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Arrow Video brings Wolfgang Peterson's take on THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, POSEIDON (2006) to 4K UHD in a sharp and loaded edition. A remake that takes the basic premise of the original and goes in its own direction, this thrilling edge-of-your seat pulse-pounder is definitely worth a look for both fans of the original and newcomers. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4giJoiJ (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Crime is a disease. Meet the cure...in 4K! Arrow Video brings George P. Cosmatos' Sylvester Stallone supercop slasher saga COBRA (1986) to 4K UHD, porting over all the extras from the previous Shout! Studios edition, along with the extended TV version (ever wanted to see where the main maniac worked when not stalking the streets?). Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4lWzV2M (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

  Arrow Video brings William Friedkin's controversial CRUISING (1980) to 4K UHD in a loaded set that is every bit worth double-dipping on. Featuring a new 4K presentation of the film, along with vintage and copious new extras including deleted scenes, commentaries, interviews and more that shine a light on this crime/horror classic. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3Xc3m6z (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Arrow Video brings director Tarsem Singh's visionary sci-fi/horror film THE CELL (2000) to Blu-ray and 4K UHD in a loaded 2-disc set, featuring three versions of the film and loads of extras. Revisiting it for the first time in 25 (!!!) years, I still found it to be visually lush but fairly empty, though its fans will love the new razor-sharp transfer and hours of extras. Director Singh is a lot of fun to listen to in discussing the film, and critics, scholars and crew are along for the ride in extras new and old to dig into how it was made, received, and looked at a quarter of a century later. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/40RNLeL (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Arrow Video resurrects the long-lost (then found and released in 2001 by Winstar Entertainment, which then went out of print) William Shatner-starring Esperanto horror film INCUBUS (1966), now in sparkly new Blu-ray and 4K HDR UHD editions, with archival and new supplements. Directed by Leslie Stevens, creator of THE OUTER LIMITS, it plays very much like an episode of that series, a spooky, dreamlike, black and white supernatural thriller with some memorable imagery, a good late night spooker. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4a3jNr3 (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  MVD Entertainment Group brings (briefly infamous as the "Lowest Grossing Film Of All-Time") ZYZZYX ROAD (2006) to 4K UHD + Blu-ray, starring Katherine Heigl, Leo Grillo, and Tom Sizemore in a tale of deadly desert deviance just outside Las Vegas. Transfer looks great (apparently tweaked since its last disc release), and extras are fun and fascinating, digging deep into the film, its production and its brief infamy. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3D4qfSj (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Synapse Films brings THE BLOCK ISLAND SOUND (2020) to Blu-ray and 4K UHD this week in a sharp transfer with fun extras that illuminate this family affair helmed by The McManus Brothers and starring their sister, Michaela McManus. The story concern strange goings-on in a Massachusetts fishing town, with tons of fish washing up dead on shore, unexplainable phenomena on the water, and family members coming back from fishing expeditions not quite the same... Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4ik20zC (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Arrow Video brings Sam Raimi's 1998 rural neo noir nailbiter A SIMPLE PLAN to 4K UHD HDR Blu-ray with a sharp transfer and extras that take you back and behind the scenes in the production of this masterful little rollercoaster of anxiety, with Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton as brothers come into an unexpected windfall, and have a very SIMPLE PLAN to keep their discovery under wraps... Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/48ScnGk (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  I've never been a fan of 2007's TRICK 'R TREAT, though I know I'm in the minority on this Halloween-set interlocking anthology film. Arrow Video brings out a sparkly new extras-laden (combining fresh and archival insights into the film) 4K UHD HRD edition, along with a standard Blu-ray set. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3ACdBsG (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  I'd skipped 2007's THE INVASION upon initial release, figuring it couldn't do better than the 1950s and 1970s versions of INVADERS OF THE BODY SNATCHERS that I loved, so it was interesting to finally see it via Arrow Video's new 4K edition. I found it to be a solid updating of the story, perhaps playing better now, post COVID shutdown era than it did 15 or so years ago. Arrow's edition looks fabulous and is loaded with extras, both newly hatched and from previous disc releases. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4fkVDdv (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

Cult Epics brings Tinto Brass' tale (tail?) of a young woman tired of being a virgin, FRIVOLOUS LOLA (1998) to 4K in a beautiful transfer with a buttload of fun (but not frivolous) extras. More rump-centric erotica from Italy's bishop of below-the-belt. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4eFbLWF (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Cult Epics presents Italian maestro of the erotic Tinto Brass' CHEEKY! (2000) in a razor-sharp new 4K transfer, with an accompanying Blu-ray containing the same contents of the UHD disc with additional extras. Another fun fanny-fixated romp through the mind of Brass with glimpses of London and Venice and a LOT of bountiful backsides. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/48h4wln (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Blue Underground brings Enzo G. Castellari's blazing Italian police action/thriller HIGH CRIME (1973) starring Franco Nero as a vengeful cop, to 4K UHD (plus a Blu-ray) in a extras-packed edition, with all chambers loaded and ready to blast you with behind-the-scenes and contextual info. Excellent set. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4cBjAeb (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

  A quick pre-review look at upcoming September 10th-24th, 2024 releases (with Amazon links for full specs and purchasing):  BLUE DESERT (2013) on DVD from IndiePix Classics (Street Date: 9/10/24): https://amzn.to/4d5bP0d   FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009) on 4K UHD from Arrow Video (Street Date: 9/17/24): https://amzn.to/4ehpSRv   THE THREAT (1966) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video (Street Date: 9/24/24): https://amzn.to/3ATKRLY   TORSO (1973) on 4K UHD from Arrow Video (Street Date: 9/17/24): https://amzn.to/3zawPoG   THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004) on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Arrow Video (Street Date: 9/17/24): https://amzn.to/3MDjhFb   THE MILLION EYES OF SUMURU on 4K UHD and Blu-ray from Blue Underground (Street Date: 9/24/24): https://amzn.to/3Xzexqm   THE SHADOW BOXING (1979) on Blu-ray from 88 Films (Street Date: 9/24/24): https://amzn.to/3Xmss1X   THE PROFANE EXHIBIT (2013) on Blu-ray from Unearthed Films (Street Date: 9/24/24): https://amzn.to/4dUk...

Brad Pitt in a slasher movie?? You bet your syllabus! Pitt co-stars with Jill Schoelen and Donovan Leitch in CUTTING CLASS (1989), a horror-comedy set in a High School where the student bodies pile up. Now on 4K UHD + Blu-ray from the MVD Rewind Collection , in a transfer and extras (some, not all) ported over from the out of print Vinegar Syndrome release, with cool retro packaging and a mini-poster that looks like an old CED. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3V0vidf (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

Here's a slightly belated look at the new Arrow Video release of Arnold Schwarzenegger's CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982) and CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984), available separately on Blu-ray and 4K HDR UHD, or together as THE CONAN CHRONICLES. A really nice set, with a sharp new transfer of each film, multiple edits of the first installment, extras ported over from the deluxe Universal DVDs, along with a furry codpiece-full of newly-created supplements. Currently half off on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/49EJug9 (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full Review here: