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Vinegar Syndrome: August 2025

Christopher Haskell
45–68 minutes

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-508 CASE |

Troma | 1990 | 105 min | 1.85:1 | English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
Directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: Rick Gianasi, Susan Byun, Bill Weeden, Joe Fleishaker, Thomas Crnkovich, Larry Robinson

This special limited edition 3-disc 4K UHD/2 x Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Luke Insect and Johnny Ryan), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 7,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

When rookie New York City policeman Harry Griswold ends up in the middle of a shootout while attending an evening of kabuki theater, his attempt to save the life of a critically injured performer yields unintended consequences. The dying man bestows his supernatural powers onto Harry, thus rendering him “The Chosen One.” Suddenly finding himself sprouting paper umbrellas and covered in face paint, the formerly clumsy cop is transformed into a crime-fighting superstar, with the help and training of Lotus, daughter of the deceased actor. But Harry’s new gifts also come with a fresh calling as he learns that he alone has the power to defeat the ancient “Evil One” and foil his diabolical plans for bloodthirsty world domination.

From Lloyd Kaufman & Michael Herz, creators of The Toxic Avenger, comes a different kind of superhero: SGT. KABUKIMAN N.Y.P.D! Mixing high-stakes action, spectacular car stunts, monstrous mutants, and Troma’s signature style of madcap gore and hilarious hijinx, this outrageous late-night TV and video store classic features a who’s who of cult stars, including Joe Fleishaker (Troma’s War), Bill Weeden (Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV), and Rick Gianasi (Robot Holocaust) as Harry Griswold. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present this colorful live-action comic book on 4K UHD, newly restored from its 35mm camera negative and presented in its totally uncensored director’s cut as well as its more commonly seen alternate PG-13 version, and featuring an abundance of both new and archival interviews and BTS material.

  • 3-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray x2
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
  • Presented in both its uncensored R-rated director’s cut (UHD and Blu-ray) and its PG-13 cut (Blu-ray only)
  • Archival commentary track with co-writer / co-director Lloyd Kaufman
  • Brand new commentary track with James Branscome and Nick Vance of the Cinematic Void Podcast
  • “A History Lesson on Kabukiman” (26 min) – a brand new featurette with Lloyd Kaufman and film programmer Jesse Berberich
  • “Troma Olivier” (18 min) – a brand new interview with actor Bill Weeden
  • “A Bond Girl, Troma Style” (17 min) – a brand new interview with actress Shaler McClure Wright
  • “From Redneck Zombies to Tromaville” (8 min) – a brand new interview with special effects coordinator Pericles Lewnes
  • Archival Troma disc introduction with Lloyd Kaufman (6 min)
  • Archival interview with lead actor Rick Gianasi (7 min)
  • Archival select scene commentary with lead actor Rick Gianasi (10 min)
  • Archival interview with Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz from The Dick Cavett Show in 1989 (24 min)
  • Archival in-production sales reel from 1989 (9 min)
  • Laserdisc intro (5 min)
  • Troma Team video intros (6 min)
  • VHS sales pitch promo (2 min)
  • Multiple original trailers (10 min)
  • 40-page perfect-bound book featuring essays by Chris Shields, Austin Trunick, and Jesse Berberich
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

The Films of Larry Fessenden: Volume 1 – Habit & No Telling

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-509 CASE |

IFC | 1991, 1996 | 205 min (combined) | 1.33:1 & 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Directed by Larry Fessenden
Starring: Larry Fessenden, Meredith Snaider, Aaron Beall, Patricia Coleman, Heather Woodbury, Jesse Hartman, Miriam Healy-Louie, Stephen Ramsey, David Van Tieghem, Richard Topol

This special limited edition 4-disc, 2 x 4K UHD/2 x Blu-ray, set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + dual slipcover combo (designed by Chris Barnes), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 6,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

For forty years, Glass Eye Pix and its founder, Larry Fessenden, have been leaving their bloody mark on independent genre filmmaking in America. To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Glass Eye Pix, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present brand new 4K restorations of Larry Fessenden’s shot-on-film features, starting at the beginning with NO TELLING (1991) and HABIT (1995).

NO TELLING
Lillian and Geoffrey (stage actors Miriam Healy-Louie and Stephen Ramsey) are a seemingly happy couple who relocate to the country so that Geoffrey can focus better on his work, which Lillian knows little about. As she begins to investigate what Geoffrey spends his days doing in their shed, she discovers a trail of medical experiments that she can’t explain. Eventually, their relationship begins to unravel, with both parties consumed by madness.

Larry Fessenden’s first feature-length film to be shot on film, NO TELLING, reimagines Mary Shelley’s immortal Frankenstein tale as an upstate chamber drama that gives way to something much more sinister. A prescient parable about man’s relationship with nature and the darkness inherent in us all, making it a potent precursor for the films that would follow in Fessenden’s career. Shot on location in upstate New York, entirely on Super 16mm film, NO TELLING is an essential entry in the canon of American independent horror cinema of the 1990s, now lovingly restored in 4K by Vinegar Syndrome in a director-approved presentation from its uncut original film elements.

HABIT
Recently single New Yorker Sam (Larry Fessenden) is mourning the loss of his father and navigating a lack of ambition while drowning his sorrows in alcohol. At a Halloween party, he meets Anna (Meredith Snaider), a beautiful and mysterious woman who, it turns out, is also a vampire. The two embark on a sexually fueled relationship that constantly feels on the precipice of boiling over into violence.

Written, directed, edited, and sound edited by Fessenden, who also took on the leading role, HABIT is a singular character study set in New York City in the mid-90s. Trading in canonical vampire lore while imbuing it with something much more frenetic and indicative of the film scene of New York in the 80s and 90s, Fessenden’s film is an exercise in style, shot entirely on 16mm by cinematographer Frankie DeMarco (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), who was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his work on the film alongside Fessenden for Best Director. Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents Larry Fessenden’s brooding tale of urban dread, newly scanned and restored 4K from its 16mm original negatives in a director-approved presentation.

