Severin Films has announced that it will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog in February: James Glickenhaus' The Astrologer (1977) and Jess Franco's Night of Open Sex (1983) and Cries of Pleasure (1983).
Synopsis: Before he became NYC's favorite '80s action auteur with hits like THE EXTERMINATOR, THE PROTECTOR and SHAKEDOWN, as well as executive producer of grindhouse classics that included MANIAC COP, FRANKENHOOKER and BASKET CASE 2 & 3, writer/director James Glickenhaus made his feature debut with this bizarre tale of government skullduggery, satanic killings, zodiacal mayhem and messianic horror. Playboy centerfold Monica Tidwell (NOCTURNA) stars in the "ultra obscure and undeniably fascinating" (Fright.com) thriller – also known as SUICIDE CULT and a one-time U.K. Section 3 'Video Nasty' – based on the acclaimed novel by John Cameron, now featuring a 4K scan from the director's personal answer print and loaded with all-new Special Features.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
Sign of the Times – James Glickenhaus on The Astrologer
Monica Tidwell Remembers The Astrologer – Interview With Actress Monica Tidwell
Tales From the Set – Interviews with Filmmakers Brendan Faulkner and Frank M. Farel
Synopsis: During the same period that he was making the certifiably insane INCONFESSABLE ORGIES OF EMMANUELLE, SEXUAL STORY OF O and CRIES OF PLEASURE for Spain's Golden Films Internacional, Goya Award winner Jess Franco also wrote and directed this delirious hybrid of sexy caper comedy, EuroSpy suspense thriller, hard-boiled erotic noir, and depraved fetish shocker complete with jaw-dropping girl-on-girl violence. Jess' equally legendary partner/muse Lina Romay – here at her most lusciously uninhibited – stars with Antonio Mayans (CANNIBAL TERROR), Lorna Green (MACUMBA SEXUAL), Albino Graziani (MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD) and even Jess himself in this "fast-moving and slyly humorous" (El Franconomicon) rarity, now scanned in 4k from the original negative with all-new Special Features.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
In The Land Of Franco Part 2: Stephen Thrower Tours Multiple Franco Locations in Portugal
When Donald Met Jess and Lina Part 2: Filmmaker Donald Farmer Interviews the Power Couple in 1993
The Night of Open Jess: Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of 'Murderous Passions & Flowers of Perversion – The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco'
Synopsis: Obscure even by hardcore Jess Franco fan standards, it remains the legendary writer/director's most daring work of his early '80s erotic shocker oeuvre: Inspired by Hitchcock's ROPE, Franco utilized long takes, minimal edits and his beloved Lina Romay at her most extreme for this de Sade-induced saga of violence, depravity and psychosexual mayhem among the amoral elite. Antonio Mayans (aka Robert Foster of DEVIL HUNTER and HOT NIGHTS OF LINDA), Rocío Freixas (THE SINISTER DR. ORLOFF) and Elisa Vela (aka Jasmina Bell of MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD) co-star in this fascinating Franco rarity from his Golden Films Internacional period, now featuring a 4k scan from the original negative and all-new Special Features.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
In The Land Of Franco Part 1: Stephen Thrower Tours Multiple Franco Locations in Portugal
When Donald Met Jess and Lina Part 1: Filmmaker Donald Farmer Interviews the Power Couple in 1993
Jess Franco's Golden Years: Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of 'Murderous Passions & Flowers of Perversion – The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco'