'Halloween'

Rob Zombie puts his own gory spin on one of the forebears of modern slasher flicks, examining the tormented formative years of psycho killer Michael Myers, who breaks out of the nuthouse and returns to his hometown wielding a big fat knife. The movie is available in the R-rated theatrical cut or an unrated version that adds 11 minutes of footage. DVD, $29.95.

'Stardust'

Falling stars, flying schooners, a cross-dressing captain, a pesky batch of sibling ghosts, and a wicked old crone who morphs into a wicked young babe in the form of Michelle Pfeiffer - director Matthew Vaughn's fairy-tale romance for adults is a visual delight. Claire Danes, as a star that drops out of the sky to take human form, is wooed by a young hero in training (Charlie Cox), befriended by a prancing ship's skipper (Robert De Niro) and pursued by Pfeiffer as a hag-turned-beauty aiming to suck the life out of her prey to maintain her youth. DVD, $29.99; HD DVD, $39.99

'Underdog'

Jason Lee provides the voice of a mutt mutated into a canine superhero in this live-action adaptation of the TV cartoon. Featuring Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Warburton and Amy Adams, the movie follows the adventures of the heroic dog as he tries to foil the schemes of an archvillain. DVD, $29.99; Blu-ray, $34.99.

'Once'

Writer-director John Carney and his non-actor stars, musicians Glen Hansard of the Irish band the Frames and Marketa Irglova, caught movie lightning in a bottle with this remarkable romance shot for what amounts to spare change compared to Hollywood flicks. The story follows a street musician and a Czech immigrant to Dublin who meet, connect, discover a musical kinship then write and record a terrific batch of folk pop tunes in just a few days, all the while bumping against obstacles to the mutual love developing between them. DVD, $29.98.

'Blade Runner'

Ridley Scott never seems to tire of tinkering with some of his films, but what's billed as the final cut of his visionary sci-fi tale arrives in a variety of sets ranging from affordably mainstream to pricey completist package for the serious fan. Starring Harrison Ford as a future cop tracking and snuffing renegade superhuman "replicants," the film marks its 25th anniversary with a new version featuring added and extended scenes and enhanced visual effects. Two-disc DVD set, $20.97; four-disc DVD set, $34.99; four-disc HD DVD and Blu-ray sets, $39.99 each; five-disc DVD set, $78.92; five-disc HD DVD and Blu-ray sets, $99.98 each.

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