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Vinegar Syndrome: April 2025

Christopher Haskell
39–58 minutes

Murderock

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-500 CASE |

1984 | 93 min | 1.66:1 | English Stereo & Italian Dub
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Starring: Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri, Silvia Collatina

This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Suspiria Vilchez), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 8,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Candice Norman operates the hottest dance academy in town, with hoards of hopefuls dying to be admitted, maybe literally. Shortly after a trio of new students are accepted into Candice’s tutelage, a young female pupil is found murdered on campus, stabbed through the heart with a long pin. With the backbiting staff and students alike all rendered possible suspects, Candice is also plagued by haunting dreams involving a sinister man. When Candice spots this man’s face on a billboard, she decides to track him down, while yet another rising dance starlet winds up with a punctured heart. Is this handsome stranger as dangerous as the man in her dreams? Could a bloodthirsty maniac from outside the school be preying upon the dancers? Or has the intense competition between dancers and staff turned one of them into a depraved killer? And how does Candice herself factor into this shocking mystery?

Director Lucio Fulci’s (City of the Living Dead, The Beyond) final giallo and also his final film set in New York City, MURDEROCK (Murderock – Uccide a passo di danza), is amongst the maestro’s last truly lavish productions, boasting stylized dance numbers (scored by legendary musician Keith Emerson) and surreal dream sequences between its labyrinthine mystery and gruesome killings. Starring Olga Karlatos (Zombie), Ray Lovelock (Autopsy), Claudio Cassinelli (Slave of the Cannibal God), Cosimo Cinieri (The New York Ripper), and featuring a guest appearance from Silvia Collatina (The House by the Cemetery), Vinegar Syndrome proudly brings this late period giallo classic to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, exclusively restored from its 35mm camera negative and boasting an unparalleled selection of new and archival extras, including the first-ever interview with co-writer Gianfranco Clerici (Cannibal Holocaust), amongst many others.

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
  • Presented in its original English language theatrical stereo soundtrack as well as its Italian language dub with newly translated English subtitles
  • Commentary track with film historian Troy Howarth
  • “Ballet in Blood” (28 min) – an interview with actor Robert Gligorov
  • “Hellfant Prodige” (10 min) – an interview with actress Silvia Collatina
  • “Lucio’s Pet” (13 min) – an interview with actor Al Cliver
  • “Lightning Murder” (27 min) – an interview with cinematographer Giuseppe Pinori
  • “A Pen in the Dark” (14 min) – an audio interview with co-writer Gianfranco Clerici
  • “Augusto’s Empire” (32 min) – an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
  • “The Murder Instigator” (17 min) – interviews with producer Augusto Caminito and film historian Eugenio Ercolani
  • “Murder Prog” (32 min) – an interview with music historian Pierpaolo De Sanctis
  • “A Pin in the Heart” (8 min) – an interview with make-up artist Franco Casagni
  • “Child’s Play” (24 min) – an interview with actress Silvia Collatina
  • Audio interview with director Lucio Fulci (16 min)
  • Interview with actress Geretta Geretta (25 min)
  • Original video trailer
  • 40-page perfect bound book with essays by Stephen Thrower, Amanda Reyes, Al Cliver
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

The Nesting

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-499 SLIP |

Distribpix | 1981 | 110 min | 1.85:1 | English Mono
Directed by Armand Weston
Starring: Robin Groves, Michael David Lally, John Carradine, Gloria Grahame, Christopher Loomis, Bill Rowley, David Tabor

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Suspiria Vilchez) 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.

With the impending release of her new book, “The Nesting,” agoraphobic New York-based writer Lauren Cochran decides to spend some time outside the city to find inspiration for her next novel. Arriving in the small town of Dover Falls, she happens across an isolated and dilapidated mansion that bears an uncanny resemblance to the one depicted on the cover of her latest work. Feeling a strange pull to the place, Lauren decides to rent the property and quickly gets herself set up and into writing mode. But it’s not long before she starts experiencing bizarre, vivid dreams and seeing ghostly apparitions. Soon enough, those around her start dying in strange and gruesome ways. What could all this have to do with the house’s murky history and a tragedy that occurred there decades before?

The only mainstream feature directed by prolific illustrator and erotic filmmaker Armand Weston (Defiance, Take Off), THE NESTING – which was originally filmed as Phobia and subsequently re-released in 1983 as Massacre Mansion – is a stylish supernatural slasher expertly photographed by João Fernandes (Children of the Corn, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter), and featuring Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (The Bad and the Beautiful) in her final screen role. Now newly restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to unveil THE NESTING in its UHD world premiere, presented in its longer Phobia cut for the first time on home video, alongside a host of new bonus features and a wealth of archival material.

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
  • Commentary track with writer and critic Andy Marshall-Roberts
  • “Acting is Being Brave” (21 min) – an interview with actress Robin Groves
  • “The Outlaw Poet” (21 min) – an interview with actor Michael David Lally
  • “Low Budget Miracle” (30 min) – an interview with associate producer / production manager Don Walters
  • “The Sating of Desire” (29 min) – an interview with Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
  • Audio interview with co-writer Daria Price, conducted by extras producer Ewan Cant (57 min)
  • “The Nesting Outtakes: Preserving Armand Weston’s Gothic Horror” (14 min) – a featurette produced by the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive
  • U.S. theatrical trailer
  • Spanish theatrical trailer
  • TV spots
  • Radio spot
  • Alternate ‘jump scare’ from The Nesting cut
  • The Nesting title sequence
  • Archival image gallery
  • Cuts and trims
  • Unused dailies
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Devil Doll / Curse of the Voodoo

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-498 SLIP |

Galaworldfilm | 1964, 1965 | 169 min (combined) | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Starring: Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain, Dennis Price, Lisa Daniely, Sandra Dorne, Nora Nicholson, Mary Kerridge, Ronald Leigh-Hunt

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Robert Sammelin) 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.

Few filmmakers working in British genre cinema had more memorable careers than Lindsay Shonteff. The Canadian ex-pat produced an incredibly diverse body of work during his few decades spent toiling on the fringes of England’s low-budget film community. Still, few of his films have developed a wider – and more deserved – fan base than his set of 60s horror-shockers made for legendary producer Richard Gordon (Horror Hospital): DEVIL DOLL and CURSE OF THE VOODOO. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to offer both of these true cult classics, newly scanned and restored from their camera negatives in 4K and on Blu-ray for the first time.

Acclaimed magician The Great Vorelli dazzles audiences with his mastery of hypnosis while shocking them with a strange ventriloquist dummy named Hugo. Determined to uncover Vorelli’s methods for making Hugo’s movement and speech appear so real, reporter Mark English begins a covert investigation. However, nothing can prepare him for the strange and horrifying secret trapped inside the dummy, nor for the murderous actions it will take to be freed… Integrating the supernatural into a twist-filled story of revenge, DEVIL DOLL stars Bryant Haliday (Tower of Evil), William Sylvester (Gorgo), and Yvonne Romain (Night Creatures) and is presented in its “Continental” version, which has never before been seen complete and uncut on video!

Mike Stacey is a cold-blooded guide to novice big game hunters. While on safari in Africa, he has to clean up the mess of one of his clients, shooting a lion they wounded but couldn’t kill. But no sooner than moving in to collect the body is he accosted by the local tribesmen who reveal that the lion is their deity and that any man who dares interfere will suffer unimaginable torments. Upon returning to England, Mike is besieged by unrelenting nightmares and a paranoid sense that he’s being watched, chased, and hunted like the animals he preys upon. As he descends further into madness, he realizes that the only way he can break the curse is by returning to Africa and again facing the deadly tribe… A 1960s update of Jungle adventure and horror films of the 1930s and 40s, CURSE OF THE VOODOO (aka Curse of Simba) again stars Bryant Haliday, Dennis Price (The Earth Dies Screaming), and Lisa Daniely (Lili Marlene).

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from their 35mm original camera negatives
  • Commentary track with writers/film critics Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw (DEVIL DOLL)
  • Commentary track with producer Richard Gordon and film historian Tom Weaver (DEVIL DOLL)
  • Commentary track with film historians Rod Barnett and Adrian Smith (CURSE OF THE VOODOO)
  • “Time for Tommy’s Tea” (20 min) – an interview with CURSE OF THE VOODOO editor Barrie Vince
  • “Traditions and Legacies” (23 min) – writer and film critic Kim Newman on CURSE OF THE VOODOO
  • “Casting a Spell” (25 min) – writer and film historian Jonathan Rigby on DEVIL DOLL
  • Alternate clothed scenes for DEVIL DOLL
  • Inside sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Igor and the Lunatics

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Archive ⍟

| VSA-053 |

Troma | 1985 | 79 min | 1.33:1 | English Mono
Directed by W.J. Parolini
Starring: T.J. Glenn, Joe Niola, Mary Ann Schacht, Joseph Eero, Joan Ellen Delaney, Kathleen Dennehy

The Vinegar Syndrome Archive sub-label celebrates forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by our own brick & mortar video stores, with locations in Bridgeport, CT, Denver, CO, Toronto, ON, and Pittsburgh, PA (opening soon!).

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

A group of cultists led by the maniacal Paul spend their days in a haze of psychedelic-fueled free love whilst their vicious leader dishes out bloody and brutal vengeance on anyone who attempts to leave the fold – aided by his crazed and thoroughly sadistic right-hand man, Igor, who has a particular fondness for carving up nubile young women with his trusty collection of sharp implements. After being incarcerated for several years for a spate of grim slayings, Paul is released back into society and, reunited with his murderous devotees, immediately sets about continuing his gruesome cult activities.

Financed by the legendary Troma Entertainment, who ended up requiring extensive reshoots in order to up the movie’s gore quotient (with these additional sequences being helmed by Spookies directors Thomas Doran and Brendan Faulkner), IGOR AND THE LUNATICS is a demented, depraved, and thoroughly distasteful Manson Family-esque shocker from the studio that Toxie built. Now newly restored in 4K from its original 16mm camera negative, Vinegar Syndrome Archive is delighted to present IGOR AND THE LUNATICS in both its original release version, alongside the home video debut of its longer Bloodshed cut, as well as a brand new making-of documentary digging into the behind-the-scenes of this sickening cult favorite.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 16mm original camera negative
  • “The Lunatics Fringe: Remembering Igor and the Lunatics” (34 min) – a making-of documentary featuring interviews with co-director Brendan Faulkner, production co-ordinator Frank Farel, cinematographer John Raugalis, and crew member / extra Cecilia Cosentini
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Drop Zone

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

| CIN-017 CASE+PARACHUTER |

Paramount | 1994 | 101 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by John Badham
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Lester, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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 Tony Stella) 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.

