Beavis and Butthead Do America

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME ULTRA ⍟

[ VSU-019 BOX ]

1996 | 81 min | 1.85:1 | English, 5.1 Surround
Directed by Mike Judge
Starring: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman, David Letterman, Richard Linklater, Greg Kinnear, Eric Bogosian, Toby Huss

Vinegar Syndrome Ultra is a Vinegar Syndrome Sub-Label focused exclusively on extravagant UHD/Blu-ray releases of ‘major’ 80s and 90s titles that might not always fit into the regular VS milieu.

This special limited edition deluxe magnet box + slipcover set (designed by Brianna Miller & Steak Mtn), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and 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.

The ultimate teen TV addicts of the 1990s, Beavis and Butt-Head, are facing the unthinkable: their television set has been stolen. Leaving the house in a daze, they soon encounter the sketchy Muddy Grimes, who mistakes them for the hitmen he’s hired to murder his wife. Armed with nothing but misinformation, an eagerness to score, juvenile humor, and unconscionable amounts of dumb luck (quite literally), the constantly chuckling duo hit the road, causing total havoc across America. Soon, everyone from the FBI to their neighbors, the Andersons, gets swept up in an epic odyssey of mistaken identities, cavity searches, and general stupidity that totally doesn’t suck.

Based on Mike Judge’s hugely successful MTV characters, BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA took these animated Generation X icons to the top of the box office and earned widespread critical acclaim. Loaded with sarcastic pop-culture parodies and boundless, inane slacker energy, the film was written, directed, produced, and largely voiced by Judge himself (director of Office Space), with additional voice performances by Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction), Demi Moore (Ghost), Robert Stack (Airplane!), and Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein). Vinegar Syndrome Ultra is proud to present this infectious cult comedy, newly restored in 4K from its original camera negative.

Commentary track with directors Mike Judge and Yvette Kaplan
Commentary track with film critic Bilge Ebiri and Justin LaLiberty
“It Better Be Good” (21 min) – a new interview with producer John Andrews
“Buttspeed” (21 min) – a new interview with sound editor John Bowen’
“Protect the Humor” (15 min) – a new interview with composer John Frizzell
“Pure Fun” (12 min) – a new interview with voice actor Toby Huss
“Weird Cool Shit” (22 min) – a new interview with sequence director Chris Prynoski
“The Big Picture” (23 min) – an archival making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast & crew
“We’re Gonna Score!” (11 min) – an archival interview with composer John Frizzell
“Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-Head” (71 min) – an archival documentary about the creation of Beavis and Butt-Head in three parts
MTV News updates with Jennifer Tilly, Steve Buscemi, and Snoop Dogg (4 min)
Four promotional shorts of Mike Judge directing Beavis & Butt-Head (3 min)
Eight original TV spots (3 min)
Two original trailers
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Matt Singer, BenDavid Grabinski, Christina Newland, and an original critique from 1996 by Roger Ebert
Reversible cover artwork

Manhunter

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME ⍟

[ VS-552 CASE ]

1986 | 120 min | 2.35:1 | English 5.1 Surround
Directed by Michael Mann
Starring: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Stephen Lang, Benjamin Hendrickson, Michael Talbott, Dan Butler

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 3-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss and metallic silver hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Adam Maida), includes a 80-page perfect bound book and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

A vicious serial killer nicknamed the “Tooth Fairy” due to his penchant for biting his victims has savagely killed two families. With his unit having hit a wall in identifying the assailant, FBI supervisor Jack Crawford attempts to convince his former top profiler, Will Graham, to assist with the case. Graham is reluctant, still shaken by his work apprehending the brilliant yet sociopathic cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, but eventually agrees. Fearing that another murder will soon take place, Graham realizes he must do the unthinkable: solicit help from Lecktor. As he ventures deeper into the world of serial murder and madness, his own perceptions of reality begin to falter. With paranoia and guilt setting in, he begins to question how close he can get to madness without going insane himself.

From visionary filmmaker Michael Mann (The Keep, Heat), adapting author Thomas Harris’ landmark bestseller Red Dragon, MANHUNTER remains one of the most astonishing and visually striking thrillers of the 1980s. Featuring William Petersen (TV’s CSI) in what has been acclaimed as one of the greatest performances of his career, alongside three-time Oscar® nominee Joan Allen (The Crucible), Dennis Farina (Get Shorty), Stephen Lang (Avatar), Tom Noonan (The House of the Devil), and Brian Cox (TV’s Succession) in the first on-screen portrayal of Hannibal Lecktor, this visual feast of dread, photographed by two-time Oscar® nominee Dante Spinotti (L.A. Confidential), at last comes to 4K UHD in its original and totally unaltered 1986 theatrical release version. Newly restored by Vinegar Syndrome exclusively for this release and featuring an extensive assortment of both new and archival bonus features, this is the ultimate home video presentation of an unforgettable shocker.

