Corenswet and Jason Momoa. Both films had been released on Blu-ray and 4K UHD last month. For full release breakdowns, read Randy Miller's Evil Dead Burn 4K UHD SteelBook review and Supergirl 4K UHD SteelBook review.

Also coming from Warner is the 4K UHD box set Essential Holiday Collection (1983-2004), a four-disc set collecting the previously-released 4K UHD releases of A Christmas Story (1983), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Elf (2003) and The Polar Express (2004). Click on the linked titles to see reviews of each individual edition.

Coming to Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection is a Blu-ray upgrade for the box set Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller (1949-1951), a two-disc set with Fuller's films I Shot Jesse James (1949), starring Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, J. Edward Bromberg and Victor Kilian, The Baron of Arizona (1950), starring Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff, Beulah Bondi, Reed Hadley and Robert H. Barrat and The Steel Helmet (1951). starring Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, Richard Loo and Sid Melton. Extras include an essay by film critic Nick Pinkerton.

Also coming to Blu-ray from Criterion is Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout (1978), starring Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry and Julian Hough. Sourced from a 2K master (approved by Jerzy Skolimowski and director of photography Mike Molloy), Criterion presents The Shout with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Surround audio. Extras include new interviews with Skolimowski and producer Jeremy Thomas, excerpts from Skolimowski's appearance at the 1997 Midnight Sun Festival and the UK television program On the Set of "The Shout" (1977). Also included is an essay by scholar Leo Goldsmith.

Coming to 4K UHD combo pack from Kino Lorber is James Goldstone's Rollercoaster (1977), starring George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino and Susan Strasberg. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Rollercoaster with a choice of DTS-HD MA 2.1 Sensurround, 5.1 or 2.0 Mono audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a second Blu-ray disc with the unrated cut of the film, two new audio commentaries on the theatrical version: one with film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson and another with writers / producers / historians C. Courtney Joyner, David Breckman and Phoef Sutton, the documentary The 1970s: A Rollercoaster of Disasters (2018),an interview with writer Tommy Cook and a newly-remastered theatrical trailer.

Coming from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is a new Blu-ray edition of Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez's The Blair Witch Project (1999), starring Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, Bob Griffin, Jim King and Sandra Sánchez. Sourced from new "filmmaker-approved 2024 theatrical and festival cuts restored from original Hi8 tapes and 16mm film...plus the original-release version", Lionsgate presents The Blair Witch Project in a two-disc set with DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio. Extras include new interviews with the filmmakers and actors Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams, six new featurettes, filmmaker audio commentary, deleted scenes, alternate endings, archival featurettes and interviews, B-Roll and theatrical trailers.

Also coming from Lionsgate is a box set for Rob Zombie's Firefly Trilogy (2003-2019), an eight-disc Blu-ray and 4K UHD set featuring the 4K UHD premiere of House of 1000 Corpses (with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc), as well as the existing 4K UHD discs of The Devil's Rejects (2005) and 3 From Hell (2019). Also included is the unrated cut of The Devil's Rejects on Blu-ray, as well as the documentaries 30 Days in Hell: The Making of The Devilʼs Rejects and To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 from Hell, amongst other extras. Packaging includes a photography book curated by Rob Zombie, as well as art cards and a collectible poster.

Finally from Lionsgate is a 4K UHD upgrade for Darren Lynn Bousman's Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), starring Alexa PenaVega, Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head, Terrance Zdunich, Bill Moseley and Kevin 'ohGr' Ogilvie. Sourced from a "new remaster approved by director Darren Lynn Bousman" Lionsgate presents Repo! The Genetic Opera with a new Dolby Atmos audio remix and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary with Darren Lynn Bousman and co-creators Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunicho, a new interview with Bousman, the featurettes Repo! This Movie: The Anatomy of a Cult and Addicted to the Shadowcast, two archival audio commentaries, deleted scenes and select-scene commentary both with Bouseman and Paris Hilton, archival featurettes, a poster gallery and a theatrical trailer.

Note: Lionsgate's new releases of The Blair Witch Project and Repo! The Genetic Opera are exclusive to the Lionsgate Limited website, while Rob Zombie's Firefly Trilogy is currently exclusive to Amazon.

Coming to 4K UHD from Shout Factory is a box set for Eli Roth's Hostel / Hostel: Part II (2005-2007), a five-disc set with the 4K UHD premieres of Hostel (2005) and Hostel Part II (2007) both in their Unrated versions, from a new scan of the original camera negative (Hostel) or a new restoration from the digital interpositve (Hostel Part II), approved by Eli Roth, with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD discs. Extras include new introductions to both films by Eli Roth, seven audio commentaries across the two films, a bonus Blu-ray disc with Roth's video journals from both films, featurettes, interviews, deleted scenes, trailers and more. Packaging includes SteelBooks for each film and a recreation of Roth's personal journal.

Finally this week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has a 4K UHD upgrade for Julius Avery's The Pope's Exorcist (2023), starring Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alexandra Essoe, Franco Nero, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney and Laurel Marsden. Sony presents The Pope's Exorcist with Dolby Vision HDR and the film's Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include two featurettes and the addition of the film's theatrical trailer. Packaging features a slipcover.