Severin Films Announces October Releases
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Posted September 15, 2023 06:38 PM by Webmaster
Severin Films has announced its October batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Zombi Holocaust (1980), Count Dracula (1970), and Cuadecuc, Vampir / Umbracle (1971-1972). The releases will be available for purchase on October 24.
Zombi Holocaust 4K Blu-ray
Description: It sparked riots on 42nd Street, spawned a generation of gorehounds on VHS, forever set an insane standard for Italian zombie/cannibal carnage worldwide, and is now presented in UHD: Ian McCulloch (ZOMBIE), Alexandra Delli Colli (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), Sherry Buchanan (TENTACLES) and Donald O'Brien (EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS) star in this unabashed EuroTrash orgy of gut-munching, eyeball-gouging and face-chopping originally known as ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST, which a notorious American distributor would then re-edit, re-title as DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. and re-release as a certified grindhouse masterpiece. Severin Films now presents both films scanned in 4K from original vault elements discovered in Manhattan and Rome with 4 hours of archival and all-new Special Features that reveal the unbelievable truth behind its bizarre history, infamous marketing and still-deviant legacy.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY (DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. Feature + Special Features)
Count Dracula 4K Blu-ray
Description: In early 2023, a Madrid film archivist made a startling discovery: the uncut camera negative of COUNT DRACULA, in pristine condition and untouched for over 50 years. This gothic masterpiece from writer/director Jess Franco can now be experienced like never before, from its brilliant performances by Christopher Lee as the Count, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing, Soledad Miranda as Lucy, Maria Rohm as Mina and Klaus Kinski as Renfield to its sumptuously unnerving cinematography and eerie Bruno Nicolai score. COUNT DRACULA is newly scanned in 4K with over five total hours of Special Features, including the U.S. Premiere of Carles Prats' 2017 documentary DRÁCULA BARCELONA, which chronicles the simultaneous filming of CUADECUC VAMPIR by Pere Portabella and Franco's horror classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs: DISC ONE: 4K BLU-RAY (Feature + Special Features)
Descirption: Pere Portabella has been a pioneering movie producer and celebrated Spanish statesman, denounced by both the Franco dictatorship and The Vatican. But it's his subversive work as a director that has rewritten the rules of genre narrative. Or as The Museum of Modern Art says, "The films of Portabella expand the expressive potential of cinema": In 1970, Portabella was invited by Jess Franco to make a behind-the-scenes documentary on the filming of COUNT DRACULA. Instead, CUADECUC VAMPIR became a dreamlike deconstruction of myths, monsters and moviemaking featuring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Soledad Miranda as you've never seen them before. Christopher Lee also stars in Portabella's companion piece UMBRACLE, an unsettling journey through dread, violence and discontinuity with Lee at his most candid. Both films are now scanned in HD from Portabella's own vault elements for the first time ever in America.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Zombi Holocaust 4K Blu-ray
Description: It sparked riots on 42nd Street, spawned a generation of gorehounds on VHS, forever set an insane standard for Italian zombie/cannibal carnage worldwide, and is now presented in UHD: Ian McCulloch (ZOMBIE), Alexandra Delli Colli (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), Sherry Buchanan (TENTACLES) and Donald O'Brien (EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS) star in this unabashed EuroTrash orgy of gut-munching, eyeball-gouging and face-chopping originally known as ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST, which a notorious American distributor would then re-edit, re-title as DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. and re-release as a certified grindhouse masterpiece. Severin Films now presents both films scanned in 4K from original vault elements discovered in Manhattan and Rome with 4 hours of archival and all-new Special Features that reveal the unbelievable truth behind its bizarre history, infamous marketing and still-deviant legacy.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY (DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. Feature + Special Features)
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Theatrical Trailer
- Video Release Trailer
- TV Spot
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Trailer
- Butchery & Ballyhoo – Interview With Aquarius Releasing's Terry Levene
- The Four Boroughs Of Blood – Rue Morgue's Michael Gingold Tours New York Locations Of Italian Horror
- Down On The Deuce – Nostalgic Tour Of 42nd Street With Temple Of Shock's Chris Poggiali and Filmmaker Roy Frumkes
- Tales That Tore Our Heart Out – Filmmakers Frank Farel And Brendan Faulkner Discuss Unfinished Anthology Film
- Roy Frumkes' Segment Of Unfinished Anthology Film TALES THAT WILL TEAR YOUR HEART OUT With Accompanying Director Commentary
- The Butcher Mobile – Interview With Gore Gazette Editor And Butcher Mobile Barker Rick
- Cutting Doctor Butcher – Interview With Editor Jim Markovic
- Illustrated Essay: "Experiments With A Male Caucasian Brain (…And Other Memories Of 42nd Street)" By Gary Hertz
- Theatrical Trailer
- Video Release Trailer
- TV Spot
- Voodoo Man – Interview With Star Ian McCulloch
- Blood Of The Zombies – Interview With SFX Master Rosario Prestopino
- Filmmaker Enzo G. Castellari Remembers His Father, Director Marino Girolami
- Neurosurgery Italian Style – Interview With SFX Artist Maurizio Trani
- Sherry Holocaust – Interview With Actress Sherry Buchanan
- New York Filming Locations: 1980 & 2015
- Audio Bonus: Ian McCulloch Sings "Down By The River"
- Trailer
- BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE
- 4K BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE
Count Dracula 4K Blu-ray
Description: In early 2023, a Madrid film archivist made a startling discovery: the uncut camera negative of COUNT DRACULA, in pristine condition and untouched for over 50 years. This gothic masterpiece from writer/director Jess Franco can now be experienced like never before, from its brilliant performances by Christopher Lee as the Count, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing, Soledad Miranda as Lucy, Maria Rohm as Mina and Klaus Kinski as Renfield to its sumptuously unnerving cinematography and eerie Bruno Nicolai score. COUNT DRACULA is newly scanned in 4K with over five total hours of Special Features, including the U.S. Premiere of Carles Prats' 2017 documentary DRÁCULA BARCELONA, which chronicles the simultaneous filming of CUADECUC VAMPIR by Pere Portabella and Franco's horror classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs: DISC ONE: 4K BLU-RAY (Feature + Special Features)
- HDR 10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- English and Spanish audio tracks
- Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
- Trailer
- Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
- Illustrated 1973 Christopher Lee Audio Interview With Filmmaker Donald Glut
- Beloved Count – Interview With Director Jess Franco
- Handsome Harker – Interview With Actor Fred Williams
- An Interview With Actor Jack Taylor
- Stake Holders – An Appreciation By Filmmaker Christophe Gans
- Trailer
- DRÁCULA BARCELONA – 2017 Documentary (90 mins)
- Jess Franco's BRAM STOKER'S COUNT DRACULA – Stephen Thrower On COUNT DRACULA
- In The Land Of Franco Bonus Sequence With Alain Petit And Stephen Thrower
- Alternate Title Sequences
- DISC FOUR - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ON CD
- REGION-FREE 4K BLU-RAY AND BLU-RAY
Descirption: Pere Portabella has been a pioneering movie producer and celebrated Spanish statesman, denounced by both the Franco dictatorship and The Vatican. But it's his subversive work as a director that has rewritten the rules of genre narrative. Or as The Museum of Modern Art says, "The films of Portabella expand the expressive potential of cinema": In 1970, Portabella was invited by Jess Franco to make a behind-the-scenes documentary on the filming of COUNT DRACULA. Instead, CUADECUC VAMPIR became a dreamlike deconstruction of myths, monsters and moviemaking featuring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Soledad Miranda as you've never seen them before. Christopher Lee also stars in Portabella's companion piece UMBRACLE, an unsettling journey through dread, violence and discontinuity with Lee at his most candid. Both films are now scanned in HD from Portabella's own vault elements for the first time ever in America.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- A Cinema Of Vampires: Pere Portabella, Jess Franco And The School Of Barcelona – Interview With Spanish Film Scholar Dr. Álex Mendíbil
- English and Spanish audio tracks
- Trailer
- Booklet Featuring Text By Pere Portabella And Film Critics Jonathan Rosenbaum And Federico Karstulovich
- REGION-FREE