Presented in two versions: original 120-min Theatrical Cut (UHD+BD) and its 124-min Legacy Director’s Cut (BD-only)
Commentary track with filmmaker & film scholar Gillian Wallace Horvat (Theatrical Cut)
Commentary track with director Michael Mann (Legacy Director’s Cut)
“From Italy to Manhunter” (9 min) – a new interview with visual consultant Gusmano Cesaretti
“The First Lecktor” (40 min) – an interview from 2016 with actor Brian Cox
“Mind of Madness” (18 min) – an interview from 2016 with actor William Petersen
“Francis is Gone Forever” (22 min) – an interview from 2016 with actor Tom Noonan
“Courting a Killer” (16 min) – an interview from 2016 with actress Joan Allen
“The Eye of the Storm” (36 min) – an interview from 2016 with cinematographer Dante Spinotti
“The Music of Manhunter” (42 min) – a featurette from 2016 with Rich Shaffer of The Reds, composer Michel Rubini, Barry Andrews of Shriekback, Gary Putnam of The Prime Movers, and Gene Stashuk of Red 7
“Inside Manhunter” (17 min) – a featurette from 2001 featuring interviews with actors William Petersen, Brian Cox, Joan Allen, and Tom Noonan
“The Manhunter Look” (10 min) – an interview from 2001 with cinematographer Dante Spinotti
Multiple still galleries: Comprehensive (8 min), Production (4 min), Posters / Advertising (3 min), and Deleted / Alternate Footage (2 min)
Theatrical trailer
80-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Larry Taylor, Brian Raftery, Abbey Bender, Elissa Suh, and Bilge Ebiri (limited edition only)
Reversible cover artwork

Vampire In Brooklyn

⍟ VINEGAR SYNDROME ⍟

[ VS-551 CASE ]

1995 | 102 min | 1.85:1 | English 5.1 Surround
Directed by Wes Craven
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, Joanna Cassidy, Simbi Khali, Messiri Freeman, Jsu Garcia

This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by JJ Harrison), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

When a seemingly unmanned ship crashes into a Brooklyn dock, ship inspector Silas Green and his troublemaking nephew Julius discover, to their horror, that the vessel’s entire crew has been killed, their maimed and mutilated corpses strewn across the deck. Stranger still, a vicious wolf is on board, sending Julius running in terror, only for him to stumble into a group of neighborhood gangsters to whom he owes a hefty sum. But when the wolf transforms into the debonair vampire Max, who gorily dispatches the thugs, he offers Julius a bargain he can’t refuse: become his undead servant. Meanwhile, Detective Rita Veder is assigned to solve the mystery of the bloodied boat and quickly begins to sense that something unusual is afoot. Unaware that she too comes from a line of bloodsuckers, Rita is slowly seduced by Max, who takes on an increasingly bizarre array of disguises and is determined to make her his bride, thereby ensuring the survival of his vampiric bloodline.

The unlikeliest of collaborations between master of horror Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and comedy legend Eddie Murphy (The Golden Child, The Nutty Professor), VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN is a wild and original retelling of the Dracula legend that alternates between outrageous comedy and deliciously bloody horror, all while calling to mind the blaxploitation-horror hybrids of the 1970s. Featuring supporting performances from two-time Oscar nominee Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), alongside cult favorites Kadeem Hardison (Def by Temptation) and Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner), this delightfully deranged genre mash-up makes its 4K UHD debut from Vinegar Syndrome, newly restored from its original negative and accompanied by a grisly assortment of extras you’ll be dying to get your fangs into.

“Bloodsucker on the Studio Backlot” (34 min) – an all-new making-of documentary by Elijah Drenner featuring interviews with editor Patrick Lussier, screenwriters Chris Parker and Michael Lucker, cinematographer Mark Irwin, makeup effects artist Howard Berger, and archival interviews with Wes Craven, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, and more!
Archival EPK interviews with: director Wes Craven, actor Eddie Murphy, actress Angela Bassett, actor Allen Payne, actor John Witherspoon, and actor Kadeem Hardison (20 minutes)
Deleted scenes & alternate ending (10 min)
Behind-the-scenes footage (8 min)
Theatrical trailer
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Mark H. Harris, Payton McCarty-Simas, and Jourdain Searles (limited edition only)
Reversible cover artwork

The Films of Hisayasu Satô: Volume #6 – Muscle / Temptation of the Mask / Bondage Ecstasy

⍟ PINK LINE ⍟

[ PL-006 CASE ]

1987-1990 | 187 min (combined) | 1.85:1 | Japanese Mono
Directed by Hisayasu Satô
Starring: Kiyoshi Usuda, Shotaro Sawada, Takesi Itō, Yutaka Ikejima, Osamu Fukuda, Simon Kumai, Toru Matsumura, Kyoko Hashimoto, Kiyomi Itō, Kazuhiro Sano, Naomi Hagio

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

This special limited edition Blu-ray comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Steak Mtn.), 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.

Hisayasu Satô’s filmic exploration of his preferred themes took a turn for a handful of gay-focused stories within the Pinku genre. Although comprising a small portion of the prolific director’s body of work, several are among his most beloved projects. Here we compile three late 1980s films produced for Enk Promotion, again showcasing Satô’s distinctly creative style.

An introverted youth is arrested while trying to set a house ablaze, and the detective assigned to the case takes a special interest in the suspect while getting him to talk in TEMPTATION OF THE MASK (1987). It seems that the young man will only tell his tale once the detective allows him to play Russian roulette with his revolver, and scandalous secrets about the young man’s family begin to be recounted. Once the detective begins lusting after the suspect himself, a tenuous bond between them forms while the detective learns more about the varied abuse the young man has faced.

In 1988’s MUSCLE, a man newly released from prison (and infatuated with Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini) is bent on sorting out his affairs from before he went inside. Reconnecting with a peer from the bodybuilding magazine he worked for, he begins to seek out a Kitami, a model from the magazine with whom he had a rough affair that ended disastrously. An obsessive longing and the weight of emotional memory seem to propel the man into the gay underground. Despite everyone he comes across attempting to discourage him, he tracks down Kitami with explosive results.

Merely reading Kafka’s Metamorphosis is enough to cause a man to turn into an insect in BONDAGE ECSTASY (1989). As an insect, he invades the most private spaces of several people, and then commenting on them gives a unique angle to Satô’s oft-used voyeur trope, while the insect jumps from one person to the next. Exploring not just bondage but also a toxic corporate workplace and a bisexual love triangle, the film employs dreamy visuals and an often lighter, even absurdist tone to take on fantasies of vengeance while still maintaining a comic edge.

40-page perfect-bound book (limited edition only) includes essays by Kyle Turner, Dakota Noot, and Patrick Macias
Commentary track with film writers Amber T & Rocco Thompson for Muscle
“The Male Gaze” – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô on Muscle
“Flexing His Muscles” – an interview with actor Simon Kumai on Muscle
Commentary track with film writers James Marsh & Pierce Conran for Temptation of the Mask
“Masking Temptation” – an interview with assistant director Takahisa Zeze on Muscle and Temptation of the Mask
“Adorable Creatures” – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô on Temptation of the Mask
“Mask Off” – an interview with actor Yutaka Ikejima on Temptation of the Mask
Commentary track with film historian Samm Deighan for Bondage Ecstasy
“Rope & Rubber” – an interview with director Hisayasu Satô on Bondage Ecstasy
“A Man’s World” – an interview with actor Ryuji Yamamoto on Bondage Ecstasy
“Actors on Satô” – an interview with actors Kôichi Imaizumi, Takahiko Kobayashi, and Kazuhiro Sano
“Gay for Pay” – a video essay by Dakota Noot and Christopher Velasco
“Walking in Circles: Part 6” – Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô
Reversible cover artwork

Assassin

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

[ FM-060 SLIP ]

2025 | 90 min | 1.78:1 | Mandarin DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Zhou Jiuqin
Starring: Ray Lui, Ming Wang

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 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. (Packaging Artist(s): Sean Longmore)

Shanghai, 1932. Occupied and on the brink of war. Elite fighter Mubai is recruited for a top-secret assassination and thrown into brutal battle against the Japanese military machine. Hunted through city streets and enemy strongholds, Mubai fights his way through ambushes, explosions and brutal close-quarters combat to reach a single target that could change history.

Interview with action director Su Guan
Introduction by producer and action film expert Mike Leeder
16-page booklet with essay by film writer Frankie Balboa

The Baltimorons

⍟ IFC FILMS ⍟

[ IFC-036 SLIP ]

2025 | 100 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Jay Duplass
Starring: Michael Strassner, Liz Larson, Olivia Luccardi

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 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. (Packaging Artist(s): Michael DeForge)

A newly sober man’s Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.

All Hands on Deck – a new video interview with director/co-writer/producer Jay Duplass and actor/co-writer/producer Michael Strassner
Behind the Scenes shot on Hi8
Booklet with new writing by film critic Bilge Ebiri

Barricade

⍟ WILD EYE RELEASING ⍟

[ WER-015 ]

2007 | 96 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Timo Rose
Starring: Raine Brown, Joe Zaso, André Reissig, Thomas Kercmar, Manoush, Timo Rose

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 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. (Packaging Artist(s): Trevor Henderson)

What begins as a weekend camping trip in Germany’s isolated Black Forest quickly descends into unimaginable terror when a group of friends wander onto the hunting grounds of a sadistic, cannibalistic family. Cut off from civilization and stalked through the wilderness, their fight for survival becomes an unflinching descent into brutality where escape seems impossible. Uncompromising in its violence and packed with grisly practical effects, BARRICADE is a savage backwoods nightmare that pushes the survival horror genre to its grotesque limits.

Released at the height of the 2000s extreme horror boom, BARRICADE emerged alongside the wave of independent shockers that embraced gritty realism, practical gore, and relentless suffering. While drawing inspiration from the backwoods terror of films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Wrong Turn, and the era’s brutal “torture porn” movement, director Timo Rose carves out his own unique identity with a distinctly European edge.

Extended/Unrated Director’s Cut
Commentary with co-writer Ted Geoghegan and actor Joe Zaso
Director Timo Rose interview
Co-writer Ted Geoghegan interview
Actress Raine Brown interview
Actor Joe Zaso interview
Actor André Reissig interview
Behind the Barricade
Archival on-set interviews
Behind-the-scenes image gallery
Fangoria Weekend of Horrors 2007
Original teaser
Original trailer 1, 2, and 3
Wild Eye trailer
Folded poster

Blood Feast

⍟ AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE ⍟

[ AGFA-081 SLIP ]

1963 | 67 min | 1.33:1, 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
Starring: William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason

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 special limited edition spot gloss slipcover 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. Presented in partnership with Something Weird Video…

There will never be another movie like BLOOD FEAST—the first “splatter” film in horror history. Written by Allison Louise Downe, produced by David F. Friedman, and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, BLOOD FEAST follows a caterer named Fuad Ramses who is hired to provide “an authentic Egyptian feast” for a birthday party. He wastes no time in committing unbelievable mutilation murders to appease an Egyptian goddess named Ishtar. A direct influence on John Waters (MULTIPLE MANIACS), Frank Henenlotter (BASKET CASE), and dozens of 1980s slashers, BLOOD FEAST erupts with pop-art brain-bludgeons, tabloid-style ghoulishness, and pitch-black gallows humor. AGFA and Something Weird are honored to unleash the definitive home video presentation of this seminal splatterfest—now newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative for the first time ever.

Disc 1: UHD

4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative presented in HDR and 1.85:1 aspect ratio
Archival commentary with Herschell Gordon Lewis, David F. Friedman, & Something Weird Video founder Mike Vraney

Disc 2: Blu-ray

Contains everything on the UHD plus 1.85:1 & 1.33:1 aspect ratios
Archival introduction from Lewis
VHS preservation hosted by Joe Bob Briggs
Featurette: MEET THE FILMMAKERS: HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS WITH SEAN BAKER
Featurette: PRETTY MODEL AUTHOR OF BLOODY MOVIE
Audio interview with crew member Andy Romanoff
Archival interview with Lewis and Friedman
Archival featurette: BLOOD PERSPECTIVES
Outtakes
Original trailer
Original radio and audio spots
Photo gallery
Short: CARVING MAGIC
Booklet with essays by Lewis, Friedman, Frank Henenlotter, and Janna Jones

By Design

⍟ MUSIC BOX SELECTS ⍟

[ MBS-018 SLIP ]

2025 | 91 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Amanda Kramer
Starring: Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Udo Kier, Melanie Griffith

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!

