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  • Blu-ray Release: Picture of a Nymph

    Blu-ray Release Date: March 10, 2026
    Price: Blu-ray $34.97
    Studio: 88 Films/MVD

    In the 1987 fantastical comedy-romance adventure Picture of a Nymph, Shih Erh (Yuen Biao, The Champsons), a Taoist monk disciple, takes in a scholar named Tsui Hung-Chuen (Lawrence Ng, To Be Number One) after he inadvertently burned down his house after battling a demon.

    Shih Erh and his master Wu Men-Chu (Ma Wu, Kickboxer) house and attempt to protect Tsui from the demons and spirits that lurk nearby; however, Tsui encounters a benevolent female ghost named Mo Chiu (Joey Wang, A Chinese Ghost Story), who is confined to the hands of the wicked King Ghost (Elizabeth Lee, Widow Warriors). As Tsui falls in love with Mo Chiu, he paints a portrait of her, which the spirit uses to conceal herself from the King Ghost’s clutches.

    Directed by Wu Ma, the new Blu-ray incarnation of the Hong Kong production from 88 Films contains the following features:

    • LIMITED EDITION RIGID SLIP CASE WITH NEW ARTWORK BY SEAN LONGMORE
    • LIMITED EDITION 40 PAGE PERFECT BOUND BOOK
    • LIMITED EDITION PREMIUM ARTCARD
    • BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
    • REMASTERED ORIGINAL CANTONESE MONOAURAL SOUNDTRACK
    • NEWLY TRANSLATED ENGLISH SUBTITLES
    • AUDIO COMMENTARY BY FRANK DJENG (NY ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL)
    • AUDIO COMMENTARY BY DAVID WEST
    • IMAGE GALLERY
    • ORIGINAL TRAILER

     

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  • Blu-ray Relesae: She Shoots Straight

    Blu-ray Release Date: Feb. 24, 2026
    Price: Blu-ray $20.97
    Studio: 88 Films/MVD

    Joyce Godenzi stars in the 1990 violent action classic She Shoots Straight about a newlywed police officer who battles a Vietnamese gang whilst also trying to impress her new in-laws!

    Inspector Mina is a career-focused officer who has just married her supervisor (Tony Leung Ka-fai, Ashes of Time), who himself comes from a family of dedicated police officers. Her new sisters-in-law (including Carina Lau, Ashes of Time, Days of Being Wild) are a little jealous that Mina outranks them, but when a gang of violent Vietnamese criminals (led by the always excellent Yuen Wah, Eastern Condors, Kung Fu Hustle) target the family, the sisters unite into a lethal force of vengeance.

    Also starring Sammo Hung and directed by Corey Yuen (Yes, Madam), She Shoots Straight is another slice of top-tier Hong Kong action, newly restored in 2K and making its debut on Blu-ray!

    Bonus Materials

    • O-RING SLIP CASE WITH NEW ARTWORK BY SEAN LONGMORE
    • 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
    • REMASTERED ORIGINAL CANTONESE MONOAURAL SOUNDTRACK
    • NEWLY TRANSLATED ENGLISH SUBTITLES
    • English Dub Option
    • Audio Commentary with Asian Cinema Expert Frank Djeng
    • Alternate English credits
    • Image Gallery
    • Original Hong Kong Trailer
    • Reversible Sleeve
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  • Blu-ray Release: Duel to the Death

    Blu-ray Release Date: Feb. 24, 2026
    Price: Blu-ray $20.97
    Studio: 88 Films/MVD

    In 1983’s Duel to the Death, every ten years, a duel is held between the finest Japanese and Chinese martial artists to determine whose Swordmanship is superior. During the Ming Dynasty, as the next duel approaches, the chosen candidates are caught in the middle of a battle between Ninjas and Shaolin monks. Only a Duel to the Death will settle the countries’ conflicts and stop the bloodshed.

    Known for his classic film, A Chinese Ghost Story, as well as for directing Tsui Hark’s the Swordsman saga, this debut feature from director Ching Siu-tung is filled with dazzling visuals and astonishing martial arts choreography (also by Ching Siu-tung, who would later choreograph the action sequences for Zhang Yimou’s acclaimed wuxia triptych; Hero, House of Flying Daggers, and Curse of the Golden Flower), Duel to the Death comes to Blu-Ray for the first time in the USA from a brand new 2K restoration.

