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 first week of October is here and it’s a great week to add to your Blu-ray collection! There’s the newest Chucky film, Cult of Chucky, plus a brand-new 7-film boxset containing all the films in the Chucky franchise and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve got 976-Evil, Popcorn, Night of the Living Dead and Fulci’s Don’t Torture a Duckling! Halloween time has officially arrived!

US Releases

Cult of Chucky (Universal, Region A)

Synopsis:
Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) is erroneously convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family. But when her psychiatrist introduces a new therapeutic “tool” to facilitate his patients’ group sessions – an all-too-familiar “Good Guy” doll with an innocently smiling face – a string of grisly deaths begins to plague the asylum, and Nica starts to wonder if maybe she isn’t crazy after all. Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent), Chucky’s now-grown-up nemesis from the original Child’s Play, races to Nica’s aid. But to save her he’ll have to get past Tiffany (Oscar-nominee Jennifer Tilly), Chucky’s long-ago bride, who will do anything, no matter how deadly or depraved, to help her beloved devil doll.

Chucky: The Complete 7-Movie Collection (Universal, Region A)

Synopsis:
Complete collection of all 7 Chucky movies.

Popcorn (Synapse, Region A)

Synopsis:
A group of film students plan an all-night horror film festival in order to raise funds for their cinema club. They decide to show a number of (fictional) horror films from the 1950’s that rely on gimmicks such as 3-D, “Odorama”, and electrical “buzzers” in seats. Unbeknownst to the group, a homicidal maniac is stalking the theater where the festival is being held. A filmmaker named Lanyard Gates, who murdered his family during a screening of his only film in the 1970’s, supplies the decoy killer character, since young Maggie may or may not be his missing daughter…

The Suspicious Death of a Minor (Arrow, Region A)

Synopsis:
Detective Paolo Germi is assigned to investigate the suspicious murder of a very young girl, but every time he gets closer to unravel the mystery more killings occur, eventually, throughout his investigation, detective uncovers a prostitution ring with ties to very powerful people.

Night of the Living Dead (Mill Creek, Region A)

Synopsis:
A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour.

Don’t Torture a Duckling (Arrow, Region A)

Synopsis:
A Classic Of The Perverse. Several young boys are murdered in a remote village rife with sex and superstition, and the townspeople go mad with rage and violence. But when a hard-nosed reporter and promiscuous young woman search for the true killer, they discover a fiend – and motive – even more shocking than the crimes themselves.

Children of the Corn (Arrow, Region A)

Synopsis:
Young lovers on a cross-country trip stop in a small Nebraska community and make a shocking discovery. One day, three years prior to the couples’ arrival, the town’s children killed all of the grown-ups at the apparent behest of a demon simply dubbed “He Who Walks Behind the Rows.” Based on a short story from horror scribe Stephen King’s “Night Shift” collection, this film spawned a slew of bloody sequels.

Vampyr (Criterion, Region A)

Synopsis:
A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.

976-Evil (Sony, Region A)

Synopsis:
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers.

The Hidden (Warner Archive, Region A)

Synopsis:
There’s a power-mad space slug slithering among (and through) the innocent citizens of L.A., and it’s up to a hardboiled cop and a detective from way up north to stop it in this wonderfully straight-faced sci-fi action flick.

The Ambassador (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East, but his efforts are hampered when his wife has an affair with a PLO leader.

Original Gangstas (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
Marvin Bookman is a small shop owner in Gary, Indiana, USA. After he sees a drive-by shooting of Laurie Thompson’s son by a local gang, he gives up the license number of the car to the police. The gang doesn’t like this so they go to the store and rough him up. Soon, John Bookman comes to town to set the wrong things right. With the help of Laurie and his old friend Jake, they attempt to take back the streets and show the new breed of gang members what the true originals can do.

City of Industry (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
Retired thief Roy Egan is lured out by his brother, Roy, for a jewel heist, but when Roy is murdered by his partner, Lee seeks revenge while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Stone Cold Dead (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
Based on Hugh Garner’s novel “Sin Sniper,” this police drama follows Sergeant Boyd’s police search to find the sniper who has been shooting hookers.

The Survivalist (Scream Factory, Region A)

Synopsis:
The story of a man in a time of starvation, living off the grid since before the grid went down. Growing food on a small farm hidden deep in a forest, he protects his land from thieves and foragers with man traps and a shotgun. But the long years alone have taken their toll on him, and he is beginning to lose his grip on reality. His isolation is broken by two visitors; Kathryn and her teenage daughter, Milja. They are starving and desperate for food. Initially reluctant to share any, he relents when they offer a night with Milja. The exchange becomes an uneasy ongoing arrangement; as Kathryn schemes to take control of the farm, and the Survivalist finds his feelings growing for her daughter. When the farm comes under attack from outsiders, they find they must work together to survive, developing loyalties which will be tested when food runs short.

Jackals (Scream Factory, Region A)

Synopsis:
Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.