The Blu-ray set includes three horror films: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, and Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker - for under $25 from Lionsgate.
Prepare for a trilogy of pure terror with this collection of films from the Silent Night, Deadly Night series. In Better Watch Out!, it’s a very bloody Christmas after Ricky Caldwell, the notorious “Killer Santa Claus,” awakens from a six-year coma with one thing on his mind: murder. In Initiation, a reporter’s investigation into a mysterious death leads her into the clutches of a cult that’s chosen her as its new queen, and The Toy Maker stars entertainment legend Mickey Rooney as a toy maker whose creations display some very human – and deadly – tendencies.
The Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection - Vestron Video Collector's Series
SPECIAL FEATURES
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
• Audio Commentary with Film Historian Jarret Gahan
• “Outshine the Brain Cap” — An Interview with Actor Bill Moseley
• "Monte & Me” — An Interview with Creative Consultant Steven Gaydos
• “For a Live Audience: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3” — An Interview with Executive Producer Richard Gladstein
• Trailer
• Still Gallery
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation
• Audio Commentary with Director Brian Yuzna
• Our Man Ricky with Clint Howard
• “Ritualistic Behavior” — An Interview with Screenwriter Woody Keith
• “Twisted Visions” — An Interview with Surrealistic Design & Effects Artist Screaming Mad George
• "For a Live Audience: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4” — An Interview with Executive Producer Richard Gladstein
• Trailer
• Still Gallery
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
• Audio Commentary with Director-Cowriter Martin Kitrosser
• “The Best Presents” — An Interview with Producer-Cowriter Brian Yuzna
• “Pino’s Truth” — An Interview with Actor Brian Bremer
• “The Most Toys” — An Interview with Surrealistic Design & Effects Artist Screaming Mad George
• “For a Live Audience: Silent Night, Deadly Night 5” — An Interview with Executive Producer Richard Gladstein
• Trailer
• Still Gallery
The 3-Disc set features 1080p revealed, an English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, and suggested list price is $22.99.
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Besides Gilliam's comedy classic, this assortment of films include Bergman Island, This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection, Imitation of Life, and Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy.
Leading the charge on January 3 is The Adventures of Baron Munchausen on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray.
The boundless imagination of Terry Gilliam yields a dazzling fantasy of epic proportions. Inspired by the extravagant exploits of the fabled Baron Munchausen, this spectacle—born of a famously turbulent production—follows the whimsical eighteenth-century nobleman (John Neville) as he embarks on an outlandish quest that takes him from faraway lands to the moon to the belly of a sea monster and beyond, meanwhile waging battle against a vengeful sultan and the tyranny of logic. Packed frame to frame with special effects, mischievous wit, and colorful performances—including a young Sarah Polley as the Baron’s no-nonsense sidekick—the Oscar-nominated The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a lavish celebration of the triumph of make-believe over reality.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
1988 • 126 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • 1.85:1 aspect ratio
On the 10th comes the 1934 melodrama Imitation of Life from Director John M. Stahl.
Melodrama master John M. Stahl brings his exquisite restraint and almost spiritually pure visual style to this devastating, enduringly relevant story of mothers and daughters. Imitation of Life explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one (Claudette Colbert) a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, the other (Louise Beavers) her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter (Fredi Washington). It is this latter relationship—attuned to America’s bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington—that lends the film its transcendent emotional power. This first adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s best-selling novel boldly confronts the complexities and contradictions of racial identity, economic exploitation, and the limits of the American dream.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
1934 • 110 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio
A three-film set arrives on the 17th - Lars von Trier’s Europe Trilogy .
With his dazzling first three features, Lars von Trier sought nothing less than to map the soul of Europe—its troubled past, anxious present, and uncertain future. Linked by a fascination with hypnotic states and the mesmeric possibilities of cinema, the films that make up the Europe Trilogy—The Element of Crime, Epidemic, and Europa—filter the continent’s turbulent history, guilt, and traumas through the Danish provocateur’s audacious deconstructions of genres including film noir, melodrama, horror, and science fiction. Above all, they are bravura showcases for von Trier’s hallucinatory visuals, with each shot a tour de force of technical invention and dark imagination.
THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
THE ELEMENT OF CRIME
1984 • 103 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.89:1 aspect ratio
Lars von Trier’s stunning debut feature is a grungily expressionistic hallucination—a trancelike trawl through fractured memories, a murder mystery, and the psychic limbo of cultural displacement. From his exile in Cairo, a former police investigator (Michael Elphick) undergoes hypnosis in order to relive his memories of Europe and his last case, for which he went to dangerous lengths to enter into the mind of and catch a serial killer targeting children. Bathed in a sulfurous yellow glow pierced only by startling flashes of electric blue and red, The Element of Crime combines hard-boiled noir, dystopian science fiction, and dazzling operatic flourishes to yield a celluloid nightmare of terrifying beauty.
EPIDEMIC
1987 • 106 minutes • Color/Black & White • Monaural • In English and Danish with English subtitles • 1.66:1 aspect ratio
A jet-black comedy of contagion, a subversive medical-horror freak-out, and a sly metacinematic prank, Lars von Trier’s sophomore feature—born from a bet that he couldn’t make a film for less than $150,000—finds the director channeling his singular thematic obsessions into an evocatively lo-fi, perversely self-reflexive provocation. The filmmaker himself stars as a harried screenwriter whose efforts to complete a script about the outbreak of a deadly disease coincide with a grisly real-life plague. A twisted reflection on Europe’s haunted past—from the Black Death to World War II—and its scarred present, Epidemic is von Trier at his most idiosyncratic and audaciously experimental.
EUROPA
1991 • 112 minutes • Color/Black & White • Stereo • In English and German with English subtitles • 2.39:1 aspect ratio
“You will now listen to my voice . . . On the count of ten you will be in Europa.” The ominous, hypnotic induction by Max von Sydow inaugurates the entrancing final installment of Lars von Trier’s Europe Trilogy. An idealistic American (Jean-Marc Barr) travels to postwar Germany to take a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railways—and finds himself plunged into a murky, Kafkaesque world of intrigue and betrayal where the shadow of Nazism hovers menacingly over everything. With its ravishing cinematography (in black and white, color, and at times a stunning mix of both), dreamlike use of rear projections, and lush fusion of melodrama and noir conventions, Europa is a sublimely stylized cinematic fugue.
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection will be available on the 24th.
With a poet’s eye for place, light, and the spiritual dimensions of everyday existence, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese crafts a meditation on the concept of homeland and a transcendent elegy for what is lost in the name of progress. Grieving and alone following the deaths of her husband and children, elderly Mantoa (Mary Twala Mhlongo, in a soul-shaking end-of-life performance) prepares for her own death and to be buried alongside her ancestors. When plans for a new dam near her village in the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho threaten to literally wash away all she holds dear, Mantoa takes a last stand, mobilizing her neighbors to fight for their land and their way of life. The experience of watching Mosese’s visionary, much-lauded This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is as timeless and elemental as the land itself.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
2019 • 122 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • In Sesotho with English subtitles • 1.40:1 aspect ratio
And finally on the 31st arrives Bergman Island on Blu-ray.
Writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve embarks on a luminous summertime odyssey to the home of Ingmar Bergman for her seventh feature, a graceful, shape-shifting tale about the interplay of life and art and the ways in which stories are born. In search of inspiration for their current filmmaking projects, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and her partner (Tim Roth) travel to the remote island of Fårö, Sweden, where Bergman lived and worked for decades. There, the spirit of the cinema master looms as Chris confronts her complicated relationships to work, men, motherhood, and her artistic influences. Also featuring radiant performances from Mia Wasikowska and Anders Danielsen Lie, Bergman Island is a rich deconstruction of the mysteries of the creative process and the journey that every film takes from thought to page to screen.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL FEATURES
As soon as pre-orders become available we'll be sure to update the links on the site.
How did you fare from last week's retailer unique sales? Prime Early Access, Walmart's Rollback Specials, Best Buy, Target? I confess, I picked up a few things, but I did exercise some restraint.
Welcome to Volume 3 Episode 22 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc this week, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
There are three titles in the new releases category this week. First from Warner Bros, DC Animated Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons.
Next, from LionsGate, and the only direct way to get the film on 4K disc is via Best Buy, I am referring to Bodies Bodies Bodies. Glad there is at least an option for 4K, will Best Buy have it in stock?
