Severin Films

[beamish14]

Definitely purchasing, but I wish it had more of Jeunet and Caro’s shorts. I really wonder what led to the end of their partnership

[Finch]

Nice to see it confirmed. I hadn't bought the Studio Canal 4K yet so I might get Severin's instead. It has the film on a BD too which I think the UK version did not.

[Yakushima]

Severin has started to announce their upcoming Black Friday slate. First title: Delicatessen (1991)

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DELICATESSEN
THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERE 3 DISC COLLECTION WITH 6 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

Studio Canal 4K disc had some very noticeable DNR/compression issues. I wonder if Severin will be able to improve on it. I will be buying it regardless, for the extras.

[dwk]

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EATEN ALIVE

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE

After launching the genre with MAN FROM DEEP RIVER, writer/director Umberto Lenzi “ups the ante and then some” (Dread Central) with “the most entertaining cannibal adventure of them all” (Daily Dead), now in UHD for the first time ever: A desperate rescue expedition to the jungles of New Guinea will unleash bizarre primitive rituals, over-the-top violence, gratuitous nudity, recycled footage, a maniacal cult leader and an all-you-can-eat buffet of flesh-chomping carnage. Robert Kerman (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), Janet Agren (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD), Ivan Rassimov (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK), Paola Senatore (EMANUELLE IN AMERICA), Me Me Lai (LAST CANNIBAL WORLD) and Mel Ferrer (THE GREAT ALLIGATOR) star in this “grisly greatest hits package” (Mondo Digital) scanned in 4K from the CRI with over 4 hours of Special Features that include a newly discovered discussion of cannibal films between Umberto Lenzi and Ruggero Deodato.

Special Features for EATEN ALIVE:
UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema Of Umberto Lenzi
• Trailer

BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema Of Umberto Lenzi
• Welcome To The Jungle – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
• Deodato Meats Lenzi – An Exclusive Discussion Of Their Cannibal Films
• Me Me Lai Bites Back – Feature Documentary On The Queen Of Cannibal Movies
• The Sect Of The Purification – Interview With Production Designer Antonello Geleng
• Archival Interviews With Actors Ivan Rassimov And Robert Kerman
• 2013 Q&A With Umberto Lenzi From The Festival Of Fantastic Films
• Newly Discovered Alternate Footage
• Trailer

*Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies

Feature Specs for EATEN ALIVE:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Runtime: 93 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH, Subtitles: English
• Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
• Booklet
• Reversible Wrap

 

[colinr0380]

Me Me Lai of course later turns up in Lars von Trier's debut feature The Element of Crime - her last on screen role - as the enigmatic femme fatale figure who gets "fucked back to the stone age" by Michael Elphick, in a line presumably alluding back to her cannibal films. She doesn't fare that much better in Eaten Alive!

[Peacock]

Me Me Lai appears in a few key cannibal films, including the best movie of the genre - the intense survival movie Last Cannibal World aka Jungle Holocaust. There’s a movie I wouldn’t find seeing in UHD! And Me Me Lai stands out (literally) as a kindly, silicone pumped cannibal tribeswoman.

Eaten Alive! I would place squarely somewhere in the middle of my rankings of this sub genre, it’s really more of an Ivan Rassimov/hippy-cult leader-in-a-jungle movie with the cannibal elements more of a secondary threat. Not a great film on its own but quite unique within the genre.

[dwk]

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RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR
THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERE
Having depicted the zombie apocalypse in HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, director Bruno Mattei and screenwriters Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi took on a new kind of cataclysm to create “a grotesque, funny and thrilling magnum opus” (Daily Dead) that still must be seen to be believed, now in UHD: In the year 225 A.B. (After The Bomb), a gang of scavengers discovers a seemingly abandoned city – including sets originally built for ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA – only to become prey for millions of flesh-hungry rats. Ottaviano Dell’Acqua (ZOMBIE 3), Massimo Vanni (ROBOWAR), Gianni Franco (THE WAX MASK) and Geretta Geretta (DEMONS) star – with a classic ‘80s Italian horror score by Luigi Ceccarelli (NOSFERATU IN VENICE) – in “Bruno Mattei’s masterpiece” (Senseless Cinema), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative for the first time ever, with 3 hours of new & archival Special Features and a Bonus CD of the recently discovered/remastered soundtrack.

Special Features for RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR:
UHD:
• Trailer

BLU-RAY:
• Mad Rats: The Making Of A Cult – Featuring Co-Writer/Uncredited Co-Director Claudio Fragasso; Actors Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Massimo Vanni, Ann-Gisel Glass And Jean-Christophe Brétignière; Composer Luigi Ceccarelli; And Still Photographer Gianni Leacche
• Of Rats And Men – Interview With Director Bruno Mattei
• Richard And The Rats – Interview With Actor Ottaviano Dell’Acqua
• Chocolate And Rats – Interview With Actress Geretta Geretta
• Last Rat Standing – Interview With Actor Gianni Franco
• Rats Dance – Interview With Composer Luigi Ceccarelli
• Bruno And Claudio, I Knew Them Well – Interview With Executive Producer Roberto Di Girolamo
• Bonded By Blood – Retrospective Making-Of For HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD And RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR Featuring Co-Writer/Uncredited Co-Director Claudio Fragasso And Actors Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Franco Garofalo, Margie Newton And Massimo Vanni
• Trailer
• "Under The Black Sky" Severin Produced Music Video With Geretta Geretta

*Bonus Disc: Soundtrack CD

Feature Specs for RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 97 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH, Subtitles: English
• Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
• Reversible Wrap
• Soundtrack CD

[dwk]

Me Me Lai appears in a few key cannibal films, including the best movie of the genre - the intense survival movie Last Cannibal World aka Jungle Holocaust. There’s a movie I wouldn’t find seeing in UHD! And Me Me Lai stands out (literally) as a kindly, silicone pumped cannibal tribeswoman.

Not announced yet, and it may not be a Black Friday title, but that one is also getting a UHD.

[dwk]

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SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
After creating some of the best gialli of the ‘70s, director Sergio Martino (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) entered the cannibal cycle with this “blood and guts gorefest” (Trailers From Hell) that “still packs a punch” (Rock! Shock! Pop!) and is presented in UHD for the first time ever: When a British scientist disappears in the jungles of New Guinea, his wife (Ursula Andress) hires an American anthropologist (Stacy Keach) to lead her deep into a green inferno of graphic violence, steamy nudity and several of the most notorious scenes in the entire genre. Claudio Cassinelli (THE GREAT ALLIGATOR) co-stars in what Daily Grindhouse hails as “ROMANCING THE STONE for deviants,” now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 3 hours of Special Features that include a new interview with Martino.
Special Features for SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD:
UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies
• Trailer
BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies
• In The Jungle – Interview With Director Sergio Martino
• Unabated – Interview With Camera Operator Claudio Morabito
• Adventure Of A Lifetime – Interview With Production Designer Antonello Geleng
• Brothers In Arms – Interview With Antonello Geleng And Special Effects Artist Paolo Ricci
• Dangerous Liaison – Archival Interview With Actor Stacy Keach
• Trailer
Feature Specs for SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD:
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Runtime: 103 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH, Subtitles: English
• Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover

[colinr0380]

aka Prsioner of the Cannibal God, and one of the original "Video Nasties" in the UK (later retitled in its edited version as "Moutain of the Cannibal God"). I really am glad at the sterling work that Severin have been doing over many years now in getting a lot of the lesser-celebrated Video Nasty titles onto disc.

[videozor]

I remember watching a B&W German-dubbed Russian voice-over-ed nth-generation VHS copy of "Slave..." back in early '80-s. I have mixed feeling observing how much attention and care movies like that (being at the most of questionable merits) are getting nowadays

[dwk]

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HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD
THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERE

What began as the epic global zombie apocalypse screenplay VIRUS by Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi (SHOCKING DARK, ROBOWAR) became – via the inimitable vision of director Bruno Mattei (CRUEL JAWS, RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) and a fraction of the original budget – this “gloriously ludicrous” (Confluence of Cult), “compulsively watchable” (Classic-Horror), “infamous zombie-chomp spectacular” (Braineater), now in UHD for the first time in America: When a top-secret biomedical project accidentally unleashes a catastrophic plague, a four-man commando team and a female reporter head into the jungle for an “absolutely insane” (B&S About Movies) experience in gratuitous nudity, grisly stock footage and ravenous hordes of flesh-eating zombies. Margie Newton (THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES), Franco Garofalo (THE OTHER HELL) and a soundtrack ‘borrowed’ from Goblin star in “a must for all fans of Italian exploitation” (Cinezilla) – also known as VIRUS, NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES and ZOMBIE CREEPING FLESH – now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.

Special Features for HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD:

UHD:
• Trailer

BLU-RAY:
• Go To Hell – Interview With Director Bruno Mattei
• The Beauty And The Zombies – Interview With Actress Margie Newton
• My Big Chance – Interview With Actor Franco Garofalo
• Lt. Mike London Is Back! – Interview With Actor José Gras
• My Son Is A Zombie – Interview With Actor Pep Ballester
• Producing The Apocalypse – Interview With Producer José María Cunillés
• Papua New Guinea In Barcelona – Locations Tour With José Gras
• Peter And The Test Tube Babies' "Zombie Creeping Flesh" – Interview With Punk Singer Peter Bywaters
• Trailer

*Bonus Disc: Soundtrack CD

Feature Specs for HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 100 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH, Subtitles: English
• Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
• Reversible Wrap
• Soundtrack CD

[Peacock]

Hell of the Living Dead is awful, but it’s been close to 20 years since I saw it so I need to revisit. But I remember the extensive use of stock footage of famine and disease stricken Africans etc to imply zombie hordes were spreading around the world. Hilariously outrageously un-pc, as only the Italians could be in those days.

Slave of the Cannibal God is one of the better cannibal movies. Quite a lot of the animal kills and tribal cave scenes from this film are reused in later movies like Eaten Alive. It’s more of a jungle adventure movie with a hidden battle over some mining rights. Lots of perilous obstacles to overcome before they can reach their destination. But yes, a lot of animal deaths in this one sadly (although mostly stock footage of things like a snake eating a monkey etc). The Code Red Blu was decent but obviously very basic and lacked subs if I remember correctly. Good to see the Severin includes the Italian dub as well.

[colinr0380]

I kind of love Hell of the Living Dead. It is bad if approached as a serious zombie film but really fun in how it never stops throwing something completely bizarre at the viewer with almost every new scene, as if it is the ultimate megamix of three or four different types of Italian horror films being brutally mashed together with no consideration as to narrative consistency or tonal whiplash that results! What other film would have a mercenary dress up in a tutu with a cane and then proceed do a tap dance number before getting eaten by zombies? I also like that it starts rather generically boring with its opening hostage siege to the 'borrowed' Goblin score from Dawn of the Dead (and mostly re-doing the apartment siege set piece opening of the Romero film), and then gets to its weird mondo section which feels to be entirely there in order to get the heroine to go topless and intercut her with tribal dancing stock footage; then shifts into its Zombie Flesh-Eaters section of exploring the deserted village with bickering zombie fodder supporting characters; before we get into the final act and its wonderful relentlessly bleak spiral into nihilism as the dwindling band of mercenaries gets to wander around the industrial factory at the epicentre of the outbreak to listen to a few videogame-anticipating lore-dumping audio logs scattered around the environment before meeting their own dooms. Plus the inevitable "the cycle never ends, and now has come to the Big City too!!" ending.

