Devil Fetus / Her Vengeance
⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟
VS-496 SLIP
Devil Fetus: 1983 / 92 min / 2.35:1 / Cantonese, English, Mandarin Mono
Her Vengeance (CAT III): 1988 / 83 min / 1.85:1 / Cantonese Mono (two versions)
Her Vengeance (CAT IIb): 1988 / 90 min / 1.85:1 / Cantonese, Mandarin Mono
Directed by Hung-Chuen Lau, Ngai Choi Lam
Starring: Eddie Chan, Yung-Chang Chin, Pak-Kwong Ho, Hsiu-Ling Lu, Sha-Fei Ouyang, Siu-Fung Wong, Ching-Ying Lam, Elaine Jin, Kelvin Wong, Shing Fui-On
This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Wes Benscoter) is limited to 6,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
There was nothing quite as outrageous as Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s. From horrific black magic to spellbindingly choreographed action and dark and lurid stories of revenge, Hong Kong filmmakers created genre cinema that broke new ground. Amongst the companies producing some of the craziest films was Golden Harvest. Legendary for their martial arts epics, Golden Harvest stormed full force into every corner of genre filmmaking, and presented here are two of their most memorable and audacious works.
DEVIL FETUS:
A young woman purchases a suspiciously phallic-looking antique vase from a street auction only to soon become the target of a lustful demonic spirit. When her husband discovers her fornicating with the evil entity, he destroys the vase, leading to his and his wife’s grotesque deaths. Fearing that the entity may have impregnated the recently deceased woman with a demonic fetus, a priest seals off the evil spirit in the woman’s bedroom so as not to be disturbed. However, several years later, the young woman’s family accidentally breaks the seal, unleashing a supernatural force upon their household. As the family attempts to battle this malicious entity, they must find the priest who originally trapped the demon in order for him to return and finish the job once and for all.
Given a “Category III” rating upon its initial release, thanks to its unrelenting feast of on-screen grotesqueries, DEVIL FETUS’ home video history has been marred by releases that were either cropped from its original scope framing or heavily censored. Jumping from a stylish Hong Kong supernatural thriller to an over-the-top gore and action spectacle featuring intricate wire-work, astonishing visual effects, maggot-covered corpses, sexually perverse creatures, and a multitude of inventive death sequences, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present this unforgettable Hong Kong horror on Blu-ray for the first time, completely uncut and in its original aspect ratio, unseen since its theatrical release!
HER VENGEANCE:
Ying is a mild-mannered hostess at a local nightclub where, one night, she accidentally insults a group of drunken thugs. While returning home later that night, Ying is attacked by the drunkards and is viciously beaten and assaulted. Seeking retribution, Ying enlists the help of a former Triad member who is now confined to a wheelchair. Although reluctant to help in her pursuit of vengeance, he offers Ying a job at his bar to help her get a fresh start. However, soon after, she encounters one of her attackers and, seizing the moment, kills him. With blood now on her hands, Ying is set on a path of violence that she can no longer walk away from, leaving those in her life caught up in the bloodshed.
With its feet planted firmly in the world of exploitation cinema, HER VENGEANCE plays as an even more extreme version of I Spit on Your Grave, filtered through an action movie structure. Directed by one of Hong Kong’s most notorious filmmakers, Ngai Choi Lam (Riki-Oh: Story of Ricky, The Seventh Curse), HER VENGEANCE is a brutal and unflinching study of a woman hell-bent on revenge. Initially released with a “Category III” rating due to its shocking depictions of violence and assault, the film was subsequently re-edited into a less graphic “Category IIb” version intended for a wider release. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present this unflinching thriller in two of its most complete versions: the original CAT III version, featuring all of its shocking sex and violence, as well as the more commonly seen CAT IIb version, which tames the brutality while adding more story and character development not present in the CAT III version.
Additional info:
- 2-disc Region A Blu-ray Set
- Newly color-graded and restored by VS from studio-supplied masters
- Commentary track for HER VENGEANCE with Bruce Holecheck (Cinema Arcana), Art Ettinger (Ultra Violent Magazine), and Ryan Smith (Dreamhaven Books)
- Commentary track for DEVIL FETUS with film writer Travis Woods
- “Eagle Blood & Pig Guts” (12 min) – an interview with actor Hsu Meng-Kuang on DEVIL FETUS
- “Her Vengeance in Four Cuts” (7 min) – a video essay written and narrated by John Charles
- “Her Vengeance and Category-III Rape Revenge Films” (11 min) – a video essay by author and film historian Samm Deighan
- Original trailers for both films
- Promotional image gallery for DEVIL FETUS (courtesy of Ryan Smith)
- Alternate “crime doesn’t pay” ending for Her Vengeance
- 20-page booklet with an essay by John Charles
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English subtitles
Forgotten Gialli: Volume Eight
⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟
VS-495 BOX
Rings Of Fear: 1978 / 85 min / 2.35:1 / Italian & English Mono
Directed by Alberto Negrin
Starring: Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann, Ivan Desny, Jack Taylor, Bruno Alessandro, María Asquerino, Helga Liné
Reflections In Black: 1975 / 93 min / 2.35:1 / Italian & English Mono
Directed by Tano Cimarosa
Starring: John Richardson, Dagmar Lassander, Ninetto Davoli, Magda Konopka, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Daniela Giordano, Ursula Davis
A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Service: 1975 / 93 min / 2.35:1 / Italian Mono
Directed by Demofilo Fidani
Starring: Paola Senatore, Jerry Colman, Raffaele Curi, Simonetta Vitelli, Ettore Manni, Jack Betts
Sex and violence proved a winning combination, and giallo directors took notice as the 1970s progressed. Before the genre would splinter into either the 80s tropes of slasher adjacent thrillers or heavy sex with a dose of mystery & violence, filmmakers in the 70s tried to evenly balance these two equally marketable subjects by creating films that were capable of selling titillation without skimping on the bloodshed.
