Arcane Sorcerer

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME ⍟

[ VS-547 CASE ]

1996 | 96 min | 1.85:1 | Italian, 5.1 Surround, 2.0 Stereo
Directed by Pupi Avati
Starring: Carlo Cecchi, Stefano Dionisi, Arnaldo Ninchi, Andrea Scorzoni, Consuelo Ferrara, Renzo Rinaldi, Massimo Sarchielli

Vinegar Syndrome was founded to rescue, restore, and preserve genre cinema. Our more than 500 releases to date offer ultimate editions of lost, forgotten, under-seen, under-appreciated, and essential works from around the globe.

This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo, 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.. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range; Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative (Packaging Artist(s): Mark McCoy)

In 18th-century Italy, seminary student Giacomo abandons his religious pursuits after it comes to light that he’s impregnated a young weaver and compelled her to undergo an abortion. Meeting a mysterious woman, he is promised sanctuary in exchange for an unusual task: journeying deep into the mountains to serve as the assistant to an ailing priest dubbed “the Arcane Sorcerer,” who has been sent into exile due to his unorthodox research into esoterica and the mysteries of death. Reaching the sorcerer’s isolated villa packed with obscure books, Giacomo soon after learns that the previous assistant, Nerio, was rumored to have made a pact with the devil before his passing, and may have discovered a way to transcend death itself. Unrelenting whispers fill the night air and ghostly apparitions haunt the ancient hallways, as Giacomo cannot resist drawing ever closer to the horrifying truth.

A magnificently crafted spiritual horror film drenched in atmosphere and permeated with an acute sense of mounting dread, Pupi Avati’s (The House with Laughing Windows, Zeder) ARCANE SORCERER (L’arcano incantatore) has long been championed by legendary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth), and hailed by director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) as “the Barry Lyndon of horror films.” Starring Carlo Checchi (Stealing Beauty), Stefano Dionisi (Sleepless), Vittorio Duse (Mad Dog Killer), and Patrizia Sacchi (Sister Emanuelle), this visually rich film is accompanied by a classically lush score from famed composer Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Nothing Underneath). Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to conjure up ARCANE SORCERER for its long-overdue UHD debut, immaculately reanimated in 4K from its original camera negative and loaded with a treasure trove of brand new bonus features.

Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
“Pupi’s Pride and Joy” (12 min) – an interview with writer/director Pupi Avati
“The Sorcerer Reawakened” (10 min) – an interview with producer Antonio Avati
“Two Restless Souls” (13 min) – an interview with actor Stefano Dionisi
“Sinful Yet Ethereal” (15 min) – an interview with actress Eliana Miglio
“Under Pupi’s Spell” (23 min) – an interview with cinematographer Cesare Bastelli
“The Tailor of Suspense” (21 min) – an interview with composer Pino Donaggio
“Pupi’s Pen Friend” (16 min) – an interview with novelist Alda Teodorani
“Hush… Hush, Sweet Pupi” (21 min) – an interview with Pupi Avati expert and collaborator Mark Thompson Ashworth
“A Sorcerer Named Pino” (22 min) – an interview with film music historian Pierpaolo De Sanctis
“Of Pupi and Politics” (42 min) – an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
40-page perfect-bound book (limited edition only) with writing by Steven Thrower, Zach Fleming, and Z.W. Lewis
Reversible cover artwork

Night Terrors

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME ⍟

[ VS-550 CASE | VS-550 CASE-ALT ]

1993 | 98 min | 1.85:1 | English 2.0 Stereo
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Starring: Robert Englund, Zoe Trilling, Alona Kimhi, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Chandra West, William Finley, Irit Sheleg

This special limited edition Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo, 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. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from a 35mm archival positive. (Packaging Artist(s): Sammy Harkham | ALT: Robert Sammelin)

Genie has come to Alexandria, Egypt to spend some time with her father, Dr. Matteson, a devout Christian archaeologist who’s working on an important dig in the area. While naively wandering one day through a market, Genie is attacked by a group of men and is only narrowly saved from being assaulted when an onlooker, the sultry and mysterious Sabina, steps in. Sabina quickly takes the young woman under her wing, leading her deep into the strange, hedonistic underbelly of Alexandrian nightlife. She soon leads Genie to the enigmatic Paul Chevalier, a descendant of the infamous French libertine Marquis de Sade, of whose sexually perverse writings Sabina is an avid devotee. With Dr. Matteson occupied with his work away at the site, Genie finds herself falling further and further under Sabina’s hypnotic spell, unaware of her true nefarious intentions.

A criminally underseen later work from master of horror Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist), 1993’s NIGHT TERRORS (aka Tobe Hooper’s Nightmare) sees the legendary director reunited with his Eaten Alive stars Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Mangler) and William Finley (Sisters, The Phantom of the Paradise), with the former turning in an incredible dual performance as Paul Chevalier and the Marquis de Sade himself in a series of atmospheric flashbacks. Packed full of erotic scenes, surreal visuals, and sadomasochistic set pieces, Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to present this too-long-neglected opus from one of the horror genre’s most revered craftsmen, painstakingly restored in 4K for its disc debut and served up with lashings of newly-produced bonus features.

Commentary track with film writer Scout Tafoya
“Femme Fatale” (16 min) – an interview with actress Alona Kimhi
“Writing Pains” (20 min) – an interview with co-writer Daniel Matmor
“Dressed for Excess” (19 min) – an interview with costume designer Rona Doron
“Sounds Alarming” (17 min) – an interview with supervising sound editor Gregory King
“Not Holding Back” (27 min) – an interview with critic and author Kim Newman
Trailer
40-page perfect-bound book (limited edition only) with writing by Steven Thrower, Mike Thorn, and Fred Barrett
Reversible cover artwork

Crescendo

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME ⍟

[ VS-548 SLIP ]

1970 | 95 min | 1.66:1 | English Mono
Directed by Alan Gibson
Starring: Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Margaretta Scott, Jane Lapotaire, Joss Ackland, Kirsten Lindholm

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover is limited to 5,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm interpositive. (Packaging Artist(s): Robert Sammelin)

Young, attractive American music student Susan Roberts arrives at the sprawling French countryside villa of the late, renowned composer Henry Ryman, on whom she is writing her thesis. She’s warmly welcomed by his widow Danielle, who lives there alongside her wheelchair-bound son Georges, snarky maid Lilliane, and stern butler Carter. As her stay progresses, things take on a sinister tone: late at night, the deceased composer’s music fills the air, played by an unseen pianist, and Danielle seems oddly intent on Susan wearing the clothes of Georges’ former girlfriend Catherine, with whom the student bears a striking resemblance. As the mysteries mount, Susan is torn between her growing attachment to Georges and the looming realization that this eccentric household harbors dark secrets—secrets that may threaten her very life.

Hailing from Britain’s legendary Hammer Film Productions and emerging during the tail end of the company’s golden age, 1970’s CRESCENDO – directed by Alan Gibson, who would go on to helm Dracula A.D. 1972 and The Satanic Rites of Dracula – is a gripping, slow-burn psychological thriller brimming with sexual energy and culminating in a shocking, fever-pitch climax befitting its title. Co-written by Jimmy Sangster (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula) and Alfred Shaughnessy (The Flesh and Blood Show), it stars Stefanie Powers (Fanatic), Jane Lapotaire (The Asphyx), James Olson (The Andromeda Strain), and Joss Ackland (Penny Gold). Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to orchestrate the release of this underseen Hammer outing, newly restored for its Blu-ray world premiere and accompanied by a symphony of brand new bonus features.

Commentary track with film historians Vic Pratt and William Fowler
Coda (13 min) – a featurette on the making of Crescendo with clapper loader Mike Brewster and production manager Hugh Harlow
Starting Out (14 min) – an interview with assistant sound editor Geoffrey Mackrill
Hammer Time (23 min) – an interview with broadcaster and author Matthew Sweet
Notes on a Theme (32 min) – an interview with author and film historian David Huckvale
Still gallery
Trailer
Reversible cover artwork

Made in Hong Kong: Volume 3

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME ⍟

[ VS-549 ]

1992-1988 | 283 min (combined) | 1.85:1, 2.35:1 | Cantonese, Mandarin, English Mono
Directed by Chung-Hing Chiu, Wu Ma, Lau Kar-Wing
Starring: Hsiao-Lao Lin, Shan Chen, Pao-ming Ku, Yu-Chiu Yang, Yi-Ta Shen, Hsiung Yang, Sammo Hung, Wu Ma, Ching-Ying Lam, Cherie Chung, Yuet-Sang Chin, Siu-Ming To, Ying-Ying Hui, Michael Miu Kiu-Wai, Eric Tsang, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Woo Fung, Phillip Ko, Anita Mui

This special limited edition 2-disc Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo, 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. Newly restored by VS from supplied studio masters. Newly restored by VS from supplied studio masters (Packaging Artist(s): Poochamin)

While Hong Kong cinema and Taiwanese cinema often covered similar ground, they naturally remained distinct due to cultural differences and at certain times in history, even legal limitations. Nonetheless, three wildly imaginative and genre-defying films (one of which hails from Taiwan) are assembled here for one singularly riotous and wickedly entertaining collection

MAGIC OF SPELL (1988, 85 min, 1.85:1)
In the Taiwanese MAGIC OF SPELL, the kid-focused adaptation of Japan’s eternal Momotaro legend continues apace from the previous year’s hit Child of Peach. An outright bizarre fantasy/horror/action adventure, it follows celebrated hero Peach Boy and his devoted (though easily scared) servant who do battle against the blood-bathing Demon King and all the remaining demons of the underworld. Along the way, they encounter all manner of friend and foe, not least of which is the thousand-year-old Ginseng Boy, with whom they discover the true meaning of friendship. Starring Hsiao-Lao Lin (Kung Fu Wonder Child), Pao-ming Ku (Terrorizers), Shan Chen (Shaolin vs. Lama), and Chi-Chiang Chen (Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins).

