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"No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough." -Roger Ebert

Vinegar Syndrome: February 2026

Christopher Haskell
47–71 minutes

Demonwarp

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-527 SLIP |

Sawmill Entertainment | 1988 | 92 min | 1.85:1 | English Mono
Directed by Emmett Alston
Starring: George Kennedy, David Michael O’Neill, Pamela Gilbert, Billy Jayne, Michelle Bauer, Hank Stratton, Colleen McDermott

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Robert Sammelin) is limited to 7,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Bill Crafton is enjoying a quiet vacation at a remote cabin with his daughter Julie when, all of a sudden, a giant, Bigfoot-like creature bursts in, killing Julie and dragging her body off into the woods. A few months later, young Jack Bergman – the nephew of the cabin’s owner – arrives with his friends, under the guise of a fun-filled few days in the wilderness. However, when they find the place ransacked, Jack is forced to reveal the true purpose of the trip — to investigate the recent disappearance of his uncle Clem, amidst reports of other strange goings-on in the area. Sure enough, when night falls, Bigfoot reappears and attacks the group, dragging two of them away. As dawn breaks, Jack and the rest of his friends prepare to hunt the beast and unknowingly set off on a journey of bloody, otherworldly terror.

Based on an original story by John Carl Buechler – prolific special effects artist and director of Troll and Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood – and helmed by Emmett Alston (New Year’s Evil), DEMONWARP is a delirious late 80s creature feature which throws in everything and the kitchen sink, from hulking Sasquatches, ghoulish zombies, bloody sacrifices and monstrous alien overlords. Featuring Academy Award-winner George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke, Just Before Dawn, Uninvited) and packed full of gratuitous nudity and head-ripping action, Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to unveil DEMONWARP on UHD for the very first time, restored in 4K from its original camera negative and loaded with a wealth of newly-produced bonus features.

  • 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 Emmett Alston and producer Richard L. Albert, moderated by Jim Branscome of Cinematic Void
  • “Beasts & Breasts” (19 min) – an interview with actress Michelle Bauer
  • “Some of It Was Stupid” (25 min) – an interview with writer Jim Bertges
  • “Of Aesthetic Beauty & Bigfoot” (37 min) – an interview with director of photography R. Michael Stringer
  • “Composing Demonwarp” (27 min) – an interview with composer Dan Slider
  • Audio interview with actor Hank Stratton, conducted by Ewan Cant (36 min)
  • FX gallery, with narration by effects supervisor Mark Wolf (10 min)
  • Still gallery
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Bakterion

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-526 SLIP |

European Film | 1982 | 94 min | 1.66:1 | Italian, English Mono
Directed by Tonino Ricci
Starring: David Warbeck, Janet Ågren, Roberto Ricci, José Lifante, Miguel Herrera, Eugenio Benito

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Wes Benscoter) 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 the small English town of Newton, a pharmaceutical company’s experiments with a new vaccine take a disastrous turn when a laboratory accident triggers an outbreak of a deadly virus. With head scientist Dr. Adams missing, and the authorities eager to keep the incident under wraps, Captain Kirk is drafted in to try to get the situation under control. When horrifically mutilated bodies start turning up, drained of all their blood and bearing strange radiation burns, the awful truth soon becomes clear – Dr. Adams has been transformed into a blood-drinking mutant and is on the rampage! With the area under quarantine, the pressure is on Captain Kirk to track down and eliminate Dr. Adams before the authorities take drastic action.

An Italian/Spanish co-production helmed by director Tonino Ricci (Cave of the Sharks, Rush), appearing under his regular pseudonym Anthony Richmond, BAKTERION (aka Panic) is a good old-fashioned monster-on-the-loose romp starring Euro horror regular David Warbeck (The Black Cat, The Beyond) and Swedish starlet Janet Ågren (City of the Living Dead, Eaten Alive!). Featuring plentiful scenes of monster mayhem, including the creature running amok in a movie theater and terrorizing a group of choir boys in a church, the celluloid scientists at Vinegar Syndrome are thrilled to unleash BAKTERION from the laboratory in its world UHD premiere, restored in 4K from the original camera negative and accompanied by a host of new bonus features.

  • 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 16mm original camera negative
  • Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
  • “The Core of the Monster” (24 min) – an interview with FX artist and actor Roberto Ricci
  • “Latex Memories” (18 min) – an interview with make-up artist Adriano Carboni
  • “Monster Kids: The Heritage of Tonino Ricci and Rino Carboni” (25 min) – featurette with Roberto Ricci and Adriano Carboni
  • Alternate English titles
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • Newly translated English subtitles

Body of Evidence

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟

| VS-528 CASE |

MGM | 1993 | 101 min | 1.85:1 | English 2.0 Stereo
Directed by Uli Edel
Starring: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore, Joe Mantegna

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

When the wealthy Andrew Marsh is found dead of a heart attack in bed, the police don’t know what to make of the homemade sex-tape he died watching, nor the fact that he was discovered handcuffed. As it comes out that his much younger, BDSM-inclined girlfriend Rebecca Carlson was not only on that sextape, but also in his will for an $8M inheritance, district attorney Robert Garrett goes after her. Accusing Rebecca of having cunningly made her own body the murder weapon, and with public opinion against her, only Carlson’s defense attorney, Frank Dulaney, seems to believe that she’s innocent. But that’s before things get considerably rougher, both in the court and in the uneasy confidence between Rebecca and her chosen counsel.

Released at the height of the 1990’s erotic thriller boom, BODY OF EVIDENCE took the bold step of casting a pop culture superstar arguably at the peak of her fame, Madonna (Desperately Seeking Susan). Helmed by a master of the complicated character drama, Uli Edel (Christiane F.), with a nail-biting performance from four-time Oscar® nominee Willem Dafoe (To Live and Die in L.A.), this racy noir builds tension and mood to a dizzying climax. It also boasts a stacked supporting cast including Joe Mantegna (House of Games), Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction), Jürgen Prochnow (In the Mouth of Madness), and Julianne Moore (The Big Lebowski). Vinegar Syndrome is achingly excited to present the UHD debut of this twist-filled thriller in both its unrated director’s and R-rated theatrical cuts, in brand-new, director-approved 4K restorations.

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (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
  • Presented in two cuts on both UHD and BD discs: Unrated Director’s Cut and R-rated Theatrical Cut
  • “Seamless, Sensual Cinematography” (12 min) – an interview with cinematographer Douglas Milsome
  • The Production of Provocation” (16 min) – an interview with director Uli Edel
  • “The Madonna and The Whore” (20 min) – a video essay by Jennifer Moorman, PhD on Body of Evidence
  • “Love or Murder” (6 min) – an archival making-of featurette
  • Still gallery
  • Theatrical trailer
  • 40-page perfect-bound book with essays by Scout TaFoya, Walter Chaw, and Abbey Bender
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Dead Boyz Can’t Fly

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Archive ⍟

| VSA-059 |

Commando Video | 1992 | 102 min | 1.85:1 | English Mono
Directed by Howard Winters (aka Cecil Howard)
Starring: David John, Brad Friedman, Ruth Collins, Jason Stein, Daniel J. Johnson, Sheila Kennedy

DEAD BOYZ CAN’T FLY 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 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 Steak Mtn.) is strictly limited to 4,000 units and may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.

Deadbeat amateur artist Buzz shows up at a New York office building in hopes of landing himself a job, but quickly finds himself humiliated by a sleazy employment agent in front of his glamorous new female secretary. When Buzz happens across the same woman later that night, he decides to vent his anger by viciously raping and stabbing her to death. The next day, with the police on the hunt for the woman’s murderer, Buzz convinces fellow goons Jo Jo and sadistic crossdresser Goose to launch an all-out assault on the office building in order to score cash and drugs. No sooner are the trio inside the building than they begin torturing, raping, and slaughtering their way through the terror-stricken office workers, forcing janitor John, a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD, to launch a counter-offensive against the hoodlums.

The final film by prolific erotic filmmaker Howard Winters, aka Cecil Howard (Firestorm, Star Angel), 1992’s DEAD BOYZ CAN’T FLY is a gritty, blood-soaked throwback to the mean-spiritedness of 70s exploitation movies, based on an original script by Straw Weisman, writer of notorious nasty Fight for Your Life. Blending elements of A Clockwork Orange and The Warriors alongside aspects of Vietnam War-reckoning movies such as Born on the Fourth of July, Vinegar Syndrome Archive is delighted to unleash this underseen shocker on Blu-ray for the first time, freshly restored in 4K from its original camera negative and accompanied by a host of revelatory new cast and crew interviews.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original negative
  • “On the Fly” (20 min) – an interview with actor Brad Friedman
  • “Fear City” (24 min) – an interview with writer Straw Weisman
  • “Babylon Red” (27 min) – an interview with executive producer Bradley Winters
  • “Family Business” (20 min) – an interview with production assistant Scott Buckwald
  • Still gallery
  • Original trailer
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Boxcar Bertha

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

| CIN-030 CASE |

MGM | 1972 | 88 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine, Victor Argo

Taking its name from the Lumière Brothers invention of the same name, Cinématographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinématographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome’s Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.

This special limited edition J-card MediaBook slipcase (designed by Tony Stella) is limited to 5,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. (Note: this Limited Edition includes a 60 page booklet)

“Boxcar” Bertha Thompson (Barbara Hershey, The Last Temptation of Christ), a transient young woman living in the American south in the 1930s, rides the rails bouncing from job to job and town to town, often leaving dishonest men in her wake. She eventually comes across “Big” Bill Shelly (David Carradine, Death Race 2000), a hard working laborer turned union organizer. They quickly develop a romantic relationship and, along with two friends—Rake Brown (Barry Primus, New York, New York) and Von Morton (Bernie Casey, Hit Man)—begin an old fashioned crime spree, robbing banks and trains, and becoming fast enemies of both the railway company and local law enforcement.

The sophomore narrative feature for Martin Scorsese, who also co-edited the film, Boxcar Bertha bears not only many of the hallmarks of his filmography to come but those of producers Roger and Julie Corman as well. Adapted from the book Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha, Scorsese’s film combines elements of true crime grit with the style, and excesses, expected in drive-in exploitation pictures of the 1970s. Long overlooked in the filmography of one of American, and world, cinema’s greatest filmmakers, Cinématographe is proud to bring Martin Scorsese’s Boxcar Bertha to 4K UHD for the first time in the world, from a new restoration supervised by Scorsese himself.

  • 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
  • New audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin
  • A New Talent – a new video interview with Ian Christie, editor of Scorsese on Scorsese
  • Any Way You Can – a new video interview with actor Barry Primus
  • What Price a Crucifix Tree: Female Protagonists and the Suffering Servants of Scorsese – a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer
  • Trailers from Hell – Julie Corman and Chris Wilkinson on Boxcar Bertha
  • Turner Classic Movies introduction to the film by Ben Mankiewicz, featuring interview footage with producer Roger Corman
  • Gallery of rarely seen storyboards for the film, drawn by Martin Scorsese
  • Booklet with a new interview with Martin Scorsese as well as essays by film critics Robert Daniels, Bilge Ebiri, Beatrice Loayza and Glenn Kenny, author of Made Men: the Story of Goodfellas
  • English SDH subtitles

The Accidental Getaway Driver

⍟ UTOPIA ⍟

| UTO-039 SLIP |

2023 | 102 min | 2.39:1 | English, Vietnamese DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Sing J. Lee
Starring: Hiep Tran Nghia, Dustin Nguyen, Dali Benssalah, Phi Vu, Gabrielle Chan

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.

During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County convicts.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Official Trailer 
  • Behind The Scenes photo gallery
  • English SDH subtitles

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

⍟ Magnolia Pictures ⍟

| MAG-004 SLIP |

2022 | 106 min | 2.39:1 | Romanian, English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Radu Jude
Starring: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, Andi Vasluianu

A leading independent film studio for 20 years, Magnolia Pictures is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of the Wagner/Cuban Companies, boasting a library of over 500 titles. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

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

A teacher finds her career and reputation under threat after her sex tape is leaked. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, she refuses to surrender to their pressure. Presented in Radu Jude’s controversial director’s cut.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • New Interview with Radu Jude
  • Booklet Essay by Critic John Semley
  • English SDH subtitles

The Banished

⍟ Brainstorm Media ⍟

| BST-012 SLIP |

2024 | 96 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Joseph Sims-Dennett
Starring: Meg Clarke, Leighton Cardno, Gautier Pavlovic-Hobba, Tony Hughes, Diane Smith

Since Brainstorm Media’s inception in 1995, the company has had a forward-thinking approach to a growing indie marketplace. With an ethos of adaptability, Brainstorm continues to expand its network of partners and explore unique models of distribution. Brainstorm’s mission is to realize focused and creative distribution strategies for its content partners.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Trevor Henderson) 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.

After her brother mysteriously goes missing, Grace ventures into the dangerous wilderness to find him. As she uncovers the horrific truth of his disappearance, she is faced with a darkness which threatens to claim her as well.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Commentary with writer/director Joseph Sims-Dennett and actor/associate producer Leighton Cardno
  • Trailer
  • English SDH subtitles

BlackBerry

⍟ IFC Films ⍟

| IFC-024 SLIP |

2023 | 120 min | 2.00:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Matt Johnson
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Cary Elwes

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

The true story of the meteoric rise & catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone, BlackBerry is a whirlwind ride through a ruthlessly competitive Silicon Valley at breakneck speeds.

  • 2-Disc Region A Blu-ray
  • Two presentations of the film: the 120 minute theatrical cut and BlackBerry: The Limited Series, a 136 minute extended presentation as aired on AMC+
  • Audio Commentary with director/co-writer Matt Johnson and editor Curt Lobb
  • Audio Commentary with Matt Johnson, producer/co-writer Matt Miller, executive producer/composer Jay McCarrol, associate producer/cinematographer Jared Raab and production designer Adam Belanger
  • Audio Commentary with former RIM engineer Matthias Wand
  • The Crew of Blackberry featurette
  • Scoring Blackberry with composer Jay McCarrol
  • Editing Blackberry with editor Curt Lobb
  • Cinematography of Blackberry with cinematographer Jared Raab
  • Directing Blackberry with director Matt Johnson
  • Locations of Blackberry featurette
  • Animatics of Blackberry featurette
  • Blooper reel
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Booklet with new writing by filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski
  • English SDH subtitles

The Bleeder

⍟ Klubb Super 8 ⍟

| KS8-004 SLIP |

1982 | 87 min | 1.66:1 | Swedish DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Hans Hatwig
Starring: Åke Eriksson, Sussi Ax, Eva Danielsson, Mia Hansson, Maria Landberg, Agneta Öhlund, Eva Pettersson, Dan Stråhed, Antonio Di Ponziani, Bror Strandberg

Klubb Super 8 is a Swedish independent research outfit/film archive/film club/film distribution company dedicated to Swedish exploitation Cinema that has been operational for almost 25 years, releasing films on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. Klubb Super 8 also owns the subsidiary Cultpix.com, a global streaming platform focused on vintage exploitation/genre/cult movies from around the world.

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.

Sweden’s first feature film shot on video (U-matic), is also Sweden’s only slasher movie. The overall-clad hemophiliac “The Bleeder” is roaming the abandoned estate of Byfors, blood pouring from his eyes. The all-girl band Rock Cats (real-life band Revanch) have engine trouble with their tour bus in the middle of the woods. Guess where they end up? Hans Hatwig is the legendary editor of the hugely successful Swedish pop magazines Poster (1974-1980) and Okej (1980-1989). He photographed the bands himself, and got Gene Simmons from KISS to pose with a poster for The Bleeder in his mouth, fueling the rumor that Simmons played the lead character, a clever PR trick by the enterprising Hatwig. The Bleeder is actually played by Åke Eriksson, one of Sweden’s best drummers, known from bands like Attack, Bedlam and Wasa Express.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Location Scouting at Ryfors Herrgård 1981
  • Interviews with Cast and Crew 2005
  • Reunion with Revanch, Hans Hatwig and video tech “Lärkan” at Ryfors Estate 2005
  • Hans Hatwig & Åke Eriksson, Sala 2023
  • Deleted Scenes & Bloopers
  • Gallery
  • Behind-the-Scenes Book with Photos
  • English, Swedish subtitles

Bye Bye Brazil

⍟ Film Movement Classics ⍟

| FMC-016 SLIP |

1979 | 100 min | 1.66:1 | Portuguese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Carlos Diegues
Starring: José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr., Zaira Zambelli, Príncipe Nabor

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

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe. Television is their enemy as they go from the coast deep into the Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with Dasdô’s knowledge. He’s moon-struck. Then, after Dasdô’s baby is born and financial disaster hits the troupe, the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan. Presented in a new 4K restoration.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Making of featurette
  • Introduction by producer Lucy Baretto
  • 16-page booklet with essay by film journalist Rafa Sales Ross
  • English subtitles

Cat Sick Blues

⍟ Wild Eye Releasing ⍟

| WER-006 SLIP |

2015 | 94 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Dave Jackson
Starring: Matthew C. Vaughan, Shian Denovan, Meg Spencer, Jeni Bezuidenhout, Danae Swinburne, Rob Alec, Mahalia Brown, Rachel Rai

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.

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

When Ted’s beloved cat dies, grief fractures his mind beyond repair. Consumed by delusion and anger, he becomes convinced that nine human lives are the key to bringing his pet back from the dead. Armed with vicious clawed gloves and a haunting cat mask, Ted descends into a nightmare of obsession and murder. But amid all his carnage, he meets Claire, a young woman mourning her own lost cat, and their shared sorrow sparks a bond that blurs the line between love and madness.

A decade after shocking audiences around the world, Cat Sick Blues returns in a definitive Blu-ray edition, honoring its status as one of the most unsettling and original works of modern independent horror. Celebrated by critics and cult audiences alike for its volatile mix of grief, absurdity, and gore-soaked cruelty, the film endures as a singular vision that’s darkly funny, deeply uncomfortable, and impossible to forget.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Uncut, director-approved version of the film
  • Commentary track with director Dave Jackson and crew members
  • Commentary with director Dave Jackson, co-writer and producers
  • “Beautiful World” – new video essay by Heather Drain
  • Show Me Something Wrong podcast – interview with director Dave Jackson and star Matthew C. Vaughan
  • “Catboy” documentary
  • “Claws and Cat Cocks” – behind-the-scenes documentary
  • Deleted scenes
  • “Cat Sick Blues” – original short film
  • “Kappa” – short film
  • “Cat Interrupts Interview” – short, original CSB trailers
  • Music video – “Instant Junkie / Last Chance”
  • Music video – “Lady Flash / Astro Chick Alaska”
  • Music video – “Lady Flash / This Japanese Girl Likes Gundam”
  • Music video – “Tokiyo / Maboroshi”
  • 11×17 folded poster with exclusive new art
  • Exclusive sleeve art by Japanese artist Kit
  • Optional English subtitles

Dead of Night

⍟ VHSHitfest ⍟

| VHSHitfest-021 SLIP |

1994-1997 | 300 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS HD-MA 2.0
Directed by Wayne Spitzer, Andy Kumpon
Starring: Wayne Spitzer, Andy Kumpon

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 Brianna Miller) 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.

Welcome to Viktorville: a town where inter-dimensional flux-core portals open daily and a menagerie of dangerous creatures crawl through them. Join Viktor Corporation enforcement officers, Status and AK, as they protect Viktorville from dinosaurs, killer robots, golems, Basilisks, Sligaks, Goldenballs, Drainers, The Drolic, and much more!

Created by real life security guards, Wayne Spitzer and Andy Kumpon, Dead of Night is an ambitious supernatural shot-on-video TV series that aired on Spokane cable-access from 1994-1997. Dead of Night feels like David Lynch directing The X-Files and VHShitfest could not be prouder to present this unique series (in its entirety) for the first time.

