The Severin Films Podcast

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!  

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!

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! 

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 RETURN OF CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE!   Don't forget to stick around for DJ Alfonso's LEE-vil playlist in Rendezvous After Hours!

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 three coming with soundtracks for the first time and filled to the BRIM with special features. Please subscribe if you want to get this info right here!

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! 

The nonsensical naysayers are back just in time to make this new year just as nasty as the last! We're ringing in the new year by unleashing two brand new releases off the infamous Video Nasties list, including the debut of one which has not seen an HD release EVER! Join us as we break down our 2-disc release of DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE featuring a brand new restoration and hours of extras, and our release of the Vietnam Vet slasher film, DELIRIUM!

The habit wearing heathens at Severin are back at it with a holy hand grenade of a release! The Nasty Habits box set is ready to put your faith to the test and leave you begging for Satan to come save you.   Listen in to hear the full breakdown of each title in the set as well as the extra features, behind the scenes info on the production of the set, as well as much much more! If you don't think we fill this set up with some of the nastiest films this earth has to offer... ye have little FAITH!

The witches and warlocks at Severin are here again (twice in one month, crazy... I know) to discuss the upcoming bohemoth folk horror box set, ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS.   We're extremely proud to discuss this incredible box with the curator of its contents, the director of WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED herself, Kier-La Janisse. We go disc-by-disc breaking down everything, including the world-wide blu ray debut of EYES OF FIRE which in undergoing a 4K restoration. As you listen, you'll learn just how much heart and passion went into not only the box, but making sure as many cultures were represented in the set.   The set is available for pre-order now!

The awful assortment of anonymous a-holes at Severin are back to break down the upcoming October announcements! Listen in to learn all about the infamous LAST ITALIAN HORROR film Barbara Steele ever starred in, AN ANGEL FOR SATAN! Plus two mid '60s noir films from Severin's favorite Uncle Jess Franco. Find out the SHOCKING truth behind these two releases and get ready for a truly terrifying October!

The wildly wonderful workhorses at Severin are back to break down this years upcoming September announcements! To break down DROP DEAD FRED, David was pleased to get an exclusive interview with filmmaker Ate De Jong, we go deep into the world of the youth Satanic Panic film MIDNIGHT, prey for forgiveness as we discuss A DAY OF JUDGEMENT, and then cleanse our souls with another amazing Giallo starring Carroll Baker, THE FOURTH VICTIM!

This is part two of a two-part breakdown of all the exciting titles announced for the SEVERIN NUKES THE MID-YEAR SALE slate. We get into the real-world insanity that went into restoring the POST-NUKE films being released by some of Italy's filthiest filmmakers! Three action packed releases, ENDGAME by Joe D'Amato, WARRIORS OF THE YEAR 2072 by Lucio Fulci, and RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS by Ruggero Deodato. Also an exclusive interview with director/sex stuntman of THE MASTURBATING GUNMAN Mark Savage! Trust us when we say the Gunman isn't the only thing coming at you... with the sale just one day away, you'll have deals left and right!