According to both Shout/Scream Factory's Cliff MacMillan and Kino Insider, Paramount still own the US rights to Four Flies. It would not be the first time an Italian company licensed out a film in the US eben though they did not actually have the US rights. Severin is likely aware of this, and decided that a Black Friday exclusive might prevent another Cruel Jaws situation.
They likely will be selling copies of this for years at conventions/shows. (Pretty sure they are still selling Cruel Jaws at shows.)
Severin Films
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dwk
- Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:10 pm
Re: Severin Films
Severin'a latest boxset (streeting at the end of March)
VIOLENT STREETS: THE UMBERTO LENZI/TOMAS MILIAN COLLECTION [9-DISC BLU-RAY BOX SET
Disc 1: ALMOST HUMAN (1974)
Released in Italy under the title MILANO ODIA: LA POLIZIA NON-PUÒ SPARARE (MILAN HATES: THE POLICE CAN’T SHOOT), this first collaboration between director Umberto Lenzi and star Tomas Milian remains both “a degenerate treat” (Mondo Digital) and “definitive Eurocrime” (DVD Talk): When a small-time criminal (a fearless performance by Milian) kidnaps a wealthy industrialist’s daughter, he’ll trigger a depraved spree of class warfare, sexual violence, mass murder and the rage of a police commissioner (Henry Silva) determined to end the carnage. Anita Strindberg (YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM…) and Ray Lovelock (LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN) co-star in “one of the peaks of the genre” (Indiewire) written by Ernesto Gastaldi (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) with a classic score by Ennio Morricone, now scanned uncut from the original negative.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema of Umberto Lenzi
Violent Milan – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
Milian Unleashed – Interview With Actor Tomas Milian
A History Of Violence – Interview With Ernesto Gastaldi
Italian American Gangster – Interview With Actor Henry Silva
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 99 mins
Disc 2: ALMOST HUMAN CD Soundtrack
Disc 3: SYNDICATE SADISTS (1975)
In their second collaboration – released in Italy as IL GIUSTIZIERE SFIDA LA CITTÀ (THE VIGILANTE CHALLENGES THE CITY) – Tomas Milian stars as a biker named Rambo (the actor borrowed the name from David Morrell’s 1972 novel First Blood) who avenges a friend’s murder by orchestrating a war between rival crime families. Director Umberto Lenzi and screenwriter Vincenzo Mannino (HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) pack the running time with a barrage of beatings, shootings, kidnappings and chases that raised the bar for ‘70s EuroCrime and “put modern action flicks to shame” (DVD Drive-In). Luciano Catenacci (KILL, BABY… KILL!), Femi Benussi (BLOODY PIT OF HORROR) and Joseph Cotten (CITIZEN KANE) co-star in this “non-stop exciting thriller” (European Trash Cinema) – also released as ONE JUST MAN and RAMBO’S REVENGE – now scanned uncut from the original negative.
Special Features:
First Blood – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
Family Affair – Interview With Actress Ida Galli
Kidnapped – Interview With Actor Alessandro Cocco
Interview With The Fascist – Interview With Actor Bruno Di Luia
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 93 mins
Disc 4: SYNDICATE SADISTS/BROTHERS TILL WE DIE CD Soundtrack
Disc 5: FREE HAND FOR A TOUGH COP (1976)
Following THE TOUGH ONES, this fourth collaboration between director Umberto Lenzi and star Tomas Milian – released as IL TRUCIDO E LO SPIRRO (THE CROOK AND THE COP) – introduced Milian’s iconic character of ‘Monnezza’ and served as the unacknowledged template for 48 HOURS: When a scheming convict (Milian) is sprung from prison by a hard-nosed cop (Claudio Cassinelli of WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?), they’ll team up to hunt down Monnezza’s former crime partner (Henry Silva) who’s kidnapped a critically ill child. Robert Hundar (CUT-THROATS NINE), Nicoletta Machiavelli (NO WAY OUT) and a murderer’s row of EuroCrime’s most recognizable character actors co-star in this “classic politziottesco packed full of fun action” (Starburst) co-written by Lenzi and Dardano Sacchetti (THE BEYOND), now scanned in 2K from the original negative.
Special Features:
In The Asphalt Jungle – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
Tough Guy Corrado – A Look At The Career of Corrado Solari
The Father Of Monnezza – Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
Hand-Held Camera For A Tough Cinematographer – Interview With Cinematographer Nino Celeste
Making Movies – Interview With Producer Ugo Tucci
Extended Bank Robbery Scene Sourced From The Original Negative
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 92 mins
Disc 6: THE CYNIC, THE RAT AND THE FIST (1977)
For their penultimate collaboration, Umberto Lenzi and producer Luciano Martino (EATEN ALIVE!) brought together Tomas Milian as a cold-blooded crime boss known as ‘The Chinaman,’ John Saxon as a sadistic American mobster looking for his own piece of the action and Maurizio Merli as hot-headed rogue cop Leo Tanzi – first introduced in Lenzi’s THE TOUGH ONES – gunning for them both. Renzo Palmer (STREET LAW) and Gabriella Lepori (5 WOMEN FOR THE KILLER) co-star in this “fantastic piece of Italian genre cinema and a definitive statement to the craftsmanship of Lenzi” (Cinezilla) co-written by Lenzi, Dardano Sacchetti (THE NEW YORK RIPPER) and Ernesto Gastaldi (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) featuring an oft-sampled score by Franco Micalizzi (DEATH PROOF, DJANGO UNCHAINED), now scanned uncut in 2K from the original negative.
Special Features:
Merli vs. Milian – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
A Man Of Action – Interview With Umberto Lenzi
Me, Milian And Merli – Interview With Umberto Lenzi on His Iconic Characters
The Writer, The Director And The Actor – Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
Here Comes The Fist – Interview With Actor John Saxon
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 99 mins
Disc 7: THE CYNIC, THE RAT AND THE FIST CD Soundtrack
Disc 8: BROTHERS TILL WE DIE (1978)
For their final collaboration, Umberto Lenzi directs his own razor-sharp screenplay while Tomas Milian delivers a brilliant dual performance reprising the roles of scheming lowlife Sergio ‘Er Monnezza’ Marazzi from FREE HAND FOR A TOUGH COP as well as his twin brother, hunchbacked sociopath Vincenzo ‘Il Gobbo’ Marazzi from THE TOUGH ONES. With Milian providing his own characters’ dialogue, it’s a potent odyssey of trans prostitutes, armed robberies, double crosses, randy Albanians, angry cops, insane asylums and some of the most startling pathos and politics in the history of the genre. Isa Danieli (SWEPT AWAY), Guido Leontini (EMERGENCY SQUAD) and Solvi Stubing (STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER) co-star in the long-unseen Lenzi/Milian swansong, now scanned uncut in 2K from the original negative.
Special Features:
Tomas And Tomas – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
He Called Me 'The Tamer' – Interview With Editor Eugenio Alabiso
Music And Bullets – Interview With Composer Franco Micalizzi
Heart Of Rome – Interview With Composer Antonello Venditti
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 99 mins
VIOLENT STREETS: THE UMBERTO LENZI/TOMAS MILIAN COLLECTION [9-DISC BLU-RAY BOX SET
Disc 1: ALMOST HUMAN (1974)
Released in Italy under the title MILANO ODIA: LA POLIZIA NON-PUÒ SPARARE (MILAN HATES: THE POLICE CAN’T SHOOT), this first collaboration between director Umberto Lenzi and star Tomas Milian remains both “a degenerate treat” (Mondo Digital) and “definitive Eurocrime” (DVD Talk): When a small-time criminal (a fearless performance by Milian) kidnaps a wealthy industrialist’s daughter, he’ll trigger a depraved spree of class warfare, sexual violence, mass murder and the rage of a police commissioner (Henry Silva) determined to end the carnage. Anita Strindberg (YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM…) and Ray Lovelock (LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN) co-star in “one of the peaks of the genre” (Indiewire) written by Ernesto Gastaldi (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) with a classic score by Ennio Morricone, now scanned uncut from the original negative.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema of Umberto Lenzi
Violent Milan – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
Milian Unleashed – Interview With Actor Tomas Milian
A History Of Violence – Interview With Ernesto Gastaldi
Italian American Gangster – Interview With Actor Henry Silva
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 99 mins
Disc 2: ALMOST HUMAN CD Soundtrack
Disc 3: SYNDICATE SADISTS (1975)
In their second collaboration – released in Italy as IL GIUSTIZIERE SFIDA LA CITTÀ (THE VIGILANTE CHALLENGES THE CITY) – Tomas Milian stars as a biker named Rambo (the actor borrowed the name from David Morrell’s 1972 novel First Blood) who avenges a friend’s murder by orchestrating a war between rival crime families. Director Umberto Lenzi and screenwriter Vincenzo Mannino (HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) pack the running time with a barrage of beatings, shootings, kidnappings and chases that raised the bar for ‘70s EuroCrime and “put modern action flicks to shame” (DVD Drive-In). Luciano Catenacci (KILL, BABY… KILL!), Femi Benussi (BLOODY PIT OF HORROR) and Joseph Cotten (CITIZEN KANE) co-star in this “non-stop exciting thriller” (European Trash Cinema) – also released as ONE JUST MAN and RAMBO’S REVENGE – now scanned uncut from the original negative.
Special Features:
First Blood – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
Family Affair – Interview With Actress Ida Galli
Kidnapped – Interview With Actor Alessandro Cocco
Interview With The Fascist – Interview With Actor Bruno Di Luia
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 93 mins
Disc 4: SYNDICATE SADISTS/BROTHERS TILL WE DIE CD Soundtrack
Disc 5: FREE HAND FOR A TOUGH COP (1976)
Following THE TOUGH ONES, this fourth collaboration between director Umberto Lenzi and star Tomas Milian – released as IL TRUCIDO E LO SPIRRO (THE CROOK AND THE COP) – introduced Milian’s iconic character of ‘Monnezza’ and served as the unacknowledged template for 48 HOURS: When a scheming convict (Milian) is sprung from prison by a hard-nosed cop (Claudio Cassinelli of WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?), they’ll team up to hunt down Monnezza’s former crime partner (Henry Silva) who’s kidnapped a critically ill child. Robert Hundar (CUT-THROATS NINE), Nicoletta Machiavelli (NO WAY OUT) and a murderer’s row of EuroCrime’s most recognizable character actors co-star in this “classic politziottesco packed full of fun action” (Starburst) co-written by Lenzi and Dardano Sacchetti (THE BEYOND), now scanned in 2K from the original negative.
