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What’s New in Home Video & Pop Culture – September 15, 2026 – Mobland, Ninja Turtles, Godzilla, Star Trek, Street Sharks, Troma, & More!

Mike Spring

By Mike Spring

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What’s New in Home Video & Pop Culture – September 15, 2026

Some exciting graphic novels steal the spotlight this week, but don’t worry, there are still some good video releases, even if it’s a more esoteric slate this week. Read on to get the full scoop!

In This Week’s Column:

Mobland: Season One (DVD)

Official Synopsis:

Power is up for grabs as the Harrigans and Stevensons, two warring London crime families, clash in a kill-or-be-killed battle that threatens to topple empires and ruin lives. Caught in the crossfire is Harry Da Souza, the street-smart ‘fixer’ as dangerous as he is handsome, who knows too well where loyalties lie when opposing forces collide. As kingdom goes up against kingdom, lines will be crossed – and the only saving grace is a bet-your-life guarantee: family above everything.

The Show: 

It’s hard to find room to complain when you’re watching a show starring Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan. That is a powerhouse trio of actors, and their presence alone makes Mobland worth watching. (Oh yeah, stalwart Paddy Considine and Downton Abbey’s excellent Joanne Froggat are along for the ride as well.) This Paramount+ show follows Harry Da Souza (Hardy), a fixer for the Harrigan crime family, who’s trying to keep them from going to war with a rival gang. 

And if there is anything to complain about with the show, it’s that: the plot is kind of been-there, done that. Series creator Ronan Bennett is best known for a British show called Top Boy, which has similar themes, while Guy Ritchie directs the first few episodes, and it’s hard not to see echoes of many of Ritchie’s films in the plot as well. (His episodes are the best, by the way. For as hit or miss as the director can be on films, he still knows how to direct the hell out of something when he wants to.) 

Still, it’s hard to fault the show solely for a plot that isn’t the most original in the world. Crime family sagas have been en vogue since The Godfather in the early 1970s, and Mobland is a worthy entry into the genre. With Season 2 debuting any day now, this is the perfect time to catch up on Season 1.

The Bonus Features: 

Sadly there are no extra features included on the release. 

Digital Copy Included: No

Danza Macabra: Volume 5 (Blu-ray)

Official Synopsis:

Severin Films returns to the cemeteries, catacombs and cobwebbed castles of Spanish cinema for an all-new exploration of gothic horror excellence.

5-disc collection with 4 uncut gothic horror classics and 10+ hours of special features! For Volume Five of this “essential Euro-Gothic series” (Mondo Digital), Severin Films returns to the cemeteries, catacombs and cobwebbed castles of Spanish cinema for an all-new exploration of gothic horror excellence: In the North American Disc Premiere of 1964’s STRANGE VOYAGE, director Fernando Fernán Gómez crafts a macabre true-crime shocker featuring a poignant performance by none other than Jess Franco. The disturbing 1971 drama EXORCISM’S DAUGHTER is presented in its complete U.S. Version – now featuring the infamous orgy sequence – as well as the original Spanish Version LAS MELANCÓLICAS, both on disc for the first time ever. THE DRACULA SAGA is 1973’s grisly reinvention of vampiric damnation from the legendary León Klimovsky, uncut in North America for the first time ever. And in 1985’s acclaimed THE TURN OF THE SCREW, controversial director Eloy de la Iglesia adapts Henry James’ classic novella with a startling psychosexual twist. Each film in this collection has been scanned from original camera negatives or archival 35mm prints, with 10+ combined hours of new audio commentaries, video essays, interview featurettes and more.

The Movies: 

While Italy’s Giallo genre and Korea’s K-Horror are probably the most well-known international sub-genres of horror, Spain also has a long tradition of creating gothic horror movies, some of the most notable of which are being collected by Severin Films in a series of box sets which is now 5 volumes deep. 

Danza Macabra: Volume 5 brings viewers four more films from the heyday of Spain’s gothic horror genre, with two films from the 1970s plus an early 1960s outing and a mid-1980s entry. Strange Voyage (1964) features, somewhat ironically, Jess Franco, an Italian giallo star, and is probably the least shocking film in the box set, maybe because of the time in which it was made. Exorcism’s Daughter hails from 1971 and is less a horror movie than a melodrama set in an insane asylum. Still, whenever a movie is touted as “now featuring the infamous orgy sequence,” you know it’s going be interesting enough to make it into a box set like this. The Dracula Saga is one of the more interesting movies in that it tries to create a new take on the Dracula legacy. It has gorgeous location settings and equally gorgeous actresses – most of whom bare their bodies at some point or another – but the acting is subpar and the cinematography is questionable at times. It’s more an interesting film than it is a great one. 1985’s The Turn of the Screw is the highlight of the set. While not one of the better-known adaptations of Henry James’s novel, this version makes for a suitably creepy and atmospheric film that sees a Jesuit priest trying to keep two children from being possessed by restless spirits. It’s got some weird twists and turns, and no shortage of sexuality (as you’ll notice by now, that’s a trend with these films), but it was easily my favorite film in the set. 

Ultimately, the movies in this volume aren’t my favorite offerings so far, but I also recognize that low-budget foreign gothic horror is not exactly my favorite genre, either. I can appreciate what it has to offer and how different the films feel from other, more traditional horror movies, but I can’t say they’re my favorites. Still, for fans of the genre, the Danza Macabra: Volume Five box set is absolutely outstanding, with high-quality picture and sound, copious extra features, and gorgeous packaging. 

The Bonus Features: 

Digital Copy Included: No

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla (Graphic Novel)

Official Synopsis:

The Heroes in a Half-Shell are taking on the King of the Monsters! Collects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla #1-5. 

Long before the organization was corrupted by Shredder, the Foot Clan’s original purpose was to save Japan from kaiju! Now, Godzilla and its fellow monsters have reappeared. Not only is the Foot not prepared to stop them…it would seem Shredder himself is behind the attacks! The villainous ninja is attempting to use the kaiju to create a new mutagen—one that would give his henchman a massive upgrade—and only four mutant teenage turtles stand between these new monsters and total chaos! 

Watch as two of the biggest franchises of all time combine into one thrilling story…and as the characters combine into incredible new forms! To defeat Mechashredder, Leonardo, Raphael, Mikey, and Donny must combine forms with Godzilla, Rodan, King Ghidorah, and Jet Jaguar!

The Book: 

Sometimes you get a crossover comic book where the characters team up or fight each other… and sometimes you get a crossover comic where the characters BECOME each other! And it turns out that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla is one of those comics. 

Not to give any spoilers (but since it’s in the official description, I feel like it’s safe territory) but this fun five-issue miniseries sees the four Ninja Turtles combining forms with Godzilla and his motley crew of kaiju to become a new breed of heroes, ones that are needed to defeat the Mechashredder, a mash-up of the villainous ninja The Shredder and MechaGodzilla. How cool is that?

Now, the book is a good time, but it does have some flaws. Tim Seeley is not my favorite comic book writer, and while I love the concepts he came up with here, his dialogue is always a slog for me. There are definitely some passages that are on the wordy side or that don’t flow as well as they could, but I do give him credit for finding some really great tie-ins between the characters from TMNT and the characters from the Godzilla universe. Fero Pe’s artwork, meanwhile, is fantastic, and he’s able to capture the well-known Turtles characters and the kaiju from Godzilla’s world with equal aplomb. 

So, while Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla might not be perfect, it’s a fun ride with a great concept and killer artwork. It’s hard to be too upset about that!

The Specs: 

Star Trek: The Last Starship – Volume 1 (Graphic Novel)

Official Synopsis:

A Galaxy Shattered. A Legend Reborn. A New Frontier Begins. After the cataclysmic Burn brings warp travel to a standstill and shatters centuries of unity, the dream of the United Federation of Planets collapses almost overnight. Worlds are cut off. Civilizations tumble. Chaos fills the void where hope once thrived.

Out of this cosmic wreckage rises an unlikely beacon: the U.S.S. Omega a lone vessel crewed by survivors navigating a lawless, uncharted Galaxy nearly 300 years after the fall. With no Federation to guide them, they must carve out a path through the ruins—facing warlords, scavengers, and the raw unknown.

