SEVERIN’S MARCH UHD MADNESS BRINGS FOUR WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERES

Saturday 9th March 2024 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

Feast your glowing eyes on our four worldwide UHD premieres, including the 1981 psychosexual shocker BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER starring Jimmy McNichol, Bo Svenson and Oscar® nominee Susan Tyrrell; Sergio Martino’s 1979 behemoth reptile chomp-a-thon THE GREAT ALLIGATOR starring Mel Ferrer and Barbara Bach; the 1977 Canadian supernatural classic CATHY’S CURSE, featuring both the Director’s Cut and U.S. Release Version; and Lucio Fulci’s infamous 1986 erotic thriller THE DEVIL’S HONEY. Each film has been scanned in 4K with hours of Special Features. BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER and THE GREAT ALLIGATOR will also be available on Blu-ray.

In addition, Severin will release Standard Editions of two ‘80s horror classics from Italian genre director Michele Soavi: THE CHURCH and THE SECT, both recently released for the first time on UHD in North America.

BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER

It remains the most joltingly violent, psychosexual grindhouse shocker of the ‘80s, directed by a veteran of I Love Lucy and starring a frequently shirtless former teen idol with an epically demented performance by an Oscar® nominee. And now it can be experienced for the first time ever in UHD: Jimmy McNichol stars as an orphaned high-school student raised by his strangely overprotective aunt (Susan Tyrrell of FAT CITY fame) who becomes implicated in a grisly murder investigated by a psychotic police detective (an equally unhinged Bo Svenson of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS). 7x Emmy® nominee Julia Duffy (Newhart) and Bill Paxton (in one of his first film roles) co-star in this “jaw-dropping hunk of genre insanity” (Pop Culture Beast) and former DPP 39 Video Nasty – also known as NIGHT WARNING – now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 6 hours of new and archival Special Features.

  *Webstore Exclusive Slipcover *Reversible Wrap
BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER Special Features:

DISC 1: Region ABC UHD (Feature + Special Features)
- Audio Commentary by actor Jimmy McNichol
- Audio Commentary by co-writer/producer Steve Breimer and co-writer Alan Jay Glueckman, moderated By Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
- Audio Commentary by co-producer and unit production manager Eugene Mazzola
- Theatrical Trailer

DISC 2: Region ABC Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features) - Audio Commentary by actor Jimmy McNichol
- Audio Commentary by co-writer/producer Steve Breimer and co-writer Alan Jay Glueckman, moderated By Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
- Audio Commentary by co-producer and unit production manager Eugene Mazzola
- "Extreme Prejudice" interview with actor Bo Svenson
-"Point and Shoot" interview with director of photography Robbie Greenberg
- "Family Dynamics" interview with editor Ted Nicolaou
- Cast and Crew Interviews with actors Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, and Steve Eastin, make-up artist Allan A. Apone and producer Steve Breimer
- Theatrical Trailer
-TV Spot

*Also available on Blu-ray

THE GREAT ALLIGATOR

Director Sergio Martino (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) combines a monster reptile with an all-star EuroCult cast for one of the most outrageously entertaining Italian Jungle Carnage movies of them all, now in UHD for the first time ever: At the opening of a tropical resort, a photographer (Claudio Cassinelli of SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD), an anthropologist (Barbara Bach of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME) and an arrogant hotelier (Mel Ferrer of EATEN ALIVE!) are besieged by hostile natives, obnoxious tourists and a gargantuan river beast that intends to devour them all. Romano Puppo (ROBOWAR), Richard Johnson (ZOMBIE) and Silvia Collatina (THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY) co-star in this “top ten killer alligator/crocodile movie” (JoBlo), co-written by George Eastman (ANTHROPOPHAGOUS), Cesare Frugoni (SPIDER LABYRINTH) and Ernesto Gastaldi (ALMOST HUMAN), newly scanned in 4K from the original negative.
 
*Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
*Reversible Wrap

THE GREAT ALLIGATOR Special Features:

Disc 1: Region ABC UHD (Feature + Special Features)
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2: Region A Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
- "Down by the River" interview with director Sergio Martino
- "Minou" interview with actress Silvia Collatina
- "Beware of the Gator" interview with camera operator Claudio Morabito
- "Later Alligator" interview with production designer Antonello Geleng
- "Underwater" interview with underwater camera operator Gianlorenzo Battaglia
- "3 Friends and an Alligator" discussion with cinematographer Giancarlo Ferrando, production designer Antonello Geleng and special effects supervisor Paolo Ricci
- "Paradise House: Christianity and the Natural World in THE GREAT ALLIGATOR" video essay by Lee Gambin, author of "Massacred by Mother Nature"
- "Alligator Land" Antonello Geleng Shares Original Production Drawings
- Theatrical Trailer

*Also available on Blu-ray

CATHY'S CURSE

It’s been called “chilling and disturbing” (Film Fracture), “an absolute revelation” (Kindertrauma) and “unlike anything you’ve ever seen” (Bloody Disgusting). Now experience The Director’s Cut and American R-Rated Release Version in UHD for the first time ever: In 1947, a young girl is roasted alive in a car accident. Thirty years later, her grown brother returns to their childhood home with his mentally unstable wife and sweet daughter Cathy. But when the dead aunt’s vengeful spirit possesses the child, it will unleash an unnerving nightmare of creepy mediums, demonic dolls and plenty of sick ‘70s foul-mouthed moppet mayhem. In an unprecedented source upgrade, both versions are scanned in 4K from the recently discovered negatives with 2+ hours of Special Features.
 
*Limited Edition Webstore Exclusive Slipcase With Glowing LED Eyes Available Separately
*Reversible Wrap

CATHY'S CURSE Special Features:

Disc 1: Region ABC UHD (Feature + Special Features)
- Audio Commentary by Fangoria contributor Brian Collins and filmmakerSimon Barrett (U.S. Cut Only)
- Theatrical Trailers

Disc 2: Region ABC Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
- Audio Commentary by Fangoria contributor Brian Collins and filmmaker Simon Barrett (U.S. Cut Only)
- "Tricks and Treats" interview with director Eddy Matalon
- "Cathy's Daddy" Alan Scarfe remembers CATHY'S CURSE
- "Cathy & Mum" interview with actress Randi Allen and costume designer Joyce Allen
- Introduction to Cinematic Void/American Cinematheque Screening by Brian Collins
- Theatrical Trailers
- Booklet by Simon Barrett and Brian Collins

THE DEVIL'S HONEY

In one of the most twistedly intense films of his career, Lucio Fulci takes on the erotic thriller genre and unleashes an onslaught of glossy depravity in UHD for the first time ever: Brett Halsey (DEMONIA), Corinne Cléry (THE STORY OF O) and Blanca Marsillach (FLESH+BLOOD) star in this insane S&M saga complete with torrid romance, rampant nudity, woodwind-induced orgasms and a cavalcade of kink to deliver what The Digital Bits calls “one of the sleazier films Fulci ever made.” Stefano Madia (BODY COUNT), Bernard Seray (HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Fulci himself co-star in this psychosexual sickie – also known as DANGEROUS OBSESSION – now scanned in 4K from the original negative with Special Features that include an all-new interview with Blanca Marsillach and a newly-discovered audio interview with Lucio Fulci.

  *Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
*Reversible Wrap

THE DEVIL'S HONEY Special Features:

Disc 1: Region ABC UHD (Feature + Special Features)
- Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2: Region A Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
- "Sax, Lies and Videotape" interview with actress Blanca Marsillach
- Archival Audio Interview with director Lucio Fulci by Michele Romagnoli
- "The Devil's Halsey" interview with actor Brett Halsey
- "Wild Flower" interview with actress Corinne Cléry
- "Producing Honey" interview with producer Vincenzo Salviani
- "The Devil's Sax" interview with composer Claudio Natili
- Stephen Thrower, author of "Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci", on THE DEVIL'S HONEY
- "Fulci's Honey" audio essay by Troy Howarth, author of "Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films"
- Alternate Opening
- Theatrical Trailer

CULT EPICS PRE-ORDER – ALL LADIES DO IT 4K UHD + BLU-RAY & TINTO BRASS HARDCOVER BOOK LIMITED EDITIONS!

