Severin Films

[BoltzmannBrain]

Severin's Black Friday slate consists of 15 releases: there are 12 movies that are new to Severin, one TV series and four UHD upgrades from Severin's back catalog.

In order of the announcements...

#1 Adam and Eve [vs the Cannibals] (1983)
#2 North Sea Is Death Sea (1976)
#3 A Bay of Blood (1971) - UHD, 5-disc set
#4 The Crippled Masters (1979)
#5 Student Confidential (1987)
#6 Razor Blade Smile (1998) - UHD, 3-disc set
#7 The Bronson Lee Za Karate Collection: 3 films on two BDs (1974-75)
#8 The Final Programme (1973) - UHD
#9 The Idiot Box (1991)
#10 The Ghost (1963) - UHD, 3-disc set

Dropping on 4K Sunday:

#11 Retribution (1987)
#12 Lookin' Italian (1994) - bonus Blu-ray announcement, placed here because it's from the director of Retribution
#13 She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
#14 Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
#15 The Devil's Rain (1975)


There are bundles which include autographs of Barbara Steele, Lamberto Bava, Bronson Lee, Alex Winter & Tom Stern, Dangerous Visions and New Worlds paperback, The Ghost music box and Carnage barf bag.

[colinr0380]

Razor Blade Smile is interesting for starring Eileen Daly. Whilst this was the biggest film she has been in, she is perhaps most notable for around the same period of the mid to late 90s being the woman who would grace the livery of all of Redemption's VHS tapes as the face of the label. Indeed a year or two after Razor Blade Smile she appeared in Nigel Wingrove's (the head of Redemption) naughty nun film Sacred Flesh from the year 2000.

(Although just as noteworthy is that her first onscreen appearance is dancing with Marc Almond in the music video for Soft Cell's Say Hello, Wave Goodbye!)

[Stefan Andersson]

Comparisons of subtitles on Severin´s and Shameless´ Four Flies on Grey Velvet:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... 71&page=19 - post 375

SPOILER WARNING
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[cantinflas]

Joe Dante in the Severin Cellar

Convinced me to pick up The Final Programme

[Murdoch]

I've noticed on my Footprint's Blu-ray of the Italian cut, the English dub suddenly changes to the Italian dub for a few lines at 00:16:10 (it's definitely not intentional in the film as the two women were speaking English and just shift mid-conversation). Is this present in anyone else's disc?

[Mr Sausage]

I've noticed on my Footprint's Blu-ray of the Italian cut, the English dub suddenly changes to the Italian dub for a few lines at 00:16:10 (it's definitely not intentional in the film as the two women were speaking English and just shift mid-conversation). Is this present in anyone else's disc?

Given it’s the Italian cut, I assume those portions of dialogue were never dubbed in English, necessitating the lines be filled in with the Italian dub. I first remember encountering this practise in the early aughts with Anchor Bay’s (remember them?) Deep Red DVD. It was the longer Italian cut, so many scenes were in Italian only.

[MichaelB]

That will absolutely have been the reason—when trimming the full Italian cut down to a more internationally friendly one, sometimes entire scenes will go, but in other cases it’s just dialogue trims, as would appear to be the case here.

In such circumstances, the label has the choice between presenting separate cuts (possibly via seamless branching, although that’s not always feasible if the editing is complex), or do what they’ve evidently done here, which is to pad out the English track with dialogue from the Italian track in the absence of any viable alternative.

[colinr0380]

Yes, I have not seen Footprints but there is also the case of the decades old Anchor Bay DVD of the 1975 film Autopsy which also drops into subtitled Italian for a couple of lines too, for a brief extension to a scene which was never in the English dubbed version! Interestingly in that film the couple of lines are relating to the characters theorising that a wave of inexplicable deaths are being caused by a sunspot activity created heatwave which is driving people insane, which is a big part of the opening sequence of that film but otherwise never mentioned again outside of this moment, with the film turning more into your classic giallo mystery! So at least in the case of Autopsy I presume that when it came to doing the English dub they just decided to drop that aspect out altogether by cutting the scene early! Notably the original Italian title of that film is "Macchie Solari" aka "Sunspots"!

