Severin Films surrenders to Jess Franco's THE SADIST OF NOTRE DAME (review)

Jess Franco himself stars as a mad former seminary student whose obsession with sexual purity and divine punishment causes him to take on the role of Grand Inquisitor and slash his way through Paris' ladies of the night before turning his sights on the practioners of a phony Black Mass that he believes is real.

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE SADIST OF NOTRE DAME Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• English, French, and Spanish LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles for the Spanish tracka and English SDH subtitles for the English dub
• "The Gory Days of Le Brady" interview with writer/former projectionist Jacques Thorens on the legendary Parisian horror cinema
• "Stephen Thrower on Sadist of Notre Dame" interview with the author of "Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco"
• Selected Scenes Commentary with "I'm in a Jess Franco State of Mind" webmaster Robert Monell
• "Treblemakers" interview with Alain Petit, author of "Jess Franco ou Les Propserites des Bis"