Tormented (aka Rabbit Horror) 3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD (Well Go USA)
April is ushered in with a light week of releases but there are still some noteworthy highlights among them, including Takashi Shimizu’s “Tormented” and Magnet Releasing’s “John Dies at the End.”
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Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 4/2/13:
ASIAN CINEMA
Tormented (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2011 Japanese horror film is the latest from Takashi Shimizu, the visionary filmmaker behind “The Grudge” series
The Kick (DVD) – in this 2011 martial arts film from the director of “Ong-Bak,” a family of Korean Taekwondo experts moves to Thailand and encounters all kinds of mob-related trouble
MARTIAL ARTS/ACTION
Badass Showdown (DVD) – martial arts icon Cynthia Rothrock (“Yes, Madam”) stars as a MMA trainer trying to make it in a male-dominated field in this 2013 feature
MAINSTREAM
The Baytown Outlaws (Blu-ray/DVD) – Billy Bob Thorton and Eva Longoria headline this 2012 Southern-fried crime flick
The Sweeney (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 British film, starring Ray Winston, follows a group of tough cops who specifically track armed robberies
Bounty Hunters (Blu-ray/DVD) – the WWF’s Trish Stratus stars in this 2012 low-budget action movie
The Bible: The Epic Mini-Series (Blu-ray/DVD) – the History Channel’s popular 2013 TV mini-series comes to home formats
NEW TO BLU-RAY
That Thing You Do! (Blu-ray) – Tom Hanks stars in this popular 1996 comedy about making it big in the world of 60’s pop music
CULT
The Name of the Game is Kill (DVD) – Jack Lord of “Hawaii Five-O” fame stars in this shocking 1968 cult thriller
Wrestling Superstars Triple Feature (DVD) – Roddy Pipper is just one of the many wrestlers starring in this triple feature DVD that includes “Hell Comes to Frogtown”; “Grunt: The Wrestling Movie”; and “I Like to Hurt People”
CLASSICS
A Night to Remember (DVD-R) – Amazon offers this 1942 thriller, in which a mystery writer and his wife encounter a dead body in their courtyard, on made-to-order DVD-R
The Key (DVD-R) – two cinema icons, William Holden and Sophia Loren, star in this 1959 romance, also available on DVD-R
HORROR
John Dies at the End (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 mind-bending and meta horror/thriller is the latest from Don Coscarelli, the creator of the “Phantasm” series
Hammer Horror Collection (DVD) – this DVD set contains three 70’s Hammer horror films: “Dracula: Prince of Darkness”; “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires”; and “Frankenstein Created Woman.” “Golden Vampires” is notable for being a collaboration between Hammer Horror studios and the Shaw Brothers
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