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Posted - Jun 22 2020 : 5:19AM
Severin Films is a boutique blu/DVD company that tends to specialize in trash and horror fioms but they also dip into the sexploitation end of things quite often with some softcore and borderline hardcore Euroclassics (they often include soft and hard edits of the same film).

They recently announced the upcoming release of Jess Franco's Shining Sex (1977).

Franco's strange, dreamy film about a murderous sexy alien who mind-controls Lina Romay to commit murders, Franco's muse and partner. I've only seen this in a non-subbed grey market release but it is quite visually striking with a great score.

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Fans of classic Europorn should scoop up this

Like a lot of Franco's later films it is right on the cusp of hardcore. So lots of clear shots of pussy and dicks but usually not visible penetration. Franco did make some hardcore films but most that I've seen has the particularly desultory atmosphere I often find in Europorn.

I'll also recommend their recent blu release of Cries of Pleasure, another 'hard' softcore feature. Very minimalist, shot with a roving camera in a one-house location (although a very beautiful cliffside house) and a small cast of just five people this is yet another loose de Sade adaptation shot with impressive style. The Severin print is pretty close to immaculate as well.

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Edited by - BlackSix on Jun 30 2020

BlackSix All-Star Supporter
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pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world
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Posted - Jun 23 2020 : 3:26PM
BTW in terms of explicitness there are different cuts of the film for different markets with a range of explicitness. The French cut is the most explicit with visible cunninglingus and some penetration shots, one of which is likely an insert.

Which print Severin is using hasn't been announced yet as far as I know. But in the past Severin has usually included the more explicit shots as an extra or as a bonus feature.

BlackSix All-Star Supporter
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pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world
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Posted - Jun 27 2020 : 4:22PM
Some reviews of the blu are out and from the sounds of it the more explicit shots from the French cut are included as an extra.



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