Explorers
⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Ultra ⍟
[ VSU-016 BOX ]
Paramount | 1985 | 109 min | 1.85:1 | English 5.1 Surround + 2.0 Stereo
Directed by Joe Dante
Starring: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Robert Picardo, James Cromwell, Dana Ivey, Dick Miller
This special limited edition deluxe magnet box + slipcover set (designed by JJ Harrison), 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.
Inspired by his vivid dreams of flying through space and elaborate electrical grids, and fueled by comic books and classic sci-fi, 8th-grader Ben fantasizes about a way to explore the Universe. When his friend Wolfgang manages to build a matching circuit board from Ben’s hazily-sketched diagrams of his dreams, the board eerily begins to program itself, resulting in precisely the technology they need to secretly cobble together a real spacecraft in a backyard. Along with their friend Darren, they venture out of suburbia and blast into the cosmos seeking whatever alien life they can find — perhaps even something which was reaching out to them all along.
A sentimental adventure of childhood wonder and the regenerative cycle of pop culture (and B-movies), which links ’80s childhoods to the fantasy of ’50s sci-fi, Joe Dante’s EXPLORERS shows the Piranha director’s unique skill in blending genres. Featuring childhood film debuts from Ethan Hawke (Dead Poets Society) and River Phoenix (Sneakers), with Robert Picardo (The Howling) and, naturally, Dick Miller (Gremlins), it also boasts extensive use of a broad range of effects by Rob Bottin and visuals from Industrial Light & Magic, as well as an epic score by Jerry Goldsmith (Alien). Vinegar Syndrome Ultra is proud to present this cult film to 4K UHD in both its theatrical and home video versions, newly scanned and restored from its 35mm original camera negative, and featuring a brand new extended making-of documentary produced exclusively for this release.
- 3-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray x2
- 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
- Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Commentary with the Movie Oubliette podcast (Theatrical Version)
- “The Thunder Road: Making Explorers” – an all-new 77-minute documentary produced and edited by Elijah Drenner, exclusive for this release. Featuring new interviews with director Joe Dante, screenwriter Eric Luke, producer Mike Finnell, 2nd A.D. Carol Green, actor Robert Picardo, sound designer Mark Mangini, members of the ILM visual effects team, and newly discovered, never-before-seen on-set interviews with actors Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, make-up effects artist Rob Bottin, production designer Robert Boyle, and many more!
- “A Science Fiction Fairy Tale” (64 min) – a making-of documentary from 2021
- Deleted scenes – with commentary by director Joe Dante (34 min)
- Original 1985 Electronic Press Kit (5 min)
- “The Tale of the Farmer and the Wise Man” (10 min) – a 1976 UCLA student film by Explorers screenwriter Eric Luke
- Still gallery (5 min)
- Theatrical trailer
- Teaser trailer
- 40-page perfect-bound book with writing by Max Evry, Michael Almereyda, Gabe Klinger, and Patrick Dahl (limited edition only)
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Nightwatch
⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟
[ VS-535 CASE ]
Miramax | 1997 | 101 min | 2.35:1 | English 5.1 Surround + 2.0 Stereo
Directed by Ole Bornedal
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Lauren Graham, Brad Dourif
This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Sam Smith), 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.
Martin Bells is finding it tough to pay his way through law school, especially as his studies occupy nearly all of his waking hours. Needing to make extra income while remaining in a quiet environment, he takes a job as a night watchman at the city morgue. However, shortly after his arrival, a twisted necrophiliac killer begins murdering local prostitutes. As Detective Thomas Cray begins to investigate, the clues he uncovers unexpectedly start to point towards Martin as the prime suspect…
A twist-filled contemporary whodunit, adapted from director Ole Bornedal’s own 1994 Danish film while taking cues from the then-reemerging Hollywood slasher boom, NIGHTWATCH (1997) offers an all-star cast including Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting), three-time Academy Award® nominee Nick Nolte (48 Hrs., The Thin Red Line), Academy Award® nominee Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Academy Award® nominee Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), and Academy Award® winner Patricia Arquette (Boyhood). Vinegar Syndrome is proud to bring this tense and grisly thriller to UHD, newly and exclusively restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative, and packed with both new and archival extras.
- 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
- 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
- Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Commentary track with author/screenwriter Kelly Goodner and film historian Jim Hemphill
- “World of Nothingness” (7 min) – an interview with co-writer/director Ole Bornedal
- “A Thrilling Cast” (8 min) – an interview with casting director Rick Pagano
- “Building Suspense” (10 min) – a featurette with production designer Richard Hoover and set decorator Brian Hasch
- “The Paranoid Cinema of Nightwatch” (8 min) – a video essay by filmmaker Will Webb
- Behind-the-scenes footage (10 min)
- Still gallery (5 min)
- Trailer
- 40-page perfect-bound book with essays by Phillip Escott, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and Ariel Powers-Schaub (limited edition only)
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Macabre
⍟ Vinegar Syndrome ⍟
[ VS-534 CASE ]
1980 | 90 min | 1.85:1 | Italian & English Mono
Directed by Lamberto Bava
Starring: Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse, Ferdinando Orlandi, Fernando Pannullo, Elisa Kadigia Bove
This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Wes Benscoter & Shea Hardacre), 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.
Jane Baker is finding life difficult to cope with following the death of her lover. Seeking seclusion, she takes a room in a large, gothic mansion, whose elderly owner is blind. But Jane is also keeping a horrifying secret; a remnant of her love which she cannot let go but must keep hidden. As her fragile mental state further deteriorates, visitors to the spooky old house come too close to uncovering the shocking truth, when Jane snaps and unleashes a wrath of increasingly bloody terror…
The first feature film directed entirely by Italian horror legend Lamberto Bava (A Blade in the Dark, Demons), the giallo-tinged, true-crime-inspired MACABRE (Macabro) offers a tense and grisly study of budding madness. Starring Bernice Stegers (Fellini’s City of Women, Xtro) in a riveting performance utilizing the haunting beauty of New Orleans, and featuring a screenplay co-authored by Bava along with the great Pupi and Antonio Avati (The House With Laughing Windows, Zeder), this unnerving thriller at last hits 4K UHD from Vinegar Syndrome in a brand new, absolutely gorgeous restoration of its totally uncensored original camera negative, along with a heaping assortment of fresh interviews and critical appraisals.
