Psychological Horror

dir. Mikael Håfström

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The steelbook came out in January. The big question is which ending you get, since the theatrical and director's cut have different ones, and collectors prefer the theatrical. ViaVision also has a limited edition in the works.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ken Russell

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Collectors had been asking for this for years and Criterion delivered. William Hurt's performance and the hallucinatory sequences look wild in HDR.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alex Garland

S-Tier Paramount 4K. The Shimmer sequences in HDR look wild. An early Paramount 4K release that remains one of their best transfer jobs.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bob Clark

S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The original slasher film before Halloween. Scream Factory announced this and the response was basically 'take my money'. A holiday horror staple that finally has a proper 4K disc.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Georges Franju

S-Tier BFI 4K. Georges Franju's horror classic about surgical face transplants. The BFI disc is the one to own.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jean Rollin

S-Tier Indicator 4K. Jean Rollin's erotic vampire film. Indicator's European horror releases are for the dedicated collector.

Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Schumacher

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Joel Schumacher's afterlife thriller. Arrow's release.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ishirō Honda

The 1954 original. Criterion's S-Tier 4K preserves the grain of the black-and-white negative and the restoration gives Honda's creature feature the clarity its early special effects deserve.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kazuki Ōmori

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Part of the Godzilla Showa era set. Criterion's Godzilla releases are for the dedicated collector.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tony Randel

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Hellraiser sequel. Arrow's Hellraiser releases have been strong.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Anthony Hickox

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The third Hellraiser. Arrow's franchise releases have been comprehensive.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Carpenter

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Carpenter's Lovecraftian horror, and the Arrow limited edition sold out fast. People who buy direct from Arrow have had fulfillment issues, so the recommendation is to order from OrbitDVD or Diabolik instead. Alan Wake 2 players keep drawing parallels to the Sutter Cane storyline.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Vincenzo Natali

After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. William Cameron Menzies

S-Tier Ignite Films 4K. The 1953 sci-fi classic, possibly sourced from the last surviving print. Ignite had some packaging problems with slipcovers taped directly to cases in a way that damages the cardboard, and shipping was slow. It's been running about $44 USD, with 20% off occasionally from Ignite's own store.

Ignite Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Philip Kaufman

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Adrian Lyne

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Adrian Lyne's nightmare horror with Tim Robbins. There's a persistent Criterion wish-list energy around this title, and someone insists there used to be a laserdisc edition. The steelbook artwork is really nice. If Studiocanal ever separates from their Lionsgate deal, a boutique edition could happen. For now the Lionsgate 4K is it.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Edgar Wright

S-Tier Universal 4K. Edgar Wright's 60s London thriller. The disc regularly comes up in "reference quality films nobody mentions" conversations alongside Sicario and No Country for Old Men. Zavvi had an exclusive steelbook with artwork that people found a bit basic compared to the film's actual visual style.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John D. Hancock

S-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. The 1971 atmospheric horror that VS gave the full treatment. Someone at the VS Toronto shop said they were immensely proud of the work on this disc.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jesús Franco

S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. Jess Franco's 1969 Marquis de Sade adaptation. Blue Underground's second Franco 4K, and people are already asking if Salo could be next.

Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kenneth Branagh

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein with De Niro as the creature. Arrow's 4K was $14.95 USD at Hamilton Book, and the Zavvi exclusive steelbook is a design standout. People project this one, which is a good sign for the transfer. Branagh going full operatic with the material divides viewers.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ari Aster

S-Tier German Import 4K. Ari Aster's folk horror. A24's US release is a $50 USD clothbound book with a 62-page booklet, but no bonus features on the disc itself. The Japan exclusive steelbook was $130 USD and became an instant grail. A German import is the current best release label. People keep designing custom steelbooks for this film because none of the official ones quite get it right.

German Import · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George A. Romero

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Romero's killer monkey film from 1988. People consider it fun if a bit more formulaic than his other work. It gets mentioned alongside Martin as part of the Romero 4K collection people are building.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Patrick Lussier

S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The 2009 3D slasher remake. Scream Factory's steelbook was available during their 13 Days sale, and DeepDiscount had it for $13 USD.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Franck Khalfoun

When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.

Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jordan Peele

S-Tier Universal 4K. Jordan Peele's alien horror, shot on a mix of 65mm and IMAX 65mm film. The same cinematographer and format combo used on Dunkirk, Tenet, and Oppenheimer. The 4K disc scores a 4.5, and the setting really benefits from the format. The giant 4K Ultra HD logo on the case cover was widely mocked.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Dario Argento

S-Tier Plaion Pictures 4K. Argento's opera house horror from 1987. Thin collector discussion on the 4K specifically, though it appears in haul posts.

Plaion Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Saul Bass

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kim Tae-gon

Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. Amidst the chaos, the canine subjects "Echo" from the military experiment "Project Silence," who were being transported in secret, break free, and all human survivors become targets of relentless attacks.

dir. Richard Franklin

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Psycho sequel that's actually good. Arrow's release is the consensus pick over the Scream Factory and Universal versions. People looking for the best transfer are pointed to Arrow.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stuart Gordon

S-Tier Ignite Films 4K. Stuart Gordon's 1985 horror comedy, and it's had two competing 4K releases. Ignite's deluxe edition was expensive, and when Second Sight announced their own version, people who held off felt vindicated. The Second Sight limited edition is now OOP. The Arrow Blu-ray was the previous go-to.

Ignite Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Cronenberg

Second Sight's 4K trilogy box has some of the best cover art in the boutique space. Only the first film is actually in 4K, which caught some buyers off guard. The original Scanners remains a Cronenberg essential and Second Sight's limited edition treatment gives it the packaging it deserves. Videodrome in 4K from Criterion is the companion disc most collectors pair it with.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Aldo Lado

Two competing 4K editions from Celluloid Dreams and 88 Films. The 88 Films Italian Collection has built a strong reputation for giallo and horror titles, and their version is comparable to the Celluloid Dreams release. Both have strong extras packages. A niche giallo that rewards collectors who dig into Italian genre cinema.

Celluloid Dreams · 4K Ultra HD

dir. M. Night Shyamalan

The HMV steelbook misspelled Shyamalan's name on the cover, which is both hilarious and telling. The original steelbook with metallic finish and debossed artwork is a $200 USD grail that people refuse to sell. The standard release artwork is universally hated. The film itself gets strong collector affection, and the S-Tier Disney 4K with archival features is well-stocked.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Koepp

Lionsgate S-Tier 4K. Kevin Bacon's 1999 haunted house film that got unfairly overshadowed by The Sixth Sense releasing the same year. The Lionsgate steelbook with lenticular slipcover is an Amazon exclusive that has restocked a few times through Please Rewind. Collectors who own it tend to recommend it enthusiastically.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stewart Raffill

An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies who killed him, and is reunited with his sweetheart.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Wiene

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Cronenberg

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jean Rollin

A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.

Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Neil Marshall

This week's editor's pick. 5K scan from the original 35mm negatives with Dolby Vision and 7.1 DTS-HD MA. Lionsgate Limited sold out twice and restocked. $35 USD for 4K plus Blu-ray plus digital.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Rodriguez

When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Carpenter

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Harmon

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Leigh Whannell

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jean Rollin

A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.

Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Francesco Barilli

Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.

Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mark Robson

After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stanley Kubrick

The 4K transfer delivers what HDR was supposed to do for horror. Room 237 has this sickly green cast that was always in the film but only became visible at this resolution, and the hotel hallway tracking shots have depth the old Blu-ray flattened.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robin Hardy

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jordan Peele

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Cronenberg

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Zach Cregger

Zach Cregger's follow-up to Barbarian already has an S-Tier transfer with bestblurays and hidef-digest reviews out. Manta Lab is doing a steelbook edition. Moved fast from theatrical to disc.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Reeves

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alfred Sole

A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. An underseen 70s giallo-adjacent horror with a young Brooke Shields. Arrow loaded it with extras. Shows up on giallo 4K lists alongside the bigger Italian horror names.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jon Hess

A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.

dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

dir. James Signorelli

Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals, including her sinister uncle Vincent.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul W. S. Anderson

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Paul Anderson's space horror. The production design in HDR is the reason to buy this disc.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Umberto Lenzi

A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of its victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.

dir. Jimmy Sangster

It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?

StudioCanal · Collector's Edition

dir. Emma Tammi

Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.

dir. Larry Cohen

A-Tier Blue Underground 4K. Larry Cohen's NYC genre film. Blue Underground has been bringing their catalog to 4K.

Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie's reimagining, not the Carpenter original. Imprint limited edition steelbook announced at a price people called a great deal. A-Tier transfer from a film that's more divisive than the disc quality would suggest.

Imprint · Limited Edition Steelbook

dir. Richard Stanley

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.

dir. Marina de Van

After a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh have a mind of their own.

Radiance Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stephen Chiodo

A-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The 1988 creature feature with cotton candy cocoons and rubber Klown suits. Scream Factory picked this up after Arrow's edition went out of print, and the announcement with poster and extra slipcover options generated immediate pre-orders.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. M. Night Shyamalan

While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

dir. Franck Khalfoun

A-Tier Blue Underground 4K. The 2012 Elijah Wood remake shot almost entirely in first person. Blue Underground's HDR transfer is well-liked, and the disc has been found at McKay's for around $20 USD with slip.

Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Darren Aronofsky

Criterion flash sale pickups are pushing this one back into conversations. The A-Tier Paramount disc benefits from HDR more than most because the lighting design carries most of the tension. Aronofsky's biblical allegory disguised as a home invasion film, and the 4K presentation makes both halves hit harder.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Anthony Waller

When a mute makeup/special effects artist working on a low-budget slasher film gets locked in a dilapidated Moscow movie studio late one night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film. Thus begins a night of terror.

dir. Don Coscarelli

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

Well Go USA · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Parker Finn

Paramount's 4K for Smile looks solid, with the HDR doing good work in the darker scenes. The steelbook has been as low as $20 USD at Best Buy.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roger Donaldson

88 Films A-Tier 4K. The boutique packaging from 88 Films landed well, and the disc looks good for a mid-90s sci-fi horror title. Collector interest is light but the people who own it seem happy with the release.

88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wes Craven

Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing; a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue government agent Alice Cable and defeat his evil arch nemesis...Even if it costs him his life.

MVD Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Dario Argento

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite he and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michele Soavi

In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.

Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Breck Eisner

Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Pupi Avati

Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.

dir. Louis Lagayette

After their boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, a group of refugees are rescued by rich Europeans who offer them shelter on an idyllic island. But the miracle soon becomes a nightmare when the saviors turn into ruthless manhunters.

dir. James Whale

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michele Soavi

A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.

Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Charles Martin Smith

Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which, when played backwards, brings Sammi back to life. As Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize that this isn't only rock 'n roll...it's life and death.

Synapse Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Carpenter

An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.

Fabulous Films · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Adam Wingard

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Gordon Green

Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.

dir. Michael Anderson

After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

dir. William Brent Bell

After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.

dir. Julius Avery

France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.

dir. Tommy Lee Wallace

S-Tier Sony Pictures 4K. John Carpenter's Plymouth Fury. The steelbook is a love-it-or-hate-it design.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Brian Taylor

Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent get stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man.

dir. Russell Mulcahy

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.

dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky

Severin's 4K lacks HDR by Jodorowsky's explicit request. He felt the color grade would not be truly director-approved with HDR applied, and Severin respected that. The disc delivers the color work at 4K resolution alone. Collectors are more excited about the packaging and the included CD soundtrack than the technical specs. The real demand in Jodorowsky circles is for Holy Mountain and El Topo in 4K.

Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel

C-Tier. The Nicole Kidman Body Snatchers remake from 2007. Almost no collector discussion around this title in the 4K space.

dir. Roy Ward Baker

A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Agatha Christie adaptation with Hayley Mills.

dir. Takashi Miike

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Seth Holt, Michael Carreras

Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.

StudioCanal · Collector's Edition

dir. Brian Yuzna

Ignite Films putting out the sequel on 4K. The first film's Ignite release was expensive and divisive, so the question is whether this one gets the same treatment or a more reasonable price. Brian Yuzna's follow-up leans harder into the comedy and the practical effects are wild.

Ignite Films · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Richard Loncraine

A mysterious stranger inserts himself into a troubled family's life, blurring the lines between good and evil as he cares for their disabled daughter.

British label Screenbound Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Peter Sykes

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.

StudioCanal · Collector's Edition

dir. Terence Fisher

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

dir. Babak Anvari

Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.

dir. Hiroki Yamaguchi

Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as psychological manipulation soon turns wholly physical as both the cruel convicts and Luchino's own dysfunctional past are unleashed. And then every passenger must fight for his or her survival.

Treasured Films (UK)

dir. Mika Ninagawa

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.

88 Films · Limited Edition

dir. Tobe Hooper

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

BFI · Restored

dir. Lamberto Bava

A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.

Indicator · Limited Edition

dir. William Butler

A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.

dir. Bruce Campbell

The brains of a Russian taxi driver and a wealthy businessman are brought together in one body by a mad scientist.

dir. Sion Sono

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

dir. Brad Anderson

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

dir. J. Michael Muro

A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at random. Two brothers set out to stop the liquor and the killer.

Limited Edition

dir. Andrea Bianchi

After a fashion model dies during a botched abortion, the doctor stages her death to exonerate himself but is murdered by a mysterious assailant who soon begins hunting down her agency colleagues.

dir. Shinya Tsukamoto

When the son of an American man and a Japanese women is killed in a car crash, the man transforms into a rageful metallic being thirsty of blood and vengance.

dir. Joe Dante

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

dir. Paolo Cavara

Celluloid Dreams 4K releasing May 12. One of the better gialli in the format and collectors who bought their Bloody Iris release already know the label does solid work. Pricing runs high for Celluloid Dreams but the giallo crowd doesn't flinch.

Celluloid Dreams · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Lotfy Nathan

A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces.

Magnolia Home Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Peter Weir

The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Caye Casas

Jesus and María are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence.

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Víctor García

May, 1987. While returning from a nightclub and after having taken drugs, new girl in town Sara and her friend Rebe find a doll wearing a communion dress. From that moment, their lives will become a living hell.

dir. Sean Byrne

Second Sight 4K. Sean Byrne's Texas horror with Ethan Embry has had one physical release, the Scream Factory Blu-ray, and nothing since. Second Sight coming back from a long silence and leading with this one got a warm response on r/4kbluray. 'Wicked underrated movie, love it.'

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Natasha Kermani

In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.

Lionsgate · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Dave Meyers

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.

dir. Karyn Kusama

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Maximiliano Contenti

In 1993, spectators at the last screening of a horror film at a downtown cinema fall one by one into the hands of a sadistic and ruthless killer.

dir. Michael Winner

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.

StudioCanal · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Higuchinsky

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

dir. Robert Bierman

Radiance Films 4K, UK only. The thread was excited until someone clarified the distribution. What it actually confirms is that the 4K license can be separate from the Blu-ray license, the same model Vinegar Syndrome uses.

Radiance Films · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Corin Hardy

A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.

dir. Jack Sholder

During a failed art heist, the Djinn is once again liberated. This time, to complete the 1001 wishes that he needs before the final 3, he lets himself go to prison, where he starts his evil reign twisting the hopes of the prisoners. Meanwhile, the woman who set him free accidentally, Morgana, tries to find a way to stop him, aided by a young priest.

High Fliers · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Roger Corman

A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.