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.

The November release calendar ends with only a handful of releases but we’ve got some good titles to choose from. Vinegar Syndrome’s Death Machines, one of my most anticipated for the year, hits shelves in the US, while over in the UK the big new release is The Church from the good folks over at Shameless. So yes, the number of titles this week is small, but there’s some great stuff to be had!

US Releases

Death Machines (Vinegar Syndrome, Region Free)

Synopsis:
An evil Oriental Dragon Lady injects three martial arts fighters with a serum that turns them into zombie-like assassins, and she sends them out against her enemies.

The Driller Killer (Arrow, Region A)

Synopsis:
Long available in incomplete or full screen editions, Abel Ferrara’s 1979 cult classic, THE DRILLER KILLER here receives its definitive presentation accompanied by three of the director’s never-previously-released short films from the 1970s. THE DRILLER KILLER stars Ferrara himself (under the pseudonym ‘Jimmy Laine’) as Reno Miller, an artist being driven made by the pressures of New York life who takes to the streets and begins murdering derelicts with a power drill. Although Ferrara intended to make a film in the tradition of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, the end result bore an even greater resemblance to Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER. THE DRILLER KILLER is an indispensable addition to the collection of anyone interested in 1970s horror, the work of Abel Ferrara, or off-the-wall cinema.

Biggles: Adventures in Time (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
One minute the New Yorker advertising expert Jim Ferguson is at a business party — the next he finds himself way back in 1917 in a plane fight during World War I. Mr. Raymond explains to him that he has a time-twin, to whom he’s relocated in space and time whenever one of them is in trouble. So he has to help his twin, biplane pilot Biggles, in his attempt to destroy a German super weapon, that could win their war. Of course it’s hard for Jim to explain his sudden disappearances to his fiance, Debbie.

Sacrifice! (RaroVideo, Region A)

Synopsis:
A photographer in the rain forest is captured by wild natives, and after months of living with them, he marries the chief’s daughter and helps protect the village from a vicious cannibal tribe.

Don’t Breathe (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
A group of teens break into a blind man’s home thinking they’ll get away with the perfect crime. They’re wrong.

UK Releases

The Driller Killer (Arrow, Region A)

Synopsis:
Long available in incomplete or full screen editions, Abel Ferrara’s 1979 cult classic, THE DRILLER KILLER here receives its definitive presentation accompanied by three of the director’s never-previously-released short films from the 1970s. THE DRILLER KILLER stars Ferrara himself (under the pseudonym ‘Jimmy Laine’) as Reno Miller, an artist being driven made by the pressures of New York life who takes to the streets and begins murdering derelicts with a power drill. Although Ferrara intended to make a film in the tradition of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, the end result bore an even greater resemblance to Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER. THE DRILLER KILLER is an indispensable addition to the collection of anyone interested in 1970s horror, the work of Abel Ferrara, or off-the-wall cinema.

The Church (Shameless, Region B)

Synopsis:
A church is built during medieval times on top of a pile of dead bodies that were considered possessed. Hundreds of years later a young librarian unleashes the evil within, by removing a rock in the catacombs. Series of events occur meanwhile, everybody just does not seem to be the same. Father Gus is the only one not possessed, he must save the city from becoming a pandemonium, he must find the ancient secret of the church so it can crumble to pieces…

Nightmare (Final Cut Entertainment, Region B)

Synopsis:
Janet is a young student at a private school; her nights are troubled by horrible dreams in which she sees her mother, who is in fact locked in an insane asylum, haunting her. Expelled because of her persistent nightmares, Janet is sent home where the nightmares continue…

Assault on Precinct 13 (Second Sight, Region B)

Synopsis:
Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must work together to fight off the attacking gang members.