Tromeo & Juliet

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-515 CASE |

Troma | 1996 | 107 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Sean Gunn, Debbie Rochon, Lemmy, Stephen Blackehart, William Beckwith

This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/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 8,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

The Ques and the Capulets have been engaged in a years-long rivalry, which has fostered such a vicious feud that they’ve each forbidden their children from having any contact with those of the other. When lovable and smut-obsessed slacker Tromeo Que and his friends decide to sneak into a lavish party being hosted by the chaste and proper Juliet Capulet, the two fall in love at first sight. Realizing that they must keep their passion for each other secret, especially as Juliet’s father has pledged her as a bride to a meat-obsessed business associate, their forbidden love threatens not only to destroy their families but also begins causing mayhem and bloodshed all around them.

The first of director Lloyd Kaufman’s (The Toxic Avenger) official adaptations of William Shakespeare, TROMEO & JULIET is a wild, punk reimagining of The Bard’s eternal doomed romance, only with non-stop gore, nudity, and giant mutant genitals! Set amongst the denizens and outcasts of squalid New Jersey, standing in for a modern vision of Verona, and featuring a screenplay co-written by soon-to-be major director in his own right, James Gunn (Slither, Guardians of the Galaxy) TROMEO features scream queen Debbie Rochon (Cyber Vengeance), Sean Gunn (Super, Superman) in his on-screen debut, music superstar Lemmy (Motörhead), and Will Keenan as Tromeo. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to bring this funny, gross, altogether unpredictable, and incredibly moving love story for the ages to UHD and Blu-ray, exclusively restored in 4K from its original camera negative and presented in its director’s cut, along with hours of new and archival extras.

2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
Commentary track with director Lloyd Kaufman
Commentary track with writer James Gunn and actor Sean Gunn
Commentary track with James Gunn and Lloyd Kaufman
Commentary track with editor Frank Reynolds and Poultrygeist editor Gabriel Friedman
“The Bard of Barf” (15 min) – a brand new conversation with Lloyd Kaufman and film programmer Jesse Berberich
“The Lasting Love of Tromeo & Juliet” (17 min) – a brand new featurette with lead actors Will Keenan and Jane Jensen
“A Punk Rock Chorus” (20 min) – a brand new featurette with Debbie Rochon, Tiffany Shepis, and Valentine Miele: the supporting cast of Tromeo & Juliet
“The Tromatic Experience” (15 min) – a brand new featurette with producers Franny Baldwin and Andrew Weiner
Archival interviews with: actor Stephen Blackehart; actor Sean Gunn; actress Tiffany Shepis; actress Debbie Rochon; actress Wendy Adams; actress Lisbeth Kaufman; narrator Lemmy; actors Joe Lynch and Stephen Blackehart; composer Willie Wisely; associate producer Andrew Weiner; unit production manager Franny Baldwin; stunt nipple Sandee Brockwell; grip, driver, and production assistant Dylan Forer; production assistant Daniel Epstein
Original video trailer
DVD and Laserdisc introductions
Deleted scenes with commentary by Lloyd Kaufman and James Gunn
Lloyd interviews the Penis Monster
Rehearsal footage with actresses Jane Jensen and Debbie Rochon
Interview with James Gunn and Stephen Blackehart
The making of Lloyd Kaufman and James Gunn’s commentary track recording
“Tales from the Crapper” with Lloyd Kaufman and James Gunn
James Gunn and Lloyd Kaufman visit Eli Roth’s birthday party
Lloyd Kaufman’s video diary from the set of James Gunn’s Slither
Fan reenactments of classic Tromeo & Juliet scenes
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Heather Drain, Bill Bria, and Jesse Berberich
Reversible sleeve artwork
English SDH subtitles

Ruby

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-517 SLIP |

1977 | 85 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Directed by Curtis Harrington
Starring: Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis, Janit Baldwin, Crystin Sinclaire, Paul Kent, Len Lesser

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.

In 1930s Florida, mobster Nicky Rocco is gunned down by his own gang in front of his mistress, Ruby Claire, who turns out to be carrying his child. Almost two decades later, Ruby – once a songstress with dreams of stardom – is living out a quiet existence with her daughter Leslie, now a mute 16-year-old, in a large house adjoining a drive-in, which she runs alongside Nicky’s old gang members. When, one by one, the former mobsters start winding up dead in various bizarre and gruesome ways, a parapsychologist, Dr. Paul Keller, arrives on the scene to investigate. Upon witnessing a series of unsettling supernatural occurrences, he begins to suspect that Nicky is meting out revenge from beyond the grave against those who betrayed him while using his own teenage daughter as the conduit…

A commercial high point in the career of prolific director – and devout genre fan – Curtis Harrington (Night Tide, The Killing Kind), 1977’s RUBY sought to capitalize on the then-popular trend of possession movies which came in the wake of The Exorcist, while amping up old Hollywood nostalgia and unexpected gore amongst plentiful scenes of supernatural mayhem. Starring Piper Laurie in the titular role, fresh from her Academy Award-nominated turn in Carrie, alongside Stuart Whitman (The Comancheros, The Mark) and Roger Davis (TV’s Alias Smith and Jones), RUBY at long last arrives in its UHD world premiere courtesy of the drive-in deviants at Vinegar Syndrome, restored in 4K from its 35mm interpositive and loaded with a wealth of new and archival bonus features.

2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
Brand new commentary track with journalist and film historian David Del Valle and filmmaker David DeCoteau
Archival commentary track with director Curtis Harrington and actress Piper Laurie
Archival commentary track with David Del Valle and film historian Nathaniel Bell
“Keeping It Natural” (11 min) – a new interview with actor Roger Davis
A Cinematic Summoning” (23 min) – a new interview with critic and author Kim Newman
Alternate TV Version of Ruby sourced from video (95 min)
2001 video interview with director Curtis Harrington, conducted by journalist and film historian David Del Valle (59 min)
Two Sinister Image episodes with Curtis Harrington hosted by David Del Valle (57 min)
Theatrical trailer
Radio spot
Reversible sleeve artwork
English SDH subtitles

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-514 BOX |

Paramount | 1959 | 84 min | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Directed by Terence Fisher
Starring: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Arnold Marlé, Delphi Lawrence, Francis De Wolff

This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard split box + slipcover combo (designed by Tony Stella), 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.

In late nineteenth-century Paris, esteemed surgeon and talented sculptor Dr. Georges Bonnet is hiding an extraordinary secret – many years ago, he discovered the key to eternal life. Despite being 104 years old, he has the appearance of a man in his mid-30s. However, this incredible feat comes at a terrible cost, for every 10 years, Bonnet must undergo a surgery which requires the parathyroid gland of a living victim. When it becomes clear that his old friend and collaborator Professor Ludwig Weiss is no longer capable of conducting the surgery as he had previously, Bonnet kidnaps his old flame Janine Dubois in an attempt to coerce her new love interest Dr. Pierre Gerrard into taking up the task.

A joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Britain’s legendary Hammer Film Productions, who had just scored massive international hits with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958), 1959’s THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH saw director Terence Fisher return to the helm alongside writer Jimmy Sangster. With performances from Hammer stalwart Christopher Lee and Hazel Court (The Curse of Frankenstein) – whose topless scene fell foul of the UK censors, alongside a few seconds of the film’s fiery climax – Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to present THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH fully uncut for the first time on home video, newly restored in 4K for its world UHD premiere and stacked with new bonus features.

