SEVERIN'S SUMMER SALE Is Bringing The Heat!
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Severin Films is not only one of the longest-running boutique labels, they’re also one of the most diverse. While they carry their fair share of cult/horror films they also specialize in a wide variety of international and art house films. It’s a trend many boutique labels have been taking (wisely) to diversify their offerings while exposing more people to hard-to-find or under-seen films. The best example is in the slate of summer releases that will be available at Severin’s site beginning July 12. From Dario Argento to Joe D’Amato and Antoni Isasi these films include web store exclusive slipcovers and bundles with extra goodies. Check out the press release below and let us know what you’re picking up on our Instagram!
It’s been acclaimed by aficionados worldwide as “his biggest film” (Bloody Disgusting),“a breathtaking visual feast” (Daily Dead) and “up there with DEEP RED and SUSPIRIA” (DVD Drive-In). Now experience “Dario Argento’s last full-fledged masterpiece” (Slant Magazine) in The Director’s Cut and U.S. Theatrical Version, both in UHD: When a young opera singer (Cristina Marsillach, in her career-defining performance) is stalked by a masked psychopath, she will be forced into a grisly aria of murder, memories and unimaginable torment. Ian Charleson (CHARIOTS OF FIRE), Urbano Barberini (DEMONS), Antonella Vitale (THE CHURCH), Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (MOTHER OF TEARS) and Daria Nicolodi (TENEBRE) co-star in this definitive presentation of “one of Argento’s best” (IndieWire) – co-written by Franco Ferrini (PHENOMENA) with cinematography by Oscar® winner Ronnie Taylor (GANDHI) and music by Brian Eno, Bill Wyman and Claudio Simonetti – newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negatives at Cinecittà with 12 hours of Special Features, a soundtrack CD and more.
Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (2.35:1 Director's Cut / U.S. Cut + Special Features):
Audio Commentary With Actress Cristina Marsillach And Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival (Director's Cut Only)
Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento, And Kim Newman, Author Of Anno Dracula (Director's Cut Only)
Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder By Design: The Unsane Cinema Of Dario Argento (Director's Cut Only)
OPERA Trailer
TERROR AT THE OPERA Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (2.35:1 Director's Cut / U.S. Cut + Special Features):
Audio Commentary With Actress Cristina Marsillach And Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival (Director's Cut Only)
Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento, And Kim Newman, Author Of Anno Dracula (Director's Cut Only)
Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder By Design: The Unsane Cinema Of Dario Argento (Director's Cut Only)
The Eyes And The Needles – Interview With Co-Writer/Director/Producer Dario Argento
Arias Of Death – Interview With Screenwriter Franco Ferrini
The Eyes Of OPERA – Interview With Actress Cristina Marsillach
OPERA Trailer
TERROR AT THE OPERA Trailer
Disc 3: Blu-ray (1.85:1 Director's Cut + Special Features):
Audio Commentary With Actress Cristina Marsillach And Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival
Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento, And Kim Newman, Author Of Anno Dracula
Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder By Design: The Unsane Cinema Of Dario Argento (Director's Cut Only)
Don't Close Your Eyes – Interview With Film Historian Fabrizio Spurio
The Opera And Mr. Jones – Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
Conducting Dario Argento’s OPERA – Archival Featurette Featuring Interviews With Dario Argento, Director Of Photography Ronnie Taylor, Actors Daria Nicolodi And Urbano Barberini, FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti And Soundtrack Composer Claudio Simonetti
Terror At The Opera – Q&A With Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini And Lamberto Bava At Cinema Farnese (2006)
Disc 4: Blu-ray Special Features
OPERA Runs In The Blood – Interview With Actress Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
To Catch A Killer – Interview With Actor Urbano Barberini
In Any Language – Interview With Actress Antonella Vitale
The Perfect Death – Interview With Actress Daria Nicolodi
Blood Red Piano – Interview With Composer Claudio Simonetti
The Eye Behind The Camera – Interview With Camera Operator Antonio Scaramuzza
Flight Of The Crow – Interview With SFX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
Blood And Latex – Interview With Make-Up Artist Franco Casagni
The Gliding Camera – Interview With Steadicam Operator Nicola Pecorini
800 Sons – Interview With Press Agent Enrico Lucherini
Preserving OPERA – Interview With 4K Color Correction Supervisor Karim Hussain
OPERA Backstage – Behind-The-Scenes Video Created From Archival Footage
Bonus Disc:
Soundtrack CD
*Exclusive Booklet by Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies
At the peak of his cinematic triumphs, horror legend Dario Argento created projects for RAI TV that broadcast his singular vision of terror into millions of Italian homes: Door Into Darkness is the top-rated 1973 anthology series produced and hosted by Argento, including Il Tram directed by Argento, Il Vicino Di Casa directed by Luigi Cozzi, and Testimone Oculare co-written by Argento & Cozzi, with three of the four episodes sourced for the first time from the original 16mm negatives. Argento’s popular 1987 variety/talk show Giallo is represented by the maestro’s own Dario Argento’s Nightmares scanned from recently discovered film elements, plus the murder mystery segments Night Shift (Turno Di Notte) directed by Cozzi and Lamberto Bava, behind-the-scenes tours from TENEBRE, PHENOMENA, and OPERA, and guests that include Anthony Perkins, David Gilmour & Nick Mason, and Fiore Argento newly digitized from broadcast masters, with over 8 hours of new and archival Special Features.
