{"id":12022,"date":"2026-05-29T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/?p=12022"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:16:17","slug":"severin-films-unearths-danza-macabra-volume-5-the-spanish-gothic-collection-box-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/severin-films-unearths-danza-macabra-volume-5-the-spanish-gothic-collection-box-set\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVERIN FILMS UNEARTHS ‘DANZA MACABRA VOLUME 5: the SPANISH GOTHIC COLLECTION BOX SET"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SEVERIN FILMS UNEARTHS DANZA MACABRA VOLUME 5:
\nTHE SPANISH GOTHIC COLLECTION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\nAll-New 5-Disc Collection Includes 4 Uncut Spanish Gothic Horror Classics
\nWith 10+ Hours Of Audio Commentaries, Interviews, Video Essays & More<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Severin Films today announced the forthcoming release of DANZA MACABRA VOLUME FIVE: THE SPANISH
\nGOTHIC COLLECTION. With their fifth installment of “an essential series of Euro-Gothic tastiness” (Mondo Digital),
\nSeverin returns to the cemeteries, catacombs and cobwebbed castles of Spanish cinema for an all-new exploration
\nof Gothic Horror excellence with 4 uncut classics on 5 discs: In the North American Disc Premiere of 1964’s
\nSTRANGE VOYAGE, director Fernando Fernán Gómez crafts a macabre true-crime shocker featuring a poignant
\nperformance by none other than Jess Franco. The disturbing 1971 drama EXORCISM’S DAUGHTER is presented
\nin its complete U.S. Version – now featuring the infamous orgy sequence – as well as the original Spanish
\nVersion LAS MELANCÓLICAS, both on disc for the first time ever. THE DRACULA SAGA is 1973’s grisly
\nreinvention of vampiric damnation from the legendary León Klimovsky, uncut in North America for the first time
\never. And in 1985’s acclaimed THE TURN OF THE SCREW, controversial director Eloy de la Iglesia adapts Henry
\nJames’ classic novella with a startling psychosexual twist. Each film in this collection has been scanned from
\noriginal camera negatives or archival 35mm prints, with 10+ combined hours of new audio commentaries,
\nvideo essays, interview featurettes and more. DANZA MACABRA VOLUME FIVE is now available for pre-order at
\nThe Severin Webstore. In addition, all four previous volumes of DANZA MACABRA will be available for 50% off
\nSRLP through June 8th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n“STEP GINGERLY INTO THE DARK WOODS AND BEWARE OF
\nHANDS THRUST UP FROM THE EARTH…
\nWith THE SPANISH GOTHIC COLLECTION,
\nSeverin unearths and resurrects obscure gems that serve
\na tasty treat for EuroHorror junkies and other children of the night.”
\nPop Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDisc 1: STRANGE VOYAGE (1964)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nIn 1964, renowned novelist, playwright and actor Fernando Fernán Gómez
\ndirected his most controversial film, “a truly remarkable” (Cinemagavia) gothic
\nhorror black comedy based on a shocking true crime, condemned by government
\ncensors upon its release and featuring a surprisingly poignant performance by none
\nother than Jess Franco: In an old dark house on the outskirts of a rural village, a
\nmatriarch cruelly bullies her two childlike adult siblings. But when dread leads to
\nmurder, will repression and deceit bring about the most depraved acts of all? Carlos
\nLarrañaga (THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION), Tota Alba (STRANGE LOVE OF
\nTHE VAMPIRES), Lina Canalejas (BLOOD HUNT) and María Luisa Ponte
\n(EUGENIE) co-star in this “masterpiece of artistic subversion” (The Postmodern
\nPelican), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with over 2
\nhours of new Special Features.
\nSpecial Features:
\n• Audio Commentary With Dr. Adrian Smith, Co-Author Of Norman J. Warren: Gentleman Of Terror
\n• A 'Rara Avis' Duo – Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival, On Fernando Fernán
\nGómez & Jess Franco
\n• The Multifaceted Mind Of Fernando Fernán Gómez – Filmmaker Helena de Llanos On The Work And
\nLegacy Of Her Grandfather
\n• Facing The Sun: STRANGE VOYAGE's Promise Of Broken Dreams – Video Essay By Andy Marshall-
\nRoberts, Host Of The Nasty Pasty Podcast
\n• Trailer
\nDisc Specs:
\nRuntime: 92 mins
\nAudio: Spanish Mono
\nSubtitles: English
\nRegion A\/B\/C
\nAspect Ratio: 1.66:1<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

