Each week here at Bloody Disgusting we like to highlight some of the new Blu-ray releases hitting shelves across the world. Please note that this isn’t every release for the week, just a few of the ones that jumped out at us.

This week we’re only looking at US releases because really there wasn’t anything from the UK or anywhere else that really stood out to me. Lots of good stuff in the US though! Where to begin, where to begin! This week Olive has released the 4 American Ninja films, Arrow Video is giving us Microwave Massacre but the real excitement comes with the official launch of Shout Select! Shout Select is the new branch from Shout Factory and they’re getting stared with a bang with The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and John Carpenter’s Elvis! Not a bad week!

US Releases

American Ninja (Olive Films, Region A)

Synopsis:
In American Ninja, Michael Dudikoff plays American “GI Joe” who, based in the Philippines, gets hip to a crooked arms racket involving none other than the military itself. There’s no end to the rib-cracking opportunities Dudikoff encounters as he knee-knocks his way through a host of bad guys, rescues a lady in distress, and ventures to thwart the thieving arms vendors.

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (Olive Films, Region A)

Synopsis:
On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (Olive Films, Region A)

Synopsis:
Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as “The Cobra”, who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ninjas.

American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (Olive Films, Region A)

Synopsis:
The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever (Drafthouse Films, Region A)

Synopsis:
After Raiders of the Lost Ark was released 35 years ago, three 11-year-old boys from Mississippi set out on what would become a 7-year-long labor of love and tribute to their favorite film: a faithful, shot-for-shot adaptation of the action adventure film. They finished every scene…except one; the film’s explosive airplane set piece. Over two decades later, the trio reunited with the original cast members from their childhood in order to complete their masterpiece.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Shout Select, Region A)

Synopsis:
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

Session 9 (scream Factory, Region A)

Synopsis:
It looms up out of the woods like a dormant beast. Grand, imposing… abandoned and deteriorating, the Danvers State Mental Hospital, closed down for 15 years is about to receive 5 new visitors.

The ‘Burbs (Universal, Region A)

Synopsis:
An overstressed suburbanite and his paramilitaric neighbor struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family in town is a front for a cannibalistic cult.

Elvis (Shout Select, Region A)

Synopsis:
Just two years after Elvis Presley died, Kurt Russell brought him back to life in the original biopic about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Broadcast on ABC in 1979, Elvis marked the first time director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell would work together in what would become a legendary pairing in film history.

Theatre of Blood (Twilight Time, Region A)

Synopsis:
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him the Best Actor of the Year award.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
This is a retelling of the old tale of Hansel and Gretel, but set in England in the 1920’s. To the children and staff at the orphanage, Auntie Roo is a kindly American widow who gives them a lavish Christmas party each year in her mansion, Forrest Grange. In reality, she is a severely disturbed woman, who keeps the mummified remains of her little daughter in a nursery in the attic. One Christmas, her eye falls upon a little girl who reminds her of her daughter and she imprisons her in her attic. Nobody believes her brother, Christopher, when he tells them what has happened, so he goes to rescue her…

Once Upon a Time: The Complete Fifth Season (Disney, Region A)

Synopsis:
Emma Swan gets the surprise of her life when Henry, the son she gave up 10 years ago, arrives on her doorstep. Returning the boy to his adoptive mother becomes complicated when Henry reveals a stunning theory to Emma. Everyone in Storybrooke, Maine is a fairytale character under a curse, and Emma – as the long lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming – is the one who can save them all. The story unfolds; interweaving scenes of the drama in the sleepy New England town and the the inhabitants’ past lives in the world of fairy tales. The timeless battle of good vs evil is ready to begin again.

Microwave Massacre (Arrow, Region A)

Synopsis:
Construction worker Donald is having a hard time getting anything good to eat since his wife has decided to only cook gourmet foods. That and her constant harping cause him to snap, and he whacks her. Somewhere in the confusion he comes up with a new use for the microwave oven, and begins to eat much better. Soon he’s experimenting with different recipes. And different meats.