Posts tagged Severin Films
Digi-Schlock: AUSTRALIA AFTER DARK and THE ABC’S OF LOVE AND SEX AUSTRALIA STYLE (InterVision DVD’s)
Jan 13th
As 2012 begins, InterVision has decided to take a break from the straight-to-video 1980’s horror material they’ve become known for and return to the erotic style of their early releases. This time, it’s a pair of Australian titles by John Lamond, Australia After Dark and The ABC’s Of Love & Sex Australia Style. While they More >
Digi-Schlock: HORROR EXPRESS (Severin Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack)
Dec 2nd
It’s hard for a bargain-bin perennial to catch an even break in the home video marketplace. Even classics like Night Of The Living Dead and Messiah Of Evil have had to endure endless cheap-o grey market discs with varying versions of the same fuzzy video source. Horror Express is another title that has suffered such More >
Schlock-Wire: Severin Bringing HORROR EXPRESS To Blu-Ray And DVD In November!
Nov 1st
Here’s some great news for fans of Euro-horror: the 1972 cult fave Horror Express will finally get the release it deserves on November 29th. This longtime staple of grey market distributors is getting a new high-definition transfer plus a variety of cool new special features (including a vintage Peter Cushing interview!). Better yet, it’s being More >
Digi-Schlock: THINGS (InterVision DVD)
Jul 21st
After a bumpy start with a few bottom-rung Franco films, the folks at Severin offshoot label InterVision Picture Corp. hit onto a novel marketing hook: they turned their focus to the weird straight-to-video horror films that proliferated like venereal diseases during the 1980’s. Their disc for Sledgehammer got this new approach off to a good More >
Digi-Schlock: BLOODY BIRTHDAY (Severin Films DVD)
Jul 8th
Schlockmania completes its look at Severin’s trilogy of June horror film releases with this review of Bloody Birthday. Like The Baby, this one has been on DVD before — via an anamorphic transfer from VCI with a mediocre look to it. Thankfully, Severin’s release offers a genuine improvement in image quality and throws in a More >
Digi-Schlock: THE BABY (Severin DVD)
Jul 1st
Of the trio of recent Severin Films horror DVD releases, the most interesting and cult-ish of the bunch is The Baby. This underrated gem was released on VHS back in the day and has been in and out circulation in recent years since it was released on a now out-of-print disc from Image. That transfer More >
Digi-Schlock: NIGHTMARES (1980) (Severin Films DVD)
Jul 1st
No can accuse Severin of going soft on the horror genre. Their late June slate of releases is totally dedicated to the genre: The Baby, Bloody Birthday and Nightmares (known to some U.S. viewers as Stage Fright). Nightmares is the least of this lot cinematically speaking but it has aspects that might interest the hardcore More >
Schlock-Wire: Definitive Edition Of THE STUNT MAN Coming From Severin In June On DVD & Blu-Ray
May 26th
This might not seem like schlock news but stick with it — The Stunt Man is an internationally acclaimed classic that happens to involve the input of some classic b-movie types (Richard Rush directed biker movies early in his career and the cast features b-movie perennials like Adam Roarke and Alex Rocco). Severin has rescued More >
Digi-Schlock: SLEDGEHAMMER (InterVision DVD)
May 13th
It’s getting harder and harder to run a cult DVD label, particularly if you’re dealing with the horror genre. Most of the major cult titles have been taken already and the scarce few that remain often have rights issues that keep them out of circulation. As far as vintage titles go, the one real underexplored More >
Schlock-Wire: Severin Teams Up With Intervision To Revive Infamous SOV Horror Flick SLEDGEHAMMER
Apr 27th
The cult of shot-on-video horror will take its next step into the cult DVD world with a reissue of Sledgehammer. This infamous brain-melter was the work of David Prior, who would become a prolific director of direct-to-video fare during the 1980’s, and is considered to be the first shot-on-video horror film made for the horror More >
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