Tuesday, May 24, 2022

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending May 20, 2022

 


New DVD Additions 

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey


Acorn Media

05/17/22 — Released Help

 

Adler & Associates (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Mr. Deshee

 

BCSN (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released 2022 High School Baseball: Edison vs Perkins, 2022 High School Bowling: Willard vs Sandusky and 2022 High School Softball: Clear Creek vs Bellevue

 

BEC TV (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released 2022 - Baseball: Jefferson at Kennedy (4:00p), 2022 - Baseball: Jefferson at Kennedy (6:30p), 2022 - Boys' Lacrosse: Orono at Jefferson (Senior Night), 2022 - Softball: Jefferson at Kennedy (5:45p) and 2022 - Softball: Kennedy at Jefferson (4:15p)

 

BEK Communications (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released 2022 - Indoor Football League: Bismarck Bucks vs Iowa Barnstormers

 

Bayview Entertainment

07/12/22 — Sets Complicity, Dead and the Damned 2, Ghost Trap, Lost Christmas, My Own Love Song, One Direction: Reaching for the Stars 1 & 2 Collection, Pressed, Spinning Plates, Stripped and Telstar

 

Changing Your World (MOD)

05/03/22 — Released Accuser of the Brethren and How to Defeat Fear

 

Cinedigm Entertainment

05/03/22 — Released Boon

 

Code Red Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Almost Summer

 

Decal Releasing

05/17/22 — Released Kicking Blood: A Vampire Love Story, Sundown (ARR of 109 days; box office: $229,530) and Wyrmwood: Apocalypse

 

Devilworks

05/17/22 — Released Hollow

 

EWTN

05/17/22 — Released EWTN Live: Dr. Steven Christie, MD, JD /speaking for the unborn, Women of Grace: Diane and Charley Monaghan - Unspoken Grief: The Sorrow of Losing a Child, Women of Grace: Sr. Briege McKenna, O.S.C. - A Life Full of Miracles and World Over with Raymond Navarro: Walid Phares

 

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Adventures of a Plumber's Mate, Adventures of a Private Eye, Adventures of a Taxi Driver, Awkward Hands (Spanish), Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant, Forbidden Jungle, Four Feathers, Frankenstein '80 (Italian), Her First Romance, Larceny with Music, Lonely Hearts Bandit, Mad Dog Coll, Men Without Women, September Affair, She Couldn't Say No, Sons of Matthew (aka: The Rugged O'Riordans), Three Hats for Lisa, Women in Chains and Wrong Way to Love (English-dubbed)

 

Film Detective

05/17/22 — Released Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day

 

FilmRise (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Kiss the Cook, Love on Trend, Love, Game, Match, Our Dream Wedding and Romance Wedding

 

First Run Features

05/17/22 — Released Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day

 

HBO Home Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Succession: The Complete Third Season (3 disc set)

 

Image Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Death Valley and Slasher: Flesh & Blood (2 disc set)

 

Kaczmarek Digital Media Group, Inc. (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Echoes of the Past

 

Kino Lorber

05/17/22 — Released Violent City (aka: The Family)

 

Lionsgate Home Ent.

05/17/22 — Released BMF: Season 1 (2 disc set)

 

Lionsgate Home Ent. (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Coming Home: Season One (4 disc set), Dance Moms: Abby's Studio Rescue (2 disc set), Russian Dolls: Season One (2 disc set) and Serial Killer Earth: Season 1 (3 disc set)

 

MVD Entertainment Group

08/05/22 — Sets Waiting: The Van Duren Story

 

Media Outlet (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Hannibal: The Terror of Rome, Part 2

 

