Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

MGM | 1985 | 91 min | 1.85:1 | English Mono
Directed by Philippe Mora
Starring: Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown, Marsha A. Hunt, Sybil Danning, Ferdy Mayne, Jimmy Nail

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Chris Barnes) is limited to 7,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Ben is mourning the recent death of his sister, Karen, whom he believes to have been killed in a savage wolf attack. At her funeral, Ben is approached by the mysterious Stefan, who warns him that a cult of werewolves had attacked Karen and that she too will become an undead lycanthrope. Although dismissing his claim as mere superstition, Ben’s girlfriend Jenny convinces him that he should take Stefan’s warning more seriously, and, sure enough, Karen is soon back from the dead, covered in fur and complete with a deadly set of K9s. After being narrowly saved from a fatal bite by Stefan, Ben is persuaded that he’s telling the truth and volunteers to join him on his mission to destroy the increasing hoards of beastly creatures ravaging Europe. But as their journey takes them to Transylvania, where werewolves from around the world are gathering for their ritual, Ben and Stefan fear that they might be in over their heads, mainly once werewolf queen Stirba receives news of their arrival…

Australia’s king of B-movies, director Philippe Mora (Mad Dog Morgan, The Beast Within), delivers an outrageously blood-soaked sequel with HOWLING II: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF, assembling the talents of international sex symbol Sybil Danning (Reform School Girls), cult star Reb Brown (Yor: Hunter From the Future), musician and TV personality Jimmy Nail, alongside horror icons Ferdy Mayne (The Fearless Vampire Killers) and Christopher Lee (The Satanic Rites of Dracula). Loaded with memorably gruesome set pieces, delivered with tongue firmly in cheek, Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents the UHD debut of this beloved 80s horror classic in its uncut international form, newly restored in 4K from its original camera negative and bursting at the seams with new and archival bonus features.

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Brand new commentary track with director Philippe Mora and author/screenwriter Kelly Goodner
• Archival commentary track with director Philippe Mora
• Archival commentary track with composer Steve Parsons and editor Charles Bornstein
• “Lights, Camera, Werewolves?” (35 min) – a conversation with director Philippe Mora and filmmaker Michael Mohan
• “A Romp Through Czechoslovakia” (15 min) – an interview with actress Annie Pressman
• “Thrown to the Wolves” (11 min) – an interview with special make-up effects artist Steve Johnson
• “A Life Collaboration with Philippe Mora” (11 min) – an interview with Pamela Krause, Philippe Mora’s wife and artist consultant
• “Freaky, Sexy, Mad” (16 min) – an interview with composer Stephen Parsons
• “Lord of the Stricken Field” (25 min) – film historian Jonathan Rigby on Christopher Lee and Howling II
• “Queen of the Werewolves” (17 min) – an archival interview with actress Sybil Danning
• “Leading Man” (14 min) – an archival interview with actor Reb Brown
• “A Monkey Phase” (15 min) – an archival featurette with special make-up effects artists Steve Johnson and Scott Wheeler
• Theatrical trailer
• Still gallery
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• 20-page booklet with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes Polaroids by director Philippe Mora and an essay by Matt Serafini
• English SDH subtitles

Delirium: Photo of Gioia

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

1987 | 94 min | 1.85:1 | Italian 2.0 Stereo + English dub
Directed by Lamberto Bava
Starring: Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Vanni Corbellini, David Brandon, George Eastman, Karl Zinny, Trine Michelsen

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Suspirialand) is limited to 5,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Gioia made her fortune working as a high-class call girl, but now she runs one of Italy’s top erotic photo magazines for which only the most beautiful women are hired as models. When a perverted psychopath begins killing them off one by one, sending Gioia macabrely staged photos of their corpses, posed to mirror their latest centerfolds, Gioia realizes that to put an end to the horrors and unmask the murderer, she will need to come to terms with a secret in her past which has resulted in all of the bloodshed…

One of director Lamberto Bava’s (A Blade in the Dark) bloodiest and most memorable gialli, DELIRIUM: PHOTO OF GIOIA offers an intricate mystery supplemented by plentiful sadistic kills punctuated by touches of unexpected, nightmarish surrealism. Starring Serena Grandi (Miranda), Daria Nicolodi (Deep Red), David Brandon (Caligula: The Untold Story), George Eastman (Anthropophagus), and genre film siren Capucine (The Exquisite Cadaver) and featuring a score by legendary composer Simon Boswell (Santa Sangre), Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to present the world UHD debut of this sleazy and slasher-influenced treasure of Italian genre cinema, newly and exclusively scanned in 4K from its original negative and including an extensive array of new and archival extras!

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
• 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Presented in both its original Italian-language stereo soundtrack with newly translated English subtitles and an English-language dub soundtrack
• Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• Nightmare Delirium (41 min) – making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Lamberto Bava, actor Luigi Montefiori (aka George Eastman), art director Antonello Geleng and cinematographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia
• Meet the Photographer (16 min) – an interview with actor David Brandon
• Peeping Karl (17 min) – an interview with actor Karl Zinny
• Two Meters of Fear (17 min) – an interview with actor Luigi Montefiori (aka George Eastman)
• Those Who Bite and Those Who Don’t (23 min) – an interview with first assistant director Roberto Palmerini
• Dressing Gioia (20 min) – an interview with costume designer Nicoletta Ercole
• Inside Delirium (13 min) – an archival interview with art director Antonello Geleng
• Snapshots of a Murder (19 min) – an archival interview with director Lamberto Bava
• Stories from the Bathtub (9 min) – an archival interview with actor Luigi Montefiori (aka George Eastman)
• Murders in Red and Blue (8 min) – an archival interview with cinematographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia
• Additional archival interviews with: director Lamberto Bava, actor Luigi Montefiori (aka George Eastman), and actor David Brandon (totaling 34 min)
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• Newly translated English subtitles

