The Severin Films Podcast

An epic Severin Summer Sale warrants an equally epic podcast, and David, Andrew, Amy & Zach dive in and break down our 10 big titles, 4 unprecedented UHD upgrades, a plethora of outstanding new Special Features and some truly inspired new merch, too. Just when you think the fun is done, DJ Alfonso steps in to spin a surfeit of sonic pleasure related to all the above. The biggest weekend of summer...

Join David, Andrew and Amy as they clear away the cobwebs, pry open the crypt and descend into a deep, dark discussion of DANZA MACABRA VOLUME FIVE: THE SPANISH GOTHIC COLLECTION. They're joined by disc producer Kat Ellinger for a candelabra-lit exploration of four of the most unique titles to ever grace a DM box set, with a few startling surprises along the way. And just when you think the twiste...

The Severin Films Podcast goes scorched earth, catches disco fever and meditates on a monolith: Join David, Amy & Andrew as they enter the nuclear codes for our Worldwide UHD Premieres of THE WAR GAME and THREADS, including a visit by filmmakers Craig Mann & Robert Nevitt to discuss their Bonus Disc documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS. Then Team Sev is stayin' alive for a discosploitatio...

Prepare yourself for a podcast of intimate, hypnotic and bloody abundance, in which David, Andrew, Amy and Special Guest Producer Gillian Horvat discuss the 7-disc wonders of SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER, the most exceptional Hammer Films collection ever released in North America. If you love THE WICKER MAN, you'll want to hear the startling backstory of Dominic and Justin Hardy's award-winning documen...

Join David, Andrew, Amy & Zach as they discuss the shortest month's huge releases, featuring the grisly delights of our SUZZANNA: EMPRESS OF DARKNESS Box Set, the cheezy pleasures of Uncle Jess' pair o' rarities in our FROM BANGKOK WITH BULLETS Collection, and the return-to-form knockout that is Lucio Fulci's penultimate film VOICES FROM BEYOND in 4K UHD. Then stick around for Rendezvous After Hou...

Starting 2026 and Severin's 20th anniversary off with a BANG... figuratively and literally! Join the Sev Team as we delve deep into the gutter to reveal some lost films by Andy Milligan and reveal what was really in the Ark of the Covenant... Turns out it was three Indiana Jones rip-off films by the Italian master Antonio Margheriti.  We're also joined by co-directors of THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE A...

Happy New Year from Severin Films! This is just a fun discussion of our top 5 favorite releases from 2025 as we get ready to welcome 2026, our 20th anniversary! 

Our biggest and best Black Friday Sale yet warrants an equally epic podcast! Join the Sev Team as biblical liberties are taken, Mario Bava is exalted, partial arts are praised, vampire hitwomen are unleashed, Tadashi Yamashita is renamed, Eddie The Flying Gimp returns, Barbara Steele is restored, and UHD Upgrade Sunday delivers 4K greatness.  We're also joined by author and Severin producer Kier-L...

HO-HUM AND HOWDOYADO?? The Eurocrypt is back with a brand new volume and a massive amount of Christopher Lee oddities from his time in Europe. See Lee fight, foil, fright, and... run a private boys school?! While the most eclectic of the sets it truely shows how diverse his talents were on screen in the Severin teams favorite edition of the Eurocrypt yet. Join the team as they break down all 6 dis...

Join the Severin crew as they discuss the newest box set EXORCISMO: DEFYING A DICTATOR & RAISING HELL IN POST-FRANCO SPAIN with the producer Alberto Sedano!   Under the Franco dictatorship, Spain's rigid censorship laws controlled all national entertainment. But following Franco's death in 1975, certain films began to embody a period in Spanish history when cinematic expression became political fr...

Join the Severin along with special guest, Producer, Gillian Wallace Horvat discuss the film series that's still as hot today as it was when it was burning up the silver screen... Sylvia Kristel's EMMANUELLE! We go disc-by-disc through this 4-film box set and give in to temptations of each film and all the wonderous bonus features that await us. The Sylvia Kristel trilogy has never seen extras qui...

That's not a cool breeze whafting over you and giving you goosebumps... it's the SEVERIN SUMMER SALE!!! Join the Severin crew as they break down this 10-release line up along with some special guests. As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop!  Timecodes for the Episode: 6:26 - FERAT VAMPIRE w/Kier-La Janisse 22:04 - BASKIN w/director Can Evrenol 40:40 - DEAD...

Talk about "June Gloom!" Join the Severin crew break down volume 4 of the Italian Gothic series DANZA MACABRA with special guest, Kat Ellinger! We go disc-by-disc through this 11-disc box set including some of the best examples of Gothic Horror that has gone under the radar for some fans. Barbara Steele thrives in TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE. The disc premiere of the fully un-cut NIGHT OF THE...

MAY-HEM ensues with this set of releases on and off screen! The Severin Team are abroad this month at the Cannes Film Festival but that won't stop them from spreading the good word. In fact, a lot of deals for our releases are struck at Cannes each year!  Listen as we break down the three titles hitting shelves this may including three under-appreciated titles from auteur Peter Medak, including hi...

WARNING: THIS EPISODE IS NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH!   Severin and Intervision want to take you out for a night on the town... with the toughest bouncer in Manchester! Join us and special guests, filmmaker Jake West & actor/writer/producer Brian Sterling-Vete, as we break down the first ever Intervision box set with the entire filmography of shot-on-video mogul Cliff Twemlow, who was the driving force...

UHD releases so good you'll have to EXTERMINATE all your previous editions!!! Join us as we break down all four of the March titles. Taking a step back in time with Peter Cushing as the good Doctor in DOCTOR WHO AND THE DALEKS and DALEKS' INVASION EARTH 2150AD making their US UHD Debut! Also coming to UHD is a Severin staple, JACK THE RIPPER, which has been sourced from newly discovered elements....

Love is in the air at Severin and this month is proof that romance comes in all shapes and sizes. Join us and special guest Kier-La Janisee as we break down this very romantic slate of titles coming out this February. We celebrate the much anticipated volume 2 of HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN (BUTTERFLY KISS, MORGIANA, THE SAVAGE EYE, and THE GLASS CEILING), IN MY SKIN making it's UHD debut, and the mo...

TRUSTS, BUSTS, and THRUSTS! Ring in the New Year with Russ Meyer's favorite thing... A GOOD PAIR (of UHD debuts!) Listen as we break down the three titles hitting shelves this January including two more titles from the Russ Meyer catalogue, MOTORPSYCHO! and UP making thier UHD debuts. While we're on the subject of making the impossible a reality, we celebrate the iconic exploitation director Lee F...

Don't look behind you... the dastardly dealers at Severin are coming at you with a list of their favorite releases and events from 2024! Join your co-hosts with special guest Kier-La Janisse, as we re-enter BLOOD ISLAND with our FEAR IN THE PHILIPPINES collection. We also take a moment to look back on this past year and all the insane things that happened in 365 days. It's a very loose episode, bu...

Your best buds covered in blood are BACK... and we're HUNGRY. Join the full crew, with special guest Claire Donner, in breaking down all ten 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 our impressive slate of cannibal films, LAST CANNIBAL WORLD, EATEN ALIVE!, SLAVE OF T...

Sometimes good things are worth the wait and this podcast is no exception! We're BACK with two of Hollywood's most infamous filmmakers and a theater that screened them more than anything else... Join us as we discuss the Russ Meyer VIXEN trilogy and the nearly decade long journey that lead to Severin and the Russ Meyer Trust becoming bosom buddies... IN BOSOMANIA! We break down the full-frontal BR...

Gather 'round the fire in the woods for this nearly 5-hour journey into the heart of ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2 with box set producer / curator Kier-La Janisse taking Andrew, Amy and David through every graphic detail of this impossibly massive undertaking. Understand why Andrew declares this session "a catharsis," while David calls the set, "a masterclass in curation and execution unlike any o...

Grab some sunscreen and get ready to feel the burn in this extra long episode of the Severin Films Podcast breaking down our 10 title SUMMER SALE slate!   Join our beloved beach bums as they break down each release, including the UHD debuts, disc debuts, sale exclusives and much much more! Timecodes below for each title in the podcast: 0:00 Preamble (intro including the curse of Cathy and no Piece...

Join us as we break down our June 2024 releases! The Severin Films gang welcomes special guest Kat Ellinger to talk about DANZA MACABRA Vol. 3: The Spanish Gothic Collection (Necrophagous / Cake of Blood / Cross of the Devil / The Night of the Walking Dead). As always, DJ Alfonso is here to treat your ears to a playlist inspired by this months announcement.

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 pas...