THE DEAD AND THE DEADLY (1982, 100 min, 2.35:1)
Wah Li, a surly funerary worker in THE DEAD AND THE DEADLY, is shocked when his friend Lucho suddenly winds up dead, and even more strangely, an unknown pregnant woman claiming to be Lucho’s wife also emerges. Wah Li tries to sort it out but before long, the lines between fact and fiction, and between the living world and the world of the dead all seem to blur. An off-the-wall afterlife farce written by Sammo Hung and sold as a follow-up to his Encounters of the Spooky Kind, it showcases Hung’s famed comedy talents as well as action skills. Starring Sammo Hung (Project A), Wu Ma (A Chinese Ghost Story), Ching-Ying Lam (Mr. Vampire), and Cherie Chung (Peking Opera Blues).

SCARED STIFF (1987, 98 min (Extended ‘Uncut’ Version), 92 min (Theatrical Version), 1.85:1)
Best friends Halley and David enjoy pulling light scams, helping each other out with girls, and sometimes end up in one another’s dreams in SCARED STIFF. After blundering into a stick-up and then being forced at gunpoint to drive a getaway car, they find out that David has far stronger-than-average brainwaves. But when Halley’s asked to pick out the hoods from a lineup, and they come after him, their adventures together quickly turn deadly. And that’s before the police get involved. This buddy comedy quickly becomes a deliriously fast-paced sci-fi/action hybrid, with a broad range of bold movie influences, including Dreamscape and Scanners. Starring Michael Miu Kiu-Wai (Eastern Condors), Eric Tsang (Final Justice), Chow Yun-Fat (The Seventh Curse), and Emily Chu (Witch From Nepal).

Commentary with film critic Simon Abrams for Magic of Spell
Commentary with film critic Brandon Streussnig for The Dead and the Deadly
Commentary with film historian Samm Deighan for Scared Stiff (Uncut Version)
“A Lot of Stories” (19 min) – an archival interview with actor Sammo Hung on The Dead and the Deadly
“Hong Kong Horror” (10 min) – a visual essay by author & critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas for Scared Stiff
Original trailers for all three films
Alternate English titles for Magic of Spell
40-page perfect-bound book (limited edition only) with writing by Filipe Furtado, Erica Schultz, and John Charles
Reversible sleeve artwork

Night of the Vamp-Friars

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME Pictures ⍟

[ VSP-013 CASE ]

2026 | 78 min | 1.33:1 | English 2.0 Stereo
Directed by Kurtis M. Spieler
Starring: Abby Arza, Joey Ambrosini, Domenico Pugliese, Madison Grace Plummer, Kai Turner, Miles Dominici, Frank Wihbey

Vinegar Syndrome Pictures presents newly produced and contemporary genre cinema, all photographed entirely on motion picture film. The label spotlights daring new voices working outside the studio system, unafraid to push genre filmmaking forward.

This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo, includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 4,000units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range; Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative (Packaging Artist(s): JJ Harrison)

Roxy, an anthropology major at her local university, is a DJ for the school’s radio station and a big fan of local lore. One night, a listener calls into Roxy’s show to share a legend about a cemetery hidden deep in the nearby Connecticut woodland where a group of outcast friars were allegedly killed and buried since the townspeople believed them to be vampires. Seizing upon a potentially great topic for her thesis, Roxy convinces her friends in a punk band to venture into the woods for a weekend of camping in hopes of finding the cemetery. Once the group discovers that the legend of the cemetery is in fact real, blood is accidentally spilled on the cursed burial ground, and the undead friars emerge from their graves in search of fresh victims to satisfy their bloodlust.

Written, directed, and edited by Connecticut filmmaker Kurtis M. Spieler (re-director of New York Ninja), NIGHT OF THE VAMP-FRIARS is a throwback to the low-budget regional horror films made famous during the video store era of the 1980s and early ’90s. Entirely produced in-house and primarily shot on actual Vinegar Syndrome property, the film pays tribute to the homegrown horror films of yesteryear by shooting entirely on 16mm film and utilizing lo-fi practical effects to maintain the film’s naturally DIY aesthetic. Vinegar Syndrome Pictures is bloody excited to present the home video debut of this gory Nutmeg state love letter to the art of independent horror filmmaking.

Commentary track with writer/director/editor Kurtis M. Spieler
“The Making of Night of the Vamp-Friars” (54 min) – featuring interviews with the cast & crew
The original 8mm proof-of-concept short film for Night of the Vamp-Friars (1 min)
Behind-the-scenes footage (5 min)
“The Neck Wounds Anthem” (2 min) – a music video directed by Kurtis M. Spieler
Still gallery
Trailer
40-page perfect-bound book (limited edition only) with writing by director Kurtis M. Spieler
Reversible cover artwork

Faces Of Death IV

⍟ Vinegar Syndrome Archive ⍟

[ VSA-067 ]

1990 | 93 min | 1.33:1 | English Mono
Directed by Susumu Saegusa, John Alan Schwartz, Andrew Theopolis
Starring: James B. Schwartz

The Vinegar Syndrome Archive sub-label celebrates 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, Pittsburgh, PA, Minneapolis, MN, and Toronto, ON!

FACES OF DEATH IV 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 is strictly limited to 4,000 units. This release will be followed by a standard edition in the future. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range; Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative. (Packaging Artist(s): Steak Mtn)

Driven to insanity as a result of his lifelong preoccupation with the study of death, Faces of Death’s chief resident specialist Dr. Francis B. Gröss is now no more. However, his esteemed and quite enthusiastic colleague, Dr. Louis Flellis, himself fascinated with what became Gröss’ life (and death) work, has dutifully maintained the same intellectual discipline. Here, Flellis gleefully presents another, even more outrageous series of shocking and tragic case studies (not sparing his own professional opinions on these subjects) in his own detailed examination of the horrific ending chapters of human mortality.

The fourth and final shot-on-film entry in this notorious and unlikely hit franchise, FACES OF DEATH IV was the only release in the series to receive a traditional, national theatrical release in the United States. Produced nearly a decade after the shocking original film, and well after the first three volumes had gained cult infamy and outrage on home video, this installment offers the weirdest, wackiest, and most blatantly unbelievable demonstrations of the demise of countless unlucky souls. A product of its time, the film underscores a shift from the stark, seemingly sincere ethnographic and political surveys of the first three entries into a more classic exploitation style marked by a wicked, gonzo wink back at the viewer. Vinegar Syndrome Archive is excited to bring this altogether distinct and charged look at the many Faces of Death to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, newly restored from its original negative.

Scarred for Life (17 min) – the history and cultural legacy of Faces of Death
Isolated music track
Reversible cover artwork

Krimis in Black & White

⍟ Vinegar syndrome labs ⍟

[ VSL-029 ]

1963-1964 | 265 min (combined) | 2.35:1 | German Mono & English Mono
Directed by Alfred Vohrer, Harald Reinl
Starring: Heinz Drache, Corny Collins, Ady Berber, Eddy Arent, Gisela Uhlen, Klaus Kinski, Siegfried Schürenberg, Hans Clarin, Barbara Rütting, Agnes Windeck, Günter Pfitzmann, Jan Hendriks, Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Walter Rilla, Richard Häussler, Kai Fischer, Benno Hoffmann, Wolfgang Wahl

Welcome Vinegar Syndrome Labs (VSL) to the VS Sub-Label family! As with each of our sub-labels we are hoping to expand and defy expectations with the diversity of films we restore and release. As the name implies, VSL will serve as a kind of testing area for releasing genres and eras of film that one might not immediately expect to come from VS. The ultimate objective of VSL will be to see if these types of films will find an audience, and if so, pursue and release more of them…and even if not, still serve as a means of restoring more of the weird, rare, and unusual movies you might not expect from Vinegar Syndrome.

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover 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. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from their 35mm original camera negatives. (Packaging Artist(s): Robert Sammelin)

One of the most famed and prolific novelists of the early 20th century, the English author Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was first adapted to film in the silent era and, although uncredited, wrote the screenplay for King Kong. Wallace’s fame has never wavered in Germany, where a second wave of adaptations of his Kriminalroman (crime novels) became one of the most beloved and successful film trends of the 1960s. These Krimis not only inspired domestic imitators, but also predated and heavily influenced the Italian giallo genre. Despite seeing significant US television play through the 1970s, these films have remained obscure outside of Germany. Vinegar Syndrome Labs is delighted to finally present a selection of early Krimis restored with both their original German and English dub tracks.

DAS INDISCHE TUCH (THE INDIAN SCARF) – (1963, 87 min, 2.35:1)
A group of dysfunctional family members comes together at Marks Priory in Scotland for the reading of Lord Lebanon’s will, all with hopes of inheritance, but soon a major storm isolates them at the castle. No matter, as the final will may only be unsealed after they spend six days and six nights together. But after the first night, one of them is found strangled by a distinctive scarf around their neck. It’s left to the family lawyer to sort out what’s happening as the bodies keep dropping, which keeps the castle’s dutiful butler quite busy. Starring Heinz Drache (Circus of Fear), Corny Collins (Kill, Panther, Kill!), Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre), and Gisela Uhlen (The Marriage of Maria Braun).

DER ZINKER (THE SQUEAKER) – (1963, 89 min, 2.35:1)
Notorious underworld snitch The Squeaker is known for both ruthlessness and strict anonymity. The killing of a man who tried to reveal The Squeaker’s identity sets into motion Inspector Elford and Sgt. Lomm, both puzzled by the bizarre snakebite punctures on each body, as the bodies quickly pile up. They meet an exotic animal importer who recently lost a deadly black mamba. As local journalists make quick work of the salacious story, a particularly suspicious mute animal handler draws their interest. Starring Heinz Drache (The Brides of Fu Manchu), Barbara Rütting (Operation Crossbow), Klaus Kinski (For a Few Dollars More), and Agnes Windeck (The Hunchback of Soho).

ZIMMER 13 (ROOM 13) – (1964, 89 min, 2.35:1)
When shrewd criminal Joe Legge emerges from the past to blackmail the esteemed Sir Marney, he can only turn to ace London private eye Johnny Gray for help. Gray zeroes in on a seamy Soho nightclub called the Highlow, where Legge seems to be planning a complicated heist. All of a sudden, women connected to the club begin to die in horrific razor-slashing murders. It seems as if the answer lies in the private rooms above the club, specifically Room 13. Starring Joachim Fuchsberger (What Have You Done to Solange?), queen of the Krimi Karin Dor (You Only Live Twice), Walter Rilla (Day of Anger), and Richard Häussler (The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle).

Commentary track with film historian Samm Deighan for The Indian Scarf
Commentary track with film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas for The Squeaker
Commentary track with film historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons for Room 13
“A New Kind of Score” (18 min) – a new interview with Philip Thomas on the work and legacy of his father, composer Peter Thomas
“Hallo, hier spricht Peter Thomas!” (43 min) – a documentary from 2011 on composer Peter Thomas, directed by Oliver Schwehm
“Behind the Image” (10 min) – a new interview with Rialto camera assistant Joachim Gitt
“Wallace auf Deutsch: From English Paperback to German Box Office” (29 min) – a new featurette with film historians Kim Newman and Nicholas G. Schlegel on Edgar Wallace and the Krimi Genre
“Women and the Gaze: Gender, Power and the Look in ZIMMER 13” (13 min) – a video essay by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
“Krimi Masters: Harald Reinl and Alfred Vohrer” (14 min) – a video essay by film historian and author Samm Deighan
German and English trailers for all three films
Reversible cover artwork

The Stranger Within

⍟ Iconoscope ⍟

[ ICON-005 CASE ]

1974 | 74 min | 1.33:1 | English Mono
Directed by Lee Philips
Starring: Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Joyce Van Patten, David Doyle, Nehemiah Persoff

Iconoscope is a new Vinegar Syndrome sub label dedicated entirely to television. With a focus on genre-based, English language (and possibly international) productions, Iconoscope will be preserving, restoring and releasing made-for-tv films, mini-series, and multi-season series ranging from well known big productions to more obscure, and even lost, regional rarities.

This special limited edition Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss and embossed single walled hard slipcase + slipcover combo and is limited to 3,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the 35mm interpositive. (Packaging Artist(s): Steak Mtn)

Ann Collins is expecting, but no one knows precisely what. She’s been faithful to her husband David, who had a vasectomy years back, and her surprise pregnancy is progressing rapidly. But other worrying signs soon develop in this conception that’s more incredible than immaculate. Ingesting massive amounts of coffee and salt, and speed-reading as many books as possible, Ann’s blood type changes and she starts disappearing at night. As David, their doctor and friends try in vain to help her, they find they can reach Ann less and less, as this upcoming birth seems to have taken control of her entirely.

Penned by author and genre icon of both the big and small screen Richard Matheson (Duel, I Am Legend, The Night Stalker), THE STRANGER WITHIN is a stunningly well-crafted blend of sci-fi and horror, all set to a dynamic and chilling score by prolific composer Charles Fox (Barbarella, Little Darlings). With Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie) as Ann, it also features George Grizzard (Bachelor Party), David Doyle (Charlie’s Angels), Joyce Van Patten (The Bad News Bears), and admired character actor Nehemiah Persoff (Some Like it Hot). Iconoscope anxiously awaits the delivery of this unsettling classic, newly restored in 2K from its original 35mm interpositive and available on Blu-ray for the first time.

Original mono soundtrack
Audio commentary with author & historian Amanda Reyes
“The Brilliance Within: A Look Back at Richard Matheson’s Telefilm Work” – a featurette including interviews with author & screenwriter R.C. Matheson, author & historian Anthony Taylor, and musician Amyellen Kessler
“Who Is This Child? A Discussion About How the UFO Phenomenon Gave Birth to The Stranger Within” – an interview with historian, author and professor Greg Eghigian
“Vessels: Pregnancy Panic and Horror” – a video essay by writer and critic Erica Shultz
Still Gallery
44-page booklet with a new reprint of Richard Matheson’s short story “Trespass” aka “Mother by Protest”
Reversible sleeve artwork

The Films of Henry Jaglom: Volume #1

⍟ Cinématographe ⍟

[ CIN-037 CASE ]

Hope Runs High | 1976-1983 | 269 min (combined) | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Henry Jaglom
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power, Dean Stockwell, Michael Emil, Zack Norman, Patrice Townsend, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Frances Fisher, Carol Kane, Larry David

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 3-disc J-card MediaBook slipcase 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). Note: this release is available to be purchased on its own, or bundled with the paperback book My Lunches with Henry Jaglom by Daniel Kremer (book details can be seen below). This Limited Edition Slipcase + Paperback Book bundle is limited to 100 units. (Sold Out). 3-Disc Region Free Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Adam Maida)

In Tracks (1976), Sgt Jack Falen (Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet) returns to the US from a tour in Vietnam to transport the body of his fallen friend cross country via train, for a burial ceremony. Sitting Ducks (1980), offers a different type of road movie, with the bumbling but charming Simon (Michael Emil, Insignificance) and Sidney (Zack Norman, Romancing the Stone) leaving New York for Florida after ripping off a crime syndicate. And in Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983), Eli (Michael Emil) and Zee (Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces) develop a spontaneous romance on the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side.

Henry Jaglom was one of the essential—albiet rather unheralded—voices of the New Hollywood, most known for his contributions to the BBS productions A Safe Place (1971) as writer/director and the Jack Nicholson directed Drive, He Said (1971) which he acted in alongside Bruce Dern and Karen Black. This first volume of Jaglom’s films collects three features that he made independently in the wake of A Safe Place’s success, all three written and directed by Jaglom. Cinématographe is proud to present these three films by one of the more idiosyncratic characters of American cinema, all newly restored from archival film elements and making their world blu-ray debuts.

