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Sukiyaki Western Django: Collector’s Edition | Blu-ray (MVD)

Sukiyaki Western Django: Collector's Edition | Blu-ray (MVD Marquee Collection)

RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020 On June 16, 2020, MVD Marquee Collection will be releasing the Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD for Sukiyaki Western Django (read our review), a 2007 film from director Takashi Miike (First Love, As the Gods Will). Read the official details: Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best known for cult classics Audition, Ichi the Killer and The City of Lost Souls, redefines the spaghetti Western with Sukiyaki … Continue reading

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The Captain | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2020 On March 31, 2020, buckle up for The Captain (aka The Chinese Pilot), which will arrive on Blu-ray from Well Go USA. Directed by Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs trilogy, Young and Dangerous series, The Storm Riders), The Captain is based on the true story of a pilot who had to ensure the safety of 128 passengers and crew members on the plane when its windshield … Continue reading

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The Deer Hunter: Collector’s Edition | 4K Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

The Deer Hunter | 4K Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 26, 2020 On May 26, 2020, Shout! Factory will release the Collector’s Edition 4K Blu-ray for the 1978 Academy Award-winning film, The Deer Hunter, from writer/director Micheal Cimino (Year of the Dragon). The Deer Hunter follows a group of friends – played by Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken – who go from their blue-collar lives to the hell of Southeast Asia during … Continue reading

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Ringu Collection | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2020 On March 31, 2020, Arrow Video will release the Blu-ray for The Ringu Collection, which will include Ringu, Ringu 2, Ringu 0 – as well as the ‘lost’ original sequel, Spiral. In 1998, director Hideo Nakata (Dark Water) unleashed a chilling tale of technological terror on unsuspecting audiences, which redefined the horror genre, launched the J-horror boom in the West and introduced a generation of moviegoers to … Continue reading

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Cop Killers + Project: Kill | Blu-ray (Dark Force)

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2020 On April 28, 2020, Dark Force Entertainment will release the 2-Feature Blu-ray for 1977’s Cop Killers and 1976’s Project: Kill. Cop Killers: Jason Williams (Flesh Gordon) and William Osco (Night Patrol) star as two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree … Continue reading

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The Witch: Subversion | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2020 On March 10th, 2020, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for The Witch: Subversion (aka The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion), the latest thriller from South Korean filmmaker Park Hoon-jung (New World). The Witch: Subversion (read our review) stars Kim Da-mi (Marionette), Choi Woo-Sik (Parasite, The Divine Fury), Cho Min-soo (Pieta), Go Min-Si (The Battle: Roar to Victory) and Park Hee-Soon (The Revenger). 10 years … Continue reading

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Amazons vs. Supermen | DVD (Cheezy Flicks)

RELEASE DATE: April 14, 2020 On April 14th, 2020, Cheezy Flicks Entertainment (via MVD) will be releasing the DVD for the 1974 Shaw Brothers co-production, Amazons vs. Supermen (aka Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women), an exploitation film from director Alfonso Brescia (Beast in Space). This Chinese/Italian production stars Aldo Canti (The Ten Gladiators), Marc Hannibal (Ironside), Malisa Longo (Way of the Dragon), Aldo Bufi Landi (Four Flies on Grey Velvet), Genie Woods … Continue reading

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Solid Metal Nightmares: Films from Shinya Tsukamoto | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2020 On April 28th, 2020, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray collection for Solid Metal Nightmares – The Films of Tsukamoto, a collection of films from Shinya Tsukamoto (Killing, Tokyo Fist), featuring eight feature-length films and two shorts. Read the official details below: One of the most distinctive and celebrated names in modern Japanese cinema, there’s no other filmmaker quite like Shinya Tsukamoto. Since his early days … Continue reading

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Redcon-1 | Blu-ray (Dread Central)

Redcon-1 | Blu-ray (Dread Central)

RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2020 Zombie Fight Club, move over! On May 12th, 2020, Dread Central is releasing the Blu-ray for Redcon-1, an action/horror film from director Chee Keong Cheung (Bodyguard: A New Beginning) that’s been described as a mashup of The Raid and 28 Weeks Later (via SBM). After a deadly viral outbreak, an elite squad of special forces soldiers must infiltrate a quarantine zone to rescue a scientist … Continue reading

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The Trigonal: Fight for Justice | Blu-ray & DVD (Gravitas Ventures)

RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2020 On January 24, 2020, Gravitas Ventures is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Vincent Soberano’s The Trigonal: Fight for Justice (aka The Trigonal). Jacob Casa is torn between his love of MMA fighting and his promise to retire. When he starts to considering taking an underground fight, his wife and unborn baby become collateral in a ruthless drug lord’s lunatic ambitions. Jacob finds himself pushed beyond the … Continue reading

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The Devil | Blu-ray (Massacre Video)

RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2020 On February 10th, 2020, U.S.-based label Massacre Video is releasing Chang Jen-Chieh’s 1981 cult favorite The Devil to Blu-ray. For the first time, this horror classic will be presented with a New, Fully Uncut 4K Restoration with uncompressed Mandarin PCM Audio (with Englis Subtitles). In The Devil (aka Devil’s Express), a hideously ugly witch casts spells on her victims which turns their insides into snakes and worms. The film … Continue reading

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Kill or Be Killed | Blu-ray (Dark Force Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2020 On April 28th, 2020, Dark Force Entertainment will release the Blu-ray for the 1976 James Ryan actioner Kill or Be Killed (aka Karate Killer), a martial arts cult classic directed by the late South African cult favorite, Ivan Hall (Funeral for an Assassin). Presented in a Brand New HD master from only surviving 16mm print. Two former ranking figures of the Axis powers schedule a deadly martial arts … Continue reading

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First Love | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2020 Takashi Miike (Blade of the Immortal, As the Gods Will), one of today’s most prolific filmmakers, re-teams with Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas (13 Assassins, The Last Emperor) for the Japanese/UK collaboration First Love (read our review), which hits Blu-ray & DVD on February 11th, 2020. Set over one night in Tokyo, the film will follow Leo, a young boxer down on his luck as he meets his … Continue reading

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The Loners + Dragon vs. Needles of Death | Blu-ray (Dark Force)

RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 On March 17th, 2020, Dark Force Entertainment will release the 2-Feature Blu-ray for 1972’s The Loners and 1976’s Dragon vs. Needles of Death. The Loners: On his motorcycle Stein (Dean Stockwell), a half-blood Indian, tries to stay out of the hands of the police, who are chasing him for accidentally killing a cop. Together with his friend Alan (Todd Susman) and a beautiful but desperate girl … Continue reading

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Shatter | aka Call Him Mr. Shatter | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2020 On April 28, 2020, Shout! Factory will be releasing the Blu-ray for 1974’s Shatter (aka Call Him Mr. Shatter), starring Stuart Whitman (Crazy Mama, Ruby). Read the official details below: Hammer Films and The Shaw Brothers come together again for an exciting action film! International assassin Shatter (Whitman) completes a contract kill on an African dictator and heads for Hong Kong to collect his payment. … Continue reading

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