2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
Presented in two viewing options on both the 4K UHD and BD:
- The uncut, pre-censorship “clothed” version
- The alternate “nude” continental version
Brand new commentary track with critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
“A Hideous Concoction” (26 min) – film historian Jonathan Rigby on The Man Who Could Cheat Death
“The Man Who Could Direct Death” (24 min) – film historian Vic Pratt on director Terence Fisher
“Court in Session” (17 min) – film historian Melanie Williams on actress Hazel Court
“The Man Who Can Chat Death” (7 min) – an interview with uncredited third assistant director Hugh Harlow
Alternate censored ending
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Adrian Smith, Jon Dear, and Kieran Foster
Reversible sleeve artwork
English SDH subtitles

Sleepless

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-516 SLIP |

Medusa Film | 2001 | 117 min | 1.85:1 | Italian, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Directed by Dario Argento
Starring: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk, Roberto Zibetti

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Suspiria Vilchez) is limited to 8,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

A series of grisly murders are taking place across the Italian city of Turin, prompting the authorities to fear that a copycat killer is on the loose and emulating a gruesome spree that occurred seventeen years prior. Those murders were pinned on a writer with dwarfism by the name of Vincenzo de Fabritiis, who subsequently passed away, effectively closing the case. Now, Detective Ulisse Moretti, who led the original investigation, finds himself drawn out of retirement, and, together with the young Giacomo Gallo – whose mother was a victim of the supposed “Dwarf Killer” – attempts to unravel the mystery of these new slayings as the mutilated corpses continue to pile up.

Returning to the atmosphere and themes of his landmark giallo Deep Red (1975), 2001’s SLEEPLESS saw the welcome return of horror maestro Dario Argento (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) to the subgenre with which he had made his name. Starring Max von Sydow (The Exorcist) and featuring a host of splatterific, Grand Guignol set pieces courtesy of practical FX wizard Sergio Stivaletti, together with a pulse-pounding score by Argento regulars Goblin – who reunited especially for this movie – Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to bring SLEEPLESS to UHD for the very first time, restored in 4K from the original camera negative and accompanied by a host of both new and archival bonus features.

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 35mm original camera negative
Commentary track with film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth
“Still Awake” (15 min) – an interview with actress Chiara Caselli
“The One Who Saw” (10 min) – an interview with actor Stefano Dionisi
“Behind the Smile” (17 min) – an interview with actor Roberto Zibetti
“The Invisible Work” (25 min) – an interview with editor Anna Napoli
“One Last Score” (22 min) – an interview with composer Claudio Simonetti
“Bloodwork” (20 min) – an interview with special effects artist Sergio Stivaletti
“He Never Sleeps” (18 min) – an archival interview with co-writer/director Dario Argento
“Don’t Go to Sleep” (17 min) – an archival interview with actor Paolo Maria Scalondro
“The Cop and the Parrot” (11 min) – an archival interview with co-writer Franco Ferrini
“Blood on the Tracks” (16 min) – an archival interview with production designer Antonello Geleng
“Killed Three Times” (12 min) – an archival interview with actor Gabriele Lavia
Reversible sleeve artwork
Newly translated English subtitles

Men from the Gutter

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ARCHIVE ⍟

| VSA-058 |

1983 | 88 min | 2.35:1 | Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Directed by Ngai Choi Lam (as Nai-Tsai Lan)
Starring: Jason Piao Pai, Jung Wang (as Yung Wang), Meng Lo, Michael Kiu Wai Miu (as Chiao-Wei Miao)

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 Haunt Love) is strictly limited to 5,000 units and and includes a 40-page perfect bound book. This release may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.

On the grimy streets of working-class Hong Kong, some merely scheme to get out, and someone has returned to exact savage vengeance. After a cop is killed in cold blood, detectives Qui and Zhou begin tracking a trio of lowly ex-cons plotting a jewel heist. The hoods hope to land a score that’ll finally allow them to leave town, while the cops are chasing a corporate kingpin active in the heroin trade. Meanwhile, a steely yet inconspicuous hitman has arrived from Thailand, eager to take out that same kingpin for having crossed him. While chasing down leads from gun dealers and drug pushers, the police repeatedly encounter these various criminals as the desperation mounts. In a race across smoky gambling dens, cheap love hotels, seedy bars, and dingy warehouses, who will make it out of town alive?

Combining elements of gritty Eurocrime with a jolt of Michael Mann style, MEN FROM THE GUTTER is a crime thriller bursting with powerfully realistic violence. Only the second film directed by Ngai Choi Lam (Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky), it exhibits astonishingly sharp technique in a riveting story that never lets up. This sorely overlooked entry from the Shaw Brothers’ waning years relies on cleverly alternating plotlines to showcase a wide variety of brutal action, all to a throbbing synth-heavy score. Starring Michael Miu Kiu Wai (The Legend of the Condor Heroes), Lo Meng (Five Deadly Venoms), Parkman Wong (The Killer), and a jaw-dropping, stunt-heavy performance by Jason Pai Piao (The Chinese Boxer), Vinegar Syndrome Archive is proud to bring to the surface this raw, sunken gem, newly restored from its original camera negative.

Region A Blu-ray
Newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original negative
Brand new commentary track with film historian & author Samm Deighan
“From the Gutter to the Theater” (27 min) – a brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with writer Tony Leung Hung-Wah, actor Jason Pai Piao, and actor Yuen Bun
“Jason Pai Piao: Hong Kong Cinema’s Chameleonic Tough Guy” (13 min) – a video essay by film historian Erica Shultz
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Walter Chaw, Ariel Esteban Cayer, and Keith Allison
Reversible sleeve artwork
Newly translated English subtitles

King of the Gypsies

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

| CIN-025 CASE |

Paramount | 1978 | 112 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Frank Pierson
Starring: Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Judd Hirsch, Brooke Shields, Annie Potts, Linda Manz

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 Sean Phillips) is limited to 4,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

An arranged marriage between gypsy clans goes awry when Spiro (Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II) refuses to sell his daughter to the self-proclaimed King of the Gypsies, King Zharko Stephanowicz (Sterling Hayden, The Long Goodbye), ending in a hail of bullets and a kidnapped daughter. In the following decade, Rose (Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise), kidnapped daughter, and her husband Groffo (Judd Hirsch, Ordinary People) have a young adult son named Dave (Eric Robers, Star 80) who has rejected the gypsy ways of his family, despite his grandfather, King Zharko, passing his leadership onto the unwilling scion. Dave’s refusal sparks a turbulent war within his own family and the larger gypsy community in 1960s New York City.

Written for the screen and directed by Academy Award Winning screenwriter Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon), King of the Gypsies is adapted from the novel of the same name, written by Peter Maas (biographer of Frank Serpico and author of The Valachi Papers). Featuring stunning, on location, photography by noted Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator Sven Nykvist (Persona, The Tenant) as well as in incredible ensemble cast, including the screen debut of Eric Roberts, King of the Gypsies is a long overlooked entry in the cinema of New York City in the 1970s. Cinématographe is proud to present the world 4K UHD debut of Frank Pierson’s somber urban drama in a new restoration from its original camera negative.

2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
New audio commentary with film historian Adrian Martin
Keep Surprising Me — a new video interview with actor Eric Roberts
Prison of Roots: Sven Nykvist Arrives in America — a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer
The Writer Speaks: Frank Pierson — a two hour long archival interview with writer/director Frank Pierson, recorded by the Writers Guild Foundation in 2001
Archival interview with editor Paul Hirsch
Trailers from Hell — Michael Schlesinger on King of the Gypsies
New text essays by film critic Jason Bailey, author of Fun City Cinema: New York City and the Movies That Made It; film critic Caden Mark Gardner; film critic and lecturer Adam Nayman; and filmmaker and writer Chris Shields
English SDH subtitles

Runaway Train: or, The Story of My Life So Far

Written by Eric Roberts with Sam Kashner

In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia.

Eric Roberts grew up in Georgia, spending most of his teens away from his mother and sisters, Lisa and Julia. Instead, he stayed with his controlling father, a grifter jealous of his early success. At age 17, Eric moved to New York to pursue acting, where he worked and partied with future legends like Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke, John Malkovich, Bruce Willis, and Robin Williams.

His big break came when he was cast in King of the Gypsies. Eric became one of the hottest stars of the era, starting an affair with actress Sandy Dennis, working with Bob Fosse on the critically acclaimed Star 80, and earning an Oscar nomination for Runaway Train. But for Eric, Hollywood came with a dark side—an ocean of cocaine that nearly swept him away, culminating in a car accident that almost cost him his life.

Eric is open about the seriousness of his addictions and their devastating effect on his career. He reveals the reasons behind his complicated relationship with his sister, Julia, and his daughter, Emma, a successful actress in her own right. Now, happily married to actress and casting director Eliza Roberts, who helped him confront his demons, he is revered among his peers as the ultimate actor’s actor.

Written with New York Times bestselling author, for years a Vanity Fair contributing editor, and current Air Mail writer-at-large Sam Kashner, this is a powerful memoir of a Hollywood legend.

Hauntedween
Limited Edition Deluxe LED VHS

⍟ Degausser Video ⍟

| DV-024X |

1991 | 87 min
Directed by Doug Robertson
Starring: Brien Blakely, Blake Pickett, Brad Hanks, Leslee Lacey, Ethan Adler

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!).

One Halloween night, a little girl visiting the Burber family’s “House of Horrors” attraction is brutally hacked to pieces by their young son, Eddie. Having fled the scene, Eddie is taken away by his mother to live in solitude at a remote cabin. Twenty years later, Tophill State College’s Sigma Phi fraternity are desperately trying to raise some cash, so they decide to throw a raucous fundraiser party for their peers. In the midst of the festivities, a mysterious figure arrives at the door, offering them the key to the old abandoned Burber house and suggesting that they turn it into a haunted house. Seizing the opportunity, the youngsters quickly set about transforming the property into an elaborate – and potentially lucrative – Halloween attraction. Little do they realize that Eddie Burber has returned home and intends to have some All Hallow’s Eve fun of his own – setting up his own “Kill Room”, where the line between fantasy and reality quickly becomes blurred…

The Last Slumber Party
Limited Edition Deluxe LED VHS

⍟ Degausser Video ⍟

| DV-028X |

1988 | 72 min
Directed by Stephen Tyler
Starring: Various

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!).

A surreal slasher from the wilds of New Orleans, THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY feels like a YA novel by R.L. Stine that was filtered through a haze of DIY madness. The story follows the foul-mouthed, sex-crazed Chris (played with gusto by Jan Jensen), Tracy, and Linda as they prepare for the ultimate slumber party on their last day of high school. But little do the ladies know that the party is about to be crashed by a maniacal killer with a giant scalpel! Rejecting all forms of logic in favor of a dreamlike mood, lifted scenes from HALLOWEEN, and songs by metalheads Firstryke, this is regional horror filmmaking at a magical peak.

AJ Goes to the Dog Park

⍟ CARTUNA ⍟

| TDC-007 |

2024 | 79 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Toby Jones
Starring: AJ Thompson, Crystal Cossette Knight, Greg Carlson, Danny Davy, Morgan Hoyt Davy, Jason Ehlert, Jacob Hartje, Ethan Saari

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

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

AJ lives a quiet, ordinary life in the midwest haven of Fargo, North Dakota. His days revolve around small rituals—morning toast, work as a technical consultant, and cherished afternoons at the local dog park with his two chihuahuas, Diddy and Biff. But when the mayor unexpectedly transforms the park into a sterile blog park with a strict “no dogs allowed” rule, AJ’s routine—and sense of peace—is shattered.

Determined to reclaim his happy place, AJ embarks on an increasingly surreal odyssey that starts with a goal to unseat the mayor and spirals into a fever dream of animated interludes, amateur brawling, and unexpected cosmic detours. Blending lo-fi live-action with bursts of mixed-media, AJ Goes to the Dog Park is a riotous, offbeat comedy about holding onto the things that matter in a world that won’t stop changing.

A scrappy, heartfelt debut from Emmy-nominated Toby Jones (Regular Show, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes), the film is a love letter to community, canine companionship, and the absurd lengths we’ll go to protect what we love.

Region Free Blu-ray
Commentary with Toby Jones, AJ Thompson, Tucker Lucas, and Ben Hanson
Friends and Family Commentary with Greg Carlson, Beth Jones, John Jones, and Hattie Gompf
Rebecca Sugar “Hill to Die On” Music Video
Making of the Krogloch Sequence by Owen Dennis
Toby Goes To Make A Movie: An Interview with Toby Jones by Justin Decloux
Hattie’s Sequel Pitch
Local Fargo TV Appearances
Pitch to Self in Car (2019)
Animatic
Trailer
English SDH subtitles

All the Moons

⍟ SHUDDER ⍟

| SHU-021 SLIP |

2020 | 102 min | 2.39:1 | Basque DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Igor Legarreta
Starring: Itziar Ituño, Haizea Carneros, Josean Bengoetxea, Lier Quesada

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 Haunt Love) 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.

North of Spain, end of the 19th century. During the final throes of the last Carlist war, a little girl is rescued from an orphanage by a mysterious woman who lives deep inside the forest. Badly wounded and close to death, the girl believes the woman to be an angel who has come to take her to Heaven. Soon, however, she will discover that what this strange being has actually given her is the gift of eternal life… by turning her into a vampire. Left with no choice but to accept her new condition, she will have to learn to live in the profound and painful loneliness of time, trapped inside her little girl’s body. An infinity of moons go by before, one day, she meets Cándido, a humble man who takes her in and treats her as if she were his own daughter. Now the little girl will be set on a new path, one that will see her rebel against her animalistic nature and revive in her the hope of getting back the life that was stolen from her.

Region A Blu-ray
New audio commentary with film scholar Rebecca Wynne-Walsh and Shelagh Rowan-Legg, author of The Spanish Fantastic: Contemporary Filmmaking in Horror, Fantasy and Sci Fi
Booklet with new writing by film critic Scout Tafoya
English subtitles

Backyard Bloodbaths

⍟ BLEEDING SKULL ⍟

| BS-010 SLIP |

1987-2021 | 252 min (combined) | 1.33:1, 1.85:1, 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Various
Starring: Various

Since 2004, Bleeding Skull has explored otherworldly cinema through reviews, books, and home video releases. We shine a light on independent genre films that have flown under the radar but deserve to be seen by all. Fangoria has called Bleeding Skull “The go-to encyclopedia for trash, bizarre, and shot-on-video cinema,” while Vice referred to it as “like a fever dream glimpse into parallel worlds”. Visit us at BLEEDINGSKULL.COM.

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

Prepare for a movie marathon from the eighth dimension. BACKYARD BLOODBATHS is a triple feature of underground horror discoveries that have never been widely released. First is SUMMER HORROR DAY—a Casiocore splatterfest from the UK Video Nasty era that was shot entirely on Super 8 film. From there, we encounter 777—an experimental serial killer artifact that was conjured on video tape by teenagers in Tucson, Arizona and has never been released on any format. Finally, we visit BLACK MAMBA—a crazed psychedelic anthology from undiscovered auteur Belinda M. Wilson. Plus, the blood keeps flowing with THE PSYCHOTIC ODYSSEY OF RICHARD CHASE, A.I. MAMA, and BLOOD BATH: TALES OF EERIE PUBLICATIONS—three shorts that provide an ideal chaser for this surreal experience.

Region Free Blu-ray
SUMMER HORROR DAY (1987, 55 mins, dir. Martin Nike): Restored from the original Super 8 film elements
- Commentary with Nike and producer David Singer
777 (1997, 74 mins, dir. Colin Anson): Preserved from the original S-VHS master
- Commentary with cast and crew
BLACK MAMBA (2016, 102 mins, dir. Belinda M. Wilson): Preserved from the original digital master
- Video introduction by Wilson
THE PSYCHOTIC ODYSSEY OF RICHARD CHASE (1999, 6 mins, dir. Carey Burtt): Restored from the original 16mm camera negative
- Commentary with Burtt
A.I. MAMA (2020, 5 mins, dir. Asuka Lin)
- Commentary with Lin and star/sound-designer Kei
BLOOD BATH: TALES OF EERIE PUBLICATIONS (2021, 10 mins, dir. Jason Willis)
- Commentary with Willis
English SDH subtitles

Berberian Sound Studio

⍟ IFC FILMS ⍟

| IFC-018 SLIP |

2012 | 92 min | 1.85:1 | English, Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Peter Strickland
Starring: Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Cosimo Fusco, Hilda Péter, Layla Amir, Eugenia Caruso

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.