Special Features:
In The Asphalt Jungle – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
Tough Guy Corrado – A Look At The Career of Corrado Solari
The Father Of Monnezza – Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
Hand-Held Camera For A Tough Cinematographer – Interview With Cinematographer Nino Celeste
Making Movies – Interview With Producer Ugo Tucci
Extended Bank Robbery Scene Sourced From The Original Negative
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 92 mins
Disc 6: THE CYNIC, THE RAT AND THE FIST (1977)
For their penultimate collaboration, Umberto Lenzi and producer Luciano Martino (EATEN ALIVE!) brought together Tomas Milian as a cold-blooded crime boss known as ‘The Chinaman,’ John Saxon as a sadistic American mobster looking for his own piece of the action and Maurizio Merli as hot-headed rogue cop Leo Tanzi – first introduced in Lenzi’s THE TOUGH ONES – gunning for them both. Renzo Palmer (STREET LAW) and Gabriella Lepori (5 WOMEN FOR THE KILLER) co-star in this “fantastic piece of Italian genre cinema and a definitive statement to the craftsmanship of Lenzi” (Cinezilla) co-written by Lenzi, Dardano Sacchetti (THE NEW YORK RIPPER) and Ernesto Gastaldi (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) featuring an oft-sampled score by Franco Micalizzi (DEATH PROOF, DJANGO UNCHAINED), now scanned uncut in 2K from the original negative.
Special Features:
Merli vs. Milian – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
A Man Of Action – Interview With Umberto Lenzi
Me, Milian And Merli – Interview With Umberto Lenzi on His Iconic Characters
The Writer, The Director And The Actor – Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
Here Comes The Fist – Interview With Actor John Saxon
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 99 mins
Disc 7: THE CYNIC, THE RAT AND THE FIST CD Soundtrack
Disc 8: BROTHERS TILL WE DIE (1978)
For their final collaboration, Umberto Lenzi directs his own razor-sharp screenplay while Tomas Milian delivers a brilliant dual performance reprising the roles of scheming lowlife Sergio ‘Er Monnezza’ Marazzi from FREE HAND FOR A TOUGH COP as well as his twin brother, hunchbacked sociopath Vincenzo ‘Il Gobbo’ Marazzi from THE TOUGH ONES. With Milian providing his own characters’ dialogue, it’s a potent odyssey of trans prostitutes, armed robberies, double crosses, randy Albanians, angry cops, insane asylums and some of the most startling pathos and politics in the history of the genre. Isa Danieli (SWEPT AWAY), Guido Leontini (EMERGENCY SQUAD) and Solvi Stubing (STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER) co-star in the long-unseen Lenzi/Milian swansong, now scanned uncut in 2K from the original negative.
Special Features:
Tomas And Tomas – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi
He Called Me 'The Tamer' – Interview With Editor Eugenio Alabiso
Music And Bullets – Interview With Composer Franco Micalizzi
Heart Of Rome – Interview With Composer Antonello Venditti
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35.1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 99 mins
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M Sanderson
- Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2016 3:43 am
Re: Severin Films
That’s a phenomenal announcement. A couple of those films have turned up before in disappointing editions, over in the U.K. . Hoping for consistently high picture quality - although it would really be something if they could match Grindhouse’s peerless edition of The Tough Ones. A film that overcame my scepticism of Lenzi being a major director, and got me interested in the poliziotteschi genre, which I now prefer to all other Italian genres.
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Grand Wazoo
- Joined: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:23 pm
Re: Severin Films
From Severin's "State of the Union 2023" email
'We’re starting the year with a bang, namely VIOLENT STREETS — THE UMBERTO LENZI/TOMAS MILIAN COLLECTION. It’s the first of at least 5 new curated box sets we’ll be bringing over the next 12 months, including one dedicated to a legendary actor, a few to unique sub-genres, and barring any further source, production and/or legal hurdles, the ultimate BLACK EMANUELLE Box. In between there’ll be more Blu Premieres, never-before-available genre classics, rarities and restorations, several UHD upgrades, new titles from the Franco, Argento, Fulci, Deodato and Martino canons, and as always a plethora of Mid-Year and Black Friday exclusives. Severin 2023 is Entertainment With Sharp Edges!'
-David Gregory, Co-Founder of Severin FIlms
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Penti Mento
- Joined: Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:22 pm
Re: Severin Films
Don Knotts or no sale
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brundlefly
- Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:55 pm
Re: Severin Films
Her account's done one of its periodic disappearing acts, but Kier-La Janisse tweeted at the start of the year she was overseeing two "MASSIVE" box sets for them.Grand Wazoo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:09 pmFrom Severin's "State of the Union 2023" email
'We’re starting the year with a bang, namely VIOLENT STREETS — THE UMBERTO LENZI/TOMAS MILIAN COLLECTION. It’s the first of at least 5 new curated box sets we’ll be bringing over the next 12 months, including one dedicated to a legendary actor, a few to unique sub-genres, and barring any further source, production and/or legal hurdles, the ultimate BLACK EMANUELLE Box. In between there’ll be more Blu Premieres, never-before-available genre classics, rarities and restorations, several UHD upgrades, new titles from the Franco, Argento, Fulci, Deodato and Martino canons, and as always a plethora of Mid-Year and Black Friday exclusives. Severin 2023 is Entertainment With Sharp Edges!'
