Steelbook Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Blu-ray)

Kate Beckinsale returns to death-dealing in the fourth installment of the Underworld saga (she took a break for Part Three, the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans prequel). Still clad in black-leather Goth gear, still capable of absorbing an enormous amount of punishment, Beckinsale's vampiric avenger Selene gets put on ice (literally) as Underworld: Awakening begins, and thaws out 12 years later in her customary foul mood. The scruffy survivors--vampire and werewolf alike--of a societal "cleansing" are still at odds, and a young girl holds the key to… oh, the future of mankind, or whatever.

Five-disc set includes Underworld (2003)Super-stylish gothic horror/adventure stars Kate Beckinsale as Selene, a vampire huntress out to destroy the Lycans, the werewolf race the vampires have been warring with for centuries. Selene falls in love with Michael (Scott Speedman), a human caught between both sides in the conflict, but when he's infected by lupine disease and becomes a werewolf, Selene calls on Viktor (Bill Nighy), an elder bloodsucker leader, to intercede. With Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen. 121 min. C/Rtg R Underworld Evolution (2006)As the war between the Death Dealers and the Lycans rages on, the vampiric Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and her werewolf hybrid lover, Michael (Scott Speedman), set out to uncover the origins of the centuries-long conflict, putting them up against an ancient bloodsucker obsessed with resurrecting his brother, the original Lycan. With Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi and Bill Nighy. 106 min. C/Rtg R Underworld Rise Of The Lycans (2009)This prequel to the InchUnderworldInch series goes back a millennium and traces the origin of the feud between the vampiric Death Dealers and the band of werewolves known as the Lycans. Vampire leader Viktor (Bill Nighy) finds an abandoned baby and enslaves him after discovering his Lycan bloodline, but when the slave grows to be the powerful Lucian (Michael Sheen) and falls for Viktor's daughter (Rhona Mitra), it unleashes a war of bloody proportions. 92 min. C/Rtg R Underworld Awakening (2012)Death Dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is back-again dressed in skintight black-for this fourth installment of the popular horror/action series, as humanity goes to war against both the vampire and werewolf clans. Escaping from the corporation that has held her captive in cryogenic freeze for experimentation, the vampiric heroine proceeds to do sexy battle with her adversaries, with an assist coming from a cop (

The Exorcist meets InchParanormal ActivityInch in this horror tale that follows loving parents Josh and Renai as their oldest son falls into a mysterious coma after their family moves into an old house. As the couple's relationship begins to fray, they discover that evil spirits residing in the home are responsible for their child's condition... and terror beyond their comprehension soon follows. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins star. 102 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.