  • 2-Disc Region Free Blu-ray
  • All 12 Original Episodes
  • Previously Unreleased Episode “Tool”
  • Select Commentaries
  • Interview with Wayne Spitzer and Andy Kumpon
  • Oral History of Dead of Night
  • Behind the Scenes Footage
  • Archival News Segments
  • Six Short Films
  • And More!
  • English SDH subtitles

Deadwood Park

⍟ Saturn’s Core ⍟

| SC-056 SLIP |

2007 | 117 min | 1.77:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Eric Stanze
Starring: William Clifton, Lindsey Luscri, Bryan Lane, Jason Allen Wolfe, Ramona Midgett, Dick Mintzlaff, Joseph R. Engel, Jason Christ, Emily Haac

Saturn’s Core Audio & Video is a New Jersey based home video label devoted to releasing underground oddities and shot on video cinema on VHS, and now, blu-ray discs! In partnership with OCN Distribution, Saturn’s Core will exhume forgotten or under-seen genre cinema from the 80s and 90s, with an emphasis on SOV horror features. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

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

The small community of Eidolon Crossing once boasted a flourishing economy, fueled primarily by the rural amusement park Dogwood Park. Then the child murders began. Once the bodies of multiple murdered children were unearthed on the park’s property, attendance declined and the town quickly withered into poverty and ruin. Over the course of 35 years, 26 children disappeared at the hands of an elusive murderer and the decaying amusement park was dubbed Deadwood Park by the superstitious locals. Former resident Jake Richardson (William Clifton), returns to his parents’ dilapidated farmhouse to search for answers surrounding his twin brother’s childhood disappearance. Soon the spirits of the murdered children appear to Jake, luring him back to the decrepit grounds of Deadwood Park, in an attempt to uncover the horrific and homicidal secrets buried deep beneath Eidolon Crossing. 

An atmospheric juggernaut shot on location at Midwestern drive-in theaters, creaky cabins, and an actual, overgrown abandoned amusement park (replete with crumbling coasters and rusted ferris wheels), Deadwood Park is a sweeping, gore-soaked, SOV folk horror epic from the visionary, Missouri based video auteur Eric Stanze (Savage Harvest, Scrapbook, Ratline). Evoking melancholic autumnal vibes, spine-tingling scares, and an overall sense of relentless dread, Deadwood Park found Stanze pushing his micro-budget DIY aesthetics to dizzying new heights; culminating in a sobering, supernatural metaphor for the child mortality that proliferates in the wake of war, dystopia, and economic blight. Saturn’s Core is proud to present the Blu-Ray debut of Deadwood Park, sporting a brand new restoration supervised by director Eric Stanze plus an accursed, buried chest of new and archival special features.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Audio commentary with writer / director Eric Stanze
  • Audio commentary with writer / director Eric Stanze & actor / producer Jason Christ
  • “Season Pass: Return to Deadwood Park” – New 2026 retrospective documentary
  • “Welcome to Eidolon Crossing: The Making of Deadwood Park” – Feature length documentary from 2007
  • Post-production featurette
  • “Crew on Camera” featurette
  • Outtakes
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Music videos
  • Radio commercial
  • Wicked Pixel trailer vault
  • English SDH subtitles

Embalmer

⍟ American Genre Film Archive ⍟

| AGFA-074 SLIP |

1996 | 86 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by S. Torriano Berry
Starring: Jennifer T. Kelly, Kenneth E. Mullen, Myron Creek, Tracy Owens, Dexter K. Tennie

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

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

An urban legend-based slasher from acclaimed filmmaker S. Torriano Berry, EMBALMER is one of the few 1990s independent horror movies that was made for Black audiences. The story follows Chiffon, a troubled teenager with a dark past, as she and her friends run afoul of Undertaker Zach—a mortician who killed his family and turned his funeral home into an H.H. Holmes-style murder castle. Shot on 16mm film with a small budget in Washington, D.C., EMBALMER utilizes a hip-hop soundtrack, sly humor, and slasher mechanics to tell a deeper story of abuse, trauma, and the never-ending cycle of coping with pain. AGFA is honored to bring this powerful chapter of overlooked ’90s horror to Blu-ray for the first time ever.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Preserved from the original 1” tape master
  • Video introduction by director S. Torriano Berry
  • Q&A with Berry
  • Archival behind the scenes featurette
  • Original trailers
  • EMBALMER: EARLY CUT, a previously unreleased version
  • Short films from Berry:
    • IN THE HOLE (1984)
    • DAY OF THE CROW’S CALL (1986)
    • EUPHRATES AWAKENING (1992)
  • Bonus movie: THE BLACK BEYOND (1985-92), Berry’s previously unreleased shot-on-video sci-fi/horror anthology
  • THE BLACK BEYOND news segment
  • English SDH subtitles

Folies Meurtrières and the Films of Antoine Pellissier

⍟ Bleeding Skull ⍟

| BS-012 SLIP |

1977-2021 | 592 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Antoine Pellissier
Starring: Magali Bernard, Elisabeth Carou, Carole Chapus, Mireille Duruisseaud

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

A window to the spectral world, the work of Antoine Pellissier—a physician by day and horror maestro by night—is the underground answer to Jean Rollin. FOLIES MEURTRIERES AND THE FILMS OF ANTOINE PELLISSIER is a 2-disc set that presents Pellissier’s complete filmography for the first time on home video. From dreamlike slasher FOLIES MEURTRIERES to gore-soaked epic MALEFICIA, these handcrafted art-horrors from France are heavenly discoveries for discerning horrorheads. This set also includes the long-lost, uncut version of LES PROIES DU MAL (Pellissier’s first feature) and DR. GORE, a feature-length documentary from Pauline Pallier.

  • 2-Disc Region Free Blu-ray
  • English subtitles

Disc 1: FOLIES MEURTRIERES & Early Films

  • Restored from original Super 8 film elements
  • In French with optional English subtitles
  • FOLIES MEURTRIERES (1984, 48 mins)
  • ELUE DES ENFERS (1985, 35 mins)
  • LES PROIES DU MAL (1982, 147 mins)
  • DU SANG SUR LA NEIGE (1981, 8 mins)
  • LE VAMPIRE CONTRE ATTAQUE (1980, 16 mins)
  • AU COMBLE DE L’HORREUR (1978, 16 mins)
  • LE REFUGE DES MANDITS (1977, 35 mins)
  • Video introduction by Pellissier
  • THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF: Archival featurette
  • Photo gallery

Disc 2: MALEFICIA & HORRIFICIA

  • Preserved from original tape masters
  • In French with optional English subtitles
  • MALEFICIA (1998, 102 mins)
  • HORRIFICIA (2021, 110 mins)
  • DR. GORE (2009, Dir. Pauline Pallier)
  • MALEFICIA: Teaser trailer
  • HORRIFICIA: Behind the scenes & bloopers
  • BLAIR WITCH KAUFMAN: Archival featurette
  • Photo gallery
  • ‘Zine with Pellissier interview by Bleeding Skull’s Joseph A. Ziemba

The Glassworker

⍟ Watermelon Pictures ⍟

| WP-002 SLIP |

2024 | 98 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Usman Riaz
Starring: Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra, Tony Jayawardena, Teresa Gallagher, Mina Anwar, Sham Ali, Maya Saroya

Watermelon Pictures is an award-winning film production and distribution company founded in 2024 by brothers Badie Ali and Hamza Ali. The company is dedicated to amplifying underrepresented filmmakers worldwide through powerful and culturally urgent storytelling. Watermelon Pictures is a wholly owned subsidiary of MPI Media Group.