Camille (Juliette Lewis) has never been particularly jealous of other women, but when she stumbles upon a gorgeous chair in a showroom, she realizes that she truly envies the life of a perfect piece of furniture. In director Amanda Kramer’s surreal, deadpan take on the body-swap comedy, Camille and this chair exchange form — and everyone likes her better as a chair.

Feature Commentary with director Amanda Kramer and editor Benjamin Shearn
Sundance Meet the Artist: Amanda Kramer
Choreography Featurette
Udo Day: On Set with Udo Kier
Image Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

Capone Cries A Lot

⍟ KANI ⍟

[ KANI-044 SLIP ]

1985 | 128 min | 1.85:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Kenichi Hagiwara, Yuko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Akira Emoto, Kai Ato, Bengal Hachiro Tako, Mitsuru Hirata, Haruko Kato, Kirin Kiki, Shinji Maki, Toru Minegishi, Nicolo Scorza, Miki Takakura, Fujio Tokita, Tatsuo Umemiya, Chuck Wilson, Shunsuke Kariya, Randy Reyes

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 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.

In this underseen late-career masterwork from Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter), Kaeimon (Kenichi Hagiwara), a naniwa-bushi performer, travels to Prohibition-era San Francisco in search of prosperity. Convinced that Al Capone is President of the United States and that he may impress him with his old-fashioned singing, he instead falls in with unsavory Japanese hoteliers, Chinese moneylenders and bootleggin’ Italian-American mafiosos. As surrealistic and elliptical as ever, Suzuki packages his career-long obsessions and slingshots them back towards the USA. Capone Cries a Lot is a boyish gangster film in air quotes: a parodic carnival reflecting on the intersection between American and Japanese imperialism, iconography and power. Shot in Japan, around an abandoned amusement park, Suzuki’s collage-like transplantation of American culture is at once uncomfortable (racist minstrel bands in blackface, the Ku Klux Klan and anti-Japanese sentiment reflect Suzuki’s understanding of US politics) and reverential (folding jazz, blues, traditional Japanese performing arts and Charlie Chaplinesque slapstick into one aesthetic continuum). All in, it brings Seijun Suzuki’s “borderless” aesthetic project full circle.

Commentary by William Carroll (author of Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema)
Booklet with new writing by Filipe Furtado

Champagne Rose Is Dead

⍟ KLUBB SUPER 8 ⍟

[ KS8-013 SLIP ]

1970 | 85 min | 1.66:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Calvin Floyd
Starring: Francis Matthews, Ton Lutz, Victor IV, Devi Morman, Phoa Yan Tiong, Jan Butlin

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

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

Paranoid, psychedelic and delirious Cold War thriller and dark anti-spy farce.

Jason, a burnt-out secret agent with a silent sidekick, decides the espionage racket is boring, and likely to get him killed. He quits the organization CORPO, dodges his boss’s assassination attempt, then retreats to a Dutch country estate where his mistress Binji and three servants are waiting. But Jason gets pulled into the orbit of MOB, a sinister data-and-media conglomerate, all surveillance, mind-games, and manufactured illusion. Jason wants out entirely, but is condemned to fly forever, stuck in planes and airport transit lounges.

Swedish-American director and composer Calvin Floyd is a really cool, unsung hero. He insisted on making genre films, especially horror, (but with a message) in a Sweden obsessed with social realism and Ingmar Bergman. Needless to say, he was rarely appreciated by the critics of the time. His directorial debut was a co-production between Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands.

His long-time cinematographer and producer was Tony Forsberg, DOP on films like Exposed (1970), Dagmar’s Hot Pants, Inc (1971), Love Play (1972), Flossie (1974), When the Raven Flies (1984), Sunday’s Children (1992), and first assistant camera man on Fanny & Alexander (1982).

Francis Matthews is famous for his title role in the TV series Paul Temple in the 60s and 70s, as well as British horror like The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), Corridors of Blood (1958) and Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966).

The film was restored by The British Film Institute.

Poster and Photo Gallery
Calvin Floyd Poster Gallery
Trailer
In Search of Calvin Floyd – Video essay by Rickard Gramfors (Klubb Super 8)

Cut

⍟ DARK STAR ⍟

[ CIP-040 VARIANT-SLIP ]

2000 | 82 min | 1.85:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Kimble Rendall
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Kylie Minogue, Frank Roberts, Geoff Revell

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 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. (Packaging Artist(s): Chris Barnes)

Years after the original director was killed during the filming of a low-budget thriller, a crew of film students set out to finish where she left off. When the filming begins, so too do the killings.

Photo gallery

Feels Good Man

⍟ MONUMENT RELEASING ⍟

[ MON-001 SLIP ]

2020 | 94 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Arthur Jones
Starring: Matt Furie

Monument Releasing is a distribution company, specializing in the release of classic festival, foreign language, and American independent films. Monument Releasing is a sister company of the worldwide sales company Visit Films and the film incubator Pretty ____ Ideas.

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.

Artist Matt Furie, creator of the controversial comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to reclaim his iconic cartoon image from those who turned it into a symbol of hate.