Who Is Henry Jaglom? – a 1997 documentary directed by Jeremy Workman and Henry Alex Rubin
New audio commentary on Can She Bake a Cherry Pie with Henry Jaglom, moderated by film historian Daniel Kremer
New audio commentary on Sitting Ducks with Sabrina Jaglom, filmmaker and daughter of Henry Jaglom, moderated by Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty
New audio commentary Tracks with film historians Daniel Kremer and Bill Ackerman
Archival audio commentary on Tracks with Henry Jaglom and actor Dennis Hopper
Archival audio commentary on Sitting Ducks with Henry Jaglom and actors Michael Emil and Zack Norman
I Know How to Do That – a new video interview with actress Frances Fisher
Archival introductions to Sitting Ducks and Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? by Henry Jaglom
Q&A from a 30th Anniversary screening of Sitting Ducks at American Cinematheque featuring Henry Jaglom and actors Michael Emil and Zack Norman
My Brother’s Sex Life – an archival interview between Henry Jaglom and his brother Michael Emil
Archival interview on Sitting Ducks with Henry Jaglom and actress Patrice Townsend
Theatrical trailers for all three films
New text essays by Jason Bailey, Tyler Maxin and Matt Zoller Seitz, accompanied by rare archival photographs from Henry Jaglom’s archives

The Films of Hisayasu Satô: Volume #5 – Brain Sex / Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta / Birthday

⍟ Pink Line ⍟

[ PL-005 CASE ]

1988-1993 | 171 min (combined) | 1.85:1 | Japanese Mono
Directed by Hisayasu Satô
Starring: Marino Fujisawa, Yumika Hayashi, Kōichi Imaizumi, Simon Kumai, Kazuhiro Sano, Kiyomi Itō, Yuri Ishihara, Saori Yoshimura

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

This special limited edition Blu-ray comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo, includes a 40-page perfect bound book, and is limited to 4,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Newly scanned & restored in 2K from their original negatives with approval and guidance from director Hisayasu Satô. (Packaging Artist(s): Steak Mtn).

Continuing his tireless output of inventive films, Hisayasu Satô’s work on the cusp of the 1990s shows us an artist experimenting and growing within the Pink genre, with some surprisingly ambitious entries. Our fifth volume of this series shows the director’s recurrent tropes of alienation, loneliness, voyeurism, and surveillance continuing to evolve.

In BRAIN SEX, two inquisitive young women discover a lone pirate radio DJ operating from a van. Broadcasting unofficial thoughts and opinions, the show gets increasingly complicated when the system of illicit broadcasting changes hands and takes on a covert voyeur angle. Descriptions of strangers’ fetish-laden sex described over the radio take a turn after happening upon (and engaging directly with) a serial killer, and a curious exploration of motives then ensues. Manipulating the multiple layers of vicarious distance between people created through not only video surveillance but also audio broadcast, Satô continues to explore concepts including deviance, privacy, intimacy, and the media, with sweeping photography of daytime rooftops and tightly framed night scenes.

Satô deliberately rerouted the Molester’s Train with his own thoughtful imprimatur on the long-lived series. Eschewing light entirely and the comedic tone common to the other entries, BIRTHDAY (aka Molester’s Train: Nasty Behavior) tells the tale of a young woman so demoralized that she’s bent on violent self-destruction on her twentieth birthday. However, once exposed to a serial train groper who also videotapes his work, for whom loneliness and abandonment also resonate, a fresh and revitalizing attraction begins to take root. Within this focus on two highly troubled characters, the unexpected emerges. A highly unlikely, and surprisingly tender, entry within an equally unlikely film series, we see Satô’s almost otherworldly facility in shaping even a rote concept into something entirely his own.

The spare character exercise FUGA MUSIC FOR ALPHA AND BETA (aka Pervert Ward: S&M Clinic) highlights an intense and dramatic relationship between a husband and his wife, where his extreme need for sadism (and its results) takes center stage. Focusing tightly on these two characters alone makes the excessive need to push boundaries through pain and tolerance all the more unsettling. When a highly unexpected third person enters this claustrophobic space, it only serves to concentrate the effect of Satô’s invasive lens, in this psychosexual exercise where bondage is hardly the scariest element at play.

Commentary track with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp (Brain Sex)
Commentary track with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp (Birthday)
Commentary track with film historian & author Samm Deighan (Fuga Music For Alpha and Beta)
“Someone’s Listening!” (14 min) – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô (Brain Sex)
“Altered Perspective” (13 min) – an interview with actor Simon Kumai (Brain Sex)
“Happy Birthday!” (16 min) – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô (Birthday)
“Organized Chaos” (25 min) – an interview with assistant directors Shinji Imaoka and Yuki Tajiri (Birthday)
“Through the Looking Glass” (24 min) – an interview with actor Kôichi Imaizumi (Birthday)
“A Mirror Image” (14 min) – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô (Fuga Music For Alpha and Beta)
“Four Heavenly Kings” (21 min) – an interview with assistant director Takahisa Zeze (Fuga Music For Alpha and Beta)
“Rewind…” (18 min) – an interview with Satô’s former assistant director Takaaki Hashiguchi
“Afraid of Water” (17 min) – an interview with actress Kiyomi Itō
“Walking in Circles: Part 5” (12 min) – Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô
Reversible sleeve artwork

All The Long Nights

⍟ Several Futures ⍟

[ SF-011 SLIP ]

2024 | 119 min | 1.66:1, 1.85:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Sho Miyake
Starring: Hokuto Matsumura, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ken Mitsuishi, Ryō, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

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. Region A Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Tyler Rubenfeld)

Misa (Kamishiraishi Mone, Your Name) suffers from severe PMS, which can unravel her otherwise demure disposition with violent disregard for personal or professional company. Finally holding down a job assembling science kits for kids, she befriends Takatoshi (Matsumura Hokuto, Suzume), a withdrawn colleague prone to debilitating panic attacks. Sho Miyake, adapting a novel by Seo Maiko, choreographs the blossoming relationship with gentle humour and sensitivity in gorgeous 16mm.

A new interview with Sho Miyake
Plus a booklet featuring a new translation of Fernando Ganzo’s Cahiers du Cinéma review of the film

Bad Blood: The Movie

⍟ Dekanalog ⍟

[ DKA037 SLIP ]

2016 | 80 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Tim Reis
Starring: Mary Malloy, Vikas Adam, Troy Halverson, Brian Troxell, Tomi Lavinder, Thom Badinger

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

This 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. Region A Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): James Sizemore)

BAD BLOOD: THE MOVIE takes ‘werefroggery’ to a whole new level! After a horrific amphibian attack leaves college student Victoria Miller (Mary Malloy) infected with a mutational disease, she returns home where the antidote to her affliction is mistaken for drugs by her evil stepfather. Locked in her room without her medicine, she transforms into a hideous monster to give everyone a taste of their own, while an obsessive private investigator uncovers the dark truth about her condition. A love letter to the Stuart Gordon/Frank Henenlotter mad science opuses of the ’80’s, BAD BLOOD: THE MOVIE is an amphibious twist on classic werewolf mythology, equal parts X-Files and Tales from The Crypt, with a familiar blend of humor, horror and practical creature effects (handled by James Sizemore, THE DEMON’S ROOK).

Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Tim Reis
SFX Commentary with Writer/Director Tim Reis and Make-Up Effects Designer and Creator James Sizemore
Budfoot (2019) – short film
Tether (2017) – short film
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet essay by producer Katarina Gligorijevic

Blackout

⍟ Dark Sky ⍟

[ DSKY-011 SLIP ]

2024 | 103 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Larry Fessenden
Starring: Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos, Michael Buscemi

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 spot gloss slipcover is limited to 1,500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Region A Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Chris Barnes)

Charley’s secret is he thinks he’s a werewolf. He can’t remember the things he’s done but the papers report random acts of violence taking place at night in this small upstate hamlet. Now the whole town must rally to find out what is tearing it apart: mistrust, fear, or a monster that comes out at night.

New audio commentary with Writer / Director Larry Fessenden, moderated by Justin LaLiberty
Archival audio commentary with Writer / Director Larry Fessenden
New audio commentary with Film Critic Shelagh Rowan-Legg and Author Leila Taylor
BLACKOUT Behind the Scenes (76 minutes)
Behind the Scenes Interview Outtakes
John Mitchell: Mind of an Artist
Larry Fessenden’s Monsterverse
Monster Mash Photoshoot Timelapse by Beck Underwood
BLACKOUT Audio Drama
Teaser
Trailer
Booklet with new writing by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Blowie

⍟ Dark Star ⍟

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2025 | 75 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Ed Aldridge, altSHIFT, Sam Lidbetter
Starring: Bishop Black, Kali Sudhra, Gabriel Cross, Kayden Gray

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.

A group of sex workers rent a mansion in the middle of nowhere to shoot OnlyFans content. After a tragic accident, they are stalked by Blowie – the doll-faced killer. Starring real porn performers, Blowie is a sexy horror film.

Blowie: Behind The Mask
Photo gallery

Bunnylvr

⍟ Utopia ⍟

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2024 | 86 min | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Katarina Zhu
Starring: Katarina Zhu, Rachel Sennott, Perry Yung, Austin Amelio

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!

A drifting Chinese American cam girl (Katarina Zhu) struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients (Austin Amelio) while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father (Perry Yung) and showing up for her privileged but caring friend (Rachel Sennott).

Utopia Screening Room Podcast featuring Writer/Director/Actor Katarina Zhu
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director/Actor Katarina Zhu
Rehearsal Video – Actor Perry Yung
Katarina Zhu Short Film – Bunnylovr
Katarina Zhu Short Film – Shrub
Storyboards & Previsualization Notes (Gallery)
Acting & Directing Notes (Gallery)
Official Bunnylovr Trailer
Image Gallery
Alternative poster

The Devil’s Doorway

⍟ Shudder ⍟

[ BST-017 SLIP ]

2018 | 77 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Aislinn Clarke
Starring: Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, Lauren Coe

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 is limited to 1,500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Region A Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Haunt Love)

In 1960, two priests are sent to investigate a miracle in an Irish home for unwed mothers, only to discover that one of the residents is possessed by the devil.

New audio commentary with co-writer and director Aislinn Clarke, moderated by film critic Mary Beth McAndrews
Booklet with new writing by MaryBeth McAndrews

Finally Got The News

⍟ Icarus Films ⍟

[ IC010 SLIP ]

1970 | 57 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Stewart Bird, René Lichtman, Peter Gessner
Starring: Various

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

FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with the members of the movement, footage shot in the auto plants, and footage of leafleting and picketing actions, the film documents their efforts to build an independent black labor organization that, unlike the UAW, will respond to worker’s problems, such as the assembly line speed-up and inadequate wages faced by both black and white workers in the industry.

Beginning with a historical montage, from the early days of slavery through the subsequent growth and organization of the working class, FINALLY GOT THE NEWS focuses on the crucial role played by the black worker in the American economy. Also explored is the educational ‘tracking’ system for both white and black youth, the role of African-American women in the labor force, and relations between white and black workers.

Additional Film: Taking Back Detroit (directed by Stephen Lighthill, 55 minutes)

Ghostkeeper

⍟ Canadian International Pictures ⍟

[ CIP-040 VARIANT-SLIP ]

1981 | 87 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by James Makichuk
Starring: Riva Spier, Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden, Georgie Collins

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 variant slipcover is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. The original limited edition slipcover was limited to 2,000 units and is sold out. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from the only known complete 35mm theatrical print by Canadian International Pictures. (Packaging Artist(s): Tony Stella, Wes Benscoter)

Who next becomes the keeper of the beast that lives on human flesh?

During a New Year’s Eve snowmobiling trip, Jenny (Rabid’s Riva Spier), her boyfriend Marty (The Grey Fox’s Murray Ord), and their friend Chrissy (Sheri McFadden) veer off path to explore a patch of private property. Stranded by a heavy snowfall, they stumble upon an abandoned hotel and seek refuge for the night. But before long, they meet a menacing woman (Rad’s Georgie Collins) who shares the building with her knife-wielding son (The High Country’s Bill Grove) and a mysterious creature who feeds on human flesh. As the visiting trio comes under attack, they struggle to make a safe escape – and maintain their grip on reality.

Featuring haunting performances from its entire cast and a typically atmospheric score by Paul Zaza (My Bloody Valentine), James Makichuk’s Ghostkeeper is an essential entry in the New Year’s Eve horror canon and a dread-inducing descent into wintery isolation and madness. Long regarded as the Canadian answer to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, this slasher staple is a Canuxploitation classic and one of the enduring highlights of the tax shelter era.

New audio commentary featuring stars Riva Spier and Murray Ord, plus co-writer/associate producer Doug MacLeod
New audio commentary featuring The Hysteria Continues! and author/film historian Amanda Reyes
New episode of The New World Pictures Podcast on Ghostkeeper
Ghostsneaker (2025, 16 min.) – New interview with film historian Chris Alexander
The Window of Opportunity (2025, 15 min.) – New interview with story consultant Dave Makichuk
I Need It Friday (2025, 10 min.) – New interview with composer Paul Zaza
Zaza Begins (2025, 16 min.) – Zaza reflects on his early films
Hollywood Canadians (2025, 14 min.) – Filmmakers Paul Lynch (Prom Night) and David Winning (Storm) reflect on Jim Makichuk
Calgary Underground Film Festival Q&A (2024, 41 min.) – Post-screening discussion featuring Ord, MacLeod, and Dave Makichuk
Archival interview with actress Georgie Collins (2011, 14 min.) – A conversation moderated by Ord and edited by Jim Makichuk
Archival interview with cinematographer John Holbrook (2011, 7 min.)
Alternate opening (1982, 2 min.)
Ghostkeeper 2 (2013, 6 min.) – Jim Makichuk’s Kickstarter video pitching a sequel
Night School (1971, 2 min.) – Early Jim Makichuk short
Booklet featuring a new essay by film journalist/programmer Yasmina Ketita and an essay on the film’s production history by Eric Volmers
Reversible sleeve artwork

The Hedonist

⍟ Factory 25 ⍟

[ FTF-177 SLIP ]

2026 | 82 min | 1.33:1 | English Dolby Digital 2.0
Directed by Nick Funess
Starring: Nick Funess, Izzi Rojas, Amrita Newton, Zachary Grant, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Anetta Hartono, Santiago Saba Salem, Richard Funess, Marijane Funess

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. Region Free Blu-ray.

Reed is stuck in a dead-end job with a boss who treats him like a servant. After a meltdown at work, he flees to his parents’ place in Arizona. He spends his days floating in the pool while his parents persuade him to get his life back on track. Instead, he hires Tess, an escort, to take care of him for a week. Together, they plunge into a chaotic journey to nowhere fast.

Deleted Scenes
Blooper Reel
Arizona and Mean Spirit, Two Short Films by Nick Funess
Booklet with essays and a conversation with Nick Funness

Hell House

⍟ American genre film Archive ⍟

[ AGFA-080 ]

2001 | 85 min | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by George Ratliff
Starring: Various

Formed in 2009, the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is the world’s largest archive dedicated to genre movies and filmmakers, and the only known 501(c)(3) non-profit genre film distributor. AGFA is committed to preserving the legacy of genre films through collection, conservation, and distribution. We fulfill our mission by rescuing, restoring, and sharing largely forgotten films on home video and in theaters. Donate and learn more at AMERICANGENREFILM.COM.

This church wants to scare the hell out of you . . . literally. HELL HOUSE is a fly-on-the-wall documentary that follows the Trinity Assembly of God Church in Dallas, TX as they build a haunted house for the Y2K Halloween season. But instead of Draculas and Freddy Kruegers, the church recreates scenes that graphically depict modern-day “evils” such as botched abortions, fatal drunk driving crashes, and drug-induced suicides. Shot on gorgeous 16mm film stock by director George Ratliff and friends, this is an outrageous, enthralling, and poignant vérité window into the creative effort and religious zeal behind this over-the-top event. Newly restored from the original 16mm camera negative, HELL HOUSE is a new favorite obsession for fans of AMERICAN MOVIE and MISTER ORGAN.

Commentary with director George Ratliff, co-producer Zachary Mortensen, director of photography Jawad Metni, & editor Mike LaHaie, moderated by filmmaker David Farrier
Short: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
THIS AMERICAN LIFE audio episode
Trinity Church awards ceremony
Outtakes
Original trailer
Christian scare film: YOUTH SUICIDE FANTASY (1985)

Henry Fonda For President

⍟ The Film Desk ⍟

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2024 | 184 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, German DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Alexander Horwath
Starring: Various

The Film Desk is a theatrical and disc distributor founded in 2007 by Jake Perlin, dedicated to releasing masterpieces of international cinema, with a focus on titles never before released in the United States, or long out of circulation, primarily in new 35mm prints.

The story of Henry Fonda, both on screen and off, is the story of the United States. It’s a story of democratic yearnings and violent shortcomings, traceable not only in the actor’s legendary portrayals of pioneering settler (Drums Along the Mohawk), migrant sharecropper (The Grapes of Wrath), gullible heir (The Lady Eve), and president (Young Mr. Lincoln, Fail-Safe), but also in his own life as the descendant of a Dutch family in pre-colonial New York, and as a witness to watershed events of the 20th century: the Omaha Race Riots of 1919, the war in the Pacific, the civil rights struggle, and the ascendance of another actor, Ronald Reagan, at the climax of the Cold War. “His face is a picture of opposites in conflict,” John Steinbeck once remarked, and indeed Fonda, perhaps more than any other actor of his generation, brought a sense of moral anguish to nearly every role he played, whether victims of injustice (You Only Live Once, The Wrong Man), or messengers of salvation (My Darling Clementine, 12 Angry Men) and terror (The Ox-Bow Incident, Once Upon a Time in the West). Tracing the entwined, complex trajectories of an actor and his nation in Hollywood movie clips, recorded interviews, and a cross-country pilgrimage to significant landmarks, Alexander Horwath—together with Michael Palm and Regina Schlagnitweit—has created a magisterial work of cultural history.