This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Dylan Haley) was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

A young glassblower’s world is upended when a violinist and her father arrive in town during a time of war, challenging his relationships and ideals.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Making-Of Documentary
  • Storyboard Gallery
  • English SDH subtitles

Hoagie

⍟ Art Label ⍟

| AL008 |

2025 | 106 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Matt Hewitt
Starring: Ryan Morley, Stephen Heath, Lenae Day

Art Label is the new outlet for envelope-pushing arthouse and experimental cinema. Growing from previous work under the Verboden Video and Culture Shock Releasing banners, Art Label is focusing on films that challenge traditional rules of form and content. Art Label is broadening its roots in horror and exploitation, reaching into other dimensions of expression to give new kicks to a well-versed audience of cinematic thrill seekers. Even the most hardened moviegoers will find stimulation in Art Label’s releases.

This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

A mysterious egg contains an impish creature who can grant great power, for good or evil. Brendan Bean, a kindly family man, finds himself face to face with the bizarre creature, and before long a friendship for the ages develops. Meanwhile, the depraved Benny Piazza leads his deranged militia on a violent quest to reclaim the magical homunculi.

Matt Hewitt’s relentlessly strange love letter to the “little bastard” subgenre is as much reminiscent of its inspirations (think Gremlins, Munchies, Ghoulies) as it is completely original. There is nothing like Hoagie out there, and there likely never will be again. This self-assured feature, full of goopy latex practical effects and squibs, is the culmination of a lifetime of ambitious no-budget filmmaking.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Feature-length commentary with co-creators Matt Hewitt and Ryan Morley, with special guest Hoagie!
  • Short films “Daddy’s Boys,” “Beta Testing,” and “Roid Rage”
  • “Hoagie’s House” practical effects making-of featurette
  • Eight Music Videos directed by Matt Hewitt
  • Promised Men social media content
  • Anderson Valley Ranch commercial
  • Crowdfunding promotional videos
  • Liner notes by Outlaw Vern
  • Trailer and teasers
  • English, English SDH subtitles

The Image Revolution

⍟ ETR Media ⍟

| ETRM044 |

2013 | 83 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Patrick Meaney
Starring: Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Robert Kirkman, Jim Lee

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 listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

Twenty years ago, seven superstar artists left Marvel Comics to create their own company, Image Comics, a company that continues to influence mainstream comics and pop culture to this day. Image began as more than just a publisher – it was a response to years of creator mistreatment, and changed comics forever. The Image Revolution tells the story of Image Comics, from its founders’ work at Marvel, through Image’s early success, company difficulties during the comics market implosion, and ultimately the publisher’s new generation of properties like The Walking Dead. Filled with colorful characters, the film is a clarion call to artists to take control of their destiny.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Director’s Commentary
  • Additional Interview Footage from the Original Filming Sessions
  • Catching Up With Rob Liefeld: 10 Years Later
  • The Image Revolution: What Happened Since the Film
  • Todd Gets His Watch
  • English SDH subtitles

La Cocina

⍟ WILLA ⍟

| WLA-001 SLIP |

2024 | 139 min | 1.33:1, 1.85:1 | English, Spanish DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Starring: Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Motell Foster, Oded Fehr, Eduardo Olmos

WILLA is a production & distribution company, recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 and supported by Sundance Institute, dedicated to amplifying culturally and socially important storytelling.

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 the heart of a bustling Times Square kitchen, dreams and desperation collide as the back-of-house staff each chase the elusive American dream. When money goes missing from the register, the spotlight falls on Pedro (Briones), a passionate dreamer entangled in a tumultuous love affair with Julia (Mara), a waitress grappling with her own commitments. As tensions rise and shocking revelations unfold, the relentless pace of the kitchen threatens to shatter the hopes and aspirations of those who keep it running. It’s a high-stakes drama that explores the intersection of the personal ambition and systemic exploitation of undocumented immigrant workers within the pressure-cooker environment of a Times Square New York restaurant.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • La Cocina x One Fair Wage Campaign
  • The Upcoming: Interview with Alonso Ruizplacios
  • Inside the Arthouse: The Visual Style of La Cocina
  • Picturehouse: Interview with Alonso Ruizpalacios
  • Berlin International Film Festival Press Conference
  • Instagram Live: Eva Longoria and Alonso Ruizpalacios
  • English SDH subtitles

Looking for an Angel

⍟ Kani ⍟

| KANI-036 SLIP |

1999 | 61 min | 1.85:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Akihiro Suzuki
Starring: Kōichi Imaizumi, Akira Suehiro, Hotaru Hazuki, Akira Kuroiwa, Kôichi Fujishima, Tho Ogura, Keiko Suzuki, Yusui Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Oki

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.

Mostly seen on the gay pink circuit and recently restored by its director to its rightful place in the Japanese arthouse canon, Akihiro Suzuki’s debut takes the death of a young gay porn performer named Takachi as its starting point. Looking for an Angel follows Shinpei and Reiko as they process their friend’s disappearance, their memories coalescing into a bold exploration of grief set against the backdrop of a nostalgic, blue-hued city shot in a variety of filmic formats. As the viewer begins to piece together Takachi’s story, laden with desire for another boy named Sorao, between the cities of Tokyo and Kochi (“where the boys look like angels”), a powerful free-associative beauty emerges from a unique work described by Suzuki himself as “neither straight, gay, queer, bisexual, asexual or pornographic, but [rather] anti-heterosexist” — a film completely free of dogma and convention.

“At the time, I felt a sense of rebellion against the heterosexual-dominated world, and wanted to portray sexuality and identity through an ambiguity that cannot be categorized,” says director Akihiro Suzuki. “I wanted to make a 35mm film like an 8mm film, mix various visual media, and include people of diverse sexualities around me in it.” — Akihiro Suzuki

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Interview with director Akihiro Suzuki
  • Commentary track by Dakota Noot (co-host of Two in the Pinku podcast)
  • Bonus feature: New scan of Angel’s Body Temperature (2003, 82mins)
  • Selected scenes commentary by Dakota Noot on Angel’s Body Temperature
  • Booklet with new writing by Elizabeth Purchell
  • English SDH subtitles

Love and Other Catastrophes

⍟ Umbrella Entertainment ⍟

| UMB-020 SLIP |

1996 | 78 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Emma-Kate Croghan
Starring: Alice Garner, Frances O’Connor, Matt Day, Matthew Dyktynski, Radha Mitchell

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

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Michele Rosenthal) 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.