-David Gregory, Co-Founder of Severin FIlms
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dwk
- Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:10 pm
Re: Severin Films
April releases:
Birdemic 3
Wings of Disaster: The Birdemic Trilogy
Three Between the Sheets (Ecstasy, Black Venus, Melody of Passion)
Birdemic 3
Wings of Disaster: The Birdemic Trilogy
Three Between the Sheets (Ecstasy, Black Venus, Melody of Passion)
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dwk
- Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:10 pm
Re: Severin Films
May releases:
Drowning By Numbers [2-Disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray w/Exclusive Slipcover]
In between his celebrated THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT and THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, writer/director Peter Greenaway – “one of the most distinctive, provocative talents of his generation” (The Guardian) – shocked/delighted international audiences with this slyly deranged black comedy classic: Oscar® nominee Dame Joan Plowright (ENCHANTED APRIL), four-time BAFTA Award nominee Juliet Stevenson (TRULY MADLY DEEPLY) and two-time Golden Globe nominee Joely Richardson (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) star as three generations of women who murder their husbands in an unsettling salvo of sumptuous visuals, macabre capers and numerical mischief. Bernard Hill (THE LORD OF THE RINGS, TITANIC) co-stars in this “fascinating brain buster of very bad manners” (Entertainment Weekly), now featuring a new 4K scan from the original negative personally supervised by Greenaway.
Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD
Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Peter Greenaway
Trailer
Disc 2: BLU-RAY
Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Peter Greenaway
Painting By Numbers – Interview With Peter Greenaway
Three Women And A Coroner – Interview With Actor Bernard Hill
Fear Of Drowning (Archival Featurette)
Some Greenaway Game Concepts
Trailer
Additional Feature: Webstore Exclusive Slipcover Featuring Artwork by Peter Greenaway
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English Stereo
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run time: 119 mins
Danza Macabra Vol. One: The Italian Gothic Collection [4-Disc Blu-ray Box Set]:
Disc 1: THE MONSTER OF THE OPERA (1964)
Conceived as a sequel to their landmark THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA, director Renato Polselli (THE REINCARNATION OF ISABEL, DELIRIUM) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, LIBIDO) resurrected their gothic-fiend-stalks-a-theatrical-troupe framework for an over-the-top aria of reincarnated lovers, sheer nightgowns, sapphic hunger, interdimensional damnation and frenzied ‘opera’ that “looks like the fever dream of an oversexed choreographer” (Fantastic Movie Musings). Marco Mariani (TOMB OF TORTURE), Giuseppe Addobbati (NIGHTMARE CASTLE) and Milena Vukotic (BLOOD FOR DRACULA) star in this surreal and still potently erotic shocker now scanned in 2K from the original negative, featuring an all-new interview with Gastaldi and more.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author of Daughters Of Darkness
Terror At The Opera – Interview With Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Capodimonte Gothic – Interview With Italian Film Devotee Mark Thompson-Ashworth
Radio Polselli – Archival Audio Interview With Director Renato Polselli
French Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: Italian Mono
English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 84 mins
Disc 2: THE SEVENTH GRAVE (1965)
For more than 50 years, it has existed only via rumor, reputation and barely watchable bootlegs. It remains perhaps the strangest Italian Gothic ever made: The sole feature by enigmatic director Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo – here using the anglicized pseudonym ‘Finney Cliff’ – combines familiar murder mystery elements of THE CAT AND THE CANARY with odd dollops of mad doctors, escaped lepers, giallo-style killings and one of the most strikingly original séance sequences in the entire genre. Antonio Casale (‘Bill Carson’ in THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY), Ferruccio Viotti (SEX OF THE WITCH) and Gianni Dei (PATRICK STILL LIVES) star in this fascinating rarity now scanned in 2K from the recently discovered negative, with all-new Special Features that explore the bizarre circumstances behind the film’s production, release and half-century disappearance.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Rachael Nisbet, Film Critic And Co-Host Of Fragments Of Fear
Seven Graves And A Mystery – Interview With Film Historian Fabio Melelli
English Aesthetic With Giallo Blood – Video Essay By Gothic Scholar And Author Rachel Knightly
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: Italian Mono
English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 77 mins
Disc 3: SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER (1970)
Though he made only two horror films, veteran writer/director José Luis Merino (THE HANGING WOMAN) here embraces the genre’s classic elements and ravishes them to vivid extremes: When a beautiful biochemist (Erna Schurer of STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER) arrives at a foreboding castle to work for a sinister baron, she’ll unlock a nightmare of dark romance, sexual violence, grisly family secrets and some of the most perverse moments in ‘70s Gothic. Carlos Quiney (ZORRO THE INVINCIBLE), Agostina Belli (BLUEBEARD) and Enzo Fisichella (MALABIMBA) co-star in this Italian/Spanish co-production – also known as KILLERS OF THE CASTLE OF BLOOD and released in the U.S. by New World Pictures cut by nearly 20 minutes – now scanned in 4K from the negative for the first time ever.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett, Film Historian And Co-Host Of NaschyCast, And Robert Monell, Writer And Editor Of I'm In A Jess Franco State Of Mind
Scream Erna Scream! – Interview With Actress Erna Schurer
In The Castle Of Blood – Video Essay By Stephen Thrower, Author Of Books On Jess Franco And Lucio Fulci
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 98 mins
Disc 4: LADY FRANKENSTEIN (1971)