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1976. A mild-mannered British sound engineer named Gilderoy (Toby Jones) arrives in Rome to work on the post-synchronized soundtrack to The Equestrian Vortex, a tale of witchcraft and murder set inside an all-girl riding academy. But as Gilderoy begins to work on this unexpectedly terrifying project, it’s his own mind that holds the real horrors. As the line between film and reality blurs, is Gilderoy working on a film – or in one?

Region A Blu-ray
New audio commentary with film historian Kim Newman and writer and filmmaker Sean Hogan
Audio commentary with writer/director Peter Strickland
Video interview with Peter Strickland
The making of Berberian Sound Studio
Deleted scenes with commentary by Peter Strickland
Box Hill extended documentary
Berberian Sound Studio original short film
Production design gallery
Theatrical trailer
Booklet with new writing by film critic Willow Catelyn Maclay
English SDH subtitles

Brute 1976

⍟ CINEPHOBIA RELEASING ⍟

| CPH-004 SLIP |

2025 | 105 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD 5.1
Directed by Marcel Walz
Starring: Adriane McLean, Sarah French, Gigi Gustin, Dazelle Yvette, Adam Bucci, Mark Justice

Launched by Ray Murray, founder of TLA Releasing and Artsploitation Films, Cinephobia Releasing is dedicated to presenting the most eye-opening genre and LGBTQ+ movies from around the world. The label is admittedly schizophrenic: offering both controversial, often sexually provocative dramas, edgy thrillers and uncompromising horror while also showcasing some of the best LGBTQ+ romances and dramas. Expect the unexpected.

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In 1976, a group of people in the desert for a photo shoot stumble upon an abandoned town called Savage. But they are not alone. A family of masked psychopaths have claimed Savage as their own and are hell-bent on living up to its name.

Region A Blu-ray
Audio commentary with director Marcel Walz, writer Joe Knetter, actor Robert Felsted Jr., actor Jed Rowen, and actress Dazelle Yvette
Behind the Scenes footage
Interviews with:
- producer and actress Sarah French
- actor Robert Felsted Jr.
- actor Jed Rowen
- actress Dazelle Yvette
- actor Ben Kaplan
- actor Alex Dundas
- special make-up effects artist Robert Kern
Theatrical Trailer
English SDH subtitles

Carmilla

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

| FM-026 |

2019 | 96 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Emily Harris
Starring: Tobias Menzies, Jessica Raine, Greg Wise, Hannah Rae, Devrim Lingnau

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.

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Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara (Hannah Rae) lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine (Jessica Raine). Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.

This atmospheric coming-of-age tale is inspired by the 1872 Gothic vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Region A Blu-ray
Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
BONUS SHORT FILM:
- Three Towers
- Directed by Jonathan Bentovim and Emily Harris
English subtitles

The Columnist

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

| FM-028 SLIP |

2019 | 86 min | 2.35:1 | Dutch DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Ivo van Aart
Starring: Katja Herbers, Genio de Groot

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Femke Boot (Katja Herbers) is a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.

Region A Blu-ray
Video introduction by horror novelist and film programmer Grady Hendrix
English subtitles

Creepy

⍟ KIMSTIM ⍟

| KIM-004 SLIP |

2016 | 130 min | 2.35:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna Kawaguchi

KimStim is a Brooklyn based, full-service distribution company dedicated to the release of exceptional independent, foreign, and documentary film. Founded in 2000 by Mika Kimoto and Ian Stimler, KimStim brings to US and North American audiences selected films from around the world gleaned from the most prestigious film festivals and include top prize winners from Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, and Tribeca.

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who made his name with classics Cure and Bright Future, gets back to his roots by putting the thumbscrews to the audience with his latest, Creepy. A year after a botched hostage negotiation with a serial killer turned deadly, ex-detective Koichi (Hidetoshi Nishijima), and his wife move into a new house with a deeply strange new neighbor (Teruyuki Kagawa). His old cop colleagues come calling for his help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange goings-on next door, in this insidiously-constructed narrative that braids plot twists on top of plot twists and shock on top of shock.

Region A Blu-ray
New audio commentary with film historians Jasper Sharp and Amber T.
Proximity: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Creepy by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin, July 2017, for MUBI Notebook
Booklet with new writing by film critic Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
English subtitles

The Demon’s Rook

⍟ DEKANALOG ⍟

| DKA030 SLIP |

2013 | 103 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by James Sizemore
Starring: James Sizemore, Ashleigh Jo Sizemore, John Chatham, Melanie Richardson, Josh Gould, Sade Smith, Dustin Dorough

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

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

“A glimmering gem in a sea of low-budget splatter, The Demon’s Rook is flat-out unlike anything previously put to film — a mindbending tour de force of DIY filmmaking that delivers in spades what films ten times its budget cannot. The fever dreams of Lucio Fulci collide with ’80s creature features in this surreal horror/fantasy, wherein a young boy named Roscoe is lured into a parallel dimension by the good demon Dimwos. Raised to manhood in this dark realm, a Christ-like Roscoe (played by writer/director James Sizemore) pops out of the Earth decades later, bringing with him the secrets of the netherworld. Unfortunately, a trio of malevolent demons is none too pleased with this and, after turning a group of dimwitted construction workers into marauding ghouls and slaughtering a gaggle of campers, is after Roscoe with a maniacal vengeance. Now, Earth’s only chance at survival is a hipster raised in Hell and his damaged childhood chum Eva, whose path to glory is lit in every colour of Argento’s rainbow.

The homage-loving Sizemore has created a low-budget orgy of grue that can only be described as Return of the Living Dead by way of Jodorowsky, having lensed the entire head-scratching fantasy in his native Georgia and employing a nearly all-amateur cast and crew. The results, however, are astounding — with all manner of throat-ripping, head-smashing, and limb-severing from the self-taught Sizemore (who also handled a large majority of the film’s ample effects) and his band of skillful Southerners. And thanks to a helping hand from Ultra 8 executive producers (and TIFF superheroes) Colin Geddes and Katarina Gligorijevic, the finished product is polished and tight, while still feeling as indie as a feature can get.

Featuring supernatural mind melds, fog-drenched weirdness, and naked women with blood oozing from their gaping eyes, The Demon’s Rook is the sort of surreal cinematic oddity that will set your head spinning while simultaneously blowing your mind with its unabashed devotion to bucking the studio system and keeping things gleefully odd. By the time Roscoe and Eva face down the demons with their super-psychic, head-poppin’ powers, our nightmares have successfully made the leap from fantasy into the strange lo-fi world Sizemore has created for us. And regardless of his limited budget, this self-taught, first-time feature director has delivered a wonderfully weird film that will not be soon forgotten.”

Region Free Blu-ray
New Restoration
New Audio Commentary with Filmmaker James Sizemore and Producer Tim Reis
Archival Audio Commentary with Filmmaker James Sizemore
3 Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Short Film: The Goat Witch (2014)
The Demon’s Rook Music Video
Theatrical Trailer
Behind The Scenes Photo Gallery
Concept Art Photo Gallery
Fantasia International Film Festival Premiere Footage
Booklet Essay by filmmaker Keith Bearden
English SDH subtitles

Depraved

⍟ IFC FILMS ⍟

| IFC-019 SLIP |

2019 | 114 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Larry Fessenden
Starring: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ana Cruz Kayne, Owen Campbell, Chloë Levine, Larry Fessenden

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The legend of Frankenstein gets a provocative modern update in the stylishly disturbing new film from indie horror master Larry Fessenden. Suffering from PTSD following his stint as an army medic, Henry (David Call) now works feverishly in his Brooklyn laboratory to forget the death he witnessed overseas by creating life in the form of a man cobbled together from body parts. After procuring a brain from an unwitting victim, his creation—Adam (Alex Breaux)—is born. But it soon seems that giving life to Adam was the easy part; teaching him how to live in a dark and troubled world may be perilous. A complex, emotionally shattering tale about what it means to be human, Depraved brings Mary Shelley’s immortal fable fully into the 21st century.

2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
4K UHD Presentation of the film with HDR
New audio commentary with filmmaker Larry Fessenden, moderated by OCN Distribution’s Justin LaLiberty
New audio commentary with film critic Simon Abrams
Making Frankenstein in a Brooklyn Loft – a feature length documentary on the making of Depraved
The Journey to Day One — an archival interview with Larry Fessenden
Acting Adam — an archival interview with actor Adam Breaux
A Conversation on Makeup — an archival interview with make-up artists Peter Gerner and Brian Spears
Building the Visuals of Depraved — an archival featurette featuring Fessenden and the camera crew of Depraved
Booklet with new writing by film critic Brandon Streussnig and film historian Craig Ian Mann
Theatrical Trailer
English SDH subtitles

Desert of Namibia

⍟ kani ⍟

| KANI-032 SLIP |

2024 | 137 min | 1.33:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Yoko Yamanaka
Starring: Yuumi Kawaii, Daichi Kaneko, Kanichiro, Erika Karata

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!

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21-year-old Kana (rising star Yuumi Kawai) works a disaffected job at a beauty salon, where she bristles against the beauty expectations placed on women her age. Her erratic mood and default to self-destruct impacts all of her relationships, as moments of levity erupt into violence and optimism simmers to despair. Bored with her slavish boyfriend, she finds another; the novel excitement of it all soon devolving into a volatile predicament. Uncommitted and trapped in her own life, Kana slowly makes her way towards the inner desert of her emotions.

Alternating between claustrophobic blocking, ample zooms and expressive whip-pans brought together by dryly comedic editing and an intense actor’s direction, the sophomore effort from director Yoko Yamanaka (the youngest filmmaker to have a film selected at the Berlin International Film Festival with her 2017 debut Amiko) provides a frank and dynamic examination of womanhood and mental health in contemporary Japan. Inspired by the female protagonists of Yasuzo Masumura as much as the intense Cassavetes/Rowlands collaboration, Yamanaka breaks out with a work of stark confrontational honesty.

Region A Blu-ray
High Definition presentation
Theatrical Trailer
Interview with director Yoko Yamanaka (2025)
Panel discussion with director Yoko Yamanaka and actor Yuumi Kawaii (2024)
Audio Commentary with director Yoko Yamanaka and actors Yuumi Kawaii, Daichi Kaneko, and Kanichiro
Featurette “Yoko in NYC” (Aaron Hunt, 2025)
Q&A with director Yoko Yamanaka at MOMI First Look (2025)
Booklet with on-set photographs and new writing from critic Katherine Connell
New art from Dylan Haley
English, English SDH subtitles

The Disco Exorcist

⍟ wild eye releasing ⍟

| WER-001 SLIP |

2011 | 80 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Richard Griffin
Starring: Michael Reed, Alexandra Johnson, Alexandra Cipolla

Founded in 2006, Wild Eye Releasing has carved out a name as a driving force in low-budget, underground, and outsider cinema, earning a cult following among filmmakers and fans alike. Wild Eye champions horror, action, sci-fi, exploitation, arthouse, documentaries, and vintage gems from across the globe, delivering them worldwide via home video, digital and theatrical avenues. We also produce our own in-house features and mockbusters like the fan-favorites Cocaine Shark, Amityville in Space and the Ouija Shark and Jurassic Shark series, while proudly distributing VHS era classics such as Splatter Farm, Zombie Bloodbath, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell and The Necro Files via our sister imprint, Visual Vengeance.

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Rex Romanski is a 1970s disco god and notorious porn stud who beds the wrong beauty—voodoo priestess Rita Marie. Now, only Rex can stop her wicked wave of possession, bloodshed, and revenge before she takes his newest flame, Amoreena Jones, straight to hell.

Region Free Blu-ray
2025 Commentary with Director Richard Griffin and Producer Ted Marr
Archival 2012 Commentary with Director Richard Griffin, Producer Ted Marr, star Sarah Nicklin and star Michael Reed
Deleted Scene
Image Gallery
Original Teaser Trailer
Original Greenband Trailer
Original Redband trailer
English SDH subtitles

The Evilmaker & Abomination: Evilmaker 2

⍟ saturn’s core ⍟

| SC-052 SLIP |

2000, 2003 | 180 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by John Bowker
Starring: Stephanie Beaton, Felicia Pandolfi, Kylene Wetherell, Dori Schwartz, Arlene Henry, Jon Wilmont, Warren E.B.B., Shannon Barksdale

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 (designed by Matt Yar) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

A notorious SOV horror saga from Oregon based writer / director John Bowker (The Seekers, Housebound, Dreamwalkers), The Evilmaker duology stars ‘90s scream queen Stephanie Beaton (the Witchcraft series, Eyes of the Werewolf) and features cinematography by fellow Corvallis SOV filmmaker Joe Sherlock (Odd Noggins, Monster in the Garage). A pair of rental store and fanzine staples from one of the Pacific Northwest’s most notable, regional video auteurs, John Bowker’s Evilmaker features make their Blu-Ray debut from Saturn’s Core sporting new restorations and over 9 hours of special features!

The Evilmaker (2000)
After catching her husband having an affair, Serena (Stephanie Beaton) hits the road for a weekend getaway with her girlfriends spearheaded by her goth bestie Rachel (Felicia Pandolfi). When their car breaks down on the way, the girls take shelter in a mysterious abandoned house. The girls are promptly slaughtered one by one by an evil, unseen entity which emerges from an ominous culvert nearby, bringing with it sinister and forgotten revelations from Serena’s muddled past

Abomination: The Evilmaker 2 (2003)
Sensing a psychic connection to her missing sister Rachel, Kathy (Kylene Wetherell) returns to the abandoned house where the horrifying events of The Evilmaker took place. With the help of a disgraced police detective, Kathy discovers her sister’s spirit still inhabiting the house in both evil and angelic forms and must traverse the houses’ psychological hellscapes and the homicidal machinations of her possessed friends in order to survive the night.

Region Free Blu-ray
New transfers of both features from the original analog master tapes
New 2025 audio commentary on both features with writer / director John Bowker & cinematographer Joe Sherlock
Archival 2007 commentary on both features with writer / director John Bowker & cinematographer Joe Sherlock
“Memories of Evil” – new 2025 EVILMAKER featurette featuring interviews with writer / director John Bowker, cinematographer Joe Sherlock, & FX artist Rob Merickel
“About the Abomination” – new 2025 ABOMINATION featurette featuring interviews with writer / director John Bowker, cinematographer Joe Sherlock, FX artist Rob Merickel, plus actors Warren E.B.B., Jon Wilmont, & Shannon
“Remembering Evil” – archival EVILMAKER featurette featuring interviews with writer / director John Bowker, cinematographer Joe Sherlock, actress Felicia Pandolfi, & FX artist Rob Merickel
“Evilmaker: Backstage Pass” – archival EVILMAKER behind the scenes featurette (30:02)
“Archival EVILMAKER blooper reel
“Bad Dreams and Bloody Screams” – archival ABOMINATION behind the scenes featurette
ABOMINATION outtakes and bloopers
“Dr. Squid: Dreams in the Bitch House” – a 28 page mini-zine edited by Jason Pankoke (Micro-Film) featuring writings by filmmakers Joe Sherlock (Odd Noggins), Kevin Lindenmuth (Addicted to Murder), & Hugh Gallagher (Gorotica)
Pipedreams Entertainment trailer vault
English SDH subtitles

Irresistible

⍟ umbrella entertainment ⍟

| UMB-018 SLIP |

2006 | 103 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Ann Turner
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Sam Neil, Emily Blunt

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.

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Australian writer-director Ann Turner’s final feature film, IRRESISTIBLE is a Hitchcockian thriller that proves Turner’s skill in subverting genre and surprising audiences.

Sophie Hartley (Sarandon) is convinced that she is being stalked. She becomes increasingly certain that her husband”s beautiful co-worker, Mara (Blunt), wants her children, her husband and her life. But no one believes Sophie. Forced to prove her sanity, Sophie grows increasingly paranoid – but is she imagining things? Sophie becomes completely caught up in her obsession, turning stalker herself – and makes a discovery more frightening than her worst fear.

Region Free Blu-ray
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Ann Turner and Producer Sue Maslin
IRRESISTIBLE Location Shoot with Paul Hagl
Behind the Scenes featurette with cast and crew
Trailer
English SDH subtitles

Jimmy and Stiggs

⍟ the horror section ⍟

| THS-001 SLIP |

2025 | 79 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Joe Begos
Starring: Joe Begos, Matt Mercer

The Horror Section is a fan-owned 360 media company focused on building a robust library of intellectual property and creating the world’s premier horror brand. The company was founded by iconic filmmaker and actor Eli Roth in partnership with Media Capital Technologies (MCT) to redefine the horror landscape. It is active in film, television, gaming, podcasts, and live events.

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Out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy spirals into a bender, claims to have been abducted by aliens, and enlists old friend Stiggs to prepare for their return.

2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
Jimmy & Stiggs: The Theatrical Experience With Trailers (Blu-ray only)
Audio commentary with Director/Writer/Producer/Actor Joe Begos
Audio commentary with Director, Cinematographer, FX creators
Cast & Crew Group Commentary
Working Class Horror: The Crazy Fucking Making of Jimmy & Stiggs: A 2.5 Hour Fly on the Wall Doc about Jimmy & Stiggs
Splat Chat: A Conversation With Josh Ethier & Matt Mercer
Shot on Film: Opening Night at the Vista in Hollywood – Super 8 Footage From Opening Night
Kodak Motion Picture Film Promo
Jimmy & Stiggs Theatrical Trailer
English SDH subtitles

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

⍟ icarus films ⍟

| IC006 SLIP |

1955 | 104 min | 1.33:1 | French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Marc Allégret
Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Leo Genn, Erno Crisa

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

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This is the first film of D.H. Lawrence’s controversial novel, which premiered in 1955, five years before the uncensored novel even appeared in print in the UK. Danielle Darrieux (in the peak years of her stardom) is Constance Chatterley, faithful wife to her war-wounded paraplegic husband (British actor Leo Genn), whose fortune flows from a local coal mine. Everyone but she seems concerned about her loss of sexual fulfillment, and the possibility of her bearing an heir, until she crosses paths with the estate’s new gamekeeper (Erno Crisa), and they launch into an affair that ruptures the tight social fabric around them.

While this film wouldn’t be considered risqué by today’s audiences, it was seen as scandalous at the time. Initially banned upon its release, the Supreme Court eventually ruled this was a violation of free speech, letting LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER screen in theaters. Restored in 2K, this film deserves its place in cinema history.

Region A Blu-ray
Booklet with an essay by Michael Barrett
English subtitles

The Maiku Hama Trilogy

⍟ kani ⍟

| KANI-033 |

1993, 1995, 1996 | 299 min (combined) | 2.35:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Kaizo Hayashi
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Akaji Maro, Haruko Wanibuchi, Hou De Jian, Housei Kondo

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Launched to stardom by Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train, enigmatic actor Masatoshi Nagase thrives as the hardboiled detective wannabe Maiku Hama in Kaizo Hayashi’s trilogy of the same name, encompassing The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994), The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) and The Trap (1996). Stomping through the bustling-and-hustling port city of Yokohama, Hama operates out of a run-down movie theatre and his office sees every kind of customer: from rich ladies looking for runaway pups to serial murderers who look suspiciously like himself… Equal part American hardboiled detective pastiche, Seijun Suzuki-style Nikkatsu akushon send-up, and Masatoshi Nagase’s own new school comedic charmer, the Maiku Hama Trilogy is a cult phenomena of 90s Japanese cinema, that would go on to inspire many – and spawn its own anthology NTV television series The Private Detective Mike by 2002.

The trilogy kicks things off in akushon black-and-white with The Most Terrible Time in My Life, set among immigrant communities of a multi-cultural Yokohama. When Maiku accidentally saves a Taiwanese immigrant named Yang during a mahjong parlour brawl, he becomes embroiled in a tale of two brothers at the heart of an underground pan-Asian mafia on the brink of war.

In The Stairway to the Distant Past, now in vibrant color, Maiku Hama returns in a dashing convertible that is promptly repo’d. Taking on odd jobs, from lost dogs to men looking for their own selves, Hama’s search leads him to a past he thought he’d left him behind as the port city’s most legendary stripper returns and our detective struggles with being a chip off the old block.

Closing out the trilogy is The Trap in which Nagase stars in a memorable double role. When a string of young women in floral dresses are found serenely posed and afflicted with rigor mortis, alarms are sounded throughout Yokohama about the possibility of a serial killer on the loose. But when all evidence points to Hama, he has to fight against the clock and former allies, putting his trust in a rookie cop and his trusted sidekick Hoshino. Will Hama escape the trap?

3-Disc Region A Blu-ray
New art by Maxime Gérin
Booklet
English, English SDH subtitles

DISC 1

New 4K Restoration of The Most Terrible Time In My Life
Audio commentary by writer Jasper Sharp
Interview with director Kaizo Hayashi
Interview with producer Shunsuke Koga
Trailer

DISC 2

New 4K Restoration of The Stairway to the Distant Past
Selected scene commentary from director Edmund Yeo
“The Mike Hama Trilogy: An Introduction,” a video essay by Matthew Carter
Trailer

DISC 3

New 4K Restoration of The Trap
Audio Commentary by film writer Samm Deighan
“From Memphis to Yokohama: Chasing the Shadow of Masatoshi Nagase,” a video essay by James Balmont
Trailer

Marley’s Revenge: The Monster Movie

⍟ vhshitfest ⍟

| VHSHitfest-018 SLIP |

1989 | 82 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS HD-MA 2.0
Directed by Jet Eller
Starring: Donnie Broom, Alvin Johnson, Donnie Evans

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. Note: this Limited Edition can be purchased on its own, or bundled with an exclusive Marley’s Revenge t-shirt (shirt details can be found below). Available in sizes SM – 3XL.

Two men try to illegally smuggle their aunt and uncle into the country but are mistaken as drug smugglers by a small group of vigilantes. They are taken to an island where they are to be executed and buried with previously murdered drug dealers. The only problem is, the uncle is a voodoo priest and he raises the dead from their graves to get revenge for the killing of the aunt. A 14 foot monster from hell, crazed vigilantes, and 84 zombies, try to keep our heroes from getting off the island.

Marley’s Revenge is one of the most fun (and funny) 80s monster movies but somehow slipped through the cracks and didn’t get the recognition or distribution it deserved initially. We couldn’t be happier to present this new edition packed with hours of special features and even multiple versions of the movie!

Region Free Blu-ray
New transfer from the original 1” video master
Alternate VHS cut
Commentary with director/writer Jet Eller and actor/writer Donnie Broom
Interview with Jet Eller
Interview with actor Alvin Johnson and Donnie Broom
Short film: Dummy (1978; 25 min)
Bonus Movie: Never Feed the Trolls (2010, 77 min)
Photo Galleries
English SDH subtitles

Moloch

⍟ shudder ⍟

| SHU-022 SLIP |

2022 | 99 min | 2.39:1 | Dutch DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Nico van den Brink
Starring: Sallie Harmsen, Alexandre Willaume, Markoesa Hamer, Jack Wouterse, Anneke Blok

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Black Coffiend) 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.

Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient.

Region A Blu-ray
Audio commentary with writer/director Nico van den Brink, editor Xander Nijsten and director of photography Emo Weemhoff
“”Trail Cam Footage”” deleted scene
VFX video and stills galleries by Rolf te Booij at RFX Propmaking
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet with new writing by film critics Simon Abrams and Becky Darke
English subtitles

Pet Shop Days

⍟ utopia ⍟

| UTO-035 SLIP |

2023 | 100 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Olmo Schnabel
Starring: Jack Irv, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Willem Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gustavo Sánchez Parra

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

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself in New York City where he meets Jack, a college age pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

Region A Blu-ray
Q&A with director/co-writer Olmo Schnabel, actor Dario Yazbek Bernal, co-writer/producer Galen Core and producer Alex Coco, moderated by Robert Abele, from a screening at American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles
Q&A with director/co-writer Olmo Schnabel, actor Dario Yazbek Bernal, co-writer/producer Galen Core and actor/co-writer Jack Irv, from a screening at Roxy Cinema in New York
Trailer
English SDH subtitles

Roh

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

| FM-027 SLIP |

2019 | 83 min | 1.78:1 | Malay DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Emir Ezwan
Starring: Farah Ahmad, Mhia Farhana, Harith Haziq, June Lojong, Namron, Putri Qaseh

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Luke Insect) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Cut off from civilization, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters, but these are not mere superstitions. As more strangers show up on her doorstep, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest. Malaysia’s official submission to the 2021 Academy Awards.

Region A Blu-ray
The Making of Roh featurette
English subtitles

Skull World

⍟ ETR MEDIA ⍟

| ETRM040 SLIP |

2013 | 100 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Justin McConnell
Starring: Greg Sommer/Skull Man, Jason Pluscec, Shane Patterson, Sean Chillcott, Merv Perez

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

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Greg Sommer is an enigma wrapped inside a mystery, encased in a Jean-Jacket Vest. Greg, and his alter-ego SKULL MAN, are at war. Box Wars that is! Welcome to Greg’s World. A world of warriors, magic, and glory. A world of metal. Greg is building the Canadian-chapter of BOX WARS, an international underground movement of Cardboard-based combat. SKULL WORLD follows several years in the life of Greg, and sheds light on what exactly makes him, and his goals in life, so unique. A comedic and moving journey awaits, not for the faint of heart. This special edition release of the Canadian cult oddity features a newly encoded transfer and piles of new special features, to add to the hours of already existing extras!

Region Free Blu-ray
NEW ‘Skull World 1.5’ 2024 mini documentary
NEW 2024 commentary with director Justin McConnell
NEW ‘Variety Store TV Archive’ collecting never before seen clips from Greg’s video history
ARCHIVAL EXTRAS:
- 2013 commentary with director Justin McConnell and Greg Sommer
- Skull Man’s Rockin’ Commentary Experience
- 7 Extended Segments & Battles (including full-length Australia trip)
- 21 Deleted Scenes filled with mayhem
- ‘Skull Man’s Box Wars’ self-produced TV Pilot
- Theatrical Premiere Q&A & Battle
- Music Video
- Trailers
- Photo Galleries and more
English SDH subtitles

Some Like It Rare

⍟ BRAINSTORM MEDIA ⍟

| BST-009 SLIP |

2021 | 87 min | 2.35:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Fabrice Eboué
Starring: Fabrice Eboué, Marina Foïs, Virginie Hocq, Jean-François Cayrey, Lisa Do Couto Texeira

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.

When a struggling butcher accidentally kills a vegan activist vandalizing his store, he uses his skills to dispose of the body…to the delight of his clueless customers.

Region A Blu-ray
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Booklet with new writing by film critic Kat Hughes
English subtitles

Somnium

⍟ YELLOW VEIL PICTURES ⍟

| YVP-038 SLIP |

2024 | 92 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Racheal Cain
Starring: Chloë Levine, Grace Van Dien, Johnathon Schaech, Peter Vack, Draya Michele

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

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

At experimental sleep clinic, Somnium, dreams are made real. Side effects may include: hallucinations, confusion, paranoia, sleep paralysis, detachment from reality, lost sense of self, permanent nightmares.

Region A Blu-ray
Introduction by Director Racheal Cain
Commentary track by Writer & Director Racheal Cain
Deleted Scene: Flash Back
Interview With SFX artist Olga Tarnovetska & Actor Bries Vannon: “Creating the Monster”
Interview With VFX Effects Producer Matt Lathrom: “Creating the Void”
Interview With Actor Chloë Levine: “Building the Character of Gemma”
Behind the Scenes Slideshow
Trailer
English SDH subtitles

True Crime Triple Ripper

⍟ AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE ⍟

| AGFA-070 SLIP |

1963-1971 | 434 min (combined) | 1.33:1, 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Various
Starring: Various

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

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

Torn from yesterday’s headlines, TRUE CRIME TRIPLE RIPPER presents a trio of pulpy exploitation volcanoes that are based on real-life killers—all torridly curated by AGFA and Something Weird.

THE SADIST aka SWEET BABY CHARLIE (1963, 92 mins, B&W)
Based on the murderous rampage of Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, THE SADIST stars Arch Hall, Jr. (EEGAH) in one of the most gripping and accomplished independent horror films of the 1960s.

THE OTHER SIDE OF BONNIE & CLYDE (1968, 61 mins, Color)
In the spirit of THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, THE OTHER SIDE OF BONNIE & CLYDE is a surreal ficto-documentary from Larry Buchanan (ZONTAR, THE THING FROM VENUS).

THE ZODIAC KILLER: NOIR (1971/2025, 75 mins, B&W)
Newly color-graded in black and white and re-edited to resemble a grim horror-noir, THE ZODIAC KILLER: NOIR is a fresh take on the only horror movie in history that was made explicitly to catch a serial killer.

2-Disc Region Free Blu-ray
English SDH subtitles

DISC 1

THE SADIST aka SWEET BABY CHARLIE: 2017 restoration from the dupe negative (92 mins) + 2025 preservation from a 35mm print (88 mins)
Archival commentary with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond on the restoration, courtesy of All Day Entertainment
Archival introduction by Joe Dante
Preservation from the Something Weird S-VHS master

DISC 2

THE OTHER SIDE OF BONNIE & CLYDE: Preservation from the broadcast tape master
Archival commentary with director Larry Buchanan
THE ZODIAC KILLER: NOIR: Preservation from a 35mm print
Trailer for THE OTHER SIDE OF BONNIE & CLYDE
Ephemera gallery

Until the Light Takes Us

⍟ FACTORY 25 ⍟

| FTF-009 SLIP |

2008 | 93 min | 1.78:1 | English Dolby Digital 2.0
Directed by Aaron Aites & Audrey Ewell
Starring: Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell, Varg “Count Grishnackh” Vikernes, Jan Axel “Hellhammer” Blomberg, Kjetil “Frost” Haraldstad, Olve “Abbath” Eikemo, Harald “Demonaz” Nævdal, Bjarne Melgaard, Harmony Korine

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

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

Until The Light Takes Us tells the story of black metal. Part music scene and part cultural uprising, black metal rose to worldwide notoriety in the mid-nineties when a rash of suicides, murders, and church burnings accompanied the explosive artistic growth and output of a music scene that would forever redefine what heavy metal is and what it stands for to other musicians, artists and music fans world-wide. Until The Light Takes Us goes behind the highly sensationalized media reports of “Satanists running amok in Europe” to examine the complex and largely misunderstood principles and beliefs that led to this rebellion against both Christianity and modern culture.

To capture this on film, directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell moved to Norway and lived with the musicians for several years, building relationships that allowed them to create a surprisingly intimate portrait of this violent, but ultimately misunderstood, movement. The result is a poignant, moving story that’s as much about the idea that reality is composed of whatever the most people believe, regardless of what’s actually true, as it is about a music scene that blazed a path of murder and arson across the northern sky.

Region Free Blu-ray
Black Metal short film of deleted scenes
Alternate ending
Outtakes
The Cutting Room with musicians not in the film including:
- Enslaved
- Ted “Nocturno Cutlo” Skjellum from Darkthrone
- Jørn “Necrobutcher” from Mayhem
- Plus more with: Ulver
- Immortal
- Jan Axel “Hellhammer” Blomberg
- Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell
- Kjetil “Frost” Haraldstad
46 more minutes of Varg Vikernes
History of black metal class with Fenriz
Memory Box. A short film produced as proof of concept for a feature-length film:
- Following co-director Aaron Aites’ diagnosis with (and subsequent death from) cancer, writer/co-director Audrey Ewell decided to release it as a short film in his memory. The film stars Louis Cancelmi and Mackenzie Davis
English, Spanish, French subtitles

The Fireworks Woman

⍟ QUALITY X ⍟

| QX-020 SLIP |

1975 | 78 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Wes Craven
Starring: Eric Edwards, Jennifer Jordan, Jamie Gilis, Erica Eaton, Marc Stevens

The biggest stars, best directors, and highest production values; that is a QUALITY X film. These deluxe Blu-ray editions of some of the genre’s masterpieces, along with plenty of hidden gems, offer beautiful restorations and plentiful bonus features, all presented in homage to its namesake of esteemed New York film distributor, Mature Pictures, the company which almost single handedly raised the bar for outstanding sex films, and whose films will be included in this fittingly elegant collection.

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by JJ Harrison) 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.

Ever since they were children Angela and her brother Peter have been as close as siblings could be. But when their relationship crosses the line from fraternal love to unnatural lust, Peter withdraws to become a priest, attempting to sever all contact with his sister. Hopelessly devoted to her brother and devastated by this abandonment, Angela soon experiences the physical manifestations of his guilt, as Peter sends her to work as a maid for a sadistic couple. Soon, Angela is thrust from one horrifying experience to the next; her body affecting an almost otherworldly draw from men whose only goal is to abuse and humiliate her. All the while they repeatedly cross paths with the mysterious “fireworks man,” an almost devilish presence who may be manipulating the lives of both Peter and Angela. The second feature directed by groundbreaking filmmaker Wes Craven (Last House on the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street), THE FIREWORKS WOMAN (aka The Fireworks Man) ranks as his most structurally experimental effort as well as his most controversial. Craven’s sole foray into hardcore is both brimming with dark religious commentary as well as venerating essential works of underground erotic literature. Quality X is thrilled to present The Fireworks Woman fully uncut for the first time on video and newly restored in 4K from its best surviving film elements, along with extensive interviews which lend both historical and first-hand value to this mysterious and long obscure production.

Region Free Blu-ray
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its best surviving film elements
“Ugly People Doing Ugly Things: Wes Craven and The Fireworks Woman Saga” – an all-new visual essay by Craven biographer Joseph Maddrey on the complicated history of “The Fireworks Woman” and its creator
“Roy Frumkes on Wes Craven” – an all-new interview with friend/collaborator Roy Frumkes detailing his time spent on the set of “The Fireworks Woman” as well as re-cutting the film with Craven
Original theatrical trailers
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles

The Violation of Claudia + Hot Honey

⍟ PEEKARAMA ⍟

| PEEK-033 SLIP |

1977, 1978 | 63 min, 71 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by William Lustig a.k.a Billy Bagg
Starring: Sharon Mitchell, Jamie Gillis, Heather Young, Waldo Short, Serena, Crytsal Sync, Robyn Bird, Herschel Savage

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.

Prior to becoming one of the most influential independent filmmakers of the 1980s, Bill Lustig (Maniac Cop, Vigilante) cut his teeth working within New York City’s busy world of adult film. Lustig’s first two features, under his moniker of Billy Bagg, are represented in this set of two very different X-rated oddities: VIOLATION OF CLAUDIA (1977) showcases the incredible Sharon Mitchell (Joy, Kamikaze Hearts), a beautiful and wealthy housewife who, bored by her inattentive husband, enters the seedy, bizarre world of prostitution via her manipulative tennis coach Jamie Gillis (Roommates). Also starring Crystal Sync (A Woman’s Torment), and New York character actor David Lipman aka “Waldo Short” (The Executioner, TV’s Law & Order) as a senator with a dessert fetish.

In HOT HONEY (1978), the titular teenager played by Heather Young (Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle) refuses her boyfriend’s non-stop advances, preferring to spend her time with her wheelchair-bound brother Michael. But through a series of unexpected events, Honey experiences a sexual awakening, transforming from wallflower to vixen and wickedly seducing men and women alike! Co-starring Serena (Taxi Girls), Herschel Savage (Getting Personal) and Robin Byrd (Her Name Was Lisa). Each film has been newly restored in 2K from their original negatives and includes a vibrant, no-holds-barred audio commentary with director Bill Lustig alongside the acclaimed contemporary auteur filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon).

Region Free Blu-ray
Newly scanned & restored in 2k from their original 35mm camera negatives
Two feature-length audio commentaries with director William Lustig and Nicolas Winding Refn
Original theatrical trailers for both films
Archival image gallery
Audio podcast with director William Lustig
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles

Inside Jennifer Welles

⍟ QUALITY X ⍟

| QX-019 SLIP |

1977 | 109 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Joe Sarno
Starring: Jennifer Welles, Richard Bolla, Marlene Willoughby, Michael Gaunt, Carter Stevens, Peter Andrews, David Rub, Philip Marlow

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

Internationally beloved erotic movie star Jennifer Welles is finally ready to retire. But first she has to go out with one final bang, the one and only unfulfilled desire she still yearns for. While her driver takes her to experience her final sensuous conquest, Jennifer reflects on some of her most unusual sexual memories. From her initial experience with another woman to an incredible encounter at a cinema, even her most outrageous carnal exploits cannot compare to the one final passion soon to be before her. The first film in Distribpix’ soon-to-be wildly successful series of sex star autobiographies, INSIDE JENNIFER WELLES was designed to be the cinematic swan song of one of the business’ biggest names. For this final triumph directed by Joe Sarno, who became the “Inside” series’ go-to filmmaker, several of New York’s top erotic actors were assembled for a non-stop orgiastic look at Welles’ “authentic” sexual encounters and fantasies, including Marlene Willoughby (Sunny), Richard Bolla (Indecent Exposure), among many others. Quality X presents this blockbuster classic in a brand new 4K restoration from its original 35mm camera negative, and featuring an comprehensive assortment of archival extras and historical materials.

Region Free Blu-ray
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative
Box Ball short film
Original theatrical trailer
Teaser trailer
Archival image gallery
Liner notes booklet with essay by film historian Ashley West of The Rialto Report
Jennifer Welles Podcast as featured on The Rialto Report
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles

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AJ Goes to the Dog Park

All the Moons

Backyard Bloodbaths

Berberian Sound Studio

Brute 1976

Carmilla

The Columnist

Creepy

The Demon’s Rook

Depraved

Desert of Namibia

The Disco Exorcist

The Evilmaker & Abomination: Evilmaker 2

Irresistible

Jimmy and Stiggs

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

The Maiku Hama Trilogy

Marley’s Revenge: The Monster Movie

Moloch

Pet Shop Days

Roh

Skull World

Some Like It Rare

Somnium

True Crime Triple Ripper

Until the Light Takes Us

The Fireworks Woman

The Violation of Claudia + Hot Honey

Inside Jennifer Welles

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