Bloodstained Italy: Obscene Desire / The Bloodstained Lawn / Death Falls Lightly

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-512 SLIP |

Cineiniziative | 1972-1978 | 94 / 86 / 89 min | 1.85:1 & 2.35:1 | Italian Mono
Directed by Giulio Petroni, Riccardo Ghione, Leopoldo Savona
Starring: Marisa Mell, Víctor Israel, Chris Avram, Lou Castel, Laura Trotter, Paola Maiolini, Javier Escrivá, Marina Malfatti, Enzo Tarascio, Daniela Caroli, George Willing, Claudio Biava, Stelio Candelli, Patrizia Viotti, Veronika Korosec, Rossella Bergamonti, Tom Felleghy

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

Italian horror in the 1960s and 70s went through several popular tonal and thematic phases. From gothic thrillers in the early to mid-60s, psychedelia and monster mayhem in the late 60s and early 70s, and of course, all manner of gialli and other assorted murder thrillers. But what of those films that offer a form of narrative bait and switch, luring the viewer in with the pretense of one genre while slowly revealing themselves to be something else entirely? Presented here are a trio of 70s Italian horror features which play with, combine, subvert, and surprise with their genre leanings, all newly and exclusively restored from their 35mm original negatives and all presented on English-friendly home video for the very first time, from Vinegar Syndrome.

In director Giulio Petroni’s OBSCENE DESIRE (L’osceno desiderio), a young American woman, Amanda, moves to a large and creepy countryside villa with her newlywed Italian husband. Soon enough, strange and seemingly supernatural events begin to befall the property, as a black-gloved killer simultaneously picks up and murders prostitutes. What do these otherworldly occurrences and the vicious killings have in common? And what sinister plans have been hatched for Amanda? A truly genre-defying shocker combining elements of giallo, satanic horror, and very raunchy sexploitation, Petroni’s film is one of the most head-scratching Italian horror films of the late 1970s and has been restored, as best as possible, to its never-released original director’s cut.

In director Riccardo Ghione’s THE BLOODSTAINED LAWN (Il prato macchiato di rosso), a group of hippie drifters find their way to the luxury and ultra-modern country home of Dr. Antonio and his wife, Nina Genovese. While the seemingly charming couple’s offer to let the aimless youngsters hang out at their property appears initially motivated by the couple’s fascination with the lifestyles of the free love generation, when members of the group begin vanishing, it becomes clear that something much more sinister – and deadly – is afoot. Taking a cue from jet-set thrillers of the late 1960s, this horror rarity evolves into a high-concept science-fiction nightmare.

In director Leopoldo Savona’s DEATH FALLS LIGHTLY (La morte scende leggera), wealthy businessman Giorgio Darica’s wife is murdered by an unknown assailant. Fearing that he will be fingered as the prime suspect, due to their failing marriage and his well-known philandering, his advisors suggest that he go into hiding at a shuttered hotel until the police can investigate more thoroughly. Taking along his mistress, Giorgio assumes he’ll be in for a secret romantic getaway, but is soon besieged by supernatural visions which seem to be drawing him into the hotel’s own dark and murderous past, threatening to drive him mad. Strangely similar to, but predating, “The Shining,” this wholly unpredictable thriller is further complemented by a throbbing prog rock score by Lallo Gori.

• 3-disc Region Free Blu-ray Set
  
• All films newly scanned and restored in 2K from their 35mm original negative
• All films feature newly-translated English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve artwork

OBSCENE DESIRE extras:

• Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• Disowned Desires (14 min) – an archival interview with director/writer Giulio Petroni
• The End of it All (21 min) – an interview with daughter of Giulio Petroni and script supervisor, Silvia Petroni
• Dissecting the Desire (44 min) – an interview with grandson of Giulio Petroni and film historian, Eugenio Ercolani
• A Controversial Desire (20 min) – an interview with censorship expert Alessio Di Rocco
• A Question of Faith (11 min) – an interview with director Pupi Avati
• Alternate and extended scenes from the Spanish version (13 min)
• Original Italian trailer

THE BLOODSTAINED LAWN extras:

