BEST OF 2025

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-La Janisse to discuss the German juvenile delinquent classic NORTH SEA IS DEAD SEA as well as the landmark radical sci-fi of THE FINAL PROGRAMME, and filmmaker/film obsessive Nicholas McCarthy (THE PACT) to delve into the mind-roasting vanity project WTF*ckery that is STUDENT CONFIDENTIAL. As if all this weren't enough cranberry sauce for your soul, DJ Alfonso spins the sonic orgy that is Rendezvous After Hours!   TIME STAMPS: 2:00 - NORTH SEA IS DEATH SEA 15:00 - THE FINAL PROGRAMME 27:30 - THE DEVILS RAIN 32:30 - A BAY OF BLOOD 50:50 - THE CRIPPLED MASTERS 1:02:00 - BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION / ZA KARATE TRILOGY 1:10:00 - THE IDIOT BOX 1:18:30 - STUDENT CONFIDENTIAL 1:36:50 - THE GHOST 1:55:45 - ADAM AND EVE 2:06:00 - RAZOR BLADE SMILE 2:12:00 - RETRIBUTION / LOOKIN' ITALIAN 2:27:00 - SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY / VAMPYROS LESBOS 2:47:10 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 discs including multiple debuts as well as the absolutely essential LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE. As always stay tuned afterwards for DJ Alfonso in Rendezvous After Hours!   TIME STAMPS: 10:45 - BEAT GIRL 24:40 - HANDS OF ORLAC 34:00 - THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG 40:00 - ARABIAN ADVENTURE 52:00 - A FEAST AT MIDNIGHT 1:04:25 - LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE 1:13:32 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 freedom.   19 FEATURE FILMS ON 10 DISCS Including the award-winning documentary EXORCISMO: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada "S"! And as always stay tuned for another episode of Rendezvous After Hours where DJ Alfonso created a list by this months insane announcement!   TIME STAMPS: 1:44 - D1 - EXORCISMO / FAR FROM THE TREES 17:10 - D2 - BELL FROM HELL / CREATION OF THE DAMNED 32:55 - D3 - THE DEVIL'S EXORCIST / AFTER... PART ONE 47:35 - D4 - THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK 56:28 - D5 - BATTERED FLESH / THE PRIEST 1:11:00 - D6 - SINS OF A NYMPHO / DIMORFO 1:24:00 - D7- BLOODY SEX / MORBUS 1:34:55 - D8 - FACES / TRIANGLE OF LUST 1:45:20 - D9 - THE HOUSE IN THE OUTSKIRTS / SUPERNATURAL 1:54:38 - D10 - POPPERS / AFTER... PART TWO 2:06:00 - Rendezvous After Hours  

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 quite like these, including archival making-of featurettes that haven't seen the public eye since they originally broadcast. Not to mention the ever illusive I, EMMANUELLE making it's disc debut! While this isn't starring Sylvia Kristel, it's very much deserving of the Emmanuelle name while also being a perfect example of a Severin release ripe for discovery. As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop!  Timecodes for the Episode: 7:45 - EMMANUELLE 32:29 - EMMANUELLE II 46:44 - GOODBYE EMMANUELLE 57:55 - I, EMMANUELLE 1:13:23 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 SLEEP 51:10 - NIGHT OF THE SHARKS 1:02:03 - THE SHARK HUNTER 1:10:43 - MONSTER SHARK 1:22:09 - SISTERS w/director Douglas Buck 1:45:22 - FEARLESS DRAGONS 1:53:25 - SKINHEADS 2:01:33 - KILL LIST 2:11:00 - UHD UPGRADE SUNDAY 2:24:17 - Rendezvous After Hours  

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 DAMNED. THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT starring the Italian horror queen herself, Rosalba Neri. Lastly, a very well deserved upgrade to a film starring unforgettable icons Carroll Baker and George Eastman... BABA YAGA! As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop!  Timecodes for the Episode: 5:40 - TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE 17:40 - NIGHT OF THE DAMNED 25:35 - THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT 39:20 - BABA YAGA 52:59 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 his debut film NEGATIVES, THE ODD JOB, and THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS. Also coming out this month is a 4-film series from Lamberto Bava made for TV but only aired once due to the extreme violence and shocking subject matter... The HIGH TENSION series was deemed TOO HOT FOR TV and shelved until now! Gear up for a fun episode with special guests along the way who we ran into on the Croisette.  As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop!  Timecodes for the Episode: 3:20 - THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS 23:14 - NEGATIVES 32:17 - SPARROWS CAN'T SING (Bonus feature with NEGATIVES) 38:20 - THE ODD JOB 48:50 - HIGH TENSION - FOUR FILMS BY LAMBERTO BAVA 1:09:50 - Interview with composer Simon Boswell 1:27:50 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 behind 10 films, including the infamous Video Nasty G.B.H. It's an episode full of body building, sweat drenched punches, and most of all  COUNTLESS HOURS OF S.O.V. INSANITY! As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop!   Timecodes for the Episode: 6:41 - MANCUNIAN MAN 17:52 - TUXEDO WARRIOR 22:03 - G.B.H. GREVOUS BODILY HARM 30:39 - TARGET EVE ISLAND / THE IBIZA CONNECTION 44:34 - AFRICAN RUN / MOONSTALKER 56:44 - EYE OF SATAN / HITMAN 1:05:55 - FIRESTAR: FIRST CONTACT / TOKYO SUNRISE 1:14:34 - G.B.H. 2: LETHAL IMPACT / BAD WEEKEND 1:23:00 - FITNESS AFTER 40 / THE ART OF NUDE MASSAGE 1:33:16 - Rendezvous After Hours

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. Lastly, a sci-fi film ghost written by the great Dalton Trubmo, the iconic writer who was blacklisted from the industry AND STILL won Oscars... UNKNOWN WORLD! As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop! Hope you're ready for this!   TIME STAMPS: 11:20 - DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS and overall DR. WHO discussion 25:20 - DALEKS' INVASION EARTH 2150 AD 32:20 - JACK THE RIPPER 52:50 - UNKNOWN WORLD 1:01:15 - Rendezvous After Hours w/DJ Alfonso