Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		4.5
Audio		4.0
Extras		3.5
Overall		2.5

Supervixens 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 20, 2025

Note: Severin Films is releasing a trio of Russ Meyer efforts in both 4K UHD and 1080 formats, for a total of six releases (the 4K UHD packages come with a 1080 disc): Vixen 4K, Vixen, Supervixens 4K, Supervixens, Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens 4K and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens . Severin's website has a number of other offerings, some fairly pricey, which may be of interest to, um, hardcore Russ Meyer fans, including items advertised as having come from the Russ Meyer Estate (the back cover of this release offers a slightly different formulation by mentioning The Russ Meyer Trust). The entire collection has been branded with a Russ Meyer's Bosomania imprimatur, which I for one really wish had come with a ™ symbol.

A pull quote on the back cover of this release claims Supervixens is "Russ Meyer at his outrageous best", and while that may be true in one way, Meyer's return to the pulchritudinous content that made him famous may simply be, as the very log line for this film attests, "too much for one movie". Fans of Meyer know that he had a brief flirtation with ostensible "mainstream" movie making with first Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and then probably even more so with The Seven Minutes, the latter of which somehow managed to take a controversial and at least semi titillating novel and turn it into a snoozefest. As if to atone for those "errors", though, Meyer pretty much just turns everything "up to 11" with this enterprise, as evidenced not just by the Super in the film's title, but the fact that no doubt intentionally hilariously all of the female characters have first names beginning with Super, for absolutely no discernable reason whatsoever.

If Vixen offered a focal female character who is sexually insatiable, also kind of hilariously this film more or less gives the "flip side" of that equation by offering a male character who is supposedly catnip to the women. Clint Ramsey (Charles Pitts) is married to the, well, sexually insatiable SuperAngel (Shari Eubank), a character whose repeated put downs of at least two males who cross her path are somewhat reminiscent of probably more problematic and racially charged epithets uttered by Vixen Palmer toward the black character of Niles in the earlier film. Suffice it to say that first Clint himself and then local cop Harry Sledge (Charles Napier) invite SuperAngel's umbrage when they're not, um, up to snuff in the lovemaking department. The unhinged Sledge ends up killing SuperAngel (not as much of a spoiler as you might think, considering how gonzo the storyline becomes), and of course attempts to frame Clint for the crime. Clint's attempts to evade capture repeatedly find him being accosted by various incredibly curvaceous females who find him irresistible. What's an assumed Fugitive to do?

Suffice it to say that after having gotten at least groped and quite often more than that by various females entering the fray, Clint finds himself at a roadside gas station called Supervixen's Oasis, where its eponymous owner seems to be SuperAngel, back with a new and ostensibly improved second half of her first name. It's all daffy as hell without even a passing attempt at making sense of anything, capped only by a truly ludicrous (if undeniably hilarious) climax that redefines how a damsel can be in distress.

Supervixens 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Note: Screenshots are sourced from the 1080 disc in this package.

Supervixens is presented in 4K UHD courtesy of Severin Films with an HEVC / H.265 encoded 2160p transfer in 1.85:1. A prefatory text card before the main feature offers this information:

This 4K restoration was produced by Severin Films, on behalf of Severin Films and RM Films International.

The film was scanned from the 35mm original camera negative at Illuminate Studios Hollywood, with color and restoration work by Severin Films.

The audio was sourced from the 35mm original track negative.

The back cover of this release also touts that this film, like Vixen, is being offering in high definition and UHD for the first time courtesy of this release. This is another fantastic looking presentation that takes a generally excellent 1080 presentation and provides an even more abundantly vivid palette courtesy of HDR, while also offering at least some upticks in detail levels, especially when Meyer employs close ups, which he's prone to do quite a bit throughout, especially once a female or two has dispensed with little niceties like clothing. Fine detail on naked flesh is typically quite impressive, something that extends to actual props and (when worn) costumes. The palette is really noticeably well suffused in the many outdoor scenes, where bright blue skies pop with even more authenticity than in Severin's great looking 1080 presentation. Some midrange framings, as in the crazy climax sequence, can also see at least marginal improvements in general detail levels. There are some very minor nicks and blemishes that have made it through the restoration process, but on the whole things are in commendable condition. Grain is tightly resolved throughout.

Supervixens 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Supervixens offers a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track, and while it's not especially ambitious and probably can't offer the same audio equivalent to the really surprisingly strong video presentation, there's nothing to cause any worry or concern here. Occasional scoring sounds secure and has a decent if not overwhelming midrange and low end, and dialogue (such as it is) is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout, without any problems whatsoever. Optional English subtitles are available.

Supervixens 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

4K UHD Disc

• Archival Audio Commentary with Writer / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer / Director Russ Meyer


• Trailer (HD; 2:03)

1080 Disc

• Archival Audio Commentary with Writer / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer / Director Russ Meyer


• Russ Meyer Versus the Porn Busters (HD; 23:54) is an archival 1990 interview with Meyer conducted by Mike Carroll. This comes with a warning about video quality.


• The Return of Harry Sledge (HD; 18:45) is an interview with actor Charles Napier and offers some kind of charming biographical data.


• The Incredibly Strange Film Show Season 1, Episode 5 (HD; 39:17) features Russ Meyer interviewed by Jonathan Ross.


• Trailer (HD; 2:03)


• TV Spot (HD; 00:33)

Packaging features a slipcover.

Supervixens 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Supervixens has the same sly winking quality that a lot of Meyer efforts do, but this film can still seem forced and ends up jettisoning what modicum of narrative coherency it may have in its opening moments. Technical merits are solid and supplements are very enjoyable, and I can't imagine this release not being appreciated by Meyer aficionados.