Severin Details Upcoming Releases
HomeSeverin Details Upcoming Releases
Posted November 21, 2023 10:36 PM by Webmaster
Severin has detailed nine upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases that will be available for purchase during Black Friday.
Stir
Description: In 1974, the cruel treatment of inmates at Bathurst Prison in New South Wales, Australia led to violent riots, savage reprisals and a still-controversial official inquiry. Six years later, this "furious, foul-mouthed, open wound of a film" (Bob Ellis, Nation Review) the feature directorial debut by Stephen Wallace (PRISONERS OF THE SUN) from a screenplay by Bathurst inmate Bob Jewson dared to tell the inside story: When career criminal China Jackson (Bryan Brown) is returned to prison after exposing abuses by guards, tensions between inmates and officers begin to boil until they explode in rage, defiance and shocking carnage. Max Phipps (THE ROAD WARRIOR, THIRST) co-stars in this "intense and authentic account of a brutal system" (Cinephilia) nominated for 13 AFI Awards including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Actor scanned in 2K from the 35mm interpositive at The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
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Description: t's been called "stylish and gruesome" (Washington Post), "grotesque and touching" (AV Club) and "an experience unlike any other" (Bloody Disgusting). Now this magnum opus by director Michele Soavi "the best Italian horror film of the '90s" (Fangoria) can be experienced fully restored in UHD for the very first time: Rupert Everett stars as cemetery watchman Francesco Dellamorte, tasked with dispatching the recently deceased when they rise from their graves. But when he falls in love with a beautiful young widow (Anna Falchi), will his resurrected lust for life become greater than his bond with death? Franηois Hadji-Lazaro (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN) co-stars in the finest erotic romantic existential black comedy zombie gorefest of our time, with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the Cinecittΰ negative and over 6 hours of Special Features including new interviews with Soavi and Everett plus the remastered extended soundtrack and more.
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Description: For his second feature film and first full collaboration with co-writer/producer/mentor Dario Argento writer/director Michele Soavi unleashes a "mind- blowing" (Bloody Disgusting), "breathtaking" (Slant) "masterwork" (DVD Drive-In), now in 4K Blu-ray for the first time ever: In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence and demonic vengeance. Tomas Arana (THE SECT), Feodor Chaliapin (INFERNO), Hugh Quarshie (NIGHTBREED), Barbara Cupisti (CEMETERY MAN) and Asia Argento co-star in this Italian horror milestone co-written by Franco Ferrini (PHENOMENA), with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the Rome vault negative, over 3 hours of Special Features including new interviews with Soavi and Argento plus the remastered soundtrack by Keith Emerson and Goblin.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: The third feature by director Michele Soavi his second collaboration with producer/co-writer Dario Argento has been called "deranged" (We Are Cult), "disturbing" (Blu-ray.com) and "long overdue for reevaluation" (Bloody Disgusting). Now it can be experienced like never before: As a global satanic cabal grows in ferocity, an unwitting young schoolteacher (Kelly Curtis sister of Jamie Lee in her sole genre role) is chosen to deliver the ultimate evil. Herbert Lom (COUNT DRACULA), Mariangela Giordano (BURIAL GROUND) and Giovanni Lombardo Radice (THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) co-star in "a nightmarish fever dream from a visionary filmmaker" (Good Efficient Butchery), scanned in 4K from the vault negative with the remastered soundtrack by Pino Donaggio and over 3 hours of Special Features including new interviews with Soavi and Argento for the first time ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: UNSCARRED: For his third feature film and first outside his native Staten Island writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo (COMBAT SHOCK, NO WAY HOME) delivered an intense new take on alienation, desperation and retribution: In 1979, a shocking accident rocked the student exchange program at Stanford University and forever changed the trajectory of four young lives. Twenty years later, an impromptu reunion in Berlin will turn the sins of the past into an explosion of lust, deception, dark secrets and cold-blooded murder. James Russo (DONNIE BRASCO), Steven Waddington (SLEEPY HOLLOW), Heino Ferch (DOWNFALL) and Ornella Muti (LEONOR) star in this extreme neo-noir, now scanned in 2K from pre-print German vault elements with 2 hours of new Special Features for the first time ever in America.
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Description: For more than three decades, the remarkable debut feature and sole horror film by award-winning director Gianfranco Giagni has been one of the most elusive Italian horror titles in home video history until now: When an American professor is sent to Budapest to complete a mysterious research project, he'll become ensnared in a mind-bending web of sexual provocation, occult carnage and arachnidian havoc. Roland Wybenga, William Berger (FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON) and Stιphane Audran (FACELESS) star in this "invaluable contribution to '80s Italian Horror" (Screen Rant) featuring unnerving special effects by Sergio Stivaletti (CEMETERY MAN) and an outstanding score by Franco Piersanti (TERRAFERMA), now scanned in 4K from the original vault negative at Cinecittΰ with a remastered soundtrack and over 4 hours of new Special Features for the first time ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Stir
Description: In 1974, the cruel treatment of inmates at Bathurst Prison in New South Wales, Australia led to violent riots, savage reprisals and a still-controversial official inquiry. Six years later, this "furious, foul-mouthed, open wound of a film" (Bob Ellis, Nation Review) the feature directorial debut by Stephen Wallace (PRISONERS OF THE SUN) from a screenplay by Bathurst inmate Bob Jewson dared to tell the inside story: When career criminal China Jackson (Bryan Brown) is returned to prison after exposing abuses by guards, tensions between inmates and officers begin to boil until they explode in rage, defiance and shocking carnage. Max Phipps (THE ROAD WARRIOR, THIRST) co-stars in this "intense and authentic account of a brutal system" (Cinephilia) nominated for 13 AFI Awards including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Actor scanned in 2K from the 35mm interpositive at The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Audio Commentary With Producer Richard Brennan, Director Stephen Wallace, Cinematographer Geoff Burton And Actor Bryan Brown, Moderated By Mark Hartley, Director Of NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD
- Audio Commentary With Crime Film And Literature Historian Andrew Nette
- Tales From The Inside Archival Making-Of Documentary By Mark Hartley
- A Career On The Fringe A Tribute To Actor Phil Motherwell Featuring Australian Theater Historian Robert Reid And Film Critic Paul Harris
- Director Stephen Wallace Introduces THE LOVE LETTERS FROM TERALBA ROAD
- THE LOVE LETTERS FROM TERALBA ROAD (50 mins)
- Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-FEE
Description: t's been called "stylish and gruesome" (Washington Post), "grotesque and touching" (AV Club) and "an experience unlike any other" (Bloody Disgusting). Now this magnum opus by director Michele Soavi "the best Italian horror film of the '90s" (Fangoria) can be experienced fully restored in UHD for the very first time: Rupert Everett stars as cemetery watchman Francesco Dellamorte, tasked with dispatching the recently deceased when they rise from their graves. But when he falls in love with a beautiful young widow (Anna Falchi), will his resurrected lust for life become greater than his bond with death? Franηois Hadji-Lazaro (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN) co-stars in the finest erotic romantic existential black comedy zombie gorefest of our time, with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the Cinecittΰ negative and over 6 hours of Special Features including new interviews with Soavi and Everett plus the remastered extended soundtrack and more.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY/CD DISC COMBO PACK
- DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK, plus English 5.1, English Stereo, Italian Stereo
- Audio Commentary By Director Michele Soavi And Screenwriter Gianni Romoli
- At The Graves Interview With Michele Soavi
- Of Love And Death Interview With Actor Rupert Everett
- She Interview With Actress Anna Falchi
- Archival Making-Of
- A Matter Of Life And Death Interview With Gianni Romoli
- Graveyard Shift Interview With Cinematographer Mauro Marchetti
- Head Over Heels Interview With Actress Fabiana Formica
- The Living Dead Mayor Interview With Actor Stefano Masciarelli
- The Music From The Underground Interview With Composer Riccardo Biseo
- Resurrection Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
- Cemetery Gates Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
- Grave Encounters Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
- Italian Trailer
- English Trailer
- Subtitles: English and English SDH
- Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner
- 4K BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE
- BLU-RAY DISC ONE: REGION-A "LOCKED"
- BLU-RAY DISC TWO: REGION-FREE
Description: For his second feature film and first full collaboration with co-writer/producer/mentor Dario Argento writer/director Michele Soavi unleashes a "mind- blowing" (Bloody Disgusting), "breathtaking" (Slant) "masterwork" (DVD Drive-In), now in 4K Blu-ray for the first time ever: In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence and demonic vengeance. Tomas Arana (THE SECT), Feodor Chaliapin (INFERNO), Hugh Quarshie (NIGHTBREED), Barbara Cupisti (CEMETERY MAN) and Asia Argento co-star in this Italian horror milestone co-written by Franco Ferrini (PHENOMENA), with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the Rome vault negative, over 3 hours of Special Features including new interviews with Soavi and Argento plus the remastered soundtrack by Keith Emerson and Goblin.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo, Italian Stereo
- The Mystery Of The Cathedrals Interview With Director Michele Soavi
- Alchemical Possession Interview With Co-Screenwriter/Producer Dario Argento
- The Eleventh Commandment Interview With Co-Screenwriter Franco Ferrini
- The Ghostwriter Interview With Co-Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
- Lotte Interview With Actress Asia Argento
- Here Comes The Bride Interview With Actress Antonella Vitale
- A Demon Named Evan Interview With Actor Tomas Arana
- Father Giovanni Interview With Actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- Monsters And Demons Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
- Holy Ground Interview With Make-Up Artist Franco Casagni
- Building The Church Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
- The Right-Hand Man Interview With Assistant Director Claudio Lattanzi
- Return To The Land Of The Demons Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
- Trailer
- Subtitles: English and English SDH
- Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner
- 4K BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE
- BLU-RAY DISC: REGION-A "LOCKED"
Description: The third feature by director Michele Soavi his second collaboration with producer/co-writer Dario Argento has been called "deranged" (We Are Cult), "disturbing" (Blu-ray.com) and "long overdue for reevaluation" (Bloody Disgusting). Now it can be experienced like never before: As a global satanic cabal grows in ferocity, an unwitting young schoolteacher (Kelly Curtis sister of Jamie Lee in her sole genre role) is chosen to deliver the ultimate evil. Herbert Lom (COUNT DRACULA), Mariangela Giordano (BURIAL GROUND) and Giovanni Lombardo Radice (THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) co-star in "a nightmarish fever dream from a visionary filmmaker" (Good Efficient Butchery), scanned in 4K from the vault negative with the remastered soundtrack by Pino Donaggio and over 3 hours of Special Features including new interviews with Soavi and Argento for the first time ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY/CD DISC COMBO PACK
- Audio: English Stereo, Italian Stereo
- Sympathy For The Devil Interview With Director Michele Soavi
- (You're The) Devil In Disguise Interview With Co-Screenwriter/Producer Dario Argento
- Catacumba Interview With Co-Screenwriter Gianni Romoli
- Cult Of Personality Interview With Actor Tomas Arana
- Owner Of A Lonely Heart Interview With Actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- In The Shaded Area Interview With Cinematographer Raffaele Mertes
- Four Times Argento Interview With Composer Pino Donaggio
- Total Eclipse Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
- Oh Well Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
- The Birth Of Evil Interview With Film Historian Fabrizio Spurio
- Into The Dark Well Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
- Catacomb In The Kitchen Michele Soavi Shows Us His Dark Basement
- Italian Trailer
- U.S. Release Trailer
- Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner
- Subtitles: English and English SDH
- 4K BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE
- BLU-RAY DISC: REGION-A "LOCKED"
Description: UNSCARRED: For his third feature film and first outside his native Staten Island writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo (COMBAT SHOCK, NO WAY HOME) delivered an intense new take on alienation, desperation and retribution: In 1979, a shocking accident rocked the student exchange program at Stanford University and forever changed the trajectory of four young lives. Twenty years later, an impromptu reunion in Berlin will turn the sins of the past into an explosion of lust, deception, dark secrets and cold-blooded murder. James Russo (DONNIE BRASCO), Steven Waddington (SLEEPY HOLLOW), Heino Ferch (DOWNFALL) and Ornella Muti (LEONOR) star in this extreme neo-noir, now scanned in 2K from pre-print German vault elements with 2 hours of new Special Features for the first time ever in America.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Audio Commentary With Director Buddy Giovinazzo, Moderated By Severin Films' David Gregory
- Once Upon A Time In East Berlin Interview With Actor James Russo
- Run Johann Run Interview With Actor Heino Ferch
- Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo
- Closed Captions: English SDH
- BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE
Description: For more than three decades, the remarkable debut feature and sole horror film by award-winning director Gianfranco Giagni has been one of the most elusive Italian horror titles in home video history until now: When an American professor is sent to Budapest to complete a mysterious research project, he'll become ensnared in a mind-bending web of sexual provocation, occult carnage and arachnidian havoc. Roland Wybenga, William Berger (FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON) and Stιphane Audran (FACELESS) star in this "invaluable contribution to '80s Italian Horror" (Screen Rant) featuring unnerving special effects by Sergio Stivaletti (CEMETERY MAN) and an outstanding score by Franco Piersanti (TERRAFERMA), now scanned in 4K from the original vault negative at Cinecittΰ with a remastered soundtrack and over 4 hours of new Special Features for the first time ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY/CD DISC COMBO PACK
- Audio: English Stereo, Italian Stereo
- Audio Commentary With Dr. Will Dodson, Professor Of Rhetoric And Media Studies, And Ryan Verrill, Host Of The Disc Connected
- Caught In A Web Interview With Director Gianfranco Giagni
- Arachne Interview With Screenwriter Gianfranco Manfredi
- All The Colors Of A Spider Interview With Cinematographer Nino Celeste
- Smile Of The Spider Woman Interview With Actress Paola Rinaldi
- Death In Stop Motion Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
- Web Of The Weird Placing SPIDER LABYRINTH In The Weird Genre With Dr. Will Dodson, Ryan Verrill And Erica Shultz, Author Of The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide To Child Kills In Film
- Trailer
- Closed Captions: English SDH
- REGION-FREE