But they are not alone. In a desperate act, the remnants of Starfleet strike a dangerous bargain with one of their oldest enemies…in order to resurrect Captain James T. Kirk. Thrust into a future where everything he fought for has crumbled, Kirk must confront a Galaxy in twilight—and decide whether he can become the symbol it needs one last time.

A sweeping epic of legacy, identity, and frontier survival, Star Trek: The Last Starship Vol. 1 launches a bold new era of Trek storytelling—where the final frontier is wilder, stranger, and more perilous than ever before. The mission isn’t over. It’s just beginning. Collects the first six issues of the series. 

The Book: 

Star Trek: The Last Starship is a rather fascinating entry in the Star Trek comic book canon. Set 300 years after The Burn – the cataclysmic event that was the genesis for the later seasons of Star Trek: Discovery – the series focuses on the U.S.S Omega, which is quite literally the last Starfleet starship, even though there is no Starfleet anymore. Faced with a galaxy overrun by lawlessness, the crew of The Odyssey needs a symbol who can bring peace back to the galaxy, so they resurrect one James T. Kirk, who has to try to not only to save the galaxy but also figure out how to adjust to life in the far-flung future. 

It’s an interesting concept, and honestly, the book is really quite good. It’s a much darker version of Star Trek than I think we’re used to, although the tone of Discovery isn’t entirely dissimilar. Writers Jackson Lanzing and Colin Kelly do a good job with the story and dialogue, especially capturing Kirk very well. Artist Adrian Bonilla also adds a less clean and polished artwork style than we’re used to seeing in Trek comics, but frankly it fits the tone of the story incredibly well. And special credit goes to Heather Moore for her outstanding color work; she really brings a dynamism and excitement to the future sci-fi world of post-Burn Star Trek. This book simply looks outstanding, especially during the space action sequences. 

While there is a Volume 2 coming, this is a finite series (I believe it’s going to be 10 or 12 issues total), so I would definitely pick up this trade paperback and then see how the story concludes in Volume 2. I know I can’t wait to see where the story goes!

The Specs: 

Street Sharks: Jawsome Justice (Graphic Novel)

Official Synopsis:

The first Street Sharks comic in more than 20 years brings you extreme stories and a fintastic time! But don’t call it a comeback—they’ve been waiting for everyone else to get ready for more jawsome adventures! The four Bolton Brothers were happy playing sports and meeting babes. But when a run-in with a mad scientist turned them into giant sharks…they only got cooler!

Kick some serious fin with Ripster, the great white head of the pack; Streex, the rollerblading ladies’ man (er, ladies’ shark); Jab, the hammerhead who loooves using his noggin; and Big Slammu, the whale shark with the whale-sized muscles, on their newest adventure! They’ll need all the help they can get to stop their archnemesis, Dr. Paradigm, from developing…the perfect predator! Little do they know, it’s already too late to stop the grossest monster they’ve ever fought from being born!

Stephanie Williams (Nubia and the Amazons, My Little Pony) and Ariel Medel (TMNT vs. Street Fighter) bring you the most righteous shark tale you’ve ever read! Collects Street Sharks #1–5 and the Street Sharks 2026 Annual. 

The Book: 

I have to admit, while I’m familiar with the Street Sharks in passing, my deeper knowledge of them is largely non-existent. I’m a connoisseur of 1980s cartoons, but the 1990s cartoons are an area where I admittedly fall a little short. 

The Street Sharks are four brothers, John, Coop, Clint, and Bobby Bolton, who are transformed into half-man/half-shark hybrids by a machine called the Gene Slammer, created by their dad and a not-so-scrupulous scientist named Dr. Paradigm. (Both Dr. Paradigm and their dad also get transmuted into animal hybrids as well.) The Street Sharks then become de facto superheroes while also fighting against Dr. Paradigm and his mutated hybrids who seek to destroy the Sharks. 

The show has had a cult/nostalgia fan base since it debuted in the 1990s, and now IDW has brought us a new comic book based on the show, which has been collected in the new Street Sharks: Jawsome Justice trade paperback. Written by Stephanie Williams with art by Ariel Medel, the five issue miniseries (plus one-shot annual) that is collected here are new stories, not adaptations of existing episodes, so that’s good. What surprised me a little was that each issue was basically a stand-alone story, rather than this being a five-issue story arc. It has a feel reminiscent of IDW’s TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures comic, which mimics the style of the animated series rather than being an in-continuity story. 