• Commentary track with film historian and critic Rachael Nisbet
• Bloodstained Piacenza (24 min) – an interview with film historian Enzo Latronico
• Odd Choices (16 min) – an interview with filmmaker/film historian Luca Rea

DEATH FALLS LIGHTLY extras:

• Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• Anything Goes (15 min) – an interview with actor Alessandro Perrella
• That Kind of Film (11 min) – an interview with filmmaker/film historian Luca Rea
• Where Death Landed (5 min) – a then and now location featurette

Vice Academy 1-6

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ARCHIVE ⍟

| VSA-057 |

1989-1998 | 539 min (combined) | 1.85:1 | English Stereo
Directed by Rick Sloane
Starring: Linnea Quigley, Ginger Lynn Allen, Karen Russell, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jayne Hamil, Julia Parton, Raelyn Saalman, John Henry Richardson

VICE ACADEMY 1-6 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 Robert Sammelin) is strictly limited to 6,000 units and may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.

Today, the sagas from the hallowed halls of the esteemed Vice Academy are legendary. From the early years of trapping porn producers to the villain who escaped from a CD-ROM to wreak havoc over the city, the expert hands of Vice Academy cops Holly, Traci, Candy, and Didi always managed to solve crimes and look dazzling while doing so. Capturing devious villains such as Malathion, Queen Bee, Spanish Fly, and Heidi Ho was never easy, but under the watchful eyes and expert tutelage of Ms. Devonshire and the Commissioner, the Vice Academy team always managed to pull it off.

From their debut in the late 1980s, Rick Sloane’s VICE ACADEMY movies were a runaway hit for a full decade. Between regular airplay on late-night cable television and popularity at the video store, the series relied upon broad and camp comedy, a rotating stable of B-movie starlets, and inspired riffs on popular culture and hit movies of the day. Alongside Sloane’s regular cast and crew, the series includes lead roles by Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead, The Black Room), Ginger Lynn Allen (New York Ninja, Trashy Lady), Elizabeth Kaitan (Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity, Silent Madness), and Raelynn Saalman (Attack of the 60-Foot Centerfolds, Young Blood Fresh Meat). Finally nabbed from their original negatives by Vinegar Syndrome Archive, all six saucy entries have been booked and await indictment.

• 4-disc Region Free Blu-ray Set
• Scanned and restored in 2K from their 35mm original camera negatives
• Archival commentary tracks from the previous Blu-ray release with writer/director Rick Sloane for Vice Academy 1-3
• Archival commentary tracks from the previous DVD release with writer/director Rick Sloane for Vice Academy 1-6
• The Thin Magenta Line (20 min) – a brand new interview with writer/director Rick Sloane
• Head of the Class (18 min) – an archival interview from 2019 with Linnea Quigley, actress in Vice Academy 1-2
• Going Undercover (35 min) – an archival interview from 2019 with Ginger Lynn Allen, actress in Vice Academy 1-3
• Vice Academy panel at Cinema Wasteland 2024 with director Rick Sloane and actress Ginger Lynn Allen (42 min)
• B-Movie Queens: Revealed (51 min) – an archival featurette on the making of Vice Academy
• The Making of Vice Academy 2 (6 min) – an archival featurette on the making of Vice Academy 2
• Original EPK interviews with director Rick Sloane (19 min), actress Jayne Hamil (16 min), and actress Elizabeth Kaitan (6 min)
• Original video trailers for all films
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles

The Strange Affair

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome LABS ⍟

| VSL-020 SLIP |

Paramount | 1968 | 105 min | 2.35:1 | English Mono
Directed by David Greene
Starring: Michael York, Susan George, Jeremy Kemp, George A. Cooper, George Selway

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 slipcover (designed by Sam Smith) is limited to 3,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

“There’s nothing more despicable than a bent policeman.” In a less-than-swinging area of London, the grizzled Detective Sgt. Pierce is obsessed with taking down a local kingpin, Quince, who is an expert at evading arrest, as he was once a policeman himself. Meanwhile, PC Strange is a new beat cop, fresh and idealistic about serving the public good, who meets a hippie girl named Frederika while quieting a street scuffle. Frederika takes an interest in Strange, who is quickly learning the harder realities of police life. When Strange gets trapped in a budding scandal, it’s Pierce who convinces Strange he can save him, but only if Strange helps bend the law to entrap Quince.