The slipcase and dual slipcover set includes:

  • 40-page perfect-bound book featuring essays by Mallory Andrews, Justine Smith, and Isaac Feldberg

NO TELLING info & extras:

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 16mm original negatives and a 35mm blowup interpositive
  • Brand new commentary track with co-writer / director Larry Fessenden, moderated by Justin Laliberty
  • Brand new commentary track with film writer Scout Tafoya
  • Archival commentary track with co-writer / director Larry Fessenden
  • “The Making of No Telling” (24 min) – an archival making-of featurette
  • Behind-the-scenes footage with an introduction by Larry Fessenden (27 min)
  • “White Trash” (9 min) – a short film from 1979, directed by Larry Fessenden
  • “The Early Work of Glass Eye Pix” – a sizzle reel with an introduction by Larry Fessenden (8 min)
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

HABIT info & extras:

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (High Bitrate UHD100) / Region A Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 16mm original camera negative
  • Brand new commentary track with writer / director Larry Fessenden, moderated by Justin Laliberty
  • Brand new group commentary track with writer / director Larry Fessenden, cinematographer Frank G. DeMarco, and producer / assistant director / sound recordist Dayton Taylor
  • Brand new commentary track with film historian Shelagh Rowan-Legg and culture writer Leila Taylor
  • Archival commentary track with writer / director Larry Fessenden
  • “Looking Back on Habit” (15 min) – an archival featurette from 2016
  • “Gothic Corners: Habit’s New York City” (4 min) – an archival featurette from 2015
  • “The Making of Habit” (24 min) – an archival making-of featurette
  • Brand new audio interview with lead actress Meredith Snaider (54 min)
  • Brand new audio interview with actress Heather Woodbury (25 min)
  • “Habit” (18 min) – a short film from 1982, directed by Larry Fessenden
  • Behind-the-scenes of the short film Habit (6 min)
  • Original video trailer
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Playroom

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-510 SLIP |

Smart Egg Pictures | 1990 | 88 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Directed by Manny Coto
Starring: Christopher McDonald, Lisa Aliff, Aron Eisenberg, Vincent Schiavelli, Kimberly Beck, James Purcell, Jamie Rose

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Luke Insect) 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.

When he was a young boy, Chris’s entire family was slaughtered during one of his father’s archaeology digs at a remote monastery, nestled deep in the mountains of Yugoslavia. His father’s assistant was arrested for the murders and consigned to a psychiatric hospital. Still plagued by nightmares about the incident as a man, Chris resolves to tackle his demons headfirst by returning to the monastery, where he hopes to complete his father’s quest of unearthing the tomb of Ilok – a torture-obsessed child prince who, legend has it, made a pact with an ancient Slavic demon for eternal life. But no sooner has the excavation gotten underway than Chris starts behaving erratically, becoming obsessed with locating the tomb and teetering ever closer to the brink of bloody madness… 

From Smart Egg Pictures, one of the key financiers behind the original A Nightmare On Elm Street (not to mention the production company responsible for 1985’s hair metal horror Blood Tracks), 1989’s PLAYROOM – released in some territories as Schizo – marks the directorial debut of Manny Coto (Dr. Giggles). Featuring a gloriously demented lead performance from Christopher McDonald (The Black Room, Happy Gilmore), alongside noted character actor Vincent Schiavelli (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), and culminating in some unexpected and hugely entertaining creature effects, Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to dust off PLAYROOM for its world disc debut, in a brand new 4K restoration from 35mm negative elements and accompanied by a host of newly-produced bonus features.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm internegative
  • A Whole Different World (20 min) – an interview with actress Jamie Rose
  • The Cutting Room (20 min) – an interview with editor Bernard Weiser
  • Playing in the Music Room (20 min) – an interview with composer David Russo
  • Child’s Play (30 min) – an interview with creature effects sculptor, puppeteer and USA art director Greg Aronowitz
  • Original trailer
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Robo Warriors

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ARCHIVE ⍟

| VSA-056 |

Paramount | 1996 | 93 min | 1.85:1 | English Stereo
Directed by Ian Barry
Starring: James Remar, Kyle Howard, James Tolkan, James Lew, Dennis Creaghan

ROBO WARRIORS is part of our Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection, celebrating 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. Unique to this line, each hand numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

These releases will ONLY be available on our website and at participating indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. This spot gloss slipcase edition (designed by JJ Harrison) is strictly limited to 5,000 units and may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.

It is the year 2036, and Earth is under harsh occupation by a reptilian alien race called the Teridaxx. Years before, all interplanetary warfare was reduced to a faceoff between two thirty-story-tall gladiator robots, each piloted by a single fighter. One of those fighters, a Robo Warrior from Earth, once upon a time, fought back against these invaders. But these are just dusty old stories, told by Charlie to his twelve-year-old grandson Zach, as the Teridaxx have eliminated all but one final Robo Warrior, Ray Gibson, who has been in hiding for years. Zach sets out on a perilous mission to find Gibson and the mythic Earth Bot, which is humankind’s final chance to free itself from the cruel Teridaxx and once again control its own destiny.

Based on characters originally penned by the legendary Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond) a decade earlier, ROBO WARRIORS is a standout piece of futuristic sci-fi-adventure from the 90s era of direct-to-video weirdness, which takes full advantage of the excellent special effects by Stargate Films, as well as expertly choreographed martial-arts action scenes. Shot in the Philippines by prolific television director Ian Barry (The Chain Reaction), the film features James Remar (The Warriors, TV’s Dexter), James Tolkan (Back to the Future, The Amityville Horror), and James Lew, a prolific actor and stuntman (Big Trouble in Little China, Timecop). Vinegar Syndrome Archive is excited to reboot this mechanized mission for you, newly restored in 2K from its 35mm interpositive and packed with fresh interviews with its key creators.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm interpositive
  • Commentary track with cinematographer John Stokes, moderated by film critic Walter Chaw
  • “The Footsteps of Giants” (42 min) – a brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Ian Barry, producer Loucas George, visual effects supervisor Sam Nicholson, and cinematographer John Stokes
  • Double-sided poster
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Castle of Evil

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome LABS ⍟

| VSL-019 SLIP |

Paramount | 1966 | 81 min | 1.37:1 | English Mono
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Scott Brady, Virginia Mayo, David Brian, Lisa Gaye, Hugh Marlowe, William Thourlby, Ernest Sarracino, Natividad Vacío, Shelley Morrison

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.

On a secluded private island near Nassau in the Caribbean, a curious sextet of people has been ferried in to see off Carl Kovic, an electronics genius reportedly dying. Each of the six has ample reason to loathe Kovic, and yet each one stands to inherit at least $400,000– even more if fewer heirs remain. Forced to stay in his castle during a seemingly endless storm, and guided by a mysterious housekeeper, the group decides to figure out Kovic’s scheme after one of them is violently killed in his room. But is an indigenous island tribe using the supernatural against the group? Is Kovic himself alive or dead, and has he potentially invented something even more evil?

A delightful blend of Agatha Christie-style nailbiter, mad professor thrills, and plentiful other mid-1960s B-movie tropes, CASTLE OF EVIL is an entrancing early color instance of genre film. Directed by Francis D. Lyon (Cult of the Cobra, The Girl Who Knew Too Much), it features the prolific actor Scott Brady (Gremlins, Satan’s Sadists, and brother of actor Lawrence Tierney), a wonderfully sharp-tongued Virginia Mayo (White Heat, Evil Spirits) and Shelley Morrison (Devil Times Five, TV’s Will & Grace). Vinegar Syndrome Labs is charmed to bring back to life this eerie whodunit, which played extensively on regional US television, breathtakingly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative!

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
  • Commentary track with film historians Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
  • Commentary track with Bill Bria and Ashley Coffin from ‘Bill & Ashley’s Terror Theater’ podcast
  • “Preserving the Legacy of Francis D. Lyon” (10 min) – an interview with professor Paul V.M. Flesher at the American Heritage Center
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Mixed Blood

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

| CIN-023 CASE |

1984 | 98 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Paul Morrissey
Starring: Marília Pêra, Richard Ulacia, Rodney Harvey, Linda Kerridge, Pelati Pons, Geraldine Smith, Angel David, Alvaro Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Susan Blond

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 Luke Insect) 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.

Rita la Punta (Marília Pêra, Central Station), a Brazilian single mother living in New York’s Alphabet City, resides with her drug-dealing son Thiago (Richard Ulacia) and his gang of teenage delinquents. In an attempt to control the drug trade below 14th Street, Rita goes against the leader of a rival neighborhood gang, Juan the Bullet (Angel David, The Crow), spurring a turf war. When Carol (Linda Kerridge, Fade to Black), a friend of a drug lord known as The German (Ulrich Berr, Beethoven’s Nephew), expresses an interest in Thiago, things become even more complicated. 

Written and directed by NYC art scene, and exploitation cinema luminary Paul Morrissey, MIXED BLOOD is a characteristically grimy descent into urban malaise that is often punctuated by moments of gallows humor. Featuring an eclectic ensemble cast that includes the screen debut of John Leguizamo (Summer of Sam) and Warhol superstar Geraldine Smith (Flesh, Bad), MIXED BLOOD is an essential, but often overlooked, entry into the canon of independent films made on the streets of New York in the 1980s. Cinématographe is proud to present the world blu-ray and UHD debut of Paul Morrissey’s renegade crime comedy from a new 4K restoration of its original camera negative.

  • 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
  • New audio commentary with film historians Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell
  • Tremendous Drama – a new video interview with casting director Leonard Finger
  • Nothing As Wild – a new video interview with editor Scott Vickrey
  • The Real Places – a new video interview with producer Steven Fierberg
  • The Brazilian on Avenue B – a new video essay by film historian Chris O’Neill
  • Archival video interview with director Paul Morrissey from The Joan Quinn Profiles, recorded in 1994
  • Stills gallery of archival materials from The Paul Morrissey Film Trust
  • New text essays by culture writer Madelyn Sutton, film historian Erica Schultz and American experimental film expert Paul Attard alongside archival images from the Paul Morrissey Film Trust
  • English SDH subtitles

The Woman Chaser

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

| CIN-022 CASE |

1999 | 90 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Robinson Devor
Starring: Patrick Warburton, Eugene Roche, Ron Morgan, Emily Newman, Paul Malevich, Lynette Bennett

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 Jacob Phillips) 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.

Richard Hudson (Patrick Warburton, Seinfeld), a shady used car salesman and aspiring filmmaker living in 1950s Los Angeles, writes the script for his first film: a tawdry drama about a truck driver who kills a young girl, titled The Man Who Got Away. Hudson’s path to becoming Tinseltown’s newest auteur is fraught with challenges; his film is deemed uncommercial, his sexual trysts keep piling up and his relationships with various family members manage to get worse by the day. Hudson will stop at nothing to see his vision through, even if it means destroying everything and everyone in his path, including Hollywood itself.

The feature directing debut of Robinson Devor (Zoo) and based on noted crime novelist Charles Willeford’s (Cockfighter) novel of the same name, THE WOMAN CHASER is a dark show business comedy in the vein of Robert Altman’s The Player and The Coen Brothers’ Barton Fink that isn’t afraid to showcase the more insidious aspects of the industry. Anchored by a wry, very funny, lead performance from stand-up comic and TV star Patrick Warburton along with striking 35mm photography (shot in color, but lit and graded for black and white) by six time Emmy nominee Kramer Morgenthau (Game of Thrones, Creed II & III), THE WOMAN CHASER is an often overlooked entry in the tail end of the American indie boom. Never before released on disc, and not seen uncut since its New York Film Festival premiere in 1999, Cinématographe is proud to present the world blu-ray debut of Robinson Devor’s uncompromising, hilarious, ode to 50s film noir completely uncensored, restored in 2K, and accompanied with hours of extras including the rarely seen color version of the film, The Art of Insanity.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • The Art of Insanity – a full length alternate version of the film, presented in color
  • New audio commentary with writer/director Robinson Devor, moderated by Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty
  • New audio commentary with film noir historians Alain Silver and Christopher Coppola
  • Deadly Serious – a new video interview with actor Patrick Warburton
  • Biggest Little Movie – a new video interview with producer Joe McSpadden
  • Theatrical trailer
  • New text essays by film critic Glenn Kenny, writer and podcaster Chris Cabin and crime author Jesse Sublett
  • English SDH subtitles

Confessions of a Psycho Cat + The Fat Black Pussycat

⍟ Distribpix ⍟

| DPIX-008 CASE |

1965-1968 | 73-63 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Michael and Roberta Findlay, Ron Sullivan
Starring: Yoko Ono, Val Avery, Glen Nielson, Roberta Findlay, Mary St. Feint, Sean Laney, Jon Woods, Alou Mitsou, Claire Adams

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.