Movie-O-Zone (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released 3 Films by W. Somerset Maugham (3 film set: Quartet, Trio, Encore), 55 Days at Peking, 7th Heaven (silent-1927), 80 Steps to Jonah, 84 Charlie MoPic, Above Us the Waves, Aguirre The Wrath of God (German), All the Fine Young Cannibals, And the Sea Will Tell (2 disc set), Angel in My Pocket, ANZACS (5 disc set), Apache Rifles, Artists and Models, Babette's Feast (Danish), Bardelys, The Magnificent (silent-1926), Bat 21, Battle at Bloody Beach, Battle Stations, Bear Island, Bedtime Story, Bell for Adano, Bengal Brigade, Between Heaven and Hell, Beyond the Forest, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, Blind Date (aka: Chance Meeting), Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, Bodyline (3 disc set), Brotherhood of the Bell, Bugles in the Afternoon, Bullet for a Badman, Bullwhip, California, Casanova '70 (Italian), Cattle Empire, Charge at Feather River, Christmas Eve, Christmas Holiday, Cinderella, Cinderfella, Cisco Pike, Column South, Come Next Spring, Coquette, Danger Within (aka: Breakout), Dangerous Exile, Dangerous Moonlight (aka: Suicide Squadron), Danielle Steel's Fine Things, Danielle Steel's Heartbeat, Danielle Steel's Message from Nam, Danielle Steel's Once in a Lifetime,  Danielle Steel’s Mixed Blessings,  Day of the Badman,  Departures (Japanese), Disraeli, Do You Remember Love, Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (2 disc set), Drum, Electric Dreams, Elvis and Me (2 disc set), Elvis Meets Nixon,  Eric Clapton: Nothing but The Blues, Erskineville Kings,  Evergreen (3 disc set), Face of a Fugitive, Fair Wind to Java, Father Brown the Detective,  Finding John Christmas,  Four Faces West, Frenchie, Gathering of Eagles, Ghost in Monte Carlo,  Gideon's Trumpet, Gift Horse (aka: Glory at Sea)Girl Named Tamiko, Hill in Korea (aka: Hell in Korea), Inspector Calls, Kind of Loving,  Man Called Intrepid (3 disc set), Mom for Christmas, Smoky Mountain Christmas,  Sound Barrier, Town Like Alice (3 disc set), Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Tribute Burt Bacharach & Hal David - Royal Albert Hall, 2000, Truman Capote Double Feature (2 film set: Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving Visitor) and Unmarried Woman

 

Our Timeless DVDs (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Avenging Conscience (silent-1914), Bad Sister, Bagdad,  Beast from Haunted Cave,  Blind Husbands (silent-1919), Blood on the Sun, Bloody Friday (German), Botany Bay,  Charade,  College (silent-1927), Dakota Incident,  Days of Jesse James,  Escape from Sobibor,  Face of a Fugitive,  Fast and the Furious,  Foolish Wives (silent-1922), Frenchie,  Glorifying the American Girl,  Go for Broke!,  Haldane of the Secret Service (silent-1923), Hoodoo Ann (silent-1916), Jack and the Beanstalk,  Jungle Book, Three Ages (silent-1923) and Tom Sawyer (silent-1917)

 

PBS Direct

05/17/22 — Released Flood in the Desert, NOVA: Augmented and Ridley Road (2 disc set)

 

Paramount Home Ent.

05/17/22 — Released Panama

 

Random Media (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Best Laid Plans

 

Strand Releasing

05/17/22 — Released Animals & Men (Polish)

 

