Following its celebrated release of The Vixen Trilogy, Severin Films – in collaboration with The Russ Meyer Charitable Trust – have announced the UHD/Blu-ray premieres of two more landmark films from the vaults of iconic American auteur Russ Meyer: 1965’s action-and-violence saga Motoropsycho, and the erotic comedy Russ Meyer's Up!, which was co-written by Roger Ebert. Both titles have been restored and scanned in 4K from their original negatives with hours of new and archival Special Features and will be available for pre-order at https://severinfilms.co.uk/ ahead of their release date on 28 April 2025.
MOTORPSYCHO (USA 1965)
Just prior to Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, producer/director/co-writer and cinematographer Russ Meyer first unleashed his singular vision of full-throttle violence and vengeance with this 1965 shocker.
When a trio of psycho bikers launches a sexual assault and murder spree in a desert town, the local veterinarian (Alex Rocco of The Godfather fame in his screen debut) teams up with a rage-ravaged vixen (the incredible Haji in her first film role) to settle the score.
Steve Oliver (Werewolves on Wheels), Lane Carroll (The Crazies), Timothy Scott (The Farmer) and Russ himself co-star in this “slick, violent and well made” (Variety) Meyer milestone, now scanned in 4K from the original negative restored by The Museum of Modern Art with new and archival Special Features curated by Severin Films in association with The Russ Meyer Trust.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
UHD
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Zach Clark
- Trailer
BLU-RAY/DVD
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Zach Clark
- Desert Rats On Hondas – Interviews With Actors Haji And Alex Rocco
- Trailer
Motorpsycho 4K pre-order: https://severinfilms.co.uk/products/motorpsycho-uhd
Motorpsycho Blu-ray pre-order: https://severinfilms.co.uk/products/motorpsycho-blu
RUSS MEYER’S UP! (USA 1976)
No fairy tale…this! In 1976, producer/director/cinematographer/editor Russ Meyer delivered his penultimate feature film – co-written by Beyond the Valley of the Dolls screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Ebert – hailed as “jaw-droppingly perverse” (Entertainment Weekly), “Meyer at his most outrageous” (Images Journal) and “definitely not to be confused with the Pixar cartoon” (The Spinning Image).
Welcome to a sex-blasted burg in Northern California where sodomised Führers, ravenous piranhas, sapphic ecstasy, murder mystery, Shakespearean appropriation and the remarkable Raven De La Croix collide, with Kitten Natividad – in her RM Productions debut – as The Greek Chorus of it all. Janet Wood (The Centerfold Girls) co-stars in “one of Russ Meyer’s best films” (We Are Movie Geeks), now scanned in 4K from the original negative by Severin Films with new and archival Special Features curated in association with The Russ Meyer Trust.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
UHD
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell
BLU-RAY/DVD
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell
- No Fairy Tale... This! – Interview With Actress Raven De La Croix
- Radio Spot
Up! 4K pre-order: https://severinfilms.co.uk/products/russ-meyers-up-uhd
Up! Blu-ray pre-order: https://severinfilms.co.uk/products/russ-meyers-up-blu
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