This limited edition box set (designed by Alessa Kreger) 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.
RINGS OF FEAR
Hard-boiled Inspector Gianni Di Salvo has been brought in to solve the murder of a schoolgirl, found nude and savagely tortured. As he looks into the girl’s life, hoping to find a clue as to why someone sought to snuff her out, his investigation takes him to an exclusive, all-girl prep school which the teenage victim attended. After becoming aware of her involvement with a trio of pupils who call themselves “The Inseparables,” Di Salvo is convinced that the group is aware of some secret that led to their friend’s killing. But when more victims are found slaughtered, the detective is in a race against time to unmask the murderer before it’s too late.
Expertly blending an in-your-face trashiness with a stylish and well-developed murder mystery, prolific TV director Alberto Negrin’s RINGS OF FEAR (Enigma Rosso) is often considered a spiritual sequel to the earlier giallo classic, What Have You Done to Solange? by again casting Italian heavy Fabio Testi (The Heroin Busters) at the center of a series of schoolgirl killings. Co-starring Christine Kaufmann (Murders in the Rue Morgue), Ivan Desny (The Marriage of Maria Braun), along with Jack Taylor (Pieces), and Helga Liné (Horror Express), Vinegar Syndrome presents this deliriously perverse fan favorite on Blu-ray, exclusively scanned and restored in 2K from the best-surviving film elements and featuring an exclusive array of new interviews with cast and crew.
REFLECTIONS IN BLACK
Countess Orselmo hides her lust for women from most of those closest to her, but that does not stop her from taking a bevy of beautiful female companions to her bed. But when some of her favorite conquests are discovered dead, slashed to ribbons with a razor, the Countess finds herself embroiled in a sinister mystery of which her illicit affairs are at the very center. Will she be next on the killer’s target list, or does the assailant have another and even more shocking motive for the violence?
Amongst the more obscure efforts to emerge from the genre’s mid-70s sex and prostitute-themed narrative trend, character-actor turned-director Tano Cimarosa’s sole giallo, REFLECTIONS IN BLACK (Il vizio ha le calze nere) offers twist-heavy plotting and a cast of major names in Italian genre cinema, including John Richardson (Black Sunday), Dagmar Lassander (Hatchet for the Honeymoon), and Giacomo Rossi Stuart (The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance). Virtually unseen since the video era, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to bring the original Italian theatrical cut of this genre rarity to Blu-ray, newly restored in 2K from the only known film elements and presented in its original scope framing, alongside brand new bonus features.
A.A.A. MASSEUSE, GOOD-LOOKING, OFFERS HER SERVICES
Christina cannot stand her overbearing and oppressive home life. After deciding she needs to make it on her own, she rents an apartment but quickly discovers that to enjoy her freedom and independence, she’ll need to earn a steady income. Taking advantage of her voluptuous body, she begins working as a call girl under the “protection” of a rough pimp named Oskar. But when some of her clients start turning up dead with their throats slashed, Christina realizes that a madman is on the loose and is following her carnal activities in order to find a victim pool.
An early example of a giallo that leaned as heavily on sex and nudity as it did on more traditional “whodunit” plotting, prolific Western director Demofilo Fidani’s (Django and Sartana Are Coming… It’s the End) A.A.A. MASSEUSE, GOOD-LOOKING, OFFERS HER SERVICES (A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi…) personifies the direction the genre would soon head, emphasizing the casting of beautiful female leads willing to do plentiful nude scenes, here including Paola Senatore (Images in a Convent) and Simonetta Vitelli (Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks). Never released in any territory outside of Italy and never dubbed into English, Vinegar Syndrome is pleased to present this underseen shocker on Blu-ray, newly restored in 2K from its camera negative and offering an extensive array of new interviews with cast and crew.
Additional info:
RINGS OF FEAR
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm blow-up CRI
- Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson
- “From Big Screen Scares to Small Screen Epics” (23 min) – an interview with director/co-writer Alberto Negrin
- “Deep Red Rings” (26 min) – an interview with co-writer Franco Ferrini
- “The Red Thread” (25 min) – an interview with actor Fabio Testi
- “Cecil B. Negrin” (14 min) – Alberto Negrin on his television career
- Inside sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English SDH subtitles
REFLECTIONS IN BLACK
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from a 35mm Italian copyright deposit print
- Commentary track with film historian and critic Rachael Nisbet
- “Reflections on Cimarosa” (29 min) – an interview with Domenico Monetti, biographer of director/actor Tano Cimarosa
- Alternate and additional footage unique to the export version of Reflections in Black (8 min)
- Inside sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English SDH subtitles
A.A.A. MASSEUSE, GOOD-LOOKING, OFFERS HER SERVICES
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
- “Gentlemen Prefer Blondell” (38 min) – an interview with actress Simonetta Vitelli aka Simone Blondell
- “Photo Story Hero” (16 min) – an interview with actor Renato Rossini aka Howard Ross
- “Remembering the Medium” (14 min) – an interview with film historian Luca Rea
- “A.A.A. Looking for Paola” (20 min) – an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
- Inside sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English SDH subtitles
The Belly of an Architect
⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Labs ⍟
VSL-016 SLIP
MGM | 1987 | 119 min | 1.85:1 | English Stereo
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni, Stefania Casini
Welcome Vinegar Syndrome Labs (VSL) to the VS Sub-Label family! As with each of our sub-labels we are hoping to expand and defy expectations with the diversity of films we 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 Steak Mtn.) 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.
