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| Severin Announces Details of Their 2024 BLACK FRIDAY SALE, Featuring TEN NEW TITLES and More | ||||||
 Severin Films today announced details of their upcoming Black Friday Sale, led by the North American UHD Premieres of the now-restored DELICATESSEN directed by Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, AMÉLIE) in a 3-disc collection with 6 hours of Special Features, and Brandon Cronenberg’s acclaimed feature debut ANTIVIRAL in a 3-disc collection that includes the Cannes Film Festival Cut. The weekend webstore event also features the North American Blu-ray premiere of Lamberto Bava’s long-unseen THE MASK OF SATAN; a pair of Worldwide UHD Premieres from director Bruno Mattei and screenwriters Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi with RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR and HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, both with Bonus Soundtrack CDs and all-new novelizations; the Worldwide UHD Premieres of the landmark cannibal shockers EATEN ALIVE directed by Umberto Lenzi and SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD directed by Sergio Martino; the North American UHD Premiere of Ruggero Deodato’s grisly LAST CANNIBAL WORLD; the Worldwide UHD Premiere of Aldo Lado’s controversial NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS with 5 hours of Special Features and Bonus Ennio Morricone Soundtrack CD; and the Worldwide Disc Premiere of Jess Franco’s sexy Altman-esque mosaic THONG GIRLS.The Severin Webstore will also be offering exclusive Bundles, all-new Severin merch, a Saturday-only box set sale, and 50% off most Severin/Intervision library titles. The sale will take place from 12:01am EST on 11/29 to 11:59pm PST on 12/2 at www.SeverinFilms.com. THE FILMS -- DELICATESSEN It’s been called “murderously funny” (The Los Angeles Times), “subversively stylish” (The New York Times) and “a visually stunning achievement” (DVD Talk). Now experience “the most charming post-apocalyptic cannibal comedy ever made” (Starburst) in UHD for the first time ever in North America: From co-writers/directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet (AMÉLIE) & Marc Caro (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN) and producer Claudie Ossard (BETTY BLUE) comes the “darkly moving and strangely uplifting” (Salon) dystopian fable – nominated for 10 César Awards – about odd jobs and strange neighbors, circus stars and troglodytes, fresh meat and true love. Dominique Pinon (DIVA), Jean-Claude Dreyfus (A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT) and Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF) star in “a classic from beginning to end” (Little White Lies), now restored in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal under the supervision of Jeunet. The North American UHD Premiere will be released as a 3 Disc Collection with an incredible 6 hours of new and archival Special Features curated exclusively for this edition. Special Features for DELICATESSEN: Disc 1: UHD: - Audio Commentary With Co-Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Trailer Disc 2: BLU-RAY: - Audio Commentary With Co-Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Interview With Co-Directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet And Marc Caro - Fine Cooked Meats – The Making Of DELICATESSEN - Copains Comme Cochons – Interview With Co-Director Marc Caro - The Tale Of 'Terry Gilliam Presents DELICATESSEN' – Interview With Terry Gilliam - Trailer Disc 3: BLU-RAY: - Main Course Pieces – A Retrospective - Take Your Pig – Interview With Actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus - Archival Interviews With Cast, Crew And Critics - Jean-Pierre Jeunet Archives - LE BUNKER DE LA DERNIÈRE RAFALE – Short Film By Jean-Pierre Jeunet And Marc Caro *Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies Feature Specs for DELICATESSEN: - Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 - Runtime: 100 mins - Audio: French 5.1, French Stereo - Subtitles: English - Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray Disc 1: A, Blu-ray Disc 2: A/B/C EATEN ALIVE Special Features for EATEN ALIVE: UHD: - Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema Of Umberto Lenzi - Trailer BLU-RAY: - Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema Of Umberto Lenzi - Welcome To The Jungle – Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi - Deodato Meats Lenzi – An Exclusive Discussion Of Their Cannibal Films - Me Me Lai Bites Back – Feature Documentary On The Queen Of Cannibal Movies - The Sect Of The Purification – Interview With Production Designer Antonello Geleng - Archival Interviews With Actors Ivan Rassimov And Robert Kerman - 2013 Q&A With Umberto Lenzi From The Festival Of Fantastic Films - Newly Discovered Alternate Footage - Trailer *Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies Feature Specs for EATEN ALIVE: - Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 - Runtime: 93 mins - Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono - Closed Captions: English SDH - Subtitles: English - Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR Having depicted the zombie apocalypse in HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, director Bruno Mattei and screenwriters Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi took on a new kind of cataclysm to create “a grotesque, funny and thrilling magnum opus” (Daily Dead) that still must be seen to be believed, especially in