Severin Releasing Black Cat, Shock Treatment And Patrick Still Lives!

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On October 27th, Severin Films is celebrating Halloween a few days early with three spooky classics from our friends across the pond. THE BLACK CAT (aka DEMONS 6), SHOCK TREATMENT, and PATRICK STILL LIVES are all arriving in HD with bonus goodies hand packed by the Severin team, so make sure you check for razor blades before consuming.

To hear more about these releases, check out Episode #2 of the Severin Films Podcast, available here: https://linktr.ee/severinfilms.

THE BLACK CAT

From Luigi Cozzi - the writer/director of STARCRASH, CONTAMINATION and PAGANINI HORROR - comes the over-the-top meta-shocker about a production company filming a new sequel to one of '70s Italian horror's best-known classics and the resurrected supernatural demon that may destroy them all. Caroline Munro (MANIAC), Brett Halsey (THE DEVIL'S HONEY), Florence Guérin (BLACK VENUS) and Urbano Barberini (OPERA) star in this long-unseen fan favorite - originally released in Italy as DEMONS 6 - now transferred in 2k from pristine vault elements for the first time ever.

SHOCK TREATMENT

French film legends Alain Delon (PURPLE NOON, LE SAMOURAí) and Annie Girardot (ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, THE PIANO TEACHER) star in the 1972 thriller from writer/director Alain Jessua (ARMAGUEDON, THE DOGS) that became a cause célí¨bre of international cinema: When a career woman (Girardot) checks into the exclusive seaside clinic of a doctor (Delon) famed for his unorthodox rejuvenation treatments, she'll discover a nightmare of bourgeois depravities, medical atrocities and the eye-popping full-frontal nudity that sparked worldwide headlines. Robert Hirsch (HIVER 54, L'ABBí‰ PIERRE), Michel Duchaussoy (MESRINE) and Jeanne Colletin (EMMANUELLE) co-star in this “political allegory fashioned as a horror story”(Time Out) - released in the UK as DOCTOR IN THE NUDE - now scanned uncut in 2k from the original interpositive.

PATRICK STILL LIVES

Shortly after the Ozploitation shocker PATRICK became a worldwide hit, producer Gabriele Crisanti (BURIAL GROUND), screenwriter Piero Regnoli (NIGHTMARE CITY) and director Mario Landi (GIALLO IN VENICE) went way beyond 'unofficial sequel' or 'unauthorized remake' to instead create this “mind-boggling example of Italian exploitation that has to be seen to be believed” (Moria): When a young man becomes comatose after a freak accident, his father invites six strangers to a secluded villa for a weekend packed with relentless nudity, outrageous violence and perhaps the most depraved sex/gore death in all of Italian horror. Sacha Pitoí«ff (INFERNO), Gianni Dei (MANHATTAN GIGOLO) and Mariangela Giordano (MALABIMBA) star in “one of the most ultimate exploitation films ever made” (Monster Pictures), now scanned uncut in 2k from the original negative for the very first time in 40 years.

THE BLACK CAT Special Features:

Cat On The Brain - Interview with Director / Co-Writer Luigi Cozzi and Actress Caroline Munro
Trailer

Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English mono with optional closed captions
Region: A/1

SHOCK TREATMENT Special Features:

Alain Jessua - The Lone Deranger: Interview with Bernard Payen, Curator at The Cinémathí¨que Franí§aise
Koering's Scoring - Interview with Soundtrack Composer René Koering
Director's Disorder - Interview with Director Alain Jessua
Drumrunning - René Koering Commentary on Three Sequences
Trailer
Double sided blu-ray wrap
Wide release Limited Edition with slipcase and CD soundtrack

Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English mono with optional closed captions, French mono with English subtitles
Region: A/1

PATRICK STILL LIVES Special Features:

C'est la Vie - Interview with Actor Gianni Dei
Trailer
Double sided blu-ray wrap
Severin Webstore Exclusive slipcase

Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: Italian mono with English subtitles
Region: ALL/0

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The Black Bundle Treatment Still Lives: https://severin-films.com/shop/black-bundle-treatment/

The Black Cat Blu-ray: https://severin-films.com/shop/black-cat-blu/
The Black Cat DVD: https://severin-films.com/shop/black-cat-dvd/

Shock Treatment LE 2-Disc Blu-ray w/ Slipcover: https://severin-films.com/shop/shock-treatment-slip
Shock Treatment Standard Blu-ray: https://severin-films.com/shop/shock-treatment-blu
Shock Treatment DVD: https://severin-films.com/shop/shock-treatment-dvd

Patrick Still Lives Blu-ray w/ Exclusive Slipcover: https://severin-films.com/shop/patrick-lives-slip
Patrick Still Lives Standard Blu-ray: https://severin-films.com/shop/patrick-lives-blu
Patrick Still Lives DVD: https://severin-films.com/shop/patrick-lives-dvd

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[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

Anybody who complains about Severin can suck my fat nuts - their announcements are always awesome.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Anybody who complains about Severin can suck my fat nuts - their announcements are always awesome.

That's okay, he doesn't post here anymore.

Excellent news about Black Cat (I thought it was tangled up in legal hell) and Patrick Still Lives. Not heard of the other.

[Nabonga Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nabonga]

Dammit! My wallet is begging for mercy as it is.

I've never heard of Shock Treatment but Patrick and the Cozzi are a given.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

I could skip most of these excluding Patrick Still Lives. Black Cat is almost fascinating. It does have one bit of good gore that's lifted from Contamination. And that bit with the Suspiria theme was good. That's all the positives it has.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

PATRICK STILL LIVES is amazing. It deserves a bigger following.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

PATRICK STILL LIVES is amazing. It deserves a bigger following.

I remember a time when people dismissed it as a sleazy low point of Italian horror. Subsequently the sainted Argento rips off its most notorious kill. Really want to see that Gianni Dei interview.

[Nabonga Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nabonga]

Luigi Cozzi is fascinatingly incompetent. Seems like a nice guy though.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

Luigi Cozzi is fascinatingly incompetent. Seems like a nice guy though.

THE KILLER MUST KILL AGAIN being the exception, of course.

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

I remember a time when people dismissed it as a sleazy low point of Italian horror.

That views been updated? It's definitely how I class it.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

That views been updated? It's definitely how I class it.

I've seen plenty worse especially as anyone can make a film these days. When Argento starts using the same tactics its stock has either gone up or his is now somewhere in the sewer.

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I've seen plenty worse especially as anyone can make a film these days. When Argento starts using the same tactics its stock has either gone up or his is now somewhere in the sewer.

Hell of the Living Dead is better than Argento's later day films.

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THE KILLER MUST KILL AGAIN being the exception, of course.

True.