Co-produced by Roger Corman, “one of the most underrated horror movies of all time” (Classic Horror) features ultra-lurid direction by American-International star Mel Welles (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS) from a story by by Dick Randall (PIECES), distinctive cinematography by Riccardo Pallottini (CASTLE OF BLOOD) and score by Alessando Alessandroni (THE DEVIL’S NIGHTMARE), a cast that includes Hollywood legend Joseph Cotten (CITIZEN KANE) alongside EuroCult icons Paul Müller (NIGHTMARE CASTLE), Herbert Fux (MARK OF THE DEVIL), Marino Masé (TENEBRAE) and Mickey Hargitay (BLOODY PIT OF HORROR), and a titular performance by the remarkable Rosalba Neri (THE DEVIL’S LOVER) for whom “only the monster she made could satisfy her strange desires!” LADY FRANKENSTEIN is now scanned in 2K from the original negative, with alternate scenes, all-new Special Features and much more.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author of Daughters Of Darkness, And Annie Rose Malamet, Film Scholar And Host Of Girls, Guts, Giallo
Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Dario Argento: The Man, The Myths & The Magic, And Kim Newman, Author Of Nightmare Movies
Meet The Baroness – Featurette With Actress Rosalba Neri And Film Historian Fabio Melelli
Piecing Together LADY FRANKENSTEIN
The Lady And The Orgy – Documentary Short On Director Mel Welles
The Truth About LADY FRANKENSTEIN (2007) – German TV Documentary
Clothed Insert Shots
Video Short Illustrating BBFC Censorship Cuts
Italian Opening Credits
Bigfilm Magazine (1971) – Italian LADY FRANKENSTEIN Photo Novel
Extensive Image Gallery
Home Video Gallery
Radio Spots
TV Spot
Trailers
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audio: English Stereo / Italian Stereo
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 98 mins
Drowning By Numbers [2-Disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray w/Exclusive Slipcover]
In between his celebrated THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT and THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, writer/director Peter Greenaway – “one of the most distinctive, provocative talents of his generation” (The Guardian) – shocked/delighted international audiences with this slyly deranged black comedy classic: Oscar® nominee Dame Joan Plowright (ENCHANTED APRIL), four-time BAFTA Award nominee Juliet Stevenson (TRULY MADLY DEEPLY) and two-time Golden Globe nominee Joely Richardson (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) star as three generations of women who murder their husbands in an unsettling salvo of sumptuous visuals, macabre capers and numerical mischief. Bernard Hill (THE LORD OF THE RINGS, TITANIC) co-stars in this “fascinating brain buster of very bad manners” (Entertainment Weekly), now featuring a new 4K scan from the original negative personally supervised by Greenaway.
Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD
Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Peter Greenaway
Trailer
Disc 2: BLU-RAY
Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Peter Greenaway
Painting By Numbers – Interview With Peter Greenaway
Three Women And A Coroner – Interview With Actor Bernard Hill
Fear Of Drowning (Archival Featurette)
Some Greenaway Game Concepts
Trailer
Additional Feature: Webstore Exclusive Slipcover Featuring Artwork by Peter Greenaway
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English Stereo
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run time: 119 mins
Danza Macabra Vol. One: The Italian Gothic Collection [4-Disc Blu-ray Box Set]:
Disc 1: THE MONSTER OF THE OPERA (1964)
Conceived as a sequel to their landmark THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA, director Renato Polselli (THE REINCARNATION OF ISABEL, DELIRIUM) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, LIBIDO) resurrected their gothic-fiend-stalks-a-theatrical-troupe framework for an over-the-top aria of reincarnated lovers, sheer nightgowns, sapphic hunger, interdimensional damnation and frenzied ‘opera’ that “looks like the fever dream of an oversexed choreographer” (Fantastic Movie Musings). Marco Mariani (TOMB OF TORTURE), Giuseppe Addobbati (NIGHTMARE CASTLE) and Milena Vukotic (BLOOD FOR DRACULA) star in this surreal and still potently erotic shocker now scanned in 2K from the original negative, featuring an all-new interview with Gastaldi and more.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author of Daughters Of Darkness
Terror At The Opera – Interview With Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Capodimonte Gothic – Interview With Italian Film Devotee Mark Thompson-Ashworth
Radio Polselli – Archival Audio Interview With Director Renato Polselli
French Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: Italian Mono
English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 84 mins
Disc 2: THE SEVENTH GRAVE (1965)
For more than 50 years, it has existed only via rumor, reputation and barely watchable bootlegs. It remains perhaps the strangest Italian Gothic ever made: The sole feature by enigmatic director Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo – here using the anglicized pseudonym ‘Finney Cliff’ – combines familiar murder mystery elements of THE CAT AND THE CANARY with odd dollops of mad doctors, escaped lepers, giallo-style killings and one of the most strikingly original séance sequences in the entire genre. Antonio Casale (‘Bill Carson’ in THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY), Ferruccio Viotti (SEX OF THE WITCH) and Gianni Dei (PATRICK STILL LIVES) star in this fascinating rarity now scanned in 2K from the recently discovered negative, with all-new Special Features that explore the bizarre circumstances behind the film’s production, release and half-century disappearance.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Rachael Nisbet, Film Critic And Co-Host Of Fragments Of Fear
Seven Graves And A Mystery – Interview With Film Historian Fabio Melelli
English Aesthetic With Giallo Blood – Video Essay By Gothic Scholar And Author Rachel Knightly
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: Italian Mono
English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 77 mins
Disc 3: SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER (1970)
Though he made only two horror films, veteran writer/director José Luis Merino (THE HANGING WOMAN) here embraces the genre’s classic elements and ravishes them to vivid extremes: When a beautiful biochemist (Erna Schurer of STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER) arrives at a foreboding castle to work for a sinister baron, she’ll unlock a nightmare of dark romance, sexual violence, grisly family secrets and some of the most perverse moments in ‘70s Gothic. Carlos Quiney (ZORRO THE INVINCIBLE), Agostina Belli (BLUEBEARD) and Enzo Fisichella (MALABIMBA) co-star in this Italian/Spanish co-production – also known as KILLERS OF THE CASTLE OF BLOOD and released in the U.S. by New World Pictures cut by nearly 20 minutes – now scanned in 4K from the negative for the first time ever.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett, Film Historian And Co-Host Of NaschyCast, And Robert Monell, Writer And Editor Of I'm In A Jess Franco State Of Mind
Scream Erna Scream! – Interview With Actress Erna Schurer
In The Castle Of Blood – Video Essay By Stephen Thrower, Author Of Books On Jess Franco And Lucio Fulci
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 98 mins
Disc 4: LADY FRANKENSTEIN (1971)
Co-produced by Roger Corman, “one of the most underrated horror movies of all time” (Classic Horror) features ultra-lurid direction by American-International star Mel Welles (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS) from a story by by Dick Randall (PIECES), distinctive cinematography by Riccardo Pallottini (CASTLE OF BLOOD) and score by Alessando Alessandroni (THE DEVIL’S NIGHTMARE), a cast that includes Hollywood legend Joseph Cotten (CITIZEN KANE) alongside EuroCult icons Paul Müller (NIGHTMARE CASTLE), Herbert Fux (MARK OF THE DEVIL), Marino Masé (TENEBRAE) and Mickey Hargitay (BLOODY PIT OF HORROR), and a titular performance by the remarkable Rosalba Neri (THE DEVIL’S LOVER) for whom “only the monster she made could satisfy her strange desires!” LADY FRANKENSTEIN is now scanned in 2K from the original negative, with alternate scenes, all-new Special Features and much more.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author of Daughters Of Darkness, And Annie Rose Malamet, Film Scholar And Host Of Girls, Guts, Giallo
Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Dario Argento: The Man, The Myths & The Magic, And Kim Newman, Author Of Nightmare Movies
Meet The Baroness – Featurette With Actress Rosalba Neri And Film Historian Fabio Melelli
Piecing Together LADY FRANKENSTEIN
The Lady And The Orgy – Documentary Short On Director Mel Welles
The Truth About LADY FRANKENSTEIN (2007) – German TV Documentary
Clothed Insert Shots
Video Short Illustrating BBFC Censorship Cuts
Italian Opening Credits
Bigfilm Magazine (1971) – Italian LADY FRANKENSTEIN Photo Novel
Extensive Image Gallery
Home Video Gallery
Radio Spots
TV Spot
Trailers
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audio: English Stereo / Italian Stereo
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 98 mins
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yoloswegmaster
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Re: Severin Films
Is it just me or does anyone else find it strange that Severin's website doesn't mention if a 4K release has HDR or not?
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dwk
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Re: Severin Films
According to a post at the Blu-ray.com forum, Severin's podcast confirms it is in Dolby Vision
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dwk
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Re: Severin Films
In order to discourage US customers from importing the 88 Films UHDs, Severin posted the following
To avoid marketplace confusion we wanted to let our North American customers know that in addition to all the new titles we're dropping in 2023, we are working on UHD upgrades of many of our more popular catalogue titles like HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK, BURIAL GROUND, ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST aka DR. BUTCHER M.D. and more. New 4k scans from negatives, HDR Dolby Vision color correction and additional special features. Announcements will hit when the extensive work is done on the new masters.
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Calvin
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Re: Severin Films
Severin will be releasing Juraj Herz's Morgiana and The Ninth Heart, and Yoshihiro Ishikawa's Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
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Yakushima
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Re: Severin Films
Wonderful news! Morgiana especially was long overdue for an upgrade.Calvin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:52 pmSeverin will be releasing Juraj Herz's Morgiana and The Ninth Heart, and Yoshihiro Ishikawa's Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
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Matt
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Severin Films
Exciting news, but I hope Second Run also announce the two Herz films soon. I’d rather support them and their long track record with films like these.
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dwk
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Re: Severin Films
April announcements:
ALIEN FROM THE ABYSS
EXTRA TERRESTRIAL VISITORS
THE COMPLETE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS...CHANNEL 4 FILMS [3-Disc Blu-ray w/Exclusive Slipcover]
ALIEN FROM THE ABYSS
For one of the final films of his legendary career, director Antonio Margheriti (CASTLE OF BLOOD, WAR OF THE PLANETS, CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE) headed to the Philippines to deliver “the perfect ‘80s Italian popcorn flick” (Mondo Digital): When environmental activists attempt to expose an evil corporation (led by Charles Napier of SUPERVIXENS and RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II fame) dumping nuclear waste into the local volcano, they’ll instead discover graphic gore, exploding miniatures and a rampaging full-scale kaiju-style creature that remains “one of the most bizarre-looking monsters ever created” (The Bloody Pit of Horror). Luciano Pigozzi (STRIKE COMMANDO) co-stars in “a helluva entertaining monster movie” (Schmollywood Babylon) written by Tito Carpi (RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with Special Features that include the North American premiere of the 2013 documentary on Margheriti directed by his son Edoardo.
Special Features:
From The Center Of The Earth – Interview With Edoardo Margheriti
THE OUTSIDER – THE CINEMA OF ANTONIO MARGHERITI
Son Of The Outsider – Interview With THE OUTSIDER Director Edoardo Margheriti Trailer
Feature Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: A
EXTRA TERRESTRIAL VISITORS
From Juan Piquer Simón – the infamous writer/director of PIECES and SLUGS – comes The Restored Director’s Cut of the French/Spanish co-production that remains the most singularly screwy E.T.-influenced film in EuroCult history: When snorkel-nosed furry aliens arrive on Earth, they’ll encounter a foggy wilderness filled with sociopathic poachers, Simón’s twisted vision of what an ‘80s American rock band looks/sounds like, bizarre bursts of violence and pathos and the boy who befriends a blue-eyed extraterrestrial he names ‘Trumpy’. Discover the movie beyond MST3K, “a very, very weird film” (Through The Shattered Lens) – also known in various versions as RETURN OF E.T., THE UNEARTHLING and POD PEOPLE – now featuring a 4K scan from the 35mm negative with Special Features that include a feature-length documentary on the director.
Special Features:
THE SIMON'S JIGSAW – A JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE OF JUAN PIQUER SIMÓN
A Weekend In Hell – Interview With Actor Emilio Linder
Composing The Cosmos – Interview With Soundtrack Composer Librado Pastor A Private Concert From Librado Pastor
Alternate POD PEOPLE Opening Credits
BONUS DISC: Soundtrack CD Single
Feature Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono, Spanish Mono
Subtitles: English
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: A/B/C
THE COMPLETE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS...CHANNEL 4 FILMS [3-Disc Blu-ray w/Exclusive Slipcover]
They were the pioneering ‘80s comedy troupe — which included Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson and Jennifer Saunders — whose series of short films for Britain’s Channel 4 led directly to THE YOUNG ONES, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and the entire UK alt-comedy movement. This 3-disc collection now presents all 3 seasons and 5 specials from The Comic Strip, including their legendary mockumentary BAD NEWS TOUR and its sequel MORE BAD NEWS featuring appearances by Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Def Leppard, the classic MR. JOLLY LIVES NEXT DOOR directed by two-time Oscar® nominee Stephen Frears, plus more than 4 hours of Special Features including an all-new documentary.
Special Features:
The Rise Of The Comic Strip (2023, 93 mins) – Documentary Featuring Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, Sandy Johnson, Oliver Stapleton, Stephen Frears, Rowland Rivron & More
The Comic Strip (1981, 30 mins) – Short Film By Julien Temple
30 Years Of Comic Strip (2012, 96 mins)
Bad News: The Whole Sordid Story
Bad News "Bohemian Rhapsody" Music Video
Behind The Scenes Of "Bohemian Rhapsody"
More Bad News Stories
Bad News Photo Gallery
Series Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run time: 895 mins
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colinr0380
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Re: Severin Films
Pod People is the one that became one of the best Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed 'bad movies' (where they really fixated on the way that the cute kid central character is just picking up a whole menagerie of pets and then drops them all without any by or leave once the more interesting alien comes along!) which has an alien with the now rather unfortunate name of "Trumpy". And is the source of the "It stinks" meme.
It does not particularly note it in the write up of the Comic Strip presents collection but presumably that is going to include The Strike, which is a retelling of the Coal Miner's Strike against Margaret Thatcher's government closing the pits, but as retold as if done as a Hollywood biopic where "Al Pacino" is playing (unhistorically accurate in being portrayed as a charismatic rebel, but that's the joke) Union leader Arthur Scargill and "Meryl Streep" in the thankless love interest role. In its placing of impersonators of celebrities being put into incongruous situations you can really tell that this was made by the same people who would go on to make the Stella Street series for the BBC in the late 90s.
It does not particularly note it in the write up of the Comic Strip presents collection but presumably that is going to include The Strike, which is a retelling of the Coal Miner's Strike against Margaret Thatcher's government closing the pits, but as retold as if done as a Hollywood biopic where "Al Pacino" is playing (unhistorically accurate in being portrayed as a charismatic rebel, but that's the joke) Union leader Arthur Scargill and "Meryl Streep" in the thankless love interest role. In its placing of impersonators of celebrities being put into incongruous situations you can really tell that this was made by the same people who would go on to make the Stella Street series for the BBC in the late 90s.
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brundlefly
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Re: Severin Films
Blind bought Tales to Keep You Awake and, while only two episodes in, would caution anyone excited about visual quality. This is happy-to-have-it unrestored stuff that may just be using the blu-ray format to squeeze everything on to two discs. It is fuzzy. The first episode is very Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The second ("The Hand") is just an uncredited Spanish dub of Harlan Ellison's legendary "Demon with a Glass Hand" Outer Limits episode. Serrador promises in first ep introduction (these have run long, but amusing, thus far) that they'd be importing foreign content to cover any internal production delays, so I'm wondering if there are more of these surprises to come. ("Demon" is of course available in better quality in Outer Limits sets and I'm curious what (if any) agreement Kino and Severin have as to its inclusion here.)The Fanciful Norwegian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:27 amThe first episode and the '74 special (about 85 minutes combined) were shot on film, so those could be in HD. Everything else they mention was SD PAL. My guess is the SD-sourced material (which amounts to around 21 hours) will be in 480p. 576p would obviously be preferable, but there are too many BD players and TVs in the U.S. that don't support it, and with only two discs they can't possibly upscale it all to HD.
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dwk
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Re: Severin Films
On June 15th there is going to be a screening of Emanuelle in American in Austin and copies of the Black Emanuelle box set are going to be available to purchase at the event.
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Peacock
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Re: Severin Films
Wow!!! I had no idea a Black Emanuelle set was on its way. Super excited about this. Even if I’ve only bought and watched all the existing blu-rays in the last few months. 