[Mr Sausage]

Autopsy has the most batshit scene: the police hit on the baffling (and deeply indecent) notion of luring the killer out of hiding by erecting a display in the local mall using the murder victim’s actual charred, disfigured, and I assume decomposing corpse. Cue a scene of mall patrons casually descending an escalator next to a murdered woman’s actual human remains, blissfully unaware of the real nature of the morbid art installation beside them. Maybe the wildest scene in any giallo. I remember the movie also having a very creative structure to distinguish itself from the endless dross in that subgenre.

--EDIT: just realized I confused Autopsy with The Pyjama Girl Case!

[Murdoch]

Thanks Sausage, Michael and Colin, that totally makes sense!

[domino harvey]

The Dogs[Blu-ray] $24/Region A

This was an odd film to be sure. Depardieu is a cult-like figure in a small town who gradually influences denizens to buy giant dogs for their protection against an alarmingly high rate of rape and robbery. This all becomes too symbolic (dogs=guns) and quite silly at times, but what an odd choice for Severin to license this, as it’s not really a horror movie or exploitation. Having now seen all of his 70s films, I’m not as convinced as the commentator in the extras that this period is a high water mark in Jessua’s career (or that he had a career worth noting with much enthusiasm), but somehow I think a film like this is not going to help get his early films released

[Derek Estes]

Has there been any word if Severin has been able to pick up any more of the Russ Meyer films besides the five that have been released?

[dwk]

During the year end wrap up episode of the Severin Films podcast, they seemed to hint that more Russ Meyer's films are coming

[BoltzmannBrain]

They definitely said that the Meyer estate has been happy with the way Severin handled the first five titles and there are more on the way.

[MichaelB]

I'm really looking forward to more of the black-and-white titles; Motorpsycho looked incredible. The likes of Lorna and Mudhoney are borderline unwatchable in the old analogue SD transfers if you vividly recall seeing them in then-new 35mm prints.

[dwk]

Gutter Auteur: The Lost Legacy of Andy Milligan [3-Disc Blu-ray Box Set]

3 DISC COLLECTION
INCLUDES
2 THOUGHT-LOST FILMS
PLUS THE ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY
THE DEGENERATE:
THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN
WITH 2 RARELY SEEN MOVIE PROJECTS
AND 5+ COMBINED HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES


Pioneer. Outsider. Auteur. Andy Milligan clawed his way from the depths of ‘60s independent cinema straight to the abyss of grindhouse infamy like no other filmmaker in history. In this all-new collection of Worldwide Disc Premieres, Severin Films presents two thought-lost-forever features written, produced and directed by “The Fassbinder of 42nd Street” (Artforum): 1967’s post-nuke nihilism THE DEGENERATES – recently discovered in a Brussels vault – and the 1968 underground psychodrama KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME! – found in an Amsterdam archive – are both restored from their only surviving film elements. Then in the acclaimed 2025 documentary THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN, experience “an eye-opening look into one of the weirder and darker corners of cinema history” (RogerEbert.com). Also included is the early Milligan project COMPASS ROSE and 1979’s rarely seen Staten Island gothic HOUSE OF SEVEN BELLES, plus over 5 combined hours of Special Features that reveal even more of the sordid saga behind “one of exploitation’s most fascinating figures” (Morbidly Beautiful).

Disc 1: THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN

Special Features for THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN

Team Degenerate – Q&A With Directors Josh Johnson And Grayson Tyler Johnson, The Ghastly One Author Jimmy McDonough And Milligan Collaborators Hope Stansbury, Natalie Rogers, Ken Lane And John Borske At The 2025 Tribeca Film Festival World Premiere
Deleted Scenes
Trailer
Feature Specs for THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Runtime: 102 mins
Audio: English Stereo
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: A/B/C


Disc 2: THE DEGENERATES / COMPASS ROSE

Special Features for THE DEGENERATES

Audio Commentary With Milligan Expert Alex DiSanto
Two Weeks In Woodstock – Interview With Actress Laura Cunningham
Trauma At Tribeca – 2025 Tribeca Film Festival Introduction To THE DEGENERATES / KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME! Re-Premiere By Jimmy McDonough, Author Of The Ghastly One
Sin Sisters '66 – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Nightmare USA
Lobby Card Gallery
Special Feature for COMPASS ROSE

Auricon Ego Death – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Nightmare USA
Feature Specs for THE DEGENERATES / COMPASS ROSE

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Runtime: THE DEGENERATES 64 mins / COMPASS ROSE 73 mins
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: A/B/C


Disc 3: KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME! / HOUSE OF SEVEN BELLES

Special Features for KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME!

Audio Interview With Andy Milligan By Author Stéphane Bourgoin, October 10, 1975
Magic Time! – Interview With Actor Peter Ratray
Dove And Divine – Interview With Actress Natalie Rogers
Milligan Illustrated – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Nightmare USA
Licentious Lunacy – Interview With Milligan Expert Alex DiSanto
Trailer
Special Features for HOUSE OF SEVEN BELLES

All About The Frocks – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Nightmare USA
Feature Specs for KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME! / HOUSE OF SEVEN BELLES

Aspect Ratio: KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME! 1.33:1 / HOUSE OF SEVEN BELLES 1.66:1
Runtime: KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME! 78 mins / HOUSE OF SEVEN BELLES 92 mins
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: A/B/C

ANTONIO MARGHERITI & THE JUNGLES OF DOOM: HIS ‘80s ADVENTURE FILMS [3 4K UHD Films in Limited Edition Collection Slipcase]

“THE INDIANA JONES
OF ITALIAN ACTION MOVIES.”
Monster Hunter


THE MARGHERITI ADVENTURE TRILOGY
housed in a glossy, rigid slipcase with thumb notch


For more than four decades, Antonio Margheriti was a maestro of gothic horror, westerns, giallo, sci-fi and beyond. And in the immediate wake of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, Margheriti directed three over-the-top action-adventure films that can only be described as ‘Indiana Jonesploitation’: In THE HUNTERS OF THE GOLDEN COBRA, David Warbeck and John Steiner star as a pair of WWII rogues in search of an ancient relic with supernatural powers. Warbeck and Steiner return in THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD to raid a mountaintop temple and snatch The Scepter of Gilgamesh. Christopher Connelly and Lee Van Cleef face booby traps, double-crosses and exploding miniatures to hunt a priceless jewel called The Ruby of Gloom in JUNGLE RAIDERS. All three films are newly scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives with 2+ hours of new and archival Special Features curated exclusively for this collection.

THE HUNTERS OF THE GOLDEN COBRA
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE


For the first film in his Indiana Jonesploitation Trilogy, Italian maestro Antonio Margheriti (CASTLE OF BLOOD, THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG) delivers “full-throttle action” (The Gentlemen’s Blog to Midnite Cinema) starring David Warbeck (THE BEYOND) and John Steiner (NIGHT OF THE SHARKS) as a cocky pair of WWII adventurers blasting their way through deadly traps, double-crosses and daring escapes in search of a supernatural relic known as The Golden Cobra. Almanta Suska (THE NEW YORK RIPPER) and Luciano Pigozzi (STRIKE COMMANDO) co-star in this “fun and entertaining knock-off” (The Grindhouse Cinema Database) from producer Gianfranco Couyoumdjian (ZOMBIE, ALIEN FROM THE DEEP) and screenwriter Tito Carpi (RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS, THE SHARK HUNTER), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over an hour of new & archival Special Features.

Special Features for THE HUNTERS OF THE GOLDEN COBRA:

Disc 1: UHD

Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray

The Path Of The Cobra – Interview With Assistant Director Edoardo Margheriti
Bloodline Of The Cobra – Interview With Second Camera Assistant Davide Mancori
1996 Festival Of Fantastic Films Award Presentation And Q&A With David Warbeck
Video Essay By Rob Hill, Author Of The Bad Movie Bible
Trailer
Feature Specs for THE HUNTERS OF THE GOLDEN COBRA:

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Runtime: 95 mins
Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
Subtitles: English SDH, English
Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD
THE NORTH AMERICAN
UHD & BLU-RAY PREMIERES
INCLUDES
BONUS SOUNDTRACK CD


