Hailed as ‘brutally effective’ (Screen Rant), ‘a forgotten classic’ (Horror News) and ‘graphic and unapologetic’ (Sex Gore Mutants), Nightmares in a Damaged Brain remains one of the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre films of the 1980s. Now ‘the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made’ (NY Daily News), can be experienced like never before, as Severin Films presents a brand new Special Edition, which comprises of two-discs, including a never-before-seen restored version and more than five-hours of brand new special features. This must-have box set will be available from 26 February 2024, alongside a standard edition Blu-ray.
Baird Stafford (Dog Tags) gives an enduringly disturbing performance as a seriously disturbed, homicidal patient who escapes from a psychiatric hospital, during an experimental drug programme. What follows is a mind-blowing trail of psychosexual carnage, that takes the maniac from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the shores of Florida, causing unimaginable slaughter and chaos his wake.
Written and directed by Romano Scavolini, this ‘devastating masterpiece’ (Cinefear), can now be experienced like never before, following its painstaking restoration process which involved scanning from the internegative and multiple foreign print sources to create the ultimate version.
The set includes an in-depth feature – Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant – that explores the salacious career of the mysterious British filmmaker and distributor, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a “video nasty”, following the UK release of the film; this joins a slew of fascinating extras, please see full list below.
Prepare to experience something far beyond your worst Nightmares in a Damaged Brain.
After a 17-year break in filmmaking, splatter maestro Frank Henenlotter – writer/director of Frankenhooker, Brain Damage and The Basket Case Trilogy – returned with the most graphic, transgressive and jaw-droppingly depraved black comedy shocker of his career… Bad Biology. Now this wickedly warped feature gets a re-birth from Severin Films in a Special Edition Box set, that includes the film in its newly restored version, scanned in 4K from the camera negative.
This dual 4K UHD and Blu-ray release comes complete with a slew of brand-new special features and gets its UK bow on 26 February 2024, and will also be released on standard edition Blu-ray.
Jennifer, played by singer Charlee Danielson, is a homicidal nymphomaniac who spontaneously births mutant babies, while in another part of town Batz (Anthony Sneed – Chasing Banksy), has a monstrous penis, with a mind of its own, to contend with In a city ruled by pleasure and pain, will the two made-for-each-other freaks deliver the ultimate orgasmic horror?
Eleonore Hendricks (Daddy Longlegs), radio host Rude Jude and director James Glickenhaus (The Exterminator) co-star in ‘one very entertaining seriously batshit film’ (JoBlo), produced and co-written by underground hip-hop hero R.A. The Rugged Man Thorburn, with insane special effects by Gabe Bartalos (Skinned Deep).
Frank Henenlotter’s ball-busting freak fest should-be seen to be believed, so grab a copy for a shocking lesson in Bad Biology.
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain and Bad Biology will be released by Severin Film on 26 February 2024.
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