01 July 2008

More great Severin acquisitions

We are happy to confirm that our future release plans now include the following Euro gems from four great filmmakers:

THE ART OF LOVE: The third and final part in Walerian Borowczy's Immoral trilogy, once again this uses the portmanteau format to explore the late, great director's unique erotic obsessions.

DOOR INTO SILENCE: Lucio Fulci's bleak and rarely seen swan song eerily explores premonitions of death. Starring THE DEER HUNTER's John Savage.

THE ALCOVE: The mighty Joey D. returns with another twisted tropical tale starring the two true sirens of Italian erotica: Laura Gemser and Annie Belle.

HANNA D - THE GIRL FROM VONDEL PARK: Directed by Rino Di Silvestro of WEREWOLF WOMAN and DEPORTED WOMEN OF THE SS fame, this hard hitting and downright sleazy Amsterdam-set tale of drugs and prostitution is considered by the director to be his masterpiece. A colorful interview with the Di Silvestro was recently shot in Rome.

Keep checking back for news on release dates and extras.

27 June 2008

Could it be true? Award-winning French modern classic THE HAIRDRESSER'S HUSBAND on Severin?

Severin has acquired Academy Award Nominee Patrice Leconte's (Girl on the Bridge, Ridicule) art house classic The Hairdresser's Husband.

But there's one small caveat from Carl Severin: "Severin will still be producing the kinds of titles our fans have come to love. This release represents only a broadening of the Severin pallete, as we look forward to adding Monsieur Leconte to our galaxy of star European directors which includes Lucio Fulci, Enzo Castellari, Jess Franco and the late, great Joe D'Amato."

"To be honest, I was pleasantly shocked to find that the rights were still available. I just thank Jehovah that we got to it first," exclaims John Severin. "Because we're giving The Hairdresser's Husband the production it so richly deserves including, of course, a new transfer in its original 2.35:1 ratio from the original negative. We've already shot new interviews with Leconte and the still mind-blowingly luminescent Anna Galiena."

For David Severin, "it's a veritable dream of mine to be putting out The Hairdresser's Husband. It's always been a true favorite, from the renowned director of the sublime Monsieur Hire. It's an honor to present it in the United States for the first time on DVD and to have had the opportunity to interview the great man about his pre-Oscar-nod career at his office in Paris."

Expect more details about our September release of The Hairdresser's Husband soon.

05 June 2008

STONE cancelled

We regret to inform Aussie biker flick fans that due to unforeseen legal reasons we have had to withdraw our release of STONE. The licensor in Australia has run into legal issues which date back to the film's 1974 production and has asked us not to release the film until they can clear them up. We hope that this problem can be sorted out in the future.

22 May 2008

Inglorious Bastards street date put back until 7/29 - but with good reason!

Just a couple of weeks back we flew director Enzo Castellari over to Los Angeles for an in-depth career interview conducted by none other than long-time admirer Quentin Tarantino! To accommodate this truly great addition to the disc we have put the street date back until 7/29. Expect more details to follow soon.

30 April 2008

How Far Is Too Far?

9 April 2008

Franco's Nasties To Premier On DVD

Bloody Moon and The Devil Hunter will be released on DVD this July with new transfers and Franco interviews. Bloody Moon is his saga of slaughtered schoolgirls complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, and gory set pieces, starring VANESSA herself Olivia Pascal. Devil Hunter is his entry into the cannibal sub-genre starring SADOMANIA's Ursula Fellner and ZOMBIE's Al Cliver. Both of these early 80s features were notoriously banned in the UK as "video nasties" and will be presented for the first time in the US restored and uncut in all their buzz saw decapitation and genitalia munching glory. Uncle Jess sat down this January for another session of frank, fascinating and ferociously opinionated interviews to accompany these releases.

Bloody Moon

The Devil Hunter

26 March 2008

Sister of Ursula review in from Ain't It Cool News!

"Ok - I really love the hell out of this one. Severin Films sent this to me - and the box art and pull quote - made me cut it open and put on faster than you could say my real name. With actors from SUSPIRIA, ZOMBIE and THE PSYCHIC - I knew I'd get a certain "stunned" performance from them all. Besides - Barbara Magnolfi is hot! As is Stefania D'Amario! And the killer kills with a gigantic killer cock thing. MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED! They made such awesome weird fucking movies once!"

Ain't It Cool News

17 March 2008

The first reviews of our 3/25 release THE SISTER OF URSULA are live and the advance word is positive:

"a delightfully trashy take on the giallo genre... Severin Films with their first release of 2008 The Sister of Ursula continue to put out rare gems and give them their most definitive releases to date."

10KBullets

"An utterly batty shocker that should have earned a hefty cult following by now along with its fellow trashy brethren like Strip Nude for Your Killer and Red Rings of Fear... has now been rescued from bootleg oblivion and presented all shiny and digitally-scrubbed to startle a whole new audience... recommended."

"A solid bit of Euro-cult cinema... Good direction and acting come together with a strong script to make this artistic and erotic film. Recommended.."

"Outrageous, erotic, bloody, you have to admit it's an original. This unique 1978 giallo is as compelling and sleazy as they come... For collectors of the unusual, odd, obscure and transgressive in the Italian giallo tradition this will be a must-have."

5 March 2008

Cannibal Gut Munching Atrocities in June

Our previously announced Joe D'Amato sex and flesh-eating fiesta PAPAYA - LOVE GODDESS OF THE CANNIBALS will hit the streets on June 24th, but that's not all... The outrageous original 'video nasty' CANNIBAL TERROR will also be released, with a beautiful new transfer from the original negative, untouched since the film was shot back in 1981. This Eurocine production was directed by Alain Deruelle under the pseudonym Allan W. Steeve (erroneously long thought to be another of Jess Franco's many nom de plums). This is the one that unapologetically features cannibals with Elvis sideburns and comb-overs munching down on guts and gore! Sexgoremutants.co.uk describes CANNIBAL TERROR as "a catalogue of perversions such as voyeurism, rape, cannibalim and a Euro soundtrack that's an absolute blast!" This film has to be seen to be believed. As the controversial video tagline tastefully demanded: Don't view on a full stomach!

12 February 2008

Severin Gets Inglorious!

Severin have returned from our marathon film licensing and special features producing road trip in Europe and have come back with an embarrassment of Euro-Cult riches! The first of many announcements this year is the acquisition of THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS. We're not of course talking about the forthcoming QT remake but about Enzo Castellari's 1978 original starring Fred Williamson and Bo Svenson. We're talking about the most bad-ass war movie in Euro-cult history! In May we'll be releasing a massive 3 Disc Explosive Edition, complete with new transfer, commentary (see pic above of Castellari, Dave Severin and Italian featurette producer Federico Caddeo), documentaries and the never-before released soundtrack by Francesco De Masi!

Keep checking back for other announcements soon.

Before MAD MAX and THE ROAD WARRIOR there was STONE!

We're heading down under for our other May release, the Aussie biker classic STONE. Sandy Harbutt's pioneering antipodean exploitation smash has been newly transferred from the negative in Melbourne under the director's supervision. And Oz exploitation docco wiz Mark Hartley has put together a cool slate of extras old and new!

15 Jan 2008

The Father of Ursula!

Here's a brief clip from our half hour interview featurette with THE SISTER OF URSULA writer/director Enzo Milioni. You really have to see the craftsmanship behind this unique murder weapon in detail to fully appreciate it.

Click here to view.

28 December 2007

End of year news update

An extensive interview with the writer/Director of the notorious THE SISTER OF URSULA was shot in Rome earlier this month. In addition to regaling us with torrid tales of the the sordid production, Enzo Milioni surprised us by brandishing the infamous murder weapon/sex toy from the film, which he'd held on to all these years. Look forward to all the seedy details on our March 25th release of THE SISTER OF URSULA, certainly one of the most shockingly sleazy gialli in cinema history! And you've never seen it look like this, fully restored from the original negative. For more info folow this link.

Also in the can is an interview with legendary actor Venantino Venantini for our April release of THE BEAST IN SPACE. Shot at the opening of his art exhibit in a Rome gallery attended by all kinds of luminaries from the world of eurocult like Barbara Bouchet, Franco Nero and Giuliano Gemma (pictured right with Bouchet). By the way, for those of you who've never seen THE BEAST IN SPACE... well, it has to be seen to be believed! It was the last of Alfonso Brescia's five space operas and the only one that features Sirpa Lane (THE BEAST, PAPAYA, NAZI LOVE CAMP 27) getting cozy with a hugely-endowed man-beast. We've transferred from the original negative and it looks amazing.

