jlnight wrote: Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:53 pm
Is Tuxedo Warrior the film directed by Andrew Sinclair (Breaking of Bumbo, Under Milk Wood, and Blue Blood)? I think that was based on Twemlow's memoirs. Also been on Sky Movies I think.
I joked about a Twemlow box set in the Michael J. Murphy thread but at least Twemlow had some kind of recognition within low budget filmmaking circles. Apparently the end credit music of Granada's Crown Court was composed by him under a pseudonym.
colinr0380 wrote: Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:17 pmIf only Garth Marenghi knew he had competition!
Maybe Cliff's The Assassinator (alternative title for The Hitman) was an inspiration for The Reprisalizer in Matthew Holness' short film A Gun For George: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0xt_gbVH0
Severin is also doing a Cliff Twemlow bundle with three very Garth Marenghi-esque appearing novels: The Tuxedo Warrior memoir, as mentioned by jlnight above:
Severin Films wrote:There are many ways in which a Doorman can gain respect. Numerous methods applied to the principal. In my profession, every available technique must be utilized depending on the situation and circumstances.
Would-be transgressors either move off the premises quietly acknowledging your diplomatic approach, or the other alternative whereby physical persuasion has to be exercised, which either quells their pugilistic desires or triggers off their more aggressive instincts, turning the whole incident into a bloody and violent encounter.
The Tuxedo Warrior pulls no punches in its brawling, savage, colorful and entertaining exposure into Society's nightlife activities.
The Pike, obviously riffing on Jaws from the write up:
Severin Films wrote:One by one, the mysterious killer in Lake Windermere claims its terrified victims. Tearing off limbs with its monstrous teeth, horribly mutilating bodies.
Fear sweeps the peaceful holiday resort when experts identify the creature as a giant pike... a hellish creature with the strength to rupture boats — and the anger to attack them.
But for some, the terror becomes a bonanza — the traders who cater to the gathering crowds of ghouls on the shore. And they will do anything to stop the divers finding the killer.
Meanwhile, the ripples of bloodshed widen...
and The Beast of Kane:
Severin Films wrote:When the Gordon family open their door to a stray elk-hound, they unwittingly welcome in the forces of evil. For, according to the local priest, the huge dog is Satan himself, fulfilling an ancient prophecy.
But no one will believe this warning... Even when sheep — and wolves — are mysteriously slaughtered. Even when frenzied pets turn on their owners. Even when Emily Forrest is savagely eaten alive — the first of many human victims.
As winter tightens its icy grip on the remote town of Kane, its unprotected people must face an unearthly terror.
Who would've thought? Severin is putting out Peter Medak's debut Negatives (1968). I've had this
as a crummy VHS copy (which looked like someone had videotaped a television screen) for years.
Also releasing The Odd Job and The Ghost of Peter Sellers
JSC wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 7:39 pm
Who would've thought? Severin is putting out Peter Medak's debut Negatives (1968). I've had this
as a crummy VHS copy (which looked like someone had videotaped a television screen) for years.
Also releasing The Odd Job and The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Yes, they were listed as the distributor when these films screened at a big retrospective at the American Cinematheque. Negatives did get a VHS release from Paramount, which is remarkable given its obscurity
Its great to see Peter Medak getting some attention. I would have imagined that would have to have been entirely up to BFI Flipside, so it is good to see other labels stepping into this area of obscure British films.
I'm also very excited about that set of four rare Lamberto Bava productions for Italian television, which seems as if it may be this year's equivalent of Severin's "Dario Argento: Deep Cuts" set from last year.
