Severin Films has their annual Black Friday Sale coming this Friday, November 29, led by the North American UHD premieres of the now-restored Delicatessen and Antiviral.
The weekend webstore event also features the North American Blu-ray premiere of Lamberto Bava’s long-unseen The Mask of Satan; a pair of worldwide UHD premieres from director Bruno Mattei and screenwriters Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi with Rats: Night of Terror and Hell of the Living Dead, both with bonus soundtrack CDs and all-new novelizations; the worldwide UHD premieres of the landmark cannibal shockers Eaten Alive, directed by Umberto Lenzi, and Slave of the Cannibal God directed by Sergio Martino; the North American UHD premiere of Ruggero Deodato’s grisly Last Cannibal World; the worldwide UHD premiere Aldo Lado’s controversial Night TRain Murders with 5 hours of special features and bonus Ennio Morricone soundtrack CD; and the worldwide disc Premiere of Jess Franco’s sexy Altman-esque mosaic Thong Girls.
The Severin webstore will also be offering exclusive bundles, all-new Severin merch, a Saturday-only box set sale and 50% off most Severin/Intervision library titles. The sale will take place from 12:01am EST on 11/29 to 11:59pm PST on 12/2 at Severin’s site.
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Delicatessen: In UHD for the first time ever in North America, co-writers/directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s film about odd jobs and strange neighbors, circus stars and troglodytes, fresh meat and true love is now available from Severin, restored in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal under the supervision of Jeunet.
The North American UHD premiere will be released as a 3 disc collection with an incredible 6 hours of new and archival Special Features curated exclusively for this edition, including commentary from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, interviews with the co-directors and producer Terry Gilliam, short films and an exclusive booklet by Claire Donner of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies.
Eaten Alive: The UHD of Umberto Lenzi’s film has so many extras, including commentary by Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth; an interview with Lenzi; a Deodato Meats Lenzi featurette; the documentary Me Me Lai Bites Back; interviews; newly discovered alternate footage; a trailer and an exclusive booklet by Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies.
Rats: Night of Terror: Director Bruno Mattei and screenwriters Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi take us to 225 A.B. (After The Bomb), as a gang of scavengers discover a seemingly abandoned city – including sets originally built for Once Upon a Time In America – only to become prey for millions of flesh-hungry rats. This has been scanned in 4K from the original camera negative for the first time ever and has 3 hours of new and archival special features and a bonus CD of the recently discovered/remastered soundtrack, plus”Under The Black Sky” by Pornographie Exclusive, a Severin produced music video with Geretta Geretta.
Slave of the Cannibal God: After creating some of the best gialli of the ‘70s, director Sergio Martino entered the cannibal cycle here. When a British scientist disappears in the jungles of New Guinea, his wife hires an American anthropologist lead her deep into a green inferno of graphic violence, steamy nudity and several of the most notorious scenes in the entire genre. Scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 3 hours of special features, this has a new interview with Martino, audio commentary by Claire Donner of the Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies and more.
Hell of the Living Dead: It’s no accident that Severin used our review for sales copy for this, reminding viewers that this movie is “absolutely insane.” What began as the epic global zombie apocalypse screenplay by Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi became – via the inimitable vision of director Bruno Mattei and a fraction of the original budget – this wild effort, now on UHD and scanned in 4K from the original camera negative for the first time in America, complete with a CD of its soundtrack.
Last Cannibal World: For the first film in his unofficial Cannibal Trilogy, director Ruggero Deodato created this film, which is presented in UHD for the first time ever in North America, now scanned in 4K from the original negative with over 2½ hours of special features and a webstore exclusive blu ray disc containing the alternate U.S. version of the film, as well as commentary by Deodato, moderated by Freak-O-Rama’s Federico Caddeo.
Thong Girls: This 1983 production from writer/director Jess Franco can finally be experienced as one of his most surprising and heartfelt offerings of the decade. It’s summer’s end in the resort city of Benidorm, where seductive foreigners, conniving hustlers, gullible tourists and insatiable celebrities all come together in a barbed confection that’s part sunny comedy, part Nashville-style satire and totally, unmistakably, sexy Franco fun. It’s scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with over 2 hours of new special features, such as Francomania’s John Dixon and William Morris and more of Stephen Thrower’s journeys in the land of Franco.
Night Train Murders: For far too long, this 1974 shocker directed by Aldo Lado has been dismissed as a Last House On the Left knockoff. Now it can be experienced as it should be, on its own merit, in UHD for the first time ever. Scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 5 hours of special features — such as commentary by Aldo Lado, moderated by Freak-O-Rama’s Federico Caddeo, and a soundtrack CD — this is why Severin remains one of the best physical media labels.
Antiviral: The award-winning debut feature by writer/director Brandon Cronenberg has been scanned in 4K from the 35mm protection internegative supervised by Brandon Cronenberg and cinematographer Karim Hussain with 3 hours of new and archival special features.
The Mask of Satan: From writer/director Lamberto Bava comes a modern-day reimagining of his father’s classic Black Sunday! also known as Demons 5: The Devil’s Veil, this is scanned in 2K from the original camera negative for the first time ever in North America and has an interview with Bava.
Plus! The first ever release of the Rats: Night of Terror soundtrack, as well as Morricone’s Night Train Murders score and the Goblin’s Hell of the Living Dead soundtrack including a bonus track by OG UK punk band Peter & The Test Tube Babies “Zombie Creeping Flesh” among others.
Plus! Two brand new, epic novelizations by Brad Carter, co-produced by Encyclopocalypse: Virus: Hell of the Living Dead and Rats: Night of Terror! Carter consulted with original screenwriters Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi about their original visions and has penned two ultimate publications in the fine tradition of splatter-filled pulp novels.
There’s also a Saturday box set sale with 50% off the following movies:
- All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Vol. 1
- The Complete Lenzi/Baker Giallo Collection
- Cushing Curiosities
- Danza Macabra Vol. One: The Italian Gothic Collection
- Danza Macabra Vol. Two: The Italian Gothic Collection
- The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection
- The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection Vol 1
- The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection Vol 2
- House of Psychotic Women Rarities Collection
- The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler
- Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection
- Violent Streets: The Umberto Lenzi/Tomas Milian Collection
- The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle
These movies will be half-off for the first time!
New merchandise includes a Severin 2024 tour shirt; a Slave of the Cannibal God shirt; a Last Cannibal World shirt; a Rats: Night of Terror long sleeve; a Medusa Video/Severin logo shirt, hoodie and sticker; a Merlin Video/Severin shirt; a Zombie Creeping Flesh button; a directed by Vincent Dawn sticker and a Severin Zippo lighter.
Bundles include:
- The Everything Bundle: Just like the name says, everything in the sale for $540.
- Just the Discs: $340
- Tanto/Mattei Bundle: Hell of the Living Dead, Rats: Night of Terror, Rats book, Medusa sticker, Virus book, Merlin Video shirt, Zombie Creeping Flesh button, directed by Vincent Dawn sticker, Medusa Video shirt of hoodie. $235 for the hoodie bundle or $205 for the t-shirt bundle.
- Cannibale Bundle: Eaten Alive, Last Cannibal World and shirt, Slave of the Cannibal God and shirt: $165
Learn the rules of the sale here and be at Severin’s site right after Thanksgiving. I know I will!
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