Deleted Scenes
BTS Videos
Storyboards
Artist Q&As with Ira Glass & David Farrier
Filmmaker Commentary
Director Essay

Get Away

⍟ SHUDDER ⍟

[ SHU-041 SLIP ]

2024 | 87 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Steffen Haars
Starring: Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft, Maisie Ayres, Eero Milonoff

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 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. (Packaging Artist(s): Chris Barnes)

A family’s vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the island they’re on is inhabited by a serial killer.

New audio commentary with director Steffen Haars and cinematographer Joris Kerbosch
Three featurettes: “Family”, “Story” and “Making Of”
Booklet with new writing by film programmer and writer Shelagh Rowan-Legg

Her Will Be Done

⍟ YELLOW VEIL PICTURES ⍟

[ YVP-046 ]

2026 | 95 min | 1.66:1 | Polish, French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Julia Kowalski
Starring: Maria Wróbel, Roxane Mesquida, Wojciech Skibinski, Przemyslaw Przestrzelski, Kuba Dyniewicz, Jean-Baptiste Durand

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

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

A young woman’s attraction to a local outcast awakens a legacy of witchcraft, desire, and destruction.

Introduction by Director Julia Kowalski
Interview with Director Julia Kowalski
Commentary with Director Julia Kowalski and actor Roxane Mesquida
Behind the Scenes Slideshow
Story Board to Scenes: Fire and Rain Motifs
Trailer
Essay by Anton Bitel

The Hobby: Tales From The Tabletop

⍟ BRAINSTORM MEDIA ⍟

[ BST-018 SLIP ]

2024 | 95 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1, DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Simon Ennis
Starring: Daryl Andrews, Dan Corbett, Irving Finkel, John Hague, Elizabeth Hargrave, Candice Harris, Eric M. Lang, C. Thi Nguyen, Tom Vasel

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 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.

From the World Series of Board Games on the Vegas strip and dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, THE HOBBY: TALES FROM THE TABLETOP is an affectionate, character-driven portrait of the massive and diverse subculture of modern board games.

With a fascinating cast of charming subjects—including the “Roger Ebert of board games,” a rock-climbing board game philosopher, and a birdwatcher who created an unlikely smash hit—players share personal stories of competition, compulsion, creativity, and connection. THE HOBBY explores the value of leisure time and uncovers the deep meaning found in “meaningless” pursuits.

Featuring board game designers Elizabeth Hargrave, Eric M. Lang, Daryl Andrews, and John Hague, content creators Tom Vasel (Dice Tower), Candice Harris (Board Game Geek), and Mik and Starla Fitch (Our Family Plays Games), philosopher C. Thi Nguyen, Dr. Irving Finkel (British Museum), and casual gamer Dan Corbett.

Audio commentary with director Simon Ennis
Booklet with director’s notes and player stats

In Search of All American Massacre: The Lost Texas Chainsaw Film

⍟ ETR MEDIA ⍟

[ ETRM054 ]

2022 | 68 min | 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Edward Payson
Starring: Greg Herger, Edward Payson, Jose Prendes, Felissa Rose, Paul Baio, Payton Petrone

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

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

For more than two decades, All American Massacre has remained one of horror’s most talked-about pieces of lost media. Conceived as a Texas Chainsaw Massacre spin-off starring Bill Moseley as Chop Top and directed by William Tony Hooper, son of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper, the film disappeared before its release, leaving behind only a trailer, scattered production materials, and decades of speculation. In Search of All American Massacre: The Lost Texas Chainsaw Film follows filmmaker Edward Payson as he investigates the disappearance of the production, pursues new leads, examines mysterious material that has surfaced online, and searches for the missing footage. Alongside a candid interview with cast member Greg Herger, who portrayed Grandpa, a panel assembled by the documentary analyzes the surviving material, explores its possible origins, and pieces together the evidence in an effort to better understand what happened to one of horror’s most enduring lost media stories.

Trailer
“The Lost and Found” – Featurette about what has happened since filming the documentary

In The Dark

⍟ SATURN’S CORE ⍟

[ SC-064 ]

2000 | 106 min | 1.33:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Clifton Holmes
Starring: Kim Garrett, Alex Ellerman, Nicole Cready, John Westby, Marvin Bell, Paul Martin, Deborah DeYoung

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 listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover was limited to 1,000 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover. (Packaging Artist(s): Don England)

Apathetic librarian Jane (Kim Garrett) is bored with the mundanity of her day to day life. That is, until a stranger leaves her an envelope containing $50 cash and a scavenger hunt clue signed by the “Master of Games.” As Jane’s daily routine starts to reshape around the parameters of the clues and tasks, the envelopes continue, the cash amounts double, and the missions become more perverse and perilous as they progress. Jane endures desolate graveyards, isolated abandoned houses, and eventually, the violation of her apartment, workplace, and body solely for the thrill and preoccupation of playing her invisible tormentor’s sadistic game.

Shot in gritty black & white video with a consumer Sony Digital8 handycam, In The Dark (2000) served as both the directorial debut of Chicago based writer/director Clifton Holmes as well as the first official screen adaptation of the acclaimed work of “splatterpunk” author Richard Laymon (based on his eponymous 1994 novel). After screening at a handful of festivals without acquiring viable distribution, In The Dark would sadly languish in obscurity and unavailability for nearly two decades. Astonishingly, a groundswell of interest and discourse has blossomed over the years (based solely on pirated transmissions and favorable word of mouth) leading to its reappraisal as one of the most important and revelatory early digital video features alongside The Blair Witch Project and The Celebration. A grim meditation on coercive surveillance, the illusion of autonomy, and ‘90s “survival horror” games, Saturn’s Core is proud to present the first ever fully authorized release of In The Dark on any physical media format, compiled with the collaboration of both filmmaker Clifton Holmes and the Richard Laymon estate.