- 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
- Three presentations of the film (UHD and BD):
- Italian theatrical version
- International theatrical version
- US theatrical version
- Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson
- “The Bloody Beginning” – an interview with director Lamberto Bava
- “New Orleans Gothic” – an interview with writer Pupi Avati
- “A Head for Producing” – an interview with producer Antonio Avati
- “Jazzing for a Murder” – an interview with film music historian Pierpaolo De Sanctis
- “Macabre Love” – an interview with Macabre expert Mark Thompson Ashworth
- Macabre Q&A with Lamberto Bava
- Original theatrical trailer
- International theatrical trailer
- 40-page perfect-bound book with essays by Dakota Noot, Pierce Conran, and Danielle Burgos(limited edition only)
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English subtitles
Anything That Moves
⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Pictures ⍟
[ VSP-011 CASE ]
2025 | 80 min | 1.85:1 | English 5.1 Surround
Directed by Alex Phillips
Starring: Hal Baum, Jade Perry, Jiana Nicole, Paul Gordon, Ginger Lynn Allen, Nina Hartley, Trevor Dawkins, Jack Dunphy
This special limited edition spot gloss side loading slipcase + slipcover (designed by Michael DeForge) 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.
Nubile orphan Liam Woodlan and his lover-cum-partner-in-crime Thea Williams lead a carefree, renegade existence as Chicago “food delivery” bicyclists whose special services include providing erotic fulfillment to their charming and oddball customers. However, when a bloodthirsty serial killer begins targeting their lusty clientele, Liam and Thea find themselves at the center of the psychopath’s deranged plan. Even worse, all of the clues seem to point towards Liam himself being the culprit. With a duo of strange detectives hot on his tail, looking for any and every excuse to nail him, Liam’s perfect world starts to crumble as the killer draws him ever closer to the shocking truth.
The second feature film from acclaimed writer/director and underground filmmaking sensation Alex Phillips (All Jacked Up and Full of Worms), ANYTHING THAT MOVES is a lusty, bloody, and dreamy modern-day fusion of erotic thriller and murder mystery, all sensually photographed on Super 16mm film by Hunter Zimny (Funny Pages, The Scary of Sixty-First). Featuring arresting debut performances from Hal Baum and Jiana Nicole along with guest appearances from erotic film legends Ginger Lynn Allen (Too Naughty to Say No, The Devil’s Rejects) and Nina Hartley (Boogie Nights), Vinegar Syndrome Pictures is immensely proud to present this soon-to-be cult film sensation on Blu-ray, jam-packed with comprehensive interviews with cast and crew, behind-the-scenes & making-of footage, and much more.
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Shot entirely on motion picture film and finished in 4K
- “A Freaky Little Movie” (20 min) – an interview with writer/director Alex Phillips
- “I’m Down for It” (20 min) – an interview with actor Hal Baum
- “A Lucky Girl” (15 min) – an interview with actress Ginger Lynn Allen
- “Bubblegum & Popsicle Sticks” (10 min) – an interview with Special Effects artist Cyle Williamson
- “Keep Your Distance” (15 min) – an interview with actors Frank V. Ross & Jack Dunphy
- “Making Art Together” (15 min) – an interview with actresses Jade Perry & Jiana Nicole
- World Premiere at the 2025 Fantasia International Film Festival: Introduction, Q&A with members of the cast & crew, and Step & Repeat (25 min)
- 2025 Screening at Roxy Cinema NYC: Q&A with writer/director Alex Phillips & cinematographer Hunter Zimny (8 min)
- A collection of behind-the-scenes footage from writer/director Alex Phillips
- Trailer
- 20-page booklet with an essay by film writer Brandon Streussnig
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
⍟ Cinématographe ⍟
[ CIN-033 CASE ]
Paramount | 1982 | 109 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Robert Altman
Starring: Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, Kathy Bates, Mark Patton, Sudie Bond
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 Michael DeForge) 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. (Note: this Limited Edition includes a 40 page booklet)
The Disciples of James Dean, a small town James Dean fan club, planned to meet at the Woolworth’s five and dime store in McCarthy, Texas on the twentieth anniversary of his death. On that date, September 30th, 1975, shop owner Juanita (Sudie Bond, Silkwood), welcomes the two remaining club members in town—Sissy (Cher, Moonstruck) and Mona (Sandy Dennis, That Cold Day In the Park)—to her shop for the memorial. As other out of town members arrive, so does the mysterious Joanne (Karen Black, Nashville). Through one long, hot day, The Disciples of James Dean unravel the mysteries, discuss the events and reconcile the truths of the past twenty years.
Adapted for the screen by Ed Graczyk from his stage play of the same name, Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean was the first of many stage-to-screen adaptations directed by Robert Altman (including his next three feature films: Streamers, Secret Honor and Fool for Love). Altman, having directed the Broadway show of Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, brought his stage cast back for the film adaptation, all reprising their Broadway roles, with Kathy Bates (Misery), Marta Heflin (A Perfect Couple) and Mark Patton (A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge) rounding out the ensemble. One of the great American films of the 1980s, Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean is a bittersweet ode to nostalgia, small town life and friendship while also featuring groundbreaking trans representation in Karen Black’s portrayal of Joanne. Cinématographe is proud to present the world 4K UHD debut of Robert Altman’s oft-overlooked slice of Americana in a new restoration from its original camera negatives.
- 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
- New audio commentary by trans film critics Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Mark Gardner
- Archival audio commentary by film critic and historian Lee Gambin
- Alive, Not Nostalgic – a new video appreciation of the film by filmmaker Isabel Sandoval
- To Be a Woman: That’s Priceless – a new video essay by curator and professor Dakota Noot
- Cutting Jimmy Dean – an archival interview with film editor Jason Rosenfield
- Designing Jimmy Dean – an archival interview with production designer David Gropman
- Two Turner Classic Movies introductions to the film by Dave Karger with Willow Catelyn Maclay and Robert Osborne with Lorenzo Soria
- New text essays by filmmaker Elsie Fisher; writer and filmmaker Drew Burnett Gregory; film critic Saffron Maeve; and film programmer Justine Smith
- English SDH subtitles
The Lustful Turk + The Joys of Jezebel
⍟ Something Weird + Distribpix ⍟
[ DPIX-011 CASE ]
1968, 1969 | 71 min, 76 min | 1.37:1, 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Byron Mabe, Peter Perry
Starring: Luanne Roberts,Emily Barlow,Linda Stiles,Harvey Shain
From nudies to roughies to ultra weird regional curiosities, the sexploitation world welcomed any filmmaker working in any genre, so long as the limits of nudity and sex on screen were pushed as far as they could go – but never all the way. DISTRIBPIX, one of the legendary names in the genre (and whose extensive library will be the backbone of this line), will offer single, double, and even triple feature Blu-rays highlighting works from every corner and crevice of softcore smut, from the dawn of nudie cuties to the all-but-hard 70s, with plentiful lost and never on disc films along the way.
This special limited edition Blu-ray comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Rich Long), includes a 40-page perfect bound book, and is limited to 2,500 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
During the 1960s, producer David F. Friedman’s ongoing quest to elevate the quality of sexploitation production led to numerous period pieces and costume comedies. Among his most lavish such efforts were THE LUSTFUL TURK (1968) and THE JOYS OF JEZEBEL (1969), each of which has been newly restored in 4K from their 35mm original camera negatives and come to Blu-ray for the very first time from Something Weird + Distribpix.
In THE LUSTFUL TURK (1968), the English aristocrat Emily Barlow is en route to India along with her handmaiden, when pirates seize hold of their ship. Taking the ladies back to their harem, their captors force them to partake in the most unspeakably erotic torments, which Emily reports in detail to her friend Sylvia back home via regularly written letters. Amid the depravity and barbarism of the world in which she’s now held captive, the debauched Emily slowly calculates how she might take her revenge. Directed by Byron Mabe (She Freak), this raucous and sensual costume saga was penned by Friedman himself, and features Linda Stiles (Lee Frost’s The Animal) and Harvey Shain (Fugitive Girls).
Jezebel herself has just arrived in hell, but quickly strikes a deal with Lucifer in THE JOYS OF JEZEBEL (1969), so that she can return to earth provided she delivers to Lucifer the beautiful virgin Rachel. However, since the cunning Jezebel has scores to settle, she uses her powers to switch bodies with Rachel, sending the beautiful innocent back to hell in her place! While Lucifer searches for Rachel in hell, Jezebel is free to exact her revenge. An exquisitely beautiful and extraordinarily colorful sexy comedy, from director Peter Perry (Kiss Me Quick), THE JOYS OF JEZEBEL stars Luanne Roberts (101 Acts of Love) and Dixie Donovan (The Notorious Cleopatra).
- Region Free Blu-ray
- THE LUSTFUL TURK (71 min) and THE JOYS OF JEZEBEL (76 min) are newly restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negatives presented with their original mono soundtracks
- Two feature length audio commentaries by The Sin Syndicate podcast: writer/researcher Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott
- “Honest Dave” Still With The Show – 2003 archival documentary
- Original theatrical trailers
- Archival image gallery
- Double-sided artwork
- 11×17 replica Japanese one-sheet for The Lustful Turk
- English SDH subtitles
Beware of the Klowns
⍟ ETR MEDIA ⍟
[ ETRM048 SLIP ]
2024 | 98 min | 2.39:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Tim Wolak
Starring: David A. Hubert, Mark Conway, Amanda Risinger, Justin Robert Wolters, Keith Henman, James Peters, Adriana Desiree Vega, Aaron Hart, Vincent Prisco, Jordan Parsons, Jordan Wolters, Brian Keith, Jordan Cox, Jason Elkins
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.
A small-town sheriff investigates a string of clown-related murders while protecting his twin daughters 15 years after he put down a killer clown and clowns were outlawed. The town is now threatened by the Klown King and his cult, The Klowns.
- Region Free Blu-ray
- New Director’s Commentary for “Beware of The Klowns” and “Princess Spooky: An Industrial Fantasy”
- Beware of the Bloopers
- New Making of “Beware of The Klowns” Documentary
- Concept Trailer
- Final Trailer
- Concept Art
- Seddy Bimco PT2 The Revenge – Episode 124 – Beware of The Klowns – Sept. 11, 2024
- “Princess Spooky: An Industrial Fantasy” (2023) B/W 70 minutes
- Princess Spooky Bloopers
- English SDH subtitles
Biosphere
⍟ IFC Films ⍟
[ IFC-028 ]
2022 | 106 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Mel Eslyn
Starring: Sterling K. Brown, Mark Duplass
Established in 2000 and based in New York City, IFC Films is a leading U.S. distributor of independent film. Its unique distribution model makes independent films available to a national audience by releasing them in theaters as well as on VOD. Partnered with OCN Distribution, IFC will release new titles on home video and revisit past favorites in brand new editions, with many making their HD physical media debuts.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Michael Deforge) 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 not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary with Director / Co-Writer Mel Elsyn, Co-Writer / Actor Mark Duplass and Actor Sterling K. Brown
- Making-Of Featurette
- Booklet with New Writing by Film Critic Claira Curtis
- English SDH subtitles
Birdeater
⍟ DARK SKY ⍟
[ DSKY-005 ]
2025 | 115 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Jack Clark, Jim Weir
Starring: Mackenzie Fearnley, Shabana Azeez, Ben Hunter, Jack Bannister, Clementine Anderson, Alfie Gledhill, Harley Wilson, Carlone McQuade
Dark Sky Films is an independent genre film production and distribution company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of MPI Media Group. The company is home to some of the world’s most influential genre films and is dedicated to discovering, preserving, and producing both new and classic horror, sci-fi, and cult films from around the globe.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Matt Needle) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
A bride-to-be is invited to join her own fiancé’s bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, and the celebration soon becomes a feral nightmare.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary with Writer / Directors Jack Clark & Jim Weir, Actor Mackenzie Fearnley and Editor Ben Anderson
- Alternate Ending
- Outtakes
- Deleted Scenes
- Actor Chemistry Tests
- Trailer
- English SDH subtitles
Blood Relatives
⍟ SHUDDER ⍟
[ SHU-032 ]
2022 | 90 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Noah Segan
Starring: Noah Segan, Victoria Moroles
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 Suspiria Vilchez) 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.