And lastly from Sony, action comedy Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt. This one has a few options to pick from, the standard edition, the SteelBook Edition and the Walmart Exclusive Edition. I'm a fan of the swag in the SteelBook release, but I think I prefer the other covers.
And on to catalog titles. First from Scream Factory, The Return Of The Living Dead gets an upgrade.
From Kino Lorber, another 'Highly Recommended' release, Tropic Thunder.
New to this section (with their first 4K release), Full Moon Features is releasing Trancers this week. When I had heard this announcement, I never realized there were several sequels.
In a way it's a double-dip, but there's some interesting options available. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial celebrates 40 years with a standard release,a Target Exclusive SteelBook edition and a Walmart Exclusive Edition. If this makes any sense at all, the Amazon Exclusive swag-infused version is releasing on November 1st. Maybe the lunch boxes were delayed or something.
Lastly (and a double-dip at that), Punisher: War Zone gets a slipcover version SteelBook that is Only@Best Buy.
Next week: What's opposite of Yup? A classic studio with another collection, Odo's slang name, imagine this movie if he ran out of gasoline, and more!
Blu-ray counterparts first (as we do every week). Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons comes at ya via Warner Bros, LionsGate delivers Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sony Pictures rides the Bullet Train and Universal celebrates the 40th Anniversary (or birthday) of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
From Paramount, Orphan: First Kill, which takes place before the original Orphan movie from 2009. Animated family comedy Rumble also debuts to disc this week.
LionsGate this week has a thriller titled Fall. I know decisions are made on to 4K or not, but this one would probably look incredible with Dolby Vision. And a bit more in the comedy genre, Mack & Rita with Diane Keaton.
New comedy from Universal with Easter Sunday.
TV on blu includes DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Series, Doctor Who: Colin Baker Complete Season One, EVIL: Season One, EVIL: Season Two, The Flash: The Complete Eighth Season, Station Eleven and The Thing About Pam: The Complete Limited Series.
Anime highlights include Aoharu x Machinegun - Complete Collection, Burn the Witch, which has a standard release and a Limited Edition, The Deer King, A Silent Voice [Steelbook], Naruto: Set 8, Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time: Season 1 Complete Collection and Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle.
Eyes of Laura Mars gets a spiffy new special edition from Kino Lorber. I think you know who Tommy Lee Jones and Faye Dunaway are, right? Just last week we mentioned Volume IX, so we gotta mention Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema X coming out this week.
Arrow Video's latest 'collection' release is Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror. Keeping up with horror, look for Two Witches this week too.
Criterion has more Japanese director's Kiyoshi Kurosawa work this week with Cure, a psychological mystery. And, different director, another foreign cinema title, La Llorona, which, yes, is the same genre as what you're probably thinking.
Honorable Mention: Boris Karloff fans might like to get Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster, a documentary by Voltage Films. This release has 140 minutes of previously unreleased bonus material. There is a Limited Edition as well, but I cannot ascertain if all that means is it also contains a DVD.
Kino Lorber has announced that Serpico (Al Pacino/1973) is coming to 4K disc 'soon.' Likely January 2023 would be my guess.
Sony will be releasing Adaptation. to 4K disc on December 6th. And then on the 13th, My Best Friend's Wedding.
Universal will be releasing R.I.P.D. to 4K disc on December 6th.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
. The hit 1997 romantic comedy will be getting a 4K upgrade with High Dynamic Range and Dolby Vision on December 13.
Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett star in MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, a high-spirited romantic comedy that serves up something wild, something new, something touching and something truly hilarious. Roberts dazzles as commitment-shy Jules Potter, who reluctantly realizes she is in love with her best friend Michael (Mulroney). There is just one catch: he's about to marry someone else. Comically crazed and full of devious plans, Jules will do anything to steal him back... except tell him the simple truth.
The 4K UHD Blu-ray edition does not include a standard Blu-ray, but it does have a Digital Copy. The release features Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and NEW deleted scenes as well as an alternate ending.