UHD: In the year 225 A.B. (After The Bomb), a gang of scavengers discovers a seemingly abandoned city – including sets originally built for ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA – only to become prey for millions of flesh-hungry rats. Ottaviano Dell’Acqua (ZOMBIE 3), Massimo Vanni (ROBOWAR), Gianni Franco (THE WAX MASK) and Geretta Geretta (DEMONS) star – with a classic ‘80s Italian horror score by Luigi Ceccarelli (NOSFERATU IN VENICE) – in “Bruno Mattei’s masterpiece” (Senseless Cinema), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative for the first time ever, with 3 hours of new & archival Special Features and a Bonus CD of the recently discovered/remastered soundtrack. Special Features for RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR: UHD: - Trailer BLU-RAY: - Mad Rats: The Making Of A Cult – Featuring Co-Writer/Uncredited Co-Director Claudio Fragasso; Actors Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Massimo Vanni, Ann-Gisel Glass And Jean-Christophe Brétignière; Composer Luigi Ceccarelli; And Still Photographer Gianni Leacche - Of Rats And Men – Interview With Director Bruno Mattei - Richard And The Rats – Interview With Actor Ottaviano Dell’Acqua - Chocolate And Rats – Interview With Actress Geretta Geretta - Last Rat Standing – Interview With Actor Gianni Franco - Rats Dance – Interview With Composer Luigi Ceccarelli - Bruno And Claudio, I Knew Them Well – Interview With Executive Producer Roberto Di Girolamo - Bonded By Blood – Retrospective Making-Of For HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD And RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR Featuring Co-Writer/Uncredited Co-Director Claudio Fragasso And Actors Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Franco Garofalo, Margie Newton And Massimo Vanni - Trailer - "Under The Black Sky" By Pornographie Exclusive – Severin Produced Music Video With Geretta Geretta *Bonus Disc: Soundtrack CD Feature Specs for RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR: - Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 - Runtime: 97 mins - Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono - Closed Captions: English SDH - Subtitles: English - Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD After creating some of the best gialli of the ‘70s, director Sergio Martino (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) entered the cannibal cycle with this “blood and guts gorefest” (Trailers From Hell) that “still packs a punch” (Rock! Shock! Pop!) and is presented in UHD for the first time ever: When a British scientist disappears in the jungles of New Guinea, his wife (Ursula Andress) hires an American anthropologist (Stacy Keach) to lead her deep into a green inferno of graphic violence, steamy nudity and several of the most notorious scenes in the entire genre. Claudio Cassinelli (THE GREAT ALLIGATOR) co-stars in what Daily Grindhouse hails as “ROMANCING THE STONE for deviants,” now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 3 hours of Special Features that include a new interview with Martino. Special Features for SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD: UHD: - Audio Commentary With Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies - Trailer BLU-RAY: - Audio Commentary With Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies - In The Jungle – Interview With Director Sergio Martino - Unabated – Interview With Camera Operator Claudio Morabito - Adventure Of A Lifetime – Interview With Production Designer Antonello Geleng - Brothers In Arms – Interview With Antonello Geleng And Special Effects Artist Paolo Ricci - Dangerous Liaison – Archival Interview With Actor Stacy Keach - Trailer Feature Specs for SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD: - Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 - Runtime: 103 mins - Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono - Closed Captions: English SDH - Subtitles: English - Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD What began as the epic global zombie apocalypse screenplay VIRUS by Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi (SHOCKING DARK, ROBOWAR) became – via the inimitable vision of director Bruno Mattei (CRUEL JAWS, RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) and a fraction of the original budget – this “gloriously ludicrous” (Confluence of Cult), “compulsively watchable” (Classic-Horror), “infamous zombie-chomp spectacular” (Braineater), now in UHD for the first time in America: When a top-secret biomedical project accidentally unleashes a catastrophic plague, a four-man commando team and a female reporter head into the jungle for an “absolutely insane” (B&S About Movies) experience in gratuitous nudity, grisly stock footage and ravenous hordes of flesh-eating zombies. Margie Newton (THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES), Franco Garofalo (THE OTHER HELL) and a soundtrack ‘borrowed’ from Goblin star in “a must for all fans of Italian exploitation” (Cinezilla) – also known as VIRUS, NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES and ZOMBIE CREEPING FLESH – now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative. Special Features for HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD: UHD: - Trailer BLU-RAY: - Go To Hell – Interview With Director Bruno Mattei - The Beauty And The Zombies – Interview With Actress Margie Newton - My Big Chance – Interview With Actor Franco Garofalo - Lt. Mike London Is Back! – Interview With Actor José Gras - I Will