Blu-ray and DVD Releases for 9/18/12

Daimajin Triple Feature Blu-ray: Daimajin, Wrath of Daimajin, Return of Daimajin (Mill Creek Entertainment)

Giant monsters attack! Indiana Jones on Blu-ray! No matter your filmic interests, there’s plenty to get excited about this week. So let’s get started, shall we? Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 9/18/12:

ASIAN CINEMA

Daimajin – Triple Feature Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray) – starting in 1966, the Daiei Motion Picture Co. released a series of films that combined elements of the giant monster movie with the period drama. This set offers three of those films: “Daimajin,” “Return of Daimajin,” “Daimajin Strikes Again”

Love Exposure (Blu-ray) – “Suicide Club” director Sion Sono’s ground-breaking 2008 magnum opus about love, religion, and upskirt photography is released in hi-def

Silenced (DVD) – this heartbreaking 2011 drama based on the true story of abuse at a school for the deaf was a success at the South Korean box office

Tazza: The High Rollers (DVD) – this 2006 Korean film follows a group of grifters involved in a high-stakes card game

FOREIGN CINEMA

The Devil, Probably (DVD) – director Robert Bresson’s landmark 1977 French film about disaffected youth living in modern Paris

Children of Paradise (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 1945 tragic French-language romance is brought to hi-def courtesy of the Criterion Collection

Chico & Rita (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Academy Award-nominated 2010 Spanish-language animated film about a pair of Cuban musicians seeking fame and fortune in the late 1940’s

Les visiteurs du soir (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection offers this 1942 fantasy film set in Medieval times from the French director of “Children of Paris”

Oslo, August 31st (DVD) – a recovering drug addict heads to Oslo for a job interview and tries to figure out where his life went wrong in this 2011 Norwegian drama

The Salt of Life (DVD) – a 2012 bittersweet Italian-language comedy about a middle-aged retiree seeking an extracurricular love affair

Police (DVD) – Gerard Depardieu stars as a burnt-out cop who might take his job a little too seriously in this 1985 French film

MAINSTREAM

Bait 3D (Blu-ray/DVD) – from executive producer Russel Mulcahy (director of “Highlander”) comes this 2012 Australian horror flick about a group of people trapped in a super market with a killer shark after a tsunami

Savage Streets (DVD) – Linda Blair (“The Exorcist”) has a ‘death wish’ against her friend’s attackers in this gritty 1984 exploitation flick

Detachment (DVD) – Adrian Brody stars as a beleaguered teacher in this 2011 drama from the director of “American History X”)

Encounter: Paradise Lost (Blu-ray/DVD) – martial arts icon Gary Daniels (“City Hunter,” “Bloodmoon”) co-stars in this faith-based family film about a drug dealer’s encounter with a man claiming to be Jesus Chris himself

Brawler (Blu-ray/DVD) – in this 2011 fight flick set in the world of underground combat, it’s brother against brother – to the death

NEW TO BLU-RAY

Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures (Blu-ray) – at last, Indiana Jones comes to Blu-ray as all four Indy films are packed together in one set. Advanced reviews suggest the picture transfers are nothing short of revelatory

The Game (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection brings director David Fincher’s underrated “Twilight Zone”-esque 1997 thriller starring Michael Douglas to hi-def

Ed Wood (Blu-ray) – Tim Burton and Johnny Depp paired up for this acclaimed 1994 film about the dogged B-movie filmmaker

Judge Dredd (Blu-ray) – just in time for the upcoming 3D reboot, the 1995 iteration starring Sylvester Stallone arrives in hi-def

The Devil’s Advocate (Blu-ray) – Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves match wits (huh?) in this 1997 Satanic-themed thriller

Queen of the Damned (Blu-ray) – the 2002 vampire film that serves as a loose sequel to “Interview With the Vampire,” starring the late r&B singer Aliyah (“Romeo Must Die”)

Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (Blu-ray) – the 1991 entry in the cult horror series is remastered for Blu-ray

Night of the Demons (Blu-ray/DVD) – the 2009 remake of the Eighties cult classic, starring Edward Furlong (“Terminator 2”) and Shannon Elizabeth (“American Pie”)

CLASSICS

Macbeth (Blu-ray/DVD) – director/star Orson Welles brings Shakespeare’s play to life in this 1945 film

A Double Life (Blu-ray) – this Academy Award-winning 1947 film starring Ronald Colman is vintage Hollywood noir

The Most Dangerous Game (DVD) – a 1932 adaptation of the classic short story

HORROR

Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray/DVD) – co-writer Joss Whedon delivers this 2012 clever send-up of the horror genre

The Victim (Blu-ray/DVD) – Michael Biehn (“The Terminator,” “Aliens”) directs and stars in this 2011 horror/thriller

Revenant (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2009 horror-comedy that is said to mix “Kick-Ass” with “Night of the Living Dead”

Halloween II (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray/DVD) – Scream Factory, a new division of Shout! Factory, delivers the 1981 sequel to John Carpenter’s horror classic

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 1982 sequel is the only entry in the series to not feature Michael Meyers, which may explain why it’s developed a cult following

Black Sunday: Remastered Edition (Blu-ray/DVD) – director Mario Bava’s landmark 1960 Gothic horror film is presented in hi-definition, courtesy of Kino Films

Lisa and The Devil / The House of Exorcism: Remastered Edition (Blu-ray/DVD) – the 1973 chiller from director Mario Bavo, starring Telly Savalas (“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”)

Hatchet For the Honeymoon: Remastered Edition (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 1970 Italian horror film is an unapologetic slasher from legendary director Mario Bava

Dracula Blows His Cool (DVD) – in this 1979 horror flick, a young man inherits Dracula’s castle and decides to turn it into a discotheque – but unbeknownst to him, Dracula is still living in the basement

Puppet Master (DVD) – the 1989 film that launched an entire horror series about killer puppets

Puppet Master II (DVD) – the vicious puppets are back in this 1991 direct-to-video sequel to “Puppet Master”

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