House by the River - BLU-RAY

Skillfully rendered suspenser from Fritz Lang concerns Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward), a demented writer whose sexual advances towards his maid lead to her unfortunate, unintended demise. Stephen's hapless brother John (Lee Bowman) is convinced to help get rid of the body... and soon finds himself the prime suspect while Stephen brazenly includes the killing in his latest book. Atmospheric classic co-stars Jane Wyatt, Dorothy Patrick. 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; interview; theatrical trailers.

Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Willard, Alice in Wonderland), Keanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix, Speed, Point Break), Ione Skye (Say Anything, Four Rooms, Fever Pitch), and Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Apocalypse Now) lead an all-star cast in director Tim Hunter's (Tex, The Saint of Fort Washington, The Maker) River's Edge, a dramatic tale of ennui and murder among a group of high school teens in Northern California. When the naked body of a young girl is discovered on a riverbank, the friends' reactions range from horror and disbelief to guilt, apathy, and deceit. Often cited as a leading example of the Inchkiller kidInch film genre, River's Edge took home the prize for Best Feature at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards. Daniel Roebuck (TV's Matlock, TV's Lost, The Fugitive), Joshua John Miller (The Final Girls, Near Dark, Teen Witch), and Roxana Zal (Testament, Something About Amelia, TV's Hart to Hart) round out the cast.

Based on the novel by Stanley Ellin, this offbeat crime thriller stars George Peppard as Reno Davis, an American writer and retired boxer living in France. Hired by wealthy widow Anne de Villemont (Inger Stevens) to tutor her 8-year-old son, Reno gets more than he bargained for when he, Anne, and the boy find themselves up against a sinister fascist group that means to conquer Europe. Orson Welles, Keith Michell, Perrette Pradier also star. 105 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.