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Christopher Smith’s Bloody Office Outing ‘Severance’ Hits Blu-ray This Month
Not to be confused with the Apple TV+ series of the same name, Severance is a 2006 horror-comedy directed by Christopher Smith (Triangle, Black Death).
The bloody office outing is receiving a new Blu-ray edition on April 29 from Magnolia.
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by director and co-writer Christopher Smith and co-writer James Moran, moderated by film critic Kim Newman (new)
- Audio commentary with Christopher Smith, Danny Dyer, Tim McInnerny, John Frankish, Andy Nyman, Babou Ceesay and James Moran
- Intro Scene Animatic
- The Making of Severance featurette
- The Genesis of Severance featurette
- Behind the Scenes footage
- Being Danny Dyer featurette
- Danny Dyer Fight Scene Rehearsal
- Deleted Scenes
- Palisade Corporate Video
- Outtakes
- Not So Special FX
- Crashing a Coach featurette
- Additional Crash Footage
- Alternate Ending Storyboard
- One Hour of Uncut EPK Material, Including Extended Interviews with Cast and Crew
- Animal Trainer Interview
- “Frankish” On Set Interviews with Crew
- Theatrical Trailer
- Multiple TV Spots
- Booklet with new writing by film critic Molly Henery
A coach lurches out of the hustle and bustle of Budapest and heads towards the mountainous border. Aboard are seven employees of the international weapons manufacturer Palisade Defence, global suppliers of innovative weaponry for the past 75 war-torn years. The lucky group are being treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge by their president, George Cinders.
But things quickly go awry as the colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when their corporate weekend is sabotaged by a deadly enemy. Forget office politics, only the smartest will survive this bloody office outing.
Written by Smith and James Moran (“Doctor Who”), the film stars Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman, and Babou Ceesay.
Are you ready to go back?
After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.
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