This Review Roundup features four 4K releases from Severin Films that became available in late March. They are all cult like films jampacked with bonus features and look beautiful in their packaging including cool slipcovers and various artwork depending on which version you purchased.
First is The Great Alligator, a mix between a creature feature and exploitation flick. The film is about a photographer, an anthropologist and a man who opened a tropical resort. The resort has native people living there who want nothing to do with the tourists. Of course there’s a killer alligator who the natives fear as a god. It’s hilariously bad, but that’s the point. It’s a movie MST3K would crucify especially the alligator which is clearly a model in scenes. I kind of loved it for its campiness and schlock factor. The scenes of the gator attacking people and the natives shooting arrows and throwing spears at groups of people clearly “acting” like they are swimming made me laugh. If you have a soft spot for campy creature features then this is right up your alley. It comes with all kinds of bonus features like interviews, trailers, original drawings and more.
Cathy’s Curse is your classic horror movie with a child. It opens with a car crash and jumps to its present day with a husband, wife and daughter moving into an old home that the husband had lived in as a child. His sister and father had died in the car crash and she seems to still haunt the house. His daughter starts acting peculiar after finding a creepy doll. It has some good kills and it definitely fits into the genre of oddball child horror like The Exorcist or The Omen. If you like creepy kids getting possessed or doing the deeds of someone else then this is definitely for you. Bonus features include commentary, trailers, tons of interviews and more.
Third we have The Devil’s Honey from director Lucio Fulci. This sleazy film is all over the map. It starts off with a woman having an orgasm through a musical instrument and then becomes a kidnapping flick after she kidnaps the doctor she accuses of letting her boyfriend die in the operating room. It’s full of nudity and eroticism and is very different for Fulci yet you can see his hands on it. It’s very Italian if you know the type of films that were coming out of Italy in the 70s and 80s. It’s also packed with bonus features like multiple interviews, alternate opening and trailers. A must own for Fulci fans.
Last we have Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. A boy loses his parents at an early age and is raised by his overbearing aunt. As he gets closer to his girlfriend and has thoughts of leaving to go to college, his aunt has a fear of losing him. When a murder happens, an obsessed cop looks into the relationship between the boy and his aunt as she spirals out of control. Bo Svenson stars as the cop with Oscar nominee Susan Tyrrell as the aunt. It’s also one of Bill Paxton’s earliest films and Julia Duffy stars as well. It’s very 1980s with the cop doing whatever he wants, gay men looked at as suspects immediately and the wardrobe and school fit perfectly for the time period. It’s also creepy with the aunt and nephew being a bit too close. Of course there’s a big twist you should see coming, but it works for the film. Bonus features include multiple commentaries, multiple interviews, trailers and more.
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