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[Susan Foreman]

The Big Sleazy Jack Weis Double Feature - 'Crypt of Dark Secrets' (1976) / 'Death Brings Roses' (1975) - Pre-order available from Severin Films direct - $24:00

Release date: April 26

"Perhaps the most bizarre film by New Orleans writer/producer/director Jack Weis (MARDI GRAS MASSACRE), CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS is “71 minutes of supernatural sleaze” (Every ‘70s Movie) featuring voodoo vengeance, a possessed swamp stripper, and multiple feats of knuckleheaded folk horror, newly mastered from the original negative. Thought lost for more than 30 years, DEATH BRINGS ROSES is the Big Easy auteur’s epic of pimps, hookers, mob bosses, double-crosses, a stupefying parade of performances by non-professional locals, and Henny Youngman. Real-life Hollywood tough guy Scott Brady (JOHNNY GUITAR), Oscar® winner Broderick Crawford (ALL THE KING’S MEN) and Hermione Gingold (GIGI) co-star in this French Quarter crime saga that “walks a fine line between utter hilarity and bubbling sleaze” (Bleeding Skull), now scanned in 2K from Weis’ personal 35mm print."

Special Features and Specs:

• CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS Trailer
• Aspect ratio: Crypt of Dark Secrets: 1.85:1 / Death Brings Roses: 1.33:1
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions
• Region Free
• Run time: 166 minutes

[Susan Foreman]

'Mardi Gras Massacre' (1978) - Blu-ray with exclusive slipcover Pre-order available from Severin Films direct - $28:00

Release date: April 26

"With only five films, New Orleans-based writer/producer/director Jack Weis became one of the most enigmatic figures in ‘70s exploitation. And for his final trashterpiece, Weis delivered a filth-fueled, disco-drenched and gore-soaked epic of butchered hookers, hard-boiled homicide cops and a prissy psycho with an Aztec sacrifice fetish that remains a once-in-a-lifetime sleaze experience. Curt Dawson (BLOOD BATH), Ronald Tanet (CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS) and February ’75 Playboy Playmate Laura Misch star in this “shocking-yet-hysterical fever dream of regional filmmaking” (Bleeding Skull) with a soundtrack by Dennis Coffey & Mike Theodore (BLACK BELT JONES) and still banned in the UK as one of the original DPP 39 Video Nasties, now featuring a 2K master compiled from the best surviving post-Katrina elements and a revealing new interview with Weis himself"

Special Features and Specs:

• I’m Not Into Hollywood — Interview With Director Jack Weis
• The Mardi Gras Killer — Interview With Actor William Metzo
• The First Victim — Interview With Actress Laura Misch
• Trailer
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions
• Region Free
• Run time: 96 minutes

[nicholasrope]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Mardi Gras Massacre' (1978) - Blu-ray with exclusive slipcover Pre-order available from Severin Films direct - $28:00

Release date: April 26

"With only five films, New Orleans-based writer/producer/director Jack Weis became one of the most enigmatic figures in ‘70s exploitation. And for his final trashterpiece, Weis delivered a filth-fueled, disco-drenched and gore-soaked epic of butchered hookers, hard-boiled homicide cops and a prissy psycho with an Aztec sacrifice fetish that remains a once-in-a-lifetime sleaze experience. Curt Dawson (BLOOD BATH), Ronald Tanet (CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS) and February ’75 Playboy Playmate Laura Misch star in this “shocking-yet-hysterical fever dream of regional filmmaking” (Bleeding Skull) with a soundtrack by Dennis Coffey & Mike Theodore (BLACK BELT JONES) and still banned in the UK as one of the original DPP 39 Video Nasties, now featuring a 2K master compiled from the best surviving post-Katrina elements and a revealing new interview with Weis himself"

Special Features and Specs:

• I’m Not Into Hollywood — Interview With Director Jack Weis
• The Mardi Gras Killer — Interview With Actor William Metzo
• The First Victim — Interview With Actress Laura Misch
• Trailer
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions
• Region Free
• Run time: 96 minutes

Are these the extras 88 Films are likely to use?

[Justin101]

Judging from all the other recent ones, I'd say they'd be the same I reckon they've gone into co-licensing to save money on acquisitions.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Judging from all the other recent ones, I'd say they'd be the same I reckon they've gone into co-licensing to save money on acquisitions.

There doesn't really seem like twenty five quids worth of extras there. The poster and booklet will have to be something special.

(On about the 88 Films release)

[Justin101]

It'll be the regular edition in a sale for me! I've only heard bad things about this flick

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

It'll be the regular edition in a sale for me! I've only heard bad things about this flick

Yes, it's utter bobbins!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Out of the Blue' (1980) - Pre-order available from Severin Films direct - $34:00

2 disc Blu-Ray Special features:

Disc 1:

• Audio Commentary With Director Dennis Hopper, Executive Producer Paul Lewis And Distributor John Alan Simon
• Audio Commentary With Film Scholar Kate Rennenbohm
• Audio Commentary With Film Writer Kat Ellinger
• Gone But Not Forgotten — Remembering Linda Manz
• Subverting Normality: Linda Manz Comes From Out Of The Blue — Video Essay By Amanda Reyes And Chris O’Neill
• Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In OUT OF THE BLUE
• MAINSTREET SOLDIER — A Short Film by Leonard Yakir
• Partial Commentary With Director Leonard Yakir On MAINSTREET SOLDIER
• Restoration Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer
• Jack Nicholson Radio Spot

Disc 2:

• Remembering OUT OF THE BLUE
  - Second Assistant Director Bob Akester
  - Production Coordinator Patti Allen
  - Actor John Anderson And Punk Band Pointed Sticks
  - Location Manager Mark DesRochers
  - Editor Doris Dyck
  - Actress Sharon Farrell
  - Post-Production Assistant And Publicist Julia Frittaion
  - Camera Operator John Holbrook
  - Composer Tom Lavin
  - Script Supervisor Christine Wilson
  - Writer And Producer Leonard Yakir
• Me & Dennis
  - Actor And Filmmaker Ethan Hawke
  - Author And Journalist Jessica Hundley
  - Filmmaker Richard Linklater
  - Filmmaker Philippe Mora
  - Filmmaker Lawrence Schiller
  - Artist And Filmmaker Julian Schnabel
• Straight To Hell — Alex Cox Recalls OUT OF THE BLUE
• Dealing With Demons — Brian Cox On Acting And Dennis Hopper
• AFI Q&A With 4K Restoration Producers John Alan Simon And Elizabeth Karr

Specs:

• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions
• Region Free
• Run time: 96 minutes

"The previously announced Severin Films Blu-ray of 'Out of the Blue' is being upgraded to 4K UHD!

Per the most recent Kickstarter campaign update, Severin Films will be announcing an upgraded version of the previously announced Blu-ray of “Out of the Blue”. This 4K release will be a 3-disc set with a 4K disc and the 2 Blu-rays from the previously announced release. Anyone who preordered will be able to upgrade via Severin. This will likely receive an official announcement later this week."

[Susan Foreman]

Coming in 2022 from Severin Films!

Jess Franco’s 'Faceless' (1987) and 'The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee: Collection 2'

More info TBA

[Rob4]

Great news

Any ideas what could be in 'The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee: Collection 2'?