Start October With HDD's 4K UHD & Blu-ray Shopping Guide, Oct. 1, 2024

 Welcome to the first week of October. Relatively slow start to the month for video releases. For a lot of us, October means Halloween, horror movies, and all the jazz! Visited your local Spirit Halloween yet?

  And speaking of Spirit Halloween, SNL did a skit about it. Want a laugh? Check it out!

 Welcome to Volume 5 Episode 18 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc the week of September 29th - October 5th, as well as a look at announcements from last week.

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases-

 Believe it or not, there are only TWO new SKUS this week in the 4K category and they're both appropriately themed for October.

 First up, very recent release Imaginary gets a 4K Amazon Exclusive SteelBook. There is no standard edition 4K available, and as with so many Blumhouse releases, they dropped a blu-ray only release on the original release day, making us wonder if a 4K was en route any time soon, or at all.

 Paramount offers up another box set of various titles, that would be Paramount Scares Vol. 2. No mystery movie this go round, but it is priced right for four decent films.

 Coming off retailer exclusive, The Blob (1988) SteelBook gets a general release.

 Next week is like night and day. Instead of two releases, there are roughly twenty when you also count the imports.

Blu-ray releases-

 Blu-ray counterparts of the above 4K releases? Not this week. We pretty much already got them!

 Import Monday has a few that might interest you. Always keep in mind though that they may be region B locked, and not playable on your setup.

• Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals (Limited Edition UK Import)
• The Valley of the Bees (UK Import)
• Blur: To the End & Live at Wembley Stadium (UK Import)
• Vital (2004): 20th Anniversary Edition (UK Limited Edition)
• Crawlspace (UK Import)

 Anime highlights include To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (Monday release, standard edition CrunchyRoll Store Exclusive) and the Tuesday release of Outbreak Company: Complete Collection.

 Shout Factory blu-ray horror arrives with As Above, So Below: Collector's Edition.

 TV on disc this week, and it's a pretty big one, The West Wing: The Complete Series. Talk about good timing.

Notable announcements from last week:

 Last week was a pretty busy week for announcements. In addition to the boutique label onesie twosies, and the leaks of Shout Factory's next batch, a few major ones are below.

 Alien: Romulus will be coming to blu-ray and 4K on December 3rd from 20th Century Studios.

 Deadpool & Wolverine is getting several choices for blu-ray and 4K releases on October 22nd. Both Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine have been rumored to have Dolby Vision on them despite what the press release says, and new titles going forward as well. But this is as reported by an entertainment writer on Forbes, so accept it with a grain of salt. If true, this is very good news, now hopefully BD100s when needed.

 All restaurants are Taco Bell, right? Arrow Video's December releases include 4K editions of Demolition Man, The Great Escape and The Addiction, blu-ray of The Last Video Store, a UK 4K of The Good, the Bad, the Weird, and a snazzy blu-ray box set of Critters 1-4.

 I Love Lucy: The Complete Series will be coming to blu-ray on on November 5th.

4K Release Calendar

2K/BD Release Calendar

Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?