For the month of February, CG Entertainment is distributing three horror films offered by Sinister Film and Mustang Entertainment. As of February 7, in fact, it is available on the CG Entertainment official website, the DVD of Severance - Staff cuts (Great Britain - 2006) by Christopher Smith while from the 21st you can grab a copy of two cult films from the past: The Devil's Doll (USA - 1936) by Tod Browning and The boy saw the killer and must die (Great Britain - 1970) by John Hough.
In 2006 Christopher Smith (Creep) directs. Severance - Staff cuts, the successful and engaging horror comedy proposed by Mustang Entertainment.
Plot: A company organizes a weekend to foster team spirit among seven employees and thus ease their stressful and monotonous office life. For the group, however, the short vacation will turn out to be a never-ending nightmare.
With Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman, Babou Ceesay, and David Gilliam.
Format: DVD
Video: 16/9 1.85:1
Duration: 92′
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 | Italian, Dolby Digital 5.1 | English
No. discs: 1
Label: Mustang Entertainment
Subtitles: Italian for the deaf
Extras: audio commentary by director, set designer and actors, making of, behind-the-scenes, opening sequence, alternate ending (storyboard), deleted scenes with commentary, Danny Dyer, Danny rehearses fight scene, set designer, pheasant, plane, not-so-special effects, Severance's birth, bus, ducks, trailer.
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Sinister Film's "arthouse horror" series is enriched with a timeless classic viz. The Devil's Doll (The Devil-Doll) by Tod Browning, the director of the famous Freaks.
Plot: Paul Lavond is unjustly imprisoned in the terrible prisons of Devil's Island. The man manages to escape together with Marcel, an alchemist who has invented a serum that can shrink living beings. Paul gets hold of the concoction and returns to Paris. Here the escaped convict will create living dolls subject to his will. In fact, his plan is to miniaturize one of his enemies and use it to kill the others guilty of his unjust imprisonment.
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Rafaela Ottiano, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont.
Format: DVD
Video: 16/9 1.33:1
Duration: 75′
Audio: Dolby Digital Dual Mono | Italian, Dolby Digital Dual Mono | English
No. discs: 1
Label: Sinister Film
Subtitles: Italian
Extra: photo gallery
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Sinister Film's "arthouse horror" series also includes a thriller/horror to be rediscovered: The boy saw the killer and must die (Eyewitness) by John Hough (Dracula's Daughters, After life, Incubus - The Power of Evil).
Plot: Ziggy is a young boy with a great imagination. One day, an important African figure on an official visit is murdered by two men. Ziggy unwittingly witnesses the murder but, because of his constant stories, no one will believe him. Meanwhile, the two assassins are determined to eliminate him.
With Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Vaughan, and Tony Bonner.
Format: DVD
Video: 16/9 1.66:1
Duration: 88′
Audio: Dolby Digital Dual Mono | Italian, Dolby Digital Dual Mono | English
No. discs: 1
Label: Sinister Film
Subtitles: Italian
Extras: movie trailer