Francis, a 115-year-old Yiddish vampire, still looks 35. He’s been roaming American backroads in his beat-up muscle car for decades, keeping to himself, and liking it that way. One day, a teenage kid, Jane, shows up. She says she’s his daughter, and she’s got the fangs to prove it. They go on the road, deciding whether to sink their teeth into family life.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary with Writer / Director / Actor Noah Segan and Actress Victoria Moroles
- BTS Documentary
- BTS photos
- Deleted Scenes
- Two very short trailers
- English SDH subtitles
Brotherhood of Blood
⍟ WILD EYE RELEASING ⍟
[ WER-007 ]
2007 | 88 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer
Starring: Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig, Ken Foree, Jason Connery, Rachel Grant, William Snow
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 Wes Benscoter) 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.
Vampire hunter Carrie Rieger is captured and imprisoned by the powerful Vampire King Pashek (Sid Haig) just as a greater threat emerges. An ancient vampire demon, Vlad Kossel—believed destroyed centuries ago—has returned to wipe out his own kind before turning his attention to humanity. With time running out, Carrie is forced to work alongside the vampires she once hunted in a dangerous alliance to stop an enemy powerful enough to destroy them all.
Featuring Sid Haig (House of 1,000 Corpses, Bone Tomahawk, Spider Baby), Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, From Beyond, The Devil’s Rejects) and Victoria Pratt (House of the Dead 2, Mutant X, Death Valley), Brotherhood of Blood delivers fast-paced supernatural action and modern gothic horror, and was one of the first films chosen by director Sam Raimi to launch his Ghosthouse Underground imprint at Lionsgate Films in 2008.
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Director Commentary (2025)
- Archival Commentary with Sid Haig
- Director Interview (2025)
- Behind the Scenes
- Actor Sid Haig Interview
- Actor Ken Foree Interview
- Actress Victoria Pratt Interview
- Image Gallery
- Storyboard to Screen
- Original Trailer
- Wild Eye Trailer
- English SDH subtitles
Bushido
⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟
[ FM-039 SLIP]
2024 | 129 min | 2.35:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Kazuya Shiraishi
Starring: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kaya Kiyohara, Taishi Nakagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Takumi Saitoh
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 Poochamin) 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.
Taciturn Kakunoshin, renowned for his formidable skills both with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the purest ideals of the samurai code. But when his unwavering honesty is exploited, he is framed by his own clan for a theft he did not commit. Disgraced and forced to become a ronin, he survives as a humble seal maker, quietly supporting his grown daughter while burying the wounds of betrayal. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin finally uncovers the truth behind his long-buried downfall. With the real culprit exposed, the restraint that once defined him shatters. The go board flips, and a hellstorm of righteous vengeance follows.
Acclaimed director Kazuya Shiraishi’s first entry in the genre, “is not only a great return to form reminiscent of the golden age of samurai cinema” (Asian Movie Pulse), but an elegant, ferocious epic destined to be hailed as a new classic.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Making of featurette
- 16-page booklet with essay by film writer Hayley Scanlon
- English subtitles
Butcher’s Bluff
⍟ DARK STAR ⍟
[ DS-036 ]
2023 | 123 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by William Instone, Matt Rifley
Starring: Jeremy London, Bill Oberst Jr., Paul T. Taylor, Brinke Stevens, Ammie Masterson
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 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.
Four film students investigating the Hogman legend in Emerald Falls discover the masked killer may be real. As they uncover the town’s dark past, they must solve the mystery before becoming the next victims of this brutal force.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Butchers Bluff – Concept Trailer (2019)
- Butchers Bluff BTS Music Video
- Caught In My Eye – Short Film
- Stills Gallery
- English SDH subtitles
Dark Horse
⍟ BRAINSTORM MEDIA ⍟
[ BST-015 SLIP ]
2012 | 84 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Todd Solondz
Starring: Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken, Justin Bartha, Donna Murphy
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 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.
In his mid-30s, Abe (Jordan Gelber) clings to the trappings of his adolescence, including the extensive collection of toys and action figures adorning his boyhood bedroom. Still living with his parents Jackie (Christopher Walken) and Phyllis (Mia Farrow), Abe works for his increasingly disappointed Dad and spends evenings ruthlessly trouncing his Mom at backgammon. His older brother Richard’s (Justin Bartha) success as a California doctor only feeds Abe’s resentment and rage at his family over his failures.
When Abe meets Miranda (Selma Blair), whose personal and professional disasters have sent her scrambling back to the safety of her parents’ suburban home, he sees what he thinks is a chance at true love. Abe throws himself into pursuing the overmedicated Miranda, convincing her to marry him after a whirlwind courtship. But, as the couple haltingly prepares to start a new life together, the film swerves into Abe’s subconscious, where his crippling self-doubt and dark fears begin to undermine his nearly realized dream of a fuller life.
- Region A Blu-ray
- New video interview with Todd Solondz
- Booklet with new writing by film critic A.S. Hamrah
- English SDH subtitles
David “The Rock” Nelson Collection: Volume 3
⍟ SATURN’S CORE ⍟
[ SC-059 SLIP ]
2002 | 137 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by David “The Rock” Nelson
Starring: David “The Rock” Nelson, Janet Okulanis, Ron “Rondo” Adams, Herbert Bussewitz, Andrew Moritz, Vernon Nelson
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.