Mia (Francis O’Connor – Mansfield Park), an ambitious film studies student, finds herself entangled in a web of relationships and miscommunications. Her housemate Alice (Alice Garner – Monkey Grip, Seachange) is a frustrated perfectionist, four years late with her thesis and looking for a man to fit her rigorous relationship criteria. Their search for love and a new housemate transcends the boundaries of the University and their respective disciplines. As the day ends and the party begins events begin to unscramble in unexpected ways. Omina Vincit Amor… Love Conquers All!

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Audio Commentary with director Emma-Kate Croghan
  • Interview with actor Matt Day
  • English SDH subtitles

Out Come the Wolves

⍟ Shudder ⍟

| SHU-027 SLIP |

2020 | 90 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Adam MacDonald
Starring: Missy Peregyrm, Joris Jarsky, Damon Runyan

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 Alex Delaney) 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 a remote cabin deep in the wilderness, a weekend of hunting turns to mayhem and a fight for survival when a pack of wolves attack a man, his female best friend, and her fiance.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Audio Commentary with Director Adam MacDonald
  • EPK
  • Sophie Bike Crash Pre-Vis
  • Still Gallery of Storyboards and Production Materials
  • English SDH subtitles

Petite Solange

⍟ Several Futures ⍟

| SF-003 SLIP |

2021 | 86 min | 1.85:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Axelle Ropert
Starring: Jade Springer, Léa Drucker, Philippe Katerine

Several Futures is an independent film distributor with a focus on auteurist and anti-imperialist work. The label was founded in 2022 by filmmaker and programmer Graham L. Carter in the hopes of bringing films to North America that might otherwise not be released. “My loyalty is always with the oppressed.” – Heiny Srour.

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.

Solange is a typical 13 year old, curious and full of life. When her parents begin to argue, fight and slowly drift apart, Solange’s world begins to splinter. To keep her family together, she will worry, act out, suffer. It’s the story of a young and overly tender teen who wants the impossible: for love to never end.

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Q&A from New York Opening
  • Excerpts from Ropert’s NYU Master Class
  • Trailers for all of Ropert’s films
  • A booklet featuring a new essay by Patrick Preziosi
  • New Artwork by Tanya Chernyak
  • English subtitles

Shanghai Blues

⍟ Film Movement Classics ⍟

| FMC-017 SLIP |

1984 | 103 min | 1.85:1 | Cantonese, Mandarin DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Tsui Hark
Starring: Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang, Sally Yeh

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

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

In 1937 after The Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Although they can’t see each other’s faces they promise to meet again after the dust settles. Ten years later the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba-player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it they end up living in the same building unbeknownst to each other. Through a series of mishaps he mistakes her new ingénue roommate for his love interest and wacky love triangle hijinks ensue. Consummate auteur Tsui Hark almost singlehandedly reinvented Hong Kong cinema in the 80’s and 90’s with uber-kinetic genre opuses, amping up cinematic spectacle whether with special effects or sheer unbridled energy. This Hong Kong styled homage to the screwball comedies of yesteryear features black belt level slapstick and delightfully droll romcom shenanigans. With striking mise en scene and inspired production design Shanghai Blues is, “…luscious, loving and a lot of fun…one of Tsui Hark’s most enjoyable works,” (Richard James Havis, South China Morning Post). 

The 4K restoration of Shanghai Blues was supervised from the original negative by Tsui Hark with L’Immagine Ritrovata and the soundtrack remixed by One Cool Sound.

  • 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
  • Interviews with director/producer Tsui Hark and film coordinator O Sing Pui
  • Commentary by Hong Kong film expert Frank Djeng
  • 16-page booklet with essay by film writer John Charles
  • English subtitles

Solvent

⍟ Film Movement ⍟

| FM-034 |

2024 | 94 min | 1.78:1 | English, German DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner
Starring: Jon Gries, Aleksandra Cwen, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Roland Gratzer

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 listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Lucas Peverill) was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

An American expat joins a team of experts searching an abandoned Austrian farmhouse for historical Nazi documents that may be hidden within it. However, when they discover a secret buried deep in the home’s bowels, the team is forced to confront an ancient, insatiable evil intent on consuming them and everything they hold dear.

Directed by boundary-pushing filmmaker and actor Johannes Grenzfurthner (MASKING THRESHOLD), Solvent is a “horror odyssey that takes us down a path of madness and refuses to let us go” (Alejandro Turdó, Hoy Sale Cine).

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Solvent locations featurette
  • 16-page booklet with essay by filmmaker, critic, academic, podcaster and editor Mary Beth McAndrews
  • English subtitles

Suo Duo: Two Films by Masayuki Suo

⍟ Film Movement Classics ⍟

| FMC-015 SLIP |

1989, 1992 | 205 min (combined) | 1.37:1, 1.85:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Masayuki Suo
Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Honami Suzuki, Ken Ohsawa, Hikomaro, Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka, Akira Emoto

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 Michael DeForge) 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.

Fancy Dance: Popular punk rock singer Yohei (Masahiro Motoki, Departures) agrees to become a Buddhist monk for a year in order to inherit his family’s lucrative temple. With his head fully shaved he leaves behind his aggressive girlfriend and other worldly desires for an ascetic lifestyle in the countryside. There he is teamed up with a quirky cast of characters, including his younger brother, who becomes a monastic heartthrob of the fanatical high school girls nearby. While life is hard at first with endless duties and harassment by the higher-ups, pretty soon Yohei discovers that even the senior monks have found ways to buck the system. Some of the nefarious activities of the novice and seasoned monks include dating a woman on the sly, cavorting at hostess bars outside campus grounds, hording candies and other secular antics. When Yohei’s estranged girlfriend comes to drag him back to secular life he finds himself at a crossroads. The sophomore feature by Masayuki Suo (Shall We Dance?) is a sublime hangout comedy whose “mix of belly laughs, slapstick, sex jokes and satire pushes towards a predictably serene, spiritual conclusion” (Time Out).

The restoration of FANCY DANCE? was done by Tokyo Koon Co. Ltd., and supervised by Yuichi Nagata. The original camera negative underwent a 4K scan by Imagica Entertainment Media Services, Inc. (Scanity by Digital Film Technology)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t: College student Shuhei (Masahiro Motoki, Departures) finds out he is lacking a few credits for graduation. His crafty professor, a sumo enthusiast, says he’ll let it slip if Shuhei joins the school team and competes in the regional university tournament. Shuhei begrudgingly joins the team, which includes one member, the eccentric repeat student Aoki, and the pretty club manager Natsuko. They are soon joined by a ragtag group of new members including an outspoken British exchange student and a tough overweight coed. Everyone seems driven by ulterior motives at first. Yet as their trials and tribulations see them grow though hilariously outrageous shenanigans, so too does the team cultivate a winning spirit for the traditional Japanese pastime. Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t finds director Masayuki Suo (Shall We Dance?) refining his themes and motifs in this “fully entertaining, sometimes laugh out loud movie about sports underdogs who rise to success” (Japan On Film).

The restoration of SUMO DO, SUMO DON’T was done by Tokyo Koon Co. Ltd., and supervised by Naoki Kayano. The original camera negative underwent a 4K scan by Imagica Entertainment Media Services, Inc. (Scanity by Digital Film Technology)

  • 2-Disc Region A Blu-ray
  • Video introductions by director Masayuki Suo
  • Archival interviews with actors Naoto Takenaka, Hiromasa Taguchi and director Masayuki Suo
  • 16-page booklet with essay by film programmer and writer Ariel Esteban Cayer
  • English subtitles

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

⍟ Factory 25 ⍟

| FTF-174 SLIP |

2024 | 95 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson
Starring: Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams Jr., Larry “Moogstar” Clemon, David “Guitar Shorty” Kearney, Alonzo Williams, Tom Kenny, Mike Judge, Jenny Lewis, Johnny Knoxville, John Prine

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

Hidden away deep in the suburban San Fernando Valley, legendary cult musician Swamp Dogg, alongside housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, has transformed his home into an artistic playground. Together, they navigate the tumultuous waves of the music industry, and forge a wonderfully bizarre and inspiring path across time and space.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Deleted Scenes
  • If You Can Kill It I Can Cook It Infomercial
  • Swamp Dogg Music Videos
  • Swamp Dogg on Lil Art’s Poker Party
  • Sorry You Couldn’t Make it- Short film
  • Live Performances featuring Bon Iver, Jeff Tweedy, John Prine and more
  • Swamp Dogg and Moogstar commentary
  • 32 Page Booklet with Swamp Dogg’s cheesecake recipe, a conversation with Swamp Dogg and Moogstar by Steve Marsh and a mostly complete Swamp Dogg discography
  • English subtitles

Teddy, Out of Tune

⍟ NoBudge ⍟

| NB-002 SLIP |

2020 | 61 min | 1.77:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Daniel Freeman
Starring: Drew Connick, Erin Manker, Peter Hawks Cameron

NoBudge is a streaming platform and boutique label for young and emerging filmmakers. Focused on low-budget cinema, DIY visions, alternative comedy, and more, we spotlight indie filmmakers working with limited resources and without major film industry connections. A leading curatorial voice since 2011, we have been featured by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Esquire, The Paris Review, and Indiewire. “One of the best places to sample what’s happening in low-budget cinema worldwide.” -The New York Times.

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.

With a piano strapped to the back of his truck, a nomadic street musician drives 2,000 miles north to Canada on an emotional mission to spread his mother’s ashes.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Super 8 Prologues
  • 3 Short Films by Daniel Freeman
  • Booklet with BTS Photos
  • A Conversation with Daniel Freeman and Andrew Connick
  • An Essay by Filmmaker Erin Brethauer
  • Post Credit Video that Leads to $1000 Worth of Treasure Spread Across 5 Different States
  • English subtitles

Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep

⍟ Dark Star ⍟

| DS-032 |

2025 | 90 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Chad Ferrin
Starring: Edward Furlong, Susan Priver, Robert Miano, Steve Railsback, Bai Ling, Ginger Lynn, Lew Temple

Dark Star Pictures is a new-age North American distribution company, focused on bringing unique and targeted content to audiences across the country and is committed to releasing auteur-driven, original cinema in the theatrical, digital and home video space. In partnership with OCN Distribution, new Dark Star titles – along with celebrated features in their back catalog – will receive features packed blu-ray editions that will maintain the OCN standard of quality and Dark Star’s deft curation.

This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Black Coffiend) was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

Renowned oneirologist Ambrose London is requested to appear at Arkham Asylum by newly appointed Dr. Barnard to study the strange case of James Fhelleps. A patient seemingly inhabited by the personality of Joe Slater, a denizen of the Catskill Mountain region and a primitive colonial peasant of barbaric degeneracy, who had mysteriously vanished 122 years ago. Ambrose and Barnard’s investigation takes an unexpected turn when Fhelleps/Slater is attached to London’s Dream Machine that releases an alien life from Hell bent on world annihilation.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Feature Commentary w/Chad Ferrin, Brandon Kirk, Elina Madison & Bai Ling
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Bloopers
  • Boobs and Blood Awards
  • Director Chad Ferrin On Set
  • Ginger Lynn Book
  • Ginger Lynn Sucks Producer?
  • Movie Reviews On Set
  • Dorothea: Death Row Landlady
  • Official & Alternate Trailer
  • Photo Gallery
  • English SDH subtitles

Raw Talent

⍟ Quality X ⍟

| QX-022 SLIP |

1984 | 81 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Larry Revene
Starring: Jerry Butler, Lisa Deleeuw, Cassandra Leigh, Joey Silvera, Ron Jeremy, Rhonda Jo Petty, Jose Duvall, Taija Rae

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.

Eddie Czeropski is scraping by, trying to make it as an actor in New York. His friend Donny is an actor too, although not the same kind as Eddie. Donny moonlights in adult films for the tough-as-nails director Carolyn King. While visiting Donny on set, Eddie manages to fill in for his friend when Donny fouls up a shoot. Spotting his natural talent, Carolyn makes quick use of Eddie for a score of movies. When Eddie lands a role on a soap opera, he believes his adult career will fade from the public’s memory. But with the nascent videocassette market, Carolyn sees an opportunity to exploit. When Carolyn decides to cash in on the sex films of a current daytime TV actor, how will Eddie respond? A multi award-winning meta masterpiece from  writer/producer Joyce Snyder (Public Affairs, Pledge Night) and cinematographer/director Larry Revene (Wanda Whips Wall Street, Fascination), RAW TALENT combines introspective drama, outrageous action set pieces, and avant-garde editing, including subliminal imagery, to create a hardcore feature unlike anything else. Starring Jerry Butler (Star Angel) in his most acclaimed and controversial performance, along with Lisa Deleeuw (Centerspread Girls), Rhonda Jo Petty (Candy Goes to Hollywood), Joey Silvera (Climax!), and newcomer Cassandra Leigh (Playpen), this outrageous and poignant hit comes to Blu-ray from Quality X, newly restored in 4K from its 35mm camera negative, loaded with fresh extras, and completely uncut for the first time in almost 40 years.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative
  • Feature length audio commentary with producer Joyce Snyder moderated by Ashley West of The Rialto Report
  • Audio interview with Jerry Butler as featured on The Rialto Report
  • Video interview with producer and writer Joyce Snyder
  • Video interview with director and cinematographer Larry Revene
  • Archival image gallery
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Monologue tribute to Jerry Butler
  • Script to screen featurette
  • 36 page booklet with essay by Steven Morowitz and Dino Proserpio
  • 11×17 replica Japanese one-sheet
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Driller

⍟ Wild Eye Releasing ⍟

| WER-005 SLIP |

1984 | 83 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Cindy Cirile
Starring: Taija Rae, Renee Summers, George Payne, Esmerelda

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.

