Severance (2006) UK 4K Double-Disc Collector’s Edition Review

Severance (2006) UK 4K Double-Disc Collector’s Edition Review

The iconic pitch-black comedy horror is released for the first time as a stunning 4K double-disc Collector’s Edition, packed with more than 3.5 hours of bonus content, including two new interviews with director Christopher Smith and actor Andy Nyman, plus exclusive A3 poster and art cards.

UK horror director Smith followed up his debut film, the London Underground-set CREEP, with SEVERANCE, an outrageously entertaining cross between THE OFFICE and DELIVERANCE, with a team-building trip in a remote forest going very very wrong. Dyer stars as office lout Steve, with Laura Harris (SCAREDY CATS, TFE FACULTY), Tim McInnerny (ONE DAY, NOTTING HILL, GAME OF THRONES), Toby Stephens (DIE ANOTHER DAY, 13 HOURS), and BAFTA-nominee Andy Nyman (JUDY, GHOST STORIES, KICK-ASS 2) also on top form.

Working nine to five is a real killer, but team-building holidays can be even worse. Seven colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when their corporate weekend is sabotaged by a deadly enemy. Forget office politics, only the smartest will survive this bloody office outing.

A team-building weekend in the wilds of Eastern Europe descends into a deadly nightmare as the Palisade Defence team are pitched into a fight for survival against a forgotten army of bloodthirsty maniacs. If the team can survive the bear traps and treacherous pits long enough to show their guts instead of losing them, they may learn that getting slaughtered with workmates is not always a good idea.

As with Christopher Smith’s previous film CREEP, SEVERANCE works best when the actual threat remains unseen/unknown, and again like CREEP it drops the ball once all has been revealed. There is also a tendency to remain in the moment a bit longer than necessary and consequently overegging what could have otherwise been an absolute knockout sequence.

The ensemble cast are all on top form and Danny Dyer is at his very best, sure he is still essentially playing ‘Danny Dyer’ but that does not matter as his performance matches the film’s tone and delivery providing his ‘bit of a lad’ persona a decent platform to take flight.

The real stars of SEVERANCE are Laura Harris as Maggie, who is coolness personified unconsciously acting as the group’s mother and remaining cool as she puffs on an unending supply of cigarettes, and Andy Nyman, as Gordon, the group’s dim buffoon. Nyman invests enough humanity into Gordon so that he becomes an endearing idiot rather than an aggravating one.

SEVERANCE can be uneven but is so likeable that you cannot help but overlook this and warm to it. It is by no means a classic British comedy-horror, but it occasionally comes close. Had Christopher Smith’s film remained as much fun and as well developed in its latter stages then this would have been perfect. SEVERANCE is worth tuning into simply for those moments – such as Gordon caught in a beartrap – that truly shine.

SEVERANCE is available to buy in stunning 4k on Digital from 6th October 2025, and on Blu-ray, 4K UHD and DVD from 20th October 2025

4K AND BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
●Feature Commentary with Cast and Crew
●New Interviews with Writer/Director Christopher Smith, and Andy Nyman
●Eight Featurettes, including The Making of ‘Severance,’ Being Danny Dyer, and Not So Special Effects
●Behind the Scenes Footage
●Deleted Scenes & Outtakes
●And much more!
The UHD release comes with an A3 poster and four art cards.