Cine Outsider header
Left bar Home button Disc reviews button Film review button Articles button Blogs button Interviews button Right bar
news archive
Older news stories have been archived by year and month, most recent first. They can be accessed by clicking on the links below.
    2025
2024 2023 2022
2021 2020 2019
2018 2017 2016
2015 2014 2013
2012 2011 2010
2009 2008 2007
2006 2005 2004
 
Pitch-black comedy-horror Severance on UHD, Blu-ray & DVD in October

25 August 2025

Icon Film Distribution has announced that the pitch-black comedy horror Severance (2006) will be released for the first time as a 4K double-disc Collector's Edition, packed with more than 3.5 hours of bonus content, including two new interviews with director Christopher Smith and actor Andy Nyman, plus exclusive A3 poster and art cards. The film is also being released on Blu-ray and DVD.

UK horror director Smith followed up his debut film, the London Underground-set Creep, with Severance, an outrageously entertaining cross between The Office and Deliverance, with a team-building trip in a remote forest going very very wrong. Danny Dyer is outstanding as office lout Steve, with Laura Harris (Scaredy Cats, The Faculty), Tim McInnerny (One Day, Notting Hill, Game of Thrones), Toby Stephens (Die Another Day, 13 Hours), and BAFTA-nominee Andy Nyman (Judy, Ghost Stories, Kick-Ass 2) also on top form.

Working nine to five is a real killer, but team-building holidays can be even worse. Seven 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. A team-building weekend in the wilds of Eastern Europe descends into a deadly nightmare as the Palisade Defence team are pitched into a fight for survival against a forgotten army of bloodthirsty maniacs. If the team can survive the bear traps and treacherous pits long enough to show their guts instead of losing them, they may learn that getting slaughtered with workmates isn't always a good idea.

Described by Total Film as ‘a horror-comedy for fans of Shaun of the Dead and An American Werewolf in LondonSeverance is wickedly funny, gloriously gruesome, and endlessly rewatchable - the film is full of out there set pieces and some truly jaw-dropping, head-lopping moments (it also features one of the most unexpected and hilarious closing lines since Some Like It Hot). Watch it like your job depends on it!

Severance UHD pack shot

Severance will be released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD from Icon Film Distribution on 20 October 2025 at the pre-order price of £25 for the UHD, £12.99 for the Blu-ray, and £10 for the DVD.

UHD, BLU-RAY & DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:

Feature Commentary with Cast and Crew

  • New Interviews with Writer/Director Christopher Smith, and Andy Nyman
  • Eight Featurettes, including The Making of ‘Severance’, Being Danny Dyer, and Not So Special Effects
  • Behind the Scenes Footage 
  • Deleted Scenes & Outtakes 
  • And much more!

The UHD release also comes with an A3 poster and 4 art cards.

You can read our review of the film here.