Dubbed “The Ed Wood of the 21st Century”, Des Plaines, Illinois based former marine and Golden Gloves boxer turned gonzo filmmaker David “The Rock” Nelson has been churning out his bizarre and mesmerizing brand of backyard monster movies for over 30 years. Often playing multiple onscreen roles simultaneously while utilizing local friends, his parents, and his girlfriend Janet Okulanis as his co-stars, “The Rock” has amassed a robust SOV filmography and persevered undaunted in the face nonexistent funds, unfavorable reviews, and outdated video equipment. Nelson’s work represents a singular viewing experience like no other: landing somewhere between the earnest monster romps of Paul Naschy and the eccentric video diaries of George Kuchar; where the filmmakers’ real life day to day activities and interactions sometimes outweigh the forwarding of the narrative. Equipped with dime store rubber fright masks and his camcorder, David “The Rock” Nelson has unapologetically crafted a legacy that remains an inspirational testament to the spirit of fulfilling your cinematic dreams at any cost.
In Monster Tales (2002), David “The Rock” Nelson is your Rod Serling style host presenting three terrifying tales of backyard monsters run amok! In the first tale, Nosferatu (Nelson) rises from the grave in broad daylight, transforms into a rubber bat, and wreaks havoc on unsuspecting Chicago bar patrons and the Monster Bash cookout! In the second, the marauding Tor (Nelson in a rubber Tor Johnson mark) terrorizes a cemetery, a library art exhibit, and his own parents amidst repeated outhouse bathroom breaks. Lastly, two werewolves fight a bloody duel to the death after a mad scientist (Nelson again) concocts and consumes a secret wolf man spawning plasma potion. All while the bumbling Detective Rock (Nelson yet again) remains futile; binging sweets, watching monster movies, and denying the existence of the monsters in question. Featuring celebrity “appearances” by Forrest J. Ackerman, George Stover, Ric Flair, Mancow Muller, & Tommy Chong, Saturn’s Core is proud to present Nelson’s SOV anthology epic Monster Tales along with a host of additional brain-smashing extras and madness hand picked by The Rock; including his classic short Mummy A.D. 1993 and hours upon hours of java guzzling special features.
- Region Free Blu-ray
- “Monster Tales” uncut 137 minute feature with an optional introduction by director David “The Rock” Nelson
- “Monster Tales” VHS version – original VHS cut edited to fit on a T-120 tape
- “Monster Tales” bloopers
- “Monster Talk” – an additional 45 minutes of new exclusive “Rock Talk”
- Archival 2007 DVD intro & outro for “Monster Tales”
- “Mummy A.D. 1993” – short film directed by David “The Rock” Nelson
- “Talk of Terror” – New interview with David “The Rock” Nelson moderated by journalist Leonard Hayhurst
- “Tales from the Bash” – New Rock appreciation featurette featuring interviews with Ron “Rondo” Adams, Kevin Slick, & actor Daniel Roebuck (River’s Edge, Final Destination, The Munsters)
- Snack Bar ads
- “Vampire Woman Fangs” commercial
- Trailers
- English SDH subtitles
Desolation Angels
⍟ UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT ⍟
[ UMB-022 SLIP ]
1982 | 85 min | 1.78:1 | English Dolby Digital 2.0
Directed by Christopher Fitchett
Starring: Kim Trengove, Kerry Mack, Marie O’Loughlin
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 JJ Harrison) 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.
Three spunky teenage girls decide to ditch their parents and private school for a long weekend getaway in Portsea. But, on the way to the seaside resort town they encounter two menacing black panel vans – and their bid for a harmless adventure turns into a chilling white line pursuit that climaxes at the schoolgirls’ remote beach house. Thrown into this nightmare is Pamela, a stunning blonde who has defrauded her employee out of $20,000. On the run and lying low, she joins the girls in a terrifying battle for survival as the terror, suspense and body count rises.
Released in the U.S. under the far more generic title Fair Game, Desolation Angels boasts bitumen-burning chases, a harrowing game of cat-and-mouse and star turns from Kerry Mack (Hostage) and the alluring Karen West (1980 Playmate of the Year) – accompanied by classic tracks from Cold Chisel. Considered the rarest of Ozploitation gems – Desolation Angels is presented in a new 2K transfer approved by the film’s cinematographer Ellery Ryan (Death in Brunswick, Grievous Bodily Harm).
- Region A Blu-ray
- 2024 audio commentary with director Chris Fitchett and cinematographer Ellery Ryan
- The Car as Villain in Australian Cinema – a visual essay by screenwriter and author Stephen Vagg
- Aussie Car Movie trailer reel
- 1983 AFI Trialer
- English SDH subtitles
Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape
⍟ American Genre Film Archive ⍟
[ AGFA-076 ]
2023 | 80 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Kati Kelli
Starring: Kati Kelli, Roy Abramsohn
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!
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Meet Kati Kelli, the late outsider video artist whose subversive online uploads pushed the boundaries of the digital form. Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape unearths and reintroduces a surreal, singular body of work by the enigmatic artist. For nearly a decade before her passing in 2019, Kelli ran “Girl Internet Show,” a YouTube channel, parasocial experiment, and epically deranged one-woman universe built from scratch in her bedroom. This hand-made mixtape from Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow) and Jordan Wippell features a lovingly curated selection of Kelli’s online work, unreleased videos, and Total Body Removal Surgery—her first (and final) short film opus.
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Inside the Body: The Making of TOTAL BODY REMOVAL SURGERY
- Short: SPRING BARBIES
- SPRING BARBIES: Behind the scenes
- Photo gallery: Pop Purgatory
- Photo gallery: It Girl
- MARVA THE MILF: The Complete Series (14 episodes)
- English SDH subtitles
Lifechanger
⍟ dark star ⍟
[ DS-037 ]
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.
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Drew has an identity problem. Every few days, he has to shape-shift, or face a painful death. He has to find someone and make a copy. He takes everything: their looks, memories, hopes and dreams. Their entire life. He becomes them, and they die horribly. Lately, the changes are becoming more frequent. Facing his imminent death, Drew sets out on one final blood-soaked mission.