Pete and Terry Nessip (Wesley Snipes, Passenger 57; Malcolm-Jamal Warner, TV’s Malcolm & Eddie) are two U.S. Marshals escorting Earl Leedy (Michael Jeter, Miller’s Crossing), a computer criminal being transferred to a maximum security prison, when the plane they’re traveling on is hijacked by terrorists, resulting in the death of Terry and Earl’s daring escape from the law at 30,000 feet. The hijacking turns out to be the plot of ex-DEA agent turned skydiver Ty Moncrief (Gary Busey, Point Break) who plans to break into the DEA mainframe in Washington DC, with the help of Leedy, to get back at the government that failed him. Pete Nessip, looking to avenge his brother’s death and get back his prisoner, teams up with skydiving instructor Jessie Crossmann (Yancy Butler, Hard Target) to chase down Ty’s crew from the Florida Keys to Washington DC, before the fireworks go off on the 4th of July.  

An inspired late-career entry in the unpredictable oeuvre of British born, but American based, New Hollywood iconoclast John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Blue Thunder), DROP ZONE meshes Badham’s penchant for strong character work with impressive practical stunts and hand-to-hand combat, resulting in one of the better, and oft-overlooked, studio action films of the 1990s. Executive produced by Badham himself and featuring production design by Joe Alves (Escape from New York, Jaws), a thunderous score by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) and kinetic photography by Badham collaborator Roy H. Wagner (Nick of Time). Cinématographe is proud to present the world 4K UHD debut of the most action packed film in John Badham’s career, newly restored from its original camera negative.

  • 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • New audio commentary with director and executive producer John Badham and cinematographer Roy H. Wagner, moderated by Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty
  • New audio commentary with film journalist Max Evry
  • Surfers In the Sky – a new video interview with producer Wallis Nicita
  • A Symphony of Skydiving: Scoring Drop Zone – A new interview with film music historian Daniel Schweiger about Hans Zimmer’s score
  • Whose Films Are These Anyway? John Badham, from Filmmaker to Moviemaker – a new video essay by Daniel Kremer
  • New text essays by film critics Simon Abrams and Bilge Ebiri, culture historian Mark Edward Heuck and Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty
  • English SDH subtitles

Last Tango in Paris

⍟ Distribpix ⍟

| DPIX-006B CASE |

MGM + United Artists | 1972 | 130 min | 1.85:1 | English, French Mono with optional English subtitles
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Marlon Brando,Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Massimo Girotti

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 4k Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo exclusive to the Vinegar Syndrome website (designed by Adam Maida), 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.

Without shared names, backstories, or even a prior relationship, two strangers become entangled in a chaotic, lustful affair centered around a studio apartment in the city of love. On their own in the streets of Paris, Paul and Jeanne work their way through everything from carefree adventures to the tristesse of mourning a lost love while the apartment becomes their sultry sanctuary from the outside world. As their fling evolves into something that resembles love, the ugliness of the outside world that they both sought to escape forces its way into their relationship, changing both of them forever. With lush cinematography by three-time Academy Award winner Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a carefully structured narrative co-written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (1900), Last Tango In Paris pushes the boundaries of cinema in the city of its birth. Marlon Brando (The Godfather) plays Paul, the middle-aged man who uses the apartment to escape from a traumatic death, while Maria Schneider (The Passenger) stars opposite as Jeanne, an exuberant Parisian woman who uses the fling to gain a feeling of independence from prior emotional commitments. Distribpix proudly presents the UHD debut of this seminal film in the canon of erotic films, freshly restored from its 35mm original camera negative under the supervision of Storaro and featuring a selection of new and archival interviews.

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (High Bitrate UHD100) / Region A Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • “From Parma to Paris (via Rome)” (30 min) – an interview with long-term Bertolucci collaborator Francesco Barilli
  • “Our Last Tango” (12 min) – an interview with editor Roberto Perpignani
  • “Before the Tango” (28 min) – Roberto Perpignani on his early collaborations with Bernardo Bertolucci
  • “A Conversation with Bernardo Bertolucci” (30 min) – an archival interview with Bernardo Bertolucci
  • “Location Scouting for the Tango” (7 min) – featurette looking at the locations of Last Tango in Paris as they are now
  • 40-page perfect bound book with essays by Allison Anders, Heather Drain and Jim Hemphill
  • English SDH subtitles

Last Tango in Paris

⍟ Distribpix ⍟

| DPIX-006A CASE |

MGM + United Artists | 1972 | 130 min | 1.85:1 | English, French Mono with optional English subtitles
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Marlon Brando,Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Massimo Girotti

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 4k Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo exclusive to the Mélusine website (designed by Steak Mtn), 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.

Without shared names, backstories, or even a prior relationship, two strangers become entangled in a chaotic, lustful affair centered around a studio apartment in the city of love. On their own in the streets of Paris, Paul and Jeanne work their way through everything from carefree adventures to the tristesse of mourning a lost love while the apartment becomes their sultry sanctuary from the outside world. As their fling evolves into something that resembles love, the ugliness of the outside world that they both sought to escape forces its way into their relationship, changing both of them forever. With lush cinematography by three-time Academy Award winner Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a carefully structured narrative co-written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (1900), Last Tango In Paris pushes the boundaries of cinema in the city of its birth. Marlon Brando (The Godfather) plays Paul, the middle-aged man who uses the apartment to escape from a traumatic death, while Maria Schneider (The Passenger) stars opposite as Jeanne, an exuberant Parisian woman who uses the fling to gain a feeling of independence from prior emotional commitments. Distribpix proudly presents the UHD debut of this seminal film in the canon of erotic films, freshly restored from its 35mm original camera negative under the supervision of Storaro and featuring a selection of new and archival interviews.

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (High Bitrate UHD100) / Region A Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • “From Parma to Paris (via Rome)” (30 min) – an interview with long-term Bertolucci collaborator Francesco Barilli
  • “Our Last Tango” (12 min) – an interview with editor Roberto Perpignani
  • “Before the Tango” (28 min) – Roberto Perpignani on his early collaborations with Bernardo Bertolucci
  • “A Conversation with Bernardo Bertolucci” (30 min) – an archival interview with Bernardo Bertolucci
  • “Location Scouting for the Tango” (7 min) – featurette looking at the locations of Last Tango in Paris as they are now
  • 40-page perfect bound book with essays by Allison Anders, Heather Drain and Jim Hemphill
  • English SDH subtitles

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got

⍟ Film Movement Classics ⍟

| FMC-011 SLIP |

1985 | 115 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Brigitte Berman
Starring: Artie Shaw, Helen Forrest, Mel Torme, Evelyn Kayes

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 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.

Anchored by an incisive interview with its then 72-year-old subject, Artie Shaw: Time is All You’ve Got looks back on the five-decade career of “King of the Clarinet” Artie Shaw (1910-2004), one of the most popular stars of the 1930s and ’40s Swing era.

4K picture restoration by Patrick Duchesne, Frank Biasi, and Jim Fleming at Picture Shop (Toronto). Sound restoration by Daniel Pellerin. 4K and sound restoration generously donated by Donald Hicks (coordinated by Bradly Torreano) and Telefilm Canada, in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival®.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Audio Commentary with director Brigitte Berman
  • English SDH subtitles

Bone Sickness

⍟ Saturn’s Core ⍟

| SC-046 |

2004 | 102 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Brian Paulin
Starring: Rich George, Darya Zabinski, Brian Paulin, Ruby Larocca, Kevin Barbare

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 listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Eerie Crypts) was limited to 1,000 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

Alex (Rich George) is suffering from a terminal bone disease. When traditional methods fail to improve his condition, his devoted wife Kristen (Darya Zabinski) resorts to some rather ghoulish means of alternative medicine. She enlists Alex’s morgue attendant best friend Thomas (Brian Paulin) to procure skeletal remains from the local cemetery and grind up the rotting corpse marrow to feed to Alex for nourishment. Unfortunately this misguided scheme soon leads to a rash of dire consequences as Alex slowly transforms into homicidal, worm spewing “necro junkie”,  putrefied zombies rise from their graves to devour the flesh of the living, and a hideous race of goblins emerge from the darkness to punish the impudent human race. 

A Fulci inspired mission statement from the Massachusetts master of SOV garage gore Brian Paulin (At Dawn They Sleep, Fetus, Blood Pigs), Bone Sickness remains amongst the most jaw dropping zombie epics to ever emerge from the video underground. With high risk homespun car stunts, full body burns, abundant full frontal nudity, striking naturescapes, and show stopping practical gore and creature FX of the highest order, Bone Sickness presents all of Paulin’s trademark directorial flourishes firing on all cylinders. Featuring capacious entrail munching, garage door decapitations, skill saw vivisections, explosive worm defecation, and machine gun jaw removal, Bone Sickness (making its Blu-Ray debut accompanied by over 10 hours of new and archival special features!) is an operatic orgy of carnage highlighted by a handful of the most unforgettably violent images ever committed to screen.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • New 2025 audio commentary with writer / director Brian Paulin & actor / producer Rich George
  • New audio commentary with cult movie obsessives Justin Decloux and Adam Thorn
  • Archival 2006 commentary with Brian Paulin & Rich George
  • “Bone Sickness: The Demo Version” – original 2004 cut with alternate scenes and footage (98 min)
  • Archival “Demo Version” commentary with Brian Paulin & Rich George
  • “The Morbid History of Bone Sickness” – new 2025 featurette with writer/director Brian Paulin & actor/producer Rich George
  • “Morbid Locations” – new 2025 location tour with Brian Paulin & Rich George
  • Director Brian Paulin in conversation with Steve “Uncle Creepy” Barton (Terrifier 2) at the Chiller Theatre Expo in 2005
  • “Behind the Scenes of Bone Sickness” – archival making-of featurette (31 min)
  • Outtakes
  • “Scenes That Hurt” – archival stunt reel
  • “Having Fun on the Set” – archival blooper reel
  • Domestic and foreign trailers
  • Morbid Vision Films trailer vault
  • Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Eerie Crypts
  • English SDH subtitles

Good Madam

⍟ SHUDDER ⍟

| VS-495 BOX |

2021 | 92 min | 2.39:1 | Xhosa, English DTS-HD MA 5.1, Dolby Atmos
Directed by Jenna Cato Bass
Starring: Chumisa Cosa, Nosipho Mtebe, Kamvalethu Jonas Raziya, Sanda Shandu, Khanyiso Kenqa

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 Adam Maida) 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.

Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister spectre begins to stir.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Commentary with director, cinematographer, co-writer and co-producer Jenna Cato Bass, with co-writer and co-producer Babalwa Baartman, and actress and co-writer Chumisa Cosa
  • Video Interview with Jenna Cato Bass
  • Video Interview with Chumisa Cosa
  • Video Interview with Babalwa Baartman
  • Video Interview with co-writer and actress Nosipho Mtebe
  • Video Interview with musicians Kanyi Mavi and Nasfa Ncanywa
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Booklet with new writing by film critic Jourdain Searles
  • English SDH subtitles

Heavier Trip

⍟ Music Box Selects ⍟

| MBS-010 SLIP |

2024 | 96 min | 2.39:1 | Finnish, English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren
Starring: Johannes Holopainen, Max Ovaska, Chike Ohanwe, Samuli Jaskio, Anatole Taubman

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 Wes Benscoter) 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.

Death metal band Impaled Rektum escapes prison to perform at Wacken, Germany’s iconic music festival. Their wild and perilous adventure into the metal music scene challenges the band’s integrity in the sequel to cult classic HEAVY TRIP.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Behind the Scenes of Heavier Trip
  • Interview with BABYMETAL
  • Heavier Trip at Fantastic Fest
  • Image Gallery
  • Theatrical Trailer and Teaser
  • English SDH subtitles

The Human Pyramid + The Punishment

⍟ Icarus Films ⍟

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1961-1962 | 157 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | French DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual Mono
Directed by Jean Rouch
Starring: Nadine Ballot

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.

A leading figure of the cinéma vérité movement and inspiration for the French New Wave, Jean Rouch’s documentaries of the 1960s revolutionized ethnographic filmmaking. In The Human Pyramid, a work of “groundbreaking metafiction” (The New Yorker), Rouch meets with a group of white colonial French students and their Black African classmates (all non-actors) in a lycée on the Ivory Coast. Inspired by the arrival of a new white classmate (Nadine Ballot), Rouch encourages the students to enact an improvised drama about the realities of interracial relationships, transforming their attitudes towards each other in the process. Included as a bonus film, Rouch’s The Punishment sees Nadine Ballot return as an aimless young student wandering the streets of Paris in a vérité portrait of youth culture in transition.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Additional Film – The Punishment
  • Booklet with an essay about Rouch
  • English subtitles

Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young And Pavement

⍟ Factory 25 ⍟

| FTF-155 SLIP |

2023 | 90 min | 1.78:1 | English Dolby Digital 2.0
Directed by Jed I. Rosenberg
Starring: Gary Young, Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg, Bob Nastanovich, Mark Ibold, Chris Lombardi
Music by: Pavement, Hospital, Gary Young, CRILL, The Authorities, Fall of Christianity, DUSTdevils, Superchunk, Railroad Jerk, Teenage Fanclub

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.

An up-close cinematic walkabout through the life of Gary Young, the original (and highly unlikely) drummer of indie rock royalty Pavement. His booze and drugs-fueled antics (on-stage handstands, gifting vegetables to fans) and haphazard production methods (accidentally helping launch the lo-fi aesthetic) were both a driving force of the band’s early rise and the cause of his eventual crash landing. Leaving a wake of joy and/or destruction at every turn, Gary teeters the thin line between free-form self-expression and chaotic self-destruction. Thirty years on with scoliosis, blood clots, and a shriveled liver, Gary continued drumming with no regrets.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Pavement Marionettes’ behind the scenes
  • 32 Page Booklet
  • English subtitles

Love Crime

⍟ IFC Films ⍟

| IFC-009 SLIP |

2010 | 106 min | 1.85:1 | English, French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Alain Corneau
Starring: Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille, Guillaume Marquet, Gérald Laroche

Established in 2000 and based in New York City, IFC Films is a leading U.S. distributor of independent film. Its unique distribution model makes independent films available to a national audience by releasing them in theaters as well as on VOD. Partnered with OCN Distribution, IFC will release new titles on home video and revisit past favorites in brand new editions, with many making their HD physical media debuts.

This special limited edition spot gloss, embossed, and silver foil slipcover (designed by Sam Smith) 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 final film from director Alain Corneau (SERIE NOIRE, TOUS LES MATINS DU MONDE), LOVE CRIME pits the fiery talents of Ludivine Sagnier (A GIRL CUT IN TWO) and Oscar-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas (THE ENGLISH PATIENT) against each other in a deliciously twisted tale of office politics that turn, literally, cut-throat.

When Christine, a powerful executive (Scott Thomas), brings on a naive young ingénue, Isabelle (Sagnier), as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naïveté and teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. But when the protege’s ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle’s ambition and cunning– and the ground is set for all out war. In this devilish, propulsive thriller, Corneau sets up a the scenery expertly and his actors devour it.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • New commentary by film critic Travis Woods
  • New video essay by film historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
  • Booklet with new writing by film critic Katie Rife
  • English subtitles

The Marquise of O…

⍟ Film Movement Classics ⍟

| FMC_017b SLIP |

1976 | 103 min | 1.33:1 | German DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Starring: Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel, Peter Luhr

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 Elizabeth Yoo) 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.

Already an established filmmaker by the 1976 release of THE MARQUISE OF O, an adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist’s classic short story, the film stands as Eric Rohmer’s “dazzling testament to the civilizing effects of several different arts, witty, joyous and so beautiful to look at” (The New York Times). Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival that year, Rohmer’s film is set in 1799 during the Russian invasion of Italy. A young widow, The Marquise (Edith Clever) lives with her parents; her father is the commander of a citadel embroiled in battle. With the fort overrun by Russians, the Marquise is abducted by a group of rowdy soldiers and nearly taken advantage of when the Russian commander Count F (Bruno Ganz) appears as if from nowhere to rescue her. Later, the Marquise realizes she is pregnant, though she cannot decipher how the circumstance came to be. The Marquise’s scandalized parents banish her to their country estate, where she pens a letter to the newspaper announcing that she will marry the father, whomever he may be, should he only present himself. Rohmer masterfully adapts von Kleist’s multi-layered story, creating “the aura of a neoclassical dream, a fading vision of the virtue of gentility” (The Chicago Reader).

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Essays by film critics David Thomson and Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
  • Archival interview with star Bruno Ganz
  • Archival interview with director Eric Rohmer
  • English subtitles

Physician, Heal Thyself

⍟ MEMORY ⍟

| MEM-005 SLIP |

2023 | 78 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Asher Penn
Starring: Dr. Gabor Maté

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 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF offers a searingly intimate portrait of the celebrated expert on addiction, stress, and trauma, Gabor Maté. The documentary follows Gabor’s life’s journey, from his start as a young contrarian to a contemporary icon still struggling to manage his painful past and complicated behaviors.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Bonus Scenes
  • English SDH subtitles

Playground

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

| FM-013 SLIP |

2021 | 72 min | 1.85:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Laura Wandel
Starring: Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Karim Leklou, Laura Verlinden

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 Beth Morris) 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.

In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child’s-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers as Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them. Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Bonus Short Film: Les corps étrangers (Foreign Bodies) Directed by Laura Wandel
  • Essay by film critic Rafa Sales Ross
  • English subtitles

Project Omicron

⍟ VHSHitfest ⍟

| VHSHitfest-015 SLIP |

1999 | 61 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS HD-MA 2.0
Directed by Jared Whitman
Starring: William Maier, Carl Millard King

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.

Join Will Walker as he test pilots a captured enemy ship that shadows an unearthly childhood. On the mission he must work with a team of engineers and scientists who are members of an ancient secret society. By methodical use of silverware and ladders they have figured out how to make the movie (which is Will’s life) auto-rewind to the beginning over and over again.

Jared Whitman started Project Omicron when he was 15 years old and spent 7 years working on it. The result is one of the most unique and mind-bending sci-fi films you can imagine while also being a perfect love letter to the 50s science fiction films Whitman grew up watching. VHSHITFEST is so happy to shine a light on this extremely obscure gem with hours of extras!

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Newly transferred from the original master
  • Introduction by director Jared Whitman
  • Audio commentary with Jared Whitman
  • Audio commentary with actors William Maier and Sir Millard Mulch
  • Interview with Jared Whitman
  • Interviews with cast and crew
  • Behind the scenes footage
  • Photo gallery
  • Bloopers
  • Script
  • Ten short films
  • English SDH subtitles

Rats!

⍟ Yellow Veil Pictures ⍟

| YVP-035 SLIP |

2024 | 85 min | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Carl Fry and Maxwell Nalevansky
Starring: Danielle Evon Ploeger, Luke Wilcox, Darius Autry, Khali Sykes, Ariel Ash, Jacob Wysocki, John Ennis

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 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.

Texas, 2007: Emo-kid Raphael is in jail following an arrest for graffiti. He’s a good guy. It’s just graffiti. So you can’t blame him for the events after his arrest. He’s not responsible for the sting operation, the severed hands, the FBI, Larry the pig, the plutonium deal gone wrong, or anyone who may die due to that deal turning sour. None of it is Raphael’s fault, but it is his problem.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Director’s Cummentary Part 1: Milfs, Dilfs, & Kilfs
  • Director’s Cummentary Part 2: Cummunity Pay Back
  • Director’s Cummentary Part 3: He’s Missing His… Höns?!
  • I LOVE SELLING CRACK: TYBG (two broke boys can’t afford fee$)
  • Pre-Cum: Behind the fiends Pre-Pro-quo
  • Larry Bathes Himself on the Set of Rats (a glorious hog in his prime)
  • Short Film: WITH PLEASURE (ruh roh shadow-banned!)
  • Post-Nut Clarity: Deleted Scenes, Blumpkins, & More
  • New Painted Poster by Kerry Lessard
  • Essay by Justine Smith
  • English SDH subtitles

Severance

⍟ Magnolia Pictures ⍟

| MAG-003 SLIP |

2006 | 96 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Christopher Smith
Starring: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley

A leading independent film studio for 20 years, Magnolia Pictures is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of the Wagner/Cuban Companies, boasting a library of over 500 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 and embossed slipcover (designed by Chris Barnes) 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.

Working nine to five is a real killer, but team-building holidays can sometimes be even worse.

A coach lurches out of the hustle and bustle of Budapest and heads towards the mountainous border. Aboard are seven employees of the international weapons manufacturer Palisade Defence, global suppliers of innovative weaponry for the past 75 war-torn years. The lucky group are being treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge by their president, George Cinders.

But things quickly go awry as the colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when their corporate weekend is sabotaged by a deadly enemy. Forget office politics, only the smartest will survive this bloody office outing.

  • Region A Blu-ray New commentary with director and co-writer Christopher Smith and co-writer James Moran, moderated by film critic Kim Newman Booklet with new writing by film critic Molly Henery Archival Extras:
  • Audio commentary with Christopher Smith, Danny Dyer, Tim McInnerny, John Frankish, Andy Nyman, Babou Ceesay and James Moran
  • Intro Scene Animatic
  • The Making of Severance featurette
  • The Genesis of Severance featurette
  • Behind the Scenes footage
  • Being Danny Dyer featurette
  • Danny Dyer Fight Scene Rehearsal
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Palisade Corporate Video
  • Outtakes
  • Not So Special FX
  • Crashing a Coach featurette
  • Additional Crash Footage
  • Alternate Ending Storyboard
  • One Hour of Uncut EPK Material, Including Extended Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • Animal Trainer Interview
  • “Frankish” On Set Interviews with Crew
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Multiple TV Spots

English SDH subtitles

The Sword and the Claw

⍟ American Genre Film Archive ⍟

| AGFA-005b SLIP |

1975 | 88 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Natuk Baytan
Starring: Cüneyt Arkin

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 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.

They took his money, family, and hands—but they can’t take his revenge. Exploding from the same hallucinogenic netherworld as TURKISH STAR WARS, THE SWORD AND THE CLAW is a Turkish action-fantasy spectacle that stars genre legend Cüneyt Arkin in his most iconic role. Distributed in North America by exploitation maestro William Mishkin, this movie contains more lo-fi bloodshed, pop-art visuals, and bizarro dubbing than the boundaries of reality can handle.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Preserved from the only known 35mm theatrical print in existence
  • Action trailer reel from the AGFA vaults
  • Bonus movie: THE BRAWL BUSTERS (1978, 83 mins), a Korean martial arts extravaganza that screened with THE SWORD AND THE CLAW during its original U.S. theatrical run
  • English SDH subtitles

UnderDeveloped

⍟ ETR Media ⍟

| ETRM034 SLIP |

2022 | 147 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Brian A. Metcalf
Starring: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Brian A. Metcalf, Kelly Arjen, Tom Arnold, Mark Pellegrino, David Henrie, David Koechner, Samm Levine, Shelley Regner, Lulu Jovovich

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 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Mockumentary about a group of failed and inexperienced producers forced to work together at a failing production company. The cast features legendary actors such as Thomas Ian Nicholas (Rookie Of The Year, American Pie), Tom Arnold (True Lies, The Stupids), David Koechner (Anchorman, The Office, Krampus), Samm Levine (Freaks And Geeks, Inglorious Basterds) among others.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Extended and Never Seen Interviews
  • Trailer
  • Audio Commentary from the Director & select members of the cast
  • English SDH subtitles

What We Left Unfinished

⍟ Dekanalog ⍟

| DKA026 SLIP |

2019 | 71 min | 1.85:1 | Dari, English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Mariam Ghani
Starring: Latif Ahmadi, Jawanshir Haidari, Asadollah Aram

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.

In a time when film was more than just entertainment—it was a weapon—WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED unearths the incredible true stories behind five unfinished feature films from Afghanistan’s Communist era (1978-1991). Filmmakers who dared to defy the odds, creating stories that both reflected and resisted the shifting political tides, were thrust into a battle where their craft became a matter of life and death.

Through stunningly restored, newly rediscovered footage from these long-lost films, WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED takes you on an unforgettable journey into a world where the line between history and fiction often blurred beyond recognition. Witness the filmmakers’ struggles against scarce resources, relentless threats, and political oppression as they sought to tell stories they believed could change the fate of their country.

WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED is not just a chronicle of lost films—it’s a window into the soul of a nation torn apart by war, ideology, and shifting allegiances. You’ll come to understand the cost Afghan filmmakers paid under Communism, the rewards they reaped despite the dangers, and why they still believe that cinema holds the power to heal the wounds that continue to divide Afghanistan today.

This is a story of resilience, of hope, and of the unbreakable belief in the power of film to shape reality.

Join us in uncovering a hidden chapter of history. A story that’s unfinished—but still calling for completion.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Introduction from filmmaker Mariam Ghani
  • Extended interview with filmmaker Latif Ahmadi
  • Q&A with filmmaker Mariam Ghani and Shahrzad Mojab, Director or Women and Gender Studies at the Institute at the University of Toronto
  • Discussion with composer Qasim Naqvi and Mariam Ghani
  • Follow The Leader (2019) – Short Film
  • Trailer for Dark Days (1974)
  • Trailer for Epic of Love (1986)
  • Trailer for What We Left Unfinished
  • English subtitles

When You Get To The Forest

⍟ Cartuna ⍟

| TDC-005 SLIP |

2022 | 72 min | 2.00:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Eric Power
Starring: Alicia Power, Marcella Campos

Cartuna is a cartoon company and indie film distributor focused on animation, puppetry, DIY art, and alt-comedy. Please enjoy our personal collection of films, our artists will thank you for it!

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.

Overwhelmed, Dana takes to the road. Seeking solace she visits a hiking trail from her youth. A few wrong turns and a nasty fall later, she awakens alone in a strange forest, save for one new companion — a talking cat.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • A Year In The Forest (Making of Documentary)
  • Production Diaries
  • Director and Writer’s Commentary
  • Trailer
  • English SDH subtitles

Baby Rosemary + Hot Lunch

⍟ Peekarama ⍟

| PEEK-029 SLIP |

1976, 1978 | 156 min (combined) | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by John Hayes
Starring: Desiree Costeau, Juliet Anderson, Sharon Kane, Leslie Bovee, Candida Royalle, 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.

John Hayes was a maverick amongst sexploitation filmmakers whose uniquely literate and often thought-provoking films left their mark on every corner of American genre cinema. Collaborating with producer Chris Warfield, Hayes’ first two hardcore features speak to his interest in death, working class dynamics, and general despair. These films are presented here from Peekarama, restored from their original camera negatives. Rosemary has spent her entire adult life estranged from her father, who placed her into an orphanage as a girl. Sexually repressed while idealizing the virtues of having a family, she rejects the advances of John, a young policeman who has fallen madly in love with her. After learning of her father’s death, Rosemary begins preparations for his wake, but as each day passes, increasingly strange events occur, causing Rosemary to question whether her father’s spirit is truly gone. A dark study of childhood trauma and grief which gives way to a fully waking dream-like state in its final act, BABY ROSEMARY offers a tremendous leading performance from Sharon Thorpe (SexWorld) along with Leslie Bovee (Lustful Feelings), Candida Royalle (Champagne For Breakfast), and John Leslie (Cry For Cindy). Andrew is nervous about his new job as a night shift cook at a tawdry diner and, after a disastrous first shift, comes home to discover his girlfriend is having an affair. After getting kicked out of his apartment, he gets a new job as a salesman, but realizes, much to his amazement, that he is irresistible to nearly every woman he meets. Using his sex appeal to further his career, everything seems to be going well until he meets hard-nosed lawyer Luana… A lighthearted romantic comedy, HOT LUNCH stars Jon Martin (Tropic of Desire), Desiree Cousteau (Pretty Peaches), and Christine De Shaffer (Pizza Girls).

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Original Theatrical Trailer ‘Hot’ Version for Baby Rosemary
  • Original Theatrical Trailer ‘Hot’ Version for Hot Lunch
  • Original Theatrical Trailer ‘Cool’ Version for Hot Lunch
  • Alternate “Soft” Scenes for Hot Lunch
  • English SDH subtitles

José Bénazéraf: The Forbidden Films

⍟ Pulse Video ⍟

| PV-011 SLIP |

1973-1976 | 465 min (combined) | 1.66:1 | French Mono with English subtitles
Directed by José Bénazéraf
Starring: Claudine Beccarie, Alphonse Beni, Béatrice Harnois, Joëlle Coeur

Pulse Video is a France based, genre film focused boutique label which specializes in creating ultimate home video releases of cult and X rated films. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is excited to help bring their extra features loaded editions across the Atlantic!

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Stephan Zee) 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. 

A unique figure in the history of French cult film, José Bénazéraf came from the nouvelle vague but focused his interests in eroticism rather than politics, while still creating work which was as socially relevant as it was sexually provocative.

A pioneer in fighting censorship of nudity and sexuality in French cinema, Bénazéraf was also amongst the first directors to make movies with hard-X scenes, both helping to invent and subvert the expectations of the genre. Now, for the first time, you can experience six rare and even lost films from Bénazéraf’s most controversial period, all newly scanned from the original negatives:

In BLACK LOVE (1973), the first film by Bénazéraf to include hard scenes, a young black American escapes to Paris to help assist in a Black Liberation uprising, but quality realizes that there is a traitor in his organization. In LA VEUVE (1974), infidelity in a country chateau leads to deadly consequences. In LES DEUX GOUINES (1975) a scheming bride-to-be experiences abuse and revenge against her wealthy and famous fiancé. In LA PLANQUE (1975) and LA PLANQUE 2 (1976) Bénazéraf explores hard eroticism in two different crime stories, one a violent thriller and the other a light comedy. Finally, in his award winning experiment, J.B. 1 (1976), Bénazéraf dispenses with all pretense of story, creating a part fiction/part documentary study about the making of a porn film, as the viewer witnesses the work of the production crew while seeing the orgies they are photographing through the eye of the camera.

  • Region Free 3-Disc Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned & restored in 2K and 4K from their original 35mm camera negatives
  • Sequence Bis for Les Duex Gouines
  • Newly translated English subtitles

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