2008 is going to be a banner year for Severin. We're planning a dream rosterfor the eurocult fan, including the outrageous, the titillating, the gory, the gialli, and for the lucky few of that particular persuasion, more Franco. A marathon featurette shooting binge will take place in Europe in January/ February and then we'll start announcing our treasure trove of forthcoming gems right here so keep checking back.

All the best for 08 from Carl, Dave and John Severin.

06 December 2007

THE PSYCHIC - delayed again

The disc has been re-authored and the audio fixed. Street date has unfortunately been put back again until 12/18. The first review of the re-authored disc is in:

For full details click here

13 Nov 2007

THE PSYCHIC - audio error on preview copies, street date postponed to December 4

Due to an authoring error resulting in very low levels on the feature audio we will be destroying all copies of the first press of THE PSYCHIC. The levels that were authored to preview copies of the DVD were unacceptable and therefore have to be corrected prior to release. This has meant postponing the street date until 12/4. Thank you for your patience.

25 October 2007

Fulci Silenced!

Unfortunately we have had to pull our two proposed extras featuring never before published interviews with director Lucio Fulci that were due to appear on THE EROTICIST and THE PSYCHIC. We gave the go-ahead for the two pieces after being approached by an Italian producer who had access to the interview materials, only for Lucio's daughter Antonella Fulci to step in saying she would rather that they were not published. Out of respect for Antonella and her father Lucio we have decided to abide by her wishes and remove them from the discs.

In addition to new 16x9 transfers of both titles, each disc contains brand new, exclusive interviews with many of the cast and crew. Both discs have been delayed slightly and will now street on 13th November.

Second Helping of Black Emanuelle coming next month

Also on 13th November the second volume of BLACK EMANUELLE'S BOX will hit the stores containing three more sumptuous tales featuring our adventurous heroine. The four disc set will contain the uncut version of BLACK EMMANUELLE/WHITE EMMANUELLE starring Laura Gemser and Annie Belle; Bitto Albertini's official sequel BLACK EMANUELLE 2 starring Sharon Leslie and the long unseen final D'Amato/Gemser/Emanuelle collaboration EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE. All three films will feature new 16x9 transfers as well as exclusive extras and the set is rounded off by the second CD of newly remastered Nico Fidenco music.

For full details click here

Beasts and Cannibals in 2008!

We have also recently acquired two Sirpa Lane titles for release next year, truly bizarre inter-galactic re-imagining of the THE BEAST, THE BEAST IN SPACE AND and Joe D'Amato's PAPAYA LOVE GODDESS OF THE CANNIBALS. Both will be newly re-mastered from original vault elements and available on DVD for the first time in the world.

And the good notices keep coming for our two September releases MALABIMBA THE MALICIOUS WHORE and SATAN'S BABY DOLL. Check them out here:

Mondo Digital | Movieline Online | Fangoria | DVD Talk | 10k bullets

And last but not least our August girl of the month VANESSA also impressed the critics on her recent outing:

10kbullets | Sexgoremutants | Eccentric Cinema | DVD Maniacs

08 August 2007

Severin Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes!

At last! Lucio Fulci's masterpiece The Psychic (aka Sette note in nero / Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes) will hit DVD this fall. Along with a 16x9 transfer of the uncut version of this long out-of-print film, the DVD will include a never-before-published interview with Fulci as well as interviews with cast and crew. This seminal release will street on October 30th along with the official DVD premiere of the uncut version of Fulci's acclaimed sex comedy The Eroticist (which will also contain a Fulci interview and cast/crew featurette).

11 June 2007

First LAURE reviews are in!

The pre-release reviews of LAURE have been been hitting the web and they're hot! In addition to the "voyeuristic pleasures" of the feature and the "very fastidious transfer", a lot is being made of the fact that Producer Ovidio Assonitis reveals the shocking true identity of "Emmanuelle Arsan" in the disc's extras.

Check them out:

And read an elaboration on the true identity of Emmanuelle Arsan here:

27 Sep 2006

Emanuelles and The Malicious Whores!

Severin has just signed five astounding Italian erotic classics - three of which feature Laura Gemser as black Emanuelle and two satanic sinfests.