Never Be A Zombie – Interview With Actor Bernard Seray - My Son Is A Zombie – Interview With Actor Pep Ballester - Producing The Apocalypse – Interview With Producer José María Cunillés - Papua New Guinea In Barcelona – Locations Tour With José Gras - Peter And The Test Tube Babies' "Zombie Creeping Flesh" – Interview With Punk Singer Peter Bywaters - Trailer *Bonus Disc: Soundtrack CD Feature Specs for HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD: - Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 - Runtime: 100 mins - Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono - Closed Captions: English SDH - Subtitles: English - Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A LAST CANNIBAL WORLD For the first film in his unofficial ‘Cannibal Trilogy,’ director Ruggero Deodato (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) delivered a depraved adventure that’s been called “well made and meaty” (Malevolent Dark), “gripping and shocking” (Monster Hunter) and “easily the most savage of the entire genre” (Fantastic Movie Musings), presented in UHD for the first time ever in North America: In a jungle hell that has no pity for man, the survivors of a plane crash are hunted by a primitive tribe with a taste for torment. Massimo Foschi (NINE GUESTS FOR A CRIME), Ivan Rassimov (SACRIFICE!) and Me Me Lai (EATEN ALIVE) star in this ultra-graphic gut-muncher – also known as JUNGLE HOLOCAUST, THE LAST SURVIVOR and CANNIBAL – “that raised the bar in terms of extreme gore and nastiness” (The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with over 2½ hours of Special Features and a webstore exclusive Blu-ray disc containing the Alternate U.S. Version of the film. Special Features for LAST CANNIBAL WORLD: Disc 1: UHD: (Uncut Version + Special Features) - Audio Commentary With Director Ruggero Deodato, Moderated By Freak-O-Rama's Federico Caddeo - Trailer Disc 2: BLU-RAY: (Uncut Version + Special Features) - Audio Commentary With Director Ruggero Deodato, Moderated By Freak-O-Rama's Federico Caddeo - Jungle Fever – Interview With Assistant Director Lamberto Bava - The Queen Of The Cannibals – Interview With Actress Me Me Lai - Man Eat Man – Interview With Actor Massimo Foschi - Archival Interview With Actor Ivan Rassimov - Trailer - TV Spot Disc 3: BLU-RAY: (Alternate U.S. Version + Special Feature) - U.S. Trailer *Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies Feature Specs for LAST CANNIBAL WORLD: UNCUT VERSION: - Runtime: 93 mins - Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 - Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono - Closed Captions: English SDH - Subtitles: English - Region: A/B/C ALTERNATE U.S. VERSION: - Runtime: 89 mins - Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 - Audio: English Mono - Closed Captions: English SDH - Region: A/B/C THONG GIRLS This 1983 production from writer/director Jess Franco can finally be experienced as one of his most surprising and heartfelt offerings of the decade: It’s summer’s end in the resort city of Benidorm, where seductive foreigners, conniving hustlers, gullible tourists and insatiable celebrities all come together in a barbed confection that’s part sunny comedy, part NASHVILLE-style satire and totally, unmistakably, sexy Franco fun. Jess’ partner/muse Lina Romay (at her most luscious) and production manager/star Antonio Mayans (NIGHT OF OPEN SEX) are joined by a cast of familiar faces from their ‘80s stock company – including Eva León (MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD), Muriel Montossé (THE INCONFESSABLE ORGIES OF EMMANUELLE), Juan Soler (CRIES OF PLEASURE) and Analía Ivars (BAHIA BLANCA) – in this unexpected delight from “one of the cinema's great individualists” (The Guardian), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with over 2 hours of new Special Features. Special Features for THONG GIRLS: - Audio Commentary With Francomania's John Dixon And William Morris - Jess Franco's Naked City – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Flowers Of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco - In The Land Of Franco Part 11 Feature Specs for THONG GIRLS: - Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 - Runtime: 85 mins - Audio: Spanish Mono - Subtitles: English - Region: A/B/C NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS For far too long, this 1974 shocker directed by Aldo Lado (WHO SAW HER DIE?) has been dismissed as a LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT knockoff. Now it can be experienced as a classic “more intense and disturbing than the film that inspired it” (DVD Talk) in UHD for the first time ever: When two young girls taking a train home for the holidays encounter a pair of sadistic thugs, it will trigger a nightmare of sexual brutality and parental revenge. Flavio Bucci (SUSPIRIA), Irene Miracle (INFERNO), Macha Méril (DEEP RED) and Enrico Maria Salerno (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) star – with a powerful soundtrack by Ennio Morricone – in this “damn fine film that stands on its own merits” (Screen Anarchy) – also known as LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN, THE NEW HOUSE ON THE LEFT, SECOND HOUSE ON THE LEFT, DON’T RIDE ON LATE NIGHT TRAINS, LAST HOUSE PART II and XMAS MASSACRE – scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 5 hours of Special Features. Special Features for NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS: UHD: - Audio Commentary With Director Aldo Lado, Moderated By Freak-O-Rama's Federico Caddeo - Audio Commentary With Ultra Violent Magazine's Art Ettinger And Cinema Arcana's Bruce Holecheck - Trailer BLU-RAY: - Audio Commentary With Director Aldo Lado, Moderated By Freak-O-Rama's Federico Caddeo - Audio Commentary With Ultra Violent Magazine's Art Ettinger And Cinema Arcana's Bruce Holecheck - Hear My Train A-Comin' – Interview With Director Aldo Lado - The Veiled Lady – Interview With Actress Macha Méril - Back On The Train – Interview With Actor Gianfranco De Grassi - Train In Vain – Interview With Actress Irene Miracle - NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS And Sadean Women: Power, Pleasure And The Subversion Of Morality – Video Essay By Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness - Trailer *Bonus Disc: Soundtrack CD Feature Specs for NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS: - Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 - Runtime: 94 mins - Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono - Closed Captions: English SDH - Subtitles: English - Region: UHD: A/B/C, Blu-ray: A ANTIVIRAL The award-winning debut feature by writer/director Brandon Cronenberg has been called “wild and creepy” (JoBlo), “smart and subversive” (Empire) and “hallucinatory body horror from the same plasma pool as VIDEODROME” (ScreenCrush). Now it can be experienced in UHD for the first time ever: Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones of Twin Peaks: The Return and GET OUT) is a top sales representative for The Lucas Clinic, which harvests exclusive infections from celebrities for injection into obsessed fans. But in a near future consumed by the possibilities of biological communion, will Syd himself pay a horrific price for the toxicity of fame? Sarah Gadon (COSMOPOLIS) and Malcolm McDowell co-star in this “new perversity from a new Cronenberg” (Salon), scanned in 4K from the 35mm protection internegative supervised by Brandon Cronenberg and cinematographer Karim Hussain (INFINITY POOL) with 3 hours of new and archival Special Features. Special Features for ANTIVIRAL: Disc 1: UHD: - Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg And Director Of Photography Karim Hussain - Trailer Disc 2: BLU-RAY: - Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg And Director Of Photography Karim Hussain - BROKEN TULIPS – Short Film Written And Directed By Brandon Cronenberg - Anatomy Of A Virus – Making-Of Featurette - Reviving A Dead Cell – Brandon Cronenberg And Karim Hussain Discuss The Restoration - Brandon Cronenberg: A First-Time Director's Vision - Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Brandon Cronenberg And Karim Hussain - First Meeting – With Actors Caleb Landry Jones And Sarah Gadon - The Design Of ANTIVIRAL – Interview With Production Designer Arvinder Greywal - Manufacturing Celebrity – EPK With Cast And Crew - Trailer Disc 3: BLU-RAY: - Introduction To The Cannes Cut By Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg And Director Of Photography Karim Hussain - FLIR P660 Thermal Camera Test *Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies Feature Specs for ANTIVIRAL: - Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 - Runtime: 108 mins / Cannes Cut: 113 mins - Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo - Closed Captions: English SDH - Region: A/B/C THE MASK OF SATAN From writer/director Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) comes a modern-day reimagining of his father’s classic BLACK SUNDAY featuring FX by Sergio Stivaletti (CEMETERY MAN), music by Simon Boswell (SANTA SANGRE) and hailed as “an impressive evolution of ‘80s Italian horror that not enough fans have seen” (At The Mansion Of Madness): When a group of skiers becomes trapped in a crevasse, their discovery of a long-frozen female corpse will unmask an ancient evil, unlock a portal of the damned and unleash a nightmare of Satanic vengeance. Mary Sellers (STAGEFRIGHT), Debora Caprioglio (Klaus Kinski’s PAGANINI) and Michele Soavi (director of THE CHURCH and THE SECT) star in this “visual roller coaster” (Ninja Dixon) – also known as DEMONS 5: THE DEVIL’S VEIL – now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative for the first time ever in North America. Special Features for THE MASK OF SATAN: - The Curse Of The Mask – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava - Una Americana A Roma – Interview With Actress Mary Sellers - Sabina The Teenage Witch – Interview With Actress Debora Caprioglio Feature Specs for THE MASK OF SATAN: - Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 - Runtime: 98 mins - Audio: Italian Mono, Spanish Mono - Subtitles: English - Region: A/B/C Special Black Friday Webstore-only exclusives include: - The first ever release of the RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR soundtrack, as well as Morricone’s NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS score and the Goblin’s HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD soundtrack including a bonus track by OG UK punk band Peter & The Test Tube Babies “Zombie Creeping Flesh” among others - Two brand new, epic novelizations by Brad Carter, co-produced by Encyclopocalypse: VIRUS: HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD and RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR. Carter consulted with original screenwriters Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi about their original visions and has penned two ultimate publications in the fine tradition of splatter-filled pulp novels For more information, visit: SeverinFilms.com |