An Eye For An Eye

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Archive ⍟

1990 | 93 min | 1.85:1 | Cantonese Mono
Directed by O Sing Pui
Starring: Joey Wang, John Ching, Ricky Wong Chun-Tong, Hiu-Hung Fong, Chi Shing Fung, Wilson Lam, Melvin Wong

The Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection celebrates forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by Vinegar Syndrome’s own brick & mortar video stores, with locations in Bridgeport, CT; Aurora, CO and Toronto, ON! Unique to this line, each hand numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

These releases will ONLY be available on our website and at participating indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. This slipcase edition (designed by Sean Longmore) is strictly limited to 4,000 units and may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.

Fung is the daughter of an aging Triad boss attempting to turn his criminal enterprise into a more legitimate business. After her father is arrested by her cop boyfriend, Fung is left in charge and continues her father’s mission of ridding the organization of its criminal dealings. Meanwhile, some of the other members of the gang are not happy with Fung’s leadership and plan a hostile takeover. Cheong, the second in command, wants to maintain the group’s violent reign and sets out to strip Fung of her power by viciously assaulting and blackmailing her. Fung’s boyfriend vows to take revenge on Cheong and the organization while simultaneously dealing with his jealous partner, who also has eyes for Fung. Tensions soon boil over, and violence erupts in the streets as warring factions attempt to maintain their power.

Heavily censored in Hong Kong upon its initial release, AN EYE FOR AN EYE received a Category III rating, partly thanks to its controversial portrayal of Triad traditions and graphic outbursts of violence. Newly restored from a director-approved studio-supplied master, Vinegar Syndrome Archive is proud to present the director’s cut of this gangster opus for the first time on Blu-ray, featuring all its bloodshed intact and culminating in an epic knife fight that literally leaves blood flowing in the streets.

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly restored by VS from a studio-supplied master
• Brand new commentary track with Kenneth Brorsson and Phil Gillon of the Podcast on Fire Network
• Brand new interview with director O Sing Pui
• Brand new interview with action director Benz Kong
• “Hong Kong Cinema in the Late ‘80s: Between Heroic Bloodshed and CAT-III Thrillers” – a brand new video essay by film historian and author Samm Deighan
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• Newly translated English subtitles

Bloodline

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Labs ⍟

Paramount | 1985 | 91 min | 1.85:1 | English Mono
Directed by Terence Young
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Omar Sharif, Claudia Mori, Irene Papas, Michelle Phillips, Romy Schneider

Welcome Vinegar Syndrome Labs (VSL) to the VS Sub-Label family! As with each of Vinegar Syndrome’s sub-labels they are hoping to expand and defy expectations with the diversity of films they restore and release. As the name implies, VSL will serve as a kind of testing area for releasing genres and eras of film that one might not immediately expect to come from VS. The ultimate objective of VSL will be to see if these types of films will find an audience, and if so, pursue and release more of them…and even if not, still serve as a means of restoring more of the weird, rare, and unusual movies you might not expect from Vinegar Syndrome.

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Robert Sammelin) is limited to 3,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

After extremely wealthy pharmaceutical tycoon Sam Roffe is murdered while skiing in the Alps, his daughter Elizabeth is shocked to learn that, per her late father’s will, she has been appointed to take over his drug manufacturing empire. Equally shocked are her scheming relatives, each saddled with financial burdens they hoped would be alleviated through a significant company sale. But when Elizabeth vows to do everything in her power to resurrect the ailing company, thus preventing the sale, it’s not long before a mysterious, black-clad assailant begins killing anyone helping Elizabeth to achieve her goal. All the while, dead bodies of nude young women are washing up along the river banks of Europe, victims of a savage, snuff film-making serial killer…

Boasting an astonishing cast headlined by Oscar® winners Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) and Beatrice Straight (Network), Oscar® nominees James Mason (North by Northwest) and Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia), plus Euro Cult actresses Irene Papas (Don’t Torture a Duckling) and Romy Schneider (La Piscine), director Terence Young’s (Wait Until Dark) adaptation of Sidney Sheldon’s international bestseller, BLOODLINE is an epic, jet-set giallo filmed across the world which places its A-list cast at odds with a sordid sex killer. Featuring a lush score by Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly) and all strikingly photographed by three-time Oscar winner Freddie Young (Doctor Zhivago), this unbelievable big-budget exploitation gem at last comes to Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome Labs, newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original negative and featuring the disc debut of its majorly extended alternate TV version!

Additional info:

• 2-disc Region A Blu-ray Set
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Presented in both its 117-minute Theatrical Version and its 141-minute Television Version
• Commentary track with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• Stupid German Money (53 min) – an interview with Clemens Keiffenheim, second assistant director: Germany
• Off-Road (23 min) – an interview with stunt driver François Doge
• Theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles

Go Fish

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

MGM | 1994 | 83 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Rose Troche
Starring: Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, T. Wendy McMillan, Migdalia Melendez, Anastasia Sharp

Taking its name from the Lumière Brothers invention of the same name, Cinématographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinématographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome’s Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.

This special limited edition J-card MediaBook slipcase (designed by Michele Rosenthal) is limited to 4,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Max (co-writer Guinevere Turner) a young, lesbian, college student living in Chicago is in aromantic dry spell. Her roommate Kia (T. Wendy McMillan), sets Max up with Ely (V.S. Brodie), an older woman that Max initially dismisses but ultimately falls for, until it’s revealed that Ely may already be committed.

An integral film of the 90s American indie boom, and a staple of queer cinema for three decades, Rose Troche’s (Bedrooms and Hallways, TV’s The L-Word) refreshingly honest, romantic comedy/drama GO FISH is an admirably DIY portrait of community and connection set in the bustling metropolis of early 90s Chicago. Shot in 16mm black and white and featuring a cast of largely unprofessional actors, GO FISH feels as indebted to the style and structure of documentary as it does other American indie narratives. Cinématgoraphe is proud to present Rose Troche’s now iconic portrait of queer identity in a brand new 4K restoration from its original 16mm negatives for its world blu-ray debut.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• New audio commentary with director, co-writer, and editor Rose Troche, moderated by Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty
• New audio commentary with queer film historian Elizabeth Purchell and writer Shayna Maci Warner
• New video interview with Rose Troche 
• New video interview with actress and co-writer Guinevere Turner
• New video interview with actress Anastasia Wilcox 
• New video interview with actress V.S. Brodie
• Theatrical Trailer 
• New text essays by The Queer Film Guide author Kyle Turner, film critic Jourdain Searles and queer filmmaker/historian/archivist Jenni Olson
• English SDH subtitles

Blonde on a Bum Trip

⍟ Distribpix ⍟

1968 | 64 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Raf Mauro
Starring: Alexis Wassel, Don Nevins, Barbara Speigelberg, Carole Trent, John Wonderling, Tom McEntee, Martha Rubell, Joyce Diamond, Basil Hoffman, Robert Silver, Thee Neons

From nudies to roughies to ultra weird regional curiosities, the sexploitation world welcomed any filmmaker working in any genre, so long as the limits of nudity and sex on screen were pushed as far as they could go – but never all the way. DISTRIBPIX, one of the legendary names in the genre (and whose extensive library will be the backbone of this line), will offer single, double, and even triple feature Blu-rays highlighting works from every corner and crevice of softcore smut, from the dawn of nudie cuties to the all-but-hard 70s, with plentiful lost and never on disc films along the way.

This special limited edition Blu-ray comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Richard Hilliard), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 2,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Innocent small-town college coed Suzzane falls in with the wrong crowd when her roommate enlists her help in making homemade LSD. Initially reluctant to partake, Suzanne eventually gives in and is soon after embroiled in the underground world of hallucinogenic free love as she abandons her prim and proper morals in favor of increasingly kinky, acid fueled sex trips. Unfortunately it’s also not long before the more sinister side of the drug begins to take effect, leading to an orgy of both sex and violence…

A grimy and spirited New York indie produced by future exploitation legends Jack Bravman (Snuff) and Ed Adlum (Shriek of the Mutilated), and directed by character actor Raf Mauro, BLONDE ON A BUM TRIP effectively integrates the then craze of drug (and particularly LSD) scare films into a nudie setup, resulting in a wonderfully weird grindhouse classic which has gained cult status in no small part due to its incredible original garage-rock soundtrack by The E-Types and The Vagrants. Long unavailable on video, Distribpix and Something Weird proudly present the world Blu-ray debut of this fan favorite, newly restored in 4K from its original camera negative and loaded with new and archival extras including multiple filmmaker commentaries.

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• BLONDE ON A BUM TRIP (64 min) newly restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative, along with the following special features:
  • Two feature length audio commentaries for BLONDE ON A BUM TRIP – the first audio commentary with producer Ed Adlum and director Raf Mauro moderated by Howie Pyro and the second audio commentary with producer Jack Braverman moderated by Steven Morowitz
  • The original theatrical trailer
  • Vintage Classroom LSD Scare Films from the Something Weird archive
  • An archival image gallery
  • Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles

Asylum of Terror

⍟ VHSHitfest ⍟

1998 | 75 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS HD-MA 2.0
Directed by George Demick
Starring: Jason Petty, Melissa Young, Kerry Wade

VHSHITFEST has been uncovering and releasing movies on video for over a decade, across DVD and VHS, and is now moving into blu-ray, with the same goal to showcase the most unique, crazy, and obscure movies that they’ve discovered through years of collecting VHS, allowing even more people to actually be able to experience these nearly lost gems in the best versions possible.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Earl Kessler Jr.) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

It used to be a prison for the criminally insane. Now it’s a haunted house, and one of its former residents wants to come home…

Tonight, curious thrill-seekers enter the ASYLUM OF TERROR and travel down “death row” for a frightfully good time. Unbeknownst to them, a serial killer – and former guest of the asylum – has infiltrated the staged carnage and begun his own form of entertainment. The price of admission is your life.

VHSHITFEST is so happy to bring one of the best Halloween-set slashers to blu-ray for the first time with hours of new extras! Asylum of Terror is bound to become an annual viewing tradition for many every October!

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Commentary w/ director George Demick & actor Melissa Young-Zimmerman
• Inmates of Asylum (new interviews with George Demick, Melissa Young-Zimmerman, actor Ned Johnstone, actor Taylor Demick, and composer Mark Reynolds)
• Image Gallery
• Short Film: Blood Dreams (1983)
• Short Film: So Say The Dead (1984)
• Soundtrack
• Trailer
• English SDH subtitles

The Battle of Chile

⍟ Icarus Films ⍟

1976 | 371 min (combined) | 1.66:1 | Spanish DTS HD-MA 2.0
Directed by Patricio Guzmán
Documentary

Since 1978, Icarus Films has been a leading distributor in North America of independent documentary, narrative, and experimental films from around the world and now represents a collection of over 1,000 titles. We value meeting the diverse needs of film lovers, educators, activists, and service providers, as well as challenging audiences, and programmers, with original creative films. Icarus Films is proud to be active in traditional and new media, and to work with new talent as well as old masters.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende’s democratically-elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup by General Augusto Pinochet’s army.

Patricio Guzmán and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile throughout the nine months leading up to that day. The bombing of the Presidential Palace, during which Allende died, would now become the ending for Guzman’s seminal documentary The Battle of Chile, an epic chronicle of that country’s open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it.

Now restored, The Village Voice called it, “The major political film of our time,” and the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “A landmark in the presentation of living history on film.”

Also included is Guzmán’s debut feature, The First Year (El primer año), which chronicles the jubilant 12 months following the election of Allende. These two films provide an invaluable opportunity to witness the genesis of Guzmán’s body of work and to gain insight into a critical period in Chilean history.

Additional info:

• Region A 2-disc Blu-ray
• The First Year (a previous film by Guzmán)
• 12-page booklet with articles by J. Hoberman, Devika Girish and Michael Atkinson
• English subtitles

The Becomers

⍟ Dark Star ⍟

2023 | 90 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Zach Clark
Starring: Russell Mael, Mike Lopez, Keith Kelly, Anne Ruttencutter, Michael C. Hyatt, Frank V. Ross

Dark Star Pictures is a new-age North American distribution company, focused on bringing unique and targeted content to audiences across the country and is committed to releasing auteur-driven, original cinema in the theatrical, digital and home video space. In partnership with OCN Distribution, new Dark Star titles – along with celebrated features in their back catalog – will receive features packed blu-ray editions that will maintain the OCN standard of quality and Dark Star’s deft curation.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Johnny Ryan) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Proving love is indeed the strangest force in the universe, Zach Clark’s oddball romance follows a pair of body-snatching aliens across America as they try to find both their place within this odd world and each other. Featuring narration by Sparks legend Russell Mael, this freewheeling science-fiction comedy is filled lo-fi effects and the heartfelt, emotionally astute exploration of what it means to find your own kind. For those familiar with Clark’s oeuvre THE BECOMERS is a smart addition; for the uninitiated, THE BECOMERS begs a deep dive into the filmography. A truly one-of-a-kind film that’ll make you feel closer to everyone in the cinema by the end.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Deleted scenes
• “Happy Birthday” short film
• Audio commentary with Zach Clark and composer Fritz Myers, moderated by filmmaker Kit Zauhar
• Isolated music audio track
• Trailer
• English SDH subtitles

Devi Danger

⍟ ETR Media ⍟

2022 | 98 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Robert McGinley
Starring: Devi (Molly Sides); Stanley Arkoff (Tim Gouran); Calvin Yamachi (Ray Tagavilla); Scattering Flynn (Connor Neddersen)

ETR Media is the brand new film distribution arm of Enjoy the Ride Records, a Long Island based record label, specializing in cult following reissues through a variety of genres. ETR Media releases will adhere to the same quality standards as fans have come to associate with their lavish LP reissues. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this new and unique home video line!

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Devi Danger is a music driven cyberpunk thriller about a hard rocking singer coerced into becoming an electronically enhanced new-music diva by her high-tech billionaire patron. Set in the near future, her singing voice is used to control and energize the brains of employees that are being used as external processors for the corporation’s high-tech clients. Devi Danger explores the conflict between high-tech and high-touch, and what it means to be human in a digitally enhanced future.

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Trailers
• Behind the Scenes & Production Stills for photo galleries
• Interview with Director
• English SDH subtitles

Disco Boy

⍟ Big World Pictures ⍟

2023 | 91 min | 1.85:1 | French, Russian, Polish, Igbo, Nigerian English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese
Starring: Franz Rogowski; Morr Ndiaye; Laëtitia Ky; Leon Lucev

Founded in 2013, Big World Pictures is a non-profit distribution outfit dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States. Previous releases include films by Radu Jude, Tamer El Said, Maya Vitkova, Jean-Gabriel Périot, Julia Murat, Tsai Ming-liang and Eric Rohmer. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Luke Insect) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Following a difficult journey across Europe, Aleksei (Franz Rogowski) reaches Paris to enlist in the French Foreign Legion — a highly selective military corp that allows any foreigner, even undocumented, to be granted a French passport. In the Niger Delta, Jomo (Morr Ndiaye) fights against oil companies that threaten the survival of his village. His sister Udoka (Laëtitia Ky), meanwhile, dreams of escaping, knowing that all is already lost here. Beyond borders, life and death, their destinies will intertwine.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Theatrical premiere Q&A with director, cinematographer
• Other Big World Pictures trailers
• English subtitles

Dogleg

⍟ Memory ⍟

2023 | 88 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Al Warren
Starring: Al Warren, Angela Trimbur, David Aaron Baker, Ella Smith, Dylan Redford, Bridey Elliott, Dabbs Anderson, Vatana Shaw, Sally Mullins, Chad Damiani and DeMorge Brown

MEMORY is an independent artist-driven motion picture company specializing in producing, curating and distributing innovative, thought-provoking works that push the formal boundaries of their medium. Focused on discovering and mentoring new diverse voices, MEMORY creates and showcases these new compositions on and off-line.

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Amateur director Alan loses his fiance’s dog at a gender reveal party on the day of an important shoot. As he struggles to finish his latest project with the help of a New York critic, the pursuit of the lost dog and the chaos of his film begin to blend and Alan grows desperate for the day to be over.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Short Films:
  • Bobby Rush and Neighbors
  • JANE RULE Cooks for a Spanish Art Collector
  • Will and Olya Lost in the Delta
• Trailer
• Home Clips Life Of Dogleg
• Cigarette Girl
• Afterparty visuals slow
• GMA Apology
• Feng
• Cellular Memory
• English SDH subtitles

Flesh Freaks

⍟ Saturn’s Core ⍟

2000 | 79 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Conall Pendergast
Starring: Eshe Mercer-James, Etan Muskat, Conall Pendergast, Erica Danya Goldblatt, Clayton Hayes

Saturn’s Core Audio & Video is a New Jersey based home video label devoted to releasing underground oddities and shot on video cinema on VHS, and now, blu-ray discs! In partnership with OCN Distribution, Saturn’s Core will exhume forgotten or under-seen genre cinema from the 80s and 90s, with an emphasis on SOV horror features. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Worm-like parasites infest the dead, returning them to gruesome half-life as rotting, bloodthirsty zombies. Freed from their jungle hell by a secret research expedition, the creatures soon find their way to modern civilization where they begin their deadly mission to transform the human race into an unstoppable army of the undead. Will they succeed in their gory quest? Will the human race be completely wiped out? Can anyone survive the blood-soaked onslaught of the Flesh Freaks!?

In 1998, a teenage film fanatic named Conall Pendergast followed his parents to Belize to document their participation in a real-life Mayan archeological dig. Stranded in a remote animal and insect filled jungle, the aspiring filmmaker realized he had a great location on his hands to stage a DIY, MiniDV zombie epic. The end result became Flesh Freaks, a micro-budget wonder shot in Central America and Toronto that’s part Evil Dead, part mumblecore, and part tropical travelogue. A youthful and rudimentary eruption of slime, rubber monster masks, and geysers of fake blood, Flesh Freaks combines the madcap antics of Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste, the exotic locales of Bruno Mattei’s Hell of the Living Dead, and gnarly, putrefied zombie mayhem of Andrea Bianchi’s Burial Ground; all filtered through the vision of a high-spirited and hyperactive high schooler. But that’s not all! Flesh Freaks comes paired with the director’s sophomore SOV feature Kill Them and Eat Them; Pendergast’s 2003 gore-soaked, mutant melee which comes newly restored and accompanied by a wealth of extras of its own!

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Audio commentary with writer / director Conall Pendergast moderated by Justin Decloux of Gold Ninja Video
• Archival commentary with writer / director Conall Pendergast
• “Kill and Eat the Flesh Freaks” -an interview with writer / director Conall Pendergast moderated by Justin Decloux
• Outtakes
• Still gallery
• Trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Kristy Eruhow
• BONUS MOVIE: KILL THEM AND EAT THEM (2023)
• Audio commentary with writer / director Conall Pendergast and actor Michael Wood moderated by Justin Decloux of Gold Ninja Video
• “Monsters from the Cutting Room Floor” featurette
• Deleted scenes
• Conall Pendergast short films:
  • Flicker (2001)
  • Satan’s Psycho Ghoul (2001)
  • Guts of the Gods (2006)
  • Legend of the Seven Bloody Torturers (2007)
  • The Cyclops Diet (2000)
  • Self Actualization of the Werewolf Woman (2021)
  • The Noonday Demon (2023)
• English SDH subtitles

Hotel

⍟ Film Movement ⍟

2004 | 75 min | 1.85:1 | German DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Jessica Hausner
Starring: Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, Marlene Streeruwitz, Rosa Waissnix, Christopher Schärf

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Newly restored in 4k and available for the first time in North America, Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner radically upends genre tropes and preempts the resurgence of folk horror with her second and most formally audacious feature, HOTEL. The deceptively simple premise of a young woman who takes on a job as a night porter at a remote Austrian hotel and encounters unexplained phenomena amounts to a grand treatise on the inhibiting potential of imagination, the fine line between banality and terror and the looming specter of fate.

Allusions to local myth, mysterious disappearances and haunted forests eschew generic conclusions and serve to illustrate and complicate the inner life of a young woman reckoning with the essential ambiguities of defining one’s life. “An intelligent fable about fear and desire,” (Time Out) Hausner’s sophomore feature is a haunting metaphysical horror film unlike any other.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Audio commentary by director Jessica Hausner
• English subtitles

I Used To Be Funny

⍟ UTOPIA ⍟

2023 | 106 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0, 5.1
Directed by Ally Pankiw
Starring: Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones, Caleb Hearon, Sabrina Jalees, Ennis Esmer, Dani Kind

Utopia is a film acquisitions, sales, and technology company with a ‘filmmaker first’ approach. Utopia focuses on creating new revenue and monetization opportunities, improving the direct-to-consumer experience, and helping filmmakers maintain a global presence. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing Utopia’s brand new line of home video releases!

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Brianna Miller) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

I Used to Be Funny is a dark dramedy that follows Sam Cowell (Rachel Sennott), an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, as she decides whether or not to join the search for Brooke (Olga Petsa), a missing teenage girl she used to nanny. The story exists between the present, where Sam tries to recover from her trauma and get back on stage, and the past, where memories of Brooke make it harder and harder to ignore the troubled teen’s sudden disappearance. Writer/director Ally Pankiw’s debut feature is both funny and heartbreaking in its honest and refreshing look at trauma and recovery, and how they affect the relationships and communities that shape us.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Trailer
• Behind the Scenes Stills gallery
• Audio Commentary with Director Ally Pankiw
• English SDH subtitles

Lourdes

⍟ Film Movement ⍟

2004 | 75 min | 1.85:1 | German DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Jessica Hausner
Starring: Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, Marlene Streeruwitz, Rosa Waissnix, Christopher Schärf

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Afflicted with multiple sclerosis, Christine makes a pilgrimage to the holy site of Lourdes in hopes of a miracle. Among thousands of ailed visitors, she proceeds through the well-oiled machinery of the religious tourist destination until the unbelievable happens: she is suddenly able to walk. As Christine becomes the object of wonder and envy, bolstering and testing the faith of her fellow pilgrims, the question remains whether all is as it seems.

A personal favorite of Martin Scorsese, Jessica Hausner’s acclaimed third feature distills the central theme of her filmography: the contentious gray area between faith and fact. Dryly humorous and quietly riveting, LOURDES is the “superbly subtle, mysterious and brilliantly composed film” (The Guardian) that established Hausner as a vital contemporary auteur on a global scale.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Jessica Hausner interview
• Short film: Inter-View
• English subtitles

Lovely Rita

⍟ Film Movement ⍟

2001 | 79 min | 1.78:1 | German DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Jessica Hausner
Starring: Barbara Osika, Christoph Bauer, Peter Fiala, Wolfgang Kostal, Karina Brandmlmayer

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Feeling confined by her well-mannered suburban environment, the pubescent Rita gradually attempts to test and break the expectations made of her. As she skips class to pursue her infatuation for a local bus driver as well as her own desires, her disapproving parents and classmates begin to question the motivation behind her provocations. However, Rita’s adolescent rebellions occlude a more sinister intention.

“A deliciously observed, ironic take on middle-class Austrian life,” (Variety) Jessica Hausner’s debut feature establishes her thematic interest in societal assimilation with a singular portrait of teenage recalcitrance. Newly restored in 4k and available for the first time in North America, LOVELY RITA remains just as shocking as it was during its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Audio Commentary by director Jessica Hausner
• Short film: Flora
• English subtitles

Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore and the Films of Sarah Jacobsen

⍟ American Genre Film Archive ⍟

1988-2002 | 192 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Sarah Jacobson

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) represents the world’s largest theatrical catalog of exploitation cinema. Their home video line presents a diverse selection of movies, ranging from new preservations of classics from the vast library of Something Weird to the wildest in shot-on-video (SOV) titles. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Sarah Jacobson’s punk-spirited DIY films from the 1990s combine B-movie aesthetics and riot grrrl feminism, standing as a testament to the vision, determination, and raw talent of the “Queen of Underground Cinema.” MARY JANE’S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE (Jacobson’s only feature film) is a vibrant and vital antidote to every phony Hollywood teen picture, bringing lo-fi realness to the coming-of-age genre. I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER (Jacobson’s underground sensation) is SLACKER meets Valerie Solanas, as a woman responds to catcalls, condescension, and bad sex the only way she knows how: murder. Taking on every major role of filmmaking from production through distribution, Sarah Jacobson was a shitkicker and rulebreaker, finding fans in filmmakers Allison Anders (GAS, FOOD LODGING) and Tamra Davis (CROSSROADS), as well as Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• MARY JANE’S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE (1996, 95 mins) & I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER (1993, 25 mins): Preserved from the only 16mm elements in existence
• I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER: Commentary with star Kristin Calabrese and Bleeding Skull’s Annie Choi
• Short: SWEET MISS: THE DISCO YEARS (1988)
• Short: ROAD MOVIE (OR WHAT I LEARNED IN A BUICK STATION WAGON) (1991)
• Short: SFERIC WAVES (1996)
• Short:TECHNICOLOR YAWN (1996)
• Short: THE MAKING OF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FABULOUS STAINS (2000)
• Short: BRA SHOPPING(2002)
• Ephemera gallery
• Booklet with writing from filmmaker Allison Anders, Annie Choi, and AGFA’s Alicia Coombs
• English SDH subtitles

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

⍟ Kani ⍟

1989 | 90 min | 1.78:1 | Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Patrick Tam
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Joey Wang, Kenny Bee, Gordon Liu

Named after Yasujiro Ozu’s custom-made, tatami-level, crab-like tripod, Kani is a new home video label dedicated to leveling the gaze and furthering the understanding of Asian cinema in North America. Focused on genre-defying films, Kani aims to expand the canon, bolster up-and-coming filmmakers and reintroduce repertory classics in context. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Kong Kee) is limited to 2,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

The idyllic, beach-side life of a retired Triad boss, his daughter Lap (Joey Wong) and her boyfriend Rick (Kenny Bee), shatters when a mob favour turns into a bloody shootout. Trading her freedom for her father’s, Lap becomes mistress to Godfather Shen, while Rick goes into exile. Years later, as Shen unknowingly hires Rick as a hitman, Lap sees her chance at escape, while doe-eyed Triad gofer (Tony Leung) completes the doomed quadrangle.

Directed by the foremost stylist of the Hong Kong New Wave (and a mentor to Wong Kar-Wai), My Heart Is That Eternal Rose is the apotheosis of Patrick Tam’s time within the strictures of the Hong Kong mainstream. Fulfilling commercial requirements while elevating formula with a lush sense of style, My Heart Is That Eternal Rose sings with the painterly cinematography of Christopher Doyle and David Chung as Tam’s dream-like direction bridges the distance between the bullet ballets of a John Woo and the festering darkness of a David Lynch. It the blue jewel in the crown of the Hong Kong heroic bloodshed sub-genre, shining bright to this day.

Presented alongside two episodes from celebrated TV series C.I.D. (1976) directed by Patrick Tam; shot by David Chung; written by Joyce Chan.

Season 1, Episode 3 “Two Teddy Girls”
Two sisters have taken to random muggings to fuel their independence. Without boyfriends and no longer in touch with their family, Officer Sum (Cheung Lui) struggles to track them down.

Season 1, Episode 14 “Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night”
A rookie cop (Simon Yam) follows up on allegations of child abuse; a jaded officer (Cheung Lui) stakes out buildings for a peeping tom and finds something much darker; a veteran detective (Ho Bik Kin) sadly investiages a violent murder at an old age home; their supervisor (Wong Yuen Sun) struggles to let loose after a long day of being interrogated by the newly formed Independent Commission Against Corruption.

These episodes of C.I.D were originally shot on 16mm reversal film, transferred to betacam in the 2000s and digitized in the early 2010s by Television Broadcasting Company (TVB).

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• 2k Restoration
• New Cantonese Audio Restoration (2024)
• Mandarin Dub
• Interview with John Sham by Arnaud Lanuque (2019, 22 minutes)
• C.I.D. Season 1, Episode 3: Two Teddy Girls (1976, 49 minutes)
• C.I.D. Season 1, Episode 14: Dawn Noon Dusk Night (1976, 49 minutes)
• Interview with actor Simon Yam on C.I.D. (2023, 6 minutes)
• Booklet with new interview with Patrick Tam
• New artwork by Tom Estrera III
• New Limited Edition Slipcover by Kong Kee 江記
• Optional English Subtitles
• English subtitles

The Other Laurens

⍟ Yellow Veil Pictures ⍟

2023 | 117 min | 1.66:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Claude Schmitz
Starring: Olivier Rabourdin, Louise Leroy, Kate Moran, Marc Barbé, Tibo Vandenborre, Edwin Gaffney

Yellow Veil Pictures is a New York City and Los Angeles-based film sales and distribution company focusing exclusively on boundary pushing genre cinema, seeking to highlight filmmakers who exist on the cusp of commercial and arthouse cinema.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Chris Barnes) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

A private detective forced to face the ghosts of his past when his niece asks him to investigate her father’s death.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Commentary by Director Claude Schmitz, Director of Photography Florian Berutti and Composer Thomas Turine
• Short Film Nothing bu Summer by Claude Schmitz
• Essay by Dick Tomasovic, Professor at the University of Liege
• English subtitles

See You Next Tuesday

⍟ Factory 25 ⍟

2013 | 82 min | 1.78:1 | English Dolby Digital 2.0
Directed by Drew Tobia
Starring: Eleanore Pienta, Dana Eskelson, Molly Plunk, Keisha Zollar

Factory 25, a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company was founded in 2009 by Matt Grady. F25 is a home for conceptually provocative narratives and documentaries. Its mission is to deliver specialized film and music titles in an aesthetically captivating way while exposing the indie world to under-the-radar films, music, and other curiosities in various ways and formats — theatrically, digitally, on TV, VOD, via subscription, limited edition DVDs, Blu-ray’s, books and vinyl. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Mona (Eleanore Pienta) is a mentally unbalanced and very pregnant young woman in a hideous orange coat. Without any friends to speak of and alienated from her hoochie mama coworkers at a crummy Brooklyn supermarket, Mona maintains a strangely close relationship with her campy, recovering alcoholic mother May (Dana Eskelson). Mona’s sister Jordan (Molly Plunk) is an unemployable party girl, estranged from May and making life hell for her increasingly fed up girlfriend Sylve (Keisha Zollar). In the final days of her pregnancy, Mona draws her mother, sister, and anybody who happens to get caught in her wake into her hectic life as she drifts further from reality. Featuring a tapestry of diverse characters with varying levels of sanity and awful taste in wardrobe, See You Next Tuesday is a dark comedy the whole family can enjoy cutting themselves to.

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Deleted scenes
• 2024 interviews with Cast
• Comentary track by Eugene Kotlyarenko and Drew Tobia
• 28 page booklet with essays by Zach Clark, Brandon Harris and Drew Tobia
• English subtitles

Spirit Riser

⍟ Art Label ⍟

2024 | 99 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Dylan Greenberg
Starring: Amanda Flowers, Cherie Currie, Michael Madsen, Kansas Bowling, Lynn Lowry

Art Label is the new outlet for envelope-pushing arthouse and experimental cinema. Growing from previous work under the Verboden Video and Culture Shock Releasing banners, Art Label is focusing on films that challenge traditional rules of form and content. Art Label is broadening its roots in horror and exploitation, reaching into other dimensions of expression to give new kicks to a well-versed audience of cinematic thrill seekers. Even the most hardened moviegoers will find stimulation in Art Label’s releases.

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

After the tragic death of their parents, two sisters (Summer Greenberg and Amanda Flowers) are torn apart and sent to opposite coasts by a malevolent entity. One sister cannot remember who she is, and the other cannot grasp the fateful task that lies ahead of her. While fighting to make their way back to each other, the sisters encounter many strange characters that could either help them or destroy them.