Lauded American architect Stourley Kracklite has been invited to Rome to supervise the construction of a new building being modeled after the work of famed 18th-century builder Etienne-Louis Boullée, whose structures have served as Kracklite’s primary source of creative inspiration. Accompanied on his trip by his newly pregnant wife Louisa, Kracklite soon begins suffering from stomach pains, being constantly undermined by his subordinates, a possible affair blossoming between his wife and a work rival, and an obsession with the stomach of Caesar Augustus. His life continues down a path of obsession and self-destruction while wandering through the beautiful architecture and atmosphere of both ancient and modern Rome.
Starring acclaimed six-time Emmy® nominee Brian Dennehy (First Blood, Looking for Mr. Goodbar) in one of his most celebrated performances, filmmaker Peter Greenaway’s (Drowning by Numbers) 1987 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or nominated THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT is an intense study of self-destruction brought to a fever pitch. Co-starring Chloe Webb (Sid & Nancy), Lambert Wilson (La Femme Publique), and Stefania Casini (Suspiria), this strikingly beautiful and unflinching drama, filmed against the majesty of Rome by master lensman Sacha Vierny (Belle du Jour) comes to Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome Labs, newly restored in 2K.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Tony Strauss
- “Stately Progress” (18 min) – editor John Wilson on Peter Greenaway and The Belly of an Architect
- “Caput Mundi” (28 min) – an interview with architect Gianpaolo Ercolani
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
⍟ Cinématographe ⍟
CIN-016 CASE
Paramount | 1972 | 98 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Gene Saks
Starring: Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss, Renée Taylor
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 Sam Smith) 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.
Barney Cashman (Alan Arkin, The In-Laws), a middle-aged seafood restaurant owner in an unhappy marriage, realizes that his mother’s apartment will be vacant one afternoon each week, spurring numerous raucous attempts at seduction. In his consistently comedic quest to be a “red hot lover”, Cashman makes various discoveries about himself and, subsequently, the woman he pledged fidelity to.
Based on revered American playwright Neil Simon’s (The Odd Couple, Barefoot In the Park) play of the same name, LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS was adapted for the screen by Simon himself and directed by frequent stage and screen collaborator Gene Saks (The Odd Couple, play and film). Featuring a delightfully manic lead performance by Arkin and a gifted ensemble cast including Sally Kellerman (MAS*H), Paula Prentiss (The Stepford Wives) and Renée Taylor (A New Leaf), Cinématographe is proud to present this often overlooked entry in the careers of Neil Simon, Gene Saks and Alan Arkin in a new 4K restoration from its original camera negative, making its world blu-ray debut!
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- New audio commentary with film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger
- The Look – a new video interview with actress Renee Taylor
- Beyond the Staged Play: Gene Saks’ Direction of Last of the Red Hot Lovers – a new video essay by film critic Matthew Zoller Seitz
- New text essays by film critics Drew McWeeny, Chris Shields and Justine Smith
- English SDH subtitles
38 Especial
⍟ Degausser Video ⍟
DV-016 SLIP
1992 | 96 min | 1.33:1 | Spanish Mono
Directed by Miguel Angel Martinez (aka Miguel Marte aka Angel Sancho)
Starring: Fernando Almada, Nora Terrero, Ángel Sancho, Julio Rasec
Degausser Video was created by several of the devious minds behind VS, which will bring to Blu-ray deluxe editions of both canonical and under-seen shot on video (SOV) genre cinema, in addition to work shot on film, but edited on tape, wherein the original film materials are believed to be lost or destroyed. Similar to Vinegar Syndrome’s focus on FILM preservation, Degausser will work only from original analogue tape materials with an emphasis on maintaining the aesthetics inherent to each respective video format. Additionally, each title released by Degausser will be made available in an ultra limited “new” VHS edition, fitted in a custom designed hard shell light box.
This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Robert Sammelin) 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.
On the gritty streets of Mexico City, Commander Quiroga (Fernando Almada, Grave Robbers) and his partner Miranda (Julio Rasec, Mark of the Killer) more than have their hands full. Between firefights with drug traffickers and the chronic minibus stickups that the public is usually too afraid to report, there’s now a demented rapist/murderer, Raúl (Ángel Sancho), who uses an unusual jeweler’s tool to stab his random victims. A local radio show host (Nora Terrero, Don’t Panic) is eager to criticize the police’s ineffective actions against crime and coaxes Quiroga onto her show for a chance to defend the police. As the police and other criminals close in on Raúl, he begins to unravel and turn his focus onto the people who are hunting him down.
Mexsploitation stalwart Fernando Almada stars in this harsh urban cop action/slasher, shot on film and finished on videotape, an early entry in the incredibly prolific Mexican “videohome” phenomenon. With a bleak tone influenced by Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry films and a twisted killer obsessed with sin and the Bible (played by the director under his Sancho pseudonym), Degausser Video is proud to present 38 ESPECIAL, an incredibly unique offering from Mexican crime cinema, newly transferred and restored from its original master tape.
Additional info:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Newly transferred and restored from the best surviving tape master
- Commentary track with film critic and historian Pedro Paunero González
- “The Mexican King of Home Video” (10 min) – an interview with director Miguel Angel Martinez
- Inside sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English SDH subtitles
Career Bed + Sex By Advertisement
⍟ Distribpix ⍟
DPIX-005 CASE
1968 | 161 min (combined) | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Joel Reed
Starring: Jennifer Welles, Georgina Spelvin
Presented in partnership with Something Weird Video…
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 2,500 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
A quintessential exploitation filmmaker, the late Joel M. Reed’s filmography traversed just about every corner of genre filmmaking, from ultra-gory horror with BLOODSUCKING FREAKS to oddball action with THE G.I. EXECUTIONER. But at the start of his career, like so many working in B-movies, Reed helmed a set of sexploitation films. However, not content to simply offer T&A with a flimsy storyline, Reed instead created what rank as two of the most jaw dropping and demented such efforts ever produced, both of which at last come to Blu-ray, newly scanned and restored in 4K from their 35mm camera negatives from Distribpix + Something Weird.
In Reed’s electric debut, CAREER BED, Jennifer Welles (Scorpio 70) stars as Susan, an impressionable young woman on the hard road to cinema stardom. Under the brutal and cruel pressure of her manipulative and jealous mother, Susan’s life quickly becomes overtaken with casting couches, lecherous producers, lesbian agents, and general money making scams.
Chock full of jaw droppingly acidic dialogue, delivered through the powerhouse performances of Welles and one-time-player Honey Hunter as Susan’s scheming mother, CAREER BED plays like an unhinged mix of underground theatre and classical Hollywood melodrama.
Reed’s no-less-strange sophomore feature, SEX BY ADVERTISEMENT, explores the weird world of erotic newspaper ads in a mondo-film styled pastiche. Hosted by Dr. Joanne Ridgefield (soon-to-be-superstar Georgina Spelvin in one of her earliest roles), all manners of perversity are uncovered, from hippie love-ins, violent sadists, transvestites, dirty photographers, and much more. Co-starring Warhol superstar Geri Miller (Trash, High Rise), this wild and wacky ride effortlessly manages to shock from beginning to end.
Additional info:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- 2 Feature Length Audio Commentaries by John Szpunar (Reed Biographer and editor-in-chief of Deep Red Magazine)
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles
All Night Long + Tapestry Of Passion
⍟ Peekarama ⍟
PEEK-028 SLIP
1975, 1976 | 160 min (combined) | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Alan Colberg
Starring: John Holmes, Rick Lutz, Annette Haven, Leslie Bovee, Desiree West, Sharon Thorpe, John Leslie
PEEKARAMA presents the wildest, rarest, and most scandalous theatrical hardcore double features. Taking its name from one of the earliest “all action” sex theatre chains, each PEEKARAMA release presents two themed, full length feature films, both meticulously restored, thus giving you the opportunity to enjoy an old fashioned dirty movie double feature at home!
This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Rich Long) 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.
Although largely forgotten today, director Alan Colberg was a prolific journeyman filmmaker whose career in sexploitation and hardcore features offered drive-in styled films which were as fun as they were effortlessly erotic. Colberg, who often collaborated with his wife Laurie, transitioned to hardcore later than many of his peers, but did so in style with this set of John Holmes starring productions, produced by Chris Warfield (Hot Lunch, Champagne For Breakfast). Peekarama proudly brings this tantalizing two-fer to Blu-ray, scanned and restored in 2K from their 35mm original camera negatives.
In ALL NIGHT LONG, superstuds John (John Holmes) and Rick (Rick Lutze) have been selected by The Health and Home Society to compete for the coveted Golden Rod Award; an honor bestowed to the man who can satisfy the greatest number of women over the course of a single night. As John and Rick are (literally) off to the carnal races and face unprecedented ravishment by an assortment of insatiable beauties, including Sharon Thorpe (Baby Rosemary), Desiree West (SexWorld), and Joan Devlon (Hard Soap), an enthusiastic and quippy audience watch all the action unfold on closed circuit television.
In TAPESTRY OF PASSION, one of only two Johnny Wadd films not directed (but approved) by Bob Chinn, the ace detective is on his most sinister case yet; that of the notorious Black Widow (Sharon Thorpe, Sodom & Gomorrah) who, out of her exquisite victorian mansion, turns men into mindless sex objects by literally and figuratively draining them of life. Can Wadd defeat this deadly temptress or will he too fall victim to her infamous sensual charms? Co-starring Annette Haven (China Girl), Leslie Bovee (MIsbehavin), and John Leslie (Cry For Cindy).
Additional info:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Originally scanned & restored in 2k from their 35mm original camera negatives
- Original theatrical trailers
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
⍟ AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE ⍟
IFC-007 SLIP
505 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Bret Berg, Joseph A. Ziemba
Starring: Various
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 2,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Calling all hairdressers, Pazuzus, and devious elves! THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including two that have only ever been available theatrically. We’d love to share the titles of the mixtapes, but then there would be no mystery. And what’s the fun in that? So grab your tinfoil hat and strap in for an hallucinogenic trip to a found footage wonderland.
Additional info:
- Region Free 2-disc Blu-ray
- Two discs featuring eight feature length mixtapes preserved from VHS
- Commentary track with AGFA board member Millie De Chirico and AGFA’s Jackson Cooper & Bret Berg
- English SDH subtitles
American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures
⍟ ETR MEDIA ⍟
ETRM033 SLIP
2024 | 61 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Thomas Edward Seymour
Starring: Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon, John Patrick Brennan, James Richardson, Cynthia Rothrock, Tim Kulig, Thomas Edward Seymour
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.
The award winning documentary celebrates some of the unsung action stars of the late eighties and early ninety in the North American Pictures Catalog. From Cynthia Rothrock and Bolo Yeung to Billy Blanks the film explores the martial arts craze in the U.S. and the ferocious appetite of video store customers for these titles. Featuring Lloyd Kaufman (Troma President), John Brennan (The Last Drive-in), Debbie Rochon (Toxic Avenger IV), Tim Kulig (MacLeod) and James Richardson (VHS Massacre Too). From director Thomas Seymour (VHS Massacre 1&2).