My impression is that Stephanie Williams was trying to recapture the feel of the original show to appeal to nostalgic fans, and in that, I would say she succeeded. But I wonder if a more cohesive narrative arc would have been more satisfying? Artist Ariel Medel’s artwork looks just like the cartoon, so that’s great, but again, it looks like something aimed more for kids than nostalgic adults, even if that wasn’t the intent. All in all, I think fans of the show will enjoy the book, even if it isn’t as meaty as they might be hoping for.  

The Specs: 

Return to Sleepy Hollow (Graphic Novel)

Official Synopsis:

Based on Tim Burton’s classic Sleepy Hollow (1999) the story continues in this graphic novel: A thrilling tale of buried truths, decaying bodies, and rotting, vengeful gods. The Headless Horseman hasn’t plagued Sleepy Hollow for 15 years now, but unbeknownst to the residents of the drowsy valley, a deeper evil lurks in the roots of the town, and it will stop at nothing to quench its thirst for blood. 

Ichabod Crane is a man of science and, despite his indisputable brush with the supernatural, has built a name for himself debunking claims of the occult across the world. However, when he receives a frantic letter urging him to return to Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod must reunite with his now estranged love, Katrina Van Tassel, to investigate a string of strange, unexplainable murders–—residents who died tangled in roots, decorated in flowers, or blanketed in soil. The pair unearth tales of possessed townsfolk and the Tree of the Dead and together they will uncover the truth of Sleepy Hollow’s origins and the roots that connect them all.

Collects the complete miniseries (issues #1–5) of Return to Sleepy Hollow. 

The Book: 

The description for Return to Sleepy Hollow says that it’s “based on Tim Burton’s classic Sleepy Hollow” from 1999, and while that is technically true, it’s hard to find a ton of connective tissue between the movie and this new graphic novel from IDW and writer Casey Gilly and artist Savanna Mayer. Yes, the characters re the same, but Return to Sleepy Hollow would fall much more into the “folk horror” category, while Burton’s film was more of a gothic horror/action hybrid. 

This is one of those instances where I think two things can be true: a book can be well-made and even good, but I personally don’t care for it. The story here takes place 15 years after the film, and it sees the residents of Sleepy Hollow up against a rash of murders that all seem to be caused by flora and plant life. Savanna Mayer’s artwork has the kind of style that really doesn’t click for me; it’s reminiscent of someone like Jeremy Bastian but with a looser, more wispy aesthetic. And folk horror has never really been my thing, so while Casey Gill crafts a good mystery, it’s all a little esoteric for my tastes. 

That said, there’s nothing bad about the book, and I suspect people who like that genre and are maybe bigger fans of Burton’s film will enjoy it a lot more than I did. Like I said, Return to Sleepy Hollow is not a bad work, it’s just not my thing, and I can recognize that those are two independent opinions. 

The Specs: 

Graduation Day (Blu-ray)

Official Synopsis:

It’s just weeks before graduation and members of the track team are being mysteriously murdered. The Troma Team is proud to present the suspenseful, heart-stopping shocks and mystery of Graduation Day. It’s just weeks before high school graduation and members of the track team are being mysteriously and gruesomely murdered, one at a time. When the team’s star runner drops dead at the end of a championship meet, her sister Anne (Patch MacKenzie) comes to town and a series of grisly murders begin. Is Anne responsible? Or is it coach Michaels (Christopher George) who has been fired because of Laura’s death? Perhaps it’s the campus policeman who is disliked because of his over-zealous drug investigations? Or is it Laura’s boyfriend, Kevin (E. Danny Murphy), who can’t reconcile himself to Laura’s death? You won’t want to see Graduation Day alone!

The Movie: 

In the wake of the smash success of 1978’s Halloween and 1980’s Friday the 13th, movie studios were all trying to cash in on the slasher craze, and low-budget masters Troma Studios were no exception. Interestingly enough, for a studio known for over-the-top movies that specialize in the overboard and the outrageous, Graduation Day actually feels a little restrained compared to some of its slasher brethren of the time period. Maybe that’s because of the low budget, but the film doesn’t revel in the gore of the kills but rather focuses on getting in as many as they can in a short period of time. 

