Severin Films Discussion Thread

[jimm020889]

I found a post where several folks mentioned that someone from Severin had suggested there were 5 upcoming Argento titles on 4K, 2 we know being FFOGV and Five Days. Has there been anymore information released yet what the remaining 3 titles will be?

[Walter Kafka]

Inferno or we riot.

[sb5]

3 variant versions of Dracula 3D.

[decayingdarkness]

Originally Posted by sb5

3 variant versions of Dracula 3D.

I can't wait

[Cinema84]

Originally Posted by jimm020889

I found a post where several folks mentioned that someone from Severin had suggested there were 5 upcoming Argento titles on 4K, 2 we know being FFOGV and Five Days. Has there been anymore information released yet what the remaining 3 titles will be?

Yes but we were told to keep them a secret.

[Paul Fulci 001]

Originally Posted by Kakihara

I really dug it. In fact, I'd say it's the best D'Amato film I've seen.

2020 Texas Gladiators is equally as entertaining. It is strange it is still in Blu-Ray limbo

[BlightThrower]

My package from Severin arrived and I cannot wait to watch all of these. I know how long awaited Four Flies on Grey Velvet has been for many people but I'm most excited to watch Accion Mutante out of everything. That said, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh and Four Flies on Grey Velvet will make an EXCELLENT Double Feature.

[Justin2000]

Originally Posted by Paul Fulci 001

2020 Texas Gladiators is equally as entertaining. It is strange it is still in Blu-Ray limbo

That and the dumb Quest for the Mighty Sword aka Troll 3 aka Ator 3 aka Ator 4

[sonicyogurt]

Originally Posted by jimm020889

Has there been anymore information released yet what the remaining 3 titles will be?

Not yet. I think once we know one, we could probably guess (or at least severely narrow down) the other two. But we're not there yet.

My lame guess (and I hope I'm wrong!): The Card Player, Phantom of the Opera, and Sleepless

Same rightsholder across all three, at least judging by the copyright notice on the back of the BDs. The Scorpion/Ronin Flix releases seem to be out of print. Makes sense strategically: lead with the rare titles largely unseen in the U.S.; follow-up with the three that have recently gotten Blu-ray releases and don't have the same wow factor.

Opera is a possibility; Ronin lists it as a "hey, we found some extra copies!" on their site, which doesn't sound like much of a going concern. I'm not immediately sure who holds Giallo or Do You Like Hitchcock? in the U.S.; if Severin could rattle Four Flies loose, maybe they could work similar magic here. It was reported here that Mother of Tears is back with Medusa, so that could be on the table. All of the above have 4K restorations ready to go, at least from what I read about the Argento retrospective in NY a while back.

Vinegar Syndrome released Trauma so recently that I can't imagine that being on the table. Dark Glasses seems extremely unlikely, unless Shudder is handling Blu-ray and sharing UHD with Severin. Dracula 3D appears to still be in-print via MPI. Inferno and The Stendhal Syndrome both still appear to be in-print from Blue Underground, but maybe that could change by the time Severin makes an announcement.

[locomotive]

Originally Posted by Walter Kafka

Sleepless is a pretty good neo-giallo too

[Show spoiler]Here comes the backlash for saying it

Sleepless is great.

First movie of dario argento i saw in the cinema
But also a one of his better outings i like the voice of the killer reminds me of black christmas killer.
And yeah there are some mistakes night and day but hey it's a good movie that o won't zap away when it's on.

[jimm020889]

Originally Posted by sonicyogurt

My lame guess (and I hope I'm wrong!): The Card Player, Phantom of the Opera, and Sleepless.

Those are the 3 I'm yet to see from Argento and why I'm mostly holding back for the potential 4Ks! I know folks give Mother of Tears a hard time but I'm one of the few who found it okay and really loved Dark Glasses, so I'm keeping an open-mind for these 3.

[LeeFanatic007]

Any chance of a 3rd Christopher Lee set? There are plenty more obscurities from his career that could be included. They've usually announced in February for a May release.

[A Tortured Duckling]

Do we know if Severin's Almost Human will be better than the CR release, or will at least include the same cuts of the film?