RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2021 On September 28, 2021, Media Blasters is releasing a New Blu-ray (4K remastered) for X-Cross (aka XX), from Battle Royale 2 and Yo Yo Girl Cop director Fukasaku Kenta. Based on the novel by Joko Noboyuki, this over-the-top slasher stars Matsushita Nao (Sand’s Chronicle), pop idol Suzuki Ami (Ouran High School Host Club) and Ikeuchi Hiroyuki (Space Travelers). Shiyori is a young lady trying to mend … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 14, 2021 On September 14, 2021, Epic Pictures is releasing the Blu-ray for Howling Village, 2019 horror film from Japanese director Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On, Ju-On 2, The Grudge). Read the official details below: After her brother goes missing, Kanade, a young psychologist visits his last known location, an infamous haunted and cursed site known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance. Her investigation reveals that the village’s … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 21, 2021 On September 21, 2021, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray for The Snake Girl and the Silver Haired Witch, a 1968 Japanese film from Noriaki Yuasa, director of Daiei Studios’ Gamera series. Read the official details below: What do you get when Noriaki Yuasa, director of Daiei Studios’ much-beloved Gamera series, makes a monochrome film adaptation of the works of horror manga pioneer Kazuo Umezu (The Drifting … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 17, 2021 On August 17, 2021, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for Midnight Diner. The film marks the directorial debut of noted Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka Fai (A Better Tomorrow 3), who also plays the lead. The story is based on Shinya Shokudo, a Japanese manga series by Yaro Abe. The “Midnight Diner” is a small one-man, counter-only restaurant where Master (Leung) serves good food and … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 10, 2021 On August 10, 2021, Mondo Macabro is releasing the Blu-ray for Silip: Daughters of Eve, a 1985 Filipino cult-sexploitation film directed by Elwood Perez. Read the official details below: In the tradition of Japanese “Pink” cinema comes this shocking, violent and sex-filled movie that caused a sensation when it was screened at the Chicago Film Festival. Silip: Daughters of Ev stars former Miss Philippines, the … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 21, 2021 On September 21, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Johnnie To’s Milkway Image 2004 classic thriller Throw Down. Check out the official details below: One of the most personal films by the prolific Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To is a thrilling love letter to both the cinema of Akira Kurosawa and the art and philosophy of judo. Amid the neon-drenched nightclubs and … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 24, 2021 On August 24, 2021, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray for Yasuzo Masumura’s 1969 thriller, Blind Beast, starring Mako Midori (Inumukoiri) and Eiji Funakoshi (Gamera). Read the official details below: Blind Beast is a grotesque portrait of the bizarre relationship between a blind sculptor and his captive muse, adapted from a short story from Japan’s foremost master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: June 8, 2021 On June 8, 2021, Film Movement will release a New 4K Blu-ray Restoration for Stanley Kwan’s 1991 film, Center Stage. This Hong Kong classic stars Maggie Cheung (Project A II), Han Chin (Treasure Hunt), Tony Ka-Fai Leung (The Raid), Cecilia Yip (Still Human), Carina Lau (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings) and Waise Lee (The Big Heat). Read the official details below: International superstar Maggie … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2021 On June 15, 2021, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for The Great War of Archimedes, a 2018 Japanese war actioner from director Takashi Yamazaki (The Twilight Samurai) and renowned producer/distributor Toho (Godzilla). The film will be presented with an optional All-New English Dub Based on the acclaimed 2015 manga series Archimedes no Taisen, The Great War of Archimedes is a … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: July 27, 2021 In July 27, 2021, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray for The Daimajin Trilogy, which will include Daimajin, Return of Daimajin and Wrath of Daimajin. Read of the official details below: The Daimajin Trilogy saw Daiei’s Kyoto studios bringing its own iconic movie monster to life in a unique but short-lived series that transplants the Golem legend to Japan’s Warring States period of the late-16th century. … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 24, 2021 On August 24, 2021, Unearthed Films will be releasing the Blu-ray for the cult classic Evil Dead Trap (read our review), a 1988 Japanese thriller from director Toshiharu Ikeda (Mermaid Legend). For the first time, the film will be presented with a New 4K Restoration. A TV station employee takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was … Continue reading →