Posted October 26, 2026 03:30 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of October 26th, Arrow Video has a remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Peter Jackson's The Frighteners (1996), starring Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs and Dee Wallace. Sourced from a new 4K master by Germany's Turbine Medien (with the approval of Peter Jackson), Arrow presents The Frighteners in both its 110-minute theatrical version (featuring both cinema and home video DTS-HD MA 5.1 or DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio) and 122-minute director's cut (featuring a new Dolby Atmos remix, original DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio or a DTS-HD MA 5.1 home video mix), in their original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. A second Blu-ray disc includes both cuts of the film in an open-matte 1.78:1 aspect ratio. Extras include the 2022 documentary No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at The Frighteners, a 2022 interview with creature and miniature effects supervisor Richard Taylor and Alexandre Poncet, audio commentary with Peter Jackson, a 10th anniversary introduction with Jackson, the 225-minute documentary The Making of The Frighteners (1998), an mage gallery and a theatrical trailer. Limited edition content includes a "collectors' booklet featuring Peter Jackson's 1998 introduction to the LaserDisc release, original production notes, and two 1996 articles from American Cinematographer". For full release breakdowns, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Also coming on Blu-ray from Arrow is the box set Enter the Video Store: Video Vengeance (1987-1993), a five-disc set featuring Cullen Blaine's R.O.T.O.R. (1987), starring Margaret Trigg, Richard Gesswein, Jayne Smith, James Cole, Clark Moore and Carroll Brandon Baker, Peter Maris' Ministry of Vengeance (1989), starring John Schneider, Ken Abraham, Ned Beatty, George Kennedy, Brodie Greer and Yaphet Kotto, Mario DiLeo's The Final Alliance (1990), starring David Hasselhoff, Bo Hopkins, John Saxon, Jeanie Moore, Len Sparrowhawk, Frank Notaro, Peter Maris' Hangfire (1991), starring Brad Davis, Ken Foree, Kim Delaney, Lee de Broux, Jan-Michael Vincent and James Tolkan and Vic Armstrong's Joshua Tree (AKA Army of One) (1993), starring Dolph Lundgren, George Segal, Geoffrey Lewis, Michelle Phillips, Beau Starr and Ken Foree. Sourced from an HD master (R.O.T.O.R.), a 2K scan of the 35mm interpositive (Ministry of Vengeance, The Final Alliance, Hangfire) and a 2K scan of the 35mm camera negative, (Joshua Tree), Arrow presents the five films of Enter the Video Store: Video Vengeance with original lossless mono or stereo audio tracks. Extras include the unrated Army of One cut of Joshua Tree, new audio commentaries on all films except Joshua Tree, new interviews with Bill Blair, John Schneider, Ken Foree (on Hangfire), Vic Armstrong, director of photography Mark Morris (on Ministry of Vengeance and Hangfire) and co-writer / co-producer Harel Goldstein (on The Final Alliance), the bonus feature film Interzone (1989) (presented in SD), new featurettes on the Vietnam veteran genre, the history of the direct-to-video boom and the history of "Robo Schlock", archival audio commentary on Joshua Tree with Vic Armstrong and producer Andy Armstrong, archival interviews with Vic and Andy Armstrong, an alternate ending for Joshua Tree with optional commentary by Vic and Andy Armstrong, the archive featurette A Look Back at the Joshua Tree, image galleries for all five films and trailers for all films except Hangfire. Limited edition content includes a "collectors' perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by Paul Lê, Jennie Kermode, Yasmina Ketita, Russell Lee and John Torrani, plus select archival material. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
New on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection is Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025), starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Charles Dance and Christoph Waltz.
Description: Guillermo del Toro's spellbinding take on one of the most enduring of all modern myths, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, imbues the classic tale with new depths of humanity while pushing it toward dazzling heights of gothic grandeur. Shifting between the perspectives of the brilliant but callous Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) and the creature (Jacob Elordi) he fashions from flesh and then cruelly mistreats, del Toro movingly reframes the legend as a story of fathers and sons struggling to break free from cycles of trauma. A decades-in-the-making triumph of darkly ravishing visual invention and operatic storytelling, and the winner of multiple Oscars, Frankenstein is a deeply personal statement from a director who has long been drawn to the realm where men and monsters merge.
Criterion presents Frankenstein in both its theatrical version and Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut a new extended director's cut, both with Dolby Atmos audio (as well as English descriptive audio and English SDH subtitles) and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD discs. Extras include audio commentary on the director's cut with Guillermo del Toro, the making of documentary The Anatomy Lesson: Director's Cut, a collection of conversations on craft with del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, cinematographer Dan Laustsen, production designer Tamara Deverell, costume designer Kate Hawley and creature designer Mike Hill, Q&As moderated by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and musician Patti Smith, an interview with composer Alexandre Desplat and a trailer. Also included is an essay by scholar and author Christopher Frayling.
New on Blu-ray from Utopia Distribution is Mike Figgis' documentary Megadoc, starring Francis Ford Coppola.
