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  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:

BayView Entertainment and the 3-D Film Archive, LLC bring the rare 1973 travelogue/romantic drama DOMO ARIGATO to Blu-ray, in an edition that offers flat, anaglyph 3-D and Blu-ray Digital 3-D, bringing to life Arch Oboler's SpaceVision 3-D journey through Japan to life. Includes bonus 3-D shorts (one written by Ed Wood!) and an insightful commentary. Get your copy from Bayview here: https://www.bayviewentertainment.com/domo-arigato Full review here:

  Severin Films brings to Blu-ray the gialloesque Italian thriller CLOSED CIRCUIT (1978), a perplexing puzzler set in a movie theater where someone seems to be freeing up seats in a deadly manner... Super fun flick if you're a fan of Italian genre cinema, old movie posters and theaters, and European character actors. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4hprMld (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Liberation Hall brings to Blu-ray the long-lost final film of director Paul Bartel (EATING RAOUL, DEATH RACE 2000), the subterranean fallout flick SHELF LIFE (1993), about a trio of siblings living a very strange life in the family fallout shelter, decades after their parents locked the family inside for safe keeping. Features interviews, commentary and a follow-up short with the cast. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4aPjaBG (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Anchor Bay Entertainment brings to Blu-ray writer/director/star Sean Whalen's horror comedy about a sentient pile of vengeful socks, CRUST (2024). Also starring Daniel Roebuck, Rebekkah Kennedy, and Alan Ruck, this skewering of celebrity is a horror-comedy sure to become a cult fave. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3CEpkYZ (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  A group of gangsters and the sister of a dead thug are fired up to find some hot ice when a cache of diamonds goes missing in the Japanese noir thriller UNDERWORLD BEAUTY (1958), on Blu-ray from Radiance Films, in a crisp new black and white transfer, along with an early short film from its director, Seijun Suzuki, and informative supplements. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3WotWsv (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  88 Films brings the super sleazy Japanese true crime anthology LOVE & CRIME (1969) to DVD+Blu-ray in a sharp and colorful transfer, with extras that dig into the facts in the cases depicted in the film, along with more info on the director and performers. A medical examiner finds himself performing an autopsy on his wife, the victim of a suicide, and finds evidence of a recent affair. In his grief, he reviews several cases of crimes of passion involving women, and many dark paths are walked. A fun, grim shocker! Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3CnVckk (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here: