Movies: Severin Films

The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an ab...

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to i...

Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, dec...

Franco's death in 1975 opened the doors to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years in which censorship was relaxed, in 1977 it was completely abolished, and the “S” classification was created to protect viewers from those films that cou...

An American family visiting their Irish roots accidentally stumbles on a horde of bloodthirsty mutant children....

A tour of 'Dawn of the Dead's Monroeville mall with Michael Gornick, Tom Savini, Tom Dubensky and Taso Stavrakis. A 34 minute documentary included on the Second Sight boxset....

Get ready to play a game of death… and another… and another. This wild documentary dives into the Bruce Lee exploitation craze....

A documentary about Suzzanna, "the Queen of Indonesian horror" - an actress who starred in many of the country's most iconic and beloved horror pictures....

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with ...

Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting...

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films....

Love blossoms between Evan and Kim in the coastal town of Santa Cruz, California, but so does a flock of displaced sea eagles, who go on a rampage....

Brought to life through archival material and the reflections of over 40 colleagues, friends and fans, BLOOD & FLESH is much more than the story of a moviemaking life most unusual. It beautifully captures the worlds of outsider filmmaker communities ...

A feature-length documentary film adaptation of the 1994 non-fiction book of the same name, chronicling the history of Mondo cinema and the "death film"....

Bikers, Nazis, Mafiosi, and the FBI all clash in this wild and wooly exploitation picture from director Al Adamson. Mark Adams (John Gabriel) is an FBI agent who has been assigned to infiltrate an organized crime ring that has obtained a set of print...

After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, a professional wrestler takes a job at a group home for youth offenders. But when a psychopath wearing a wrestling mask begins butchering the teenage residents, their rehabilitation will become a no...

A documentary which covers Splatterfest ’90, the notorious all-night horror festival held at London’s legendary Scala Cinema....

Writer Adam Rockoff provides a basic overview of the slasher movie genre....

After his dream project DUNE fell apart, visionary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky took a break from cinema, only to return over a decade later with his most triumphant work: SANTA SANGRE....

Author/historian Dr. Phil Goodstein leads us through the supposed true story behind the Henry Treat Rogers Mansion that inspired The Changeling...