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Severin Brings ‘Nightmares in a Damaged Brain’ to 4K with Most Complete Version of the 1981 Movie Ever Assembled

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The controversial 1981 horror movie Nightmare – also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain – is coming back to life on 4K UHD from Severin Films, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report this afternoon. The film has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled!

Severin is also publishing a 193 page novelization of the film, written by Rue Morgue’s Michael Gingold, based on the original screenplay by Romano Scavolini.

It’s been called “graphic and unapologetic” (SexGoreMutants), “brutally effective” (Screen Rant) and “a forgotten classic” (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre film of the ‘80s. Now “the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made” (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before.

When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford) flees an experimental drug program, he’ll leave a 5-day trail of psychosexual carnage from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the gore-soaked shores of Florida. Written and directed by Romano Scavolini, this “devastating masterpiece” (Cinefear) – whose UK release as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain led to the imprisonment of distributor David Hamilton-Grant – will be available on 4K from Severin Films as part of their Summer Sale beginning June 30.

The film’s 4K UHD debut comes complete with a brand new roster of extras, including first time Tom Savini has gone on camera about his controversial involvement!

Here’s the full breakdown…

DISC 1 : UHD:

  • Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford And Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian And David DeCoteau
  • Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
  • Trailers

DISC 2: BLU-RAY

  • Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford And Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian And David DeCoteau
  • Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
  • Kill Thy Father And Thy Mother – Interview With Director Romano Scavolini
  • Dreaming Up A Nightmare – Cast And Crew Interviews
  • The Nightmare Of NIGHTMARE – Interview With Erroneously Credited Special Effects Director Tom Savini
  • The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of – Interview With Makeup Artist Robin Stevens
  • A Nightmare On Many Streets – Locations Tour With Rue Morgue Writer Michael Gingold
  • Open Matte Peep Show Sequence
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Still Gallery
  • Trailers

DISC 3: BLU-RAY

  • Damaged: The Very British Obscenity David Hamilton-Grant (71 Mins)
  • Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: THE OFFICE PARTY (55 Mins)
  • Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: UNDER THE BED (53 Mins)
  • Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: YOU’RE DRIVING ME CRAZY (53 Mins)
  • Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: ESCAPE TO ENTEBBE (9 Mins)

DISC SPECS:

  • Limited Edition Slipcover
  • Booklet By Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  • Audio: English 5.1
  • Audio: English Stereo
  • Closed Captions
  • Region Free
  • Run Time: 99 Mins

Paul Le wrote here on BD last year, “Nightmares in a Damaged Brain has a well-earned reputation for being sleazy and gruesome. Romano Scavolini‘s previous work in pornography comes out often in this erotic slasher, but if there’s anything to take away from this exercise in lust and grisliness, the gore scenes are meticulously set up and executed.”

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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New ‘Infested’ Exclusive Clip Will Make You Intensely Afraid of Bathroom Drains

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April 23, 2024

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Director Sébastien Vaniček has been set to helm the next Evil Dead movie, but up first from the filmmaker is the creepy crawly spider horror movie Infested. An exclusive new clip gives a discomfiting closer look at the spider terror, and it’ll make you intensely afraid of all bathroom drains and fixtures.

Infested will induce a new wave of arachnophobia this week; the spider horror film arrives on Shudder on April 26, 2024.

If you’re brave enough to face your fears, watch the new clip below to get a feel for the unrelenting wave of spiders that the characters (and the audience) will face in the film.

In the film, “An underprivileged suburb has been thrown into chaos following an invasion of venomous spiders. Ordered to be placed in quarantine, the project sees inhabitants living on lockdown alongside terrifying spiders that are becoming bigger and bigger.

“The story revolves around Kaleb, who’s about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over a matter of inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend.

“Passionate about exotic animals, he comes home one day with a venomous spider and accidentally lets it slip away.”

Théo Christine (“Suprêmes”), Finnegan Oldfield (“Final Cut”), Jérôme Niel (“Smoking Causes Coughing”), Sofia Lesaffre (“Les Misérables”) and Lisa Nyarko star.

Florent Bernard co-wrote the script.

In his review out of Fantastic Fest last year, Bloody Disgusting’s Trace Thurman raved that Infested (aka Vermines) is “one of the best spider attack movies in years,” noting in his 4-star review that the creature feature uses practical spiders – REAL SPIDERS – as much as possible. Thurman also wrote that the spider horror movie is “full of moments that will get under your skin (I kicked my legs up more than a few times in my screening).”

The spiders will be everywhere in Infested, are you ready?

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