Blu-ray and DVD Releases for 7/31/12

"No Mercy" Korean Theatrical Poster

This week features a host of familiar Asian horror titles being re-released on DVD by Palisades Tartan with all new cover art and, in some cases, all new titles. In addition, Blue Underground is repackaging several great Italian genre films in affordable DVD sets. Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 7/31/12:

ASIAN CINEMA

No Mercy (DVD) – CJ Entertainment brings this taut 2010 Korean serial killer thriller to North America

Hindsight (DVD) – Song Kang-ho (“Thirst”) tries to leave behind a life of crime in this 2011 Korean thriller

Ghosts of War (DVD) – Palisades Tartan offers a re-release of the 2004 Korean film “R-Point.” Yep, despite new packaging and a new title, it is the same film. This supernatural military tale unfolds during the Vietnam War

Dorm (DVD) – Palisades Tartan also re-releases this 2006 Thai horror film set in a boys’ boarding school

Phone (DVD) – this 2002 Korean horror film about a mysterious phone call and a series of deaths is re-released on DVD by Palisades Tartan

The Maid (DVD) – Palisades Tartan brings this 2006 Chinese-language horror film to DVD once again with new cover art

Devil’s Feast (DVD) – in this unrated 2007 Japanese sexploitation film, a young newsreporter finds herself caught between the biggest scoop of her life and a deadly sex cult

FOREIGN CINEMA

Le Havre (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection brings this 2011 French-language film from acclaimed director Aki Kaurismäki to hi-def. The story follows a young African refugee who becomes a shoeshine boy in the French harbor city of Le Havre

La Grande Illusion (Blu-ray) – director Jean Renoir’s classic 1937 anti-war film comes to Blu-ray courtesy of the Criterion Collection

Waves of Lust (DVD) – this 1975 Italian exploitation spin on Polanski’s “Knife in the Water” was helmed by infamous “Cannibal Holocaust” director Ruggero Deodato

Lula, Son of Brazil (DVD) – this 2009 Portugese-language film is a moving account of the early life of Brazil’s most revered president

Facts of Murder (DVD) – Mya Communications brings this 1959 Italian crime film to DVD with an original Italian audio track

The Light Thief (DVD) – this 2010 film from the country of Kyrgyzstan is a heartfelt parable of good and evil

Soul of Sand (Pairon Talle) (DVD) – in this 2010 Indian film, a young couple is besieged by their evil landlord

The Hunter (DVD) – not to be confused with the recent Willem Dafoe film of the same name, this 2010 Farsi-language film follows a man’s slow breakdown from reality and confrontation with local police after his wife and daughter go missing

MAINSTREAM

Total Recall: Mind-Bending Edition (Blu-ray) – Paul Verhoeven’s classic 1990 sci-fi film receives another Blu-ray release, this time with a brand new hi-def transfer supervised by the director himself

Hijacked (Blu-ray/DVD) – “The Expendables 2” star Randy Couture stars in this 2012 direct-to-video action thriller about a plane hijacking

Fortress (Blu-ray/DVD) – a low-budget 2012 film about aerial battles during World War II

4.3.2.1 (Blu-ray/DVD) – when four friends encounter some deadly thieves, their lives are changed forever in this 2010 film from the UK

Zyzzyx Road (DVD) – Katherine Heigl and Tim Sizemore star in this 2006 independent thriller

Sand Sharks (DVD) – in this 2011 low-budget creature feature starring Hulk Hogan’s daughter, there are sharks…under the sand!

Nazi Invasion – Team Europe (Blu-ray) – it’s ‘Team America’ meets ‘Inglorious Basterds’ with this 2010 tale of the Nazi invasion of England – told with puppets

Firstborn (Blu-ray/DVD) – Peter Weller (“Robocop”) butts heads with his new girlfriend’s son in this 1984 British thriller

RE-RELEASES

Midnight Movies Vol 1: Horror Triple Feature (A Blade in the Dark/Macabre/Shock) (DVD) – Blue Underground presents three Italian horror films from the 70’s and 80’s, two directed by Lamberto Bava and one directed by his father, the legendary Mario Bava

Midnight Movies Vol 2: Western Triple Feature (Companeros/Four of the Apocalypse/Run Man Run) (DVD) – Blue Underground brings you a selection of 70’s Italian spaghetti Westerns in this 3-film DVD pack

Midnight Movies Vol 3: Action Triple Feature (Big Racket/Heroin Busters/Street Law) (DVD) – three of the best 70’s Italian crime films of all time are brought together in one DVD package, courtesy of Blue Underground. If you like tough guys with big guns and attitudes to match, you won’t want to miss these flicks

Midnight Movies Vol 4: Thriller Triple Feature (Bloodstained Shadow/Short Night of Glass Dolls/Who Saw Her Die) (DVD) – more bloody 70’s Italian horror fun, from the good folks at Blue Underground

CLASSICS

River of No Return (Blu-ray) – two icons of Hollywood, Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, headline this 1954 Western

HORROR

Detention (Blu-ray/DVD) – this critically-praised 2011 horror film from the director of “Torque” finally makes its way to home formats

ATM (Blu-ray/DVD) – the 2012 horror/thriller about three friends held captive inside an ATM

The Faculty (Blu-ray) – Robert Rodriguez’s 1999 flick about a group of genre-savvy teens fighting off an alien invasion is now in hi-def

Whisperer in the Darkness (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2011 adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story, filmed in a black-and-white 1930’s noir style

The Bunny Game (Blu-ray/DVD) – whispered and rumored about online, this 2010 horror shocker finally makes its way to an unrated retail release

The Haunting of Whaley House (Blu-ray/DVD) – a low-budget 2012 horror film about a haunted house

Dead Season (DVD) – this low-budget 2011 zombie film shuffles its way onto DVD

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