Severin

12 films on Best Blurays

Based in United StatesFounded 2006severinfilms.com ↗

David Gregory, Carl Daft and John Cregan, who had produced extras for Blue Underground, set up this Los Angeles label in 2006; it also has a UK office. It restores horror, exploitation and cult films for DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD, with heavy slates of new interviews and documentaries and themed box sets such as its folk-horror collection. The Intervision imprint handles shot-on-video and regional oddities.

Aliases: severin

Vixen! (1968)

Director: Russ Meyer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Severin 4K Blu-ray scanned in 4K from the Original Camera Negative restored by MoMA

3.1

What? (1972)

Director: Roman Polanski

Best English-Friendly:

Severin Blu-ray

2.6

Blood for Dracula (1974)

Director: Paul Morrissey

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

3.2

Supervixens (1975)

Director: Russ Meyer

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

3.2

The Psychic (1977)

Director: Lucio Fulci

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

3.5

The Wild Geese (1978)

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Severin 4K Blu-ray

3.3

Night of the Zombies (1980)

Director: Bruno Mattei

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK 88 Films (replacement disc only) or US Severin 4K Blu-ray?

2.6

Pieces (1982)

Director: Juan Piquer Simón

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: dvdcompare.net (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

4K Blu-ray teased by Severin

Additional Info:

The different releases all have exclusive extras: https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=35931

Threads (1984)

Director: Mick Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Severin 4K Blu-ray see comparison but HDR is on the bright side

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Director: Peter Greenaway

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Severin 4K Blu-ray's macroblocking is noticeable especially in outdoor shots

3.9

Santa Sangre (1989)

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Upcoming Release:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray, part of Alejandro Jodorowsky Collector’s Edition, scheduled for November 2026 release

Best Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Severin 4K Blu-ray has bad encode

4.0

Delicatessen (1991)

Directors: Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray vs Severin 4K Blu-ray?

Best Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has DNR and inconsistent encode but still superior to the decade-old earlier Blu-ray. Severin 4K Blu-ray probably better encode?

3.8

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