Category Archives: Other Notable Titles

New & upcoming Blu-ray/DVD releases of films you don’t want to miss! Cult favorites, Hollywood classics and other edgy films. We’re always updating this list, so come back every chance you get. Please click on the Amazon.com affiliate links to support this site.

Captain America | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray for 1990’s Captain America, directed by Albert Pyun (Cyborg). Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America (Matt Salinger) is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull (Scott Paulin). Also starring Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty. The MGM DVD is currently available. Watch the trailer.

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The Name of the Game is Kill | DVD (VCI Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2013 VCI Entertainment presents the DVD for 1968’s The Name of the Game is Kill, a cult-shocker that stars Jack Lord (Hawaii Five-O, Dr. No), Tisha Sterling and Collin Wilcox Paxton. A family offers a traveling stranger hospitality, but the stranger doesn’t realize exactly what they have in store for him. Watch the trailer. “Contains moments of Bava-like Brilliance!” – Joe Dante, Director of Gremlins

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Hammer Horror 3-Film DVD Set (Millennium Media Services)

RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2013 Millennium Media Services presents the DVD for the Hammer Horror 3-Film Set, which contains 1966’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (trailer), 1967’s Frankenstein Created Woman (trailer) and Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (trailer), which is the Hammer and Shaw Brothers Studio mash-up, co-directed by the legendary Chang Cheh with David Chiang co-starring alongside with Peter Cushing.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1976’s The Town That Dreaded Sundown, directed by Charles B. Pierce. A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story. Pierce’s rare cult movie classic The Evictors will also be included with this title. Watch the trailer.

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Crimewave | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1985’s Crimewave, directed by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead). Crimewave revolves around a pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen who kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair. Watch the trailer.

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The Burning | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1981’s The Burning, directed by Tony Maylam (Split Second). A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement. Watch the trailer.

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Django Unchained | Blu-ray & DVD (The Weinstein Company)

RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 The Weinstein Company presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Django (Jamie Foxx) a former slave-turned-hired gun heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), from a tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), with the help of a German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz).

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Freaky Deaky | DVD (Entertainment One)

RELEASE DATE: February 26, 2013 Entertainment One presents the DVD for Freaky Deaky, directed by Charles Matthau (son of Walter Matthau) and based on a novel by Elmore Leonard (Jackie Brown, Out of Sight). Set in 1974, a pair of ’60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists. Starring Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Billy Burke, Roger Bart, Andy Dick and Bill Duke. … Continue reading

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Lifeforce | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1985’s Lifeforce, directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), written by Dan O’Bannon (Alien) and based on Colin Wilson’s 1976 novel, The Space Vampires. Lifeforce involves a race of space vampires arrive in London and infect the populous. Watch the trailer.

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Bounty Hunters | Blu-ray (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Miramax Echo Bridge presents the Blu-ray for 1996′s Bounty Hunters (aka Outgun), starring American Ninja’s Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Howard. Directed by straight-to-video favorite, George Erschbamer (Snake Eater trilogy). Watch the trailer. Don’t forget Part 2 is also available!

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Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball Blu-ray (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2013 Miramax Echo Bridge presents the Blu-ray for 1997’s Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball, starring American Ninja’s Michael Dudikoff, Lisa Howard and the legendary Tony Curtis. Directed by straight-to-video favorite, George Erschbamer (Snake Eater trilogy), Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball is sure to please all you closet Dudikoff fans. Watch the trailer. Part 1 is also available!

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Interview with a Hitman Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 5, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Interview with a Hitman. Silent. Relentless. No attachments. This is Viktor’s code. The mantra that took him from the slums of Romania to the pinnacle of his profession – as a murderer for hire. But after a ruthless betrayal by his bosses, he escapes to London, joins a new “family,” and finds himself caught in a vicious … Continue reading

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Jurassic Park 3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD (Universal)

RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2013 Universal presents the Blu-ray for Jurassic Park 3D. Based on Michael Crichton’s best-selling novel, director Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park created a world where science brought the dinosaurs back to life. Now you can experience it like you never have before in 3D! The Blu-ray & DVD’s for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park & Jurassic Park III are now available individually.

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Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park & Jurassic Park III Blu-ray & DVD (Universal)

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Universal presents the individual Blu-ray & DVD’s for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park & Jurassic Park III. Previously only available as a set, you can now choose the ones you want. Also available is the Blu-ray for Jurassic Park 3D.

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Gorgo Blu-ray & DVD (VLC Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2013 VLC Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1961’s Gorgo, directed by Eugene Laurie (Battle of the Bulge). Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up. Think of it as the “British Godzilla” with elements from King Kong as well. Gorgo is praised for its complex effects and unique ending. … Continue reading

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