Italian Gothic takes some very unexpected turns down cobwebbed corridors with this all-new quartet of classics, now restored in UHD for the first time ever: Queen of Italian Horror Barbara Steele stars in Massimo Pupillo’s grisly TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE, presented in both its U.S. and Italian versions on 3 discs. Director Filippo Walter Ratti melds classic gothic tropes with explicit ‘70s sexuality in NIGHT OF THE DAMNED. Mark Damon and Rosalba Neri consummate the ultimate Satanic mayhem in THE DEVIL’S WEDDING NIGHT from director Luigi Batzella and cinematographer/2nd unit director Joe D’Amato. And Hollywood legend Carroll Baker stars in Corrado Farina’s pop art erotic shocker BABA YAGA, a 4-disc set that includes the first-ever release of a Piero Umiliani soundtrack compilation. All four films have been scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives with more than 12 hours of new and archival Special Features curated exclusively for this collection
Severin has started announcing the new titles for their Summer Sale at the end of the month
Baskin UHD
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE WITH 3+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
Anyone who’s seen it knows it’s “a shocking tale straight out of hell” (Bloody Disgusting). Those yet to experience it “may forget it’s only a movie” (rogerebert.com). Either way, nothing will prepare you for the “genuinely nightmarish and horribly beautiful” (Time Out) debut feature from Turkish writer/director Can Evrenol presented in UHD for the first time: When a 5-man police squad is lured into a realm where torment, depravity and damnation are the only law, they’ll become prisoners of an abyss from which there may be no mortal escape. This “orgiastic Black Mass of stylized revulsion” (The Hollywood Reporter) now hits harder than ever in 4K, with 3+ hours of Special Features that include a behind-the-scenes documentary, 10-years-later retrospective, Evrenol’s original short film and much more.
Special Features for BASKIN:
UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Director Can Evrenol
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. Trailer
BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Director Can Evrenol
• BASKIN 10 Years Later
• The Making Of BASKIN
• Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. Trailer
Can Evrenol Short Films
• BASKIN (Original Short Film, 2013)
• TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER (2010)
• MY GRANDMOTHER (2008)
• THE CHEST (2007)
• SCREWS (2006)
Feature Specs for BASKIN:
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Runtime: 97 mins
• Audio: Turkish 5.1, Turkish Stereo
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C
Monster Shark (aka Devil Fish) Blu-ray
THE EUROPEAN VERSION SCANNED FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE WITH BONUS SOUNDTRACK CD
With Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) as director, Dardano Sacchetti (THE BEYOND), Luigi Cozzi (STARCRASH), Gianfranco Clerici (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), Vincenzo Mannino (HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) and Hervé Piccini (RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) among the screenwriters, and a killer score by Fabio Frizzi (ZOMBIE), this Italian Sharksploitation favorite has a certified monster pedigree: When several locals in a coastal Florida town are found with limbs chomped off, an electronics expert (Michael Sopkiw of MASSACRE IN DINOSAUR VALLEY infamy) joins a team of marine biologists to hunt a genetically modified creature that is part shark, part octopus and 100% prehistoric fish from hell. Gianni Garko (THE PSYCHIC), William Berger (SPIDER LABYRINTH) and Dagmar Lassander (THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY) co-star in the complete European Version of this “one-of-a-kind gem” (The B-Movie Film Vault), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 2+ hours of Special Features and a Bonus Soundtrack CD.
Special Features for MONSTER SHARK:
• Audio Commentary With Sharksploitation Experts Stephen Scarlata, Josh Miller And Matt Mercer
• They Call Him John Old Jr. – A Talk With Director Lamberto Bava
• Man Versus Devil Fish – Interview With Actor Michael Sopkiw
• Trailer
• Soundtrack CD
Feature Specs for MONSTER SHARK:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 94 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A
I am curious about the Lamberto Bava, and maybe about revisitng Baskin although I remember being rather underwhelmed by Baskin when I sort it on a television screening almost a decade ago. I unearthed my brief Letterboxd review from the time, which includes major spoilers:
Spoiler
A strange mind-bending Turkish horror. Stylishly shot and features some culturally quirky elements, but there's not really much of a plot here, especially once it devolves into a succession of Satanic-style torture sequences in the second half.
It also has a circular structure that was pretty obviously going to occur from the very first moment of the group of cops starting off at the creepy diner before leaving for the 'main act' with that situation left unresolved. (Its the familar "oh no, it's happening again!" set up of the 1945 Dead of Night, or any number of Amicus anthology films). That situation can really work if there is a new twist put onto it, but here its just used for closure. It also got aggravating that the film kept jumping back to the one character's hallucinations of the diner conversations, which also made it feel quite stop-and-start.