[dwk]

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LAST CANNIBAL WORLD
THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERE
For the first film in his unofficial ‘Cannibal Trilogy,’ director Ruggero Deodato (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) delivered a depraved adventure that’s been called “well made and meaty” (Malevolent Dark), “gripping and shocking” (Monster Hunter) and “easily the most savage of the entire genre” (Fantastic Movie Musings), presented in UHD for the first time ever: In a jungle hell that has no pity for man, the survivors of a plane crash are hunted by a primitive tribe with a taste for torment. Massimo Foschi (NINE GUESTS FOR A CRIME), Ivan Rassimov (SACRIFICE!) and Me Me Lai (EATEN ALIVE) star in this ultra-graphic gut-muncher – also known as JUNGLE HOLOCAUST, THE LAST SURVIVOR and CANNIBAL – “that raised the bar in terms of extreme gore and nastiness” (The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with over 2½ hours of Special Features.

Special Features for LAST CANNIBAL WORLD:

UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Director Ruggero Deodato
• Trailer

BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Director Ruggero Deodato
• Jungle Fever – Interview With Assistant Director Lamberto Bava
• The Queen Of The Cannibals – Interview With Actress Me Me Lai
• Man Eat Man – Interview With Actor Massimo Foschi
• Archival Interview With Actor Ivan Rassimov
• Trailer
• TV Spot

*Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies
Feature Specs for LAST CANNIBAL WORLD:
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Runtime: 93 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH, Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
• Booklet
• Reversible Wrap

[dwk]

***SEVERIN BLACK FRIDAY TITLE REVEAL #7***

THONG GIRLS
THE WORLDWIDE DISC PREMIERE

This 1983 production from writer/director Jess Franco can finally be experienced as one of his most surprising and heartfelt offerings of the decade: It’s summer’s end in the resort city of Benidorm, where seductive foreigners, conniving hustlers, gullible tourists and insatiable celebrities all come together in a barbed confection that’s part sunny comedy, part NASHVILLE-style satire and totally, unmistakably, sexy Franco fun. Jess’ partner/muse Lina Romay (at her most luscious) and production manager star Antonio Mayans (NIGHT OF OPEN SEX) are joined by a cast of familiar faces from their ‘80s stock company – including Eva León (MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD), Muriel Montossé (THE INCONFESSABLE ORGIES OF EMMANUELLE), Juan Soler (CRIES OF PLEASURE) and Analía Ivars (BAHIA BLANCA) – in this unexpected delight from “one of the cinema's great individualists” (The Guardian), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with over 2 hours of new Special Features.

Special Features for THONG GIRLS:
• Audio Commentary With Francomania's John Dixon And William Morris
• Jess Franco's Naked City – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Flowers Of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco
• In The Land Of Franco Part 11

Feature Specs for THONG GIRLS:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Runtime: 85 mins
• Audio: Spanish Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C

 

[Robin Davies]

***SEVERIN BLACK FRIDAY TITLE REVEAL #7***

THONG GIRLS
THE WORLDWIDE DISC PREMIERE

This 1983 production from writer/director Jess Franco can finally be experienced as one of his most surprising and heartfelt offerings of the decade: It’s summer’s end in the resort city of Benidorm, where seductive foreigners, conniving hustlers, gullible tourists and insatiable celebrities all come together in a barbed confection that’s part sunny comedy, part NASHVILLE-style satire and totally, unmistakably, sexy Franco fun. Jess’ partner/muse Lina Romay (at her most luscious) and production manager star Antonio Mayans (NIGHT OF OPEN SEX) are joined by a cast of familiar faces from their ‘80s stock company – including Eva León (MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD), Muriel Montossé (THE INCONFESSABLE ORGIES OF EMMANUELLE), Juan Soler (CRIES OF PLEASURE) and Analía Ivars (BAHIA BLANCA) – in this unexpected delight from “one of the cinema's great individualists” (The Guardian), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with over 2 hours of new Special Features.

