Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 (Criterion Collection) - BLU-RAY

Atomic testing in the Pacific awakens a gigantic reptilian creature dubbed Godzilla off the coast of Japan and sends the monstrous menace on a rampage across Tokyo and it's environs. Director Ishiro Honda's InchkaijuInch classic spawned innumerable sequels; Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi, and Haru Nakajima star. Includes the original Japanese InchGojiraInch and the 1956 re-dubbed American version InchGodzilla, King of the Monsters,Inch with Raymond Burr. 96 min. Standard; Soundtracks Japanese PCM mono, English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; featurette; interviews; theatrical trailers. In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.

Three-disc set includes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)Cowabunga! Those pizza-eating, hip-talking, reptilian ronin leap from comics and cartoons to the big screen in their live-action hit adventure. Can Michaelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello rescue their sensei from the clutches of the evil Shredder? You'll believe a turtle can swing nunchukas after seeing this wild blend of action and comedy. Stars Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Sam Rockwell, Jay Patterson, Corey Feldman, Robbie Rist. 95 min. C/Rtg PG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret Of The Ooze (1991)The Fab Four of the reptile world are back and up to their shells in trouble, as the Shredder and a gang of martial arts mavens use the toxic waste that created the Turtles to produce their own monsters and threaten the world. Live-action Turtlemania continues; with Paige Turco, David Warner, and special guest Vanilla Ice. 88 min. C/Rtg PG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo join reporter pal April O'Neill in an adventure that sends them time-travelling back to feudal Japan, where they get caught in a battle between clans of rival samurais. Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, and Stuart Wilson star in this Inchturtle-rifficInch tale. 95 min. C/Rtg PG Widescreen; Soundtrack English; audio commentary; interviews; collector's booklet; more.

It's animal versus vegetable when the giant green lizard faces his deadliest combatant ever Biollante, a genetically engineered plant creature that has taken on a life of it's own and threatens to overrun the planet (or at least greater Japan). Second entry in the revived Godzilla series stars Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, and Megumi Odaka as Miki the psychic girl. 104 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack Japanese DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles