Cinefantastique Online

A weekly round-up of science fiction, fantasy, and horror DVD and Blu-ray releases.

[ March 30, 2010; 3:00 pm; ] SHERLOCK HOLMES is the big genre film laserblasting its way into video stores on March 30. Although the genres in this case are primarily mystery and action-adventure, the film follows in the tradition of THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, flirting with an allegedly supernatural villain who claims he will return to life after being executed. [...]

[ March 23, 2010; ] It says something – I’m not sure what – that this week’s most exciting home video releases in the realm of  horror, fantasy, and science fiction are of a pair of films from the previous millennium: both TOY STORY and TOY2 arrive on March 23 in two-disc special edition packages, combining Blu-ray and DVD discs. [...]

[ March 16, 2010; ] A little something for everyone comes laserblasting your on March 16, with several horror, fantasy, and science fiction films making their way onto home video: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, THE FOURTH KIND, PONTYPOOL, and MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: XVII

[ March 9, 2010; ] Not many exciting horror, fantasy, or science fiction titles blasting their way onto home video on Tuesday, March 9. The one high-profile theatrical release is PLANET 51, an animated science fiction comedy in which the usual alien arrival scenario is reversed – with the human astronaut seen as a scary invader. Cinefantastique’s John T. Stanhope [...]

Well, well, well – in the month of March, home videos releases of horror, fantasy, and science fiction titles begin with a blast – a laserblast, that is – thanks to the release on DVD and Blu-ray of 2012, the latest epic of destruction from that master of disaster, Roland Emmerich. Lawrence French had good [...]

Some hot horror, fantasy, and science fiction titles are laserblasting your way on home video this week. Maybe they’re not great, but there should be more than enough for the hardcore hounds to find something to sink their teeth into. For fans of writer-director George A. Romero (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), the big news [...]

Not much to get excited about in the land of laserblast this week: the home video releases of horror, fantasy, and science fiction films are pretty much limited to HALO LEGENDS, which comes out in about six different iterations (single disc, two disc, two disc limited edition, etc). After that, there’s something called ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE [...]

Not much exciting this week in the land of laserblast: only a handful of horror, fantasy, and science fiction titles are making their debut, including THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, a science fiction romance starring Eric Bana. DANTE’S INFERNO is an anime adaptation of the classic poem, with separate episodes helmed by different directors. Television’s STARGATE [...]

This week laserblasts us with a flurry of fascinating fantasy, horror, and science fiction films released to home video. Looking for something new? There’s the hit horror-comedy ZOMBIELAND on Blu-ray, DVD, and UMD for PSP. Fans of classic horror can rejoice in Universal’s special edition DVD of THE WOLF MAN (1941), which adds some new [...]

Laserblast is trying to get itself onto a more regular schedule, in order to keep you abreast of what is happening in regards to horror, fantasy, and science fiction films on DVD and Blu-ray. Here is a roundup of noteworthy titles released in January.
JANUARY 12
8 ½ (BD) – For many, Italian film begins and ends with [...]

Without unnecessary preamble, here is a list of the best Blu-ray discs from 2009, featuring horror, fantasy and science fiction titles. With so many great releases, it is hard to pick favorites, so the films are presented in alphabetical, rather than numeric, order.
An American Werewolf in London. Though director John Landis bristles at the term “horror comedy”, it’s [...]

The year is rapidly drawing to a close, but despite the narrowing gap between theatrical and home video release dates, many of 2009’s major horror, fantasy, and science fiction titles will not arrive on DVD and/or Blu-ray until early next year. Here is a rundown of some of the most eagerly anticipated discs that will [...]

This Week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases provide further evidence that expectations are often made to be thwarted: A little movie that could have been buried and forgotten instead became a sleeper hit, while a would-be hit disappeared from theatres with barely a ripple of attention from audiences. There is also an animated fantasy whose trailer [...]