Audio commentary with writer / director Clifton Holmes
“Master of Games” – a feature length documentary chronicling the creation and legacy of In the Dark featuring writer / director Clifton Holmes (92 min.)
Early “Festival Cut” with alternative scenes and ending (105 min.)
“Temptation and the Willing Victim” – a visual essay by Stephen Broomer
“Dark Dreamers” – archival interview with In The Dark author Richard Laymon in conversation with Stanley Wiater
Richard Laymon paperback gallery
“When the Graveyard Yawns” – a 28-page booklet edited by Jason Pankoke (Micro-Film) featuring writings and essays by Adam Nayman, Heather Drain, Madeleine Wall, and Rocco T. Thompson
Reversible sleeve

La Dénonciation
(The Immoral Moment)

⍟ ICARUS FILMS ⍟

[ IC012 ]

1961 | 106 min | 1.85:1 | French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Starring: Maurice Ronet, Françoise Brion, Nicole Berger, Sacha Pitoeff

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.

An innocent man, a dark bar, a body already on the floor, a brawl – what happened? And who’s innocent, anyway? Jacques Doniol-Valcroze’s game-playing mystery begins with a simple police investigation, but gradually, almost casually, it sprawls like a spider’s web to encompass the past as the French lived it, as combatants or collaborators or both, during WWII. The stranger in the dark nightclub is Michel (Maurice Ronet), a successful film producer with a beautiful and frivolous wife (Françoise Brion), and little reason, it seems, to be worried about being interrogated about a murder he didn’t commit. But when threatening letters start coming, Michel begins to suspect that a wartime secret, from his days as a Resistance fighter, will somehow rise to the surface.

“There is no truth,” Michel’s old war buddy warns him. Doniol-Valcrose, one of Cahiers du cinéma’s founding editors and a French New Wave icon, crafts the complex intrigue with an off-hand pleasure, indulging in elaborate striptease routines, marital foreplay, and meta-movie allusions – an art film Michel is producing looks like a sly parody of Resnais’ Last Year in Marienbad, which also featured the saturnine character actor Sacha Pitoeff, here playing the arch police investigator. Uncertainty is everywhere, every character in this guilt-ridden puzzle has their own private motivations, and they all seem to know more than Michel does, an evasive New Wave gambit of the filmmaker’s that makes eloquent use of Ronet’s worried good looks.

8-page booklet with essay by Michael Barrett
The Overworked, directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (1957, 25 mins)

Living The Land

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

[ FM-061 SLIP ]

2025 | 132 min | 1.77:1 | Mandarin DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Huo Meng
Starring: Wang Shang, Zhang Yanrong, Zhang Chuwen

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In the village of Bawangtai in 1991, time appears to have stood still. Despite the rapid industrialization happening in cities across China, everyday rural life for farming families in the Henan province remains steadfastly tied to the demands of the land. 10-year-old Xu Chuang, the third-born child of one such family, is unceremoniously left with his wheat farmer uncle when his parents and older siblings set out to find work in the Southern city of Shenzhen. Cared for though unable to shake the feeling he doesn’t belong with the extended Li family, Chuang finds comfort in a young aunt – who feels similarly uneasy as she is pressured to marry – and his surly but kind nonagenarian great-grandmother. Each season rolls into the next, and Chuang learns the quotidian rhythms of the land which they all till, at once bucolic, cruel, cyclical and nourishing.

The Silver Bear winner for Best Director at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival, Chinese filmmaker Huo Meng’s elliptical and elegant sophomore feature proves “a cinema of patience is also a cinema of assurance” (Indiewire). Equal parts coming-of-age tale and epic portrait of provincial life, Living the Land exists at an apex for Chinese culture in the 1990s, “a time when major reforms were transforming China from a nation of rural laborers into the industrial powerhouse it is today” (The Hollywood Reporter).

Interview with director Huo Meng
16-page booklet with essay by film writer Hayley Scanlon

Manas

⍟ KIMSTIM ⍟

[ KIM-011 SLIP ]

2024 | 101 min | 1.85:1 | Portuguese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Marianna Brennand
Starring: Jamilli Correa, Fátima Macedo, Rômulo Braga, Dira Paes

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

MANAS follows 13-year-old Marcielle, known as Tielle, growing up on Brazil’s remote Marajó Island. As she comes of age, she begins to question the future expected of her in a community shaped by poverty, exploitation, and silence. Determined to protect her younger sister and forge a different path, Tielle confronts painful truths and discovers the strength to challenge a cycle that has trapped generations of women before her.

Theatrical Trailer
Interview with the filmmaker courtesy of Hopeful Conversations with Vanessa Hope

Palestine ’36

⍟ WATERMELON Pictures ⍟

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2025 | 120 min | 2.39:1 | Arabic, English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
Starring: Robert Aramayo, Jeremy Irons, Liam Cunningham, Billy Howle, Saleh Bakrim, Hiam Abbass, Sam Hoare, Yasmine Al Massri

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

This 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. (Packaging Artist(s): Elizabeth Yoo)

In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region.

Audio commentary with Writer and Director Annemarie Jacir and Producer Ossama Bawardi
Conversation with Diego Luna and Writer / Director Annemarie Jacir
Enlightenment Episode Podcast featuring Writer / Director Annemarie Jacir
“Using Archival Footage in Palestine ’36” Featurette
“Making of” Featurette
“Filming the Train Scenes” Featurette
“Filming in the Village” Featurette
Deleted Scene

Sex & Violence (aka Ensalada Baudelaire)

⍟ Bizarro ⍟

[ BZR-005 SLIP ]

1978 | 89 min | 1.66:1 | English, Spanish DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Leopoldo Pomés
Starring: Marina Langner, Xabier Elorriaga, Llorenç Santamaria, Ricardo Masip

Bizarro is dedicated to unearthing the boldest, most original visions in Spanish cinema—films that are as daring, provocative, and offbeat as they are artistically distinctive. Whether restoring lost cult treasures or bringing overlooked gems to new audiences, Bizarro offers a curated selection for cinephiles craving the unexpected. In Spanish, “Bizarro” means both strange and brave, a name that reflects our commitment to cinema at its most unconventional. Proudly partnering with OCN Distribution, we invite viewers to discover the fearless and extraordinary from Spain’s cinematic underground—restored and celebrated for a new generation.