Additional info:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Trailer
- Audio Commentary from the Director/Producer
- Extended Interviews with Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon
- MacLeod: There Can Be Only One – Additional 24 minute documentary
- Fountain of Death (2006) – Additional 80 minute Action film
- English subtitles
Birth/Rebirth
⍟ SHUDDER ⍟
SHU-011 SLIP
2023 | 101 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Laura Moss
Starring: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool
Called “one of the best streaming services in the world” by RogerEbert.com and described by Thrillist as “pretty much everything a horror fan could want,” Shudder is a premium streaming service offering the best selection of horror, thriller and supernatural movies, series and specials.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Suspirialand) 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 single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary with director/co-writer Laura Moss, executive producer/co-writer Brendan J. O’Brien, actress Marin Ireland, actress Judy Reyes and medical advisor Emily Ryan
- Medically Squeamish: The Making of Birth/Rebirth – a 40 minute documentary featuring new video interviews with Lura Moss, Brendan J. O’Brien, costume designer Annie Simon, and editor Taylor Mason
- Theatrical trailer
- Booklet with an essay by film critic Katie Walsh
- English SDH subtitles
Cannibal Girls
⍟ CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES ⍟
CIP-034 SLIP
1973 | 83 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Starring: Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Ronald Ulrich, Alan Gordon, Allan Price, Earl Pomerantz, Bob McHeady, May Jarvis, Gino Marrocco, Rick Maguire, Randall Carpenter, Bonnie Neilson, Mira Pawluk
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!
This special limited edition spot gloss and embossed slipcover 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.
These girls do exactly what you think they do!
During a winter road trip, young couple Cliff (Schitt’s Creek’s Eugene Levy) and Gloria (Black Christmas’ Andrea Martin) get lost and make an unplanned stop in Farnhamville, Ontario, a snowy small town known as “The Friendly City.” When they hear the legend of three local women with a history of murdering men, they playfully investigate. But to their horror, it seems the killers are still active, police and other locals are complicit, and they’re all feasting on the victims. When the cannibals develop an appetite for Cliff and Gloria, they race to get on the road – before they get on the menu.
A decade before achieving blockbuster status with Ghostbusters, director Ivan Reitman put himself on the map with this more unsettling stab at horror comedy featuring future icons (and SCTV stars) Levy and Martin. Drawing inspiration from the Manson family and other shocking, drug-fueled horrors of the hippie era, Cannibal Girls is a gruesome Canuxploitation classic that set the stage for the provocative horror films – including Shivers, Rabid, and the Ilsa series – Reitman went on to produce at Cinépix. The film also made a splash in the U.S. where American International Pictures added a gimmick worthy of William Castle: a “warning bell” preparing viewers for “scenes of an especially erotic or gruesome nature.”
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Scanned in 2K with new color grade and extensive dirt and damage repairs
- Alternate AIP “warning bell” soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and film historian Jason Pichonsky
- 2 Guys and a Chainsaw episode on the film with a new epilogue on Canadian horror featuring hosts Craig Higgins and Todd Kuhns
- Reitman the Fright Man (2024, 20 min.) – New interview with film historian Chris Alexander on Reitman’s horror period
- The Horror Horn (2024, 5 min.) – Alexander on AIP’s “warning bell” soundtrack
- Cannibal Guys (2010, 27 min.) – Archival interview with Reitman and producer Daniel Goldberg
- Meat Eugene! (2010, 20 min.) – Archival interview with star Eugene Levy
- More Meat (2024, 21 min.) – Never-before-seen outtakes from Meat Eugene!
- French opening credits (1973, 3 min.)
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spots
- Radio spots
- AIP pressbook
- Archival image gallery
- Orientation (1968, 25 min.) – Early Reitman short uncut on home video for the first time
- New Orientation commentary featuring Hamilton Babylon author Stephen Broomer
- Booklet featuring an archival interview with Reitman and Goldberg, plus a Motion Picture Purgatory comic strip by Rick Trembles
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Cannibal Orgy and the Films of J.T. IV
⍟ BLEEDING SKULL ⍟
BS-006 SLIP
1977-1985 | 268 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by J.T. IV aka John Henry Timmis IV
Starring: Various
Since 2004, Bleeding Skull has explored otherworldly cinema through reviews, books, and home video releases. We shine a light on independent genre films that have flown under the radar but deserve to be seen by all. Fangoria has called Bleeding Skull “The go-to encyclopedia for trash, bizarre, and shot-on-video cinema,” while Vice referred to it as “like a fever dream glimpse into parallel worlds”. Visit us at BLEEDINGSKULL.COM.
This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover 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.
Shot on Super 8 film and edited on decaying VHS tapes in Chicago, the experimental horror movies of late musician and filmmaker J.T. IV (aka John Henry Timmis IV) feel like an unholy alliance between David Bowie and Charles Manson. CANNIBAL ORGY AND THE FILMS OF J.T. IV is an historical archive that collects Timmis’s collage-like films for the first time on home video. This includes CANNIBAL ORGY—a Satanic panic ode to BLOOD FEAST, Lucio Fulci, and stoned glam rock. It does not include THE CURE FOR INSOMNIA, Timmis’s 85-hour movie that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest film ever made. Although he mainly identified as straight, J.T. IV was refreshingly open about his same-sex relationships in his autobiography FROM THE INSIDE, making these works exciting discoveries in the realm of alternative and underground cinema.
Additional info:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Preserved from the only VHS masters in existence, as the Super 8 film elements are lost
- CANNIBAL ORGY (1985)
- CANNIBAL ORGY: Commentary on the R-rated version with J.T. IV historian Robert Cole Manis, moderated by Bleeding Skull’s Joseph A. Ziemba
- NIGHTMARE CITY (1984)
- Short: THE CURE FOR INSOMNIA (EXCERPT)
- Short: DESTRUCTO ROCK
- Short: IN THE CAN
- Short: EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE
- Short: SUNDAY MORNING
- Short: SONG FOR SUZANNE
- Short: DESTRUCTO ROCK (LIVE)
- Short: KILLER SHREDDING
- Short: I LOVE YOU
- Short: REEL TO REEL FOOTAGE
- English SDH subtitles
Cora Bora
⍟ brainstorm media ⍟
BST-003 SLIP
2023 | 92 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Hannah Pearl Utt
Starring: Megan Stalter, Jojo T. Gibbs, Ayden Mayeri, Manny Jacinto, Chelsea Peretti, Thomas Mann, Margaret Cho
Since Brainstorm Media’s inception in 1995, the company has had a forward-thinking approach to a growing indie marketplace. With an ethos of adaptability, Brainstorm continues to expand its network of partners and explore unique models of distribution. Brainstorm’s mission is to realize focused and creative distribution strategies for its content partners.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Brianna Miller) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Cora (Meg Stalter) goes home to win back her girlfriend, and soon realizes it’s much more than her love life that needs salvaging.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary with director Hannah Pearl Utt, writer Rhianon Jones, producer Mallory Schwartz, and executive producer Tristan Scott-Behrends
- Trailer
- Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Sara Clements
- English SDH subtitles
The Dish & the Spoon
⍟ MUSIC BOX SELECTS ⍟
MBS-009 SLIP
2011 | 91 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Alison Bagnall
Starring: Greta Gerwig, Olly Alexander
Music Box Selects is a brand new home video library from the revered independent film distribution company Music Box Films which is dedicated to curating a diverse repertoire of films and television from around the world. The Music Box Selects line will consist of blu-ray debuts of catalog titles and home video premieres, all of which will adhere to the quality and diversity that fans have come to expect from the Music Box name. 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 Beth Morris) 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.
This quirky romantic comedy follows Rose (Greta Gerwig), whose life changes after discovering her husband’s affair. Devastated and reeling, she soon crosses paths with a marooned British teenager (Olly Alexander) in a boarded-up Delaware beach town, and the two begin a peculiar friendship. As they drink their way through town, act out dream scenarios, and get to know each other’s pasts, this eccentric and insightful film illustrates how we navigate change and loneliness, for better and worse.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Deleted Scenes and Outtakes
- SXSW Interview with Greta Gerwig and Olly Alexander
- Location Scouting Featurette
- “The Whale” by Olly Alexander
- New Movie Trailer
- English SDH subtitles
Kisapmata
⍟ KANI ⍟
KANI-025 SLIP
1981 | 99 min | 1.85:1 | Tagalog DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Mike De Leon
Starring: Charo Santos, Jay Ilagan, Vic Silayan, Charito Solis
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 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.
One Sunday in November, Mila (Charo Santos) announces to her father Dadang (Vic Silayan), a retired police officer, that she is pregnant, asking for permission to marry her co-worker Noel (Jay Ilangan). The noose further tightens as Dadong’s unreasonable expectations for a dowry are not met and he exhibits an increasingly authoritarian streak. The couple marries and soon, Mila’s father begins a game of exclusion and manipulation in the hopes of reasserting control over his kin.
Based on the true crime reportage “The House on Zapote Street” penned by Nick Joaquin, Mike De Leon’s Kisapmata, beautifully restored in 4K by L’Immagine Ritrovata, is a stunning example of psychological horror; a film that meticulously tighten the noose around its characters’ neck until the outcome feels inevitable — culminating in a brutal, unflinching portrait of the horrors of patriarchy at its most pathological. Voted the 3rd Best Filipino Film Of All Time by the Pinoy Rebyu (SFFR), it stands as one of Mike De Leon’s most unsettling and politically resonant films.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- 4K Restoration
- Introduction & Selected Scenes Commentary by director Isabel Sandoval
- Introduction by director Raymond Red
- Interview with actor & line producer Charo Santos
- Interview with screenwriter Raquel Villavicencio
- Interview with screewriter Clodualdo “Doy” Del Mundo Jr.
- Vic Silayan: An Actor Remembers (Manny Reyes, 1985)
- 8mm behind-the-scenes footage
- Booklet with archival set photographs & writing
- English subtitles
Lydia Lunch: The Gun is Loaded / Road Rant
⍟ SATURN’S CORE ⍟
SC-045 SLIP
1989, 2012 | 89 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Merrill Aldighieri & Joe Tripician
Starring: Lydia Lunch, Emilio Cubeiro, Michael Buscemi, Joe Budenholzer, Terry Edwards
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.
Saturn’s Core is proud to present the collaborative works of two monumental female artists: Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and artist Merrill Aldighieri and provocative musician and poet, No Wave icon, and Cinema of Transgression firebrand Lydia Lunch (Fingered, Vortex, Mondo New York). Combining two essential video features, a wealth of rare archival material, and an exclusive new career spanning interview with Lydia, this crucial anthology presents a shocking snapshot into the oeuvre of one of the most important, impactful, and insurgent female voices in history.
In The Gun Is Loaded (1989), Lydia Lunch delivers a brutally frank manifesto in a journey through the heart of contemporary 1980s American darkness. Set against a series of New York City locales, Lydia’s singular brand of poetic nihilism is underscored by footage of bottom rung Americana; as race car crowds, dead end streets, and meat packing plants seamlessly illustrate her ruthless examination of “the American dream turned mean”. Featuring a cacophonous and deranged score by J. G. Thirlwell aka Foetus, Lydia brazenly disseminates her unresolved rage, exhilarating profanity, and timeless critiques of Reagan era politics in this ‘80s underground video classic.
In Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch (2012), the X-rated cartoon animations of director Merrill Aldighieri add a comical edge to this otherwise intense Lydia Lunch tour documentary. Highlights from five concerts are accompanied by a live music score performed by composer Joe Budenholzer (Backworld) & horn player Terry Edwards (The Higsons) during their travels to Marseille, Lyon, Evreux, & Nantes amidst Lydia’s promotional tour for the French release of her book Paradoxia: A Predator’s Diary.
Additional info:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- “Iconoclastic Icon” -an exclusive new 2025 career spanning interview with Lydia Lunch moderated by Art Ettinger & Max Almeida
- Audio commentary on The Gun is Loaded by archivist / historian Shaun Goldsteen from DTNYArchive
- Archival uncut Road Rant era interview featuring Lydia Lunch in conversation with filmmaker Merrill Aldighieri
- Road Rant Bonus Clip: interview footage with Lydia Lunch and composer Joe Budenholzer
- “Headless Angel” -Lydia’s reading in the Pére-Lachaise cemetery captured by Merrill Aldighieri in 2007
- Archival 2004 Lydia Lunch interview conducted by Lucy Morrow & writer / publisher David Flint (Divinity)
- Archival 1995 interview with Lydia Lunch and filmmaker Richard Kern (Fingered, Right Side of My Brain) conducted by writer / publisher David Flint (Divinity)
- Reversible sleeve featuring original photography by Drew Carolan
- Trailers
- English SDH subtitles
Mother, Couch
⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟
FM-009 SLIP
2023 | 96 min | 2.40:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Niclas Larsson
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Ellen Burstyn, Lake Bell, Lara Flynn Boyle, F. Murray Abraham
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 Luke Insect) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch (Ellen Burstyn) suddenly refuses to get up from one of the display couches. Reluctantly assembled, her three estranged children – David (Ewan McGregor), Gruffudd (Rhys Ifans), and Linda (Lara Flynn Boyle) – must figure out how to escape this bizarre predicament. With the help of the store managers, Marco & Marcus (F. Murray Abraham), and their daughter Bella (Taylor Russell) the siblings embark on a mind-bending odyssey that forces them to face life-altering truths about their own lives and upbringing. Boasting “sensational” performances from an “A-List cast” (Deadline), Mother, Couch marks director Niclas Larsson as “a major new voice breaking through in cinema” (Slash Film).
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary with director Niclas Larsson, producer Sarah Murphy, production designer, Mikael Varhelyi, editor Carla Luffe and composer Christopher Bear
- Behind the Scenes Featurette
- Booklet with an essay by film critic and historian Jason Bailey
- English subtitles
The Oldest Profession
⍟ FILM MOVEMENT CLASSICS ⍟
FMC-010 SLIP
1973 | 84 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Noboru Tanaka
Starring: Meika Seri, Junko Miyashita, Genshû Hanayagi, Moeko Ezawa, Shiro Yumemura
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 spot gloss slipcover (designed by Brandon Schaefer) 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.
19-year-old Tome is a sex worker who draws in customers around the red-light district of Osaka. She lives with her mentally disabled younger brother, Saneo, and her mother, Yone, who is also still active as a sex worker despite being over 40 years old. One day, after receiving a request for a young girl, Tome goes to the designated inn. On arrival she encounters Yone, who is unable to find work. A few days later, Yone tells Tome that she is pregnant…
20 years have passed since the Prostitution Prevention Law was enacted, and the red-light district is now gone. Nonetheless, sex work as a profession persists. Noboru Tanaka’s controversial film (also known as “”Lusty Beast Market””) portrays sorrowful but strong and resilient women who have no other choice but to earn a living by selling their bodies.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- “”Private Business & Public Obscenities”” video essay by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
- 16 page booklet with a written essay by Japan Society film programmer Alexander Fee
- English subtitles
Saint-Narcisse
⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟
FM-011 SLIP
2020 | 101 min | 1.85:1 | English, French DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Bruce LaBruce
Starring: Félix-Antoine Duval, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexandra Petrachuk, Andreas Apergis
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 spot gloss, embossed, and silver foil slipcover (designed by Adam Maida) 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.
Dominic is a young man with a fetish… for himself. Nothing turns him on more than his own reflection, and he feeds his solitary obsession by posing for polaroid selfies. Following the death of his beloved grandmother, Dominic begins to unravel the hidden truth about his fractured past. His lesbian mother did not die in childbirth, and he has an identical twin brother, Daniel, who was secretly raised in a remote monastery. Reunited with his long-estranged family, Dominic becomes embroiled in a blasphemous web of sex, revenge and redemption.
Set in the afterglow of the sexual revolution, SAINT-NARCISSE is acclaimed filmmaker Bruce LaBruce’s love letter to the psychosexual thrillers of the 1970s that “never fails to follow through on its scandalous promise” (The New York Times).
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary by director Bruce LaBruce
- Deleted Scenes
- Essay by Finley Freibert
- English subtitles
Sapiosexual & Taboo: Family Secrets
⍟ DARK STAR ⍟
DS-027 SLIP
2024 | 195 min (combined) | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Deborah Twiss
Starring: Costas Mandylor, Deborah Twiss, Nick Hardin, Ashley Westover
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 Robert Sammelin) 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.
Sapiosexual – Liam hosts an “uncoupling celebration” with guests Hannah and Freddie. A power outage during a storm unveils dark secrets from their pasts, leading to life-altering revelations for all three characters.
