This week, genre fans have an eclectic array of home entertainment titles to look forward to that feature both new and classic titles. Scream Factory and IFC Midnight have teamed up for the release of the revenge thriller Bound for Vengeance this Tuesday and for those of you Manimal fans out there (yes, I’m sure there are a few!), the entire series arrives on DVD tomorrow as well.
Several recent titles are also being released on November 10th, including Terminator: Genisys, Self/Less, and Pay the Ghost, and for those of you looking for something a bit older, we have Blu-rays of Play Misty for Me and Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. arriving on Tuesday. Additionally, Warner Bros. is dusting off a true cult classic this week, The Strangler—a film I highly recommend checking out if you’ve never seen it before.
Other notable titles being released this Tuesday include Queen of Blood, Deep Dark, Symphony in Blood Red, and Rock-n-Roll Frankenstein.
Bound to Vengeance (Scream Factory/IFC Midnight, Blu/DVD Combo)
Eve (Tina Ivlev) breaks free after being chained in a basement and abused for 9 months by a manipulative psychopath. Instead of fleeing, she discovers there are other girls just like her scattered around town. Now fueled with rage, she must force her captor to become the captive and lead her to the other girls… before it’s too late.
This gritty, high-octane thriller also stars Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down) and Bianca Malinowski (Halt And Catch Fire).
Manimal: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory, DVD)
Dr. Jonathan Chase, wealthy, young and handsome. A man with the brightest of futures, a man with the darkest of pasts. From Africa’s deepest recesses to the rarefied peaks of Tibet, heir to his father’s legacy and the world’s darkest mysteries. Jonathan Chase, master of the secrets that divide man from animal, animal from man. Partnered with a young policed detective and a former army corporal from the fields of Vietnam. A trio that stands against the crime that breeds in the concrete jungles and stretches its deadly tentacles to the fascinating but dangerous world beyond, the world of MANIMAL!
Self/Less (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu/Digital HD & DVD)
In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley) undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.
Special Features Include Inside Self/Less, On the Run: The Action of Self/Less, Shedding, Feature Commentary with Director Tarsem Singh, a Digital Copy of Selfless (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) and a UltraViolet code (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.).
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (Troma Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Fatal sushi, lethal chopsticks, and as American as violence! Directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, the Troma Guys who brought you The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo & Juliet, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. introduces Sgt. Harry Griswold (Rick Gianasi), a streetwise New York cop who transforms into the world's most unusual super-human hero.
Special Features Include Audio commentary by Lloyd Kaufman, Animated Kabukiman, Kabuki rap, Sgt. Kabukiman accused of sexual harassment, Tromaville Café with Rick Gianasi and Troma Trailers.
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
Deep Dark (Uncork’d Entertainment, DVD)
Pay the Ghost (RLJ Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)
Play Misty for Me (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Queen of Blood (Intervision Picture Corp, Blu-ray & DVD)
Rock-n-Roll Frankenstein (Camp Motion Pictures, DVD)
The Strangler (Warner Archive Collection, DVD)
Symphony in Blood Red (Troma Entertainment, DVD)
Terminator: Genisys (Paramount, 3D Blu Combo, Blu Combo & DVD)
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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