Releases End Brief Dry Spell

A flood of new releases follows last week’s relative drought, offering everything from sophisticated drama to silly comedy. Among the choices are two films about extreme cases of misfit teens (“Edward Scissorhands,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”) made decades apart.

Recent Movies: “Reversal of Fortune” (Warner, $92.99, R) turns the Claus von Bulow case into a sly black comedy, with Jeremy Irons drolly delineating the man accused of killing his heiress wife.

“Edward Scissorhands” (Fox, $94.98, PG-13) is another quirky work from director Tim Burton (“Batman,” “Beetlejuice”), though more gentle and sentimental than the title indicates. Johnny Depp plays a young man with shears for hands who’s taken into a suburban home by the local Avon lady.

“Not Without My Daughter” (MGM/UA, $92.99, PG-13) is a tense thriller starring Sally Field as a woman trying to escape from Iran with her half-Iranian daughter.

“Almost an Angel” (Paramount, no list price, PG) reteams the “ ‘Crocodile’ Dundee” duo of Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski in a mildly entertaining comedy about a criminal who believes he’s “almost an angel” on Earth after a near-death experience.

Vintage Video: Michael Landon’s first prominent role was in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” and that 1957 cheapie (made for $125,000) is among four ‘50s B-movies new on video from RCA/Columbia ($29.95 each). The rest: “It Conquered the World” with Peter Graves, “Female Jungle” with Jayne Mansfield, and “Machine Gun Kelly” with Charles Bronson.