Taboo: Family Secrets – The infidelities by patriarch Lukas divide the family. His Son Tyler visit sparks a taboo relationship with his stepmother Amanda, forever altering the dynamics and loyalties after certain revelations.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Double Feature including both features
- Audio commentary from the filmmaker on both films
- Trailers
- Photo gallery
- Behind the scenes
- English SDH subtitles
Spoonful of Sugar
⍟ Shudder ⍟
SHU-012 SLIP
2022 | 94 min | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan
Starring: Morgan Saylor, Kat Foster, Danilo Crovetti
Called “one of the best streaming services in the world” by RogerEbert.com and described by Thrillist as “pretty much everything a horror fan could want,” Shudder is a premium streaming service offering the best selection of horror, thriller and supernatural movies, series and specials.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Corinne Halbert) 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 disturbed babysitter experiences a sexual awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly “sick” child from a family with dark secrets of their own.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary with director Mercedes Bryce Morgan and producers Matt Miller, Natalie Metzger, and Katrina Kudlick
- Behind the Scenes Footage
- The Story Featurette
- The Horror Featurette
- Trailer
- Booklet with an essay by film critic BJ Colangelo
- English SDH subtitles
Sweet Dreams
⍟ Dekanalog ⍟
DKA025 SLIP
2022 | 92 min | 1.85:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Carmen Jaquier
Starring: Lilith Grasmug, Sabine Timoteo, François Revaclier, Barbara Tobola
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 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
A sharp-eyed satire set on a sugar plantation on an Indonesian island in the final years of the Dutch colonial era, Ena Sendijarević’s (Take Me Somewhere Nice) second feature is a potent reminder that European colonialism did not come to a tidy ending in the innumerable countries it affected (to say nothing of the neocolonialism still impacting much of the globe). Instead, Sweet Dreams provides compelling evidence of the mess these wider historical forces make in the lives of the characters within the volatile microcosm the director portrays so vividly.
For the family and business led by the imperious patriarch Jan (Hans Dagelet), the rot had clearly set in long before these events. That said, Jan isn’t around to see the changes to come, what with his sudden death after one of his nightly visits to the room of Siti (Hayati Azis), his Indonesian housekeeper. With the disorder in the household further compounded by a workers’ protest, his widow Agathe (Locarno winner Renée Soutendijk) demands the return from Europe of Jan’s pompous son Cornelius (Florian Myjer) and heavily pregnant daughter-in-law Josefin (Lisa Zweerman). When they all learn of Jan’s decision to bequeath his estate to his son with Siti, the ensuing power struggles add a further degree of turbulence.
Realizing the promise she displayed in her first feature Take Me Somewhere Nice, Sendijarević delivers a film that’s remarkable for its ruthless intelligence, visual flair, and astute take on the ways personal relationships can be poisoned by the systems and structures in which we operate.
Dutch submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, 2024.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Strange Times with Ena Sendijarević
- Theatrical Trailer
- Booklet Interview with filmmaker Ena Sendijarević
- English subtitles
Tarpon
⍟ Film Movement Classics ⍟
FMC-009 SLIP
1973 | 54 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Christian Odasso, Guy de la Valdene
Starring: Richard Brautigan, Jimmy Buffett, Jim Harrison, Thomas McGuane
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 Stephanie Monohan) 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.
Considered one of the first true fly-fishing films, Tarpon brings together famed American authors Richard Brautigan, Tom McGuane, and Jim Harrison with legendary flats guides Woody Sexton, Gil Drake, and Steve Huff as they muse about life, art, nature, and fishing the majestic Tarpon.
Shot in the wild panorama of 1970s Key West, the tarpon fishing and stunning cinematography transports the viewer to another era – a time and place where the line between philosopher, scoundrel, hippie, and eccentric was nearly indiscernible. Accompanied by original music composed for the film by a then up-and-coming young musician named Jimmy Buffet, and narrated by Jim Harrison from his own text, this 4K restoration from negatives rescued from a barn in Normandy in 2008 marks the first time TARPON is available to audiences in HD.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Video essay by filmmaker Hunter Whaley
- Video introductions by Diana Odasso and Ianthe Brautigan-Swensen
- 16 page booklet with essay by author David N. Meyer II
- English subtitles
The Visitor
⍟ CIRCLE COLLECTIVE ⍟
CC-011 SLIP
2024 | 101 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Bruce La Bruce
Starring: Bishop Black, Macklin Kowal, Andy Kingsmill
Circle Collective formed in June 2019 in order to provide a new avenue for and community around creative distribution as an artist-forward, feature film marketing and distribution consulting agency. In partnership with OCN, Circle Collective will begin to release contemporary indie cinema across a variety of genres and origins onto physical media, maintaining the same artist-forward perspective as in their theatrical campaigns. 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 and embossed slipcover (designed by Adam Maida) 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.
A charming, vulgar, reimagining of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema:
A refugee emerges from a suitcase on the bank of the Thames—one of several identical men appearing across the city. Disguised as a homeless man, he infiltrates an upper-class household by befriending the maid, who claims he is her nephew. The family then hires him as a live-in servant. As in Teorema, the Visitor engages intimately with each family member – the encounters portrayed through explicit scenes. These interactions spark profound sexual and spiritual transformations within the household.
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Introduction by director Bruce LaBruce
- The Sexual Revolution of the Proletariat from Pasolini to Bruce La Bruce – a new video essay by Samm Deighan
- Behind the Scenes featurette
- Censored and X-rated trailers
- Stills gallery
- Booklet with a new essay by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- English SDH subtitles
![Retrospective: April 2026 in Review [Updated Apr 2]](https://nobadmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/supermariogalaxy_20260402_image001.png)
Leave a Reply