For his follow-up to THE HUNTERS OF THE GOLDEN COBRA, director Antonio Margheriti puts a Bondian spin on Indiana Jonesploitation for an Italian/Turkish co-production of “undeniably great fun” (The EOFFTV Review), now in UHD for the first time ever in North America: David Warbeck (THE BEYOND) stars as a master burglar recruited by a wealthy collector (John Steiner of TENEBRE) to raid a mountaintop temple and steal the mythical Scepter of Gilgamesh. But first, this suave safecracker will have to survive car chases, kidnappings, elaborate traps and an ancient curse that promises to destroy anyone who dares to breach the golden tomb. Luciano Pigozzi (ALIEN FROM THE DEEP) co-stars in this “cult fanatics’ lost treasure” (Blood Brothers Films) co-written by Giovanni Simonelli (JUNGLE RAIDERS) and Giovanni Paolucci (SHOCKING DARK), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with an hour of new and archival Special Features plus a Bonus Soundtrack CD.

Special Features for THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD:

Disc 1: UHD

Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray

Second Unit Chronicles – Interview With Assistant Director Edoardo Margheriti
Raiders Of The Sun God – Interview With Writer Giovanni Paolucci
Antonio Margheriti Recalls David Warbeck
Trailer
Disc 3: THE HUNTERS OF THE GOLDEN COBRA & THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD Soundtrack CD

Feature Specs for THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD:

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Runtime: 98 mins
Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
Subtitles: English SDH, English
Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A
JUNGLE RAIDERS
THE WORLDWIDE UHD/BLU-RAY PREMIERES


For the final film in his Indiana Jonesploitation Trilogy, director Antonio Margheriti unleashed a “fun and fast-paced” (Good Efficient Butchery) jungle adventure that became a VHS-era favorite, now in UHD for the first time ever. Christopher Connelly (RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS) stars as a cynical safari guide who leads gullible millionaires on bogus treasure hunts in Malaysia. But when a crafty U.S. government operative (the legendary Lee Van Cleef) blackmails him into finding the mythic Ruby of Gloom, they’ll battle death cults, double-crosses, unstable volcanoes and exploding refineries to snatch the jewel from maniacal pirates. Marina Costa (THE FINAL EXECUTIONER) and Luciano Pigozzi (DOUBLE TARGET) co-star in this “utterly charming” (B&S About Movies) action hit written by Giovanni Simonelli (THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD, A CAT IN THE BRAIN) and originally released in America by Cannon Films, newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.

Special Features for JUNGLE RAIDERS:

Disc 1: UHD

Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray

The Ruby Trail – Interview With Assistant Director Edoardo Margheriti
Italian Credit Sequence
Trailer
Feature Specs for JUNGLE RAIDERS:

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Runtime: 101 mins
Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
Subtitles: English SDH, English
Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A

[Matt]

Trailer for these two releases

I'm sure they cherry-picked the wildest moments from these Milligan films for the trailer, but this looks like a fantastic set.

[Adam X]

A Bay of Blood replacement program:

It’s come to our attention that an error by our replicator has been identified on Disc 4 (the Blu-ray of the film’s Italian versions) [causing skipping/freezing]. Corrected discs are already being manufactured. Because orders that have already been placed will have the faulty disc, they will automatically receive these replacement discs. Any new orders will not ship until these new corrected units arrive at our warehouse.

…and shipping notices are already being sent out.

[Peacock]

Severin will be releasing a number of Jess Franco titles this year (in the double digits).

They have just announced JESS FRANCO: FROM BANGKOK WITH BULLETS as coming soon. This will include two Jess Franco films:
Bangkok, City of the Dead (1985) and Trip to Bangkok, Bullets Included (1985).

[colinr0380]

A Bay of Blood replacement program:

It’s come to our attention that an error by our replicator has been identified on Disc 4 (the Blu-ray of the film’s Italian versions) [causing skipping/freezing]. Corrected discs are already being manufactured. Because orders that have already been placed will have the faulty disc, they will automatically receive these replacement discs. Any new orders will not ship until these new corrected units arrive at our warehouse.

…and shipping notices are already being sent out.