Wednesday 24th January 2024 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

World Premiere on 4K UHD & North American Premiere on Blu-ray of ALL LADIES DO IT (1992)

After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship with her husband through betrayal.

From the director of Caligula and Salon Kitty comes the stylish, erotic comedy drama All Ladies Do It, starring the sexy Claudia Koll. Cult Epics presents the Uncut & Uncensored Director’s Cut with new and vintage bonus features.

Italy / 1992 / Color / 97 Mins / 1.85:1 / DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo / English & Italian Languages / Optional English Subtitles

Special Features:
4K UHD Blu-ray:
- 4K Transfer (from the original negative) & Restoration + HDR
- Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani & Troy Howarth
- 4K Theatrical Trailers
Blu-ray:
- 4K Transfer (from the original negative) & Restoration
- Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani & Troy Howarth
- Theatrical Trailers
- Interview with Director Tinto Brass (2001)
- Outtakes
- Photo Gallery
- Dual-layered Disc
Limited Edition Collectibles:
- Exclusive Slipcase
- Reversible Sleeve with Original Uncensored Italian Poster Art
- 20-Page Illustrated Booklet with Essay by Eugenio Ercolani & Domenico Monetti

WEB EXCLUSIVE: 4K UHD+Blu-ray/Exclusive Slipcase Art/Booklet/4 Lobby Card Postcards $49.95.

2-DISC TRADE EDITION: 4K UHD+Blu-ray/Standard Slipcase Art/Reversible Sleeve/Booklet/4 Lobby Card Postcards: $49.95.

1-DISC BLU-RAY EDITION: Blu-ray/Standard Slipcase Art/Reversible Sleeve/Booklet: $34.95.

PRE-ORDER SIGNED HARDCOVER BOOK with Exclusive Dust-Jacket, Fold-out Poster & Tinto Brass DVD Trailer Reel

Tinto Brass (1933), whose long-life career includes 30 films, is the Italian director best known for the soft adult films he shot in the 1970s and 1980s—his most famous being Salon Kitty (1976), The Key (1983) with Stefania Sandrelli, and the notorious Caligula (1979) which film producer Bob Guccioni, founder of Penthouse, took away from Brass and cut himself. This homage to his fascinating career includes his earliest avant-garde films like Who Works is Lost (1963); the western Yankee (1966) and the giallo Deadly Sweet (1967); experimental arthouse films Attraction (1968), The Howl (1969), including the hard-to-be-seen Dropout (1970) and Vacation (1971) with Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave; and the decidedly derrière-obsessed fetishism of his later work, including Paprika (1991), All Ladies Do It (1992), The Voyeur (1994), Frivolous Lola (1998), and Cheeky! (2000). The Films of Tinto Brass: From the Avant-Garde to Erotica is a film-by-film guide to one of the most interesting and uncompromising Italian film directors.

Limited Hardcover Edition of 1500 copies: Approx. 9"x11" / 244 pages / 200+ images / Color+B&W / Edited by Nico B

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Hardcover Book + Exclusive Dust-jacket + Fold-out Poster + Signed by Nico B + Tinto Brass DVD Trailer Reel: $69.95.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Hardcover Book + Exclusive Dust-jacket + Fold-out Poster + Signed by Nico B + Tinto Brass DVD Trailer Reel + All Ladies Do It (2-Disc Edition) 4K UHD+Blu-ray + Exclusive Slipcase + Reversible Sleeve + 20-page Booklet + 4 Lobby Card Postcards: $119.95.

SHIPPING (UHD+Blu-ray/Blu-ray Only)
US: $5.00
Canada: $14.50
Worldwide: $17.50

SHIPPING (Hardcover Book + UHD+Blu-ray)
US: $10.00
Canada: $50.00
Worldwide: $80.00

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