The High School Sports Network (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released 2022 AAA 2A Baseball Championship, 2022 AAA 2A Softball Championship, 2022 AAA 6A Baseball Championship, 2022 AAA 6A Softball Championship, 2022 AHSAA 1A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 AHSAA 1A Baseball Championship Game 2 , 2022 AHSAA 2A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 AHSAA 2A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 AHSAA 3A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 AHSAA 3A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 AHSAA 3A Softball Championship, 2022 AHSAA 4A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 AHSAA 4A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 AHSAA 4A Softball Championship, 2022 AHSAA 5A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 AHSAA 5A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 AHSAA 6A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 AHSAA 6A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 AHSAA 6A Boys Soccer Championship, 2022 AHSAA 6A Girls Soccer Championship, 2022 AHSAA 6A Softball Championship, 2022 AHSAA 7A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 AHSAA 7A Boys Soccer Championship, 2022 AHSAA 7A Girls Soccer Championship, 2022 AHSAA 7A Softball Championship, 2022 AIA 1A Baseball Championships - FINAL, 2022 AIA 2A Baseball Championships - FINAL, 2022 CHSAA 3A Girls Soccer Semifinals #1, 2022 CHSAA 3A Girls Soccer Semifinals #2, 2022 CHSAA 4A Girls Lacrosse Semifinals #1, 2022 CHSAA 4A Girls Lacrosse Semifinals #2, 2022 CHSAA 4A Girls Soccer Semifinals #1, 2022 CHSAA 4A Girls Soccer Semifinals #2, 2022 CHSAA 5A Girls Lacrosse Semifinals #1, 2022 CHSAA 5A Girls Lacrosse Semifinals #2, 2022 CHSAA 5A Girls Soccer Semifinals #1, 2022 CHSAA 5A Girls Soccer Semifinals #2, 2022 FHSAA 1A Baseball Championship, 2022 FHSAA 1A Baseball Semifinals #1, 2022 FHSAA 1A Baseball Semifinals #2, 2022 FHSAA 1A Flag Football Championship, 2022 FHSAA 2A Flag Football Championship, 2022 FHSAA 5A Baseball Semifinals #1, 2022 FHSAA 5A Baseball Semifinals #2, 2022 FHSAA 6A Baseball Semifinals #1, 2022 FHSAA 6A Baseball Semifinals #2, 2022 FHSAA 7A Baseball Semifinals #1, 2022 FHSAA 7A Baseball Semifinals #2, 2022 FHSAA Boys Volleyball Semifinals #2, 2022 GHSA 1A-5A Boys Lacrosse Championship, 2022 GHSA 1A-5A Girls Lacrosse Championship, 2022 GHSA 4A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 GHSA 4A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 GHSA 6A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 GHSA 6A-7A Boys Lacrosse Championship, 2022 GHSA 6A-7A Girls Lacrosse Championship, 2022 GHSA 7A Baseball Championship Game 1, 2022 GHSA 7A Baseball Championship Game 2, 2022 LHSAA Class 3A Baseball Championship, 2022 LHSAA Class 4A Baseball Championship, 2022 LHSAA Class 5A Baseball Championship, 2022 LHSAA Div II Baseball Championship, 2022 LHSAA Div III Baseball Championship, 2022 LHSAA Div IV Baseball Championship, 2022 MHSAA Class 1A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 1, 2022 MHSAA Class 1A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 2, 2022 MHSAA Class 2A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 1, 2022 MHSAA Class 2A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 2, 2022 MHSAA Class 3A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 1, 2022 MHSAA Class 3A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 2, 2022 MHSAA Class 4A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 1, 2022 MHSAA Class 4A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 2, 2022 MHSAA Class 5A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 1, 2022 MHSAA Class 5A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 2, 2022 MHSAA Class 6A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 1, 2022 MHSAA Class 6A Fast Pitch Softball Championship Game 2, 2022 NCHSAA 1A-3A Mens Lacrosse Championship, 2022 NMAA 1A Baseball Championship, 2022 NMAA 2A Baseball Championship, 2022 NMAA 3A Baseball Championship, 2022 NMAA 4A Baseball Championship, 2022 NMAA 4A Softball Championship, 2022 NMAA 5A Baseball Championship, 2022 NMAA 5A Softball Championship, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship 2nd Round #1, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship 2nd Round #2, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship 3rd Round, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Cons 2nd Round #1, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Cons 2nd Round #2, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Cons 3rd Round, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Cons 4th Round, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Cons First Rd #1, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Cons First Rd #2, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Finals, 2022 NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Finals, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball 2nd Round #1, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball 2nd Round #2, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball 3rd Round, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Championship Finals, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Cons 2nd Round #1, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Cons 2nd Round #2, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Cons 3rd Round, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Cons 4th Round, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Cons First Round #1, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Cons First Round #2, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Quarterfinals #1, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Quarterfinals #2, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Quarterfinals #3, 2022 NSAA Class B Baseball Quarterfinals #4, 2022 NSAA Class B Boys Soccer Semifinals #1, 2022 NSAA Class B Boys Soccer Semifinals #2, 2022 NSAA Class B Girls Soccer Semifinals #1, 2022 NSAA Class B Girls Soccer Semifinals #2, 2022 OSSAA 2A Baseball Championship, 2022 OSSAA 3A Baseball Championship, 2022 OSSAA 4A Baseball Championship, 2022 OSSAA 4A Boys Soccer Championship, 2022 OSSAA 5A Baseball Championship, 2022 OSSAA 5A Girls Soccer Championship, 2022 OSSAA 6A Baseball Championship, 2022 OSSAA 6A Boys Soccer Championship, 2022 OSSAA 6A Girls Soccer Championship, 2022 SCHSL 1A Boys Soccer Championship , 2022 SCHSL 2A Boys Soccer Championship, 2022 SCHSL 2A Girls Soccer Championship, 2022 SCHSL 5A Boys Soccer Championship, 2022 SCHSL 5A Girls Soccer Championship and 2022 WHSAA Softball Championship

 

The Teaching Company, LLC

05/17/22 — Released African American History: From Emancipation through Jim Crow (2 disc set), Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research, Decorate like a Designer, with Jonathan Adler (2 disc set) and Overcome Your Overthinking (2 disc set)

 

Uncork’d Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Confession

 

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

05/17/22 — Released Last Kingdom: Season Five (4 disc set) and Tyson's Run (ARR of 67 days; box office: $391,169)

06/14/22 — Sets Ambulance (ARR of 67 days; box office: $22,039,270)

 

VCI Entertainment

09/13/22 — Sets Rain: 90th Anniversary Edition

 

VIZ Media

05/17/22 — Released Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Kara Actuation (3 disc set)

 

Vermont Movie Store (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Nothing but a Man and Son of Godzilla (Japanese)

 

Vertical Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Day to Die

 

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

05/31/22 — Sets Lucifer: The Complete Fifth Season (4 disc set)

 

Zeus DVDs (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Batman: The Movie, Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood, Counter-Attack, Devil's Canyon , Elephant Man, Falcon and the Co-Eds, Falcon in Danger, Falcon in Hollywood, Falcon in Mexico, Falcon in San Francisco, Falcon Out West, Falcon Strikes Back, Falcon Takes Over, Falcon's Brother, Federal Man, For You I Die, Forbidden Street, Ghost Town Renegades, Godfather: Part II, Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru Kaijû Daishingeki (Japanese), Hard To Get, Hell's Heroes, Her Twelve Men, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Isle of Fury, Killer That Stalked New York, Kismet, Living on Love, Long John Silver , Miss Mend (silent-1926), No Greater Glory, Nobody Lives Forever, One Fatal Hour (aka: Two Against the World), Outriders, Plymouth Adventure, Private Screenings: Norman Jewison, Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine, Return to Green Acres, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story, She Wouldn't Say Yes, Smart Girls Don't Talk, Sunday in New York, Teahouse of the August Moon, Viva Cisco Kid and Without Love

 

 


 

 


New Blu-ray Additions 

 

All Channel Films (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Double Feature (2 film set: I Got Five on It, I Got Five on It 2)

 

Arrow Video

05/17/22 — Released Girls Nite Out

 

Asuka the Disc Dog (aka: Fred the Blu-ray Dog) (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Hilda - Seasons 1-2 & Movie, Lincoln Lawyer - Season 1,Schitt's Creek: The Complete Series (2 disc set), Truth Seekers: The Complete Series and Who Killed Sara?: The Complete Series (2 disc set)

 

Code Red Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Almost Summer

 