Description: A raw, fly-on-the-wall documentary about Francis Ford Coppola's decades-long journey in creating his self-financed passion project, Megalopolis. The bold and unrelenting epic returns in Mike Figgis' portrait of Coppola's creative process—weaving together archival material, unfiltered cast interviews, and a close-up view of how the legendary filmmaker drew from Roman history, political allegory, and his own singular vision to shape the world of Megalopolis. This isn't a record of a production on the brink, it's a personal memoir unfolding in real time.
Utopia's Blu-ray of Megadoc contains a video interview with Mike Figgis, two photo galleries and a booklet with new writing by film critic Nick Newman.
New on Blu-ray from 1-2 Special is Ildikó Enyedi's Silent Friend, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Sylvester Groth and Johannes Hegemann.
Description: In this rapturous, spellbinding epic featuring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux, a 2020s neuroscientist, a 1970s scholar, and a 1900s student explore the hidden secrets of the natural world, connected across time and space by a majestic tree that bears witness to their lives. From the director of My Twentieth Century and the Oscar®-nominated On Body and Soul.
1-2 Special's Blu-ray of Silent Friend contains two interviews with Ildikó Enyedi, a screening for the 200-Year-Old Ginkgo tree in Sellye, Hungary and a trailer. Also included is a booklet with new writing by film critic Brandon Streussnig.
New on Blu-ray from Film Movement is Hiroshi Shoji's Tatsumi (辰巳), starring Yûya Endô, Kokoro Morita, Gorô Satô, Takenori Gotô, Tomoyuki Kuramoto and Ryô Matsumoto.
Description: Tatsumi, an unassuming fisherman, makes his real livelihood by cleaning up dead bodies for local yakuza gangs. When criminal intrigue leads to the vicious murder of his ex-girlfriend by one of the gangsters, it thrusts her hot-headed teenage sister Aoi (a tour de force by ingénue Kokoro Morita) onto an unbridled path of vengeance. With his own personal motives in tow, Tatsumi vows to mentor and protect Aoi to the bitter end of her blood-soaked crusade.
Film Movement's Blu-ray of Tatsumi contains a making of featurette. Also included is a 16-page booklet with an essay by film writer Hayley Scanlon.
Also coming from Film Movement is Abner Pastoll's A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019), starring Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson, Jane Brennan, Caolan Byrne and Packy Lee. Film Movement's Blu-ray contains audio commentary with Abner Pastoll, deleted scenes, an alternate opening, outtakes, a making-of featurette and behind-the-scenes footage. Also included is a 20-page booklet with essays by film writers Kat Hughes and Priscilla Page.
New on Blu-ray from Dark Sky Films is Taratoa Stappard's Mārama, starring Ariāna Osborne, Toby Stephens, Umi Myers, Erroll Shand, Evelyn Towersey and Jordan Mooney.
Description: 1859, North Yorkshire. When young Maori woman Mary arrives from New Zealand, she's trapped as governess to a wealthy whaler's granddaughter. Living among her ancestors' stolen artifacts, she uncovers Sir Cole's horrific crimes. Embracing her Matakite powers, Mary becomes Marama and must save Anne and avenge her family by destroying him.
Dark Sky's Blu-ray of Mārama contains four featurettes, behind-the-scenes footage of the musical score recording, a pre-production behind-the-scenes photo gallery and the short film Taumanu.
New on Blu-ray from Shudder is David Charbonier and Justin Powell's Push (2025), starring Alicia Sanz, David Alexander Flinn, Gore Abrams, Justin Marcel McManus, Cole Gleason and Raúl Castillo.
Description: When a violent attack at her open house sends her into premature labor, a pregnant realtor must find a way to escape before she gives birth. From the directors of The Boy Behind the Door.
Shudder's Blu-ray of Push contains audio commentary with David Charbonier and Justin Powell, deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes of the film's score. Also included is a booklet featuring new writing by film critic Rebecca Sayce.
New on Blu-ray from IFC Films is Austin Peters' Skincare, starring Elizabeth Banks, Lewis Pullman, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Luis Gerardo Méndez and Nathan Fillion.
Description: A celebrity aesthetician goes on an investigation across Hollywood as she becomes convinced a rival is out to sabotage her business and destroy her life. Starring Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games), Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry), Luis Gerrado Méndez (Club de Cuervos), and Nathan Fillion (Firefly).
IFC's Blu-ray of Skincare contains audio commentary with director / co-writer Austin Peters and cinematographer Christopher Ripley. Also included is a booklet with new writing by film critic Rachel Leishman.
New on Blu-ray from Brainstorm Media is Daniel J. Phillips' Diabolic, starring Elizabeth Cullen, John Kim, Mia Challis, Robin Goldsworthy and Genevieve Mooy.
Description: A woman must return to the fundamentalist compound where she was raised after she is haunted by the vengeful spirit of a cursed witch.
