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New to Blu – Week of 4/4/2017

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New to Blu-ray

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.

First week of April releases are here and there’s not a lot, but some goodies. The Mill Creek Psycho Circus triple feature is pretty rad, Invasion of the Bee Girls from Scream Factory is an exciting new release, but my favorite of the week is Don’t Kill It. I have been waiting for this forever! Glad to finally be able to own it. Get to collecting!

US Releases

Psycho Circus (Mill Creek, Region A)

The Creeping Flesh
Can an evil human being be cured? Emmanuel Hildern (Peter Cushing), a 19th-century scientist, believes it can, and develops serum from the blood of evil men. While his half-brother James (Christopher Lee), who runs a mental institution, envies Emmanuel’s accomplishments, his daughter Penelope (Lorna Heilbron) does not. Born of an insane mother, the girl is injected with her father’s serum, slashes a sailor and kills an escaped madman. Sadly, she must then be committed to her uncle’s asylum. Undaunted, Emmanuel continues his experiments on a primitive skeleton, inadvertently creating an evil monster when the skeleton comes to life. The trauma of the events that follow drives Emmanuel insane and frees the creature to spread its reign of terror…

Brotherhood of Satan
A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town’s children to worship Satan.

Torture Garden
Anthology film from Amicus adapted from four short stories by Robert Bloch strung together about a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo and the shears of the female deity Atropos. Stories include “Terror Over Hollywood”, “Mr. Steinway”, “Enoch” and “The Man Who Collected Poe”…

Invasion of the Bee Girls (Scream Factory, Region A)

Synopsis:
A powerful cosmic force is turning Earth women into queen bees who kill men by wearing them out sexually.

Ride the High Country (Warner Archive, Region A)

Synopsis:
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn’t realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Disney, Region A)

Synopsis:
Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. With help from the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will be in for something bigger than she thinks.

Three (Well Go USA, Region A)

Synopsis:
Realizing that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to bide time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.

We Go On (Lightyear, Region A)

Synopsis:
Miles Grissom is a video editor in Los Angeles who lives with an excessive fear of death that keeps him alone, afraid, and stuck in his life. When he comes into some inheritance money, he places a newspaper advertisement offering a reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, a demon, a past-life memory – anything to prove we go on after we die – in the hopes that having certainty will allow him to live free of his anxieties. He sorts through the thousands of responses to arrive at three viable candidates: a science professor, a local medium working in a Mexican restaurant, and a worldly entrepreneur. Charlotte, Miles’s protective mother, joins him on his quest, and they embark on an adventure through Los Angeles – one that will spiral into a hellish nightmare.

Thriller Triple Feature (Mill Creek, Region A)

Wind Chill
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays, but when they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they are preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.

Closure
After surviving a gang rape and mugging, a middle aged businesswoman and her 23 year old boyfriend plot to murder their attackers, but find themselves conflicted about carrying out their plans.

Perfect Stranger
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend’s killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

Tank 432 (Scream Factory, Region A)

Synopsis:
From executive producer Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High-Rise) comes a mind-bending plunge into hallucinatory terror. Under siege by a mysterious enemy in an apocalyptic, war-torn landscape, a band of mercenary soldiers, hooded hostages in tow, seek refuge inside an abandoned military tank. But their sanctuary soon reveals itself to be a steel-walled prison. As the group succumbs to claustrophobia, paranoia, and increasingly disturbing delusions, it becomes clear that the real threat may lie not outside, but within. The directorial debut from longtime Wheatley collaborator Nick Gillespie unfolds like a delirious, pulse-pounding puzzle.

Don’t Kill It (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
An ancient demon terrorizes a tiny Mississippi town.

 

Chris Coffel is originally from Phoenix, AZ and now resides in Portland, OR. He once scored 26 goals in a game of FIFA. He likes the Phoenix Suns, Paul Simon and 'The 'Burbs.' Oh and cats. He also likes cats.

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Criterion’s Complete Kubrick Box Set Will Include Kubrick’s International Version of ‘The Shining’

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Criterion Collection has announced the upcoming release of The Complete Kubrick Box Set, a 4K + Blu-ray collection that features EVERY SINGLE MOVIE KUBRICK DIRECTED.

“Tracing his evolution from independent maverick to Hollywood rebel to visionary transnational auteur whose every film from the mid-1960s on became a manifesto of a radically new sensibility,” Criterion previews, “The Complete Kubrick brings together the entirety of a body of work that opened popular cinema up to new realms of moral profundity and metaphysical mystery.”

Criterion continues, “Collected for the first time are Kubrick’s thirteen features and three shorts, all restored in 4K, with their original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered; over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; and deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself, all housed in a singular box inspired by the director’s legendary archive.”

Included in The Complete Kubrick is of course the 1980 horror masterpiece The Shining, but we’re getting more than just the version of the film we’re all deeply familiar with…

Kubrick’s international version of The Shining will also be included in the set, along with a new 4K restoration of Vivian Kubrick’s behind-the-scenes documentary!

The international version of The Shining was cut together by Kubrick for the film’s release outside the United States, and it’s a trimmed down version of the film that runs 115 minutes rather than the standard 144 minutes. Kubrick cut a full 29 minutes out of The Shining in the wake of the film’s U.S. release, and you can watch this video for a rundown of all the changes.

This version of the movie has been released on home video outside the United States, but Criterion’s Complete Kubrick set marks the first time it’s been available on U.S. home video.

The Complete Kubrick will release October 20, 2026. Pre-order yours today.

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