Fantastic Pavilion Brings Shudder/IFC Films And Genre Distributor Severin Films Together In Historic Deal

Saturday, June 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT

As reported by Variety, Fantastic Pavilion, the genre film business community launched at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, has brought two horror giants together for a deal that should have fans screaming for joy (and in terror). Los Angeles-based home video distributor Severin Films and Shudder/IFC Films have forged a partnership that will see the cult DVD and Blu-Ray label releasing eleven special physical media editions of the horror streamer’s most popular original and licensed features.

According to Variety, the first six discs will be Joko Anwar’s Satan’s Slaves (2017), Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral (2012), Can Evrenol’s Baskin (2015), Franck Khalfoun’s 2012 Maniac remake, Douglas Buck’s 2006 remake of Sisters and André Øvredal’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016).

Severin Film’s co-founder-CEO David Gregory, Shudder’s Vice President of Programming Sam Zimmerman and AMC Networks Director of Content Sales Lucas Verga negotiated the deal.

Keep an eye on RUE MORGUE for more details as they develop.

William J. Wright

William J. Wright is RUE MORGUE's online managing editor. A two-time Rondo Classic Horror Award nominee and an active member of the Horror Writers Association, William is lifelong lover of the weird and macabre. His work has appeared in many popular (and a few unpopular) publications dedicated to horror and cult film. William earned a bachelor of arts degree from East Tennessee State University in 1998, majoring in English with a minor in Film Studies. He helped establish ETSU's Film Studies minor with professor and film scholar Mary Hurd and was the program's first graduate. He currently lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, with his wife, three sons and a recalcitrant cat.