    Bonus Materials

    • O-RING SLIP CASE WITH NEW ARTWORK BY KUNG FU BOB
    • 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
    • REMASTERED ORIGINAL CANTONESE MONOAURAL SOUNDTRACK
    • 5.1 DTS-HD MA Cantonese Re-Mix
    • NEWLY TRANSLATED ENGLISH SUBTITLES
    • English Dub Option
    • Audio Commentary with Asian Cinema Expert Frank Djeng
    • Duel Identity – Archival interview with actor Norman Chui Siu-keung
    • Flora Cheung on Duel to the Death – Archival interview with actress Flora Cheung
    • Alternate English credits
    • Image Gallery
    • Original Hong Kong Trailer
    • Reconstructed Tai Seng Trailer
    • Reversible Sleeve
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  • Blu-ray Release: Frightmare

    Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Jan. 20, 2026
    Price: Blu-ray $13.97
    Studio: Troma/MVD

    The gory ghosts of Hollywood’s Golden Era return from the grave craving bloody revenge, in Norman Thaddeus Vane’s 1983 shocker Frightmare, coming to Blu-ray in a Tromatic Special Edition!

    Following the death of legendary horror actor Conrad Radzoff (Ferdy Mayne, Conan the Destroyer), a group of overzealous drama students steal his corpse from his crypt and take it to the decrepit haunted house where his finest fright films were made. As the night goes on, the students learn the true meaning of terror, with Conrad’s vengeful spirit taking them out one by one.

    Featuring some wild special effects by Chuck E. Stewart (Critters, The X Files, Bruce Almighty) and early performances by Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, The Frighteners), Nina Talbot (Night Shift, Puppet Master II) and Scott Thomson (Police Academy I-IV), Frightmare is a dementedly bloody terror trip!

    The Blu-ray includes the following features:

    • Original DVD Intro Featuring Lloyd Kaufman and Debbie Rechon
    • Archival audio interview with Director Norman Thaddeus Vane
    • Historical Commentary with David Del Valle and David DeCoteau
    • The Hysteria Continues (audio commentary from ‘The Hysteria Continues’ Podcast)
    • Original Theatrical Trailer
    • Artwork Gallery
    • Man With A Camera: Video Interview With DP Joel King
    • A Gory Lesson From The Set Of Meat For Satan’s Ice Box
    • INNARDS! Music Video
    • Radiation March
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  • Blu-ray Release: Luther the Geek

    Blu-ray Release Date: Jan. 20, 2026
    Price: Blu-ray $13.97
    Studio: Troma/MVD

    The 1990 splatterific horror flick Luther the Geek comes to Blu-ray in a new Tromatic Special Edition!

    A young country boy is plunged into the depths of homicidal madness after witnessing the strange exploits of a carnival “geek,” a caged drunk so desperate for whisky that he bites the heads off live chickens in front of a freak show audience. Thirty years later, Luther (Edward Terry) is all grown up and out on parole, after spending his childhood behind bars for a series of grisly murders. Armed with only a pair of razor-sharp metal dentures and only able to communicate through chicken clucks, Luther restarts his bloody rampage as he terrorizes the citizens of a small town and takes a young mother and her family hostage in their isolated farmhouse.

    Featuring a nutty, over-the-top ending and a sexy supporting turn by Stacy Haiduk, Luther the Geek is good gory fun in the tradition of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger.

    The Blu-ray contains the following features:

    • Original Lloyd Kaufman DVD Intro
    • Carlton J. Albright’s Blu-Ray Intro
    • Director’s Commentary with Carlton J. Albright
    • Classic Interview With Director Carlton J. Albright
    • Classic Interview with William Albright
    • A Conversation With Carlton: An Interview With Carlton Albright
    • Fowl Play: An Interview With Jerry Clarke
    • Fowl Takes
    • Troma’s Freak Show
    • INNARDS! Music Video
    • Radiation March
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  • Blu-ray Release: King of Beggars

    Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Jan. 27, 2026
    Price: Blu-ray $27.99
    Studio: Eureka/MVD

    Stephen Chow  (Kung Fu Hustle, The Mermaid) rose to fame as the star of both the Fight Back to School and Royal Tramp series and 1992’s King of Beggars, a comedic take on the story of famed martial artist and folk hero So Chan, which helped pave the way for Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle.

    So Chan (Chow) is a naturally gifted martial artist, but lazy, unmotivated and spoiled by his wealthy parents. He is forced to make something of himself when he falls in love with Yu Shang (Sharla Cheung), a prostitute who agrees to marry him on one condition: that he enters and wins the upcoming imperial martial arts tournament. So Chan only hopes to win Yu Shang’s hand in marriage, but entering the competition soon leads him to become embroiled in a bitter feud between the famed Beggar Clan and a corrupt government official, Chiu Mo-kei (Norman Chiu).

