This week's new DVD & Blu-ray

The Loved Ones DVD, Blu-ray, Optimum Horror fans are used to adjusting their critical faculties, often accepting perhaps a little less in the acting and characterisation departments. It's a fair enough trade-off; the more intense the horror, the smaller the budget, so they seldom attract big names. It's a rare horror film that truly delivers on the acting front while keeping things nice and scary. This is one of those rarities. Director Sean Byrne lucked out with a uniformly great cast here, notably with lead actress Robyn McLeavy as the terrifying Lola; the other standout is Xavier Samuel (Twilight Saga: Eclipse) as Brent, her main victim (a tough role as he's rendered mute by an injection of detergent into his throat early on). Lola is the plain, almost invisible girl at school; when Brent politely turns down her invitation to the prom his fate is sealed. Lola holds her own party with a drugged and bound Brent as the guest of honour, and it turns out this isn't the first time she's held such an exclusive soiree. There's a lot of pain and injury inflicted in this movie, but thanks to McLeavy's incredible performance as the childish, spoiled and evil Lola, no matter how horrible things get, you just cannot take your eyes away from the screen. And things do get really horrible. Dollhouse Eliza Dushku kicks and charms her way through Joss Whedon's culty mind-wipe series. DVD & Blu-ray, EV The Rolling Stones: Ladies And Gentlemen – The Rolling Stones Mick, Keith and the gang live in Texas, 1972 during the Exile On Main Street tour. DVD & Blu-ray, Eagle Rock This Is England '86 Shane Meadows catches up with Shaun, Lol and Woody in this four-part TV sequel. DVD, 4DVD Boxes Jane Birkin makes her directorial debut with a haunting story featuring John Hurt. DVD, Bluebell London River Brenda Bleythn and Sotigui Kouyaté play parents looking for their children in the aftermath of the 7 July bombings in London. DVD, Trinity Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax: The Big Four – Live None-more-metal thrash fest. DVD & Blu-ray, Universal