Director Peter Medak’s 1978 black comedy is co-written by and stars Graham Chapman – just prior to Life of Brian – as happily married Arthur Harris, who becomes suicidal when his wife suddenly up and leaves him. Trying and failing miserably to do the deed himself, when a peculiar handyman (BAFTA-winner Sir David Jason of Only Fools and Horses, in a role once intended for Keith Moon), turns up on his doorstep to offer his services, he enlists the help of this strange stranger, to kill him instead.

But when Arthur’s wife decides to come back home and try again, he discovers that his homicidal hire has every intention of finishing the job. Diana Quick (Brideshead Revisited), Carolyn Seymour (THE RULING CLASS), Simon Williams (Jabberwocky), Bill Paterson (Fleabag) and Richard O’Brien (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) co-star in this “crazy comedy” (Travalanche) co-written by Chapman with Bernard McKenna (Yellowbeard) and produced by Mark Forstater (Monty Python and The Holy Grail), now scanned in 2K from Peter Medak’s personal 35mm print.

THE ODD JOB Special Features:

● Introduction by director Peter Medak
● Audio Interview with Peter Medak
● The Odd Job Men – Zoom reunion between star Sir David Jason and Peter Medak
● The Unusual Work – Interview with writer Bernard McKenna
● Producer, An Odd Job – Interview with co-producer Mark Forstater
● The Odd Batch – Interview with actor Richard O’Brien
● The Naughty Neighbour – Interview with actress Carolyn Seymour
● Most Peculiar Craft – Interview with actor Simon Williams

Feature Specs for THE ODD JOB:

● Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
● Audio: English Mono
● Closed Captions: English SDH
● Runtime: 88 mins
● Region: A/B/C

THE ODD JOB is on Blu-ray and digital (Severin Films)

About Severin Films

Severin Films is the foremost independent studio dedicated to rescuing, restoring and releasing the works of Oscar ®nominees and cult icons alike for Blu-ray, 4K UHD and digital platforms. Founded in 2006, their distribution catalogue includes projects by iconic filmmakers Russ Meyer, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Dario Argento, Paul Morrissey, Mike Leigh, Lucio Fulci, Peter Greenaway, Penelope Spheeris, Just Jaeckin, Roman Polanski, Alex de la Iglesia and UK comedy legends The Comic Strip; classics of Blaxploitation, Ozploitation, Sharksploitation and Nunsploitation; groundbreaking Filipino, Indonesian, Spanish & Soviet horror; American drive-in indies, controversial documentaries, renowned UK comedies and the industry’s most formidable collection of Italian Gialli, cannibal, zombie, erotic thrillers and ‘80s action hits. Along the way, Severin has elevated the oeuvres of such fringe auteurs as Bruno Mattei, Al Adamson, Andy Milligan, Joe D’Amato, Claudio Fragrasso, Umberto Lenzi, Ray Dennis Steckler and Goya-Award winner – and Severin patron saint – Jess Franco. Severin has also produced the award-winning documentaries BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON; LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU; WOODLANDS DARK & DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR; TALES OF THE UNCANNY; ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE, which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival; MANCUNIAN MAN: THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF CLIFF TWEMLOW; SUZZANNA: THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC and EXORCISMO: THE TRANSGRESSIVE LEGACY OF CLASIFICADA “S”.

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SEVERIN UNLEASHES TWO MORE HUGE RELEASES FROM RUSS MEYER’S BOSOMANIA! WITH MOTORPSYCHO & UP!

“The films of Russ Meyer must be seen to be believed – exploitation entertainment that not only transgresses but achieves artistic transcendence“

Variety

‘Great to see Russ Meyer’s movies getting the treatment they deserve from Severin Films…. scanned in 4K from the original negative… they look gorgeous! I was surprised how detailed these are… Great stuff for fans of Russ Meyer and exploitation cinema’

Following their celebrated release of The VIXEN Trilogy from Severin Films – in collaboration with The Russ Meyer Charitable Trust – the company is bringing two more landmark films from the vaults of iconic American auteur Russ Meyer: 1965’s action-and-violence saga MOTORPSYCHO and the erotic comedy RUSS MEYER’S UP! co-written by Roger Ebert.

Both titles have been restored and scanned in 4K from their original negatives with hours of new and archival Special Features and are available to order at https://severinfilms.co.uk/

MOTORPSYCHO

“PLENTY OF ACTION AND BUXOM WOMEN…

A companion piece to FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! packed with all the sex and violence Russ Meyer could get away with in 1965.” The Spinning Image

Just prior to FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!, producer/director/co-writer and cinematographer Russ Meyer first unleashed his singular vision of full-throttle violence and vengeance with this 1965 shocker: When a trio of psycho bikers launches a sexual assault and murder spree in a desert town, the local veterinarian (Alex Rocco of THE GODFATHER fame in his screen debut) teams up with a rage-ravaged vixen (the incredible Haji in her first film role) to settle the score. Steve Oliver (WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS), Lane Carroll (THE CRAZIES), Timothy Scott (THE FARMER) and Russ himself co-star in this “slick, violent and well made” (Variety) Meyer milestone, now scanned in 4K from the original negative restored by The Museum of Modern Art with new and archival Special Features curated by Severin Films in association with The Russ Meyer Trust.

Special Features for MOTORPSYCHO

UHD:

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Zach Clark
• Trailer

BLU-RAY/DVD:

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Zach Clark
• Desert Rats On Hondas – Interviews With Actors Haji And Alex Rocco
• Trailer

Feature Specs for MOTORPSYCHO

• Runtime: 74 mins
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH
• Region: A/B/C
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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RUSS MEYER’S UP!

“AN EROTIC COMEDY OF EPIC PROPORTIONS…

It’s campy, violent and wallowing in a sea of carnality, but effective in its mission of unrefined eroticism and gung-ho extravagance.” Gone With The Twins

No fairy tale…this! In 1976, producer/director/cinematographer/editor Russ Meyer delivered his penultimate feature film – co-written by BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Ebert – hailed as “jaw-droppingly perverse” (Entertainment Weekly), “Meyer at his most outrageous” (Images Journal) and “definitely not to be confused with the Pixar cartoon” (The Spinning Image): Welcome to a sex-blasted burg in Northern California where sodomised Führers, ravenous piranhas, sapphic ecstasy, murder mystery, Shakespearean appropriation and the remarkable Raven De La Croix collide, with Kitten Natividad – in her RM Productions debut – as The Greek Chorus of it all. Janet Wood (THE CENTERFOLD GIRLS) co-stars in “one of Russ Meyer’s best films” (We Are Movie Geeks), now scanned in 4K from the original negative by Severin Films with new and archival Special Features curated in association with The Russ Meyer Trust.

Special Features for RUSS MEYER’S UP!

UHD:

• Audio Commentary with Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell

BLU-RAY/DVD:

• Audio Commentary with Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell
• No Fairy Tale… This! – Interview With Actress Raven De La Croix
• Radio Spot

Feature Specs for RUSS MEYER’S UP!

• Run Time: 80 mins
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH
• Region: A/B/C
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Order Up! 4K at: https://severinfilms.co.uk/products/russ-meyers-up-uhd

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Coming Soon

‘An excellent shocker… queasy and wildly ahead of its time… Susan Tyrrell delivers a character unlike any other in horror history’

Mondo Digital

‘Tyrrell steals the show… the sight of her… clutching a machete and chasing a poor unfortunate through a stormy night is once seen, never forgotten!… I heartedly recommend you seek out’

Hysteria Lives

One of the notorious 1980s video nasties Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker has been lauded as ‘Brilliantly insane’ (Cool Ass Cinema) and a ‘horror gem, well-crafted, ripe for analysis… should not go overlooked (Bloody Disgusting) and now, thanks to Severin Films, you can witness the film like never before. The company announces a brand-new Special Edition Dual 4K UHD and Blu-ray is set for its UK release on 13th May 2024.

In a surprising change of direction, William Asher – veteran of gentle TV delights such as I Love Lucy and Bewitched – directed one of the most joltingly brutal, psychosexual shockers of the ‘80s, the eye-poppingly violent and demented Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker, which can now be experienced for the first time ever in UHD.

This controversial horror stars character actor Susan Tyrrell (Fat City, Cry-Baby) in ‘a show-stealing performance’ (Bloody Disgusting), as the insanely brilliant lead Cheryl Roberts, who will stop at nothing to ensure her nephew, high-school student Billy Lynch (Jimmy McNichol – Smoky Bites the Dust, California Cowboys), never returns to his parents’ home.

Following a devastating car ‘accident’, Billy is forced to live with his strangely overprotective psychotic aunt, who soon becomes implicated in a grisly murder that sees a police investigation led by an equally unhinged police detective (Bo Svenson – Inglorious Basterds, Kill Bill: Vol. 2). Seven times Emmy® nominee Julia Duffy (Palm Royale, Scream Queens, Newhart) and Bill Paxton (Aliens, Apollo 13, Twister), in one of his first film roles, also star in this ‘jaw-dropping hunk of genre insanity’ (Pop Culture Beast).

The former DPP 39 Video Nasty – also known as Night Warning – is now scanned in 4K from the negative with hours of new Special Features including new audio commentaries and is presented in a stunning new slip case.

Meet the Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker as Severin Films bakes up this this must-own physical release.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary with Star Jimmy McNichol
• Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Producer Steve Breimer And Co-Writer Alan Jay Glueckman, Moderated By Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary with Co-Producer and Unit Production Manager Eugene Mazzola
• Extreme Prejudice – Interview with actor Bo Svenson
• Point and Shoot – Interview with Director of Photography Robbie Greenberg
• Family Dynamics – Interview with Editor Ted Nicolaou
• Cast and Crew Interviews with actors Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell and Steve Eastin, Make-Up Artist Allan A. Apone and Producer Steve Breimer
• Trailer
• TV Spot

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker [4K UHD & Combi] can be pre-ordered here:

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Title: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Special Edition UHD/Blu-ray Release Date: 13th May 2024 Cat No: SEVU8791 Run time: 93 mins

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Standard Blu-ray can be pre-ordered here:

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Title: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Standard Blu-ray Release Date: 13th May 2024 Cat No: SEVBD8807 Run time: 93 mins

ABOUT SEVERIN FILMS:

Severin Films is dedicated to the world’s most provocative cinema for physical media, theatrical, streaming and beyond. Founded in 2006, their distribution catalogue includes projects by iconic filmmakers Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roman Polanski, Dario Argento, Paul Morrissey, Mike Leigh, Lucio Fulci, Just Jaeckin, Peter Greenaway, Dennis Hopper Joko Anwar, Patrice Leconte, Walerian Borowczyk, Sergio Martino, Álex de la Iglesia and comedy legends The Comic Strip. Severin has also elevated the oeuvres of such fringe auteurs as Andy Milligan, Al Adamson, Ray Dennis Steckler, Bruno Mattei, Frederick Friedel, Luigi Cozzi,Claudio Fragrasso, Umberto Lenzi, Juan Piquer Simón, Joe D’Amato and Goya-Award winner Jess Franco. Severin has also produced the award-winning documentaries LOST SOUL: THEDOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, BLOOD &FLESH: THE REAL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON and WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR, and co-produced original feature films that include PLAGUE TOWN and THE THEATRE BIZARRE. Their latest documentary ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE was an official selection of the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and is currently playing festivals worldwide.

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Evocatively photographed in early Mario Bava ‘Black Sunday’ style in black and white you find a group of men who have been coerced into walking a coffin to the local graveyard for burial. However, the path they must tread is menaced by a hellhound and other supernatural entities after dark. The body is an accident victim who is the son of Squire Marlow (Mark Carlisle). The men contracted to help are Ransley (James Swanton) a drunken, ribald peasant Pike (Richard Rowden) and Holt (Harry Roebuck) the best friend of the deceased.

The journey begins with a few moments of quarrelling amongst themselves plus violence and intervals to ‘pass water’. Abruptly strange things begin to happen all around them that they barely notice till too late. As darkness surrounds them so does the uncovered family secrets, illicit love and revenge burst forth perpetrated by an unseen force.

An unseen hound according to folk legend brings of ill-fortune – seems to be following them, along with a spectral figure. Panic quickly sets in amongst the group, despite the Squire’s increasingly brutal attempts to maintain order. Will any survive? There is no portrait to retreat into or mirror to break to stop the unrelenting terror of the night. No shelter from the storm of thoughts and impending doom that takes its toll.

This is an age when demons dwell at night and where corpses must be carried ‘feet first so they do not find their way back.’ Likely suicides are buried at crossroads, so they do not find their way back to their loved ones.

In a short film, all actors must be strong, distinctive and have a purpose. The cast is brilliant in this picture, working together with distinctive speech patterns and intonations. The Squire with his bombastic, voice commanding all and saying he will double their fee to continue. Pike with his articulate wordy speech with the right amount of uneducated local twang you would find in a local tavern or making an appearance in a ‘Universal Pictures’ torch-carrying mob. Ransley and Holt who as the Squire’s men to maintain order and blindly try to keep the lid on their fears and revelations.

Eerie moments of darkness, fog and still my personal favourite to see the breath of people at night when it is cold out makes this a top-notch little atmospheric ghost story.

Terry Sherwood

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