But perhaps worse is that it feels like an unconsidered gay panic film, in which our butch cops get tied down and have naked, literally monstrous, men take advantage of them (and lots of strange sexual stuff involving the lead character continually going back to the corridor outside of his parent's bedroom and overhearing them in coitis!). I'm not sure the film explored those elements enough after bringing them up to feel as if it has anything to say about them one way or the other, and I was left a little unsure as to whether that was something consciously intended by the film or not!
But I was distracted by things going on in my real life at the time to give it my full attention and therefore a fair shot, so may need to give it another chance to see if it affects me differently on a revisit. I seem to remember that it also has a relatively early example of what became an enormous trope in the 2010s/early 2020's horror scene (which I guess must have been kicked off in earnest with the old lady in her negligee going on the attack in [Rec]) of the generational terror of semi (or completely) naked elderly people being used as the terrifying ultimate monster of all!
colinr0380 wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:17 pm
I am curious about the Lamberto Bava
I would wait for a sale. You would never imagine the director of this cheap, languorous, talky film is the same guy who would make Demons immediately after.
In a shared career that has included EuroCult classics like HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR, ZOMBIE 4, SHOCKING DARK, ROBOWAR and beyond, this explosive 1993 drama from director Claudio Fragasso and his screenwriter/life partner Rossella Drudi is unlike anything they’ve ever done and their most unexpected triumph of all: Marco (Gianmarco Tognazzi of Lamberto Bava’s GRAVEYARD DISTURBANCE) is an unemployed 22-year-old stoner who still lives at home with his mother. But when he’s drawn to a local group of neo-Nazis, their escalating violence towards immigrants and minorities will collide with his growing relationship with a beautiful African woman. Franca Bettoia (THE LAST MAN ON EARTH) and Flavio Bucci (SUSPIRIA) co-star in this powerful shocker, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with Special Features that include a full-length in-depth documentary on the production and its legacy.
Special Features for SKINHEADS:
• In The Name Of Hate – Feature-Length Documentary With Director Claudio Fragasso; Co-Writer Rossella Drudi; Actors Gianmarco Tognazzi, Stefano Molinari And Giulio Base; Composer Sergio Cammariere; Art Director Claudio Bissattini; Editor Ugo De Rossi; Uncredited Replacement DP Nino Celeste; Stuntman Massimo Vanni; And Prop Master Vincenzo Luzzi
• Trailer
Feature Specs for SKINHEADS:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Runtime: 99 mins
• Audio: Italian Stereo
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A
Rats: Night of Terror is not a good film by any means but it contains, unironically one of my favorite endings of all time based solely on it's "What the hell?" factor.
The SEVERIN SUMMER SALE begins July 25th!
THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE
BASED ON THE TRUE CRIME STORY THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD
Academy Award® nominee Linda Blair stars in this Ozploitation shocker based on the real-life Chelmsford Hospital horror that led to 24 deaths, stunned ‘80s Australia and rocked the world of mental healthcare forever: A new nurse (Blair) arrives at a private clinic and discovers that the renowned resident psychiatrist is treating short-term patients with a combination of coma-like sedation and electroconvulsive therapy. But when these unorthodox procedures trigger dozens of tragedies, she’ll risk her own life to expose decades of malpractice and murder. Tony Bonner (SUDDEN TERROR, THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER) co-stars in this still-potent true crime chiller directed by Alec Mills (BLOODMOON) from a screenplay by Michael Rymer (QUEEN OF THE DAMNED) with a score by Brian May (THE ROAD WARRIOR, PATRICK), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal.
