Here’s a double-disc CD set bringing together two albums released by Wrathchild America during the late 80s/ early 90s- Climbin' the Walls and 3-D. With the sound shifting from heavy/ power/ speed metal, to Thrash metal with touches of prog/ funk rock. 

Soft and delicate, but also proud and strong, Rushab Nandha's Tear plays with the subtle juxtaposition of sound with a focus on the connection of the pieces versus what makes them different. As humans, we are naturally tuned to picking out patterns, and by virtue of this, we can see when something doesn't belong. Nandha doesn't reinforce what the listener is already doing in their mind, rather, he takes the opportunity to reinforce the sounds, bridging the gap, uniting these pieces that seem to be disparate upon first listen. This allows the seven tracks on Tear to move forward without visible propulsion, giving the audience many facets to latch onto, letting their ears unpack the dulcet tones within.

Hitcher-Hiker is a suspenseful, gritty, at times violent and nastily sleazy road movie. The late 1970s film sees Franco Nero, a hard-drinking journalist living off his wife's money, picking up an unbalanced David Hess (Last House On The Left, House On The Edge of the Park) for a nicely twisting and turning film with a decidedly nihilistic tone. From Powerhouse- as either a UHD or Blu-Ray- is a recent release of the film, taking in a new commentary track, and a good selection of new/ archive extras.

Hong Kong demonic possession horror Devil Fetus, directed by Hung-Chuen Lau, ambitiously bundles together a host of influences in a way that can’t help but be entertaining. 

From Second Run Films, here we have a three Blu-ray set collecting together most of the climactic output of Zoltán Huszárik- a Hungarian filmmaker whose work has a very distinctively visual quality. The set brings together his two feature films- 1971’s Szindbád and 1979’s Csontváry, as well as five short films dating from between 1966 and 1976. All of Huszárik's work sits within the arthouse genre- yet it’s all fairly approachable, with a creative and rewarding visual palette,  as well as compelling concepts and themes.

Re-Animator is one of the key/ important horror films of the 1980s, for more than a few reasons. First off, it brought the mad doctor horror form up to gory and black comedy date. It introduced cult horror writer HP Lovecraft to a wider horror audience,  and it stood as one of the key films released by Charles Band’s Empire studio. It’s also a damn fine film, with wonderful pacing, a well-selected cast, and still surprisingly effective with its special effects, and blend of shocking horror and comedy. Here from Second Sight is a new two-disc- featuring a new 4k scan, new and old commentary tracks, and a good selection of old and new extras.

Venus DIE-trap is a highly campy and extremely low-budget tribute to when monsters invade small-town America sci-fi/ horror. The 2025 film has a limited cast of just four or five folks, with a blatant use of stock footage, bad CGI backdrops, hamming it up acting, and a monster made of painted papier-mache & flaying fake vine leaves. Here from SRS Cinema, those seekers of all things low-budget/ SOV fare is a DVD release of the film, taking in two commentary tracks, and a few more extras.

Director Colin Minihan, Grave Encounters (2011) and It Stains the Sands Red (2016), brings his horror credentials to the Hollywood Hills with Coyotes, a gleefully blood-soaked  2025 survival thriller that refuses to take itself too seriously. 

From the fab-folks at Germany’s Bear Family Records, here's Santa Is Rockin’ And Rollin’. It’s a twenty-five-track CD compilation focusing on festive rock ‘n’ roll/ related genres from between the 1950s and 1960s- and as we’ve come to expect from the label, this is another wonderful, varied & well sequenced affair.

Death Ride (aka VIP Death Seat) is a 2025 Thai film set on a bus. It blends elements of thriller, horror, and action with a few sprinkles of off-key/ toilet humour. Here from International Media Network is a barebones DVD release of the film. Though the case doesn’t tell you this is a Thai film with English subtitles.

Don’t Open Until Christmas is a British slasher.  The early 1980s film features inventive murders, a creepy masked killer, a fair bit of sleaze, and some unintentional humour- due to the more ropy/ bad acting. It’s set in London, and regards people dressed as Santa being murdered. Here from 88 Films, as part of their Slasher Classic series, is a release of the picture. The Blu-ray takes in a 2k scan, a new commentary track, and a few more extras.

During the 1970s, Nazi-exploitation- one of the more distasteful, unpleasant, and at times downright nasty sub-genres in exploitation- rose and then fell. SS Experiment Love Camp was part of this cycle.