    A beloved character previously played by the likes of Yuen Siu-tien, Philip Kwok, Chow Yun-fat and Gordon Liu, So Chan – popularly known as Beggar So – was a legendary master of drunken boxing who lived during the late Qing dynasty, vividly brought to life in King of Beggars by a star on the rise in Stephen Chow.

    Eureka Classics’ new edition marks the film’s debut on Blu-ray for the first time outside of Asia.

    Here’s a bonus features breakdown:

    • Limited edition of 2,000 copies
    • Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Sam Gilbey
    • Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on King of Beggars and director Gordon Chan by Andy Willis
    • 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a new 2K restoration
    • Cantonese audio (original stereo presentation)
    • Optional English dub
    • Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
    • New audio commentary with East Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
    • Beggars and Tramps – new interview with director Gordon Chan
    • So Chan and Stephen Chow – new video essay by East Asian cinema scholar Gary Bettinson, co-editor of The Cinema of Stephen Chow
    • Original theatrical trailer
    • * All extras subject to change
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  • DVD Release: Beyond Graceland: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Jan. 20, 2026
    Price: DVD $14.96
    Studio: MVD Visual

    South Africa’s Official Submission for the Best International Feature Academy Award, Beyond Graceland: Ladysmith Black Mambazo tells the story of South African musician, the late Joseph Shabalala and his band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who became worldwide sensations after powering Paul Simon’s landmark and massively successful Graceland album.

    Filled with Ladysmith’s powerful music, the feature-length documentary covers the full breadth of the band’s career, from early years in rural South Africa to the height of global success and Shabalala’s passing in 2020.  Along with footage and insights into the Graceland recording sessions, the film introduces us to many of the luminaries who worked with Shabalala, including Dolly Parton, Whoopi Goldberg (The Player) and, of course, Paul Simon. The film also documents the complex history of Isicathamiya music – the musical idiom whose boundaries he helped to expand – in terms of the political and musical forces that helped to form it. This social context opens a window into his relationship with Nelson Mandela, who loved the music.

    Beyond Graceland is an engaging tribute to one of the world’s most distinctive musical forms and the beautifully resonant voice that made it famous.

    Buy or Rent Beyond Graceland: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    on DVD

  • Blu-ray Release: Saga of the Phoenix

    Blu-ray Release Date: Dec. 16, 2025
    Price:  Blu-ray $34.97
    Studio: 88 Films/MVD

    In a world where the boundaries between mysticism and mortality blur, 1989’s Saga of the Phoenix tells the story of a young novice nun, Peacock (Gloria Yip, The Cat), whose journey of spiritual devotion is suddenly disrupted when dark forces rise to threaten the land. After accidentally unleashing a malevolent demon during a ritual gone wrong, Peacock finds herself swept into an adventure far beyond the monastery walls. She joins forces with Master Peacock (Yuen Biao, The Bodyguard), a monk of great skill and wisdom, as well as a ragtag group of eccentric allies, including the quirky Taoist priest Ji Gong (Hiroshi Mikami), whose unorthodox methods often provide comic relief amid the chaos. Together, they must battle supernatural creatures, fend off bizarre assassins, and decipher the prophecy that foretells the world’s salvation or destruction.

    As the journey unfolds, the group traverses landscapes filled with enchantment and terror–confronting living statues, sinister apparitions, and sorcery that tests the limits of their courage and faith. At its heart, the film blends slapstick humor with high-flying martial arts choreography, dazzling practical effects, and a touch of spiritual allegory. Balancing action, comedy, and supernatural spectacle, Saga of the Phoenix delivers a fantastical tale where the fight against evil becomes a test of loyalty, resilience, and inner strength.

    A spirited mix of horror, fantasy, and martial arts cinema, it continues the legacy of Hong Kong’s imaginative genre filmmaking, standing as both a quirky comedy and a dazzling action adventure.