Disc 2 – 3: EXORCISM’S DAUGHTER (1971)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\nWhat was deceptively marketed in North America as an EXORCIST rip-off is
\nin fact one of Spain’s most unsettling genre films of the ‘70s: Driven to
\nmadness by a horrific childhood trauma, a young woman (Analía Gadé of IN
\nTHE EYE OF THE HURRICANE) is committed to a brutal insane asylum from
\nwhich there may be no escape. Francisco Rabal (SORCERER, DAGON),
\nEspartaco Santoni (THE FEAST OF SATAN) and Helga Liné (THE
\nVAMPIRES NIGHT ORGY) co-star in this “disturbing” (Mondo Digital) gothic
\ndrama written and directed by Rafael Moreno Alba (DREAM KISS),
\npresented in its original Spanish Version LAS MELANCÓLICAS scanned
\nin 4K from the original camera negative plus the complete U.S. Version
\n(also known as THE HOUSE OF INSANE WOMEN) with additional footage –
\nincluding the infamous inmate orgy sequence – now sourced from an
\narchival 35mm print, with over 2 hours of new Special Features.<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

Disc 2: Spanish Version + Special Feature<\/span>
\n• Trailer
\nDisc Specs:
\nRuntime: 111 mins
\nAudio: Spanish Mono
\nSubtitles: English
\nRegion A\/B\/C
\nAspect Ratio: 1.85:1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDisc 3: U.S. Version + Special Features<\/span>
\n• Audio Commentary With Matt Rogerson, Author Of The Vatican Versus Horror Movies And Fulci’s Inferno:
\nFaith In The Films Of A Horror And Giallo Auteur
\n• A Film That Stands Apart – An Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film
\nFestival
\n• Madwoman In The Attic: EXORCISM'S DAUGHTER And The Female Gothic – Video Essay By Kat
\nEllinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
\nDisc Specs:
\nRuntime: 96 mins
\nAudio: English Mono
\nSubtitles: English SDH
\nRegion A\/B\/C
\nAspect Ratio: 1.85:1<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

Disc 4: THE DRACULA SAGA (1973)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\nFrom famed director León Klimovsky (THE NIGHT OF THE WALKING DEAD,
\nTHE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK) comes the daring gothic shocker hailed
\nas “one of the most original vampire films in Spanish horror cinema” (Cine
\nMaldito): When Dracula’s pregnant granddaughter (Tina Sáinz) and her
\nupstanding husband (Tony Isbert of TRAGIC CEREMONY) arrive at the Count’s
\ncastle, it will birth a nightmare of profane seduction, ancestral damnation and
\ninconceivable vampiric carnage. Helga Liné (THE LORELEY’S GRASP), María
\nKosty (NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS) and Narciso Ibáñez Menta (THE BEAST
\nMUST DIE) co-star in this “bizarre Spanish gem” (Bloody Pit of Horror) co-written
\nby Emilio Martínez Lázaro (CAKE OF BLOOD) and Juan Tébar (THE LEGEND
\nOF BLOOD CASTLE), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative
\nwith over 2 hours of new Special Features.
\nSpecial Features:
\n• Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett And Troy Guinn, Film Historians\/Co-Hosts Of NaschyCast
\n• Klimovsky's Vampires – An Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film
\nFestival
\n• The Spanish Hammer: The Rise And Fall Of Profilmes – Interview With Profilmes Production And Sales
\nExecutive Lluís Ferrando
\n• Inheritance As Horror: Blood, Tradition And The Gothic In THE DRACULA SAGA – Video Essay By Kat
\nEllinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
\n• Trailer
\nDisc Specs:
\nRuntime: 92 mins
\nAudio: English Mono, Spanish Mono
\nSubtitles: English SDH, English
\nRegion A\/B\/C
\nAspect Ratio: 1.66:1<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

