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SEVERIN FILMS RESURRECTS "VIY" FOR BLU-RAY IN DECEMBER
Wednesday 13th November 2019 - posted by Eric_Cotenas
On December 10, 2019, by popular demand, Severin Films will be putting out a general release version of their Blu-ray of the Russian fantasy film Viy based on the novel by Gogol - the same literary source that inspired Mario Bava's Black Sunday - in which a seminary student is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch. But when she rises from the dead to seduce him, it will summon a nightmare of fear, desire and the ultimate demonic mayhem. Scripted by Russian fantasy auteur Aleksandr Ptushko, Severin's Blu-ray of Viy will feature:
• Region Free Blu-ray
• Optional English Dub Track
• "Viy the Vampire" interview with filmmaker Richard Stanley
• "The Woods To The Cosmos" John Leman Riley on the history Of Soviet fantasy and sci-fi film
• Short Silent Films – Satan Exultant, The Queen of Spades, and The Portrait
• Theatrical Trailer
Available separately or in directly from Severin Films in the The Viy Bundle with a T-shirt.
WIN HOBBS & SHAW ON BLU-RAY FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Wednesday 6th November 2019 - posted by Eric_Cotenas
On behalf of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW is available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, & DVD November 5th, to celebrate this release we have 2 Blu-ray Combo Packs of HOBBS & SHAW to giveaway to two lucky readers. Simply email us with the subject heading "HOBBS&SHAW" with your name and mailing address (no P.O. Boxes) for a chance to enter the draw to win. Open to US and Canadian residents only. No DVDcompare staff or family allowed to enter. One entry per person, multiple entries will be deleted. Contest closes on November 15, 2019.
WIN THE GOOD BOYS ON BLU-RAY FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Wednesday 6th November 2019 - posted by Eric_Cotenas
On behalf of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, The Good Boys is available on Blu-ray & DVD November 12th, to celebrate this release we have 2 Blu-ray Combo Packs of The Good Boys to giveaway to two lucky readers. Simply email us with the subject heading "GOODBOYS" with your name and mailing address (no P.O. Boxes) for a chance to enter the draw to win. Open to US and Canadian residents only. No DVDcompare staff or family allowed to enter. One entry per person, multiple entries will be deleted. Contest closes on November 20, 2019.
SEVERIN FILMS WHIPS UP "THE PERILS OF GWENDOLINE" FOR NOVEMBER!
Tuesday 29th October 2019 - posted by Eric_Cotenas
On November 19, 2019, Severin Films will be upgrading Emmanuelle director Just Jaeckin's lush and steamy softcore comic book adventure Gwendoline to Blu-ray from new 4K scans of the international version (104 minutes) and the U.S. release version (88 minutes) titled The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak. Whitesnake music video model Tawny Kitaen and her maid Beth arrive in China in search of her father who was in search of a rare butterfly before he was abducted. Rugged guide Brent Huff guides the women through the jungle where they encounter cannibals and a leather-wearing tribe of warrior women in this S&M-themed fantasy based on the comics of John Willie.
• Region Free Blu-ray
• International version and U.S. release version, both scanned in 4K
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• English SDH subtitles for the original English audio and English subtitles for the French dub
• Audio Commentary with Director Just Jaeckin
• Audio Commentary with Stars Tawny Kitaen and Brent Huff
• "The Butterfly Effect" 2019 interview with Director Just Jaeckin
• "Bondage Paradise" interviews with Costume & Concept Designers & Comic Book Artists François Schuiten and Claude Renard
• "The Perils Of Production" interview with Executive Producer Jean-Claude Fleury
• "Gwendoline’s Travels" interview with Production Designer Françoise Deleu
• Blu-Ray Promos with Tawny Kitaen & Brent Huff
• "The Last Temptation Of Just" 2006 interview with Director Just Jaeckin
• Dr. Kinsey Interview with John Willie, Creator of SWEET GWENDOLINE
• Revealing Tawny Kitaen Photospread for French LUI Magazine
• Trailers
Available in a standard edition with reversible cover, a limited edition of 5000 copies with slipcover and six lobby cards, The Yik Yak Bundle (limited to 200 copies) with the limited edition Blu-ray with slipcover, lobby cards, T-shirt, and enamel pins, as well as The SIGNED Yik Yak Bundle (limited to 100 copies) with the Blu-ray signed by Tawny Kitaen and Brent Huff, and The Perils Of Gwendoline & The Boys Bundle (limited to 200 copies) featuring the SIGNED Yik Yak Bundle contents as well as the Blu-ray of companion November release The Boys Next Door.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN HORROR TRIO FROM SEVERIN FILMS
Thursday 10th October 2019 - posted by Eric_Cotenas
On 29 October 2019, Severin Films marks the holiday season with a trio of Italian horrors, two of which are making their international debut on Blu-ray. In Byleth, The Demon of Incest, The Fall of the House of Usher's Mark Damon plays an aristocrat who goes over the deep end into murderous extremes when his sister brings home a husband. One of the handful of films that fully represents the talents of its jobbing director Leopoldo Savona (who was fired from Knives of the Avenger and replaced by Mario Bava). From the director of Starcrash, Paganini Horror portrays the bloody misfortune that befalls a girl rock group (led by Demons' Jasmine Main) who decide to film a rock video in the haunted villa with a song based on a lost manuscript of the legendary composer Niccolo Paganini who was rumored to have sold his soul to the devil. Donald Pleasance guest stars as Satan himself (a talent agent, go figure). Finally, in Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory, a doctor who left America under a cloud of suspicion takes a job at a Scottish girls' reform school, and his arrival coincides with a series of savage, bestial murders. Carl Schell (younger brother of Maximillian), Roman Polanski's first wife Barbara Lass, and Curt Lowens star.
Byleth, The Demon of Incest Blu-ray specifications:
• Region Free Blu-ray
• Scanned in 2k from negative elements recently discovered in a Madrid lab vault
• Also available on DVD
Paganini Horror Blu-ray specifications:
• Region A-coded Blu-ray
• Scanned in 2K from the original 16mm camera negative
• "Play It Again Paganini" interview with director Luigi Cozzi
• "The Devil’s Music" interview with actor Pietro Genuardi
• Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending
• Theatrical Trailer
• Available in standard single-disc Blu-ray, DVD, and limited two-disc Blu-ray edition with CD soundtrack
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory Blu-ray specifications:
• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned in 2k from archival elements recently discovered in a Rome lab vault
• "Bad Moon Rising" interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• Alternate Opening
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• US Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus CD Soundtrack
• Also available on DVD without CD soundtrack
Also available directly from Severin Films in the The ByPagThrope Bundle including the single disc of Byleth, The Demon of Incest, the two-disc limited edition of Paganini Horror, and Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (with CD soundtrack), as well as Severin Films Hall of Fame Enamel Pin #9: Luigi Cozzi (Attic Flood), Severin Films Hall of Fame Enamel Pin #10: Daria Nicolodi (Pixel Elixir), and Severin Films Hall of Fame Enamel Pin #11: Donald Pleasence (Pixel Elixir) for $90.00 (a $112 value).
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