Welcome back to the latest episode of Slipped Discs, where I give you a head’s up on what nerdy stuff is available to come home with you, because I still believe in physical media!
Once more, all this information comes from Blu-Ray.com, but they list everything that will be in the stores, whereas I shall provide you with what I feel is the interesting genre fare.
March is starting off with a pretty thin week, but there are a few things in here that people should enjoy, so let’s get right into it!
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World The gist: “As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.” I have a lot of friends who are big fans of this series. Personally, I’ve never watched them. I’m not opposed to them, they’ve just never hit my “I gotta check this out” threshold. There’s a lot of stuff out there to watch, people.
Impossible Monsters The gist: “An ambitious professor becomes caught up in the murder of a participant in his sleep study, as the lines between dreams and reality blur.” Ever since Dreamscape, and that series with the guy in the Christmas sweater, I’ve been a fan of movies where dreams and reality blur. This has Dennis Boutsikaris, whom I like, so I’ll probably check it out.
Pixar Pile! A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Monsters University, Up, & Wall•E You have to have been living under a rock to need the gist on any of these movies. This is the latest batch of Pixar flicks to get upgraded for the new video standard, and I’m sure they’ll look great. They’re on Blu, 4K and some very cool looking exclusive to Best Buy Steelbooks.
Verotika The gist: “Glenn Danzig’s directorial debut, is a horror anthology that compiles stories from Danzig’s line of comic books of the same name. Stories which focus on horror content that’s often sexual and violent in nature, usually featuring scantily-clad female protagonists.” As a punk/metal fan, I respect the hell out of Glenn Danzig. I’ll pay attention to anything he releases. So I tried his comic series when it came out, and it was . . . ok.
I’ve been interested in this flick since I heard it was being made, and to say that the reviews have not been kind would be putting it mildly. I’m not going to join the pile-on, as I haven’t seen it yet, but the trailer . . . um, it does not make it look like the reviews are being unfair. Still, as I said, I respect Glenn, I like independent horror, and love low-budget cheese horror. So I am going to check this out, but I will be renting before I buy.
The Sonata (2018) The gist: “No synopsis for The Sonata.” I swear, Blu-Ray.com, I’m open for this gist-writing job! Per IMDB (which I may have to swap to for gists) “A gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances. She discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret.” I get a very strong “The Music of Erich Zann” by HPL off of the cover and description, and I love when people pair music and horror. Plus, it has the late Rutger Hauer, so I will definitely be giving this a listen. Er, look. Um, both.
Other titles of note: Titans: The Complete Second Season, Sergio Leone Westerns (A Fistful of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good The Bad and the Ugly / Once Upon a Time in the West / A Fistful of Dynamite), Radioflash, Trolls (2016)
So, as I said up front, there’s not a whole lot of new stuff out this week, but there are a few things worth checking out or upgrading in your collection. Let me know which of these are a must-buy for you, a pass, or which ones I missed!