Cohen Media Group

05/17/22 — Released Outside the Law (French) and Two Men in Town

 

Collector’s Heaven (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Bunch of Munsch: The Complete Series, Centaurworld - Season 1,  Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Conners Season 4,  Halo Season 1,  Harriet the Spy, Season 1, Lincoln Lawyer - Season 1,  Marvel Studios Legends, Season 1, Moon Knight Season 1,  Morbius,  Northman Skarsgard Season 1,  Outer Range, Season 1, Prince Planet: The Complete Series,  Robot Chicken Season 11,  Schitts Creek: The Complete Series (2 disc set), Truthseekers: The Complete Series, Welcome to Eden Season 1 and  Wrong Side of the Tracks, Season 1

 

Criterion Collection

08/16/22 — Sets Daddy Longlegs and Frownland

08/23/22 — Sets Buck and the Preacher and Hotel du Nord (French)

08/30/22 — Sets Faya Dayi (Amharic, Harari, Oromo)

 

Decal Releasing

05/17/22 — Released Kicking Blood: A Vampire Love Story, Sundown and Wyrmwood: Apocalypse

 

First Run Features

05/17/22 — Released Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day

 

FUNimation

05/17/22 — Released Ssss.Dynazenon: The Complete Season (2 disc set) (with Digital Copy)

 

Image Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Death Valley and Slasher: Flesh & Blood (2 disc set)

 

Indie Rights (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Maysville

 

Kino Lorber

05/17/22 — Released Violent City (aka: The Family) and Without Warning

 

Lionsgate Home Ent.

05/17/22 — Released Extreme Prejudice

 

Maku Pakku, LLC

05/17/22 — Released Scream Test and Why?

 

Mill Creek Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released BASEketball and Safe Men

 

Monsterland Media (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) and Little Engine That Could (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

 

Movies R U.S.A. (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Blacklight. Dan VS.: The Complete Series (2 disc set), First Wave, Gangs of London: Season 1, Marmaduke, Miss Americana,  Morbius, Return to Space,  Roar: Season One, SLC Punk,  Snowpiercer: Season 3 (2 disc set), Star Trek Voyager: The Complete Series (7 disc set), They Live,  Thirteen and  Warriors

 

North Metro TV (MOD)

04/12/22 — Released 2022 - Boys Tennis: Blaine vs Centennial

04/19/22 — Released 2022 - Boys Tennis: Andover vs Spring Lake Park and 2022 - Girls Lacrosse: Coon Rapids vs Spring Lake Park

 

Paramount Home Ent.

05/17/22 — Released Top Secret!

 

Paramount Home Ent. (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Blood & Treasure: Season One (3 disc set)

 

Remember When Classic Movies (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released Horror Double Feature (2 film set: Horror Express, Curse of the Crimson Altar)

 

Sentai Filmworks

05/17/22 — Released Infinite Stratos: Season 1 (2 disc set) and Nana: The Complete Collection (6 disc set)

 

Severin Film, LLC

07/26/22 — Sets Out of the Blue (2 disc set)

 

Shout! Factory

05/17/22 — Released Belle (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (Japanese) and Femme Fatale

 

Umbrella Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Lassiter

 

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

05/17/22 — Released Last Kingdom: Season Five (4 disc set)

06/14/22 — Sets Ambulance (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

VCI Entertainment

09/13/22 — Sets Rain: 90th Anniversary Edition

 

Vertical Entertainment

05/17/22 — Released Day to Die

 

Warner Bros. Home Ent. (MOD)

06/07/22 — Sets Clock, For Me and My Gal and Ziegfeld Girl

 

 


 

 

New 4K Ultra HD Additions  

 

Severin Films

07/26/22 — Sets Out of the Blue (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Shout! Factory

05/17/22 — Released Craft (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) and Escape from New York (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

06/14/22 — Sets Ambulance (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

07/05/22 — Sets Edge of Tomorrow (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

The Film Detective Announces A New 4K Film Restoration Of Director Nathan Juran's Sci-Fi Classic The Brain From Planet Arous For Blu-ray And DVD Release On June 21

Ralph Tribbey, DVD & Blu-ray Release Report

During the 1950s there were certain go-to actors if you were going to produce a sci-fi or horror film.   Richard Carlson, Peter Graves, Richard Denning and Jeff Morrow all had multiple starring roles in genre films of the period, but the one actor that had them all beat with nine starring roles in the 1950s was none other than John Agar.             

This week’s spotlight from the Film Detective will be shinning on one Agar’s classic sci-films from the 1950s, a new 4K film restoration from the original archival film elements of director Nathan Juran’s 1957 Christmas holiday season release of The Brain from Planet Arous.

Blu-ray and DVD editions will be available for genre fans to enjoy on June 21.

This film production was a match made in cinematic heaven, John Agar, star of Tarantula, The Mole People, Revenge of the Creature … and more, working under the direction of filmmaker Nathan Juran, who delivered such classics as Highway Dragnet (1954), The Deadly Mantis (1957), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) and, perhaps, the giant of them all, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman — starring Allison Hayes — in 1958.  A genre dream team!

Ralph Tribbey, DVD & Blu-ray Release Report

Something mysterious is happening in the nearby mountains and the strategically placed monitoring devices placed there have picked it up.   So nuclear research scientists Steve March (John Agar) and Dan Murphy (played by veteran Western star Robert Fuller — as Cooper Smith on Wagon Train, Jess Harper on Laramie … plus such films as What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, Return of the Seven … and of course, as Dr. Kelly Brackett on the Emergency! television series) are off to investigate.

WOW, someone (or something … or is it some “thing”) has blasted a cave into the side of a remote location of the rugged terrain and the radiation levels are driving their Geiger counter mad … what could have caused this?   It doesn’t take long for Steve and Dan to find the source of this chaos, a detached brain that seems to float through the air and it quickly uses its power to render the two men unconscious.   Steve is “violated” by the brain.

Ralph Tribbey, DVD & Blu-ray Release Report

Time passes and Steve returns to the lab, where he meets the lovely Sally (Joyce Meadows in one of her rare film roles), and explains that the trip to the mountains was a waste of their time.  So where is Dan?   He’s “vacationing” in Las Vegas!!

Well, it doesn’t take long for Sally to figure out that there is something very wrong with Steve and so she turns to dear old dad (played by veteran genre “character actor” Thomas Browne Henry — Earth vs the Flying Saucers, Beginning of the End, Blood of Dracula … it is a long and impressive list of credits) to go with her on a trip to the mountains to investigate.

They too find the mysterious cave.   And once inside they make two fantastic discoveries … the crispy-fried corpse of Dan (apparently, he is not in Las Vegas having a good time after all) and another giant brain!!   The earth is being invaded and just when you think that Sally and her father are doomed, we discover that this second giant brain is an intergalactic sheriff by the name of Vol, who has been dispatched to earth to bring Gor, the bad brain, to justice.

Ralph Tribbey, DVD & Blu-ray Release Report

It will be a life-or-death struggle to save our planet, with Gor using his enormous powers to destroy any one who challenges him!!  

Bonus goodies include two viewing options — the original theatrical aspect ratio (1.85:1) and a full frame view option (1.33:1).

There is commentary by film historians Tom Weaver (“Poverty Row Horrors!: Monogram, PRC and Republic Horror Films of the Forties,” “A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers” … and many more), David Schecter (co-author with Tom Weaver … “The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy,” “Universal Terrors, 1951-1955: Eight Classic Horror and Science Fiction Films”) and Larry Blamire (The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra), who are joined by The Brain from Planet Arous co-star Joyce Meadows (Sally).

There are also two Ballyhoo Motion Pictures productions included as well, The Man Before the Brain: Director Nathan Juran and The Man Behind the Brain: The World of Nathan Juran.

 

Ralph Tribbey, DVD & Blu-ray Release Report