Severin Brings ‘Nightmares in a Damaged Brain’ to 4K with Most Complete Version of the 1981 Movie Ever Assembled

The controversial 1981 horror movie Nightmare – also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain – is coming back to life on 4K UHD from Severin Films, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report this afternoon. The film has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled!

Severin is also publishing a 193 page novelization of the film, written by Rue Morgue’s Michael Gingold, based on the original screenplay by Romano Scavolini.

It’s been called “graphic and unapologetic” (SexGoreMutants), “brutally effective” (Screen Rant) and “a forgotten classic” (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre film of the ‘80s. Now “the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made” (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before.

When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford) flees an experimental drug program, he’ll leave a 5-day trail of psychosexual carnage from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the gore-soaked shores of Florida. Written and directed by Romano Scavolini, this “devastating masterpiece” (Cinefear) – whose UK release as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain led to the imprisonment of distributor David Hamilton-Grant – will be available on 4K from Severin Films as part of their Summer Sale beginning June 30.

The film’s 4K UHD debut comes complete with a brand new roster of extras, including first time Tom Savini has gone on camera about his controversial involvement!

Here’s the full breakdown…

DISC 1 : UHD:

Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford And Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian And David DeCoteau
Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
Trailers

DISC 2: BLU-RAY

Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford And Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian And David DeCoteau
Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
Kill Thy Father And Thy Mother – Interview With Director Romano Scavolini
Dreaming Up A Nightmare – Cast And Crew Interviews
The Nightmare Of NIGHTMARE – Interview With Erroneously Credited Special Effects Director Tom Savini
The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of – Interview With Makeup Artist Robin Stevens
A Nightmare On Many Streets – Locations Tour With Rue Morgue Writer Michael Gingold
Open Matte Peep Show Sequence
Deleted Scenes
Still Gallery
Trailers

DISC 3: BLU-RAY

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity David Hamilton-Grant (71 Mins)
Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: THE OFFICE PARTY (55 Mins)
Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: UNDER THE BED (53 Mins)
Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: YOU’RE DRIVING ME CRAZY (53 Mins)
Rare David Hamilton-Grant Productions Short Film: ESCAPE TO ENTEBBE (9 Mins)

DISC SPECS:

Limited Edition Slipcover
Booklet By Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English 5.1
Audio: English Stereo
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run Time: 99 Mins

Paul Le wrote here on BD last year, “Nightmares in a Damaged Brain has a well-earned reputation for being sleazy and gruesome. Romano Scavolini‘s previous work in pornography comes out often in this erotic slasher, but if there’s anything to take away from this exercise in lust and grisliness, the gore scenes are meticulously set up and executed.”