Severin to Release Hemisphere Pictures Boxset Including CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES and BRAIN OF BLOOD
Severin Films has announced that they will be releasing a boxset that honors the films of Hemisphere Pictures, which will include five of the production/distribution company’s titles. Dubbed The Hemisphere Box of Horrors, the collection will include five films that are newly scanned in 2K/4K formats: The Blood Drinkers, Brain of Blood, Curse of the Vampires, The Black Cat, and The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism.
Limited to 3500 copies, the boxset will include mini-posters of the boxset artwork (only if ordered through Severin) and the double feature Blu-ray of The Black Cat and The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism are a boxset exclusive.
Special Features for The Blood Drinkers:
- Manong of the Philippines: Interview With Script Supervisor and Gerry De Leon’s AD Dik Trofeo
- Hemisphere Appreciation by Filmmaker David DeCoteau
- Audio Commentary With Film Historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger
- Partial Audio Commentary With Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman
- Deleted Scenes
- Blood Drinkers Trailer
- Vampire People Trailer
- Radio Spot
Special Features for Curse of the Vampires:
- Cursed Vampire: Interview With Actor Eddie Garcia
- The Market Of Hemisphere: Interview With Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman
- Audio Commentary With Philippine Genre Documentarian Andrew Leavold
- Partial Audio Commentary with Sam Sherman
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers
- Beast of Blood / Curse of the Vampires radio spot
Special Features for Brain of Blood:
- Memories Of Blood: Interviews With Director Al Adamson, Producer Samuel M. Sherman, Associate Producer J. P. Spohn, Actor Zandor Vorkov, Actor Sean Graver, and Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray
- Partial Audio Commentary With Producer / Co-Writer Samuel M. Sherman
- Trailer
- Radio Spot
Special Features for The Black Cat/The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism:
- Blood Demon Trailer
- Black Cat Trailer