With the minimal bloodshed, it comes across as more like an adult-oriented “Scooby Doo” episode rather than a curious footnote in slasher film history, but it’s still worth a look for British horror fans. I wrote at Polygon about my love for this restoration: “On a decent OLED TV with HDR, this film looks as good as, if not significantly better than, any time you’ve seen it in theaters. Vinegar Syndrome gives Gorgo the treatment once reserved for Film School Classics, pulling a beautiful 4K transfer from the original 35mm camera negative. But to carry a lie forward, generation after generation, so that our collective sense of the American experiment is better and more comforting than it ought to be, this is where mythology has its cost. But it was The Wire that fundamentally altered -- and continues to alter -- the television landscape as we know it and drive public discourse, demanding unparalleled commitment from its audience, presenting viewers with the most challenging of themes, and never backing down from a fight.

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Becoming a tarot card reader and placing ads in “Time Out,” Dorothy is still luring people to their deaths, even as Jackie tries to placate her stepmother’s tendencies by offering her butcher-bought meat. Those colors are even more vividly on display with Redemption’s new Blu-Ray of Walker’s FRIGHTMARE, a film that relishes its horror credentials with glee.As with a sound bar, the best connection for a home cinema system is HDMI ARC, since it can send the audio and video signals both ways. We’ll have to wait for a future release for any director’s commentary or meaty behind-the-scenes mini-documentaries.

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Italian director Umberto Leniz and Spaghetti Western star Tomas Milian partnered throughout the 1970s to create five harrowing crime films. If you enjoy film as a means of understanding the world, warts and all, then you have your next box set. Despite its reputation as a popcorn genre, science fiction has been an exciting frontier for some of cinema’s most innovative and ambitious masters. Whether you want a killer midnight horror film or a challenging collection of art house cinema, you will find something to appreciate.And I felt like I’d learned about an entire other world and moment — while enjoying a wonderfully sweaty crime lord performance that would make Al Pacino blush. Directed by future Jet Li collaborator and X-Men action director Corey Yuen, it’s a rollicking fun time filled with fantastic martial arts and a zany chase sequence featuring legendary director Tsui Hark. Something unlike anything the network has accomplished before or since, wherein the tagline "It's not TV, it's HBO" has never been more appropriate. In any case, it’s great to see these films on Blu-Ray, and we’ll be eagerly waiting for the next batch of releases Redemption brings to the new format. Vinegar Syndrome’s colossal celebration of this modern masterpiece includes a commentary track with the director, another with Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, many brand new interviews with on- and off-screen talent, an hourlong documentary, multiple featurettes, a 40-page book, and of course the brand-new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative.

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Part action thriller, part screwball comedy, this one’s the most violent entry in the franchise, and once again features fantastic stunts and great fight scenes as well as the irrepressible charisma of its stars. THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW certainly has its moments, and Walker takes some entertaining stabs at pretentious “art” film and theater, but for all of the talking the characters do, they’re not really given much depth and it’s sometimes difficult to differentiate between them. The release includes both the original Japanese and alternate dubbed international versions, new audio commentary, a bundle of interviews, and more. Meanwhile, Jackie’s psychiatrist-in-training love interest sets out to investigate, and Debbie starts showing signs that the psychosis may very well be genetic. Despite its iconic poster, teenage me couldn’t imagine a good horror movie starring Stephen King (who also wrote the film) and the guys from Cheers and Airplane.and produced by Johnnie To ( Election, Throw Down), the Hong Kong action film takes the familiar “rich girl and poor boy on the run” formula and elevates it with effervescent performances and inventive cinematography. This edition is terrifying, where you fear not only what lurks in the mist, but what hides within the inky shadows that stain every frame. For example, I’m ashamed that despite being a longtime fan of Romero’s zombie oeuvre and a fervent Tales from the Darkside evangelist, I hadn’t made time for Creepshow until this year.