The Severin Films Podcast

Talk about "June Gloom!"

Join the Severin crew break down volume 4 of the Italian Gothic series DANZA MACABRA with special guest, Kat Ellinger! We go disc-by-disc through this 11-disc box set including some of the best examples of Gothic Horror that has gone under the radar for some fans. Barbara Steele thrives in TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE. The disc premiere of the fully un-cut NIGHT OF THE DAMNED. THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT starring the Italian horror queen herself, Rosalba Neri. Lastly, a very well deserved upgrade to a film starring unforgettable icons Carroll Baker and George Eastman...

MAY-HEM ensues with this set of releases on and off screen!

The Severin Team are abroad this month at the Cannes Film Festival but that won't stop them from spreading the good word. In fact, a lot of deals for our releases are struck at Cannes each year! 

Listen as we break down the three titles hitting shelves this may including three under-appreciated titles from auteur Peter Medak, including his debut film NEGATIVES, THE ODD JOB, and THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS. Also coming out this month is a 4-film series from Lamberto Bava made f...

WARNING: THIS EPISODE IS NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH!

Severin and Intervision want to take you out for a night on the town... with the toughest bouncer in Manchester! Join us and special guests, filmmaker Jake West & actor/writer/producer Brian Sterling-Vete, as we break down the first ever Intervision box set with the entire filmography of shot-on-video mogul Cliff Twemlow, who was the driving force behind 10 films, including the infamous Video Nasty G.B.H. It's an episode full of body building, sweat drenched punches, and most of all  COUNTLESS HOURS OF S.O.V. IN...

UHD releases so good you'll have to EXTERMINATE all your previous editions!!!

Join us as we break down all four of the March titles. Taking a step back in time with Peter Cushing as the good Doctor in DOCTOR WHO AND THE DALEKS and DALEKS' INVASION EARTH 2150AD making their US UHD Debut! Also coming to UHD is a Severin staple, JACK THE RIPPER, which has been sourced from newly discovered elements. Lastly, a sci-fi film ghost written by the great Dalton Trubmo, the iconic writer who was blacklisted from the industry AND STILL won Oscars... UNKNOWN...

Love is in the air at Severin and this month is proof that romance comes in all shapes and sizes.

Join us and special guest Kier-La Janisee as we break down this very romantic slate of titles coming out this February. We celebrate the much anticipated volume 2 of HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN (BUTTERFLY KISS, MORGIANA, THE SAVAGE EYE, and THE GLASS CEILING), IN MY SKIN making it's UHD debut, and the most unconventional love story of them all... Joe Orton's iconic ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE.

As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by...

TRUSTS, BUSTS, and THRUSTS! Ring in the New Year with Russ Meyer's favorite thing... A GOOD PAIR (of UHD debuts!)

Listen as we break down the three titles hitting shelves this January including two more titles from the Russ Meyer catalogue, MOTORPSYCHO! and UP making thier UHD debuts. While we're on the subject of making the impossible a reality, we celebrate the iconic exploitation director Lee Frost's roughie, THE PICK-UP being remastered from the thought-to-be-lost original camera negative.

As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop! Hope you're ready...

Don't look behind you... the dastardly dealers at Severin are coming at you with a list of their favorite releases and events from 2024!

Join your co-hosts with special guest Kier-La Janisse, as we re-enter BLOOD ISLAND with our FEAR IN THE PHILIPPINES collection. We also take a moment to look back on this past year and all the insane things that happened in 365 days. It's a very loose episode, but a very fun listen! 

As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this benchmark year!

02:30 - FEAR IN TH...

Your best buds covered in blood are BACK... and we're HUNGRY. Join the full crew, with special guest Claire Donner, in breaking down all ten titles available starting Black Friday plus exclusive merch as well as a few other surprises in this power packed episode.

Sometimes good things are worth the wait and this podcast is no exception! We're BACK with two of Hollywood's most infamous filmmakers and a theater that screened them more than anything else...

Join us as we discuss the Russ Meyer VIXEN trilogy and the nearly decade long journey that lead to Severin and the Russ Meyer Trust becoming bosom buddies... IN BOSOMANIA! We break down the full-frontal BREASTorations and our STACKED lineup of extras on each release of VIXEN, SUPERVIXENS, and BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA-VIXENS. Then we talk about the later-era hardcore films of the...