Special Features:
Disc 1: Door Into Darkness, Part 1
Episodes: Il Vicino Di Casa & Il Tram
Audio Commentary For Il Tram With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder By Design: The Unsane Cinema Of Dario Argento
DARIO ARGENTO: MY CINEMA, Part 1
DARIO ARGENTO: MY CINEMA, Part 2
Disc 2: Door Into Darkness, Part 2
Episodes: La Bambola & Testimone Oculare
Audio Commentary For Testimone Oculare With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder By Design: The Unsane Cinema Of Dario Argento
DARIO ARGENTO: MASTER OF HORROR (87 mins)
A Streetcar Named Fear – Interview With Writer/Director/Producer Dario Argento
On The Other Side Of The Door – Interview With Writer/Director Luigi Cozzi
Disc 3: Night Shift
TV Nightmares – Interview With Producer Dario Argento
Giallo On The TV – Interview With Director Luigi Cozzi
Taxi Drivers – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava
Big Giallo Taxi – Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
Calypso 9 – Interview With Actress Antonella Vitale
Disc 4: Dario Argento's Nightmares
Giallo Argento (100 mins)
The most elusive, requested and unapologetically unhinged Penne Post-Apocalypse epic of all is finally available, uncut and uncensored on disc for the first time ever: From ItaloSleaze Maestro Joe D’Amato comes this “insane and very entertaining” (Rare Cult Cinema) saga of graphic violence, rampant nudity, unholy mutants, big exsplosions, fascist rhetoric, motorcycle mayhem, saloon brawls, Indian attacks and plenty of lawless Lone Star depravity, written by George Eastman (ANTHROPOPHAGOUS) and assistant directed by Michele Soavi (CEMETERY MAN). Al Cliver (ENDGAME), Peter Hooten (NIGHT KILLER), Sabrina Siani (WHITE CANNIBAL QUEEN), Geretta Geretta (RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) and Donald O’Brien (DR. BUTCHER, M.D.) star in this “very definition of a guilty pleasure” (The Spinning Image), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with new and archival Special Features, plus the soundtrack by SHOCKING DARK composer Carlo Maria Cordio.
Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD
Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray
Shoot Me: The Real Story Of The Italian Texas Gladiators – Archival Interviews With Director Joe D'Amato, Assistant Director Michele Soavi, Screenwriter Luigi Montefiori And Actor Al Cliver
Gladiator Geretta – Interview With Actress Geretta Geretta
Trailer
Bonus Disc:
Soundtrack CD
Although best known for his giant monster movies like THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE and EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, writer/producer/director Bert I. Gordon took a sharp right turn into ‘70s urban perversion with this “remarkably politically incorrect” (Rock! Shock! Pop!) crime shocker: A psycho citizen (Chuck Connors of The Rifleman and TOURIST TRAP) is planting deadly bombs across Los Angeles. A depraved rapist (Neville Brand of BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ and EATEN ALIVE) is the only witness who can identify him. And a deranged detective (Vince Edwards of Ben Casey and RETURN TO HORROR HIGH) will break every rule in the book to bust them both. Also known in various censored versions as THE POLICE CONNECTION and DETECTIVE GERONIMO, this “dynamite mix of grit and sleaze” (Flick Attack), is now scanned in 4K from the internegative for the first time ever with over 6 hours of explosive Special Features.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary By House Of Psychotic Women Author Kier-La Janisse With Retired Bomb Squad Detective Mike Digby
Isolated Score
Audio Interview With Director Bert I. Gordon Conducted By David Del Valle
Patricia Gordon Remembers Her Father
To Be In The Moment – Interview With Actress Cynthia MacAdams
On The Trail Of THE MAD BOMBER – Locations Featurette
THE MAD BOMBER TV Cut
TV Spots
Booklet: THE MAD BOMBER Story – Essay By Andy Turner With Exclusive Images From Still Photographer Carol Gordon
In her first feature film appearance in 25 years, Cristina Marsillach of OPERA fame “gives a quiet, radiant performance” (Pop Horror) in this “poetic and profound” (The Movie Sleuth) “must-see for fans of art-house cinema” (Film Threat): Having learned that she has a terminal illness, a woman (Marsillach) takes a final vacation only to discover a dreamlike triptych of fear, trauma and murder. Susanna Nelson and Hudson Sims co-star in “a feast for cinema lovers” (We Are Cult) written & directed by award-winning independent filmmaker Damian K. Lahey (COCAINE ANGEL, THE HEROES OF ARVINE PLACE) with a haunting score by David Wingo (TAKE SHELTER, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL) that Morbidly Beautiful hails as “heartbreaking, dread inducing horror. An eerie and surreal film that marks the welcome return of Cristina Marsillach.”
