RELEASE DATE: March 23, 2021 On March 23, 2021, Arrow Films is releasing the Blu-ray for 1949’s The Invisible Man Appears and 1957’s The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly, which will appear on one Blu-ray disc as a double feature with a reversible inner-sleeve. Read the full details below: Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells’ classic character (though undoubtedly also … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2021 On February 9, 2021, Impulse Pictures is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for 1979’s Zoom Up: Murder Site. The film is the first entry in Nikkatsu’s famous Zoom Up adult series, Zoom Up: Murder Site is a dark, violent film that’s described as …a collection of staggeringly repulsive murders, perhaps the most sadistic ever generated on film…The words misogynist and mean-spirited can barely describe the atrocities on … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: March 16, 2021 On March 16, 2021, Impulse Pictures is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for 1974’s Flower and Snake. Based on Oniroku Dan’s famous Japanese novel, the film is the first Nikkatsu erotic film to deal with the subject of sadomasochism (Sir Paul Bramhall recently reviewed a newer rendition of the film). Makoto (Yasuhiko Ishizu) is a sexually suppressed man living with his mother Miyo (Hiroko Fuji) who owns … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2021 On January 26, 2021, Image Entertainment and Shudder is releasing the Blu-ray for 2019’s Impetigore, an Indonesian thriller from director Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves, Gundala). Impetigore stars Tara Basro (Killers), Ario Bayu (Java Heat), Marissa Anita (Gundala), Christine Hakim (Merantau) and Asmara Abigail (Abracadabra). After surviving a murder attempt in the city, Maya, a down-on-her-luck young woman, learns that she may inherit a house in her … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2020 On December 15, 2020, Media Blasters will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Devilman, is a live-action film directed by Hiroyuki Nasu (Be-Bop High School), based on the manga of the same name by Go Nagai. Read the official details below: First time on blu-ray! Best friends Akira and Ryo (played by real life twins Hisato and Yusuke Izaki) are your average high school students, … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: January 25, 2021 On January 25, 2021, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray 4-disc set for the Gamera: Showa Era collection, which includes Camera: The Giant Monster, Gamera vs. Barugon, Gamera vs. Gyaos, Gamera vs. Viras, Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera Vs. Jiger, Gamera Vs. Zigra and Gamera: The Super Monster. Read the official details below: As giant monsters rampaged through the Japanese cinematic landscape during the “kaiju boom” of … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: January 25, 2021 On January 25, 2021, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray 4-disc set for the Gamera: Heisei Era collection, which includes Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris and Gamera the Brave (don’t miss our review for the actual films here). Read the official details below: After laying dormant for fifteen years, Gamera was rebooted for the big screen … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2020 On December 15, 2020, Artsploitation is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Kim Young-Hoon’s Beast Clawing At Straws (aka Beasts that Cling to the Straw), a 2020 thriller starring Bae Sung-Woo (Metamorphosis), Jung Woo-Sung (Asura City of Madness), Jeon Do-Yeon (Memories of the Sword), Shin Hyun-Bin (Confidential Assignment) and Jung Ga-Ram (Believer). A Luis Vuitton bag stuffed full of cash sends a group of hard-luck lowlifes … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: December 8, 2020 On December 8, 2020, Arrow Films/Arrow Academy will be releasing the Blu-ray collection for Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura, which will include The Ballad of Narayama, Zegen and Black Rain. Read the official details below: Throughout the 1980s, Shohei Imamura (The Pornographers, Profound Desires of the Gods), a leading figure of the Japanese New Wave era of the 1960s, cemented his international reputation as … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: October 13, 2020 On October 13, 2020, Unearthed Films is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for The Untold Story (aka Bunman), a 1993 Hong Kong film from cult director Herman Yau (Shock Wave, Ebola Syndrome) that stars Danny Lee (Run and Kill) and Anthony Wong (Still Human). In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: November 10, 2020 On November 10, 2020, Image Entertainment is releasing the Blu-ray for Metamorphosis (read our review), a Korean horror film from director Kim Hong-Sun (Traffickers). In the tradition of The Wailing and The Priests comes Metamorphosis, a film that revolves around a family who witness bizarre and terrifying things when they move into a new home. Desperate for help, they enlist a priest, who may or may not have … Continue reading →