As distribution models shifted and a mere tease of bare flesh wasn’t nearly enough to satisfy the grindhouse, filmmakers and distributors realized that their now seemingly chaste older product wasn’t going to fill seats. One method of solving this problem was to take an under-performing feature and rework it with new scenes and a trashier campaign. Two of the most fascinating examples of this are CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCHO CAT and THE FAT BLACK PUSSYCAT, both of which are at last hitting Blu-ray from Distribpix + Something Weird, newly restored from their original negatives.

A mysterious woman gathers a trio of misfits and offers them the chance to compete in a strange survival competition for a prize of $100,000. But there’s a deadly catch as she’s set up a series of fatal traps, each reflecting the vices of her participants. Will anyone survive the fiendish clutches of this psycho cat? A gritty, NYC-set adaptation of “The Most Dangerous Game,” CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCHO CAT began life as a straight murder thriller before being transformed into a terrific sleazy mix of bloody killings and drug-fueled sex, even featuring legendary boxer Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull) in one of his few acting appearances. A black-gloved killer is on the loose, stalking and slashing young hepcat couples in NYC’s Greenwich Village. With a black cat strangely found prowling near each of the corpses, a detective goes undercover in the youth scene to try and sniff out this fiendish assailant, while romancing a college professor whose own strange interests have placed her too in the killer’s sights.

Originally a more traditional whodunit set in the then-trendsetting early 60s Village beat scene, THE FAT BLACK PUSSYCAT proved a box office flop and was re-tooled into a delectably crass proto-slasher/giallo, complete with nudity and several splashy new slice-n-dice killings! At long last you can now finally enjoy both versions in stunning new restorations.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCHO CAT (69 min) and THE FAT BLACK PUSSYCAT (89 min) are newly restored in 4k from their 35mm original camera negatives
  • Brand new feature length audio commentary for Confessions Of A Psycho Cat with actress Arleen Lorrance moderated by film historian Bruce Holecheck
  • “Bronx Bulls and Psycho Cats”: an interview with William Lustig
  • Never before seen Confessions Of A Psycho Cat dailies & outtakes
  • Original theatrical trailers for Confessions Of A Psycho Cat
  • The Fat Black Pussycat – original version (82 min)
  • Original theatrical trailer for The Fat Black Pussycat
  • Archival image gallery
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • English SDH subtitles for each film

Bona

⍟ KANI ⍟

| KANI-030 SLIP |

1980 | 86 min | 1.37:1 | Tagalog DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Lino Brocka
Starring: Nora Aunor, Philip Salvador, Marissa Delgado, Raquel Monteza, Nanding Josef

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

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Tony Stella) 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.

Bona (Nora Aunor), a middle-class girl from the Philippines, is obsessed with Gardo (Philip Salvador), a bit actor in low-budget films. When she decides to drop out of school to follow the object of her infatuation, her furious father casts her out and Bona moves in with the actor in the Manila slums. At first delighted to play house, the young woman soon finds herself not the wife, but rather the maid — at the mercy of Gardo’s every whim and desire, yet intent on enduring his unending parade of conquests, in the hopes of finally being seen.

Produced by its iconic superstar Nora Aunor as a subversion of her own fame at the time, and brought to life through Lino Brocka’s (Cain and Abel) trademark blend of high stakes melodrama and keenly observed social realism, Bona is a masterpiece of Filipino cinema. It unfolds as a troubling character study at the intersection of fandom, sexuality and martyrdom, in a country where fanaticism, both political, pop cultural and religious, remain driving societal forces. After premiering at the 1981 Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and long thought lost thereafter, Bona makes its triumphant return in a new 4K restoration.

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
  • Dual disc set including one 4K UHD disc with the feature in HDR Dolby Vision and one 1080p Blu-ray disc with feature and extras
  • New interview with assistant director Jeric Soriano (2025)
  • New interview with actor Nanding Josef (2024)
  • Q&A with Allan Brocka at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (2024)
  • Bonus short film: Superfan (Clodualdo “Doy” Del Mundo Jr., 2009)
  • New trailer (2024)
  • English, French subtitles

Breaking the Girls

⍟ IFC FILMS ⍟

| IFC-015 SLIP |

2012 | 83 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Jamie Babbit
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Madeline Zima, Shawn Ashmore, Shanna Collins, Kate Levering

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 slipcover (designed by Jilian Adel) 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.

Breaking The Girls is the story of a university student named Sara who, when slandered by a hostile classmate, is befriended by the manipulative Alex, who proposes the perfect, untraceable crime – to kill each other’s arch enemies. When Alex actually goes through with it, Sara finds herself being framed for murder.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • New audio commentary with director Jamie Babbit
  • New video interview with director Jamie Babbit
  • Archival video interviews with producer Kirk D’Amico, actress Agnes Bruckner, actress Kate Levering, actress Madeline Zima and actor Shawn Ashmore
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Booklet with new writing by film critic Kate Hagen
  • English SDH subtitles

Drug-O-Rama Video Party

⍟ AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE ⍟

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1968-1970 | 278 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Various
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 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.

In the 1990s, Something Weird Video hypnotized a generation of movie maniacs by unearthing the most radically surreal genre films of all time—all via the magic of VHS. DRUG-O-RAMA VIDEO PARTY is a loving tribute to those cathode-tube-fueled days. Featuring four drug-and-sex-crazed features—all preserved from the original Something Weird S-VHS masters—this collection serves as a time machine to a beloved era in home video history.

HELP WANTED FEMALE (1968, 68 mins, B&W)
Dementedly campy and just plain demented, this sexploitation murder-party stars Sebastian Gregory as an LSD-fueled serial killer named Sebastian Gregory.

HEDONISTIC PLEASURES (1969, 55 mins, Color)
“This is Hollywood, baby—the world’s biggest whore!” So begins this bizarro, psychedelic “documentary” about La La Land’s sexual underground from the producers of THE HARD ROAD.

ALICE IN ACIDLAND (1969, 54 mins, B&W/Color)
One-part After School Special and all-parts unreal, this dreamy riff on Lewis Carroll’s classic follows a drug-crazed sex kitten as she plunges headfirst down the wrong rabbit hole.

THE HARD ROAD (1970, 85 mins, Color)
The ultimate collision between exploitation and classroom scare films, this knock-out by director Gary Graver features a role from Liz Renay (John Waters’s DESPERATE LIVING) and more pill popping than VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Preserved from the original 1990s Something Weird S-VHS tape masters
  • Stoned trailers and drive-in snipes
  • Promotional gallery
  • Watch the full, uninterrupted program in “all nite slumber party” mode
  • Booklet with essay by Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci
  • English SDH subtitles

The Emu War

⍟ UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT ⍟

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2023 | 72 min | 2.00:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0, 5.1
Directed by John Campbell, Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey
Starring: Aaron Gocs; Damian Callinan; Ethan Marrell; Lisa Fineberg; Luke McGregor

Umbrella Entertainment has been a 100% Australian-owned and operated distributor for over 20 years. Their vast home entertainment catalogue features an extensive range of Australian classic, cult and exploitation films restored under the eyes of the original filmmakers. All sourced from national archives, underground collectors and local basements.

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

Based on the real-life tale when Australia declared war on the native emu, THE EMU WAR is a hilarious farce for fans of Sharknado and Snakes on a Plane. A platoon of soldiers is sent deep into enemy territory in order to kill the emus Leader the Queen Emu. The platoon is led by Major Meredith who has a deep hatred of the emu’s after they kidnapped his son. When the platoon is eventually taken captive by the enemy, Meredith learns the truth about his son and the line is blurred between good, evil, human and emu. In this war no one is who they seem. Starring comedy icons Damian Callinan (Backyard Ashes, The Merger) and Luke McGregor (Rosehaven, Utopia), THE EMU WAR is an absurd take on the unbelievable true story of Australia’s war with the native emu (and how the humans were defeated).

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Audio Commentary with Writer/Directors Jay Morrissey, Lisa Fineberg and John Campbell and Writer/Creator Jonathan Schuster
  • VFX Breakdown
  • Deleted Scenes
  • The Emu War 2018 Short Film
  • Trailer
  • English SDH subtitles

Freeze Me

⍟ KANI ⍟

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2000 | 101 min | 1.85:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Takashi Ishii
Starring: Harumi Inoue, Shingo Tsurumi, Kazuki Kitamura, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Daisuke Iijima, Ito Yozaburo, Naoto Takenaka

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 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.

Five years ago, Chihiro was raped by three men. The crime was captured on video, its images hanging over her life like a sword. Having left her rural hometown for the big city, she has managed to start anew. She works an office job and is about to marry her boyfriend when one of her assailants shows up at her doorstep, threatens blackmail and warns her: they are back, it is happening again. Now waking to a recurring nightmare, Chihiro is shocked into an unexpected set of actions action that will keep her abusers close, forever.

One of the most memorable Japanese exploitation films of the 2000s, Takashi Ishii’s Freeze Me places a heavier emphasis on stasis, anger, and the haunting effects of sexual assault, than is usually customary for the rape-revenge genre. Icy, shocking and carried by Harumi Inoue’s bold performance, the film also serves as a culmination of sorts for director Ishii’s formalism (A Night in Nude, Gonin) and his time at Nikkatsu. Shot on 16mm for a small budget on the studios’ sound stages, this is an bitter and confrontational work that isn’t easy to recommend to all, but that nonetheless lingers in the mind as one of its director’s most refined ‘women in peril’ films — inviting allegorical readings that complicates its own base function as provocation and emphasize the horrors of Japanese patriarchy.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • 2K Restoration
  • Interview with cinematographer Yasushi Sasakibara (17mins, 2025)
  • Booklet with new writing by Samm Deighan
  • English subtitles

The Gullspång Miracle

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

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2023 | 110 min | 1.78:1 | Swedish DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Maria Fredriksson
Starring: Olaug Bakkevoll, Kari Klo, May-Elin Storsletten

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.

A seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier. What’s even more odd is that this doppelgänger used to go by “Lita,” the same nickname as their deceased sister.

What begins as an eerie story of destiny, faith and improbable coincidence soon becomes a Pandora’s Box of stranger-than-fiction revelations and awkwardly comical mishaps in this “riveting” and “one-of-a-kind” documentary that is “complete with Lynchian echoes of Twin Peaks” (The Hollywood Reporter).

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Interview with director Maria Fredriksson
  • 16-page booklet with an essay by entertainment journalist Sarah Clements
  • English subtitles

Just the Two of Us

⍟ MUSIC BOX SELECTS ⍟

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2023 | 105 min | 1.66:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Valérie Donzelli
Starring: Virginie Efira, Melvil Poupaud

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 Matt Needle) 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.

When Blanche meets the charismatic Gregoire, she thinks she has found the one. Their passionate affair develops quickly, and they soon marry and relocate far from Blanche’s family. As her new life begins, Blanche finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man, desperate to escape. Just the Two of Us is a closely observed and emotional domestic thriller by Valérie Donzelli.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Feature Audio Commentary by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
  • Interview with director Valérie Donzelli
  • Photo Gallery
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • English SDH subtitles

My Crepitus (I Never Left the White Room)

⍟ SATURN’S CORE ⍟

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2000 | 104 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Michael Todd Schneider
Starring: Michael Todd Schneider, Eric James, Tom Colbert, Amy Beth Deford, Brianne Mealy

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.

Travel through the depths of a deranged mind and experience first hand the violent hallucinations of an incarcerated psychiatric patient. Trapped within the confines of his white cell, Jeffrey Prior (Michael Todd Schneider) struggles with his deteriorating grasp on reality while his psychiatrist, Dr. Nathaniel Beck (Eric James), tries to unravel the secrets behind his daughter’s brutal rape and murder. 

The SOV directorial debut from the notoriously transgressive, Pittsburgh based writer / director Michael Todd Schneider aka magGot (August Underground’s Mordum, The Profane Exhibit, …and Then I Helped), My Crepitus is a hypnotic and surreal, lo-fi analog fever dream that seemlessly collides at the intersection of extreme underground gore and experimental video art. Like a cursed transmission from an abhorrent alien universe, My Crepitus is a gore-drenched amalgamation of Inland Empire, Begotten, and Alien Beasts set to an abrasive and disorienting cacophony of sound which Rue Morgue magazine described as “akin to smashing your teeth into the coffee table for ninety minutes”. Saturn’s Core is proud to celebrate the 25th anniversary of magGot’s grimy and hallucinatory masterpiece with this ultimate, director supervised Blu-Ray set which presents My Crepitus in multiple cuts, it’s prequel short A Tribute to Sanity, and over 14 hours of special features (on 2 discs) including two feature length documentaries plus countless featurettes, commentaries, and short films which serve as a comprehensive chronicle of both the birth and consequent burgeoning of Schneider’s magGot Films imprint.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Original 2000 cut (89 min.) with new optional director’s commentary
  • 2025 Director’s Final Cut version (104 min.) with new optional director’s commentary moderated by Art Ettinger (Ultra Violent) and Max Almeida
  • “30 Years Living with My Crepitus” – a new interview with writer / director Michael Todd Schneider
  • “Within Crepitus Hands” – a new career retrospective chat with writer / director Michael Todd Schneider
  • “Beneath Crepitus” – archival outtakes and bloopers
  • “An American magGot in Paris” – featurette from the 25th anniversary screening at the Sadique-Master Film Festival in Paris, France
  • Uncut.TV interview with Florian Schütz
  • A TRIBUTE TO SANITY – 2002 prequel short with optional new and archival director’s commentaries
  • “Confessions of Sanity” – Archival 2002 director’s interview discussing A Tribute to Sanity
  • “The Final Chapter of Sanity” – archival A Tribute to Sanity making of featurette
  • “Last magGot Standing (Birthed)” (119 min.) & “Last magGot Standing (Hatched)” (112 min.) – two feature length documentaries outlining the history of magGot Films
  • “My First Crepitus” – archival interview with collaborators Nathan T. King & Dan MacPherson
  • “My First Memory of magGot” – an archival interview with actor / collaborator Tom Colbert
  • “Pulling Out with Drew, Beck, and magGot” – an archival interview with actors / collaborators Sean Beck & Drew Hummel
  • “Assaulting Ears” – an interview with composer M. Kadath
  • “Conversations Outside the White Room” – director Michael Todd Schneider in conversation with filmmaker Nathan Hine
  • Michael Todd Schneider short films:
    • Together (2024)
    • The Neighbor Guy (1999)
    • The Gimp (1998)
    • He’ll See You Now (1998)
    • On Friday Night (1998)
  • Bloody Fun Pictures! – early SOV splatter films directed by Tom Colbert and Michael Todd Schneider:
    • Sorry (1996)
    • The Kranny (1998)
  • “Bloodmask” – Manticore music video
  • Reversible sleeve
  • English SDH subtitles

My Love, Don’t Cross That River

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

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2014 | 86 min | 1.78:1 | Korean DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Jin Moyoung
Starring: Jo Byeong-man, Kang Kye-yeol

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

A blockbuster in its native Korea, where it would go on to become the country’s most successful film of all time, MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER presents an unforgettable story of true love that transcends both generations and cultures. “100-year old lovebirds,” Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol, have been inseparable companions for 76 years. Observing this fragile couple for 15 months, director Moyoung Jin acts as a fly-on-the-wall, capturing the tender moments of their twilight days – as the two face the inevitable reality that their time together will soon be approaching an end.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Deleted Scenes
  • 16-page booklet with an essay by film critic Justine Smith
  • English subtitles

Pelle the Conqueror

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT CLASSICS ⍟

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1987 | 150 min | 1.85:1 | Danish DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Bille August
Starring: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Björn Granath

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 Sam Smith) 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.

Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark’s Baltic island of Bornholm. They are employed at a large farm in Denmark, where they are treated as the lowest of the low. It is ultimately their loving relationship which sustains them through a difficult year.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie
  • Essay by Terrence Rafferty
  • English subtitles

Permanent Damage

⍟ VHSHITFEST ⍟

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1992 | 82 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS HD-MA 2.0
Directed by Russell Farmarco
Starring: Dana Whipkey, James Kinstle, Elizabeth Lexa, Andrew Rothkin

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.

Four young suburban men try to establish themselves as organized criminals in their humdrum local community. Permanent Damage was made right in the middle of the American independent film boom, even predating Quentin Tarantino, but sadly fell through the cracks and never got the recognition it deserved. Similar to the Coen Brothers, it blends the drama and crime genres with dark comedy for a unique experience. VHSHITFEST is so excited to give this the release it deserved originally with hours of new extras.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • New transfer from the original master
  • Commentary featuring cast and crew
  • Interview with director Russell Farmarco and cinematographer Andre Owens
  • Short film
  • Trailer
  • Movie premiere footage
  • English SDH subtitles

Raging Grace

⍟ BRAINSTORM MEDIA ⍟

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2023 | 99 min | 1.44:1 | English, Tagalog DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Paris Zarcilla
Starring: Max Eigenmann, Jaeden Paige Boadilla, Leanne Best, David Hayman

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 Dylan Haley) 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.

An undocumented immigrant begins working as a care-taker for a terminal old man, uncovering a terrible secret haunting the lavish home.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Audio commentary with director Paris Zarcilla
  • Video conference with director Paris Zarcilla and Lulu Wang, director of The Farewell
  • Behind the Scenes Footage
  • Storyboards stills gallery
  • Booklet with an essay by film critic Walter Chaw
  • English SDH subtitles

Redlands

⍟ DEKANALOG ⍟

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2014 | 108 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by John Brian King
Starring: Nicole Fox, Sam Brittan and Clifford Morts

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.

The lives of three residents of Redlands, California, intersect and ultimately collide in this claustrophobic exploration of radical creativity, sexuality and violence in America.

Vienna (Nicole Fox’s, America’s Next Top Model) is a young “alternative” nude model who lives with her musician boyfriend Zack (Sam Brittan) in Redlands, California – a bleak Inland Empire city sixty miles east of Los Angeles. Controlling and hypocritical, Zack uses Vienna’s earnings to further his own musical career as Vienna attempts to build a creative life of her own. Their lives are forever changed when Vienna meets Allan (Clifford Morts), a balding middle-aged amateur glamour photographer; unemployed and recently divorced, Allan’s unassuming behavior camouflages his feelings of inadequacy and his building resentment toward others.

John Brian King’s unflinchingly nihilistic neo-noir is…”Artfully evocative – of alienation, the constraints on ambition and the danger of unexpressed anger – and profoundly disturbing.” (Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post)

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Extended scene
  • Deleted scene
  • Additional Short films by John Brian King:
    • Model Test (2016)
    • Night/Day (2016)
    • Evidence (2016)
    • Night / Day (2017)
    • Desert Mass (2017)
    • nada (2018)
    • Phoenix (2019)
    • Yolanda (2019)
    • blue (2021)
    • Locus (2021)
    • The Spider in My Brain (2023)
  • English captions
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Booklet containing a discussion between John Brian King and Dekanalog co-founder Elijah Drenner
  • English SDH subtitles

Revealer

⍟ SHUDDER ⍟

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2022 | 86 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Luke Boyce
Starring: Caito Aase, Shaina Schrooten, Bishop Stevens, Phil Bogdan, Buzz Leer, Sammy DelPurgatorio

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 Trevor Henderson) 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.

Tensions rise when a stripper and religious protester are trapped together in a peep show booth and must come together to survive the apocalypse in 1980’s Chicago.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Audio commentary with director Luke Boyce and actors Caito Aase and Shaina Schrooten
  • Audio commentary with director Luke Boyce, cinematographer Robert Patrick Stern and production designer Sarah Sharp
  • Audio commentary with director Luke Boyce and co-writers Tim Seeley and Michael Moreci
  • Peep Show Prayers: The Making of Revealer – a 37 minute behind the scenes documentary with cast and crew
  • Saints & Sinners – a video essay by Jessica Scott
  • Dark All Day – the full dance sequence
  • Gag Reel
  • VFX Breakdown
  • Booklet featuring new writing by film critic Tori Potenza and an original movie tie-in comic
  • English SDH subtitles

We Might As Well Be Dead

⍟ HOPE RUNS HIGH ⍟

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2022 | 94 min | 2.39:1 | German, Polish DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Natalia Sinelnikova
Starring: Ioana Iacob, Pola Geiger, Knut Berger, Susanne Wuest, Jörg Schüttauf

Hope Runs High is an NYC based production & distribution company releasing first run American independents & international favorites, alongside major restorations/rediscoveries, to screens of all sizes. Dedicated to diverse stories, HRH is proud to partner with legendary filmmakers as well as the freshest voices from female directors, people of color, LGBTQ+ filmmakers, and artists from the traditional cannon.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Adam Maida) 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.

Security officer Anna and her 16 year-old daughter live peacefully in a high-rise at the edge of the woods famous for its carefully curated community. Until the day a dog disappears and an irrational fear spreads through this would-be utopia with a view.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • It Takes a Vertical Village: New Interview with writer/director Natalia Sinelnikova & co-writer Viktor Gallandi
  • Introduction by Hope Runs High curator Taylor Purdee
  • Conversation between director Natalia Sinelnikova and Be Kind Rewind creator Isabel Custodio
  • International Teaser
  • Festival Trailer
  • US Theatrical Trailer
  • BTS & Poster Image gallery
  • Booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Natalia Winkelman, “We Might as Well Be…Together”, a new piece by Natalia Sinelnikova on the design of the film and an afterward by Taylor Purdee
  • English subtitles

Winter Kept Us Warm

⍟ CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES ⍟

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1965 | 82 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by David Secter
Starring: John Labow, Henry Tarvainen, Joy Fielding, Janet Amos

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 slipcover (designed by Seth) 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.

Leaving his small town to attend the University of Toronto, introspective freshman Peter (Henry Tarvainen) finds a campus steeped in tradition waking up to the radical politics of the 1960s. Following a disastrous first encounter, he connects with handsome and cocksure sophomore Doug (John Labow), who quickly indoctrinates him in city and college life. But as their bond grows, Doug’s girlfriend Bev (Joy Fielding) feels increasingly cast aside and begins to question the nature of the friendship. Tensions come to a head when Peter starts dating Sandra (Janet Amos), forcing Doug to confront his true feelings and desires.

Often described as the first LGBTQ+ film ever to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, David Secter’s Winter Kept Us Warm was one of the first Canadian feature films to attract international acclaim with its lovingly observed portrait of a burgeoning queer romance, at a time when homosexuality was still illegal in the country. A milestone in independent film production, Secter’s debut would go on to influence a wide range of Canadian auteurs, most notably David Cronenberg, who cites Winter Kept Us Warm as the film that inspired him to become a filmmaker. CIP is proud to resurrect this trailblazing classic with a new 4K restoration.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned and restored in 4K from the original 16mm A/B camera negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the answer print
  • New audio commentary featuring director David Secter
  • New audio commentary featuring filmmaker John Greyson and author/professor Thomas Waugh
  • Learning on the Job (2025, 18 min.) – New interview with Secter 
  • The Actor as Author (2025, 16 min.) – New interview with actress Joy Fielding
  • Winging It (2025, 16 min.) – New interview with executive producer Ronald B. Thomson
  • First Score (2025, 12 min.) – New interview with composer Paul Hoffert
  • After Winter (2025, 13 min.) – Hoffert reflects on his body of work
  • Behind-the-scenes footage (1965, 5 min.)
  • Outtakes and deleted scenes (1965, 18 min.)
  • Unmade Memory (2025, 9 min.) – Secter on Memory & Desire, the sequel he wrote, but never shot
  • Screenplay draft for Memory & Desire
  • Press gallery
  • Theatrical re-release trailer
  • Love with the Proper Guppy (1964, 8 min.) – New 2K scan of Secter’s first short
  • The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (2005, 58 min.) – Documentary on David Secter’s life and work with a new introduction by director Joel Secter
  • Booklet featuring a new essay by Chris Dupuis and an archival essay by Waugh
  • English SDH subtitles

Young & Beautiful

⍟ IFC FILMS ⍟

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2013 | 95 min | 1.85:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by François Ozon
Starring: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Frédéric Pierrot, Nathalie Richard

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 slipcover (designed by Jilian Adel) 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.

Acclaimed director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, 8 Women) helms this erotic tale of sexual awakening. After losing her virginity, 17-year-old budding beauty Isabelle (Marine Vacth) takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her older gentlemen clients for erotic hotel room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes, while Ozon slyly refrains from offering easy answers. As the enigmatic Isabelle, Marine Vacth is magnetic, delivering a star-making breakout performance in this sleek and sexy coming-of-age drama.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • New audio commentary by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
  • Archival interviews with director François Ozon, actress Marine Vacth and actress Geraldine Pailhas
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Footage from the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Premiere
  • Booklet with new writing by journalist Elena Lazic
  • English subtitles

You’re So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

⍟ ETR MEDIA ⍟

| ETRM038 |

2016 | 217 min (combined) | 1.78:1 | English Dolby Digital 2.0
Directed by Christopher Griffiths
Starring: Jon Gries, Brian Thompson, Chris Sarandon, Ernie Sabella, Amanda Bearse, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind, Stephen Geoffreys, Merritt Butrick, Tom Holland, Julie Carmen, Art Evans, Tommy Lee Wallace

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.

An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, rare photographs, behind-the-scenes footage and more. From Dead Mouse Productions and the Producer of Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser & Hellbound: Hellraiser II, comes the all-new Fright Night documentary. Fully supported and produced by original Fright Night writer and director Tom Holland, this documentary is the ultimate insight into the making of this cult classic movie as well as a tribute to the late, great Roddy McDowall. The Story of Fright Night will feature detailed interviews with those who helped shape and create this much loved movie. Guided by Tom Holland, the makers of this new documentary will raise the stakes and unearth the behind the scenes stories including footage and images from Tom’s personal archives.

  • 2-Disc Region Free Blu-ray
  • What is fright night?
  • Writing Horror- Tom Holland
  • From Apes To Bats- Roddy McDowall
  • Tom Holland And Amanda Bearse Talk Fright Night
  • Round Table with Tom, Stephen & William
  • The Peter Vincent Trailers
  • Weekend of Hell Panel With Amanda & Stephen
  • English SDH subtitles

Babylon Pink

⍟ command cinema ⍟

| COM-008 SLIP |

1979 | 77 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Cecil Howard, Ron Sullivan
Starring: Vanessa Del Rio, Arcadia Lake, Samantha Fox, Georgina Spelvin, Eric Edwards, Bobby Astyr, Richard Bolla

The crown jewel of sophisticated erotica, filmmaker Cecil Howard’s COMMAND CINEMA presents lavish Blu-ray and 4K UHD editions of Howard’s own masterworks, alongside those he produced with other hardcore auteurs such as Chuck Vinecent, Roberta Findlay, and Armand Weston.

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.

On a chilly morning in Manhattan, the lives of five women intersect and overlap as each  explores her own sexual desires. From a frustrated housewife whose callous corporate husband causes her to drift into the world of sensual imagination, to a sophisticated, cold businesswoman who yearns to be dominated by an underling. We drift to the businesswoman’s secretary whose extroverted roommate provides her with delirious fantasy to the curiosity of an eager teenager smitten with her aunt’s new husband; and onto their sophisticated dinner party which finds its way to both a covert bathroom dalliance and a torrid group feast. All find their way to a cheeky climax bound within the realities and dreams of BABYLON PINK. Created by a trio of erotic film legends, director Henri Pachard (A Girl’s Best Friend), producer Cecil Howard (Neon Nights), and cinematographer Roberta Findlay  (A Woman’s Torment), BABYLON PINK was an immediate blockbuster and critical  darling, paving the way for Pachard and Howard’s popular interwoven day-in-the-life dramas which both would soon become renowned for.

Featuring an exceptional cast of  Samantha Fox (Her Name Was Lisa), Vanessa Del Rio (Aphrodesia’s Diary), Georgina  Spelvin (Indecent Exposure), Bobby Astyr (Barbara Broadcast), Richard Bolla (Spitfire), and Eric Edwards (Firestorm), this three-time AFAA Award winning (including Best  Picture & Best Director) masterpiece at last comes to Blu-ray from Command Cinema, newly  restored in 4K from its 35mm camera negative and bursting with a vibrant and broad-ranging  selection of bonus material.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • 4k scan and restoration from the original camera negative
  • Original mono audio
  • Audio commentary with producer Cecil Howard
  • Audio commentary with director Henri Pachard
  • Video interview with cinematographer Roberta Findlay
  • Video interview with director Henri Pachard
  • Video interview with actor Eric Edwards
  • Video Features: Babylon Pink 2 & 3
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Film outtakes
  • Archival image gallery
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • 11 x 17 poster for Babylon Pink
  • English SDH subtitles

Prisoner of Paradise + Sadie + The Seductress

⍟ PEEKARAMA ⍟

| PEEK-032 SLIP |

1980, 1980, 1981 | 79 min, 74 min, 80 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Bob Chinn
Starring: John Holmes, Seka, Lisa De Leeuw, Kathy Harcourt, Lee Carol, Billy Dee, Chris Cassidy, Lisa K. Loring

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.

Bob Chinn’s love of classic Hollywood and the world of B-pictures is reflected in this trio of capers, melodramas, and thrillers from Peekarama. 1945: Joe, an American GI, ends up stranded on a remote Pacific island after his ship is attacked. Initially believing he is alone, he soon discovers that the island is also home to a small Nazi outpost who have taken two American Red Cross nurses prisoner; subjecting them to unimaginable abuses. Determined to free his fellow freedom fighters, Joe hatches a daring plan, not realizing that he’s about to end up in the clutches of the enemy. A madly entertaining hybrid of Nazisploitation, war thriller, and bizarro satire, PRISONER OF PARADISE features superstars John Holmes and Seka. What appears to be a basic extramarital affair soon takes a more sinister turn as each of the participants reveal that their carnal involvement was a blackmail setup. Curious to figure out who, and why, they’ve been forced into such compromising positions, they decide to set a trap for their would-be blackmailers, only for the situation to turn deadly.

An intriguing sleeper gem in Chinn’s vast career, THE SEDUCTRESS invites audiences into an open-ended and true crime-inspired mystery, which stars Lisa De Leeuw, Kathy Harcourt, Lee Carol, and Billy Dee. Borneo, 1971. Sadie is a free-spirited prostitute whose favorite hangout is visited by the moralizing Senator Daniels, who sneeringly disapproves of Sadie’s liberated lifestyle. When Sadie falls for kind-hearted Navy man Jock, the sinister senator sets in motion a play to separate the two as punishment for her “immoral” ways. Inspired by Somerset Maugham’s classic “Rain,” Chinn’s SADIE is a soulful study of forbidden love and moral hypocrisy which stars Chris Cassidy and Lisa K. Loring.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned & restored in 2k from their 35mm negatives
  • Original theatrical trailers
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

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