ROUND UP
Russell Crowe plays an actor in a possession movie in THE EXORCISM (7 October, Blu-ray/DVD). Director Joshua John Miller’s dad played Father Karras in The Exorcist, and it reprises some of that film’s seminal moments. We said: “Barely registers as a footnote to William Friedkin’s masterclass.” No extras. High-concept slasher IN A VIOLENT NATURE (out now, Blu-ray/DVD) is told from the killer’s POV, with the camera roaming after its vengeful corpse. We said: “Appealingly grungy moments, and the kills are inventive. But is that enough to justify a full-length running time?” No extras again here. KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (out now, 4K/Blu-ray/ DVD) leaps forward 200 years, following an innocent chimp whose community is wrecked by a bonobo dictator. We said: “Refreshes the franchise by creating the space for some impressive world-building.” Bonuses: a 22-minute Making Of; 14 deleted scenes. A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (7 October, 4k/Blu-ray/ DVD) follows Lupita Nyong’o’s terminally ill poet in a Manhattan overrun by monsters who hunt by sound. We said: “Tries to do something tonally different with a firmly established formula.” Fifty minutes of bonuses: five featurettes, plus deleted scenes.