I had pre-ordered A Bay of Blood as well, though I had not checked the thread before this so I got the shipping notice e-mail from Severin about the replacement disc as a surprise. So it was good to find that they're sending the replacement disc out to international customers too.

[cantinflas]

Severin will be releasing a number of Jess Franco titles this year (in the double digits).

They have just announced JESS FRANCO: FROM BANGKOK WITH BULLETS as coming soon. This will include two Jess Franco films:
Bangkok, City of the Dead (1985) and Trip to Bangkok, Bullets Included (1985).

These both look great

The titles they're using are Bangkok, Coffin Included and Bangkok, Date with Death

[kindaikun]

Interesting to see Katja Bienert in the In the Land of Franco section, hopefully we’ll see more of her work with Franco someday.

[Peacock]

Interesting to see Katja Bienert in the In the Land of Franco section, hopefully we’ll see more of her work with Franco someday.

100%. She was in some major Franco films, hopefully someone somewhere finds a way…

[BoltzmannBrain]

Severin will be releasing a number of Jess Franco titles this year (in the double digits).

They have just announced JESS FRANCO: FROM BANGKOK WITH BULLETS as coming soon. This will include two Jess Franco films:
Bangkok, City of the Dead (1985) and Trip to Bangkok, Bullets Included (1985).

Pretty sure they said that they have so many Jess Franco films in the works but they haven't said that they will all be released this year, just sometime in the future.

Besides the Franco double feature, two other new announcements were a Suzzanna box set and Fulci's Voices from Beyond on UHD.

SUZZANNA: EMPRESS OF DARKNESS [3-Disc Blu-ray Box Set]

Disc 1: Pact with the Forces of Darkness / White Crocodile Queen

Pact with the Forces of Darkness Disc Specs:

Runtime: 85 mins
Audio: Indonesian Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

White Crocodile Queen Disc Specs:

Runtime: 98 mins
Audio: Indonesian Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Disc 2: Malam Satu Suro / Kliwon Friday Night

Malam Satu Suro / Kliwon Friday Night Special Feature:

- Hantu Retribution: Female Ghosts Of The Malay Archipelago – Interview With Filmmaker Katrina Irawati Graham And Dr. Rosalind Galt, Author Of Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak And Cinemas Of Decolonization

Malam Satu Suro Disc Specs:

Runtime: 84 mins
Audio: Indonesian Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Kliwon Friday Night Disc Specs:

Runtime: 89 mins
Audio: Indonesian Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Disc 3: Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic / Ghost Ambulance

Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic Special Features:

- A Conversation With Director/Co-Producer David Gregory And Co-Producer Ekky Imanjaya
- David Gregory Introduction At Jakarta Film Week Screening, October 2024
- Trailer

Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic Disc Specs:

Runtime: 88 mins
Audio: Indonesian Stereo
Subtitles: English
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Ghost Ambulance Special Features:

- The Making Of GHOST AMBULANCE
- ShowBiz On Location Interviews With Cast And Crew
- GHOST AMBULANCE Silet Interview With Actors Suzzanna And Clift Sangra
- Promo Clips
- Trailer

Ghost Ambulance Disc Specs:

Runtime: 88 mins
Audio: Indonesian Mono
Subtitles: English
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

The documentary was already released in the All The Haunts Be Ours Vol. 2 box set but the five movies were not; the first four movies are NA disc premieres.

VOICES FROM BEYOND [3-Disc 4K UHD w/LE Slipcover & Soundtrack CD]

Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

- About Death – Audio Interview With Lucio Fulci
- Beyond The Living – Interview With Actor Pascal Persiano
- A House For The Dead – Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
- Like A Father – Interview With Prop Master Vincenzo Luzzi
- Lucio's Last Wave – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Beyond Terror: The Films Of Lucio Fulci
- Trailer

Disc Specs:

Runtime: 91 mins
Audio: English Mono | Italian Stereo
4K Video: HDR10
Closed Captions | English Subtitles
4K UHD Region Free | Blu-ray Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Suzzanna gets a Severin Films Hall of Fame enamel pin and there are also 4K UHD and Blu-ray standard editions of The Ghost coming.

[Peacock]

Boltzmann you are correct, I misread what Mr Gregory had said. They have double figures in the works, they didn’t specify that they would all come this year.