The Beast To Die is a darkly hued, nihilistic, at times troubling & damn tense early 80’s Japanese crime thriller. It regards a troubled war photographer going on a steadily escalating crime spree, which sees him teaming up with an unpredictable ex-waiter. Here from Radiance Films, both in the UK and stateside, is a Blu-ray release of the film, taking in a moody yet crisp 4k scan, several new interviews, and a new critical appreciation. 

Much like Gandalf, "[art]  is never late, nor is [it] early, [it] arrives precisely when [it] means to." Nine years since 2016's Branches, Scottish sound artist and musician o[rlawren] returns to Dronarivm with The Intimate Overlap. With some help from another Dutch label Fonodroom, this opus is presented in a 6-panel digisleeve with soft-touch finish, in an edition limited to 150 copies.

The Ambulance is one of the more obscure films by NYC writer/ director Larry Cohen, who is known for his more quirky/inventive genre films like The Stuff, It's Alive franchise, and God Told Me Too. The early 90s film is an entertaining/ eventful blend of thriller, dark comedy, horror and action movie, which regards an ambulance that snatches folk off the streets of NYC. Here from Eureka is a Blu-ray release of the picture, taking in an HD scan, and a selection of new/ archive extras.

Faidros (aka Jonas Rosén) has crafted a spectacular homage to golden-era Kosmische Musik, complete with all of the warmth and analogue goodness reminiscent of the genre's most prolific progenitors: Klaus Schulze and Edgar Froese chief among them. 

Die'ced: Reloaded is a modern slasher which feels very like a crossbreed between Terrifier and Rob Zombie's Halloween- without the sweary rednecks of the latter. It’s a passable enough attempt at the modern stalk ‘n’ slash genre- with light touches of originality, as well as almost wholesale mimicking of scenes from both Terrifier, and Halloween. Here from Epic Pictures is a Blu-ray. Extras-wise, it takes in the original 2023 Die'ced- which is basically the same film, with a shorter runtime.

Can’t Get Off The Planet is a six-CD set that collects the late 60s to early 70s recording output of English performance artist/singer Pete Brown, with various musical collaborators. His output blended prog/ art rock with blues and jazz in an often original/distinctive manner. 

From the early 80s, The Last Horror Movie is a decidedly unpredictable blend of slasher, movie business satire, dark comedy, and fly-on-the-wall film festival documentary.  It features Joe Spinell (Maniac, The Godfather Part II) as an obsessive NYC taxi driver, and Caroline Munro (Slaughter High, The Spy Who Loved Me) as the focus of his obsession, a horror starlet. The film takes place during the Cannes Film Festival, and it’s certainly a distinctive/if-haphazard creation. Here from Troma Films is a recent Blu-ray release taking in several commentary tracks and a few other extras.