Severin Films To Release Gabe Bartalos' Saint Bernard

Severin Film recently released the official trailer for their upcoming release of Saint Bernard. the film stars Jason Dugre (“Bosch”), Katy Sullivan (“Last Man Standing”), Peter Iasillo Jr. (HellBilly 58), Bob Zmuda (Man on the Moon) and Warwick Davis (Leprechaun, Solo, Return of the Jedi) .

"Saint Bernard" hits DVD and Blu-Ray on May 14th.

Press Release:

Warwick Davis (Leprechaun) features in the hallucinatory new horror epic Saint Bernard, releasing this May!

From legendary FX Master Gabe Bartalos (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Darkman) comes a “must-see for the truly adventurous” (UnseenFilms.net), premiering on Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms May 14 from Severin Films.

Shot on Super 16mm and 35mm film, the highly-anticipated horror jaunt fixes on a classical musical conductor who unravels into the abyss of insanity. Jason Dugre (“Bosch”), Katy Sullivan (“Last Man Standing”), Peter Iasillo Jr. (HellBilly 58), Bob Zmuda (Man on the Moon) and Warwick Davis (Leprechaun, Solo, Return of the Jedi) star.

Gabe Bartalos, the film's director, writer and special effects artist pulls heavily from his ripe imagination, creating extraordinary characters, bizarre set designs, and incredibly inspired prosthetic effects. Amid a palette of dark themes, the film takes its audience on a turbulent ride through Bernard’s surreal adventures as he spirals into madness.

Saint Bernard’s marvelously hypnotic tone displays influences characteristic of prior collaborations with art world icon Matthew Barney, horror aficionado Frank Henenlotter, and renowned photographer Mark Seliger, yet carves out a distinct new voice for Bartalos. Saint Bernard out May 14 from Severin Films.

"Saint Bernard" Official Trailer

Lucio Fulci is Back on Blu-Ray with the Blu-Ray Debut of "Zombie 3"

Severin Films recently released information for the upcoming of Lucio Fulci's "Zombie 3". The film is notable is Fulci's filmography because he became ill during filming and had to withdraw from the project during filming and replaced by director Bruno Mattei (Shocking Dark). The cult film stars Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring (INTERZONE) and Massimo Vanni (RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR).

Special features on the Blu-Ray and DVD includes The Last Zombies - Interview with Co-Director / Co-Writer Claudio Fragasso and Co-Writer Rossella Drudi, Tough Guys - Interview with Actors/Stuntmen Massimo Vanni and Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, The Problem Solver - Interview with Replacement Director Bruno Mattei, Swimming with Zombies - Interview with Actress Marina Loi In the Zombie Factory - Interview with FX Artist Franco Di Girolamo, Audio Commentary With Stars Deran Sarafian and Beatrice Ring and Trailer. The first 3,000 Blu-Rays will also include the CD soundtrack of the film.

"Zombie 3" hits retail on May 29th.

Press Release:

Shortly before completing the sequel to his classic ZOMBIE, the legendary Lucio Fulci became ill and left the Philippines-based production. But when director Bruno Mattei (SHOCKING DARK) and writers Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi (TROLL 2) stepped in to finish, the result became the most "insanely enjoyable" (The Lucid Nightmare) zombie romp in EuroCult history.

After a deadly virus is stolen from a government facility, it will unleash a "wildly entertaining" (Realm Of Horror) combination of Fulci's signature extreme violence, Mattei/Fragasso-style surreal logic, and big bloody buckets of goo-spewing mayhem that must be seen to be believed. Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring (INTERZONE) and Massimo Vanni (RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) star in this "total blast" (Bloody Disgusting), now featuring a 2k scan and uncut for the first time ever in America.

Severin Films Unearths Umberto Lenzi's "Eaten Alive"

Severin Films recently released information for their upcoming release of the cannibal cult film Umberto Lenzi's "Eaten Alive" The 1980 film stars Janet Agren, Robert Kerman, Ivan Rassimov and Mel Ferrer.

Special features on the DVD & Blu-Ray includes Welcome To the Jungle - Interview With Director Umberto Lenzi, Me Me Lai Bites Back - Feature Documentary on "The Queen Of Cannibal Movies", The Sect of the Purification - Interview with Production Designer Antonello Geleng, Archive Interviews With Actors Ivan Rassimov and Robert Kerman and 2013 Q&A With Umberto Lenzi from the "Festival of Fantastic Films, UK".