Prepare for sensory overload from the famously outrageous Dylan Greenberg. For this magnum opus, Greenberg gathered some of her cast regulars regulars in Amanda Flowers (Shakespeare’s Shitstorm), Jurgen Azazel Munster (Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space), and Matthew Silver (Glamarus), and joined them with jaw-dropping new faces, including Cherie Currie of The Runaways, an unrecognizable Whitney Moore (Birdemic), Lynn Lowry (Shivers), Kansas and Parker Bowling (Cuddly Toys), rock and roll legend Alan Merrill, Patti Harrison (Together Together), and Gender Outlaw author Kate Bornstein, with narration by Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs).

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Feature-length commentary with director Dylan Greenberg and star Amanda Flowers
• “Woman From Mars” documentary about Dylan Greenberg (41 min)
• Q&A with director Dylan Greenberg and star Parker Love Bowling
• Interdimensional interview with star Kansas Bowling
• Dylan Greenberg’s first film, Glamarus (70 min)
• 16mm short film, “The Triangular Door” (9 min)
• Dylan talks to star Jac Bernhard
• “Glow in the Dark” music video
• Original trailer
• English SDH subtitles

That Guy Dick Miller

⍟ Dekanalog ⍟

2014 | 91 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Elijah Drenner
Starring: Dick Miller, Lannie Miller, Roger Corman, Julie Corman, Joe Dante, Zach Galligan, William Sadler, Corey Feldman, Robert Forster and more

Dekanalog is a film and soundtrack distribution company dedicated to the release of the most unique filmmaking voices and musical scores from around the world. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Dick Miller was the last of the great American character actors. Whether he was sharing the screen with Nicholson, DeNiro, Schwarzenegger or The Ramones, Dick has been stealing scenes since his screen debut in 1955. Every moviegoer knows his face, but few know his name and even fewer know his story – an aspiring writer turned accidental actor. Dekanalog is proud to present the 10th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray available for the first time in the U.S., loaded with special features and a special bonus film — “Starhops” (1978) — directed by Barbara Peters and featuring Dick Miller in a (what else?) scene stealing supporting role.

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Audio Commentary with Director Elijah Drenner, Producer Lainie Miller and cinematographer Elle Schneider
• A selection of Dick’s home movies
• Theatrical Trailer
• Outtakes
• Los Angeles Premiere Footage
• Special Bonus Film: “Starhops” (1978) Directed by Barbara Peters
• Brand new 2K transfer from the original uncut camera negative available for the first time on Blu-ray
• Booklet essay by Caelum Vatnsdal, author of “You Don’t Know Me, But You Love Me: The Lives of Dick Miller”
• Introductions from Elijah Drenner and Lainie Miller
• English SDH subtitles

When Tomorrow Dies

⍟ Canadian International Pictures ⍟

1965 | 89 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Larry Kent
Starring: Patricia Gage, Douglas Campbell, Neil Dainard, Nikki Cole, Desmond Smiley, Francie Long, Patricia Wilson, Caroline Kennedy, Lanny Beckman

From arthouse to Canuxploitation, Canadian International Pictures (CIP) is devoted to resurrecting vital, distinctive, and overlooked triumphs of Canadian cinema. This label is focused on the country’s original cinematic boom years – spanning the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s – occasionally venturing past that period (and the country’s borders) to highlight the films of Canada’s most inspired actors and filmmakers. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing CIP’s brand new line of home video releases!

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Frustrated housewife Gwen James (Rabid’s Patricia Gage) feels like little more than a servant to her accountant husband (Strange Brew’s Douglas Campbell) and two daughters. Devoting all her time to their needs – and the demands of her cantankerous father – she feels her sense of self-worth slipping. As Gwen wrestles with increasingly despairing thoughts, she escapes into a world of glamorous fantasy and eventually finds a new sense of purpose by enrolling in a university course, where she strikes up a special bond with her young professor (American Nightmare’s Neil Dainard). But as Gwen reverts to a more youthful, carefree state, her family descends into chaos.

Arriving on the heels of The Bitter Ash and Sweet Substitute, When Tomorrow Dies concluded Larry’s Kent Vancouver Trilogy with a vivid new sense of style and daring. Working with a larger budget and a more seasoned crew, the director fused elements of film noir and the Hollywood melodrama to deliver a lurid – yet compassionate – investigation of the housewife psyche. Applying Kent’s preoccupation with youthful disaffection to an older generation, When Tomorrow Dies brought new depth to his approach and cemented his reputation as a maverick of Canadian independent filmmaking.

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Newly scanned and restored in 4K from the original 16mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the original 16mm magnetic final mix
• New audio commentary featuring film historian and author Samm Deighan
• Archival audio commentary featuring film professor Peter Rist
• New introduction to When Tomorrow Dies by Larry Kent
• Tomorrow Lives (2024, 9 min.) – New interview with Kent
• Independent Evolution (2024, 18 min.) – New interview with Douglas
• New audio interview with Heather Whitehead, daughter of star Patricia Gage (2024, 9 min.)
• Talking to Larry Kent (2005, 19 min.) – Archival conversation featuring Kent and Rist
• Kent on Kent (1965-1967, 20 min.) – Archival audio interviews with Kent
• Mothers and Daughters (1993, 85 min.) – Little-seen Kent feature exploring some of the same themes as When Tomorrow Dies
• New introduction to Mothers and Daughters by Douglas
• Booklet featuring a new essay by film critic and professor Tom McSorley
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles