Severin will issue a standard retail 4K Blu-ray edition of Francesco Prosperi's Wild Beasts (1984), starring Lorraine De Selle, Antonio Di Leo, Ugo Bologna, Louisa Lloyd, and John Stacy. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 27.
Description: For his final work, Godfather of Mondo Franco E. Prosperi – writer/director of MONDO CANE, AFRICA: BLOOD AND GUTS and GOODBYE UNCLE TOM – took on the 'Nature Strikes Back' genre and delivered perhaps the most shocking movie of his controversial career, now in UHD for the first time ever: When PCP gets into the water supply of a city zoo, the drug-crazed beasts – including tigers, lions, cheetahs, hyenas and elephants, as well as seeing eye dogs and sewer rats – go berserk and rampage through the streets of Frankfurt. What follows is a terrifying mix of actual animal attacks (supervised by professional circus trainers) and over-the-top '80s Italian gore that remains "the greatest eco-revenge shocker in EuroCult history" (DVD Beaver). Lorraine De Selle (CANNIBAL FEROX, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) and Ugo Bologna (NIGHTMARE CITY) star in "the very definition of an exploitation movie" (Daily Grindhouse), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
Original English and Italian audio tracks, with optional English subtitles
Original trailer
DISC TWO - BLU-RAY
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
Altered Beasts – Interview With Director Franco E. Prosperi
Wild Tony – Interview With Actor Tony Di Leo
Cut After Cut – Interview With Editor/Mondo Filmmaker Mario Morra
The Circus Is In Town – Interview With Animal Wrangler Roberto Tiberti's Son, Carlo Tiberti
House Of Wild Beasts – A Visit To The Home Of Franco E. Prosperi