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Damian K. Lahey
Audio Commentary With Actress Cristina Marsillach
Trailer
Booklet: Leaving Behind Bones And Ghosts – Essay By Film Critic Michelle Kisner
Experience the notorious 1969 horror epic that’s been barely seen since its fly-by-night VHS release while existing mostly via sordid rumors for more than 50 years: Anthony Eisley (THE NAKED KISS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN) stars in this brain-melting mash-up of dubious Egyptology, risible werewolf transformations, H.G. Lewis-level gore, cut-rate psychedelia and an oven-mitted mummy on a Las Vegas rampage, all set to a swinging soundtrack of lounge and surf instrumentals. The legendary John Carradine (THE GRAPES OF WRATH, HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS) earns a day’s pay in this “truly incredible masterpiece of bad cinema” (Harbinger) written and produced by William Edwards (DRACULA THE DIRTY OLD MAN), directed by Oliver Drake (THE MUMMY’S CURSE) and scanned in 4K from the blow up internegative discovered at Ewing ‘Lucky’ Brown’s Los Angeles estate sale, now with over 2 hours of Special Features that include the thought-lost Vega International adult feature ANGELICA, THE YOUNG VIXEN scanned from the sole surviving print.
Special Features:
The Vega International Story – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Nightmare USA
Cowboys, Mummies And Oliver Drake – Interview With Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner
Investing In The Jackal – Interview With Garry Gassel, Son Of Investors Milton R. Gassel And Judi Gassel
ANGELICA, THE YOUNG VIXEN (61 mins) – Vega International Adult Film
Audio Commentary For ANGELICA, THE YOUNG VIXEN With Exploitation Film Researcher Shawn Langrick, Moderated By Genre Film Historian Joe Rubin
The centerpiece of the radical underground Cinema Marginal movement, this “electric, legendary movie” (Slant Magazine) written and directed by 21-year-old Rogério Sganzerla defiantly attacked Brazil’s sociopolitical morals, gleefully subverted the rules of narrative cinema and has lost none of its power to shock, disturb and delight: Based on police reports of the real-life bandit who terrorized ‘60s São Paulo, a charismatic crook (Paulo Villaça) robs the rich, taunts law enforcement and becomes a public hero in an anarchic odyssey that’s equal parts crime thriller, urban western, grind house roughie, twisted comedy, cultural grenade and still unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Helena Ignez (José Mojica Marins’ EMBODIMENT OF EVIL) co-stars in this “hallucinatory and amazing manifesto” (Next Projection) now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative.
Special Features:
Cinema Marginal – Interview With Producer And Film Conservationist Paulo Sacramento
The Anti-Muse – Interview With Actress Helena Ignez
Trailer
Short Films: COMICS By Rogério Sganzerla, Introduction To HORROR PALACE HOTEL By Filmmaker Dennison Ramalho, HORROR PALACE HOTEL By Jairo Ferreira
From iconoclastic French writer/director Paul Vecchiali (THE STRANGLER, FEMMES FEMMES) comes the wickedly perverse thriller that subverts the conventions of film noir by slyly flipping its traditional gender roles: When a prominent politician receives a pornographic film starring her son, she hires a hard-boiled private detective (Myriam Mézières of MY NIGHTS ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOUR DAYS) to track down the blackmailer. But as bodies strip down, corpses pile up and suspects are never what they seem, will this case climax with the most shocking bang of all? Hélène Surgère (SALÒ), Howard Vernon (DRACULA, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN), Michel Delahaye (THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES) and Jean-Christophe Bouvet (Emily In Paris) co-star in this dangerously sexy drama scanned in 2K from the original camera negative.
Special Features:
Le Cinéphile – An Appreciation By KNIFE + HEART Director Yann Gonzalez
Elsewhere Man – Author Matthieu Orléan On The Life And Impact Of Paul Vecchiali
Noir D'Amour – Screenwriter Noël Simsolo On CHANGE PAS DE MAIN
A Remedy For Chaos – A Conversation With Actress Myriam Mézières
The Prodigal Son – A Conversation With Actor Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Re-Release Trailer by Nathan Boone
From Eloy de la Iglesia – the defiantly transgressive and ever-controversial director of CANNIBAL MAN, THE GLASS CEILING and the Quinqui classics EL PICO 1 & 2 and NAVAJEROS – comes the most daring and unsettling film of his entire career: After a heartbreaking miscarriage, a couple (Goya Award winners Ana Belén and Juan Diego) adopts a stray male dog in hopes of saving their rocky marriage. But as the wife develops an obsessive bond with her new companion, it will trigger jealousies and rivalries that may lead to the most inconceivable act of all. Claudia Gravi (BYLETH: THE DEMON OF INCEST), Ramón Repáraz (THE PRIEST) and Manuel Pereiro (THE NIGHT OF THE WALKING DEAD) co-star in this “remarkable gem about extreme love” (Horror Estremo), now scanned in 2K from the negative.
Special Features:
A Strange Movie – Interview With Assistant Director Alejo Loren
Gaspar / Eloy – Interview With Filmmaker Gaspar Noé
Introduction By Gaspar Noé At Cinémathèque Française (7/20/2023)
Less than two years after the end of Spain’s oppressive Franco regime, Goya Award winning filmmaker Antonio Isasi (THEY CAME TO ROB LAS VEGAS, SUMMERTIME KILLER) co-wrote and directed the action blockbuster that shocked European audiences and became one of the most culturally-charged survival thrillers of the decade: Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nominee and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Jason Miller (THE EXORCIST, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON) “gives a fantastic performance” (This Is Quiet Cool) as a political prisoner who escapes custody, only to be relentlessly pursued by a military dictatorship dog driven to hate, hunt and kill. Donatello Award winner Lea Massari (L’AVVENTURA) and Goya Award winners Marisa Paredes (HIGH HEELS) and Juan Antonio Bardem (THE CORRUPTION OF CHRIS MILLER) co-star in “one of a master director’s most significant films” (Madriz), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative.
Special Features:
A Film Ahead Of Its Time – Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival
Memories Of A Guerilla Woman – Interview With Actress Marisa Paredes
Daughter Of Titans – Interview With María Isasi, Daughter Of Director Antonio Isasi And Actress Marisa Paredes
Trailer
The following Box Sets will be on sale for up to 55% off SRP on SATURDAY ONLY:
ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS: A COMPENDIUM OF FOLK HORROR
THE COMPLETE LENZI/BAKER GIALLO COLLECTION
CUSHING CURIOSITIES
DANZA MACABRA VOLUME ONE: THE ITALIAN GOTHIC COLLECTION
DANZA MACABRA VOLUME TWO: THE ITALIAN GOTHIC COLLECTION
THE DUNGEON OF ANDY MILLIGAN
THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPER LEE, COLLECTION 1
THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPER LEE, COLLECTION 2
HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN RARITIES COLLECTION
THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE FILMS OF RAY DENNIS STECKLER
NASTY HABITS: THE NUNSPLOITATION COLLECTION
VIOLENT STREETS: THE UMBERTO LENZI/TOMAS MILIAN COLLECTION
THE SENSUAL WORLD OF BLACK EMANUELLE
WINGS OF DISASTER: THE BIRDEMIC TRILOGY *Low Stock
SUMMER SALE LIMITED-EDITION BUNDLES
The JUST THE DISCS Bundle [limited to 700] includes:
OPERA [5-Disc 4K UHD w/Exclusive Slipcase + Booklet]
A DOG CALLED… VENGEANCE [Blu-ray]
THE RED LIGHT BANDIT [Blu-ray w/Exclusive Slipcover]
THE CREATURE [Blu-ray]
DARIO ARGENTO’S DEEP CUTS [4-Disc Blu-ray]
DON’T CHANGE HANDS [Blu-ray w/Exclusive Slipcover]
THE MAD BOMBER [Blu-ray + Booklet w/Exclusive Slipcover]
THE MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKALS [Blu-ray]
SIMPLE LIKE SILVER [Blu-ray + Booklet]
2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS [3-Disc 4K UHD w/Exclusive Slipcover]
VALUE $321.00, ONLY $289
The MOLTO ARGENTO Bundle [limited to 300] includes:
OPERA [5-Disc 4K UHD w/Exclusive Slipcase + Booklet]
DARIO ARGENTO’S DEEP CUTS [4-Disc Blu-ray]
SIMPLE LIKE SILVER [Blu-ray + Booklet]
OPERA T-Shirt [Designed by Pallbearer Press]
OPERA Postcard Autographed by Cristina Marsillach
OPERA Pinhole Glasses
VALUE $167.00, ONLY $150
The PENNE APOCALYPSE Bundle [no limit] includes:
2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS [3-Disc 4K UHD w/Exclusive Slipcover]
2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS T-SHIRT [Designed by Pallbearer Press]
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