- Region A Blu-ray
- NEW 2025 commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell
- NEW 2025 interview with writer/director Justin McConnell
- ARCHIVAL:
- Commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell
- Commentary with actors Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Sam James White, Steve Kasan & writer/director Justin McConnell
- “Change and Adapt: The Making of Lifechanger” 104 minute making of documentary
- Deleted Scenes with optional director’s commentary
- Original Score by Sean Motley (BD-ROM + link)
- Trailers, still gallery & storyboards
- “Soul Contact” 2020 short film by Justin McConnell
- THE COLLAPSED (2012)
- First time on Blu-ray in North America!
- 83 minutes, 1080 AVC
- Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 Dolby Stereo
- Subs: English SDH for Hearing Impaired
- NEW 2025 commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell
- ARCHIVAL:
- Commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell and producer Kevin Hutchinson
- Commentary with lead actor John Fantasia
- “Apocalypse on a Budget: The Making of The Collapsed” 72 minute making of documentary
- Music Video: Rob Kleiner’s “Devil in Disguise”
- TV interviews from Naked News, G4TV’s Electric Playground, and Space TV’s Interspace
- Original score by Rob Kleiner (BD-ROM + link)
- Trailers, Photo Gallery
- English SDH, French, Spanish subtitles
Mr. K
⍟ music box selects ⍟
[ MBS-015 ]
2024 | 96 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Tallulah H. Schwab
Starring: Crispin Glover, Barbara Sarafian, Fionnula Flanagan
Music Box Selects is a brand new home video library from the revered independent film distribution company Music Box Films which is dedicated to curating a diverse repertoire of films and television from around the world. The Music Box Selects line will consist of blu-ray debuts of catalog titles and home video premieres, all of which will adhere to the quality and diversity that fans have come to expect from the Music Box name. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Adam Juresko) 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.
Traveling magician Mr. K (Crispin Glover) is down on his luck. Business is slow, and the few gigs he’s picked up along the road have left him adrift. After spending the night in a remote hotel, he is alarmed when he discovers that he is unable to find the exit. As he explores the maze-like corridors, he hears strange noises and encounters a series of curious inhabitants who have formed their own factions within the walls of the hotel. Alone and afraid, he starts mapping out the corridors, desperately hoping to get to the bottom of the building’s layout before it is too late. Stuck more hopelessly than ever and about to give up, he makes a bizarre discovery that will change everything. Starring the ever-eccentric Crispin Glover, this Kafkaesque mystery offers a bold new take on falling down the rabbit hole.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Interview with Crispin Glover & Tallulah for Collider
- The First Cut short film
- Image Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
- English, English SDH subtitles
My Name Ain’t Suzie
⍟ kani ⍟
[ KANI-039 SLIP ]
1985 | 103 min | 1.85:1 | Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Angie Chen
Starring: Pat Ha Man-Jik, Anthony Wong, Deanie Ip, Angela Yu Chien
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.
In her ambitious follow up to Maybe It’s Love, Angie Chen offers a rebuke to the colonial imagination of films such as The World of Suzie Wong (1960). Instead, she brings the Hong Kong of the 50s and 60s to life on her own terms with the story of Shui-Mei (Patricia Ha), a “salt water girl” from the outskirts of the city, who finds a way out of poverty in the Red Light district of Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Over the years, she rises through the ranks, discovering a world of equal hardship and sisterly camaraderie, where colourful characters abound – among them Jimmy (Anthony Wong, in his debut role), a mixed-race kid looking for his father in the crowd of thirsty American sailors. Penned by John Chan Koon Chung (My Heart Is That Eternal Rose), My Name Ain’t Suzie brings a New Wave sensibility to the waning years of the Shaw Brothers Studio with a decade spanning epic that resourcefully reconstructs a bygone era of Cantonese cinema. A rags-to-riches story blending romance and brothel drama, Chen’s film is above all a tale of feminine resilience at the nexus of historical events and shifting colonial powers.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Newly commissioned 2K restoration from the original camera negatives and best surviving elements
- Interview with director Angie Chen (12mins, 2026)
- Interview with screenwriter and planner John Chan (17mins, 2026)
- “Becoming Jimmy” on casting Anthony Wong, with Angie Chen, John Chan, and Anthony Wong (8mins, 2026)
- Angie Chen on “Working in Hong Kong” (10mins, 2026)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Booklet with new writing by Xueli Wang
- English, English SDH subtitles
My Sunshine
⍟ film movement ⍟
[ FM-040 SLIP ]
2024 | 90 min | 1.33:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Hiroshi Okuyama
Starring: Sosuke Ikematsu, Keitatsu Koshiyama, Kiara Nakanishi
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 Dylan Haley) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
One winter on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, a young boy named Takuya has resigned himself to the fact that he’s the worst player on his ice hockey team. While practicing, he becomes transfixed by the figure skaters who share the ice rink, particularly Sakura, a rising star from Tokyo. Her coach, Arakawa, takes an interest in Takuya, seeing himself in the young boy. He pairs the two up and trains them as a competitive ice-dancing duo. Although tentative with each other at first, the kids eventually grow closer and form a deep bond with their supportive coach. But as the winter continues, unspoken feelings begin to surface and the harmony the trio once knew begins to falter.
“A gentle, unassuming film about the pain and misdirection that can arise from young love,” (RogerEbert.com), Hiroshi Okuyama’s sophomore feature My Sunshine is a heartwarming coming of age drama buoyed by its picturesque cinematography and beautiful score.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Director Hiroshi Okuyama interview
- 16-page booklet with essay by film critic Robert Daniels
- English subtitles
Phantom Beirut
⍟ several futures ⍟
[ SF-006 SLIP ]
1998 | 117 min | 1.85:1 | Arabic DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Ghassan Salhab
Starring: Aouni Kawas, Darina El Joundi, Rabih Mroué, Carol Abboud
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.
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Lebanon at the end of the 80s. Ghassan Salhab’s debut follows Khalil as he returns to Beirut under a new identity, forced to confront the old friends and comrades he left behind following his faked death a decade earlier. Phantom Beirut is a haunting exploration of the official silences and collective amnesias that stalk the lives of those who live through conflict.
- Region A Blu-ray
- A short film Jalal Toufic about the insomniac filmmaker Salhab
- A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Öykü Sofuoğlu
- New Artwork by Tyler Rubenfeld
- English subtitles
Pools
⍟ CIRCLE COLLECTIVE ⍟
[ CC-013 SLIP ]
2024 | 99 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Sam Hayes
Starring: Odessa A’Zion, Ariel Winter, Mason Gooding, Michael Vlamis, Tyler Alvarez, Francesa Noel, Suzanne Cryer
Circle Collective formed in June 2019 in order to provide a new avenue for and community around creative distribution as an artist-forward, feature film marketing and distribution consulting agency. In partnership with OCN, Circle Collective will begin to release contemporary indie cinema across a variety of genres and origins onto physical media, maintaining the same artist-forward perspective as in their theatrical campaigns. 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 Utopia) 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.
Stuck in summer school with one day to get her life back together or get kicked out, Kennedy defies all responsibilities and rallies a ragtag crew for a midnight pool-hopping adventure through the lavish estates of her college town. But as the secrets spill, this wild escape becomes a cathartic journey of self-discovery.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Official Trailer
- Film Photo Gallery
- Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
- Behind the Scenes Video
- Alternate Poster Designs
- American Cinematheque Screening Q&As:
- 9/11
- 9/21
- 9/23
- Pool Party Event and Premiere Photos:
- LA Premiere at Britney Spears’ Mansion
- NY Premiere at Arlo Williamsburg
- Chicago Premiere at The Music Box
- Red Carpet at Nuart + Laurel Canyon Afterparty
- Petits Salons at Petit Ermitage
- July in Christmas Party
- English SDH subtitles
Residency
⍟ FACTORY 25 ⍟
[ FTF-167 SLIP ]
2024 | 75 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Winnie Cheung
Starring: Amanda Mehl, Rachel van der Nacht, Winnie Cheung, Manuela Viera Gallo, Mara Catalan, Chase Lombardo, Lily Rogers, Brittany Franzo, Innua Robinson, Kalina Winters, Samara Bliss, Bunny Elefante, Niko Koloseus, SOLEIL, Catherine Candor, Daniel McDonald
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.
During a winter-long residency in Brooklyn, ten obsessive female artists succumb to the darkness of their creative fascinations.
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Deleted scenes, outtakes and behind the scenes
- LAST CALL short film
- 32-Page Booklet
- English subtitles
Roman Porno Reboot Collection Vol. 1
⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟
[ FM-038 CASE ]
2016 | 402 min (combined) | 1.85:1, 2.35:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Akihiko Shiota, Sion Sono, Isao Yukisada, Kazuya Shiraishi, Hideo Nakata
Starring: Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Fujiko, Sayaka Kotani, Sumire Ashina, Itsuji Itao, Shô Nishino, Izumi Okamura, Juri Ihata, Satsuki Maue, Michie, Kazuko Shirakawa, Tasuku Nagaoka, Yuki Mamiya, Yumi Akagi, Masatoshi Ikemura, Rin Asuka, Kaori Yamaguchi, Shoma Machii, Kanako Nishikawa
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 4-Disc Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Brandon Schaefer), includes a 40-page perfect bound book, and is limited to 2,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Antiporno: Kyoko, a young artist with a sadomasochistic streak, wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters, but her absolute worst behavior is reserved for her simpering older assistant Noriko, whom she routinely humiliates in increasingly kinky ways. That is, until their sense of reality gets upended in an exuberantly reflexive twist.
An outrageous, rabble-rousing contribution to the Roman Porno redux series, Antiporno is an expectation-defying, antic study in blighted eroticism, damaged psyches, and shifting power dynamics, set against outlandishly theatrical backdrops; “a feverish op-art dream that turns on us at every corner.” (Slant Magazine)
Aroused by Gymnopedies: A modern take on the “Roman Porno” genre from director Isao Yukisada, Aroused by Gymnopedies is an “engaging and ultimately touching portrait of love, loneliness and loss of youth” (Variety).
Shinji, a middle-aged film director, is trapped in a seemingly hopeless cycle of creative crisis and self-destruction. After his failure making art films, he now finds himself shooting low-budget pornography as a means to get by. Over the span of one week, he embarks on a series of sexual encounters that put his work, relationships and happiness in jeopardy.
Dawn of the Felines: Dawn of the Felines is a haunting, empathetic journey through the nocturnal world of three sex workers navigating the neon-soaked street of Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Each night brings new encounters – eccentric clients, dangerous fetishes and the looming threat of police crackdowns – while each dawn finds them wrestling with loneliness, survival, and the search for meaning in a city that rarely looks back. Directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (The Devil’s Path, Twisted Justice, Bushido), Dawn of the Felines is a “suitably melancholy” (South China Morning Post) tribute to Noboru Tanaka’s classic Roman Porno film Night of the Felines. Modern and unflinching, Shiraishi’s update to the genre famously created by the Nikkatsu film studio in the 1970s offers a portrait of women living on the edge of society while negotiating their agency, connection, and dignity.
Wet Woman in the Wind: A tornado of unbridled sexual desire is unleashed when a free spirited seductress sets her sights on a reclusive playwright. Wet Woman in the Wind highlights the id in its stream of consciousness tale. Having a character who overturns the inhibitions of all that cross her path with wild abandon allows this striking entry in Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno Reboot series to transcend its sexploitation raison d’être. Director Akihiko Shiota cuts to the chase, taking advantage of the subgenre’s sparse requirements: a sex scene every ten minutes with a total running time no longer than 80 minutes. What ensues is a gleefully anarchic plot that explores the human psyche through sexuality within a psychodrama that is as hilarious as it is titillating. Featuring a tour de force performance by Yuki Mamiya as the eponymous agent provocateur, Wet Woman in the Wind is a “hugely enjoyable film – and often, partly because of its relative demureness, a fairly arousing one, with female pleasure and male discomfiture foremost on the menu” (Screen International).
