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New to Blu – Week of 6/27/2017
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.
We have reached the final week of June releases and we have got some goodies! The Autopsy of Jane Done, previously released as a Wal-Mart exclusive, is now available everywhere. We also have Criterion’s release of Straw Dogs, the surprisingly enjoyable Power Rangers and a new one from Vestron Video in The Unholy. Not a bad way to close out June, eh?
US Releases
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
Tommy and Austin Tilden run a morgue and a crematorium in Virginia. One day, the local sheriff brings them a body that they’ve nicknamed Jane Doe and that was found in a basement. Father and won will soon discover that the new job isn’t purely routine and that, even though the body itself is intact, Jane Doe’s insides have been violently messed with, quite possibly a victim of a terrible ritualistic force.
Straw Dogs (Criterion, Region A)
Synopsis:
Expresses the belief that manhood requires rites of violence when a young couple’s idyllic life is disrupted and forever changed when the violence and savagery they sought to escape suddenly engulfs them.
Trespass (Shout Select, Region A)
Synopsis:
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis.
Power Rangers (Lionsgate, Region A)
Synopsis:
A group of high-school kids, who are infused with unique superpowers, harness their abilities in order to save the world.
Sun Choke (XLrator, Region A)
Synopsis:
As Janie recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie’s buried demons begin to surface.
The Evictors (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
Shortly after moving into a cute farmhouse in a quaint Louisiana town, Ben (Michael Parks) and his wife, Ruth (Jessica Harper), experience strange and disturbing events and soon come to the frightening realization that someone or something wants them dead. Filmed in a pseudo-documentary style, this horror film co-stars Vic Morrow as a creepy real estate agent who neglects to inform the young couple about the property’s violent history.
Nurse Sherie (Vinegar Syndrome, Region A)
Synopsis:
A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital’s patients.
The Apple (Scorpion Releasing, Region A)
Synopsis:
Musical set in the ‘future’, e.g. 1994. A young couple enters the world of the music industry, but also the world of drugs.
The Belko Experiment (Fox, Region A)
Synopsis:
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogata, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company’s intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.
Death Line (Blue Underground, Region A)
Synopsis:
For generations they’ve lingered beneath the streets of London. But now their last survivor has emerged, driven by a desperate hunger for human flesh! Donald Pleasence stars in this daring horror classic that dishes out heart-stopping jolts and hair-raising thrills! When a prominent politician and a beautiful young woman vanish inside a London subway station, Scotland Yard’s Inspector Calhoun (Pleasence) investigates and makes a horrifying discovery. Not only did a group of 19th-century tunnel workers survive a cave-in, but they lived for years in a secret underground enclave by consuming the flesh of their own dead. Now the lone descendant of this grisly tribe has surfaced, prowling the streets of London for fresh victims…and a new mate.
The Unholy (Vestron Video, Region A)
Synopsis:
Archbishop Mosley assigns Father Michael to a church in New Orleans which was the site of throat-slashing murders of two priests two years earlier.
The Angry Red Planet (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
The first spaceship to Mars, presumed lost, is found in space and brought back to Earth by remote control. Only two from an initial crew of four are still alive, but one is unconscious due to an attached alien growth, while the other is traumatized, blocking out all memory of what happened. In hopes to save the unconscious crewman, the amnesiac is interrogated back into remembering.
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother’s funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother’s skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim. That night he is awakened by the approach of an Indian, his lips sewed together with string, and wielding a curare-tipped bamboo knife…
Victims! (Slasher//Video, Region A)
Synopsis:
Four young girls on a camping trip in the woods are stalked by a pair of crazed serial killers.
Doberman Cop (Arrow, Region A)
Synopsis:
A tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo’s nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.
Home Video
‘In a Violent Nature’ Gets Official VHS Release With Standard Edition and Book Box Edition
While we wait for the sequel, the fan favorite slasher movie In a Violent Nature is back this week with a brand new VHS release from Broke Horror Fan and Witter Entertainment.
An official partnership with Shudder, In a Violent Nature is now available on limited edition fully functional VHS, with a Standard Edition and a special Book Box Edition.
Witter previews, “The 2024 Shudder Original slasher arrives on VHS with two variants: A standard slipcase with art by The Boland Design Company, and a book box edition with art by Gary Pullin + a gatefold cover and green VHS tape! Book boxes are limited to 200.”
Each tape includes exclusive introductions from director Chris Nash and cast. And a behind-the-scenes featurette is even included, which will play after the feature itself.
For optimal VHS viewing, the film is presented in its original 4:3 full frame aspect ratio.
Pre-order your copies from Witter Entertainment today!
All pre-orders will be shipped out later this year.
In the Shudder slasher, “When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year-old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it.”



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