Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s September 1 Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD column! We’ve highlighted this week’s releases in detailed write-ups of different titles below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!
New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Irresistible
From writer/director Jon Stewart comes the comedy of a political consultant (Steve Carell) going head to head with his nemesis (Rose Byrne) over a small Wisconsin town.
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
A small town video game store clerk must go from zero to hero after accidentally unleashing the forces of evil from a cursed Colecovision video game cartridge.
Terrified
A suburban neighborhood is plunged into an unforgettable nighmare.
CRSHD (DVD)
On the last night of her college freshman year, Izzy tries to lose her virginity with the help of her two best friends––but their only hope is getting into an exclusive, invite-only “Crush Party.”
1275 Days
After a botched home invasion, 15-year-old Blake finds himself facing a virtual life prison sentence for felony murder. With the unwavering support of his single mother and teenage girlfriend, a David-and-Goliath uphill battle ensues in Elkhart, Indiana. They take on the system in hopes of a second chance.
Inside the Rain
Rosie Perez and Eric Roberts co-star in an authentic portrait of bipolar disorder written, directed by and starring Aaron Fisher, who has this disorder. Critics call it “genuine,” “captivating” and “an assured offbeat comedy.” With Ellen Toland.
Pit Stop (DVD)
A rave in a deserted warehouse, the perfect place to introduce a NEW designer drug – right’ Two young blokes, alongside two girls picked up en route, quickly discover just how wrong they were. With Users turning, blood gushing and body parts flying – Will there be anyone left alive amongst the undead’
Reissues
Pitch Black (4K)
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) isn’t the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse.
The House By The Cemetery (4K)
Dr. Norman Boyle accepts a research assignment abandoned by a colleague who has committed suicide. Norman discovers his colleague had become consumed with the history of the home’s original owner, a turn-of-the-Century surgeon named Dr. Freudstein who possessed a fondness for illegal experiments.
The New York Ripper (4K)
A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women.
Perfect Strangers
Johnny, a mafia contract killer, has just completed his latest hit. However, as he’s preparing to leave the scene of the crime, he notices that someone is watching. The witness turns out to be a young child, but Johnny is uncertain as to how much he’s seen – and how much he’ll be able to describe.
Britannia Hospital
All the anarchic fun and vulgarity of the “Carry On” films, with an element of deeper social criticism. The action takes place in an ancient hospital that comes to resemble Britain at its most chaotic.
Black Test Car + The Black Report
Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura helms a bitingly satirical espionage thriller set in the heart of the Japanese auto industry in his 1962 landmark, which launched a series of similarly themed Black films.
Bloodfight + Ironheart (Bolo Yeung Double Feature)
Two classic martial arts flicks in one set! In the final match, Chang shows no sympathy for his young challenger and leaves him motionless in a pool of blood.
The Sign of the Cross
Ancient Rome comes to life on a grand scale in this epic spectacular. In the year 64 A.D., the corrupt and maniacal Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar (Charles Laughton) torches the city so he can blame the ensuing destruction on the unsuspecting Christians. Meanwhile, Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus (Frederick March) falls for an innocent and beautiful Christian maiden, Mercia.
Death on the Nile
Peter Ustinov makes his debut as Agatha Christie’s brilliant Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in this lavish and star-studded follow-up to Murder on the Orient Express.
Evil Under the Sun
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Split Second
In a flooded dystopian future, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Demonia
In what fans consider his last great film, Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci returns to the startling imagery and bloody excesses of his ’70s/’80s classics for an unholy saga of demonic nuns and supernatural carnage.
Aenigma
When a bullied student at a New England girls school becomes comatose after a prank gone wrong, her tormenters will suffer graphic telepathic punishment that includes the infamous ‘death by snails’ scene.
Fulci For Fake
He was known as The Maestro of Splatter and The Godfather of Gore. But who was the real Lucio Fulci? When an actor agrees to portray the infamous director, he sets out to research the triumphs, tragedies and truths behind Fulci’s life, work and legacy.
The Eleventh Commandment
Robert Knight has been committed to an insane asylum by his greedy and potentially murderous Uncle Charles, as a means of depriving him of his rightful inheritance. But his time in the asylum has indeed turned Robert into a violent lunatic; fashioning himself a priestly avenger due to his years at the seminary.
Shining Sex
One of the most provocative films of writer/director Jess Franco’s career has been virtually impossible to experience in its complete and uncut form… until now.
The Beast Must Die
Eight people have been invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?
Five Corners
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
Harry Penderecki (David Naughton – American Werewolf), the once heralded “King of horror”, hasn’t had a hit film in years. Brutal Massacre is his last chance to reclaim his former glory. Fangoria calls Brutal Massacre “Hilarious, the “Spinal Tap of horror”. Starring Brian O’Halloran (Clerks), Gerry Bednob, Gunnar Hansen (Texas Chainsaw), Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead) and Ellen Sandweiss (Evil Dead).
Black Gravel
In this gripping Cold War noir, tensions simmer between residents of a small German village and the soldiers of a U.S. military base.
New On Digital HD
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it.
Rogue
Megan Fox plays a battle-hardened mercenary in the wilds of Africa whose team must not only survive against a gang of murderous rebels they rescued hostages from, but a pack of bloodthirsty lions they encounter.
Blood Quantum
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
Children of the Sea
From Japan’s cutting-edge STUDIO4°C (Tekkonkinkreet, MFKZ) and director Ayumu Watanabe, this stunningly beautiful adaptation of the prize-winning manga features a score from legendary composer Joe Hisaishi.
Robin’s Wish
Robin’s Wish is the final word in the story of what really happened to Robin Williams at the end of his life, it reveals the beauty and power behind the mind of one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
Tom of Your Life (exclusive clip)
When a baby is born at a rural hospital who inexplicably grows, evolves and ages four years an hour, a rebellious nurse smuggles him out and hits the road to show him what life is about on the one day he’ll have to live it.
Followed (exclusive clip)
A social media influencer receives a lucrative offer to grow his channel and gathers a crew to visit a haunted hotel. What began as a fun investigation turns into a personal hell of evil, begging the question: how far would you go for fame?
12 Days of Christmas (exclusive trailer)
Childhood friends Amy and Steve come home from their first semester of college for a relaxed winter break, but must navigate turbulent reunions, unspoken romance, and even an unplanned pregnancy. There’s no place like home for the holidays!
Directors Michael Boyle
The 2nd
When Secret Service Agent Vic goes to pick up his son from college, he finds himself in the middle of a terrorist operation where he must use his entire skill set to save him.
Z
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son’s imaginary friend. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL.
TV on Blu-ray and DVD
Magnum P.I.: Season Two (DVD) (exclusive clip)
The second season of MAGNUM P.I. returns with Magnum (Jay Hernandez) still waiting for an answer from Higgins (Perdita Weeks) if she will indeed become his new private investigating partner.
SeaChange: Paradise Reclaimed (DVD)
In this sparkling revival of the hit Australian dramedy, Laura Gibson returns to the lovely coastal town of Pearl Bay for the first time in 20 years, but it isn’t the same as she remembers. Determined to mend her fractured relationship with her daughter, Laura realizes that Pearl Bay and her family may need her as much as she needs them.
The Best of Cher (DVD)
Some stars are beautiful, some stars are talented, a precious few are icons, and only one… is CHER. From the sequined ‘70s to the rocking ‘90s and beyond, no one has kept delighting us, surprising us, and entertaining us like Cher. And she’s not done yet! For the first time ever, all the spectacular highlights of Cher’s remarkable career are together in one electrifying collection – The Best of Cher. So sit back, be cool, and enjoy hours of legendary music and comedy.
Young Sheldon: The Complete Third Season
For young Sheldon Cooper, it isn’t easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn’t always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted and somewhat naïve Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him.