An early feature from prolific telefilm director David Greene (I Start Counting; Rich Man, Poor Man), THE STRANGE AFFAIR combines the grit of US police drama with English working-class culture, delivering a strong update to the form with its multiple storylines and cynical eye on both pop culture and bureaucracy. Featuring powerful performances from Michael York (Austin Powers, Murder on the Orient Express), Susan George (Straw Dogs, Tintorera), and Jeremy Kemp (Top Secret!, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors), it also boasts a stunning soundtrack by experimental composer Basil Kirchin (The Abominable Dr. Phibes) and photography from Alex Thomson (The Keep). Vinegar Syndrome Labs is proud to offer the disc debut of this police thriller, newly restored in 4K from its original Techniscope negative.

• Region A Blu-ray
• Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original negative
• Commentary track with filmmaker, film writer, and producer Kat Ellinger
• Swinging to London (5 min) – a featurette with words by actor Michael York
• Greene Recruits (35 min) – a making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew
• In Like Quince (18 min) – an interview with actor David Glaisyer
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles

Gang Related

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

| CIN-024 CASE |

MGM | 1997 | 111 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Jim Kouf
Starring: Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones, Gary Cole, Terrence ‘T.C.’ Carson, Wendy Crewson, Kool Moe Dee, Reggie Miller, David Paymer

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 El’Cesart) 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.

Los Angeles vice squad detectives, and partners, Jake Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur, Juice) and Frank Divinci (James Belushi, Red Heat), stage a faux drug deal with a drug trafficker that they end up murdering and robbing, taking his cash and drugs in the process. Upon turning in the stolen cocaine at their precinct, Rodriguez and Divinci are notified that the person they murdered wasn’t a lowly street criminal but, in fact, a DEA agent in deep cover, igniting a citywide search for those responsible for his murder. Now Rodriguez and Divinci have to find someone else to pin the murder on, before it’s too late. 

Written and directed by genre cinema stalwart Jim Kouf (Stakeout, The Hidden), GANG RELATED is an oft-overlooked entry in mid-90s crime cinema, anchored by an outstanding, would-be star-making, performance from hip hop star Tupac Shakur who would die only days after production wrapped, never able to see the final film. Shot on location on the streets of Los Angeles and featuring an eclectic ensemble cast that includes James Earl Jones, Dennis Quad, Lela Rochon, David Paymer, Gary Cole and rapper Kool Moe Dee, GANG RELATED is a vital time capsule of Los Angeles in the mid-90s as well as a potent swan song for Shakur. Cinématographe is proud to present Jim Kouf’s gritty, star-studded, police procedural in a new 4K restoration from its original negative, accompanied by hours of new extras.

The Films of Hisayasu Satō: Volume #1 Re-Wind / Lustmord / Love Letter In the Sand

⍟ PINK LINE ⍟

| PL-001 CASE |

1987-1988 | 58 min, 64 min, 61 min | 1.85:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Hisayasu Satô
Starring: Masae Abe, Sayaka Hitomi, Kiyomi Itô, Maya Shiraki, Yoko Fujita, Shigeru Sasaki, Nanako Fujitani, Yui Hoshikawa

The 1970s through 1990s saw a boom in transgressive genre filmmaking throughout Asia, but particularly in Japan where the “Pinku Eiga” became one of the most popular types of films produced in the country. With young filmmakers seizing an opportunity to hone their craft, countless soon-to-be celebrated directors created work which were more daring, unusual, and often shocking than just about any of the other genre cinema ergering across the globe. Pink Line will present exclusive new restorations of select works from key Asian erotic filmmakers, with a focus on Japan’s Pinku Eiga genre.

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

One of the most esteemed and transgressive filmmakers ever to work in Japan’s explosively popular Pink Film genre, Hisayasu Satô crafted erotic films that were both genre-defying and artfully-minded. While Satô’s work is infused with horror and thriller tropes, it boasts a punk and avant-garde aesthetic singularly his own. In this debut release, Pink Line begins to explore this immense body of work with three of Satô’s most outlandish and profound features, each newly and exclusively restored in 2K from their 35mm original camera negatives with newly-translated English subtitles, all under the supervision of Satô himself.

In LUSTMORD (aka Pleasure Kill), Satô commences his meditation on the fusion of sex and death. Eiji, a reclusive and awkward teenage boy, is fixated on creating a serum capable of breaking down the barrier between pleasure and pain, much to the dismay of his research physician mother. Deciding to conduct his own experiments, Eiji slips the serum to several women, but is unprepared for the horrifying results. Later remade by Satô as the straight horror feature Naked Blood, this early directing effort conjures a remarkable waking nightmare approach, as the impending threat of violence and insanity permeates every scene as it builds towards a typically cynical and cryptic conclusion.

RE-WIND (aka Celluloid Nightmare) functions as Satô’s tribute to Michael Powell’s masterpiece Peeping Tom. After a grisly, point-of-view snuff videotape is found in a refrigerator, a young man becomes obsessed with discovering who made it and whether or not the brutal murder was real. As he delves into Tokyo’s underground video scene, his own perversions come to the fore as he grows ever closer to uncovering the shocking truth, alongside a female reporter who calls herself Crime Hunter. Fusing gruesome gore and raw sex while wryly playing with the artifice inherent to the video format, RE-WIND remains one of Satô’s most powerful and impressive early works.

LOVE LETTER IN THE SAND (aka Pervert Ward: Torturing the White Uniform), is Satô crafting a noir-inspired erotic thriller, using blazing, heavily-gelled color. During a month of unusually heavy rain in Tokyo, a mystery assailant has been brutally assaulting and killing people with a metal bat. When a handsome young man with amnesia is found outside an area hospital, the nurse who discovered him begins to suspect that he may in fact be the assailant. But her own strange erotic fixations with him, and the questionable involvement of the doctor tasked with the amnesia victim, lead them all down an increasingly twisted path of deeply-rooted trauma and violence.

LUSTMORD

• Commentary track with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp for Lustmord
• “Kill Kill” – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô
• “Written in Blood” – an interview with writer Taketoshi Watari
• “Walking in Circles” – a locations featurette with director Hisayasu Satô covering all three films

RE-WIND

• Commentary track with film critic Simon Abrams
• “Visual Pleasure” – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô
• “Caught in the Act” – an interview with actress Kiyomi Itô
• “Shooting His Shot” – an interview with writer Yumeno Shiro

LOVE LETTER IN THE SAND

• Commentary track with film historian & author Samm Deighan
• “Medical Mayhem” – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô
• “Pretty in Pink” – an interview with filmmaker Risaku Kiridoshi

Battle for the Lost Planet
Limited Edition Deluxe LED VHS

⍟ Degausser Video ⍟

| DV-024X |

1986 | 91 min
Directed by Brett Piper
Starring: Matt Mitler, Denise Coward, Cameron Mitchell, Joe Gentissi, Deborah Quayle

Degausser Video is a brand new label created by several of the devious minds behind VS, which will bring to Blu-ray and tape deluxe editions of both canonical and under-seen shot on video (SOV) genre cinema, in addition to work shot on film, but edited on tape, wherein the original film materials are believed to be lost or destroyed. Similar to Vinegar Syndrome’s focus on FILM preservation, Degausser will work only from original analogue tape materials with an emphasis on maintaining the aesthetics inherent to each respective video format. Additionally, each title released by Degausser will be made available in an ultra limited “new” VHS edition, fitted in a custom designed hard shell light box.

This special Limited Edition Deluxe VHS Light Case (artwork by Suspiria Vilchez) comes with a Custom Molded Clear Shell VHS and is limited to just 200 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Important note: depending on the sales, we may choose to re-release this deluxe VHS package in the distant future (most likely not, but you never know!).

In BATTLE FOR THE LOST PLANET rogue master thief Harry Trent (Matt Mitler) who, in an attempt to steal military secrets, found himself stranded alone in space for years, finally returns to earth only to discover that the planet has been taken over by vicious gangs of alien mutants. Finding himself forced into a fight for his life, Harry is soon discovered and taken in by a beautiful warrior (Denise Coward) and her resistance group who hope to outwit the extra terrestrial invaders and reclaim the planet.