Special Features for DEAD SLEEP:
• Sleep Demon – Interview With Janet Fife-Yeomans, Co-Author Of Deep Sleep: Harry Bailey And The Scandal Of Chelmsford
• The Right Side Of The Stethoscope – Visual Essay On The Medical Melodrama Sub-Genre
• Trailer
Feature Specs for DEAD SLEEP:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Runtime: 90 mins
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions: English
• Region: A
SCANNED FROM THE ONLY SURVIVING 35MM PRINT WITH BONUS SOUNDTRACK CD
Three-time Golden Globe nominee Treat Williams of HAIR and PRINCE OF THE CITY fame took the Italian Sharksploitation plunge in this “insane and weirdly good-natured” (Oh, The Horror!) action thriller, now officially licensed on North American disc for the first time ever: Life in a quiet Mexican fishing village is ripped to pieces when a laidback guide (Williams) and his business partner (Blaxploitation legend Antonio Fargas) become entangled with international assassins, $2 million in diamonds and a local shark named Cyclops with an insatiable hunger for foolish divers. John Steiner (CALIGULA), Janet Agren (EATEN ALIVE) and Christopher Connelly (RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS) in his final film role co-star in this “unique and fun” (DTV Connoisseur) obscurity directed by Tonino Ricci (CAVE OF THE SHARKS) from a screenplay by Tito Carpi (TENTACLES) with jaw-dropping man vs. shark stunts by Ramón Bravo (ZOMBIE) and a deliriously ‘80s synth score by Stelvio Cipriani (THE GREAT ALLIGATOR), now scanned in 4K from the only known uncut 35mm print and featuring a Bonus Soundtrack CD.
Special Features for NIGHT OF THE SHARKS:
• Trailer
• Soundtrack CD
Feature Specs for NIGHT OF THE SHARKS:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Runtime: 94 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C
From iconic ‘70s Hong Kong studio Goldig Films Ltd. (THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN, DUEL OF THE 7 TIGERS) comes one of the favorite action/comedies in the history of the genre: When two wily con men – martial arts movie legends Phillip Ko (THE DRAGON THE HERO, THE INVINCIBLE ARMOUR) and Bryan Leung (LEGEND OF A FIGHTER, LIGHTNING KUNG FU) – are framed for hijacking a trunkful of charity funds, they’ll join forces to find the real bandits in a wild series of adventures that lead to an “utterly fantastic” (Lone Wolf & Cub) final battle ranked among the most exciting two-on-one fight scenes ever. Johnny Wang Lung-Wei (FIVE DEADLY VENOMS), Lau Chan (KUNG FU ZOMBIE) and Chin-Lai Sung (THE BLACK DRAGON’S REVENGE) co-star in this old-school kung fu classic – also known as TWO ON THE ROAD and THE FEARLESS JACKAL – directed by Chiu Lee (SHAOLIN AVENGERS), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.
Special Features for FEARLESS DRAGONS:
• Audio Commentary With Frank Djeng And Michael Worth, Co-Producers Of ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE
• Know A Hero, Respect A Hero – Interview With Director Lee Chiu
• Real Kung Fu – Actor Phillip Ko Remembers FEARLESS DRAGONS
• Trailer
Feature Specs for FEARLESS DRAGONS:
• Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
• Runtime: 86 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Cantonese Mono, Mandarin Mono
• Subtitles: English / Closed Captions: English
• Region: A/B/C
THE NORTH AMERICAN HOME VIDEO PREMIERE WITH 5+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
From Juraj Herz – the award-winning writer/director of MORGIANA, THE NINTH HEART, THE CREMATOR and subversive genius of the Czech New Wave – comes the disturbing shocker driven by cultural provocation, political paranoia and a supercharged take on the vampire mythos, now on disc for the first time ever in America: When Ferat Motors introduces a new high-performance sports car, a trauma doctor investigates a bizarre theory that the vehicle is a biological machine fueled by human blood. Jirí Menzel (director of the Oscar®-winning CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS), Dagmar Havlová (former First Lady of the Czech Republic) and the iconic Škoda 110 Super Sport star in this “deeply weird horror thriller with sci-fi overtones and a touch of Cronenberg” (House of Self Indulgence), restored by Národní Filmový Archiv and Severin Films with over 5 hours of new & archival Special Features curated exclusively for this release.
Special Features for FERAT VAMPIRE:
• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Michael Brooke
• Archival Audio Commentary With Film Critic Lars Dreyer-Winkelmann (Revised/Re-Recorded In English)
• A Person Undergoing A Strange Sequence Of Events – Actress Jana Brezková Remembers FERAT VAMPIRE
• Vampires Ltd. – Screenwriter Jan Fleischer On Adapting FERAT VAMPIRE
• Eat Up The Road: UPĺR Z FERATU And The Legend Of The Blood Car – Video Essay By Filmmaker Stephen Broomer
• Archival interviews With Director Juraj Herz And Actors Jana Brezková And Vít Olmer
• The Iron Vampire – Archival Interview With Auto/Prototype Engineer Stanislav Cinkl
• Ferat Vampire: Close-Up – A Look At The Škoda Prototype That Was Used For The Ferat In The Film
• STRANGE AIRLINES (59 mins) – 1992 Czech TV Movie Based On Vampire Ltd. Author Josef Nesvadba's 1966 Short Story Mordair, Starring Czech Actress Jana Brejchová
• Booklet Featuring The Original Short Story Vampire Ltd. By Josef Nesvadba And A New Introduction By Czech Science Fiction Historian Ivan Adamovič
Feature Specs for FERAT VAMPIRE:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Runtime: 94 mins
• Audio: Czech Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C
SISTERS
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
3 DISC COLLECTION INCLUDES BONUS SOUNDTRACK CD
The SEVERIN SUMMER SALE begins July 25th!
In this reimagining of the Brian De Palma classic, director Douglas Buck (FAMILY PORTRAITS: A TRILOGY OF AMERICA) takes the film’s themes of disturbed bloodlines to startling new extremes for the first time ever in UHD: When a persistent reporter (Oscar® nominee Chloë Sevigny of BOYS DON’T CRY and AMERICAN PSYCHO) investigates a controversial doctor (Oscar® nominee Stephen Rea of THE COMPANY OF WOLVES and THE CRYING GAME), she’ll uncover a case of murder, manifestation and identical twins (the American film debut of model/actress/singer Lou Doillon) with a horrific secret. Dallas Roberts (The Walking Dead) and William B. Davis (The X-Files) co-star in this “bold take on the original” (Devil Dead), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 4+ hours of Special Features and a bonus soundtrack CD.
Special Features for SISTERS:
UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Director Douglas Buck And David Gregory Of Severin Films
• Archival Audio Commentary With Douglas Buck
• Trailer 1
• Trailer 2
• Soundtrack CD
BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Director Douglas Buck And David Gregory Of Severin Films
• Archival Audio Commentary With Douglas Buck
• Deleted And Extended Scenes
• Archival Making-Of
• Trailer 1
• Trailer 2
• Glass Eye Pix Presents Tales From Beyond The Pale “Hidden Records” By Douglas Buck Featuring Kevin Cline And Tony Todd
• Performed Live July 27, 2015"
• THE BROKEN IMAGO – Promo For Unmade Douglas Buck Feature
• "Electric Blue" By Pornographie Exclusive – Music Video Directed By Douglas Buck
Feature Specs for SISTERS:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 92 mins
• Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo
• Closed Captions: English
• Region: A/B/C
THE WORLDWIDE DISC PREMIERE
WITH BONUS SOUNDTRACK CD
The SEVERIN SUMMER SALE begins July 25th!
The other shark movie from legendary action director Enzo G. Castellari (THE LAST SHARK, THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS) brings him together with his STREET LAW and KEOMA star Franco Nero – along with a screenplay co-written by Tito Carpi (LAST CANNIBAL WORLD), insane underwater stunts by Ramón Bravo (ZOMBIE) and an outstanding score by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD) – for a high-speed, double-barreled, shark-punching blast: In a Mexican seaside village, a reclusive fisherman (Nero) with a haunted past battles cold-blooded treasure hunters to retrieve $100 million from an underwater grotto infested with killer sharks. Werner Pochath (COP GAME), Jorge Luke (TREASURE OF THE AMAZON), Eduardo Fajardo (DJANGO) and Enzo himself co-star in this “gritty action adventure that roars to life with weird audacity” (Oh, The Horror!), now scanned in 4K from the only surviving film elements, plus a Bonus Soundtrack CD and Special Features that include the first-ever on-camera reunion/reminiscence with Castellari and Nero.
Special Features for THE SHARK HUNTER:
• Deep Bond – Reunion Between Director Enzo G. Castellari And Actor Franco Nero
• Money And Fins – Interview With Producer Enzo Doria
• Trailer
• Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Soundtrack CD
Feature Specs for THE SHARK HUNTER:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 96 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Subtitles: English / Closed Captions: English
• Region: A/B/C
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The award-winning 2011 breakthrough film from writer/director Ben Wheatley (A FIELD IN ENGLAND, IN THE EARTH) has been called “dark and disturbing” (Empire), “creepy and very funny” (Austin Chronicle) and “furious, shockingly violent and sensational” (Time Out London). It will now blow you away like never before in UHD for the first time ever: When an on-edge family man and unemployed contract killer (Neil Maskell of Hijack and BULL) accepts a new assignment of 3 separate targets, the list will drag him to the edge of madness and plunge him into the depths of Hell. Michael Smiley (THE LOBSTER, CENSOR) and MyAnna Buring (THE DESCENT) co-star in the mindblower that “will leave you stunned, breathless and in need of a stiff drink” (Screen Anarchy), scanned in 4K from the 35mm digital intermediate negative with over 6 hours of new and archival Special Features.
Special Features for KILL LIST:
UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Director Ben Wheatley And Severin Films' Mike Hewitt
• Archival Commentary With Ben Wheatley And Co-Writer Amy Jump
• Archival Commentary With Actors Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring And Michael Smiley
• Trailer
BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Director Ben Wheatley And Severin Films' Mike Hewitt
• Archival Commentary With Ben Wheatley And Co-Writer Amy Jump
• Archival Commentary With Actors Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring And Michael Smiley
• The Hitmen Return – Interview With Neil Maskell And Michael Smiley
• The Gift Of Sound And Vision – Interview With Director Of Photography Laurie Rose And Sound Recordist Rob Entwistle
• Unsettling Soundscapes – Interview With Sound Designer Martin Pavey
• Cunning Stunts In The Editing Room – Interview With Editor Robin Hill
• Archival Making-Of Featurette
• Archival Interviews With Director Ben Wheatley, Producers Claire Jones And Andrew Starke And Actors Neil Maskell And MyAnna Buring
• ASSAULT ON SUN HILL – Ben Wheatley's John Carpenter Homage Filmed For FrightFest 2011 Featuring Neil Maskell And MyAnna Buring
• Trailer
Feature Specs for KILL LIST:
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Runtime: 95 mins
• Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo
• Closed Captions: English
• Region: A/B/C
#11 Asylum UHD upgrade
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THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
The SEVERIN SUMMER SALE begins July 25th!
In 1972, ‘The Studio That Dripped Blood’ brought together director Roy Ward Baker (DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE, THE VAMPIRE LOVERS), screenwriter Robert Bloch (PSYCHO) and an all-star cast that includes Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland (THE WICKER MAN), Herbert Lom (MARK OF THE DEVIL), Patrick Magee (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE), Robert Powell (THE SURVIVOR) and Charlotte Rampling (THE NIGHT PORTER) for the classic The Spinning lmage calls “the most entertaining of Amicus' portmanteaus,” now in UHD for the first time ever: Here inside the gates of Dunsmoor Asylum For The Incurably Insane, you’ll discover four disturbing tales of voodoo vengeance, murderous mannequins, psychotic ingénues, demonic dolls and one killer twist of an ending. Barry Morse (Space: 1999), Barbara Parkins (VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) and James Villiers (REPULSION) co-star in this “eclectic mix of thrills, chills and fun” (Classic Horror), scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with more than 2½ hours of Special Features that include an all-new interview with Robert Powell.
Special Features for ASYLUM:
UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Director Roy Ward Baker And Camera Operator Neil Binney
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Director Roy Ward Baker And Camera Operator Neil Binney
• Dr. Martin's Challenge – Interview With Actor Robert Powell
• Two's A Company – 1972 BBC On-Set Report Featuring Interviews With Producer Milton Subotsky; Director Roy Ward Baker; Actors Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers And Megs Jenkins; Art Director Tony Curtis; And Production Manager Teresa Bolland
• Author David J. Schow On Robert Bloch
• Fiona Subotsky Remembers Her Husband, Milton Subotsky
• Inside The Fear Factory – Interviews With Directors Roy Ward Baker And Freddie Francis And Producer Max J. Rosenberg
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
Feature Specs for ASYLUM:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 88 mins
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions: English
• Region: A/B/C
For his final work, Godfather of Mondo Franco E. Prosperi – writer/director of MONDO CANE, AFRICA: BLOOD AND GUTS and GOODBYE UNCLE TOM – took on the ‘Nature Strikes Back’ genre and delivered perhaps the most shocking movie of his controversial career, now in UHD for the first time ever: When PCP gets into the water supply of a city zoo, the drug-crazed beasts – including tigers, lions, cheetahs, hyenas and elephants, as well as seeing eye dogs and sewer rats – go berserk and rampage through the streets of Frankfurt. What follows is a terrifying mix of actual animal attacks (supervised by professional circus trainers) and over-the-top ‘80s Italian gore that remains “the greatest eco-revenge shocker in EuroCult history” (DVD Beaver). Lorraine De Selle (CANNIBAL FEROX, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) and Ugo Bologna (NIGHTMARE CITY) star in “the very definition of an exploitation movie” (Daily Grindhouse), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.
Special Features for WILD BEASTS:
UHD:
• Trailer
BLU-RAY:
• Altered Beasts – Interview With Director Franco E. Prosperi
• Wild Tony – Interview With Actor Tony Di Leo
• Cut After Cut – Interview With Editor/Mondo Filmmaker Mario Morra
• The Circus Is In Town – Interview With Animal Wrangler Roberto Tiberti's Son, Carlo Tiberti
• House Of Wild Beasts – A Visit To The Home Of Franco E. Prosperi
• Trailer
Feature Specs for WILD BEASTS:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Runtime: 92 mins
• Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
• Closed Captions: English
• Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
Excellent! If you do not mind spoilers (though this is the kind of film where even spoiling it still leaves you needing to see it for yourself!) I wrote up Wild Beasts here back when it was first released on Blu-ray.
It's the moment '80s teen movies turned
"dangerous" (Rue Morgue), "unflinching" (Dread Central) and "all too real" (Cool Ass Cinema). Now this "dark, forbidding vision" (Los Angeles Times) from Penelope Spheeris - director of THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Trilogy as well as WAYNE'S WORLD - and screenwriters Glen Morgan & James Wong - creators of FINAL DESTINATION and writers/producers of The X-Files - comes to UHD for the first time ever: Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen star as high school outcasts who head to Los Angeles for a spree of petty crime, senseless violence and savage murder that is "fast, angry and what a genuine punk torpedo should be" (Blu-ray. com). Patti D'Arbanville (BILITIS) and Christopher McDonald (REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) co-star in this
"descent into hell" (Birth.Movies.Death.) featuring music by Iggy Pop, Tex & The Horseheads and The Cramps, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.
Special Features for THE BOYS NEXT DOOR:
UHD:
• Audio Commentary With Director Penelope Spheeris And Actor Maxwell Caulfield
• Trailer
BLU-RAY:
• Audio Commentary With Director Penelope Spheeris And Actor Maxwell Caulfield
• Blind Rage - Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Nightmare USA
• Both Sides Of The Law - Interview With Actors Maxwell Caulfield And Christopher McDonald
• Give Us Your Money - Interviews With Street Band Performers Texacala Jones And Tequila
Mockingbird
• Caveman Day - Cinemaniacs Interview With Penelope Spheeris And Maxwell Caulfield
• Tales From The End Zone - Interview With Actor
Kenneth Cortland
• The Psychotronic Tourist - THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
• Alternate Opening Title Sequence And Extended
Scenes (Silent)
• Trailer
Feature Specs for THE BOYS NEXT DOOR:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 91 mins
• Audio: English 5.1, English Mono
• Closed Captions: English
• Region: A/B/C