My Best Friend's Wedding - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Here is the full press release:
My Best Friend's Wedding
CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY
PRESENTED IN 4K WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE
DEBUTING ON 4K ULTRA HD™ DECEMBER 13TH
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SYNOPSIS Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett star in MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, a high-spirited romantic comedy that serves up something wild, something new, something touching and something truly hilarious. Roberts dazzles as commitment-shy Jules Potter, who reluctantly realizes she is in love with her best friend Michael (Mulroney). There is just one catch: he's about to marry someone else. Comically crazed and full of devious plans, Jules will do anything to steal him back... except tell him the simple truth. DISC DETAILS & BONUS MATERIALS 4K ULTRA HD DISC
CAST AND CREW Directed By: P.J. Hogan SPECS Run Time: Approx. 104 minutes |
. The 1975 sci-fi cult classic rolls to the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with a new transfer from the original camera negative on November 22.
The year is 2018. There are no wars. There is no crime. There is only ... the Game. In a world where ruthless corporations reign supreme, this vicious and barbaric "sport" is the only outlet for the pent-up anger and frustrations of the masses.
Tuned to their televisions, the people watch "Rollerball": a brutal mutation of football, motocross, and hockey. Jonathan E. (the great James Caan, The Godfather, Thief) is the champion player – a man too talented for his own good. The Corporation has taken away the woman, Ella (Maud Adams, Octopussy) Jonathan loves but they can't take away his soul – even if the diabolical corporate head (John Houseman, The Fog) tells him he better retire ... or suffer the old-fashioned way. With its surrealistic imagery and tense action sequences, Rollerball grips you by the heart – and never lets you go!
The release will present the film in Dolby Vision and HDR-10 and features a brand new 2022 restoration and color grade using an existing 4K scan of the original camera negative done by MGM with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio tracks.
Rollerball - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Here is the full press release with all the sporting details and stats:
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Yeah, we really didn't need to eat any way, did we? October has shaped up to be as big as September was for disc releases. I still need to grab a few from September come to think of it.
Welcome to Volume 3 Episode 21 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc this week, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
There is just one new release in the 4K category this week and it's from Warner Bros, and it's direct-to-video at that, Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind, available as a standard edition and as a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook. I believe this release closes out the current story arc for the time being.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure finally gets a U.S. release, via Shout Factory.
Kino Lorber has a pair of releases to ponder, drama romance Indecent Proposal with Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson, and The Score, an action crime drama starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando and Angela Bassett.
From LionsGate and presenting the first time on domestic 4K (and blu-ray) comes a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook for The Limey.
Criterion Collection this week is bringing us David Lynch's thriller Lost Highway.
Universal has a huge slate this week. For starters, To Kill a Mockingbird (Gregory Peck) gets a standard release and (finally!!) a Limited Edition Giftset for just a few dollars more. Not as elaborate as some of the UK giftsets, but it's still exciting to see.
I kind of saved Universal for last because there's still a lot more. Universal Classic Monsters Icons of Horror Collection Vol. 2 will be available Tuesday. And there's still more, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man and The Wolf Man all get standard edition releases.
Worthy of mention, but not a lot of screen space, Paramount releases The Godfather movies this week as single movie editions as well as SteelBooks.
Even if your primary focus is 4K, this week could be a wallet-buster in the blu-ray category. There are a lot of titles to choose from.
Getting to the blu-ray counterparts of the above 4K titles first, new release Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind comes via Warner Bros, and the catalog title Lost Highway from Criterion Collection.
From Warner Archive Collection, Mark of the Vampire.
Criterion offers one more title this week as well, Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant.
From Paramount, the mega set Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection.
Also from Paramount, the animated action comedy Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.
TV on disc, Blood & Treasure: Season Two from Paramount and Sweet Tooth: The Complete First Season from Warner Bros. I try to go out of my way to buy streaming service TV on disc and I will be getting Sweet Tooth. Still waiting for blu-ray/4Ks of Cobra Kai and Stranger Things 4.
Anime highlights include Free! Road to the World The Dream Movie, Girls und Panzer der Film, Ocean Waves, Ranking of Kings Season 1 Part 1, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Season Two Part 02, which comes as a standard edition and a limited edition, The Vampire Dies in No Time Season 1 and When Marnie Was There, which comes as a standard edition and a SteelBook edition.
From Universal, the 2022 drama/horror Beast comes out on short notice. Not making this a 4K release is a huge missed opportunity.
You probably thought we had no LionsGate action thrillers or Bruce Willis movies this week, right? Wrong. The action thriller Wire Room with Bruce Willis is available this week. Probably still 120 or so movies to go since Willis has officially retired.
