The Severin Films Podcast

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 with DJ Alfonso with an extended set inspired by this months announcement!

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!" Making it's UHD debut with a boat-load of new extras. As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop! Hope you're ready for this!

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! Hope you're ready for this!

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. Listen in as we discuss the full slate including the holy trinity of Michele Soavi UHD releases, THE CHURCH, THE SECT, and CEMETERY MAN. The highly requested SPIDER LABYRINTH making it's UHD debut as well. Not to mention the 1-2-punch from producer Samuel M. Sherman, including the first non-black & white zombie film, THE DEAD ONE and RAIDERS OF THE LIVING DEAD. Buddy Giovinazzo joins us to talk about the state-side premiere of his hardly seen classic THE UNSCARRED, Kier-La Janisse explains why STIR and CLOSED CIRCUIT deserve to be on your radar! As always, DJ Alfonso curated a special playlist to celebrate... and you bet your ass it starts with the theme song to RAIDERS OF THE LIVING DEAD!

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 film that the crew say is due for a reappraisal! The English friendly premiere of the bold THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR FACE, a film Kat has been trying to track down forever, getting restored from the only known element! Plus a modern take (modern for the time) on the Jekyll and Hyde story, JEKYLL! Not only do you have this all to look forward to, you get the extra treat of DJ Alfonso making a Rendevous After Hours you'll never forget!

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, Bill hasn't sued us... YET. Get ready for the big sale and spend some time with the Severin crew, then enjoy yourself a special playlist curated by the one and only DJ Alfonso!

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 this months announcement. This month is sure to please Severin loyalists and art fans alike!

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 DJ Alfonso!

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 films as well as give exclusive insight into what went into making these releases happen! PLUS a set of Poliziotteschi inspired music with our own DJ Alfonso!

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) PLUS: David tells us his 15+ year journey that lead to us making the US disc release debut of FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET on 4K UHD!

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 an entire country over MULTIPLE DECADES... TALES TO KEEP YOU AWAKE getting its first US friendly release. Anyone who says this month is anything short of amazing should be ashamed of themselves!