SEVERIN’S MARCH UHD MADNESS BRINGS FOUR WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERES

BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER & THE GREAT ALLIGATOR Debut;  
Canuxploitation Classic CATHY’S CURSE & Fulci’s THE DEVIL’S HONEY Return in 4K. 
Plus Standard Editions of Michele Soavi’s THE CHURCH and THE SECT.

Severin Films today announced the March release of four worldwide UHD premieres, including the 1981 psychosexual shocker BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER starring Jimmy McNichol, Bo Svenson and Oscar® nominee Susan Tyrrell; Sergio Martino’s 1979 behemoth reptile chomp-a-thon THE GREAT ALLIGATOR starring Mel Ferrer and Barbara Bach; the 1977 Canadian supernatural classic CATHY’S CURSE, featuring both the Director’s Cut and U.S. Release Version; and Lucio Fulci’s infamous 1986 erotic thriller THE DEVIL’S HONEY. Each film has been scanned in 4K with hours of Special Features. BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER and THE GREAT ALLIGATOR will also be available on Blu-ray. 

In addition Severin will release Standard Editions of two ‘80s horror classics from Italian genre director Michele Soavi:  THE CHURCH and THE SECT, both recently released for the first time on UHD in North America.

 

BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER
“A DEEPLY TWISTED SHOCKER… You will never, ever, EVER find a psychotic she-monster more blood-chilling than Susan Tyrrell.” 
– Chris Alexander, ComingSoon
It remains the most joltingly violent, psychosexual grindhouse shocker of the ‘80s, directed by a veteran of I Love Lucy and starring a frequently shirtless former teen idol with an epically demented performance by an Oscar® nominee. And now BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER can be experienced for the first time ever in UHD: Jimmy McNichol stars as an orphaned high-school student raised by his strangely overprotective aunt (Susan Tyrrell of FAT CITY fame) who becomes implicated in a grisly murder investigated by a psychotic police detective (an equally unhinged Bo Svenson of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS). 7x Emmy® nominee Julia Duffy (Newhart) and Bill Paxton (in one of his first film roles) co-star in this “jaw-dropping hunk of genre insanity” (Pop Culture Beast) and former DPP 39 Video Nasty – also known as NIGHT WARNING – now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 6 hours of new and archival Special Features, including:
Special Features:
  • Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
  • Reversible Wrap
Disc 1: UHD (Feature + Special Features)
  • Audio Commentary With Star Jimmy McNichol
  • Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Producer Steve Breimer And Co-Writer Alan Jay Glueckman, Moderated By Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
  • Audio Commentary With Co-Producer And Unit Production Manager Eugene Mazzola
  • Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
  • Audio Commentary With Star Jimmy McNichol
  • Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Producer Steve Breimer And Co-Writer Alan Jay Glueckman, Moderated By Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
  • Audio Commentary With Co-Producer And Unit Production Manager Eugene Mazzola
  • Extreme Prejudice – Interview With Actor Bo Svenson
  • Point And Shoot – Interview With Director Of Photography Robbie Greenberg
  • Family Dynamics – Interview With Editor Ted Nicolaou
  • Cast And Crew Interviews With Actors Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell And Steve Eastin, Make-Up Artist Allan A. Apone And Producer Steve Breimer
  • Trailer
  • TV Spot
Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: Region Free 

 

THE GREAT ALLIGATOR
“A GREAT ITALIAN HORROR MOVIE… People get eaten, the locals get angry and eventually all that’s left is a stack of bodies and buckets of blood.  The final showdown is a work of art.” 
– Taste of Cinema
Director Sergio Martino (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) combines a monster reptile with an all-star EuroCult cast for THE GREAT ALLIGATOR, one of the most outrageously entertaining Italian Jungle Carnage movies of them all, now in UHD for the first time ever: At the opening of a tropical resort, a photographer (Claudio Cassinelli of SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD), an anthropologist (Barbara Bach of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME) and an arrogant hotelier (Mel Ferrer of EATEN ALIVE!) are besieged by hostile natives, obnoxious tourists and a gargantuan river beast that intends to devour them all. Romano Puppo (ROBOWAR), Richard Johnson (ZOMBIE) and Silvia Collatina (THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY) co-star in this “top ten killer alligator/crocodile movie” (JoBlo), co-written by George Eastman (ANTHROPOPHAGOUS), Cesare Frugoni (SPIDER LABYRINTH) and Ernesto Gastaldi (ALMOST HUMAN), newly scanned in 4K from the original negative.
Special Features:
  • Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
  • Reversible Wrap
 Disc 1: UHD (Feature + Special Features)
  • Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
  • Down By The River – Interview With Director Sergio Martino
  • Minou – Interview With Actress Silvia Collatina
  • Beware Of The Gator – Interview With Camera Operator Claudio Morabito
  • Later Alligator – Interview With Production Designer Antonello Geleng
  • Underwater – Interview With Underwater Camera Operator Gianlorenzo Battaglia
  • 3 Friends And An Alligator – Discussion With Cinematographer Giancarlo Ferrando, Production Designer Antonello Geleng And Special Effects Supervisor Paolo Ricci
  • Paradise House: Christianity And The Natural World In THE GREAT ALLIGATOR – Video Essay By Lee Gambin, Author Of Massacred By Mother Nature
  • Alligator Land – Antonello Geleng Shares Original Production Drawings
  • Trailer
Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: UHD Region Free, Blu-ray Region A 

 

CATHY’S CURSE
“UTTERLY BIZARRE AND KIND OF BRILLIANT… Operating on a plane of existence far removed from our own,  it rewards repeated viewings once you've fallen under its crackpot spell.” 
– Mondo Digital
It’s been called “chilling and disturbing” (Film Fracture), “an absolute revelation” (Kindertrauma) and “unlike anything you’ve ever seen” (Bloody Disgusting). Now experience The Director’s Cut and American R-Rated Release Version of CATHY’S CURSE in UHD for the first time ever! In 1947, a young girl is roasted alive in a car accident. Thirty years later, her grown brother returns to their childhood home with his mentally unstable wife and sweet daughter Cathy. But when the dead aunt’s vengeful spirit possesses the child, it will unleash an unnerving nightmare of creepy mediums, demonic dolls and plenty of sick ‘70s foul-mouthed moppet mayhem. In an unprecedented source upgrade, both versions are scanned in 4K from the recently discovered negatives with 2+ hours of Special Features. 
Special Features:
  • Limited Edition Webstore Exclusive Slipcase With Glowing LED Eyes Available Separately
  • Reversible Wrap
Disc 1: UHD (Feature + Special Features) 
  • Audio Commentary By Fangoria Contributor Brian Collins And Filmmaker Simon Barrett (U.S. Cut Only)
  • Theatrical Trailers
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
  • Audio Commentary By Fangoria Contributor Brian Collins And Filmmaker Simon Barrett (U.S. Cut Only)
  • Tricks And Treats – Interview With Director Eddy Matalon
  • Cathy's Daddy – Alan Scarfe Remembers CATHY'S CURSE
  • Cathy & Mum – Interview With Actress Randi Allen And Costume Designer Joyce Allen
  • Introduction To Cinematic Void/American Cinematheque Screening By Brian Collins
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • Booklet By Simon Barrett And Brian Collins
Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono, French Mono
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: Region Free
THE DEVIL’S HONEY
 “A SLEAZY MASTERPIECE.”
– Horror Society

In one of the most twistedly intense films of his career, Lucio Fulci takes on the erotic thriller genre and unleashes an onslaught of glossy depravity in UHD for the first time ever: Brett Halsey (DEMONIA), Corinne Cléry (THE STORY OF O) and Blanca Marsillach (FLESH+BLOOD) star in this insane S&M saga complete with torrid romance, rampant nudity, woodwind-induced orgasms and a cavalcade of kink to deliver what The Digital Bits calls “one of the sleazier films Fulci ever made.” Stefano Madia (BODY COUNT), Bernard Seray (HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Fulci himself co-star in this psychosexual sickie – also known as DANGEROUS OBSESSION – now scanned in 4K from the original negative with Special Features that include an all-new interview with Blanca Marsillach and a newly-discovered audio interview with Lucio Fulci.

Special Features:
  • Webstore Exclusive Slipcover
  • Reversible Wrap
Disc 1: UHD (Feature + Special Features) 
  • Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
  • Sax, Lies and Videotape – Interview With Actress Blanca Marsillach
  • Archival Audio Interview With Director Lucio Fulci By Michele Romagnoli
  • The Devil's Halsey – Interview With Actor Brett Halsey
  • Wild Flower – Interview With Actress Corinne Cléry
  • Producing Honey – Interview With Producer Vincenzo Salviani
  • The Devil's Sax – Interview With Composer Claudio Natili
  • Stephen Thrower, Author Of Beyond Terror: The Films Of Lucio Fulci, On THE DEVIL'S HONEY
  • Fulci's Honey – Audio Essay By Troy Howarth, Author Of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci And His Films
  • Alternate Opening
  • Trailer
Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: UHD Region Free, Blu-ray Region A 
 
THE CHURCH
 
“A CLASSIC OF ITALIAN HORROR…
THE CHURCH is very much its own beast.
There’s still nothing quite like it.”  
– Nerdly
 
For his second feature film – and first full collaboration with co-writer/producer/mentor Dario Argento – writer/director Michele Soavi unleashes a “mind-blowing” (Bloody Disgusting), “breathtaking” (Slant) “masterwork” (DVD Drive-In), now in UHD for the first time ever: In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence and demonic vengeance. Tomas Arana (THE SECT), Feodor Chaliapin (INFERNO), Hugh Quarshie (NIGHTBREED), Barbara Cupisti (CEMETERY MAN) and Asia Argento co-star in this Italian horror milestone co-written by Franco Ferrini (PHENOMENA), with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the original negative and over 3 hours of Special Features – including new interviews with Soavi and Argento.
Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Feature + Special Features)
  • Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
  • The Mystery Of The Cathedrals – Interview With Director Michele Soavi
  • Alchemical Possession – Interview With Co-Screenwriter/Producer Dario Argento
  • The Eleventh Commandment – Interview With Co-Screenwriter Franco Ferrini
  • The Ghostwriter – Interview With Co-Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
  • Lotte – Interview With Actress Asia Argento
  • Here Comes The Bride – Interview With Actress Antonella Vitale
  • A Demon Named Evan – Interview With Actor Tomas Arana
  • Father Giovanni – Interview With Actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
  • Monsters And Demons – Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
  • Holy Ground – Interview With Make-Up Artist Franco Casagni
  • Building The Church – Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
  • The Right-Hand Man – Interview With Assistant Director Claudio Lattanzi
  • Return To The Land Of The Demons – Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
  • Trailer 
Specs: 
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo, Italian Stereo
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: UHD Region Free, Blu-ray Region A

  

THE SECT
 “SOAVI’S CULT-CONSPIRACY MASTERPIECE…
Its depth makes it so there’s something new to realize
every time you re-watch it.” 
– At The Mansion Of Madness
The third feature by director Michele Soavi – his second collaboration with producer/co-writer Dario Argento – has been called “deranged” (We Are Cult), “disturbing” (Blu-ray.com) and “long overdue for reevaluation” (Bloody Disgusting). Now it can be experienced like never before: As a global satanic cabal grows in ferocity, an unwitting young schoolteacher (Kelly Curtis – sister of Jamie Lee – in her sole genre role) is chosen to deliver the ultimate evil. Herbert Lom (COUNT DRACULA), Mariangela Giordano (BURIAL GROUND) and Giovanni Lombardo Radice (THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) co-star in “a nightmarish fever dream from a visionary filmmaker” (Good Efficient Butchery), scanned in 4K from the original negative with over 3 hours of Special Features – including new interviews with Soavi and Argento – for the first time ever.
Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Feature + Special Features)
  • U.S. Release Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)
  • Sympathy For The Devil – Interview With Director Michele Soavi
  • (You're The) Devil In Disguise – Interview With Co-Screenwriter/Producer Dario Argento
  • Catacumba – Interview With Co-Screenwriter Gianni Romoli
  • Cult Of Personality – Interview With Actor Tomas Arana
  • Owner Of A Lonely Heart – Interview With Actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
  • In The Shaded Area – Interview With Cinematographer Raffaele Mertes
  • Four Times Argento – Interview With Composer Pino Donaggio
  • Total Eclipse – Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
  • Oh Well – Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
  • The Birth Of Evil – Interview With Film Historian Fabrizio Spurio
  • Into The Dark Well – Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
  • Catacomb In The Kitchen – Michele Soavi Shows Us His Dark Basement
  • Italian Trailer
Specs:  
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Stereo, Italian Stereo
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: UHD Region Free, Blu-ray Region A

 

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