Gather ‘round the fire in the woods for this nearly 5-hour journey into the heart of ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2 with box set producer / curator Kier-La Janisse taking Andrew, Amy and David through every graphic detail of this impossibly massive undertaking. Understand why Andrew declares this session “a catharsis," while David calls the set, "a masterclass in curation and execution unlike any other in physical media and which should hopefully help to retire the woefully dated phrase 'Criterion-level’," as Amy cries, “this box set is the apotheosis of everything everyone has been working towards." Also discover which film Kie...

Grab some sunscreen and get ready to feel the burn in this extra long episode of the Severin Films Podcast breaking down our 10 title SUMMER SALE slate!

Join our beloved beach bums as they break down each release, including the UHD debuts, disc debuts, sale exclusives and much much more!

Timecodes below for each title in the podcast:

0:00 Preamble (intro including the curse of Cathy and no Pieces/Slaughter High)

9:28 - The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals

19:50 - The Creature 

24:40 - The Mad Bomb...

Join us as we break down our June 2024 releases! The Severin Films gang welcomes special guest Kat Ellinger to talk about DANZA MACABRA Vol. 3: The Spanish Gothic Collection (Necrophagous / Cake of Blood / Cross of the Devil / The Night of the Walking Dead).

As always, DJ Alfonso is here to treat your ears to a playlist inspired by this months announcement.

The unbe-LEE-vable team at Severin are here again to discuss the upcoming fist of fury that is the Bruceploitation box set, THE GAME OF CLONES VOL. 1.

We're extremely proud to discuss this incredible box! We go disc-by-disc breaking down all 15 movies, including the world-wide blu ray debut of films from pre-print elements for the first time. As you listen, you'll learn just how much heart and passion went into not only the box, but how hard some of these films are to find in a complete form. You'll sweat just thinking about it!

Cool down...

The smut assasin's at Severin are coming at with a slate of UHD upgrades that are guaranteed to make you sweat.

Join us as we break down all four of the March titles. Two Severin Films Hall of Famers get the red carpet treatment as they make their UHD debut, CATHY'S CURSE and THE DEVIL'S HONEY. Making its Severin Films AND UHD debut is the Sergio Martino entry in the Jawsploitation genre, THE GREAT ALLIGATOR! Lastly, a film that needs no introduction, BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER! The Video Nasty that will make your mother shout "OH MY!"...

The dastardly dealers at Severin are coming at with a slate of films that put the WILD in "The Wild West!"

Join us as we break down all three of the February titles. Two iconic roughies from the Something Weird Video archive being restored from their original camera negatives, THE HOT SPUR and THE SCAVENGERS directed by Lee Frost. Also coming out this month is a wild take on the found footage genre and blending it with the history altering LOLA!

As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop...

New Year New Sleaze! 

Turn off the lights and grab your moms, becuase we're going to take a BITE out of January. Listen as we break down the three titles hitting shelves this January including the Jess Franco's monster rally DRACULA, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN. Making it's US UHD debut is the Italian sleazoid classic BURIAL GROUND! Lastly, the Aussie who-dunnit slasher infamous for it's FRIGHT BREAK makes an HD debut with both versions to choose from!

CHICKENS BEWARE! 

Join us as we take a final look back at an incredible year in home video releases. Join your hosts in a much more relaxed format compared to our usual show. We talk about some of our favorites, some of the contraversies that have come up, we hear from more of the Severin office, as well as talk about the first quarter of 2024.

As always, DJ Alfonso is ringing in the new year with some of his favorite tracks for the past years worth of shows. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Your best buds covered in blood are BACK for part two of an extremely stacked November! This time breaking down all nine titles available starting Black Friday plus exclusive merch as well as a few other surprises in this power packed episode.

Join Euro-cult Santa, David Gregory, and his merry bunch of sadistic Severin elves as they break down a surprise November announcement, DANZA MACABRA Volume 2! 

Why am I making Christmas puns this early? You'll just have to listen to the episode to find out. Listen to the Severin team with special guest Kat Ellinger break down this impressive follow up to the successful Vol. 1 from earlier this year. 4 brand new titles including the titular title DANZA MACABRA (aka CASTLE OF BLOOD) making it's UHD premiere! The premiere of a brand new restoration of THE DEVIL'S LOVER, a...

While recording our upcoming episode with guest Kat Ellinger, the team decided to break down their top 3 picks to watch this Halloween season! 

Happy Halloween from your frightful friends as Severin! David, Zach, Amy, and Andrew team up to tell you every terrifying detail about this October slate of releases!

Unveiling two 4K UHD releases of Severin staples, Jess Franco's COUNT DRACULA and the infamous DOCTOR BUTCHER aka ZOMBI HOLOCAUST! Plus, a double feature of Pere Portabella's art films he made during the filming of COUNT DRACULA.