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dwk
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Re: Severin Films
The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle (24 Feature Films, 2 Soundtrack CDs And A 356-Page Book)
And the limited edition (250) bundle that includes, amongst other things, a Black Emanuelle board game and "Emanuelle's Studio Magnetic Fashion Playset"
And the limited edition (250) bundle that includes, amongst other things, a Black Emanuelle board game and "Emanuelle's Studio Magnetic Fashion Playset"
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therewillbeblus
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Re: Severin Films
Never even heard of these films - I'll try sampling the first, but are the various spinoffs any good? Sounds like they morph into entire different genres and whatnot, but I really have no idea what to expect of these... Walerian Borowczyk as grindhouse exploitation cinema?
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smokes
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some of the films in that set are not part of the emanuelle filmography and some just have gemser in a completely different role.
black deep throat for example is utterly unwatchable. its nothing more than ajita wilson walking around a town and listening to other people's sexcapades while she herself occasionally indulges in a romp-around. maybe that would be itself amusing if it wasn't entirely filmed in medium close up which means you literally only ever get to see only so much of anything (including location). amore libero, sister emanuelle, emanuelle in the country, black velvet, emanuelle in prison, violence in a woman's prison, violent outbursts etc are not related to the emanuelle films and mostly crap.
one i'd recommend is emanuelle and the white slave trade as this is not just a perfect prelude to the events of emanuelle around the world, but it's probably one of the better ones that's never had a true quality upgrade.
not sure about the game or that toy.
black deep throat for example is utterly unwatchable. its nothing more than ajita wilson walking around a town and listening to other people's sexcapades while she herself occasionally indulges in a romp-around. maybe that would be itself amusing if it wasn't entirely filmed in medium close up which means you literally only ever get to see only so much of anything (including location). amore libero, sister emanuelle, emanuelle in the country, black velvet, emanuelle in prison, violence in a woman's prison, violent outbursts etc are not related to the emanuelle films and mostly crap.
one i'd recommend is emanuelle and the white slave trade as this is not just a perfect prelude to the events of emanuelle around the world, but it's probably one of the better ones that's never had a true quality upgrade.
not sure about the game or that toy.
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ianthemovie
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I happened to watch the Code Red Blu-ray of Black Cobra for the first time just a couple months ago, solely on the recommendation of Lars Nilsen's capsule review for the Alamo Drafthouse's "Weird Wednesday" series. I can't speak to the other Black Emanuelle films* but this one struck me as being fairly dull run-of-the-mill 70s sexploitation fare, enlivened by one mildly shocking death scene near the end, a predictably creepy performance by Jack Palance, and some cool shots of 1970s Hong Kong. Under different viewing conditions or with a midnight-movie crowd it might have been more fun, perhaps? Lots of protracted sequences in which Laura Gemser dances topless with a snake, so if boobs, snakesploitation, and/or Asian-themed psychotronic cinema are your thing, you might get something out of this. Personally I decided it was something I was glad to have watched once but don't really have any interest in revisiting.
*(note spelling difference from the unrelated rival series of soft-core "Emmanuelle" films)
*(note spelling difference from the unrelated rival series of soft-core "Emmanuelle" films)
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CSM126
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Re: Severin Films
YouTuber The Cinema Snob has highlighted some of these on his channel over the years and I’ve seen enough to be curious but not curious enough to spring for all that extra tat. If they ever offer a set with just the discs at a lower price I might spring for it.
But, you know, it’s a lot of Joe D’amato and Bruno Mattei. Lowered expectations are doubtlessly your friend here.
But, you know, it’s a lot of Joe D’amato and Bruno Mattei. Lowered expectations are doubtlessly your friend here.
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colinr0380
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Re: Severin Films
It could be worse, as they could have included the non-Black Emanuelle team ups between Joe D'Amato and Laura Gemser with the paired hardcore sex-and-horror films Erotic Nights of the Living Dead and Porno Holocaust!
I probably would not recommend these films to you twbb for anything like plot. They're more pretexts for sex scenes. But the most notorious one is Emanuelle In America, which is the one that uses the standard flimsy plot of Emanuelle doing a job du jour of being an investigative photographer but casually throws in hardcore, bestiality (with a lady pleasuring by hand a horse named Pedro) and has one of the more eye-popping climaxes as Emanuelle finds out about the snuff film scene and we get a couple of minutes of silent, faux-damaged footage of people being tortured which is extremely like the final sequence of Pasolini's Salo but hits all the harder coming at the end of an obviously meant to be titillating sex film. I seem to recall hearing somewhere a mention that apparently Cronenberg was influenced a bit by it for the grainy torture footage in Videodrome, although that may just be an apocryphal statement, as it certainly does not get namechecked in any of the extra features on any Videodrome disc!
Here's the (very NFSW) trailer from the Blue Underground DVD release back in the mid 2000s.
I probably would not recommend these films to you twbb for anything like plot. They're more pretexts for sex scenes. But the most notorious one is Emanuelle In America, which is the one that uses the standard flimsy plot of Emanuelle doing a job du jour of being an investigative photographer but casually throws in hardcore, bestiality (with a lady pleasuring by hand a horse named Pedro) and has one of the more eye-popping climaxes as Emanuelle finds out about the snuff film scene and we get a couple of minutes of silent, faux-damaged footage of people being tortured which is extremely like the final sequence of Pasolini's Salo but hits all the harder coming at the end of an obviously meant to be titillating sex film. I seem to recall hearing somewhere a mention that apparently Cronenberg was influenced a bit by it for the grainy torture footage in Videodrome, although that may just be an apocryphal statement, as it certainly does not get namechecked in any of the extra features on any Videodrome disc!
Here's the (very NFSW) trailer from the Blue Underground DVD release back in the mid 2000s.