"Eaten Alive" hit retail on February 20th.

Plot Synopsis:

Eight years after he first unleashed the Italian cannibal craze, spaghetti splatter master Umberto Lenzi (NIGHTMARE CITY, CANNIBAL FEROX) returned to the jungle for this "graphic" (Monster Hunter), "sordid" (Geek Legacy) and "extreme" (Horror News) gut-muncher that still packs the power to knock you over. EuroSleaze hall-of-famers Robert Kerman (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), Janet Agren (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD), Ivan Rassimov (THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER) and Me Me Lai (JUNGLE HOLOCAUST) - along with Hollywood legend Mel Ferrer (WAR AND PEACE) - star in this insane assemblage of flesh-ripping mayhem, depraved sexual brutality, and even the Jonestown massacre. EATEN ALIVE! is now presented uncut, uncensored and fully remastered in HD for the first time ever, with all-new Special Features that slit open the legacy of this definitive cannibal classic.

Lucio Fulci's Erotic Thriller "The Devil's Honey" Makes its Blu-Ray Debut

Severin Films recently send us information for their upcoming release of Lucio Fulci's "The Devil's Honey". The film stars Brett Halsey (Demonia, The Return of the Fly), Corinne Clery (The Story of O, Moonraker) and Blanca Marsillach.

Special features on the blu-ray includes The Devil's Halsey: An Interview with Actor Brett Halsey, Wild Flower: An Interview With Actress Corinne Clery, Producing Honey: An Interview With Producer Vincenzo Salviani, The Devil's Sax: An Interview With Composer Claudio Natili, Stephen Thrower on The Devil's Honey, Fulci's Honey: An Audio Essay by Troy Howarth - Author of Splintered Visions - Lucio Fulci And His Films, Alternate Opening and Trailer.

The Devil's Honey hits retail on September 26th.

Plot Synopsis:

In perhaps his most rarely seen film, Godfather Of Gore Lucio Fulci takes on the erotic thriller genre and unleashes the ultimate onslaught of glossy depravity: Brett Halsey (DEMONIA, THE RETURN OF THE FLY), Corinne Clery (THE STORY OF O, MOONRAKER) and Blanca Marsillach star in this insane S & M saga complete with sodomy, torture, torrid romance, rampant nudity and a jaw-dropping cavalcade of kink that Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci calls Demented and hot… good sleazy fun and perhaps Fulci's last truly enjoyable film. Stefano Madia (BODY COUNT), Bernard Seray (HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Fulci himself co-star in this skintastic sickie - also known as DANGEROUS OBSESSION - newly scanned from the original negative and transferred in HD for the first time ever.

Jess Franco's "Two Female Spies with Flowers" Hits Blu-Ray

Severin Films recently released information for their upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of Jess Franco's "Two Female Spies with Flowers". The 1980 film stars Lina Romay, Lynn Monteil, Olivier Mathot.

Special features on the DVD and Blu-Ray includes Two Cats In The Canaries: An Interview With Director Jess Franco, Filmmaker Donald Farmer Interviews Longtime Franco Composer Daniel White, Stephen Thrower on TWO FEMALE SPIES, Location Out-takes and Theatrical Trailer. The first 3,000 blu-rays also includes a bonus DVD Disc, Opalo de Fuego.

"Two Female Spies with Flowers" hits retail on August 29th.

Plot Synopsis:

In this long-unseen shocker from “one of filmdom’s most provocative creators” (The A.V. Club), the legendary Jess Franco (VAMPYROS LESBOS) pushes the limits of psycho-sexual insanity like never before: Lina Romay (of BARBED WIRE DOLLS and MACUMBA SEXUAL infamy) and Lynn Monteil (of Jean Rollin’s ZOMBIE LAKE and Franco’s SADOMANIA) star as a pair of cunning bisexual strippers released from prison to work undercover for the U.S. government. What follows is a deranged mélange of kinky threesomes, crazed S&M, depraved white slavers and audacious international politics that will leave even the most obsessive Franco fanatics slack-jawed in astonishment. Olivier Mathot (CANNIBAL TERROR), Joëlle Le Quément (WOMEN BEHIND BARS) and Claude Boisson (DEVIL HUNTER) co-star in this EuroSleaze rarity, now restored uncut in HD and loaded with exclusive Bonus Materials from the Franco archives.

Italian Cult Film "Beyond the Darkness Makes Blu-Ray Debut

Severin Films recently send us over information for their upcoming blu-ray release of Joe D'Amato's "Beyond the Darkness". The 1979 cult classic stars Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale and Franca Stoppi.

Special features on the blu-ray includes Joe D'Amato: The Horror Experience, The Omega Woman: Interview With Actress Franca Stoppi (17 mins), Goblin Reborn Perform Buio Omega Live 2016 Locations Revisited, Sick Love - An Interview With Actress Cinzia Monreale and Trailer.

"Beyond the Darkness" hits retail on July 25th.

Press Release:

It has been denounced as Revolting (SplatterDay.com), Stomach-churning (Classic-Horror.com) and Shower-prompting (Fandor), while simultaneously acclaimed as Bone-chilling (Chas Balun), Truly classic (The Spinning Image) and A must-see (Horror.com). Now experience D'Amato's masterpiece (BloodyDisgusting.com) like you've never seen or heard it before: CinzIa Monreale (THE BEYOND) and Franca Stoppi (THE OTHER HELL) star in this psycho-sexual sickie featuring torture, cannibalism, necrophilia, unrequited love and other perversions, totally uncensored and set to a pounding score by Goblin.

Severin is proud to present the ultra-graphic sleaze-fest (Fright.com) also known as BURIED ALIVE and BUIO OMEGA - for which director Joe D'Amato (ANTHROPOPHAGUS) was infamously accused of using real corpses - intact, restored and packed with exclusive new Special Features.

"Dr. Butcher MD/Zombie Holocaust" Double Feature Hits Blu-Ray and DVD

Severin Film recently released information about the upcoming "Dr. Butcher MD/Zombie Holocaust" double feature 2 disc DVD or Blu-Ray set.

Special features for disc 1 "Dr. Butcher MD" includes Featurette: Butchery & Ballyhoo: Interview with Aquarius Releasing's Terry Levine, Featurette: Down On The Deuce: Nostalgic Tour Of 42nd Street With Temple Of Shock's Chris Poggiali and Filmmaker Roy Frumkes, Roy Frumkes' Segment Of Unfinished Anthology Film - Tales That Will Tear Your Heart Out, Featurette: The Butcher Mobile: Interview with Gore Gazette Editor & Butcher Mobile Barker Rick Sullivan, Featurette: 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 1 and Video Release Trailer 2.

Special features for Disc 2 "Zombie Holocaust" includes Featurette: Voodoo Man: Interview With Star Ian McCulloch, Featurette: Blood Of The Zombies: Interview With FX Master Rosario Prestopino, Featurette: Filmmaker Enzo Castellari Remembers His Father Director Marino Girolami, Featurette: Sherry Holocaust: Interview With Actress Sherryl Buchanan, Featurette: Neurosurgery Italian Style -Interview With FX Artist Maurizio Trani, Featurette: New York Filming Locations Then Vs. Now. A look at the Big Apple locales as they are today, Audio Bonus: Ian McCulloch Sings Down By The River, International Trailer and German Trailer.

"Dr. Butcher MD/Zombie Holocaust" double feature 2 disc DVD and 2 disc Blu-Ray set hits stores on July 26th.

Plot Synopsis:

It sparked riots on 42nd Street, spawned a generation of gorehounds on VHS, and forever set an insane standard for Italian mad doctor/zombie/cannibal carnage worldwide: 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 blood 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 and re-release as a certified grindhouse masterpiece. Severin Films now presents both films fully restored for the first time ever from original vault elements discovered in Manhattan and Rome, and loaded with all-new Bonus Features that finally reveal the unbelievable truth behind its bizarre history, infamous marketing and still-deviant legacy.

Erotic Classic "Christina" Makes It's Blu-Ray Debut

Intervision Picture Corp recently released information that they will be releasing the erotic classic "Christina". The 1984 film stars B-movie vixen Jewel Shepard (Return of the Living Dead),  Karin Schubert of (BLUEBEARD and BLACK EMANUELLE), Ian Sera (PIECES) and Josephine Jacqueline Jones (BLACK VENUS).

"Christina" hits retail on May 31t.

Plot Synopsis:

Famed B-movie vixen Jewel Shepard (HOLLYWOOD HOT TUBS, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) stars as Christina Von Belle, the insatiable young heiress known as 'The Playgirl Of The Western World'. But when Christina is kidnapped by a ruthless squad of lesbian commandos (led by Euro-starlet-turned-porn-queen Karin Schubert of BLUEBEARD and BLACK EMANUELLE), she is forced to submit to a shocking ordeal of carnal degradation. For a frightened girl bound by more than desire, is there any limit to the ecstasy of the depraved? IanSera (PIECES) and former Miss Bahamas Josephine Jacqueline Jones (BLACK VENUS) co-star in this sumptuous sex saga from writer/producer Harry Alan Towers (LOVE CIRCLES, VENUS IN FURS, 99 WOMEN), now re-mastered in luscious high-definition for the first time ever!

Severin Films Announces "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau" on DVD and Blu-Ray

Severin Films recently released information for the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of the horror documentary "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau". The documentary is about the untold story of Richard Stanley's "The Island of Moneau, which was one of the greatest cinematic train wrecks. The film is directed by David Gregory (The Theater Bizarre, Plague Town)

Special features on the DVD & Blu-Ray includes,Out-takes (sub-menu: Richard Stanley, Marco Hofschneider, Bruce Fuller, Jim Sbardellati, Graham Humphreys and others TBD, Graham Humphreys Concept Gallery With Commentary By Richard Stanley, Archive Moreau Interview With John Frankenheimer, Barbara Steele Recalls Moreau Audio Interview, The Beast Of Morbido Featurette,Return To The Moreau Locations Featurette, Boar Man Diary.

The film is available in Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray/DVD/CD combo pack and DVD. "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau" hits retail on July 14th.

Press Release:

In 1995, visionary writer/director Richard Stanley (HARDWARE, DUST DEVIL) got the green light for his dream project: An epic adaptation of H.G. Wells' 'The Island Of Doctor Moreau' starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. But only days into production, an unprecedented storm of natural disasters, monstrous egos and disturbing imagery - along with chaos, insanity and witchcraft - would trigger perhaps the most infamous behind-the-scenes catastrophe in modern movie history.

Now director/producer David Gregory (THE THEATRE BIZARRE, PLAGUE TOWN) reveals the untold story behind one of the all-time greatest cinematic train wrecks (Variety) in this wonderfully weird and gripping (Entertainment Weekly) documentary featuring never-before-seen footage, startling new interviews with actors Fairuza Balk and Rob Morrow, studio executives, crew members and - for the first time ever - the notoriously reclusive Stanley himself, plus nearly 2 hours of exclusive Bonus Features.

Jess Franco's "She Killed In Ecstasy" Makes a Killing on DVD & Blu-Ray

Severin Films recently send us over information for the upcoming DVD and limited edition Blu-Ray of Jess Franco's classic horror film "She Killed in Ecstasy". The film stars Beni Cardosi, Soledad Miranda (Vampyros Lesbos), Howard Venron (The Awful Dr.Orloff) Paul Muller (Nightmare Castle) and Ewa Stromberg (Vampyros Lesbos).

Special features on the DVD and Blu-Ray includes German Trailer, Jess Killed in Ecstasy: Interview With Writer/Director Jess Franco, Sublime Soledad: Interview With Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown, Stephen Thrower on She Killed in Ecstasy: Interview With Author of Murderous Passions:, The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco and Paul Muller on Jess Franco: Interview With frequent Franco Star. The Blu-Ray will also include a CD with the soundtracks for "She Killed in Ecstasy" and "Vampyros Lesbos".

"She Killed in Ecstasy" hits retail on May 12th.

Plot Synopsis:

The erotically charged follow up to the Jess Franco DVD smash hit, Vampyros Lesbos.The enchanting Soledad Miranda stars as a woman intent on avenging the death of her lover, a doctor who committed suicide after his experiments on human embryos were condemned by the medical establishment. With an insatiable lust for vengeance, she sets out to kill those responsible for his suicide.