As always, stay tuned after the podcast to listen to DJ Alfonso's playlist inspired by this months announcement!

Join the couragious curators as they delve deep into the well of Peter Cushing's filmography and pull out a 6-disc set of CUSHING CURIOSITIES!

Join the full house of hosts as we break down this set disc-by-disc and explain all the behind-the-scenes details that went into compiling this set, the stories behind the elements, and how we even risked it all to get the longest versions ever!

As always, stay tuned after the podcast to listen to DJ Alfonso's Peter Cushing inspired playlist of songs that are guaranteed to get your fangs out!

The sassy salesman are BACK with another behemoth episode breaking down all EIGHT releases on the 2023 Severin Summer Sale slate. Join David, Amy and Andrew as they break down each title and give you exclusive insight on how these came to be.

Join us as we talk through everything disc-by-disc and have great conversations with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case / Frankenhooker) about coming out of a long hiatus and making a statement with BAD BIOLOGY, then later surprise Amanda Reyes and Amy by having Bill Lustig (Maniac / Vigilante) share some memories about the great Joe Spinell. No...

Join the erotic eulogizers as they are joined by guest co-host author/director Kier-La Janisse to discuss the box set too hot for YouTube... THE SENSUAL WORLD OF BLACK EMANUELLE.

Kier-La and the gang break down all of the titles in this once-in-a-lifetime collection the day the box dropped, little did they know how much contraversy would take place during it! Just as Joe D'Amato intended. 

As always, stay tuned after the podcast to listen to DJ Alfonso's Black Emanuelle inspired playlist of songs that are guaranteed to get your blood pumping!

Join us as we break down our April 2023 releases! The Severin Films gang talk about the the JP Simon mass murdering attempt at exploiting the E.T. phenomenon, Antonio Margaret's ALIEN FROM THE ABYSS, and the US Bluray release of the comedy sensation THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS!

As always, DJ Alfonso is here to treat your ears to a playlist inspired by this months announcement. This month is sure to please Severin loyalists and art fans alike!

Join us as we break down our March 2023 releases! The Severin Films gang talk about the Worldwide 4K UHD debut of Peter Greenaway's contravercial masterpiece DROWNING BY NUMBERS, including exclusive insight and stories about his brief stint in America and the race to get him for bonus features. Afterward, Kat Ellinger joins to break down the DANZA MACABRA Italian Gothic Collection (Lady Frankenstein / Scream of the Demon Lover / The Seventh Grave / Monster of the Opera) including multiple worldwide debuts and US debuts!

As always, DJ Alfonso is here to treat your ears to a playlist inspired by...

Celebrate Valentine's Day the Severin way with two triple features guaranteed to get your heart pumping! We revisit the inaugural Romantic Thriller(TM) BIRDEMIC followed by the bluray premiere of it's two sequels! We also have an exclusive interview with the stars of the most recent, BIRDEMIC 3: SEA EAGLE. We also pull the sheets back on our triple bill of softcore classics from our THREE BETWEEN THE SHEETS set.

The team break down all 6 films as well as give exclusive insight into what went into making these releases happen! PLUS a set inspired music with our own...

This year Severin Films is starting off with a BANG! In this episode of the podcast the Severin crew break down January releases headlined by a box set of gun wielding, foul mouthed and diabolical deviants... and the most charming Italian action star of his time. This set chronicles the long-time collaboration between actor Tomas Milian and a Severin-hall-of-fame director Umberto Lenzi. Also coming out this month, inspired by an incredible true story about some of Australia's top soldiers getting mixed up in a war they didn't mean to, ATTACK FORCE Z!

The team break down all 6...

The Severin Boo Crew is back for a final look back at an incredible year in physical media. Join your hosts as we take your questions in a much more relaxed format compared to our usual show. We talk about some of our favorites, some of the contraversies that have come up, the future of FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET, and hopes/aspirations for 2023.

As always, DJ Alfonso is ringing in the new year with some of his favorite tracks for the past years worth of shows. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

The sassy salesman are BACK with another behemoth episode breaking down all EIGHT releases (16 discs total) on the 2022 Black Friday slate. Join David and Andrew as they're joined by Severin production manager and Los Angeles Director of the Miskatonic Insistute of Horror Studies, Amy Searles!

Join us as we talk through everything disc-by-disc! Amazing films from all over the globe coming to the states for the first time, including the directorial debut from Álex De La Iglesia (Perdita Durango/30 Coins) and the final film from Italian horror icon Mario Bava (Black Sunday/Blood and Black Lace)

The malicious missionaries at Severin are back and they're covered in camouflage this month, because these titles are coming out of nowhere!

Listen as your hosts break down the pure Mattei mayhem being unleashed this October. Bruno Mattei's infamous Exploding Hut saga continues with DOUBLE TARGET, COP GAME, and BORN TO FIGHT. We even get an interview with Mattei regular and star of 2/3 films, Brent Huff!

We're back in the drawing room to tell you all about this amazing line-up of September titles including some re-releases and a slew of Severin firsts!

Join us as we break down each disc including the 4K UHD release of the iconic film THE CHANGELING, the return of Severin Kids with David Blyth's (DEATH WARMED UP) MY UNCLE IS A VAMPIRE, Intervision's release of the PLAGA ZOMBIE trilogy (available for the first time together EVER), the first break-away from the Al Adamson set getting a beefed up release DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN, and lastly the show that shocked...

Join the psychotic partnership of sleaze salesmen as they interview author/director Kier-La Janisse about the upcoming 10th anniversary of her book HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN and discuess the box set celebrating new additions and old favorites.

Kier-La and the gang break down all four titles and explain why out of the 300 titles in the book, these four were stand-outs that needed to be brought to bluray! 

As always, stay tuned after the podcast to listen to DJ Alfonso's HOPW inspired playlist of songs that are guaranteed to make you lose your mind!

Join your favorite fever dream salespeople selling you sinister and sensual shrieks for seriously low prices!

We break down all the 8 new titles and merch items making their debut during the halfway to Black Friday sale! Enjoy some behind-the-scenes stories regarding acquiring one of the most requested titles in Severin history!

Get recommendations for back catalogue and titles going on sale for the first time... and then close out your night with the sweet tunes of DJ Alfonso as he plays a playlist inspired by this months titles.

Join the incredibly strange salesman from Severin as they break down the psychotronic filmmaking stylings of the incredibly strange Ray Dennis Steckler. A man who is just as interesting as the films he went on to make.

We're joing by Vinegar Syndrome's own Joe Rubin to break down this 10 disc set film-by-film and give you exclusive information about every little detail! 

As always, DJ Alfonso is here to deliver a playlist inspired by this MASSIVE announcement!

The worrisome warlocks at Severin HQ are BACK in the Eurocrypt with another rare assortment of Christopher Lee blu-ray debuts in the EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE collection II.

Presenting a diverse collection of Lee's time abroad including the worldwide bluray premiere's of TWO Vampire classics, UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE and DRACULA AND SON. Also included in the set is SECRET OF THE RED ORCHID (making it's US blu-ray premiere), DARK PLACES (Woldwide Bluray premiere), and MURDER STORY (Worldwide DISC premiere). And we'd be incredib-LEE dumb to not point out a 3 disc release of Philippe Mora's ahead-of-its-time superhero classic THE...

Those bodacious bluray boys are BACK throwing beads at folks ready to party!

Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Big Sleazy with us as we celebrate the films of Jack Weis with three of his films including the iconic MARDI GRAS MASSACRE! Then a double bill of CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS and the disc premiere for his hard-to-find DEATH BRINGS ROSES.

Also, stay tuned for an interview with the writers of SONIC and SONIC 2, Josh Miller and Pat Casey as we break down our Intervision 20 Year Anniversary release of their wild film HEY, STOP STABBING ME...

We promised you a March release that was OUT OF THE BLUE, didn't we?!

David and Andrew are joined by filmmaker, Kier-la Janisse to discuss a Canadian film with a rich past and an iconic future.

Join us as we break down this purely MASSIVE 2-disc release for the third film directed by Dennis Hopper.

When Severin says they're going hard in 2022... Severin goes HARD in 2022. This time we're coming at you with a set so good, you'll need to flip a coin to figure out which disc to watch first.... don't worry, we provide the coin.

Join us as we break down the three titles included in this months announcements including two of Italy's nastiest filmmakers depicting Rome's most vile creation in Joe D'Amato's CALIGULA II: THE UNTOLD STORY and Bruno Mattei's COLIGULA AND MESSALINA. Then we take a trip down under to talk about the ULTIMATE biker film, STONE! All...

Those sale slapping salespeople are BACK to break down the SEVEN, yes SEVEN new titles hitting the webstore this Black Friday! The excitement can't even be contained as we chortle our way through some iconic extra features to accompany these highly sought-after titles.

Also, we are treated to an incredible segment of Rendezvous After Hours with DJ Alfonso who created a playlist of songs inspired by this months announcements!