Snapshot (aka The Day After Halloween) is a late 70’s Australian drama featuring light touches of thriller and horror genres. It regards a naive & hen-pecked twenty-something hairdresser- who gets pushed into topless modelling and is been stalked by an ice cream van-driving ex. It’s an engaging enough drama- that’s well enough acted, with the other genre touches adding a few surprises to the mix- though in no way is this a fully realized horror film or thriller, as its other title may suggest. Here from Powerhouse as either a UHD or Blu-Ray, is a recent release of film- featuring two 4k versions of the picture, and a good selection of largely archive-bound extras.

Black Flies, also known as Asphalt City in some territories, is the latest medical thriller from director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (Johnny Mad Dog and A Prayer Before Dawn). Fresh from the world of medical college, rookie paramedic Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan) finds himself paired with hard-faced veteran Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn) as they trawl the streets of New York City helping where they can, despite their own prejudices. But how long can Ollie keep a strong exterior? How long can his mind hold up against the stress?

Maniera is the debut album from Italian Contemporary classical composer Marco Baldini. It features seven chamber pieces for strings played by the respected modern ensemble Apartment House. The album's tone moves from the forlornly rising, onto the soberingly grand & harmonically touched, to the shimmeringly & earthily droning.

Originally released in 1991 Psycho Savant was the third and to date final album from Nashville, Tennessee Thrash band Intruder. It’s an eight-track affair which sits on the technical and harmonic side of the genre. And if I were to compare their sound to anyone- it would be Anthrax, with maybe a few Death Angel touches- but with more soloing/ technical leanings.

Hot Spur is an extremely mean-spirited and nastily misogynistic late 1960’s US Western. It’s full to the brim with sleaze and abused female flesh, with more than a few touches of bloody ‘n’ whipping brutality. Here from the fine folks at Severin is the first ever fully uncut release of this true blue & nasty western roughie. With a new 4k scan of the film, and a few bloodily juicy extras.

Happy End (aka Šťastný Konec) is a late 60’s Czech dark comedy regarding a man's life moving backwards from his execution. It’s a wonderfully unbalancing, at points witty & clever film- which really gets the grey matter going, both in its structure and spell-binding use of backwards filming. Here from Second Run is a new region-free Blu-Ray release of the film- featuring a 4k scan of the picture, a commentary track, and a few other things.