Christian Petzold in conversation with Director Alexander Horwath
Kent Jones in conversation with Director Alexander Horwath
32-page booklet featuring on-location photos and writing from J. Hoberman, Farran Smith Nehme, and Alexander Horwath
Theatrical trailer

Highway Hypnosis

⍟ Muscle ⍟

[ MD-009 SLIP ]

1982-1984 | 120 min (combined) | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Ken Camp
Starring: Leonard Lumpkin, Curtis Hill, Wes Christiansen, James Robert Baker, Glen Meadmore

Muscle is a new film distribution company with a heavy repertory slant from historian, programmer, and filmmaker Elizabeth Purchell. Borne out of an understanding of the role that accessibility plays in shaping cultural histories, Muscle is dedicated to complicating and expanding the canon by shining a light on works that either never received their proper due or that have unjustly faded into obscurity, and championing new works by some of today’s most exciting underground filmmakers. Muscle loves scrappy, misfit films that don’t fit into any particular box.

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. New digital transfers of HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS and AS THE WORLD BURNS from their original 3/4”, Beta, and VHS masters; New restorations of THE SECRET LIFE OF PATTY HEARST (1976) and SHOCK VIDEO (1985) from their Super 8 camera reversals

TAKE A SPIN WITH THE FREEWAY KILLER.

The Los Angeles Freeway Killer takes a drive to Las Vegas—and back. This video by Ken Camp is both trancelike and troubling, taking the viewer across the desert of California, through Nevada, and into “the frightening zone where lay the genetic codes and memories that make us all killers.”

Unseen since its 1984 premiere at West Hollywood’s EZTV Video Gallery, Ken Camp’s HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS is a disturbing meditation on the eroticism of violence and a major work of both narrative video art and queer horror.

Plus, in Ken Camp’s AS THE WORLD BURNS: It’s the Reagan years… and all of the men in the neighborhood are mysteriously beginning to turn gay. As Robin’s terminally unemployed husband Lenny begins shifting his attention away from the job hunt and towards the local trade(smen), she finds herself having to hit the streets to bring home the bacon. Meanwhile, Lorraine’s husband Ben has mysteriously gone missing and Linnea just can’t seem to find anyone who’ll let her borrow a cup of detergent. And what role does the Gay Neighbor play in all of this?

Commissioned by videomaker John Dorr for EZTV’s inaugural screenings at the West Hollywood Community Center in 1982, AS THE WORLD BURNS is an experimental three-part gay soap opera that was made using early consumer video equipment for the low cost of just $75.88 (the 88 cents were for the special effects). A wickedly funny satire on the narrative and aesthetic conventions of soaps, the banality of mainstream gay culture, and America’s rightward shift at the turn of the 80s, AS THE WORLD BURNS is also perhaps the very first piece of media to explicitly reference the the nascent AIDS epidemic.

New digital transfers of HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS and AS THE WORLD BURNS from their original 3/4”, Beta, and VHS masters
New restorations of THE SECRET LIFE OF PATTY HEARST (1976) and SHOCK VIDEO (1985) from their Super 8 camera reversals
Audio commentaries with videomaker Ken Camp
Outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage
Booklet with writing by queer film and video historian KJ Shepherd

Huntress: Spirit of the Night

⍟ Delirium Home Video ⍟

[ DHV-010 SLIP ]

1996 | 78 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Mark S. Manos
Starring: Jenna Bodnar, Michael Wiseman, Charles Cooper

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 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. Region Free Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Suspiria Vilchez)

Tara (Jenna Bodnar) returns to her ancestral home in the tiny town of Brecon, North Wales, for her father’s funeral. There, the red-haired beauty uncovers a dark family secret as strange, animalistic desires and forbidden passions seem to overwhelm her. Tara has unknowingly fallen prey to an all-consuming curse placed upon Brecon many centuries ago and is suddenly empowered with acute animal instincts and incredible stamina, impossible strength and a feral libidio. And yet this surrender to her darkest impulses also comes with a terrible price…

Executive produced by genre film icon Charles Band (Puppet Master) during his run making movies in Romania, and directed by prolific editor Mark Manos (who cut classic Full Moon movies like Dollman vs. Demonic Toys), Huntress: Spirit of the Night’s original negative was recently unearthed in the Paramount vaults, where it had languished since the late 1990s. DELIRIUM Home Video is thrilled to be presenting this sensual, strange, erotic horror fantasy film in HD for the very first time. Get ready to channel your inner horny beast!

Commentary by Director Mark S. Manos
Commentary by DELIRIUM Writer and Film Historian Jason Bene
Bonus Lost Short Erotic Film “Twice the Fun”
Trailer

Ice Cold In Alex

⍟ Film Movement ⍟

[ FM-057 SLIP ]

1958 | 130 min | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Diane Clare

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 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. Region A Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Tony Stella)

A thousand square miles of blazing, pitiless desert, and a story so unusual, so gripping that it could spring only from life itself. The Mediterranean of 1942; along the barren North African coast where war has turned towns into smoking ruins, and the grim struggle surges to and fro. But that is just the background; the story is about people, not war – and it happens to be true.

Extended Clip from A Very British War Movie documentary
John Mills home video footage
Interview with Melanie Williams
Steve Chibnall on J. Lee Thompson
Interview with Sylvia Syms
16-page booklet with essay by writer Andrew Nette

Indera

⍟ Film Movement ⍟

[ FM-058 SLIP ]

2024 | 104 min | 1.77:1 | Malay DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Arne Mattsson
Starring: Ulla Jacobsson, Folke Sundquist, Edvin Adolphson, John Elfström, Erik Hell, Irma Christenson

After his wife dies, Joe struggles to raise his now non-verbal daughter Sophia on his own in the Malaysian countryside. Desperate for work, Joe finds a job as a handyman for a mysterious woman who claims she can help Sophia speak again. But as her unorthodox treatment progresses, Joe and Sophia begin experiencing terrifying visions that threaten their grip on reality.

Set amidst the real-life Memali Incident, a violent village siege in 1985 Malaysia, INDERA is a searing vision of folk horror “rich in traditions and culture” (Film Fest Report) that comes together to create “a fine sense of building mystery and delivering chills.” (Horror Fuel)

Intro by director Woo Ming Jin
Interview with Director Woo Ming Jin
Booklet with essay by filmmaker and critic Mary Beth McAndrews

Madness

⍟ Klubb Super 8 ⍟

[ KS8-011 SLIP ]

1969 | 79 min | 2.35:1 | Estonian DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Kaljo Kiisk
Starring: Jüri Järvet, Voldemar Panso, Mare Garšnek, Vaclovas Blēdis, Valeri Nosik, Bronius Babkauskas

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.

In the closing months of World War II, a remote forest asylum is marked for liquidation. As the German troops prepare to lead the patients into the woods, Gestapo officer Windisch arrives with a different mission: a British agent is said to be hiding among the lunatics, and Windisch must unmask the spy before the advancing Soviet army reaches the asylum. He narrows his suspects down to three—a former literary publisher, an army sergeant, and a man convinced he is the Führer himself. But the deeper Windisch probes the patients’ impaired logic, the more his own grip on sanity begins to slip.

Hailed as the first truly modernist feature in Estonian cinema, this allegory of power, guilt and free will under totalitarianism was shot in Estonia and Latvia. The absurdist provocation was banned for two decades, and only officially premiered in Moscow in January 1987, under perestroika.

Jüri Järvet won Best Male Actor at the 1969 Baltic film festival. He was later in Tarkovsky’s Solaris.

The film was restored by the Estonian Film Institute.

Poster and Photo Gallery
Estonian TV In Focus documentary about the making of Madness (2012)
Interview with director Kaljo Kiisk
Audio commentary with Christian Oberhofer (Cultpix) and Tristan Priimägi, Estonian film critic and film historian
The Sanest Man in the Asylum – 20-page essay (booklet)

Mutiny In Heaven

⍟ ETR MEdia ⍟

[ ETRM053 SLIP ]

2023 | 99 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Ian White
Starring: Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard, Mick Harvey, Tracy Pew, Phill Calvert

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!

Nick Cave has aged like a fine wine over the years, deepening his iconic status as both an unparalleled performer and songwriter. In the electrifying new film Mutiny In Heaven, Nick and his first band, The Birthday Party, offer an unfiltered, intimate, and immersive exploration of the influential post-punk group that catapulted him onto the global stage.