Honorable Mention: Kino Lorber continues to bust em out, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema IX is available this week.
Shout! Factory has made the 4K release of WarGames official for December 20th, and also made the two Laika studios 4K releases of Coraline and ParaNorman official for December 13th. The latter two come as standard editions and as SteelBooks. What else is currently scheduled for December from Shout/Scream? Carrie (1976) is getting a 4K standard and SteelBook release on 12/13, Black Christmas (1974) is getting a 4K release on 12/6, A Walk To Remember is getting the Shout Select blu-ray treatment on 12/13 and lastly, Operation Seawolf is coming 12/6.
Paramount has made Planes, Trains and Automobiles official for a 4K release on 11/8.
Vinegar Syndrome and partner labels have a pretty large slate for October (direct from their store) and November via Amazon. The biggest highlight is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 for 4K disc.
LionsGate has made Highlander 4K official as well, with a standard edition and a SteelBook edition slated for December 13th.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
The classic John Hughes comedy starring Steve Martin and John Candy celebrates its 35th anniversary with a 4K UHD Blu-ray including over an hour's worth of brand new content on November 22.
Steve Martin and John Candy star in this hysterical tale of travel gone awry. Neal Page (Martin) is an uptight ad exec trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving with his family. When rerouted to Wichita, Neal reluctantly partners with Del Griffith (Candy), an obnoxious yet loveable salesman. Together, they embark on a cross-country adventure filled with outrageously funny situations and a generous helping of warmth.
The newly-remastered film not only arrives on a 4K UHD Blu-ray presented in HDR-10 & Dolby Vision, the release will also include a "bonus “LOST LUGGAGE” Blu-ray Disc™ containing over an hour of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes that were recently discovered in the archives of writer, producer and director John Hughes. The newly uncovered footage offers a unique glimpse into the filmmaking and editing process and features even more hilarious moments between Steve Martin and John Candy."
Planes, Trains and Automobiles - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Check out the full press release below:
CELEBRATING ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY, JOHN HUGHES’ COMEDY CLASSIC LANDS ON 4K ULTRA HD WITH OVER AN HOUR OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED FILM FOOTAGE
Making an On-Time Arrival November 22, 2022, Just in Time for Thanksgiving
Written and directed by the incomparable John Hughes, the celebrated comedy PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES comes in for a landing on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever on November 22, 2022 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Originally released on November 25, 1987, PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Starring comedy greats Steve Martin and John Candy, the uproarious film has become a beloved holiday classic.
Newly remastered on 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision™ and HDR-10, PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES looks better than ever and is packaged with a bonus “LOST LUGGAGE” Blu-ray Disc™ containing over an hour of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes that were recently discovered in the archives of writer, producer and director John Hughes. The newly uncovered footage offers a unique glimpse into the filmmaking and editing process and features even more hilarious moments between Steve Martin and John Candy.
In addition to the newly discovered footage, the bonus Blu-ray Disc also includes Dylan Baker’s original audition for the character of Owen. The 4K Ultra HD Disc includes the feature film and the following legacy bonus content:
The release also includes access to a Digital copy of the film.
Synopsis
Steve Martin and John Candy star in this hysterical tale of travel gone awry. Neal Page (Martin) is an uptight ad exec trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving with his family. When rerouted to Wichita, Neal reluctantly partners with Del Griffith (Candy), an obnoxious yet loveable salesman. Together, they embark on a cross-country adventure filled with outrageously funny situations and a generous helping of warmth.
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Welcome to Volume 3 Episode 20 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc this week, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
Starting out this category this week with Import Monday, we have a single release, and that would be Thor: Love and Thunder - Zavvi Exclusive Collector's Edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook. Out of frustration I seem to mention it almost weekly on how other markets are getting nicer editions, some times much nicer editions.
Domestic Tuesday's New Release is DC League of Super-Pets. I didn't hear much about it when it ran theatrically, it's got decent voice talent.
Moving on to catalog titles now, Scream Factory has a trio of SKUs representing FOUR movies. Army of Darkness comes as a standard edition and a SteelBook edition. Lastly, a box set of The Halloween Collection which covers the years of 1995 - 2002.
