Forget what you know about indie filmmaking. This July, Cliff Twemlow, Britain’s forgotten king of blood, sweat, and videotape, is storming back into your living room, fists flying and synths blazing. Severin Films, the cult saviours behind some of the nastiest deep cuts on the planet, are blasting ten of Twemlow’s legendary low-budget brawlers onto […]
Stars: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou, Sabrina Dennison, Adan Jodorowsky, Faviola Elenka Tapia, Teo Jodorowsky, Sergio Bustamante | Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roberto Leoni, Claudio Argento | Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre is an audacious, surreal journey through trauma, redemption, and the labyrinthine corridors of the human psyche. This […]
Featuring: Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Liang, Dragon Lee, Angela Mao, David Chiang, Phillip Ko, Sammo Hung | Directed by David Gregory It is an understatement to say that Bruce Lee left a massive impact through his short filmography. After being denied a lead role by the Shaw Brothers studio, Lee signed onto an upstart […]
Stars: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben, Danny Ronan, John L. Watkins, Bill Milling, Scott Praetorius, Tammy Patterson, Kim Patterson, Kathleen Ferguson, William Paul | Written and Directed by Romano Scavolini I think I need to brush up on my eighties horror knowledge and film watching because I realised when I had the […]
Stars: Charlee Danielson, Anthony Sneed, Remedy, Tom Kohut, James Shell, Vivian Sanchez, R.A. The Rugged Man, Ginger Starr, J-Zone | Written and Directed by Frank Henenlotter Director Frank Henenlotter is a cult horror legend. But after making the cult classics Basket Case, Brain Damage, Basket Case 2, Frankenhooker and finally, Basket Case 3, he disappeared. […]
Cliff Twemlow is, for me, something of an enigma, an urban legend, even a myth if you like. I remember reading about this self-made film star in the pages of Darkside Magazine – his films seemingly lost to the VHS era in much the same way as Lindsay Shonteff’s oeuvre. Speaking of VHS, Twemlow is […]
In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright discusses the documentary Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson with director David Gregory of Severin Films fame. The follow-up to his award-winning Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau – the documentary explores the strange […]
Features: Al Adamson, Ken Adamson, Stevee Ashlock, Ewing ‘Lucky’ Brown, John ‘Bud’ Cardos, Greydon Clark, Robert Dix, Guadalupe Garcia, Gary Graver, Marilyn Joi, Gary Kent, Samuel M. Sherman, Russ Tamblyn, Zandor Vorkov, Vilmos Zsigmond | Written and Directed by David Gregory Documentaries chronicling cinemas past are nothing new, but it seems that since the debut […]
After blowing away audiences around the world, Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson will be arriving on home video in the UK on June 1st. Produced and directed by Severin co-founder David Gregory – and the follow-up to his award-winning Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island […]
In his latest podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with Severin Films’ David Gregory about his 5 Great British Horror Films and the Blood On Satan’s Claw Limited Edition Blu-ray – Collector’s Edition. Blood On Satan’s Claw is an undeniable great British Horror film. This limited edition release will be a 4K restoration and includes a host […]
The infamous ‘80s Canadian thriller Beyond the Seventh Door comes to DVD for the first time ever courtesy of Severin/Intervision. More than 30 years after its original release, the film remains one of the most ambitious, sought-after and totally bizarre low-budget Canadian features of all time… Featuring Yugoslavian-born actor Lazar Rockwood – in a notorious […]
“Gruesome… Terrifying!” Screamed The People… “Gory Violence!” Decried The Telegraph… “As Explicitly horror as has ever been on video!” Claimed The Video Week as the British tabloid press called Suffer, Little Children to be banned among the panic of the Video Nasty witch hunts. The master tapes were seized by the police. The Censors refused […]
Severin Films announces an explosive new Blu-Ray compilation of rare trailers, transferred in 2k from a collection of recently unearthed 35mm reels, coming to the UK next month: Kung Fu Trailers of Fury..! Get ready for the most hardkicking, facesmashing, snakefisting trailer collection of them all! From the golden age of kung fu cinema comes […]
Stars: Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten, Angela Punch McGregor, Peter Sumner, Lorna Lesley, Ralph Cotterill, Adrian Wright, Tyler Coppin | Written by David Ambrose | Directed by David Hemmings When I was younger I was a big James Herbert fan, so watching The Survivor was something I just had to do. Confusing and slow, […]
On April 11th, Severin Films will possess the souls of genre fans with the first ever fully restored presentation of Canadian nightmare generator Cathy’s Curse – one of the strangest Exorcist/Carrie/Omen-inspired grindhouse hits like never before, transferred in 2k from recently-found film elements and featuring new extras with long-lost star Randi Allen and producer/director/co-writer Eddy […]
It was one of the few true slasher movies to pre-date Halloween and Friday the 13th, and remains the closest you’ll ever come to an actual seedy ‘70s drive-in experience: Drive-In Massacre; coming from Severin Films in a feature-packed Blu-ray with all-new special features and restored from the original camera negative recently discovered in the […]
Stars: Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore | Written and Directed by James Nguyen There are films that can be called “so bad they are good” and other bad films that are funny to watch for all the wrong reasons… What camp does Birdemic: Shock and Terror sit in? That’s for you to decide. With a story […]
Stars: Olivia Pascal, Christoph Moosbrugger, Nadja Gerganoff, Jasmin Losensky, Corinna Drews, Ann-Beate Engelke, Peter Exacoustos, María Rubio, Antonia García, Beatriz Sancho Nieto, Alexander Waechter | Written by Erich Tomek | Directed by Jess Franco What would you expect from a Slasher directed by Jess Franco? The chances are it would feature nudity, be bloody and […]
Severin Films make their return to the UK home video market with the Blu-ray release of two Jess Franco films in their library, She Killed in Ecstasy and Vampyros Lesbos – erotically charged Euro-horrors starring Franco fave Soledad Miranda which mark the pinnacle of Franco’s career. The former, a revenge thriller, is considered the best […]
