Sorry that this is a little late folks; been feeling out of sorts lately, which led to some laziness on my part. But the weekend is almost here for yours truly and I'm feeling better, and hell, I may even toss away some cash and see Rob Zombie's latest white trash horror fest, or Tom Cruise's new (highly predictable) sci-fi blockbuster. But that's stuff better mentioned in the next NOW PLAYING post, let's look at this (thankfully) small list of genre releases on DVD & Blu-ray:
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY Django Unchained Dragon Escapee Girl$: The Live Action Movie (DVD/Blu-ray combo) A Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Iron Man: The Rise of the Technovore Jacob: Unrated Director's Cut Police Story / Police Story 2 (review) Repo Man (Criterion Collection) The Sorcerer and the White Snake
NEW TO DVD Attack of the Herbals Black Enforcers Flash Gordon: The Complete Series G.H.O.S.T. HP Lovecraft's The Dark Sleep Hunted in Hong Kong The Indestructible Man The Legend of Bruce Lee Part 1 The Legend of Bruce Lee Part 2 Message From Space Samurai Cop: Special Edition State of Emergency Tales from Mutantville Whispering Ghosts
NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder Pictures Triple Feature Contains: Detroit 9000, Mighty Peking Man, and The Switchblade Sisters.
This week is chock full of genre cinema from our friends in the "Far East." Martial arts insanity, womanizing wizards battling demons, murderous sporting events, and lots of cheap movie 4-packs await your bank account this week. Here's what's new:
NEW TO DVD AND BLU-RAY Crush Deadball Father's Day The Four The Massage Parlor Murders (DVD/Blu-ray combo) The Sorcerer and the White Snake Womb Woochi: The Demon Slayer
NEW TO BLU-RAY Naked Lunch (Criterion Collection)
NEW TO DVD Azumi 2: Death or Love Dragon Wasps Expiration Fangoria Presents: Entity Holla if You Hear Me Kill You! Infected Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Land of Demons Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx Luster Naked Weapon President's Day The Suckers / The Love Garden
NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD 4-Film Legion of the Dead Set Contains: Day of the Dead, Vampire Clan, WolvesBayne, and Ring of Darkness.
4-Film Snake Attack Pack Contains: Python, Python II, Boa, and Venemous.
4-Film Ultimate Disaster Set Contains: Lost City Raiders, Storm Cell, Polar Storm, and Quantum Apocalypse.
20-Film Horror Pack 4 Contains: Secrets of the Clown, The Fear, Chamber, Curse of the Wolf, Netherworld, Keepsake, Venom, In the Dead of Winter, Vampire Journals, Wes Craven Presents: Dracula III: Legacy, Beneath Loch Ness, Doll Graveyard, Halloween: Resurrection, Wages of Sin, Dangerous Worry Dolls, The Legend of Sorrow Creek, Hell's Highway, Shaded Places, Feeding Grounds, Dollman, and Descendant.
Hey gang! This week has a small number of genre releases BUT a lot of it is quality stuff! Tibor Takacs (director of THE GATE) delivers a new CGI spider-fest in 2D & 3D, George Lucas' 80s "Hobbit" flick WILLOW makes its Blu-ray debut, THE TAINT makes its shocking Blu-ray debut, and Peter Weller Batman brings the crazy in BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 2! Check out what's new below and put some of your tax return money to good use!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 Grave Encounters 2 Life of Pi Rise of the Guardians Spiders (2D & 3D) Storage 24 The Taint (DVD/Blu-ray combo) Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition (DVD/Blu-ray combo) Willow (DVD/Blu-ray combo)
NEW TO BLU-RAY Abolition Blade Runner: The Final Cut The Blob (Criterion Collection) Giant Killer Till Sunset
NEW TO DVD Curandero: Dawn of the Demon The Devil is My Witness Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Season 4 In Their Skin Jack the Giant Killer Killer Biker Chicks Monster Mystikal Unaware Underground Lizard People Vampire Boys 2: The New Brood Xena: Warrior Princess - Season 4
MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD 4-Film Favorites: Post-Apocalyptic Collection Contains: I Am Legend, Logan's Run, Dark City Director's Cut, and The Omega Man.
Death Penalty.com / Death Penalty.com: A New Beginning (Double Feature)
Dimension Extreme 6-Film Collection Contains: Black Sheep, Automaton Transfusion, Broken, Rogue, Welcome to the Jungle, and 13.
Savage Water & Death by Invitation (Double Feature)
SyFy Mega Pack - Maneater Series Contains: SWAMP DEVIL, SEA BEAST, RISE OF THE GARGOYLES, WYVERN, SAND SERPENTS, and ROADKILL.
BLU-RAY DOUBLE FEATURES Clash of the Titans (1981/2010) The Losers / Jonah Hex Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic / Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter
Also, I have to note that today is the premiere of Charles Band's new film OOGA BOOGA! The film is available to stream or download online EXCLUSIVELY through GrindhouseFlix.com! It will be $1.99 to rent it or $7.99 to own the digital download. The movie revolves around a black kid that's gunned down by racist cops for a crime he didn't commit, so naturally he returns from the grave as a goofy killer puppet to avenge the wrongs done to him by us evil whitefolk. This is what it's like when the worlds of Puppet Master and Blaxploitation cinema collide! Check out the trailer below:
Hahahahahaha. The doll hiding amongst other stuffed animals and toys "E.T." style had me cracking up! And it's good to see Karen Black being terrorized by a killer doll again! Ooga Booga looks fun; think I'll give it a rental this weekend!
Yes, you read that headline correctly: Hulu is streaming a ton (all?) of the Criterion Collection for absolutely free! CLICK HERE to start browsing and streaming right now!
I'm not a huge fan of Criterion Collection, but I respect the fact that every DVD or Blu-ray they release is a labor of love. They put a lot of work, time, and money into restoring films that most of us haven't heard of, or didn't even realize existed. While their vast catalog boasts mainly foreign dramas, they do have a good selection of cult favorites, scif- classics, and cinematic oddities from other lands.
Here is a list of Criterion flicks (in no particular order) that you may want to scope out: CHRONOS EQUINOX THE X FROM OUTER SPACE THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE ERASERHEAD THE ZATOICHI SERIES HANZO THE RAZOR GOKU: BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL HAUSU (a.k.a. HOUSE) FIRST MAN INTO SPACE WORLD ON A WIRE THE BLOB FIEND WITHOUT A FACE THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS PRINCESS FROM THE MOON EATING RAOUL THE SEVENTH SEAL SOLARIS
Also there is a f*ckton of classic samurai flicks available, so if that's your thing, you'll be in samurai heaven (minus the whole need to commit harakiri)!
