New Release Tuesday

My Bloody Valentine- A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.  I never really discovered how good this movie was until a new DVD of it came out when the remake of the same name came out in 2009.  It was butchered by the ratings board upon its release but the director discovered some the original elements to add back into the film but they were not very good looking on that DVD but Scream Factory finally got the rights to this and knocks it out of the park with this release.  This release comes with the theatrical cut on one disc and the director’s cut on the other.  Go right the director’s cut, those added scenes look gorgeous.  Highly recommended.

Ford vs Ferrari- American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.  A good looking drama from the director of Copland and Logan.  

Swamp Thing- Abby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, only to discover the dark, terrifying mysteries of the swamp.  DC has their own streaming service that with new original shows including this one.  It looked really interesting until during production the episode was cut from 13 to 10 and then before the show even debuted it was cancelled.  So why would I waste my time?  Apparently, there was some paperwork snafu with the tax breaks the show was to receive so it went way over budget and died before arrival.  I may still pony up and subscribe to DC one of these days but what a waste of potential.

Transylvania 6-500- Two skeptical reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there but something suspicious is going on - maybe there are monsters, vampires, mummies and werewolves.  I remember this being in heavy rotation on HBO back in the day.