Severin Films

[swo17]

Hmmm...I was tempted to go for the bundle with that, for the Christopher Lee connection.

Christmas colors are an interesting choice for a double-wide crypt...

[L.A.]

Caligula 2: The Untold Story

Mondo Digital.

[swo17]

Just received my $10 invoice to upgrade to the UHD reward for Out of the Blue

[fdm]

Nearly deleted that...

[dwk]

Jess Franco's Faceless is getting a UHD release. It will be available from Severin's booth at Texas Frightmare Weekend. They also will be selling Blu-rays of Brigitte Lahaie's Female Executioner

[dwk]

Severin's latest Bu-ray box set is up for pre-order: The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler

[Glowingwabbit]

Severin's latest Bu-ray box set is up for pre-order: The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler

Here is their trailer for the set. I'm not familiar with his work. Is this at least better than Al Adamson?

[swo17]

I was just about to ask where he falls on a scale from Adamson to Milligan

[Glowingwabbit]

I was just about to ask where he falls on a scale from Adamson to Milligan

Hahaha that's basically my rating scale as well.

Edit: Someone described the movies as fun which is already a step above Al Adamson in my opinion.

[CSM126]

By god The Chooper is coming to Blu-Ray. What a world.

If only there were more people putting this kind of effort into good obscure films/directors.

[Matt]

Definitely much closer to Adamson than Milligan. Maybe he's kind of like Ed Wood if his ambition was to be William Asher? Or Herschel Gordon Lewis if he wanted to be Vincente Minnelli (but with the skills and imagination of neither)?

[agnamaracs]

One of his last projects was a multi-part documentary about his (and my, sorta) hometown of Reading, PA. And that's on here along with Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, Incredibly Strange Zombies, and something called "Dr. Cock Luv" (subtle!).

Yeah, I'm gonna have to get this.

Didn't Nicholas Winding Refn "present" a restoration of Wild Guitar? I wonder if Severin used that version.

[Glowingwabbit]

One of his last projects was a multi-part documentary about his (and my, sorta) hometown of Reading, PA.

Oh interesting. I went to undergrad in Reading, PA. That spikes my interest a bit more.

[colinr0380]

Here's an episode of Jonathan Ross' Incredibly Strange Film Show focused on Steckler. Interesting to learn that Vilmos Zsigmond got his start on many of these films!

I have only seen Wild Guitar out of these films but kind of love it! Although I should admit that even then I prefer the Exploitica re-edit of it!

A lot of the musical moments from these films turn up on that Golden Turkeys album, which presumably tied in with Michael Medved's book of the same name. So whilst I have not seen the films they come from, I am aware of the painfully groovy likes of Shook Out Of Shape, Yes, I Will, We're The Lemon Grove Kids, Rat Pfink and Big Boss A-Go-Go Party from Rat Pfink A Boo Boo.

And Red Letter Media tackled Blood Shack (aka The Chooper) a little while back. I like one of the comments under that video that "why would you not title this film Blood Shed?!"

[brundlefly]

Just part of the long, slow crawl toward seeing Coleman Francis in UHD.

[dwk]

Severin's podcast about the Ray Dennis Steckler set is worth a listen.

[colinr0380]

Just part of the long, slow crawl toward seeing Coleman Francis in UHD.

I'd buy a UHD of The Skydivers in a heartbeat!

And I see that Coleman Francis narrates The Thrill Killers! Which also stars Liz Renay, over a decade before she was in John Waters' Desperate Living!

[brundlefly]

Just part of the long, slow crawl toward seeing Coleman Francis in UHD.

I'd buy a UHD of The Skydivers in a heartbeat!

Now realize that, since I have the old Rhino MST3K flip-disc collection that included un-riffed versions of the movies, I own this on DVD. Hope I'm never tempted to upgrade my low-res shame.

[swo17]

My signed Out of the Blue UHD arrived today!