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

When a pop star sensation known only as “Mr. J” disappears from the spotlight, his biggest fans go looking for him (led by adult icon Tajia Rae) and stumble into a labyrinth of filth and horror that defies reason. Because deep beneath Mr. J’s stage persona lies a subterranean cabaret crawling with werewolves, zombies, mutants, and hunchbacks, all possessed by their most wanton desires and waiting for new victims. The groupies soon find themselves swept into a hallucinatory musical of temptation and transformation, where fame becomes flesh and the shape-shifting superstar unleashes a secret sexual weapon so monstrous, so carnal, it turns screams into creams and fulfills the title’s promise in the most jaw-dropping way. When the music ends, the drilling begins!

One of the strangest adult film artifacts ever to crawl out of the 1980s, Driller is a grimy subbasement stew of MTV spectacle, perverted set pieces and monster movie tropes. Shot quickly at the height of the cultural mania created by Michael Jackson’s Thriller, this bizarre 1984 adult horror parody reaches for the stars with choreographed sound-alike dance numbers, funhouse mirror sex scenes and impressive make up effects that rival any low budget horror film of the time. This forgotten relic from the outer edges of the Reagan-era gleams with all the warped sexual excess of the 1980s – where pop culture and pornography often collided – like a hypnotic, half-remembered dream pulled right off the dusty shelves of an adult video store in the bowels of purgatory.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Transfer from the original Betacam master tapes
  • Interview with Producer Timothy Green Beckley
  • Interview with adult actress Esmerelda
  • Image and art gallery
  • Original teaser trailer
  • Blu-ray trailer
  • 11×17 poster featuring original theatrical art
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original VHS art

Debbie Does Dallas

⍟ VCX ⍟

| VCX-001 SLIP |

1978 | 84 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Jim Clark
Starring: Bambi Woods, Robin Byrd, Herschel Savage, Merle Michaels, Richard Bolla, Eric Edwards

Founded in 1979, VCX has been one of the premier names in erotic films on home video for close to 50 years. With a vast catalog of genre classics, featuring star making performances and top quality direction, these meticulously restored Blu-ray editions will present the VCX library as never before seen.

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

Teenaged Debbie aches to become one of the famous Texas Cowgirls cheerleaders and shake her pom-poms in front of millions. When her dream miraculously comes true and she’s accepted to the squad, there’s one big problem: she has no money to travel to Texas. Fearing that she might miss out on her life’s ambition, Debbie and her friends decide that the only way to get a lot of money fast is to get to work. What better fundraising tool is at their disposal but their own delectable young bodies? One of the most successful hardcore feature films ever made, and also one of the most controversial, director Jim Clark’s legendary DEBBIE DOES DALLAS became an instant hit upon its release, thanks in part to its fresh-faced starlet Bambi Woods as Debbie. Supported by a cast including TV star Robyn Byrd (Hot Honey), Eric Edwards (The Fireworks Woman), and Richard Bolla (Babylon Pink) in one of his most iconic roles. VCX is delighted to present this quintessential cult film on Blu-ray, newly restored in 4K from its original camera negative and filled with vibrant extra features.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • 4k scan and restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
  • Audio commentary with Phillip Bernstene
  • Audio commentary with actress Robin Byrd
  • Audio interview with Richard Bolla and April Hall and Ashley West of The Rialto Report
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • VHS promo trailer
  • Archival image gallery
  • Video interview with Robin Byrd
  • 11×17 replica one-sheet
  • 36 page booklet with essays by film historians Peter Alilunas and Shawn D. Langrick
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

High School Memories

⍟ VCX ⍟

| VCX-002 SLIP |

1980 | 78 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Anthony Spinelli
Starring: John Leslie, Jamie Gillis, Annette Haven, Richard Pacheco

Founded in 1979, VCX has been one of the premier names in erotic films on home video for close to 50 years. With a vast catalog of genre classics, featuring star making performances and top quality direction, these meticulously restored Blu-ray editions will present the VCX library as never before seen.

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

High school: a storied time of innocence, awakening, exploring one’s self, and the  budding of desires. After years of not seeing each other, a group of teachers and  students catch up at their ten year reunion. There, long-forgotten memories bubble up to the surface, reigniting buried passions which could never before be fulfilled. As the now older and wiser group reminisce about the times that were, they start to realize that  certain yearnings of the past will now be inescapable. The first theatrical feature film produced and distributed by pioneering hardcore video distributor VCX, famed director Anthony Spinelli’s (SexWorld, Nothing to Hide) breezy and nostalgic look at teenage lust, HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES, offers a cast of erotic film veterans in some of their most sensual performances, including Annette Haven (Tapestry of Passion), Jamie Gillis (Dracula Sucks), Dorothy LeMay (Tropic of Desire) and John Leslie (Baby Rosemary), amongst many others. Fusing the tenderness of romance with the raw animalism of long-repressed desires, this carnal classic finally arrives on Blu-ray, restored in 4K from its original camera negative.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • 4k scan and restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
  • Original theatrical trailers
  • Archival image gallery
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • 11×17 replica one-sheet
  • English SDH subtitles

Love Camp

⍟ Delirium Home Video⍟

| DHV-002 SLIP |

1977 | 79 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Jess Franco
Starring: Nana Van Bergen, Ada Tauler, Monica Swinn

From the creative team behind DELIRIUM magazine comes DELIRIUM HOME VIDEO, a brand new label designed to bring some of the silver screen’s strangest and sexiest cinema to your ever-expanding collection. Carefully curated by DELIRIUM’s own editor-in-chief, DELIRIUM HOME VIDEO’s unique library will explore both hard and softcore erotica, bizarre and bloody European exploitation fare, operatic international horror, obscure dark fantasy and much, much more, with each title presented in stunning HD and packed with all-new special features. Get ready for a wild ride!

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.

Jess Franco returns with more sleaze, sex and seduction in this, the fourth and final “women in prison” film Franco made for notorious exploitation movie mogul Erwin C. Dietrich (DORIANA GRAY, ROLLS ROYCE BABY). 

In an unknown South American hellhole, a guerrilla army violently kidnaps sexually mature women and forces them to serve as personal prostitutes and sexual tools in their private jungle brothel.  A beautiful new bride, Angela, is kidnapped on her wedding night and soon finds herself an “inmate” in said slammer, her delicate beauty locking the unwanted attention of the sadistic and cruel lesbian warden. As the warden leers and Angela’s fellow prisoners meet gruesome ends, our heroine also finds herself attracted to the rugged leader of the local rebels. Horror, lust and lewd behaviour ensue…

A salacious, obsessive romp that ONLY Jess Franco could have made, LOVE CAMP is presented here on Blu-ray for the FIRST TIME in North America.

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Commentary by Author and Film Historian Troy Howarth
  • Love Camp Photo Gallery
  • Love Camp Trailer
  • Erwin C. Dietrich Trailers
  • English subtitles

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