Winterbeast
Limited Edition Deluxe LED VHS

⍟ Degausser Video ⍟

| DV-025X |

1992 | 76 min
Directed by Christopher Thies
Starring: Tim R. Morgan, Mike Magri, Charles Majka, Bob Harlow, Dori May Kelly, David Majka

Degausser Video is a brand new label created by several of the devious minds behind VS, which will bring to Blu-ray and tape deluxe editions of both canonical and under-seen shot on video (SOV) genre cinema, in addition to work shot on film, but edited on tape, wherein the original film materials are believed to be lost or destroyed. Similar to Vinegar Syndrome’s focus on FILM preservation, Degausser will work only from original analogue tape materials with an emphasis on maintaining the aesthetics inherent to each respective video format. Additionally, each title released by Degausser will be made available in an ultra limited “new” VHS edition, fitted in a custom designed hard shell light box.

This special Limited Edition Deluxe VHS Light Case (artwork by JJ Harrison) comes with a Custom Molded Clear Shell VHS and is limited to just 300 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Important note: depending on the sales, we may choose to re-release this deluxe VHS package in the distant future (most likely not, but you never know!).

Weird things are happening in and around the Wild Goose Lodge, a snowy inn located in rural Massachusetts. People are being found dead and mutilated, while others are vanishing without a trace. Realizing that the violence might have something to do with Native American black magic and the ancient secrets of the area’s historic totem poles, a trio of cops decide to investigate the goings on, and are faced with an array of monsters, ghouls, and even a sampling of murderous locals!

Amiko

⍟ KANI ⍟

| KANI-031 SLIP |

2017 | 66 min | 1.78:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Yoko Yamanaka
Starring: Various

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.

Before Desert of Namibia, Yoko Yamanaka premiered Amiko, described as a “distant cousin of Louis Malle’s Zazie dans le métro” by way of the uniquely DIY spirit of the self-produced film (jishu eiga) tradition.

The young Amiko is obsessed with her classmate Aomi, a cool soccer player and Radiohead fan, with whom she goes on a short, but memorable stroll through the park. There begins a fixation that carries over the entire school year: a period during which she dares not speak to the boy, though she obsesses over him with every waking thought. So when he run away to the big city to pursue his own life, Amiko becomes determined to find him, and tell him how she really feels, on a journey that will take her from her banal home town of Nagano to the bustling, anonymous streets of Tokyo.

Amiko is a gleefully irreverent, crystalline sour-sweet confection of extreme emotions, forged in the fiery pits of adolescence. Having dropped out of college herself to pursue this first feature, Yamanaka subverts the image of the schoolgirl into a strong counter-cultural figure, revealing what should become a cult character: a young punk in seifuku, resisting apathy, mass culture and a boy’s indifference one fistful of conviction at a time. Shot with available means and a bathtub-full of mouth-puckering passion, this Pia Film Festival-awarded and Berlinale-selected film established Yamanaka as one to watch.

• Region A Blu-ray
• High Definition presentation
• Theatrical Trailer
• Archival Q&A with director Yoko Yamanaka (Japan Cuts, 2018)
• Q&A with director Yoko Yamanaka, moderated by Jawni Han (Metrograph, 2025)
• Booklet with on-set photographs and writing from novelist Missouri Williams
• New art from Dylan Haley
• English SDH subtitles

Commando Ninja 2: Invasion America

⍟ ETR MEDIA ⍟

| ETRM039 SLIP |

2024 | 150 min | 2.00:1 | English, French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Benjamin Combes
Starring: Eric Carlesi, Philipe Allier, Stephane Asensio, Lux Scandal, Floriane Fizaine, Thyra Hann Phonephet

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.

COMMANDO NINJA 2 is an Adventure-Action-Comedy 2h30 indie feature film. It was shot as a tribute to the 80’s and 90’s blockbuster, over 3 years and by a crew of 2. This is the sequel of the 2018 Youtube Hit “”Commando Ninja””, which had more than 5M views in 12 languages, now distributed on Amazon Prime (North America, Japan) and on Bluray at Vinegar Syndrome and Comma Vision Japan. It’s 100% indie, self funded via Kickstarter.

