3 gang members take refuge in a mortuary run by the mysterious Mr. Simms who tells them the stories of the corpses lying within.
Tales from the Hood (1995) [Streaming Sunday] [Black History Month]
The Strangers: Chapter 3 [2026]
Slightly better than the other entries, Renny Harlin’s The Strangers Chapter 3 limps to an ending.
American Yakuza [1993] [Arrow LE Blu-Ray]
An FBI Agent is torn in his loyalties after infiltrating a Los Angeles Japanese Yakuza in Frank A. Cappello’s 1993 compelling crime drama American Yakuza, now on LE Blu-ray through Arrow Video.
The Muppet Show [2026]
DISNEY, IF YOU ARE READING THIS: GREENLIGHT THIS SHOW! NOW. Ahem, The Muppet Show returns with a special episode that perfectly matches the original series.
The Bootleg Files: Swabbies
BOOTLEG FILES 929: “Swabbies” (canceled Disney animated short that survives as an animatic video).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: This was never meant to be seen publicly.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nope.
The history of the Walt Disney Company is littered with projects that were aborted in various stages of concept and execution. Some of these canceled projects could have been truly fascinating, such as a feature-length animated film based on “Don Quixote.” Other pulled-plug endeavors would have been more than a little peculiar, such as an animated version of “The Catcher in the Rye” with an all-canine cast.
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Scarlet [2025]
A princess embarks on an odyssey of revenge for her slain father in Mamoru Hosada’s uneven anime Scarlet.
Dracula: A Love Tale [2026]
Dracula searches for his lost love, while a priest seeks to destroy him, in Luc Besson’s romantic take on the Bram Stoker story, Dracula: A Love Tale.