From Criterion, George A Romero's original Night of the Living Dead. This is the original that set the bar and was often imitated, along with all the unofficial releases over the years.
The next logical release of the franchise, Scream 2 gets a standard release and a SteelBook release.
Losing count how many times I got this one, Fright Night (1985) gets a snazzy 4K upgrade, as a SteelBook edition to boot! Also from Sony, Bram Stoker's Dracula gets a new Dolby Vision pass and this too, a SteelBook release. I thought I had gotten lucky when I found the previous release for $6 or so.
Overall quite a slow week for blu-ray releases. Blu-ray counterparts of the above releases actually is only one title, everything else has been readily available already. That one title would be DC League of Super-Pets.
TV on disc includes Bel-Air: Season One, Dexter: The Complete Series + Dexter: New Blood, Mr. Mayor: The Complete Series and Star Trek: Picard - Season Two, which is available as a standard edition and a SteelBook edition,
LionsGate's entry this week is a thriller titled Into the Deep.
Anime highlights include Kingdom - Season 3 Part 2, One Piece: Season Twelve - Voyage One and Zombie Land Saga Revenge: Season Two.
This Friday the September batch of Imprint Films Titles will be available via Amazon. Titles include:
Call it unofficial, but available for pre-order, last week we saw Dreamworks Animation's Puss in Boots pop up to 4K disc pre-order, this week we see Shrek 2 on the list with a probable November 22nd release date. I'm anxious to see the rest of the Dreamworks animated catalog in coming months, of course that requires consumer interest, which is for us to purchase them as they come out. I would love a box set of everything so far or sets for each franchise but that is not a guarantee.
Good news for TV on disc, Westworld: Season 4: The Choice has been announced for 4K and blu-ray discs on November 29th.
When we got Death Wish 2 in 4K from Vinegar Syndrome, I am sure I was thinking the same as you were, where's the original Bronson vigilante film? Kino Lorber has just announced it as "Coming Soon" which loosely translates to probably December 2022.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
One of the most underappreciated post-apocalyptic science fiction action classics is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with deluxe three-disc Mediabooks from Turbine Medien
Convicted of murder, naval officer John Robbins is exiled to Absolom. The secret prison island is divided into two camps: On the one hand, the evil Outsiders rule, led by the bloodthirsty Marek. On the other side live the insiders who want to spend their meager existence as peacefully as possible. When Robbins steals the Outsiders' ultimate weapon, he ignites a war between the factions. Although he finds refuge with the insiders, there is only one thought that keeps him alive: escape from Absolom...
Meanwhile here in the states, we're only getting a standard Blu-ray release. A fan favorite that's had pretty damn terrible home video releases post-laserdisc, No Escape or Flucht Aus Absolom as it's known in Germany finally gets the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray treatment deserves from Turbine Medien. This deluxe three-disc Mediabook will offer the film in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision HDR, 1080p Blu-ray, with an extra Blu-ray for Bonus Features. To sweeten the deal for folks looking to import this for the collection, Both the 4K disc and the 1080p Blu-ray will offer German and English Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D audio! You have three covers to choose from:
Here's everything you're getting on the discs and bonus features:
Language / sound: German Dolby Atmos, English Dolby Atmos, German Auro 13.1, English Auro 13.1, German DTS 2.0 (stereo), English DTS 2.0 (stereo), English DTS HD MA 2.0 (stereo)
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 ( 2160p24 Ultra HD - with HDR/Dolby Vision), 2.40:1 (1080p24 Full HD), 1.78:1 (1080p24 Full HD)
Subtitles: German, English
Running time: 118 minutes
Bonus material:
Theatrical trailer DE & USA (HD) - US TV spots - Legends of Absolom - New interviews with: Director Martin Campbell* (HD, approx. 23 min.), Producer Gale Anne Hurd* (HD, approx. 27 min.) , cinematographer Phil Meheux* (HD, approx. 31 min.), stunt coordinator / 2nd unit director Conrad E. Palmisano* (HD, approx. 46 min.), writer Joel Gross* (HD, approx. 18 min.) - Making-of documentation* (SD, approx. 28 min.) - Promo featurette* (SD, approx. 6 min.) - Book part by Christoph N. Kellerbach about the history of the creation
*with optional German/English subtitles
All of these are up for pre-order, we're hoping to review it ourselves, but these are likely going to sell fast! - Happy Collecting!