1990: America is King, US Dollars are everywhere, the world is drowning in its subversive culture, and George Bush is imposing democracy to the lowest bidder. What better date to launch their Operation than July 4? They thought the Cold War was over, but for them, it’s just the beginning: an Anti-American coalition is lurking in the sewers of Los Angeles, Miami and New York. Plotting their revenge since the end of the Vietnam War, they’re about to strike at the heart of the land of freedom. However, they knocked on the wrong door: Jenny Hunter daughter of John, our hero, will be the victim of this attack. Hopkins and Kowalsky, his 2 former comrades-in-arms, will motivate John to return to service: the 3 of them go on a mission to stop this threat, like the happy green giants. Once back in Vietnam, and after many adventures, our 3 companions meet Lan and Chen, siblings who will guide them and make them reflect on their past serving the land of the free. But their adventures are just beginning, and the enemy is not at all what they were expecting: Instead of the Red Peril, our heroes discover that it’s the United States’ wartime spreading of toxic agents, which has created a race of bloodthirsty mutants out for revenge. To survive, our heroes will have to face up to their past, and fight an enemy far more terrible than they were expected.

• Region Free Blu-ray
• “Commando Ninja 2” MAKING OF DOCUMENTARY
• COMMENTARY TRACK with Director Benjamin Combes
• “HOPKINS” Prequel Short Film
• Soundtrack • Promotional Still Gallery
• COMMANDO NINJA 2 – Theatrical Trailer
• COMMANDO NINJA – Theatrical Trailer
• Original Cover Artwork by Oskar Ankarudd
• English SDH, French, Russian subtitles

I Am Not a Witch

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

| FM-024 SLIP |

2017 | 93 min | 2.40:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Rungano Nyoni
Starring: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Mulilo, Margaret Sipaneia, Gloria Huwiler

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 Jillian Adel) 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.

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In her BAFTA award-winning debut feature, Rungano Nyoni crafts a satiric feminist fairy-tale set in present-day Zambia. When 9-year old orphan Shula is accused of witchcraft, she is exiled to a witch camp run by Mr. Banda, a corrupt and inept government official. Tied to the ground by a white ribbon, Shula is told that she will turn into a goat if she tries to escape. As the only child witch, Shula quickly becomes a local star and the adults around her exploit her supposed powers for financial gain. Soon she is forced to make a difficult decision – whether to resign herself to life on the camp, or take a risk for freedom. A hit at over 50 international festivals, I AM NOT A WITCH is a must-see for anyone interested in new African Cinema and contemporary female filmmakers.

• Region A Blu-ray
• Commentary by director Rungano Nyoni, actress Maggie Mulubwa and associate producer Gabriel Gauchet
• Interview with director Rungano Nyoni
• Short film: Mwansa the Great by Rungano Nyoni
• 16-page booklet with an essay by critic Kambole Campbell
• English subtitles

The Painted Bird

⍟ IFC FILMS ⍟

| IFC-017 SLIP |

2019 | 169 min (combined) | 2.39:1 | Czech, German, Russian, Latin DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Václav Marhoul
Starring: Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič, Alla Sokolova, Udo Kier

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 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.

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Based on the acclaimed Jerzy Kozinski novel, THE PAINTED BIRD is a meticulous 35mm black and white evocation of wild, primitive Eastern Europe at the bloody close of World War II.

The film follows the journey of The Boy, entrusted by his persecuted parents to an elderly foster mother. The old woman soon dies and the Boy is on his own, wandering through the country-side, from village to farmhouse. As he struggles for survival, The Boy suffers through extraordinary brutality meted out by the ignorant, superstitious peasants and he witnesses the terrifying violence of the efficient, ruthless soldiers, both Russian and German.

When the war ends, The Boy has been changed, forever.

• 2-Disc Region A Blu-ray
• 11 Colours of the Bird feature-length making-of documentary
• New audio commentary with writer and researcher Jonathan Owen
• New video interview with director Václav Marhul by Alci Rengifo and Sebastian Carrasco of the Breaking the 180 podcast
• The Painted Bird: A Video Essay by filmmaker Salvador Carrasco
• Booklet featuring new writing by film critic and programmer Anton Bitel
• English subtitles