Flatliners - BLU-RAY

Three-disc set includes The Flame (1947)Resentful wastrel George MacAllister (John Carroll) hated how his ailing half-brother Barry (Robert Paige) controlled the family wealth, so he connived to have girlfriend Carlotta Duval (Vera Ralston) installed as Barry's nurse... and to get rid of his sibling once Carlotta steered him to the altar. He didn't count, on the caregiver genuinely falling for her intended victim. Broderick Crawford, Henry Travers, Hattie McDaniel, Constance Dowling co-star. 97 min. BW/Rtg NR City That Never Sleeps (1953)A Chicago cop (Gig Young) tempted to leave his wife and run off with his showgirl mistress (Mala Powers), a powerful corrupt lawyer (Edward Arnold), a killer on the loose (William Talman), and a nightclub window Inchmechanical manInch (Wally Cassell) all play parts in this intriguing noir thriller, filmed on location. With Chill Wills, Marie Windsor. 91 min. BW/Rtg NR Hell's Half Acre (1954)When Honolulu nightclub owner Chet Chester (Wendell Corey) gets blackmailed by an ex-associate from his shady past, girlfriend Sally Lee (Nancy Gates) takes it upon herself to get rid of the nuisance permanently. Chester's gallant taking of the rap goes for naught when Sally herself is killed, and he must break jail to track down the murderer. Unusual InchHawaiian noirInch co-stars Evelyn Keyes, Marie Windsor, Elsa Lanchester, Jesse White. 91 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Three-disc set includes Union Station (1950)After a blind Los Angeles heiress (Allene Roberts) is kidnapped by a ruthless hood (Lyle Bettger), he sets the titular Chicago terminal as the drop-off point for the ransom. Local railway cop William Calhoun (William Holden) has the dicey task of trying to safely pry the victim from her captors' clutches. Rudolph Maté's gripping noir thriller co-stars Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, and Jan Sterling. 81 min. BW/Rtg NR Jennifer (1953)Broke as she was, Agnes Langley (Ida Lupino) didn't ask questions when offered a caretaker job at an abandoned Santa Barbara manse. She should have, as her predecessor, the owner's cousin Jennifer Brown, had vanished under clouded circumstances... and someone might ensure she meets the same fate. Noir drama co-stars Howard Duff, Robert Nichols, Mary Shipp. 73 min. BW/Rtg NR The Crooked Circle (1957)Looking for a story, sportswriter Ken Cooper (Steve Brodie) tracked down pug Joe Kelly (Don Kelly), who refused to throw a match and beat it out of town afterwards. Kelly's worshipful kid brother Tommy (John Smith) begged Cooper's help in getting into the fight game... but he'll discover it hadn't got any less corrupt. Noirish ring tale co-stars Fay Spain, Robert Armstrong, John Doucette. 72 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to intensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure.