The Strangers: just friends who haven’t killed you yet.
With a deluge of recent movies hitting shiny disc, it’s time to supersize this slot. Criminals abduct an underworld figure’s daughter in ABIGAIL (out now, Blu-ray/DVD), only to discover that she’s a bloodsucker. We said: “An undead delight with real teeth, it’s a worthy, fresh addition to the vampire genre.” Extras: featurettes on the gore, the directors, Abigail, and the kidnappers; deleted scenes; a gag reel (33 minutes’ worth). In THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES (out now, Blu-ray/DVD), a young black man is recruited into an organisation dedicated to making white folk’s lives easier – then falls for a white co-worker. We said: “The script is sharp, the satire is salient… Unfortunately, the love story falls a little flat.” Director Kobi Libli provides commentary. You also get three short featurettes (14 minutes). Dystopian action comedy BOY KILLS WORLD (out now, 4K/Blu-ray/DVD) sees a deaf-mute man (Bill Skarsgård) trained to exact revenge on the woman who runs the city, after his family’s killed. We said: “Revels in its own madness… unlike anything else you’ll see this year.”
Extras: a 17-minute Making Of, and some fleeting promos. In prequel movie THE FIRST OMEN (out now, Blu-ray/DVD) a novitiate comes to suspect that the priests at an orphanage in Rome have evil designs on one of her charges. We said: “For all its fidelity, winds up bearing more of a resemblance to one of the Conjuring Universe’s wimple-wearing spin-offs.” Bonuses: featurettes on the protagonist, symbolism, and “the director’s vision” (19 minutes). Fury Road prequel FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (12 August, 4K/