Severin Films have
announced the long awaited June 11th Blu-ray + DVD combo US debut release of
the controversial shocker HOUSE ON STRAW HILL and
the creepy classic THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES.
HOUSE ON STRAW HILL: Banned in Britain as a Video Nasty for thirty years! A
shockingly violent and erotic tale of seduction, brutality and revenge. Cult
movie icon Udo Kier (MARK OF THE DEVIL, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN) stars as a successful
novelist suffering from writer’s block, who rents a country cottage with
his wife (British 1970s sex sensation Fiona Richmond) in the hope of finding
inspiration. But the arrival of a sensual secretary, played by Linda Hayden
(BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW, TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA) sets in motion a chain
of events that culminate in an unrestrained explosion of sex and savagery. Film
elements were long thought lost or destroyed on this sleazy gem but the original
camera negative was unearthed in a barn in rural England and painstakingly restored
for this first official uncut release anywhere in the world. Director commentary
and cast and crew interviews will round out the package.
THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES: “Eight graves! Seven bodies!” screamed
the ads, “One killer... and he's already dead!” Hollywood legends
John Ireland (RED RIVER, SATAN’S CHEERLEADERS), John Carradine (THE GRAPES
OF WRATH, VAMPIRE HOOKERS) and Howard Hughes’ paramour Faith Domergue
(CULT OF THE COBRA, THIS ISLAND EARTH) star in this much-loved ‘70s shocker
about a film crew shooting an occult drama in a sinister manor with its own
grisly history of family bloodshed. Previously released with often badly cropped,
censored and muddy transfers, the film will finally be available in HD, transferred
from original vault materials and featuring an exclusive archive interview with
legendary horror icon Carradine (a DVD/Blu-Ray first as far as we’re aware)
and a revealing new audio commentary with Co-Producer Gary Kent & Film Historian
Lars Nilsen.
Severin Films was formed in 2006 with offices in Los Angeles and London. Their
80 plus strong movie catalogue includes works from iconic euro-cult directors
Lucio Fulci, Jess Franco and Walerian Borowczyck, the all-star War classic THE
WILD GEESE, the unrated Director’s Cut of Just Jaeckin’s GWENDOLINE,
Richard Stanley’s cyber-punk hit HARDWARE, Enzo Castellari’s original
action classic INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, Oscar®-nominee Patrice Leconte’s
THE HAIRDRESSER’S HUSBAND, the midnight movie sensation BIRDEMIC –
SHOCK & TERROR, the historical battle epic ZULU DAWN, Eugenio Martin’s
restored HORROR EXPRESS, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s internationally acclaimed
SANTA SANGRE. In 2011 they produced the horror anthology feature THE THEATRE
BIZARRE.
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HOUSE ON STRAW HILL
1985 • 84 minutes • Color • 1.77:1, 16x9 • SRP $29.95
• 1 DVD, 1 BLU RAY
THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES
1973 • 91 minutes • Color • 1.85:1, 16x9 • SRP $29.95
• 1 DVD, 1 BLU RAY