Brainstorm Media's Blu-ray of Diabolic contains three audio commentaries: one with Daniel J. Phillips, a second with Phillips and cinematographer Michael Tessari and a third with Phillips, composer Will Spartalis, editor Sean Lahiff and sound supervisor Hamish Keen. Also included is behind-the-scenes footage and a trailer.
Turning to catalog titles, Warner Archive Collection has several more coming to Blu-ray (including two complete TV series). They are:
Ernst Lubitsch's The Merry Widow (1934), starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel George Barbier and Minna Gombell. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original nitrate camera negative, Warner Archive presents The Merry Widow with DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio. Extras include Lubitsch's French-language version of the film La Veuve joyeuse (1935) (starring Chevalier and MacDonald, along with Danièle Parola, Marcel Vallée, Fifi D'Orsay and Pauline Garon), presented in HD from a rare surviving release print, with English subtitles. Also included is the original US trailer for The Merry Widow.
Jack Conway's Love Crazy (1941), starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson, Florence Bates and Sidney Blackmer. Sourced from 4K scans of safety preservation elements, Warner Archive presents Love Crazy with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the MGM Barney Bear cartoon The Rookie Bear, the MGM short film You Can't Fool a Camera (both 1941), a Lux Radio Theater adaptation with William Powell and Hedy Lamarr (1942), a Screen Director's Playhouse adaptation with William Powell (1949) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Vincent Sherman's Mr. Skeffington (1944), starring Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, Richard Waring, George Coulouris and Marjorie Riordan. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original nitrate camera negative, Warner Archive presents Mr. Skeffington with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include audio commentary with Vincent Sherman, the Looney Tunes cartoon Duck Soup to Nuts (1944), a Lux Radio Theater adaptation with Bette Davis and Paul Henreid (1945) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Compton Bennett's That Forsyte Woman (1949), starring Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young, Janet Leigh and Harry Davenport. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original Technicolor nitrate camera negative, Warner Archive presents That Forsyte Woman with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the MGM 25th anniversary featurette Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership, the Tom and Jerry cartoon Little Quacker (1950) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Richard Brooks' Blackboard Jungle (1955), starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, John Hoyt, Margaret Hayes and Richard Kiley. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, Warner Archive presents Blackboard Jungle with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include audio commentary with actors Paul Mazursky and Jamie Farr, Glenn Ford's son, Peter Ford and assistant director Joel Freeman, the MGM Droopy cartoon Blackboard Jumble (1957) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
A Blu-ray box set for Maverick: The Complete Series (1957-1962), starring James Garner, Jack Kelly, Roger Moore, Lane Chandler, Kathleen Crowley and Chubby Johnson. Sourced from new 2026 masters, Warner Archive presents all five seasons and 125-episodes of Maverick: The Complete Series in a 32-disc set with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include fve episodes presented with optional original vintage commercials (as seen during their initial broadcasts on ABC Television), including 8 special Jeep commercials featuring Buster Keaton's "Lessons in Living".
And finally from Warner Archive comes a Blu-ray box set for Forever: The Complete Series (2014-2015), starring Ioan Gruffudd, Alana de la Garza, Joel David Moore, Judd Hirsch, Lorraine Toussaint and MacKenzie Mauzy, Warner Archive presents Forever: The Complete Series in a six-disc set with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio.
Coming to 4K UHD combo pack from Kino Lorber is Martyn Burke's The Clown Murders (1976), starring Stephen Young, Susan Keller, Lawrence Dane, John Candy, Gary Reineke and John Bayliss. Sourced from a new 4K master, Kino presents The Clown Murders with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include two audio commentaries: one with Martyn Burke and executive producer Stephen Stohn and another with film historians Paul Corupe and Jason Pichonsky.
Coming to remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Kino is Tony Gilroy's Duplicity (2009), starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Dan Daily and Lisa Roberts Gillan. Sourced from a new a 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative (approved by Tony Gilroy), Kino presents Duplicity with lossless 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with writer / director Tony Gilroy and editor / co-producer John Gilroy, an interview with Dan Daily and a theatrical trailer.
Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Cinema Guild is Shinji Sômai's Moving (お引越し) (1993), starring Junko Sakurada, Kiichi Nakai, Tomoko Tabata, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Shinobu Chihara and Yûsuke Tomoi. Sourced from a new 4K master, Cinema Guild presents Moving with Japanese: DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio and optional English subtitles. Extras include the TV documentary The Making of Moving, an interview with Tomoko Tabata, an introduction by filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and a theatrical trailer. Also included is a booklet featuring an archival Director's Note by Shinji Somai.
Finally this week, Lionsgate Home Entertainment has a 4K UHD upgrade for Adele Lim's Joy Ride (2023), starring Stephanie Hsu, David Denman, Ashley Park, Desmond Chiam, Annie Mumolo and Chris Pang. Sourced from a 4K master, Lionsgate presentsJoy Ride with Dolby Vision HDR and the film's Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include A Grand Adventure: Making Joy Ride, a deleted scene, several featurettes and a theatrical trailer.