White Lily: Celebrated ceramic artist Tokiko (Kaori Yamaguchi) takes Haruka (Rin Asuka), a troubled teenage runaway, into her home where she becomes her apprentice. When Tokiko’s husband dies, Haruka promises to remain by her side, and the two begin a romantic, but volatile relationship. Overcome by sorrow and struggling with alcohol abuse, Tokiko drifts into a series of casual sexual encounters, leaving Haruka torn between her feelings of passion and devotion for her mentor and the emotional abuse she has been forced to endure.
Produced as part of Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno Reboot series, White Lily is directed by Hideo Nakata, the master behind such J-horror classics as Ringu and Dark Water.
- 4-Disc Region A Blu-ray
- Making of Featurettes
- Cast and Crew Introductions
- English subtitles
The Rubber Gun
⍟ Canadian International Pictures ⍟
[ CIP-043 SLIP ]
1977 | 84 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Allan Moyle
Starring: Stephen Lack, Pam Holmes-Robert, Pierre Robert, Peter Brawley, Allan Moyle
From arthouse to Canuxploitation, Canadian International Pictures (CIP) is devoted to resurrecting vital, distinctive, and overlooked triumphs of Canadian cinema. This label is focused on the country’s original cinematic boom years – spanning the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s – occasionally venturing past that period (and the country’s borders) to highlight the films of Canada’s most inspired actors and filmmakers. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing CIP’s brand new line of home video releases!
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Sister Hyde) 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 kids your mother never let you play with.
Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montréal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends and lovers living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society. But tensions rise when the police catch wind of their latest shipment, and Steve strikes up a friendship with a university student eager to observe the group’s illicit lifestyle for his graduate thesis. As the walls start to close in, old jealousies and new paranoias surface, and the family scrambles to adapt or perish.
Featuring seven songs by acclaimed Leonard Cohen collaborator Lewis Furey, the directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. Equal parts Warhol and Cassavetes, the film’s docu-fiction approach earned widespread praise for its urgency and vivid reality, with The Toronto International Film Festival citing it as “one of the best films of the ’70s.” Out of official circulation for decades, The Rubber Gun returns in a stunning new restoration from the original camera negatives.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the original 16mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the answer print
- New interviews with actor and co-writer Stephen Lack
- New interview with director Allan Moyle
- New interview with composer Lewis Furey
- New interview with co-cinematographer Frank Vitale
- American Cinematheque Q&A – Post-screening discussion featuring Moyle
- Fantasia International Film Festival intro and Q&A featuring Lack and Vitale
- Original theatrical outro song
- Archival stills gallery
- Theatrical re-release trailer
- Booklet featuring a new essay by professor Nathan Holmes and an archival profile by P.M. Massé-Connolly
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Teddy
⍟ SHUDDER ⍟
[ SHU-031 SLIP ]
2022 | 89 min | 1.78:1 | French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma
Starring: Anthoy Bajon, Christine Gautier, Noémie Lvovsky
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 Johnny Ryan) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Twentysomething Teddy lives in a foster home and works as a temp in a massage parlor. Rebecca, his girlfriend, will soon graduate. A scorching hot summer begins. But Teddy is scratched by a beast in the woods: the wolf that local angry farmers have been hunting for months. As weeks go by, animal pulsions soon start to overcome the young man. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Interview with Directors Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma
- Deleted Scenes
- Storyboard Gallery
- French Trailer
- English, English SDH subtitles
White River
⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟
[ FM-041 SLIP ]
2023 | 91 min | 1.85:1 | Mandarin, English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Ma Xue
Starring: Yuan Tian, Ning Feng Song, Weihao Xu
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 Brandon Schaefer) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
A woman living in quiet Yanjiao, separated from Beijing by the White River and observing strict quarantine rules, has a simple daily routine consisting of nothing but cooking and cleaning. The mundanity, however, gives way to an erotic entanglement when she begins to sleep with a waiter from the neighborhood, under the watchful eye of her husband.
From first-time female director Ma Xue, White River tests the viewers perceptions around voyeurism and female sensuality to surrealistic effect in this playfully mounted erotic drama.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Director Ma Xue interview
- Actress Tian Yuan interview
- 16-page booklet with essay by film critic Hsieh Chia-chin
- English subtitles
Rolls Royce Baby
⍟ Delirium Home Video ⍟
[ DHV-005 SLIP ]
1975 | 87 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Erwin C. Dietrich (with Jess Franco, uncredited)
Starring: Lina Romay, Eric Falk, Kurt Meinicke, Ursula Schafer
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.
While producing a string of films for notorious Spanish director Jess Franco (Barbed Wire Dolls, Jack the Ripper), Swiss producer Erwin C. Dietrich “borrowed” Franco’s main muse, actress Lina Romay, for a sexploitation romp of his own. Their resulting collaboration was 1975’s Rolls Royce Baby, a salacious and intensely erotic cinematic experience featuring the beautiful Romay at her most sexually uninhibited.
Romay stars as Lisa, a curvy nymphomaniac who prowls the countryside in her classic, chauffeur-driven, Rolls-Royce picking up any man she can find and engaging in all manner of explicit sexual acts. Dietrich (along with Franco himself who, according to the director, co-directed the movie, uncredited) forgoes any narrative contrivances and simply focuses on Lina’s outstanding natural physical attributes, picturesque scenery and a cavalcade of hot couplings that happen in and out of that glorious Rolls Royce, while composer Walter Baumgartner’s delirious score pumps away in the background.
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary by DELIRIUM magazine editor Chris Alexander
- Rock ‘N’ Rolls: An interview with writer David McGillivray on ROLLS ROYCE BABY
- Lina Romay Photo Gallery
- Original Trailer
- Erwin C. Dietrich Trailers
- English SDH subtitles
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