Most of the cast is unknown — and it’s not hard to figure out why based on the performances — but you do get scream queen Linnea Quigley and, interestingly, a young pre-Wheel-of-Fortune Vanna White in supporting roles. They add a little pop to the proceedings, but no one in this movie is in danger of winning an Oscar. 

Still, despite some of its flaws, Graduation Day works as a hidden gem in the slasher genre. As someone who has seen almost every slasher movie from the 1980s, it was fun to discover one I hadn’t seen before, especially one that has a certain charm to it. I mean, the reveal of who the killer is won’t come as a surprise to anyone paying attention, but there are a few creative kills and some slasher-y fun to be had. 

The Bonus Features: 

Digital Copy Included: No

Enongo (Blu-ray)

Official Synopsis:

Enongo (aka Sammus) navigates music, academia and identity in this documentary that examines her life as a rapper, scholar, teacher and nerd.

What does it mean to be a Black woman rapper, a Cornell PhD candidate, and a proud nerd all at once? Director Kevin Schreck follows Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo (aka Sammus) as she tours North America, records a new album, and navigates a full-time career alongside academic life. Through her unique afrofuturism-inspired music, Enongo/Sammus tackles mental health, identity, race and feminism while cultivating a strong following of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and proud geeks alike.

The film blends vérité footage with hand-drawn animation created entirely by an all-Black women team – the first in the history of feature filmmaking – bringing to life the interior world behind the public persona: her Ithaca upbringing, years teaching in Houston, return to Cornell, and the music that threads it all together. Intimate, empowering, and wholly original, Enongo is a story of survival, artistic creation, and a woman who artist who consistently thinks outside boxes and dances across lines.

The Movie: 

Some films defy easy description, and Enongo is one of them. Which is fitting, because the film’s subject, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, is a person who also defies easy description. 

Enongo is a rapper who goes by the name of Sammus. She’s also a Cornell PhD candidate, and an African-American woman living in an era where being neither black nor a woman is easy. This film follows the artist/scholar as she navigates all of the above and more. But the film isn’t content just to give us talking-heads-style interviews, oh no. Much like Enongo/Sammus is a creative force, the film echoes that aesthetic by peppering in several animated sequences, all with varying styles, that represent chapters in Enongo’s life. The resulting film is quite unique and captivating. 

Beyond all the artistic highlights (which include Sammus’s music), the film has an emotional center as we learn about Enongo’s past, her struggles, her hopes and dreams, and what drives her and how she grounds herself. Enongo is far from a fluff piece, but an in-depth look at a complicated human being, told in an innovative way. 

The Bonus Features: 

Digital Copy Included: No

Sweet Meats (Blu-ray)

Official Synopsis:

Bobby Sweet is a country music legend and has been the world-renowned face of “Sweet Meats” since establishing his first restaurant with his wife. Sometimes a “secret ingredient” should stay that way.

The Movie: 

Well, you’ve gotta give Troma Studios credit for one thing with their new 2025 film Sweet Meats: I don’t think I’ve ever written the phrase “Cannibal Comedy Country Musical” before in the thousands and thousands of movie reviews I’ve written over the past 25 years. 

But that’s exactly what we have in the form of Sweet Meats, the brainchild of writer/director/star Ricky Glore, who plays a country music star who is also the face of a chain of restaurants whose meat is unbelievably delicious. Hmmm… I wonder why that could be? Well, if you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m not going to spoil it for you, but let’s be honest… you’ve figured it out by now. Of course you have. If you haven’t, you seriously need to watch more horror movies. 

I give Glore credit for just going for it: Cannibalistic horror comedies and country music aren’t exactly known for being a popular mash-up, but he makes it work somehow. I can’t say I particularly enjoyed the movie, but I think that has more to do with the genre and style of the film than because it’s terrible. Well, it might be terrible, but B-movie fans and those who seek out the bizarre and outrageous might just have another cult favorite on their hands. 

The Bonus Features: 

Digital Copy Included: No

What’s New in Home Video & Pop Culture – September 15, 2026 – Mobland, Ninja Turtles, Godzilla, Star Trek, Street Sharks, Troma, & More!
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