Narrated exclusively by the original band members, the film delves deep into a band’s psyche, chronicling how Cave and his school friends startled audiences with their confrontational performances, primal screams, outlaw gothic horror, and anarchic lifestyle. Featuring never-before-seen personal footage from band members, dynamic animation sequences, and jaw dropping concert clips, the film provides a sweaty, electrifying front-row seat to one of the most legendary live acts. Destined to be an instant documentary classic.

Trailer
Extended interviews with Chris Haskett, Christoph Dreyer, Clinton Walker, David Yow, Henry Rollins, Mick Harvey, Oliver Schutz, Paul Goldman, Phill Calvert, Sonic Youth

Nina Forever

⍟ Yellow Viel Pictures ⍟

[ YVP-045 SLIP ]

2015 | 98 min | 2.35:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine
Starring: Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, Mandeep Dhillon, Katharine Bennett-Fox, Barry Castagnola

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

Suicidal Rob starts dating a colleague at the supermarket. But whenever they have sex, his dead girlfriend, Nina, pops up.

Introduction by The Directors Chris & Ben Blaine
Interview Chris & Ben Blaine
Commentary With Directors Chris and Ben Blaine and Producer Cassandra Sigsgaard
Commentary with Sound Designer Steve Bond, Composer Daniel Teper and Vocalist Mara Carlyle
Behind the Scene Video: A Look Behind Nina Forever
Audition of Abigail Hardingham for Holly
Behind the Scenes Slide Show
Behind the Scenes Video by Aaron Shrimpton
Deleted Scenes: The Things That Are Not There
Loco London Festival: 4 Interviews
Video Montage of the Mexican Premiere at Morbido
3 Short Films
Story Board 2 Scenes
A Piece of Advice from Benjamin Blaine Before the SxSW Premiere
VFX and SFX breakdown Video Essay
Kickstarter Videos

Ogroff

⍟ Bleeding Skull ⍟

[ BS-016 SLIP ]

1983 | 89 min | 1.33:1 | French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Norbert Moutier
Starring: Norbert Moutier, France Danielle, Howard Vernon

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

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover is limited to 2,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Restoration from the original U-matic tape masters, as the Super 8 film elements are lost.

If Leatherface from THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE made a home movie, it would feel a lot like OGROFF. Shot on Super 8 film in France by video shop owner/horror zine publisher Norbert Moutier (aka N.G. Mount), the movie follows Ogroff—a deranged cannibal who attacks anyone unfortunate enough to enter his haunted forest. Channeling a chaotic, droned-out slasher aesthetic that showcases haunted synthesizers, crazed gore, and surreal deviations from reality, OGROFF is the zenith of accidental avant-garde horror. Bleeding Skull is honored to present this fabled underground nightmare for the first time on Blu-ray, restored from the newly discovered U-matic tape masters.

Commentary with Bleeding Skull’s Annie Choi & Joseph A. Ziemba
NIGHTMARE USA author Stephen Thrower on OGROFF
Deleted scene
Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
Bootleg VHS version
Zine with Cynthia Moutier interview by Ziemba and essay by author Vincent Albarano

Scream Park

⍟ wild eye releasing ⍟

[ WER-014 ]

2012 | 85 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Cary Hill
Starring: Wendy Wygant, Steve Rudzinski, Nivek Ogre, Alicia Marie Marcucci, Nicole Beattie, Doug Bradley

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.

On the final night of operation at a failing amusement park, a farewell party for the employees turns into a bloodbath when the park’s ruthless owner hatches a murderous scheme to save his dying business. With masked killers stalking every ride, midway, and haunted attraction, the group must navigate the darkened park and fight to stay alive before they become part of its gruesome legacy.

Released during the early 2010s resurgence of independent slasher films, SCREAM PARK proudly embraces the colorful spirit of VHS-era horror while delivering modern splatter and an unmistakable regional charm. Director Cary Hill combines the nostalgic fun of abandoned amusement parks with classic stalk-and-slash mayhem, creating a crowd-pleasing throwback that’s a faithful love letter to the golden age of ’80s horror, bolstered by memorable appearances from genre icons Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) and Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy).

2026 commentary with writer/director Cary Hill
2013 archival commentary
Actress Alicia Marcucci interview
Actress Wendy Wygant interview
Blooper reel
Image gallery
Original Kickstarter video
Promo news report
Concept trailer
Teaser trailer
Original producer trailer
Wild Eye trailer
Folded poster

Sex, Death & the Hollywood Mystique

⍟ Saturn’s Core ⍟

[ SC-065 SLIP ]

1999 | 158 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Larry Wessel
Starring: John Gilmore, Curtis Harrington, Forrest J. Ackerman, Kelly Monroe, Karine Elkins, Eva Ford, The Goddess Bunny

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!

Like an analog Frederick Wiseman, legendary cinéma vérité documentarian Larry Wessel (Ultramegalopolis, Taurobolium, Eric & Shaye) has tackled a wide array of eccentric subjects and captured some of underground cinema’s most striking and unforgettable visuals, equipped solely with his camcorder and a nearly non-existent budget. An aesthetic terrorist of the highest order, Wessel’s simplistic, fly on the wall approach to documentary filmmaking has allowed his subjects to reveal their stories and actions in the most candid and uninhibited means conceivable.

In Sex, Death & the Hollywood Mystique, Wessel turns his camcorder lens on the seedy and salacious underbelly of ’90s Hollywood by profiling the lives and confessions of several enthralling Tinseltown luminaries. Notorious L.A. novelist and true crime scribe John Gilmore (author of Severed, The Garbage People) shares intimate and lurid details about the Manson Family murders, the “Black Dahlia” Elizabeth Short, the “Pied Piper of Tucson” killer Charles Schmid, and his early friendship with a young James Dean. Legendary filmmaker Curtis Harrington (Night Tide, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo, Queen of Blood) recalls his personal interactions with classic silver screen legends Gloria Swanson and Marlene Dietrich. Famous Monsters of Filmland publisher Forrest J. Ackerman gives a memorabilia tour of his jaw-dropping “Ackermansion” and recounts setting Metropolis director Fritz Lang up on a blind date. Most poignantly, Wessel cross cuts all these anecdotes with a day in the life of sex worker Kelly Monroe, who candidly preps and plans for an evening of clients from a single, seedy hotel room locale. Featuring additional appearances by Karine Elkins (Superstarlet A.D.) and disabled trans icon Sandie Crisp aka The Goddess Bunny, Wessel’s Sex, Death & the Hollywood Mystique combines the true crime, biographical, and travelogue asesthetics of documentary filmmaking into one sprawling and unforgettable 2.5 hour SOV epic.

Audio commentary with director Larry Wessel
Audio commentary with film writer & publisher David Flint
“All That Glitters is Sold” – a visual essay by film journalist and author Heather Drain
BONUS MOVIE: CARNY TALK (1995 / 71 min.) – Larry Wessel’s conversational and revealing profile of legendary artist Robert Williams (Juxtapoz, Zap Comix, Appetite for Destruction)
“King of the Underground” – director Larry Wessel reads an excerpt from his upcoming memoir
Larry Wessel trailer vault
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Rebekah Porter

The Taste Of Things

⍟ IFC Films ⍟

[ IFC-035 ]

1991 | 82 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Daniel Erickson
Starring: John Hawkes, Suzanne Aldrich, Butch Patrick

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.

France, 1889: simmering passions between a master chef and his longtime partner bubble over in this sumptuous award-winning period love story.

New audio commentary by film critic James Marsh
Introductions to the film by actress Juliette Binoche and director Trần Anh Hùng
Booklet with new writing by film critic Kenji Fujishima

Theory of Obscurity

⍟ Film Movement ⍟

[ FM-059 SLIP ]

2015 | 87 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Don Hardy Jr.
Starring: Les Claypool, Matt Groening, Josh Freese, Homer Flynn, Hardy Fox, Penn Jillette

This special limited edition spot gloss 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. Region A Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Steak Mtn)

THEORY OF OBSCURITY tells the story of the iconic renegade cult band The Residents. From the group’s formation in Shreveport to their success in the burgeoning San Francisco avant-garde music scene of the 60s and 70s, The Residents redefined what a rock band could be. With the advent of music videos in the 1980s, these masked musicians gained global fame as MTV darlings and serious art world figures.