Special Features for THONG GIRLS:
• Audio Commentary With Francomania's John Dixon And William Morris
• Jess Franco's Naked City – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Flowers Of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco
• In The Land Of Franco Part 11

Feature Specs for THONG GIRLS:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Runtime: 85 mins
• Audio: Spanish Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C

 

For anyone else who struggled to identify this in Stephen Thrower's book (Flowers of Perversion), it's listed under the title Las Chicas del Tanga (P.321).

[dwk]

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NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE

For far too long, this 1974 shocker directed by Aldo Lado (WHO SAW HER DIE?) has been dismissed as a LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT knockoff. Now it can be experienced as a classic “more intense and disturbing than the film that inspired it” (DVD Talk) in UHD for the first time ever: When two young girls taking a train home for the holidays encounter a pair of sadistic thugs, it will trigger a nightmare of sexual brutality and parental revenge. Flavio Bucci (SUSPIRIA), Irene Miracle (INFERNO), Macha Méril (DEEP RED) and Enrico Maria Salerno (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) star – with a powerful soundtrack by Ennio Morricone – in this “damn fine film that stands on its own merits” (Screen Anarchy) – also known as LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN, THE NEW HOUSE ON THE LEFT, SECOND HOUSE ON THE LEFT, DON’T RIDE ON LATE NIGHT TRAINS, LAST HOUSE PART II and XMAS MASSACRE – scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 5 hours of Special Features.

Special Features for NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS:

UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Director Aldo Lado, Moderated By Freak-O-Rama's Federico Caddeo
• Audio Commentary With Ultra Violent Magazine's Art Ettinger And Cinema Arcana's Bruce Holecheck
• Trailer

BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Director Aldo Lado, Moderated By Freak-O-Rama's Federico Caddeo
• Audio Commentary With Ultra Violent Magazine's Art Ettinger And Cinema Arcana's Bruce Holecheck
• Hear My Train A-Comin' – Interview With Director Aldo Lado
• The Veiled Lady – Interview With Actress Macha Méril
• Back On The Train – Interview With Actor Gianfranco De Grassi
• Train In Vain – Interview With Actress Irene Miracle
• NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS And Sadean Women: Power, Pleasure And The Subversion Of Morality – Video Essay By Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
• Trailer
*Bonus Disc: Soundtrack CD
Feature Specs for NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 94 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH
• Subtitles: English
• Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
• Reversible Wrap
• Soundtrack CD

[dwk]

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ANTIVIRAL
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
3 DISC COLLECTION INCLUDES THE CANNES CUT

The award-winning debut feature by writer/director Brandon Cronenberg has been called “wild and creepy” (JoBlo), “smart and subversive” (Empire) and “hallucinatory body horror from the same plasma pool as VIDEODROME” (ScreenCrush). Now it can be experienced in UHD for the first time ever: Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones of Twin Peaks: The Return and GET OUT) is a top sales representative for The Lucas Clinic, which harvests exclusive infections from celebrities for injection into obsessed fans. But in a near future consumed by the possibilities of biological communion, will Syd himself pay a horrific price for the toxicity of fame? Sarah Gadon (COSMOPOLIS) and Malcolm McDowell co-star in this “new perversity from a new Cronenberg” (Salon), scanned in 4K from the 35mm protection internegative supervised by Brandon Cronenberg and cinematographer Karim Hussain (INFINITY POOL) with 3 hours of new and archival Special Features.

Special Features for ANTIVIRAL:

UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg And Director Of Photography Karim Hussain
• Trailer

BLU Disc 1:
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg And Director Of Photography Karim Hussain
• BROKEN TULIPS – Short Film Written And Directed By Brandon Cronenberg
• Anatomy Of A Virus – Making-Of Featurette
• Reviving A Dead Cell – Brandon Cronenberg And Karim Hussain Discuss The Restoration
• Brandon Cronenberg: A First-Time Director's Vision
• Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Brandon Cronenberg And Karim Hussain
• First Meeting – With Actors Caleb Landry Jones And Sarah Gadon
• The Design Of ANTIVIRAL – Interview With Production Designer Arvinder Greywal
• Manufacturing Celebrity – EPK With Cast And Crew
• Trailer

