Severin: First Look at 4K Remaster of Jess Franco's The Sadist of Notre Dame and Sinfonia Erotica
HomeSeverin: First Look at 4K Remaster of Jess Franco's The Sadist of Notre Dame and Sinfonia Erotica
Posted February 19, 2018 07:57 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label Severin Films has provided us with a brand new trailer for its upcoming Blu-ray releases of Jess Franco's The Sadist of Notre Dame (1979) and Sinfonia Erotica (1980). The two releases will be available for purchase in April.
Sinfonia Erotica
At the close of the '70s, eminent auteur Jess Franco (SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY) revisited the works of Marquis de Sade to create what EuroSleaze historians have called one of the most sexually daring and boldly creative films of his entire career: When an unstable noblewoman (a fearless performance by Lina Romay) returns to her lavish estate, she will find herself – along with her libertine husband, his male lover, and a young nun with a craving for violation – trapped in a web of unholy hungers and decadent perversions. Susan Hemingway of TWO FEMALE SPIES WITH FLOWERED PANTIES co-stars in this sonata of artsy depravity – featuring a score by Franco & Franz Liszt – now transferred in 4k from an uncut 35mm print donated by The Instituto de la Sexualidad Humana in Madrid.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
In 1979, legendary writer/director Jess Franco (VAMPYROS LESBOS) re-purposed elements of his satanic sex shocker EXORCISM with all-new footage to create a depraved new epic that – even by Uncle Jess standards – achieves new levels of EuroSleaze insanity: Franco himself stars a defrocked priest turned hooker-slashing psychopath, prowling the streets of Paris in a fever of violence, voyeurism, rampant nudity and S&M depravity. Olivier Mathot (TWO FEMALE SPIES WITH FLOWERED PANTIES), Pierre Taylou (HOT NIGHTS OF LINDA), Antonio DeCabo (VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD) and Jess' beloved muse Lina Romay (MACUMBA SEXUAL, MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD) co-star in what Franco considered to be his most personal film of all, now scanned in 4k from elements discovered in the crawlspace of a Montparnasse nunnery. Special Features and Technical Specs:
Sinfonia Erotica
At the close of the '70s, eminent auteur Jess Franco (SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY) revisited the works of Marquis de Sade to create what EuroSleaze historians have called one of the most sexually daring and boldly creative films of his entire career: When an unstable noblewoman (a fearless performance by Lina Romay) returns to her lavish estate, she will find herself – along with her libertine husband, his male lover, and a young nun with a craving for violation – trapped in a web of unholy hungers and decadent perversions. Susan Hemingway of TWO FEMALE SPIES WITH FLOWERED PANTIES co-stars in this sonata of artsy depravity – featuring a score by Franco & Franz Liszt – now transferred in 4k from an uncut 35mm print donated by The Instituto de la Sexualidad Humana in Madrid.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW REMASTER
- Jess Franco on First Wife Nicole Guettard – Interview with Director Jess Franco.
- Stephen Thrower on Sinfonia Erotica – Interview with the author of "Murderous Passions – The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco."
- Audio: Spanish, with optional English subtitles
In 1979, legendary writer/director Jess Franco (VAMPYROS LESBOS) re-purposed elements of his satanic sex shocker EXORCISM with all-new footage to create a depraved new epic that – even by Uncle Jess standards – achieves new levels of EuroSleaze insanity: Franco himself stars a defrocked priest turned hooker-slashing psychopath, prowling the streets of Paris in a fever of violence, voyeurism, rampant nudity and S&M depravity. Olivier Mathot (TWO FEMALE SPIES WITH FLOWERED PANTIES), Pierre Taylou (HOT NIGHTS OF LINDA), Antonio DeCabo (VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD) and Jess' beloved muse Lina Romay (MACUMBA SEXUAL, MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD) co-star in what Franco considered to be his most personal film of all, now scanned in 4k from elements discovered in the crawlspace of a Montparnasse nunnery. Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K REMASTER AND UNCENSORED PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- The Gory Days of Le Brady – Documentary short on the legendary Parisian horror cinema.
- Stephen Thrower on Sadist of Notre Dame – Interview with the author of "Murderous Passions – The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco."
- Selected Scenes Commentary with "I'm In a Jess Franco State of Mind" Webmaster Robert Monell.
- Treblemakers – Interview with Alain Petit, author of "Jess Franco Ou Les Prosperites Des Bis."
- Audio: English and Spanish, with optional English subtitles.