Disc 5: THE TURN OF THE SCREW (1985)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\nFrom Eloy de la Iglesia – writer\/director of such controversial classics as
\nCANNIBAL MAN, THE GLASS CEILING, NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM,
\nNAVAJEROS and EL PICO – comes the startling 1985 adaptation of Henry
\nJames’ classic novella of gothic horror: After dropping out of seminary, a
\nspiritually conflicted young man (Pedro Mari Sánchez of CREATION OF THE
\nDAMNED) is hired to teach a pair of wealthy orphans in their remote seaside
\nmansion. But when he begins to believe that the estate is haunted by the ghost
\nof the previous cruel caretaker, it will unlock an ordeal of lost innocence,
\nforbidden desire and immoral terror. Queta Claver (THE PRIEST) co-stars in
\nthis provocative shocker – “a thoughtful drama with shades of SALÒ” (Beyond
\nBoundaries) – now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with
\nover 3 hours of new Special Features.
\nSpecial Features:
\n• Audio Commentary With Matt Rogerson, Author Of The Vatican Versus Horror Movies And Fulci’s Inferno:
\nFaith In The Films Of A Horror And Giallo Auteur
\n• Repression And Tragedy – An Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film
\nFestival
\n• One In Four Hundred – Interview With Actor Asier Hernández
\n• The Role Of My Dreams – Interview With Actress Cristina Goyanes
\n• Head Full Of Phantoms – Video Essay By Xavier Aldana Reyes, Author Of Spanish Gothic: National
\nIdentity, Collaboration And Cultural Adaptation
\n• Trailer
\nDisc Specs:
\nRuntime: 118 mins
\nAudio: Spanish\/Basque Mono
\nSubtitles: English
\nRegion A\/B\/C
\nAspect Ratio: 1.66:1<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

About Severin Films
\nSeverin Films is the foremost independent studio dedicated to rescuing, restoring and releasing the works of Oscar®
\nnominees and cult icons alike for Blu-ray, 4K UHD and digital platforms. Founded in 2006, their distribution catalogue
\nincludes projects by iconic filmmakers Russ Meyer, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Dario Argento, Paul Morrissey, Mike Leigh,
\nLucio Fulci, Peter Greenaway, Penelope Spheeris, Just Jaeckin, Roman Polanski, Álex de la Iglesia and UK comedy
\nlegends The Comic Strip; classics of Blaxploitation, Ozploitation, Sharksploitation and Nunsploitation; groundbreaking
\nFilipino, Indonesian, Spanish and Soviet horror; American drive-in indies, controversial documentaries, renowned UK
\ncomedies and the industry’s most formidable collection of Italian gialli, cannibal, zombie, erotic thrillers and ‘80s action
\nhits. Along the way, Severin has elevated the oeuvres of such fringe auteurs as Bruno Mattei, Al Adamson, Andy
\nMilligan, Joe D’Amato, Claudio Fragrasso, Umberto Lenzi, Ray Dennis Steckler and Goya Award-winner – and Severin
\npatron saint – Jess Franco. Severin has also produced the award-winning documentaries BLOOD & FLESH: THE
\nREEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON; LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD
\nSTANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU; WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK
\nHORROR; TALES OF THE UNCANNY; ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE, which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film
\nFestival; MANCUNIAN MAN: THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF CLIFF TWEMLOW; SUZZANNA: THE QUEEN OF BLACK
\nMAGIC; and EXORCISMO: THE TRANSGRESSIVE LEGACY OF CLASIFICADA “S.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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