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.

Lots of good stuff out on Blu-ray this week. For fans of the Resident Evil series this is the week for you. All five films have received re-releases in anticipation of the newest entry to the franchise. Slasher fans are in for a treat with Scream Factory’s double bill of Slumber Party Massacre II and Slumber Party Massacre III. The big, big release for me this week though comes from the UK with 88 Films release of Seeding of a Ghost. Get. That. Movie!

US Releases

Resident Evil (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
In a vast underground genetic research facility, a deadly viral outbreak occurs, and in response, the Red Queen – a vast supercomputer that controls and monitors the Hive – seals the entire facility to contain the leak, turning all the employees into ravenous, zombie-like Undead, prowling the facility. A group of commandos led by Alice and Rain are sent in to isolate the virus. They soon discover that one bite or scratch from an Undead causes infection and instant transformation into their kind. The military task force have three hours to access the Red Queen, via a series of increasingly horrifying obstacles, and complete their mission before the Undead threaten to overrun the Earth. Based on the popular video game of the same name.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine and Carlos, enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It’s a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W. S. Anderson and directed by Alexander Witt, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel.

Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
Alice, now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera and L.J., along with new survivors Claire, K-Mart and Nurse Betty, to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead… and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strength, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.

Resident Evil: Afterlife (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.

Resident Evil: Retribution (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
Alice (Milla Jovovich), the world’s foremost zombie slayer is back in the fifth film of the Resident Evil franchise. When she’s captured by the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice wakes up in the heart of one of their operation facilities and must find a way to escape. As she navigates deeper through the complex, her past is revealed, taking her on an international mission that spans Tokyo, New York and Moscow. However, when she finally uncovers the truth behind the outbreak, Alice must re-think everything that led her to this moment.

Death Race 2050 (Universal, Region A)

Synopsis:
The year 2050 the planet has become overpopulated, to help control population the government develops a race. The Death Race. Annually competitors race across the country scoring points for killing people with their vehicles.

Revenge of the Blood Beast (Raro Video, Region A)

Synopsis:
A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them…

Slumber Party Massacre II/Slumber Party Massacre III (Scream Factory, Region A)

Slumber Party Massacre II
The only sane survivor of Slumber Party Massacre, Courtney (Crystal Bernard) dreams of the drill murderer returning. She can’t shake the horrible feeling that she and her friends will be viciously tormented and brutally butchered. Again and again the nightmare returns. Dazed, Courtney loses control. And her nightmare crosses into reality. No one believes her, until it’s too late. The driller killer returns, reincarnated as an evil rocker. He methodically stalks them; then violently gores them to death…one by one.

Slumber Party Massacre III
Seven California co-eds are dresses to kill…and a murderer is, well, dressed to drill. He’s an insomno-maniac looking for luscious bods to bore and it looks like he’ll find them at the Slumber Party Massacre. The Driller Killer is back in Part III of the classic horror fest. This time Jackie, Diane and Martia are three high school girls who love a good time. When they party, they bust out of their bikinis and break out the brews – but the driller killer’s out for a thrill with his drill…and he’s ready to kill!

Oujia: Origin of Evil (Universal, Region A)

Synopsis:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by a merciless spirit, the family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

UK Releases

The Beast Within (Arrow, Region B)

Synopsis:
A teenager is experiencing growing pains of a most shocking kind in this exciting, tense and all-too-real story of a human-into-monster transformation. 18-year-old Michael MacLeary — the progeny of an unholy union between his mother and a swamp beast — is on the verge of becoming a man. And as the inherited evil in his blood gnaws at his soul, Michael must return to the swamp to uncover the terrifying identity of his father — before his nasty natural tendencies force him to feed on the locals! Ronny Cox (ROBOCOP), Bibi Besch (TREMORS), Paul Clemens (COMMUNION), L.Q. JONES (THE WILD BUNCH) and R.G. Armstrong (RACE WITH THE DEVIL) star in this terrifying thriller.

Intruder (88 Films, Regon B)

Synopsis:
It’s 10 p.m. the night before Walnut Lakes neighborhood supermarket closes its doors forever. The owners and night crew have a long shift ahead of them – longer than they think. Weird things start happening. The phone lines are cut, and the night crew start dying, one by one, in the most gruesome ways imaginable.

Black Society Trilogy (Arrow, Region B)

Shinjuku Triad Society
Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.

Rainy Dog
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.

Ley Lines
A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way in life and eventually find trouble with the local crime syndicate.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Eureka, Region B)

Synopsis:
Francis recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep. When Alan asks Cesare about his future, Cesare answers that he will die before dawn. The next morning Alan is found dead. Francis suspects Cesare of being the murderer, and starts spying on him and Dr. Caligari. The following night Cesare is going to stab Jane in her bed, but softens when he sees the beautiful woman, and instead of committing another murder, he abducts her. Francis pursues the fleeing Dr. Caligari, and sees him disappear into a madhouse, where he is sure he will find the truth behind all these mysterious events…

Seeding of a Ghost (88 Films, Region B)

Synopsis:
Possession, exploding bodies, zombie mayhem and gross-out shocks aplenty await you in the most extreme Hong Kong cult film of them all! Following the prediction of a dark magician, the unfaithful wife of a Hong Kong cab driver falls victim to a pair of murderous thugs. Outraged, the cabbie arranges supernatural vengeance with the aid of an unholy union between the dead. Never released in America due to its taboo subject matter, this mind-melting Asian answer to The Evil Dead has stunned viewers for years in low quality grey market editions and now makes its long-awaited American debut!

Eve of Destruction (88 Films, Region B)

Synopsis:
Eve is a robot, modelled on “her” creator. Eve’s armoury includes a nuclear bomb, which for unexplained reasons is on-board during Eve’s testing. When things go wrong during the tests, Eve is lost in the big city. Enter the rescue team, which includes the real (human) Eve. They must find and disarm her before…

Australia Releases

The Holy Mountain (Gryphon Entertainment, Region B)

Synopsis:
“The Alchemist” is a man who assembles a group of people from all walks of life and renames them for the planets in the solar system. Putting his recruits through strange mystical rites and divesting them of their worldly baggage, he leads them on a trip to Lotus Island to ascend the Holy Mountain and displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

I Drink Your Blood (Gryphon Entertainment, Region B)

Synopsis:
A band of satanist hippies roll into a town and begin terrorizing the local folk. They rape a local girl and her grandpa goes after them. He fails and is given LSD. This bothers his grandson and he gets back at the hippies by feeding them meat pies infected with blood from a rabid dog. They turn into crazed lunatics and begin killing and/or infecting everything in their path.