Welcome to the November 2025
newsletter from the Spaghetti Western Database, your regular newsletter of what happened last month in the world of European westerns.
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NEW STUFF IN AND AROUND THE SWDB IN
NOVEMBER 2025:
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Home video news:
November brought a divisive Hossein classic (in fact a box of them), a 4K release of a Corbucci classic in Germany, some re-releases and an erotic adventure of Zorro.
December means Explosive Media is back in the spaghetti western game (finally). So please buy it so they don’t regret it. The Forgotten Pistolero release (USA) gets a wide availability (although it is pricey). There’s a huge Magnificent Seven box in Germany (part one in 4K) and some re-releases. But honestly it’s unclear what the status is with two French trinity discs.
Please check the calendar regularly, we often update it several times a day!
Visit the SWDb home video release calendar
Obituaries
Our head of obits, the spaghettiologist @Tom_B had to update the boot hill cemetery with an unfortunate 10 obituaries over the course of the last four weeks. This includes legendary Japanese screen actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Rest in peace!
Check out “Cemetery with crosses”
Reviews:
Please contact us if you want your reviews published. We are especially looking for reviews of movies that have no, or very few, reviews in the SWDb. We publish them in all languages, and you don’t need to be a professional writer!
None this month, but check all the mini and macro reviews in the Spagvemberfest thread!
spagvemberfest 2025 was a riot!
The SWDb’s proudest tradition returned for a full month of spaghetti westerns in and around the internet! Many have joined love and the madness. You can read through our Spagvemberfest thread for lively discussions new rankings, short reviews and much more.
Read here: Spagvemberfest 2025 - Fists, beans and bullets galore!
What is Spagvemberfest: The What? Why? and How? of SpagvemberFest!
See you also on BlueSky, where we have surpassed the mark of 630 followers this week.
Lastly. Last month I traveled to Japan (a fantastic trip, I highly recommend it) and also had the chance to meet a Tokyo based gang of gunslingers led by the legendary outlaw @Alleluja . Arigato gosaimasu!


