Severin Films, friends of ScreenAnarchy and longtime champions of the seedier side of cinema, have announced a trio of exciting Blu-ray releases for the next two months in the form of Australian skin flick Felicity, obscure Polanski weirdness, What?, and Frank Henenlotter's new documentary That's Sexploitation!
While Felicity has been available on DVD in the US for a while from Severin, What? is making it's US DVD premiere as far as I can tell. Felicity's Blu-ray release will also include a pair of Australian mondo style documentaries from director John LaMond, The ABCs of Love & Sex and Australia After Dark, previously available on DVD from Severin sister label Intervision Picture Corp. What? was previously available from Severin, but only on DVD in the UK. That's Sexploitation! is a new documentary that premiered in 2015.
We've got all of the details below!
This “Skinemax” favorite was to become one of Severin’s all-time best sellers. Now the erotic classic FELICITY is getting the royal treatment in its upgrade to Blu-Ray with a stunning new HD scan of the feature supervised by writer/director John D. Lamond. The bountiful array of titillating extras will include, for the first time ever, the UNCUT VERSION of AUSTRALIA AFTER DARK, Lamond’s debut featureTHE ABCS OF LOVE AND SEX… AUSTRALIA STYLE, commentaries on all three films plus a host of interview out-takes from NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD!
She ain’t mama’s little girl no more! The luscious Glory Annen stars as Felicity Robinson, a sheltered teen who surrenders her blossoming body to a world of bold sexual adventure. From her forbidden pleasures at an all-girl school in England to wanton hungers in the exotic underground of Hong Kong, Felicity finds herself deflowered, defiled and ultimately delighted by the shame and ecstasy of a libido unleashed. Penthouse model Joni Flynn co-stars in this notorious erotic odyssey that defined a generation of horny young men… and quite a few women, too!
FELICITY hits Blu-ray on March 29th and is available for pre-order from the Severin Store!
Extras:
- Bonus Feature Film: ABCs Of Love & Sex... Australia Style!
- Bonus Feature Film: Australia After Dark (Never Before Released UNCUT VERSION)
- Audio Commentary on Felicity With Producer/Director John D. Lamond and Star Glory Annen
- Audio Commentary on ABCs With Producer/Director John D. Lamond and Not Quite Hollywood Director Mark Hartley
- Audio Commentary on AAD With Producer/Director John D. Lamond and Not Quite Hollywood Director Mark Hartley
- Not Quite Hollywood Out-takes with Actress Glory Annen, Director John D. Lamond, and Cinematographer Garry Wapshott
- John Lamond Trailer Reel
The film Polanski made between MACBETH and CHINATOWN, WHAT? will be released on Blu-ray -- with a new 2k
scan of the feature plus a host of extras -- on April 26th.
The director described it as “the ribald adventures of an innocent girl." Critics called it “an amoral, depraved disaster.” More than three decades after
its controversial release, it remains the most butchered, debated and least-seen film of the Oscar-winning director’s entire career. The succulent Sydne Rome stars as an oft-naked American girl lost inside a Mediterranean villa inhabited by priests, pianists, perverts and a syphilitic
pimp (a deliciously bizarre performance by Marcello Mastroianni) while indulging in madcap acts of gang rape, sodomy and ping-pong. Hugh Griffith (Tom Jones), Romolo Valli (Boccaccio ’70) and Polanski himself co-star in
this surreal and sexy comedy, now finally restored to its original running time from a vault print reportedly stolen from the wine cellar of producer Carlo
Ponti!
110 mins. / 2.35:1
Release Date: April 26th
Extras:
- Featurette: Sydne In Wonderland – Interview With Star Sydne Rome
- Featurette: Memories Of A Young Pianist – Interview With Composer Claudio Gizzi
- Featurette: A Surreal Pop Movie – Interview With Cinematographer Marcello Gatti
- Theatrical Trailer
Severin Films has partnered with exploitation archival pioneers Something Weird Video to bring out the latest doc directed by Frank Henenlotter (BASKET CASE, BRAIN DAMAGE, FRANKENHOOKER, BAD BIOLOGY). THAT’S SEXPLOITATION! was co-produced by Mike Vraney (the late founder of Something Weird), and hailed by critics as “fascinating” (Video Watchdog), “titillating” (Time Out Los Angeles) and “jaw-dropping” (Seattle Weekly).
Henenlotter and legendary exploitation monarch David F. Friedman – in his final film appearance – are your hosts for this eye-popping expedition through the world of pre-code peekaboos, stags, sex-hygiene films, goona-goonas, nudie-cuties, roughies, druggies, white-coaters and more, featuring thousands of spicy, steamy and downright sleazy clips from the SWV archives. And if that’s not enough to tickle your pickle , Bonus Features include a commentary by Henenlotter and Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and an additional 3+ hours of rare loops and shorts from five decades of Sexploitation history!
136 mins. / 1.78:1
Release Date: April 26th
Extras:
- Over 3 1/2 Hours of Sexploitation Shorts From The Something Weird Archives
- Audio Commentary With Director Frank Henenlotter and Something Weird's Lisa Petrucci
- Trailer