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.

USA Releases

The Martian (Fox, Region Free)

Synopsis:
An astronaut, left behind, uses his experience and knowledge to continue his existence on an alien planet in the hopes that one day he will be rescued.

The Stanford Prison Experiment (IFC, Region A)

Synopsis:
Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

The American Friend (Criterion, Region A)

Synopsis:
Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder. Tom suggests his associate ask a local picture framer instead. That man has a fatal disease, or so it’s rumored. More, he has a wife and kid that surely he wouldn’t want to leave penniless. Let this picture framer be a hit man, and no one will suspect. The terminally ill craftsman may agree to the misdeed, and several more, but he’ll end up needing Tom Ripley in a pinch.

Sinister 2 (Universal, Region A)

Synopsis:
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that’s marked for death.

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (Paramount, Region A)

Synopsis:
Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.

Figures in a Landscape (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
Based on a novel by Barry England, Joseph Losey’s Figures in a Landscape stars Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell as two escaped prisoners in an unidentified totalitarian country. MacConnachie (Shaw) and Ansell (McDowell) spend most of their time on the run from an omnipresent police helicopter. Along the way, the two men are helped by “the people,” who are as contemptuous of the powers that be as MacConnachie and Ansell.

The Bed Sitting Room (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
New Wave director Richard Lester joins former members of THE GOON SHOW to create a series of comic sketches about a post-nuclear London: a girl is 17 months pregnant, a father turns into a parrot, a man becomes a chest of drawers and another man–a bed sitting room.

Howl (Alchemy, Region A)

Synopsis:
When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning.

Contracted: Phase 2 (Scream Factory, Region A)

Synopsis:
A sexually transmitted virus is ravaging LA and turning lovers into flesh-eating zombies and one man is in a race against time to stop it.

Memories of the Sword (Well Go USA, Region A)

Synopsis:
While the Goryo Dynasty in the medieval Korea, three warriors named Deok-ki, Poong-chun and Seol-rang have led a riot against the king and his foreign allies from Kitan, China. But Deok-ki betrays them, which results in the death of Poong-chun. But Seol-rang is able to escape with Seol-hee, Poong-chun’s little daughter, and her sword. 18 years later, Seol-rang got blind but she raised and taught Seol-hee very well. Both feel that the time for revenge is right, but Deok-ki is now one of the most powerful men in the country. All of them know, that spilling blood is the only way of redemption.

UK Releases

Hana-bi (Third Window Films, Region B)

Synopsis:
A hard-boiled ex-cop, haunted by a troubled past and pushed to the edge by the shooting of his partner, confronts his demons in a ruthless quest for justice and redemption.

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (88 Films, Region B)

Synopsis:
While doing undercover work in a mental hospital, Emanuelle discovers a girl who seems to have been raised by a tribe of amazonian cannibals. Intrigued, Emanuelle and friends travel deep into the Amazon jungle, where they find that the supposedly extinct tribe of cannibals is still very much alive, and Emanuelle and her party are not welcome visitors.

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (101 Films, Region B)

Synopsis:
In this sequel to ‘Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine’, the evil Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) plots to rule the world by creating female robots for his nefarious purpose. His aim: to set off a climactic war between the United States and Russia by eliminating the top generals of NATO countries.

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (101 Films, Region B)

Synopsis:
With his henchman Igor, the demented Dr. Goldfoot builds a machine that mass-produces an army bikini-clad babes. He programs his vile vixens to seduce the wealthiest men alive and convince them to sign their fortunes over to him – thus enabling the fiendish doctor to amass tremendous wealth and take over the world. To put an end to his devious plot, Secret Agent Craig Gamble sets out to destroy the women and bring Goldfoot’s plan to a screeching halt.