<i> Video News</i> : New Releases : Movies

No more Christmas-y new video films this week; the fresh batch of releases are more ghoulish and foolish than Yule-ish.

Leading off is “Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” (Media, $89.95, R), strictly for anyone who isn’t burned out yet on that nightmare guy Freddy Krueger. The horror sequel did $50 million at the box office this year, and Media is claiming the video version “makes the perfect stocking stuffer.” Yeah, right. A grenade would fit nicely, too.

Further proof that it’s a good week for singing Christmas carols and skipping a visit to the video store:

“Bloodsport” (Warner, $89.95, R), a martial-arts picture starring the ever-popular Jean Claude Van Damme and Bolo Yeung that did a not-bad $12 million at the box office; “White Ghost” (TWE, $79.95, R), an action film set in Southeast Asia and starring William Katt; “Blood Money” (J2, $79.95), a waste of the acting talents of Andy Garcia and Ellen Barkin and just as terrible under its new title as it was when shown on cable as “Clinton and Nadine”; “The Tracker” (HBO, $89.99), another cable movie, this one a Western starring Kris Kristofferson; “Stormquest” (Media, $89.95, R), an essential addition to your collection of jungle warrior-women films (Brent Huff stars); and “Gor” (Warner, $79.95, PG), which features a barbaric fantasy land (Gor), a magical ring, a wily sorcerer, and veteran actors (Jack Palance, Oliver Reed) with nothing better to do.

Other Videos

Open sesame: There are two new tapes this week featuring two U.S. Opens--tennis and golf. “The Official 1988 U.S. Open Home Video” (CBS/Fox, $19.98) is 60 minutes worth of Seffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Ivan Lendl, et al. “The 1988 U.S. Open: Strange Days at the Country Club” (VIEW, $29.95) links 50 minutes of golf highlights with narration by Jim McKay.