A serial killer tells his story in the underseen and brutal 1997 New Zealand horror film The Ugly. From writer-director Scott Reynolds, it comes to Blu-Ray via Unearthed Classics this week.
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Romancing in Thin Air [2012] [Radiance Films LE Blu-Ray]
China’s biggest actor and a woman grieving a missing husband connect and help one another find closure in Johnnie To’s 2012 melodrama Romancing in Thin Air, now on Blu-ray via Radiance Films.
Creepy Creature Double Feature #1: The Crawling Hand & The Slime People [1963] [VCI Entertainment Blu-Ray]
Two B-movie classics, The Crawling Hand & The Slime People, both of 1963, hit a good-looking Blu-Ray with a double feature from VCI Entertainment.
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Confessions of a Police Captain [1971] [Radiance Films LE Blu-Ray]
A cynical police captain and an idealistic prosecutor differ in the method to unravel a conspiracy connected with a mob boss in Damiano Damiani’s compelling 1971 Polizi film; on Blu-Ray via Radiance Films in April, 2026.
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy [2026]
Eight years after she goes missing, teenager Katie returns to her family. But she comes back wrong and violent in the uneven Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.
The Eye [2002] [Arrow Video 4k UHD LE]
A woman gains sight thanks to a transplant. It comes with a side effect: she can see the dead, and they can see her. The Pang Brothers’ 2002 film The Eye is an effective and empathetic horror film, holding up well in Arrow’s new 4k LE release.
Thrash [2026] [Action Packed April]
A hurricane floods a South Carolina town, filling it with sharks after a truck full of blood rips open. Tommy Wirkola’s 2026 nature/animal attack film drowns in unfulfilled promise. Now on Netflix.