BLU Disc 2:
• Introduction To The Cannes Cut By Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg And Director Of Photography Karim Hussain
• FLIR P660 Thermal Camera Test

*Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies

Feature Specs for ANTIVIRAL:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Runtime: 108 mins
• Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo
• Closed Captions: English SDH
• Region: A/B/C
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
• Booklet

[dwk]

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THE MASK OF SATAN
THE NORTH AMERICAN BLU-RAY PREMIERE

From writer/director Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) comes a modern-day reimagining of his father’s classic BLACK SUNDAY featuring FX by Sergio Stivaletti (CEMETERY MAN), music by Simon Boswell (SANTA SANGRE) and hailed as “an impressive evolution of ‘80s Italian horror that not enough fans have seen” (At The Mansion Of Madness): When a group of skiers becomes trapped in a crevasse, their discovery of a long-frozen female corpse will unmask an ancient evil, unlock a portal of the damned and unleash a nightmare of Satanic vengeance. Mary Sellers (STAGEFRIGHT), Debora Caprioglio (Klaus Kinski’s PAGANINI) and Michele Soavi (director of THE CHURCH and THE SECT) star in this “visual roller coaster” (Ninja Dixon) – also known as DEMONS 5: THE DEVIL’S VEIL – now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative for the first time ever in North America.

Special Features for THE MASK OF SATAN:
• The Curse Of The Mask – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava
• Una Americana A Roma – Interview With Actress Mary Sellers
• Sabina The Teenage Witch – Interview With Actress Debora Caprioglio

Feature Specs for THE MASK OF SATAN:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Runtime: 98 mins
• Audio: Italian Mono, Spanish Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C
• Webstore Exclusive Slipcover

[dwk]

Severin's Black Friday sale is on and Argento's The Five Days [3-Disc 4K UHD w/Slipcover] is currently $12.49 (75% off MSRP) and Mike Leigh's All or Nothing Blu-ray is $4.99 (85% off MSRP)

[dwk]

Currently I am listening to Severin's black Friday podcast and they said All or Nothing and Cozzi's Black Cat are going OOP.

[swo17]

Box sets on sale today only:

Here’s a list of the SELECT Box Sets that will be on sale for up to 50% off SRP on SATURDAY ONLY:

All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Vol. 1
The Complete Lenzi/Baker Giallo Collection
Cushing Curiosities
Danza Macabra Vol. One: The Italian Gothic Collection
Danza Macabra Vol. Two: The Italian Gothic Collection
The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection
The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection Vol 1
The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection Vol 2
House of Psychotic Women Rarities Collection
The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler
Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection
Violent Streets: The Umberto Lenzi/Tomas Milian Collection
The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle

[dwk]

Some recent interviews with David Gregory has said that
The current Russ Meyer deal is for five titles
More Argento (Inferno, Trauma, Stendhal Syndrome, Phantom of the Opera, Sleepless, the Card Player, Masters of Horror - Jennifer, Masters of Horror - Pelts, Do You Like Hitchcock?, Mother of Tears, Giallo, Dracula 3D, and Black Glasses are the only ones not on UHD or, for a few of them, not on Blu-ray.)
More Fulci (I'm thinking Perversion Story and Lizard in a Woman's Skin from StudioCanal.)
another Christopher Lee set
a Cliff Twemlow set
more Danza Macabra sets
Threads UHD

[colinr0380]

a Cliff Twemlow set

That might be an obscurity in the range of the Indicator Michael J. Murphy set if it happens! Twemlow is probably best known for his 1983 shot on video Manchester-set film G.B.H. which came close to getting onto the Video Nasties list (it was on the Section 3 list of films which were not officially banned but given a caution). There is apparently a sequel to that called Lethal Impact from 1991 which would probably turn up if it is going to be a set of films.