    Bonus Features:

    • LIMITED EDITION RIGID SLIP CASE WITH NEW ARTWORK BY R.P ‘Kung Fu Bob’ OBRIEN
    • LIMITED EDITION 40 PAGE PERFECT BOUND BOOK
    • LIMITED EDITION PREMIUM ARTCARD
    • BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
    • REMASTERED ORIGINAL CANTONESE MONOAURAL SOUNDTRACK
    • NEWLY TRANSLATED ENGLISH SUBTITLES
    • AUDIO COMMENTARY BY FRANK DJENG (NY ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL) AND F.J. DESANTO
    • ALTERNATE JAPANESE FOOTAGE
    • IMAGE GALLERY
    • ORIGINAL TRAILER
    Buy or Rent Saga of the Phoenix

  • Blu-ray Release: Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations Volume 2

    Blu-ray Release Date: Nov. 11, 2025
    Price: Blu-ray $30.98
    Studio: MVD Visual

    Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations Volume 2 returns the beloved comedy duo to their full brilliance in this restored Blu-ray collection!

    Sourced from the original 35mm archival elements, this set offers fans an opportunity to see long unavailable original release versions and previously unseen materials – over six hours of timeless entertainment!

    Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Another Fine Mess (1930)

    Included are the following eight of titles, which represent Laurel & Hardy’s most celebrated short films:
    • Men O’ War (1929)
    • Perfect Day (1929)
    • Blotto (1930)
    • Another Fine Mess (1930)
    • Dirty Work (1933)
    • Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
    • Them Thar Hills (1934)
    • Tit for Tat (1935)

    The collection also includes the following bonus material:

    • Previously lost SILENT versions of Blotto and Brats with scores by accompanist Andrew Earle Simpson
    • Alternate audio tracks for Perfect Day, Blotto, and Another Fine Mess
    • Rare trailers for Pardon Us, Fra Diavolo, Bohemian Girl, Our Relations, and Swiss Miss
    • Galaxy of Stars (1936) – An MGM promotional film for foreign exhibitors!
    • Recently rediscovered SHIP’S REPORTER (1952) featuring both Laurel & Hardy
    • THIS IS YOUR LIFE: LAUREL & HARDY (1954) from 35mm kinescope negative
    • There Goes My Heart trailer and outtakes of the Hall Roach Studios backlot
    • Commentary tracks from authors Richard W. Bann and Randy Skretvedt
    • Galleries of fascinating studio stills, scripts, posters, lobby cards, and other archival materials
    • An exclusive interview with Hal Roach, the legendary producer behind the magic
    • A full color booklet with rare photos, original production information, restoration notes, and more!

    Buy or Rent Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations Volume 2

  • Blu-ray Release: Angst By August: Zappa & Twist and Shout

    Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 28, 2025
    Price: Blu-ray $24.98
    Studio: Altered Innocence/MVD

    Angst By August: Zappa & Twist and Shout explores teenage passion, pain, and discovery in 1960s Denmark–now restored for a new generation.

    Danish director Bille August’s (Palme D’or winner The Best Intentions) coming-of-age dramas, Zappa (1983) and Twist and Shout (1984), offer a tender yet unflinching vision of adolescent passion, cruelty, and discovery set to the sounds of early rock ‘n’ roll. Overlooked for decades, these gorgeously photographed and dramatically nuanced films – breathtaking in their candor and heartbreaking in their sincerity – are here for rediscovery in stunning new transfers, along with newly produced bonus features, that help bring August’s powerful films to audiences anew.

    Zappa (1983)
    Three young boys, Bjørn (Adam Tønsberg), Steen (Peter Reichhardt), and Mulle (Morton Hoff), navigate the transition from boyhood to adolescence in Bille August’s stunning, period drama. Steen and Bjørn have formed their own small gang, and invite Mulle to join, but humiliation, cruelty, and violence follow as Steen leads Bjørn further into his loveless, frustrated, and, ultimately, sadistic world. Gentle, funny, honest, and fearlessly dark, Zappa is a richly textured and unforgettable, novelesque film.

    Twist and Shout     (1984)
    Denmark’s biggest indigenous hit at the time of its release, Twist and Shout once again follows Bjørn (Adam Tønsbrerg). During the explosion of Beatlemania in Europe, Bjørn plays drums in a rock ‘n’ roll band while Erik (Lars Simonsen) must care for his mentally ill mother. Amid the excitement of music, romance, and sex, the young men must confront the harsh realities of the adult world in director Bille August’s stark and beautiful film.

    Bonus Materials

    • New Interview with Director Bille August
    • Secrets in the Soul: The Coming-of-Age Films of Bille August – A Video Essay by Jordan Cronk
    • New Compilation Trailer
    • Other Trailers
    • Danish Language 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
    • English & Spanish Subtitles
    • Region-A Locked
    Buy or Rent Angst By August: Zappa & Twist and Shout