JANUARY 2025 - UP! MOTORPSYCHO! THE PICK-UP

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 

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 most unconventional love story of them all... Joe Orton's iconic ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE. As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop! Hope you're ready for this!   Timecodes for the Episode: 02:47 - ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE 18:37 - HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN V2 19:55 - BUTTERFLY KISS 38:02 - MORGIANA 47:08 - THE SAVAGE EYE 59:55 - THE GLASS CEILING 1:14:24 - IN MY SKIN 1:37:00 - HOPW Board Game 1:44:50 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 Frost's roughie, THE PICK-UP being remastered from the thought-to-be-lost original camera negative. As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this months drop! Hope you're ready for this!   Timecodes for the Episode: 00:41 - Ode to David Lynch 9:43 - MOTORPSYCHO! 18:25 - UP! 31:24 - THE PICK-UP 38:35 - MAU MAU SEX SEX 44:00 - Interview with Something Weird Video's Lisa Petrucci 1:08:00 - Rendezvous After Hours

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, but a very fun listen!  As always, DJ Alfonso provides a playlist of songs inspired by this benchmark year!   02:30 - FEAR IN THE PHILIPPINES 05:24 - 2024 Recap 1:31:30 - Rendezvous After-Hours with /DJ Alfonso   Thank you all for listening, participating, having fun with us, and supporting home video. Happy New Year!

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 THE CANNIBAL GOD, all making their UHD debut. Also included this gut munching month of movies on UHD, DELICATESSEN, ANTIVIRAL, HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, RATS NIGHT OF TERROR, and NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS! Bringing up the rear are two Severin icons, Jess Franco with THONG GIRLS and Lamberto Bava with a remake of his father's masterpiece THE MASK OF SATAN making their home video debuts.   As always, DJ Alfonso curated a special playlist to celebrate!   Timecodes below: 2:35 - HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD 19:00 - RATS NIGHT OF TERROR 33:50 - Interview with author Brad Carter 48:00 - DELICATESSEN 1:01:00 - SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD 1:16:00 - EATEN ALIVE! 1:30:30 - LAST CANNIBAL WORLD 1:55:00 - ANTIVIRAL 2:12:55 - THONG GIRLS 2:26:00 - NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS 2:39:00 - THE MASK OF SATAN 2:55:00 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 BREASTorations and our STACKED lineup of extras on each release of VIXEN, SUPERVIXENS, and BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA-VIXENS. Then we talk about the later-era hardcore films of the man who puts WOOD in Hollywood... ED WOOD JR and his HARD WOOD.  We talk about all three titles in the HARD WOOD set as well as a very special BONUS film included that might be worth the price of the release by itself. Lastly, we talk with special guest Kier-La Janisse to discuss the documentary about the cinema that featured those two filmmakers most... SCALA!!! This release comes with the documentary as well as two extra discs that will put you right in the middle of the rowdy Scala crowd. Directors Ali Catterall and Jane Giles join us for an interview about the doc and this once-in-a-lifetime release! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! DJ Alfonso is here with a MASSIVE edition of Rendezvous After Hours that you won't want to miss.   Timecodes below: 4:00 - SCALA!!! 8:30 - Interview with SCALA!!! Directors Ali Catterall and Jane Giles 44:45 - VIXEN 1:08:00 - SUPERVIXENS 1:20:08 - BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA-VIXENS 1:27:41 - HARD WOOD: The Adult Features of Ed Wood 1:53:40 - Rendezvous After Hours

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 other in physical media and which should hopefully help to retire the woefully dated phrase 'Criterion-level’," as Amy cries, “this box set is the apotheosis of everything everyone has been working towards." Also discover which film Kier-La says is one of the scariest she's ever seen.   Then let DJ Alfonso lead you further down the dark path with a special feature length Rendezvous After Hours.   Timecodes below for each disc in the podcast: 0:00 Preamble 8:50 - D1 - TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST / PSYCHOMANIA 23:50 - D2 - THE ENCHANTED / WHO FEARS THE DEVIL  47:00 - D3 - THE WHITE REINDEER / EDGE OF THE KNIFE 57:58 - D4 - BORN OF FIRE 1:09:35 - D5 - IO ISLAND / SCALES  1:19:50 - D6 - BAKENEKO: A VENGEFUL SPIRIT / NANG NAK 1:30:05 - D7 - SUNDELBOLONG / SUZZANNA: QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC 1:42:25 - D8 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST / THE NINTH HEART 1:49:20 - D9 - NOVEMBER / DEMON 2:00:00 - D10 - LITAN / BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING 2:08:10 - D11 - NAZARENO CRUZ AND THE WOLF / AKELARRE 2:22:05 - D12 - FROM THE OLD EARTH  2:34:45 - D13 - THE CITY OF THE DEAD / THE RITES OF MAY 2:50:15 - Book Breakdown 2:57:20 - Merch Breakdown 3:02:56 - Rendezvous After Hours with DJ Alfonso Hope you enjoy the releases and don't forget to rate the show and leave a comment if it helped you at all!