Is it too early to say 'Trick or Treat' or 'Happy Halloween'? The 31 days of horror kicks off towards the end of this week and no doubt Halloween shops are set up everywhere. It is probably my favorite 'holiday' if I had to choose one.
Welcome to Volume 3 Episode 19 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc this week, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
We made it! Almost through a wild month of 4K releases. They did save the biggest week for last though. If you are going for any of the SteelBook reprints then this week is huuuuuge. Next month looks to be another wallet-buster, stay tuned for our Monthly Guide.
Import Monday brings Invaders from Mars (1953) from Ignite Films.
Domestic Tuesday has one New Release with three buying options. I am of course referring to Thor: Love and Thunder, available as a standard edition, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook and a Walmart Exclusive edition. Target seems absent from the mix again, and if you dig the SteelBook, you might at least consider the Zavvi Exclusive that comes out next week as it includes a side-load slip case as well as some swag.
Catalog releases aplenty. If you were unable to score Cloak & Dagger direct from Vinegar Syndrome, there's a general release available now on Amazon. The same is to be said for The Incredible Melting Man too.
Scream Factory has got Evil Dead (2013).
Team Kino Lorber's slate is brought to you by the letter "I" with both In Bruges
Criterion Collection has a 4K this week and that would be Sound of Metal.
We get another 'Paramount Presents' 4K release this week, The War of the Worlds. They also have a bonus blu-ray movie of When Worlds Collide.
From Sony Pictures, I Know What You Did Last Summer. Will the sequels follow?
We saved the rest of Sony for last because this week they're offering an opportunity. The opportunity to get a SteelBook release of a title you might have missed out on in the past. Some of these were previously Best Buy Exclusives. The list includes Gattaca, Jumanji: The Next Level, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Last Action Hero, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Zombieland and Zombieland: Double Tap.
Next week a dark army, someones' pets, a couple of vampires, yell again and a collection of holiday movies.
Blu-ray counterparts of the 4K titles first. Thor: Love and Thunder comes with the cover art that I wish the 4K standard release did. And half of the letter "I" from team Kino with In Bruges, and Sound of Metal from Criterion.
LionsGate's action film of the week is Bullet Proof and nope, Bruce Willis is not in it.
From Kino Lorber, just because I knew you still wanted a Bruce Willis movie this week, 1991's Hudson Hawk.
Rob Zombie's The Munsters comes at us via Universal Pictures.
If you've bought the previous three, you gotta buy number 4, Criterion Collection offers up Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4.
Television on disc includes Mayor of Kingstown: Season One from Paramount and Superman & Lois: The Complete Second Season from Warner Bros.
Very big week for Anime, highlights include Beelzebub: The Complete TV Series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train Arc, Dororo - Complete Collection [Premium Box Set], The House of the Lost on the Cape, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - Part 1, available as a standard edition and a limited edition, KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!: The Complete Second Season + OVA [SteelBook], Saiyuki Reload Gunlock, Tales of Phantasia: The Animation and Urusei Yatsura The Movie 5: The Final Chapter.
Honorable Mention: Visual Vengeance is trying to make a name for itself with above par releases, this week take a look at Blood of the Chupacabras (Double Feature).
First Blood (Three different exclusive editions from Zavvi) have been delayed yet again, this time to October 17th. This is the last time I mention them as they're mostly sold out any way.
Reservoir Dogs 4K is official for a November 15th street date, and an added bonus, a slipcover style SteelBook has also been added to the mix at Best Buy.
Puss in Boots is getting a 4K release on November 22nd via Universal Pictures and Dreamworks. Could it be the Shrek sequels are coming soon to?
48 Hrs. and Another 48 Hrs., as well as a double feature of them will be coming to 4K disc on December 6th.
Shout Factory has revealed that Coraline and ParaNorman will be getting 4K and 4K SteelBook editions on December 13th.
Road House will finally be getting a 4K release, from Vinegar Syndrome. Release date is expected to be November 29th. There are some questions on the master they are using, hopefully it will be a stellar release.
Upcoming TV on disc, Dawson's Creek: The Complete Series will be getting a release from Mill Creek and Charmed: The Complete Series (2018-2022) will be getting a release by CBS Television, among other things.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