The Residents first ever live performance
Outtakes from The Residents underground epic film Vileness Fats
The Residents classic short films: Third Reich and Roll, Hello Skinny, One Minute Movies
New short film for the song “Mellon Collie Lassie”
Freak Show animation
The Residents found footage internet experiment The Walking Woman
The Resdents Ultimate Box Set #1 short film
11 extended interviews

The Vicious Breed

⍟ Klubb Super 8 ⍟

[ KS8-012 SLIP ]

1955 | 77 min | 1.37:1 | Swedish DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Arne Ragneborn
Starring: Arne Ragneborn, Maj-Britt Lindholm, Inga Gill, Lars Ekborg, Jan-Olof Rydqvist, Sif Ruud, Åke Grönberg

Juvenile delinquent classic filled with brawls, booze and sex. The tough young gangster Myggan (“The Mosquito”) escapes from juvenile prison, heading straight for trouble. What follows is a breathless catalogue of bad decisions: a stolen gun from a military depot, a string of burgled summer houses, a crashed car, a shot police officer, and a girlfriend driven to prostitution to keep them both alive. The newspapers call him the “Valla Desperado”. The censors called the whole thing “a speculation in cynicism” and tried to ban it outright. They lost—though they did carve out four minutes before letting it through.

First-time director Arne Ragneborn was twenty-nine years old and apparently had no interest in making anything polite. His debut is lean, mean, and genuinely uncomfortable—a juvenile delinquent film that earns its genre credentials without winking at the audience. Ragneborn would go on to make four more features in rapid succession, consistently drawn to desperate youth, alcohol, violence and the jagged edges of the Swedish dream, and consistently locking horns with the censors along the way.

The film was restored by the Swedish Film Institute.

Image and Poster Gallery
Trailer
Swedish Film’s Bad Apple No 1
Interviews with Gun Zacharias (Ragneborn’s wife and screenwriter), Bengt Lindström (cinematographer), Inge Ivarson (producer) and Bengt Bengtsson (film professor, author of the book Ungdom i fara/Youth in Peril)
50s Youth Culture and Cultural Backlash in the East and West
Video essay by Andrew Nette, editor of Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980
Halvan, Slampen and Tofsan (1954) Short film by Egil Holmsen
A Study in Arne Ragneborn’s Censorship Cases – 20 pages

White Star

⍟ Subkultur USA ⍟

[ SKUSA-004 SLIP ]

1983 | 92 min | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0, German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Roland Klick
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Terrance Robay, Romana Sweeny, David Hess

Subkultur is a German based home video company devoted to restoring and re-releasing genre cinema in the best possible editions, running the gamut from grindhouse classics like SWITCHBLADE SISTERS to more contemporary genre oddities like SILENT TRIGGER and impressive restoration jobs like BLOODY FRIDAY. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, will exclusively handle U.S. distribution, on select releases, for Subkultur, bringing their unique taste for genre curation and penchant for quality restoration work to American audiences. We are thrilled to be representing Subkultur’s line of US home video releases!

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover is limited to 1,500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray. (Packaging Artist(s): Steak Mtn)

Kenneth Barlow, a washed-up and forgotten music manager who once organized the Rolling Stones’ tours in his heyday, is desperate to achieve another major success and turn an unknown musician into an overnight star. To do so, he picks out the naive and fresh-faced Moody Mudinsky, intending to use him to replace the popular punk scene.

Barlow isn’t interested in the boy; all that matters to him are headlines and profit. With the help of an accomplice, he organizes street fights and riots, leaving no stone unturned to achieve his selfish goal. However, when a young girl is killed during a staged assassination attempt on his protégé, the situation spirals completely out of control and reality strikes back mercilessly.

Audio commentary by Roland Klick
Theatrical trailer in German
Theatrical trailer in English
Gallery
Short “Ludwig”
Archival interview with Roland Klick
Archival portrait Roland Klick

Pretty Peaches Trilogy

⍟ Peekarama ⍟

[ PEEK-038 SLIP ]

1978-1989 / 268 min (combined) / 1.85:1, 1.33:1 / English Mono
Directed by Alex DeRenzy
Starring: Joey Silvera, Juliet Anderson,Sharon Kane, Ashley Welles, Peter North, Tammy White, Jamie Gillis, Tracey Adams, Victoria Paris

PEEKARAMA presents the wildest, rarest, and most scandalous theatrical hardcore double features. Taking its name from one of the earliest “all action” sex theatre chains, each PEEKARAMA release presents two themed, full length feature films, both meticulously restored, thus giving you the opportunity to enjoy an old fashioned dirty movie double feature at home!

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by 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.

Pioneering X-rated filmmaker Alex deRenzy (Babyface) made his name as one of the most transgressive, creative, and innovative filmmakers working in hardcore. Effortlessly blending counterculture and underground filmmaking sensibility with deft social commentary and a pervasive rebellious streak, none of deRenzy’s films better celebrate his madcap sensibilities than his groundbreaking PRETTY PEACHES trilogy.

In the original blockbuster PRETTY PEACHES (1978), Desiree Costeau stars as Peaches, a ditsy young woman who, after attending her father’s wedding to a new stepmother, crashes her truck, triggering severe amnesia. Uncertain who she is, Peaches is quickly “rescued” by a pair of con men who, hoping there’ll be a reward for her safe return, send her on an adventure to figure out her identity. Peaches stumbles from one crazy encounter to the next with an increasingly bizarre set of weirdos, opportunists, and screwballs, as she hopes to recover her memory. With Joey Silvera (Climax!), Juliet Anderson (A Girl’s Best Friend), and Sharon Kane (Alexandra).

Siobhan Hunter takes the reins as Peaches, an inexperienced young woman on a quest for a sexual education in PRETTY PEACHES 2 (1987). Peaches hits the road heading towards San Francisco, and winds up meeting – and bedding – an offbeat set of characters, winding up at the home of her crazy Uncle Howard and his bizarre family. With Ashley Welles (Tasty), Peter North (Stiff Competition), and Tammy White (Night Games).

In PRETTY PEACHES 3: THE QUEST (1989), Keisha portrays an intently curious Peaches whose doctor directs her to seek spiritual enlightenment to ease her mind. Before long, Peaches comes across new-age lesbian chicken farmers, crooked televangelists, phony gurus, randy nuns, and more. With Jamie Gillis (Blonde Ambition), Tracey Adams (Pleasure Maze), and Victoria Paris (Night Trips).

2-Disc Region Free Blu-ray
Newly scanned & restored in 2k from their 35mm negatives
Original theatrical trailer for Pretty Peaches 2
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles

Outlaw Ladies

⍟ Quality X ⍟

[ QX-024 SLIP ]

1981 | 83 min | 1.85:1 | English Mono
Directed by Ron Sullivan
Starring: Marlene Willoughby, Jody Maxwell, Samantha Fox, Veronica Hart, Merle Michaels, John Leslie, Joey Silvera, Ron Hudd

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 Richard Long) is limited to 2,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Abbey’s husband Harlan is overworked and undersexed, wholly concerned with bills and the money coming in. But while Harlan toils away, Abbey knows just the cure for her housewife’s blues — as does her posh best friend Barbara whose own husband Victor is lusting after his fellow attorney Diedre. Meanwhile, Cassie’s life as a high fashion model masks her secret profession as a hooker, whose newest client happens to be Harlan. Spurning Victor, Diedre decides to take a chance with hotshot artist Eddie, while Victor finds a willing partner in shy secretary Felicia. When everyone’s secrets begin to unravel, will these outlaw ladies stay on top?

Among the first hardcore features directed by the legendary Ron Sullivan (Babylon Pink, Getting Personal), OUTLAW LADIES relies on one of his favorite devices — an interwoven, character-driven, day-in-the-life comedy. Sullivan (as Henri Pachard), working from his own screenplay, crafts a clever, funny, and scorching story of women whose insatiable libidos are outshined only by their wit and cunning. Boasting a hot original title theme, the film features an extraordinary cast of talent from both the East and West coasts, including Veronica Hart (Roommates), Juliet Anderson (Taboo), Samantha Fox (Her Name Was Lisa), Marlene Willoughby (Sunny), John Leslie (SexWorld), Richard Bolla (Scoundrels), and Bobby Astyr (Corruption). Quality X is proud to bring this unheralded treasure of early 80s eroticism to Blu-ray, newly restored in 4K from its 35mm camera negative and featuring a new audio commentary with its cinematographer, Larry Revene.

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Arcane Sorcerer

Night Terrors

Crescendo

Made in Hong Kong: Volume 3

Night of the Vamp-Friars

Faces Of Death IV

Krimis in Black & White

The Stranger Within

The Films of Henry Jaglom: Volume #1

The Films of Hisayasu Satô: Volume #5 – Brain Sex / Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta / Birthday

All The Long Nights

Bad Blood: The Movie

Blackout

Blowie

Bunnylvr

The Devil’s Doorway

Finally Got The News

Ghostkeeper

The Hedonist

Hell House

Henry Fonda For President

Highway Hypnosis

Huntress: Spirit of the Night

Ice Cold In Alex

Indera

Madness

Mutiny In Heaven

Nina Forever

Ogroff

Scream Park

Sex, Death & the Hollywood Mystique

The Taste Of Things

Theory of Obscurity

The Vicious Breed

White Star

Pretty Peaches Trilogy

Outlaw Ladies

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