A wealthy couple’s yacht trip turns into a nightmare when they invite two strangers aboard and the afternoon descends into a vicious game of seduction, humiliation, and control. Trapped at sea, they are forced to endure the sadistic whims of their guests as desire curdles into cruelty and violence. What begins as a languid outing soon becomes a sealed chamber of privilege, panic, and predation, with nowhere to escape the mounting terror. Directed by acclaimed photographer Leopoldo Pomés in his only directorial feature, Sex & Violence (Ensalada Baudelaire, 1978) is a sleek, unsettling shocker of sexual menace and class decay, unfolding with the perversity and unease that made so much of 1970s Spanish genre cinema unforgettable. Shot with a stark visual elegance that heightens its atmosphere of dread, the film was one of the first to come under Spain’s infamous S-Classification, reserved for the most violent, sexual, and political works. After decades of obscurity, this newly restored presentation marks the worldwide disc debut of Sex & Violence, making one of the most disturbing films of the Spanish Transition era available for rediscovery at last.

Presented in both its original Spanish language soundtrack with newly translated subtitles and the English dub track
The Sadist Singer: a new interview with actor Lorenzo Santamaría
A Rough Movie: a new interview with camera operator Paco Marín
Transition Transgression: A new interview with Sitges Film Festival director Ángel Sala
Original Trailer
Alternate English-language titles

There Are No More Closets: The Films and Videos of Wakefield Poole, Volume 2

⍟ MUSCLE ⍟

[ MD-007 SLIP ]

1974-2013 | 177 min (combined) | 1.33:1, 1.78:1 | English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Wakefield Poole, Jim Tushinski
Starring: Wendy Wygant, Steve Rudzinski, Nivek Ogre, Alicia Marie Marcucci, Nicole Beattie, Doug Bradley

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 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.

THERE ARE NO MORE CLOSETS is a three-volume anthology collecting the complete works of pioneering gay film and videomaker Wakefield Poole. This second volume brings together Poole’s softcore film BIBLE! (1974) and Jim Tushinski’s feature-length documentary I ALWAYS SAID YES: THE MANY LIVES OF WAKEFIELD POOLE (2010).

After the back-to-back successes of BOYS IN THE SAND (1971) and BIJOU (1972), Wakefield Poole set about making his most ambitious—and most unexpected—film yet: a lavishly-produced adaptation of the stories of Adam and Eve, David and Bathsheba, and Sampson and Delilah. Featuring a memorable comedic performance from THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES star Georgina Spelvin as Bathsheba, WAKEFIELD POOLE’S BIBLE! is a subversively erotic tribute to the women of the Good Book and to Old Hollywood silent cinema.

Made decades later, Jim Tushinski’s I ALWAYS SAID YES: THE MANY LIVES OF WAKEFIELD POOLE explores the many different eras of Poole’s life as a dancer, director, choreographer, filmmaker, art collector, gallery owner, pornographer, and chef. An evocative portrait of the gay liberation era, I ALWAYS SAID YES is a touching story of artistic integrity and disappointment, self-destruction, reinvention, love, sex, fortitude, and a little musical comedy.

Introduction and audio commentary for BIBLE! by filmmaker Wakefield Poole
Interviews with BIBLE! stars Gloria Grant and Georgina Spelvin
BIBLE! screen tests and audition footage
I ALWAYS SAID YES deleted and extended scenes
BIBLE! And I ALWAYS SAID YES theatrical trailers
Booklet with new writing by queer film historian KJ Shepherd

Two Seasons, Two Strangers

⍟ SEVERAL FUTURES ⍟

[ SF-012 ]

2025 | 89 min | 1.37:1 | Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Sho Miyake
Starring: Shim Eun-kyung, Yuumi Kawai, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Mansaku Takada, Shirō Sano

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 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. (Packaging Artist(s): Tyler Rubenfeld)

Based on two manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge, who rose to underground celebrity thanks to his surrealist tales published in the pages of the bastion of Japanese avant-garde cartooning, Garo, Miyake’s bifurcated live-action feature observes (and draws parallels and contrasts from) a summertime meet-cute between Nagisa and Natsuo (Yuumi Kawai and Mansaku Takada) and a snowbound winter encounter between screenwriter Li and innkeeper Benzō (Shim Eun-kyung and Shinichi Tsutsumi).

Winner of the Golden Leopard at last year’s Locarno Film Festival, hailed “a true masterpiece” by Shiguéhiko Hasumi, Japan’s greatest living film critic, Two Seasons, Two Strangers is at one and the same time as simple as its straightforward title suggests and immensely, exhilaratingly complex.

A new interview with Sho Miyake
Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
Plus a booklet featuring a new essay by Yoshiharu Tsuge manga translator Ryan Holmberg

WETIKO

⍟ DEKANALOG ⍟

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2022 | 88 min | 1.33:1 | Mayan, Spanish DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Kerry Mondragon
Starring: Juan Daniel García Treviño, Neil Sandilands, Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Felipe Cahum, Jordan Barrett, Bárbara de Regil, Emilio Baez

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!

Deep in the dense jungles of the Yucatan, where the air hums and the ground seems alive, WETIKO follows Aapo, a young Maya man trying to survive the modern hustle without losing his roots. When he takes a quick-cash job for his family-owned pet store delivering hallucinogenic bufo toads to a remote jungle ceremony, it feels like an easy score. One trip in, one trip out.

What begins as a promise of transcendence inside a shady eco-village quickly reveals itself as something far more dangerous. Led by Zake Zezo (Neil Sandilands, Sweet Tooth, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), a smooth-talking, bloodthirsty shaman who feeds on belief, fear and control, the ceremony peddles enlightenment to Western spiritual tourists and new age seekers. But as the powerful drugs kick in, reality fractures—time bends, the jungle pulses, and Aapo is trapped in a hallucinatory war zone.

As paranoia spikes and alliances collapse, Aapo realizes Wetiko isn’t a myth but a sickness—greed, consumption, and spiritual rot spreading fast. Hunted, high and unraveling, he must choose whether to become another casualty—or break the cycle before the jungle swallows him whole.

Audio commentary with Writer/Director Kerry Mondragon and Producer Michael Hoff
Making ‘Wetiko’ behind-the-scenes featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet essays by Richard Edelman of LivingArtsWisdom and filmmaker Kerry Mondragon

What Josiah Saw

⍟ SHUDDER ⍟

[ SHU-042 SLIP ]

2021 | 120 min | 2.39:1 | English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Vincent Grashaw
Starring: Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl, Scott Haze

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

Behind the scenes featurette
Deleted scenes
Booklet with new writing by film critic Amber T

Whiskey Galore! & The Maggie: Two Films by Alexander Mackendrick

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT CLASSICS ⍟

[ FMC_048b SLIP ]

1949-1954 | 175 min (combined) | 1.37:1 | English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson-Justice, Gordon Jackson, Wylie Watson, Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland, Abe Barker, Tommy Kearins

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. (Packaging Artist(s): Dylan Haley)

Two classic Ealing comedies from Alexander Mackendrick (The Man in the White Suit, The Ladykillers, Sweet Smell of Success).

Whisky Galore: It is 1943 and the tiny remote Hebridean island of Todday is plunged into the depths of despair. Everyone is affected. Spirits are at zero – for Todday is without whisky. Then a ship founders on the rocks, and the islanders guide the crew to safety. The ship’s captain and mate reveal that they had on board a cargo of 50,000 cases of whisky bound for America. Held up for a day because it is the Sabbath, the islanders eventually succeed in removing a considerable amount of the cargo and the dawn breaks with a rosy glow on a brighter, happier island. But the whisky does not last forever… Inspired by a true story.

The Maggie: ‘Maggie’ is one of the fifty-odd puffer boats which chug among the Western Isles of Scotland. Squat, unprepossessing, and badly in need of paint, she is destined for the scrap yard unless her skipper can get her repaired. This seems a forlorn hope – until Mr. Pusey makes his mistake. Mr. Pusey works for the high-pressure American businessman, Calvin B. Marshall, who has a valuable cargo to be shipped to one of the isles. And Mr. Pusey’s disastrous error is in allowing, through a misunderstanding, the cargo to be entrusted to the humble ‘Maggie’ with her crew of four. From Ealing Studios and the director of “The Man in the White Suit” and “Whisky Galore!”. Originally released in the US as “High and Dry”.

Whisky Galore! audio commentary by John Ellis
Distilling Whisky Galore! documentary
The Real Whisky Galore! featurette
16-page booklet with notes by film writer Lillian Crawford

Who Killed Santa Claus?

⍟ THE FILM DESK ⍟

[ TFD-010 ]

1941 | 105 min | 1.37:1 | French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Directed by Christian-Jaque
Starring: Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Robert Le Vigan, Fernand Ledoux

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.

Carolers and tinsel; the perfect setting for Christmas Eve in a snowy mountain village. But when a body is discovered, dressed as Santa, the hysteria soon spreads and accusations fly. The first film produced by German controlled Continental Films, who regulated film production under the Occupation, this is more than a fireside mystery for a chilly night… a parable for collaboration, subversively [portraying] a perilous moment in French history.

Original Theatrical Trailer
The Restoration – An in-depth look at the recent 2K restoration
A conversation with Professor of Cinema Studies (University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle) Jean-Pierre Bertin-Maguitm, cinematographer Noël Véry (Immoral Tales), and Eric Le Roy (Centre National du Cinema et de L’image Animee)
An essay by critic J. Hoberman

The Wild Goose Lake

⍟ FILM MOVEMENT ⍟

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2019 | 110 min | 1.85:1 | ZHO, Chinese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Directed by Diao Yinan
Starring: Hu Ge, Gwei Lun Mei, Liao Fan, Wan Qian

From acclaimed director Diao Yinan, THE WILD GOOSE LAKE is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to his 2014 Berlinale winning neo-noir BLACK COAL, THIN ICE. Toppling box office records in Diao’s native China, THE WILD GOOSE LAKE “cements his status as a master filmmaker with another ingenious crime epic” (Little White Lies).

When small-time mob leader Zhou Zenong (Chinese superstar Hu Ge) accidentally kills a cop, a dead-or-alive bounty is placed on his head, forcing him on the lam from both the police as well as dangerous gangsters out for the reward. Hiding out in China’s densely populated (and deeply divided) Wuhan province, Zhou becomes entangled with a beautiful, enigmatic woman, who has mysterious intentions of her own. Featuring gorgeous, neon-drenched cinematography and bursts of shocking, expertly choreographed action, THE WILD GOOSE LAKE is “spellbinding” (Rolling Stone), “brilliant”” (Indiewire) and “downright Hitchcockian” (AV Club).

Diao Yinan Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
Interview with stars Hu Ge and Gwei Lun Mei
Short film: The Goddess by Renkai Tan
16-page booklet with essay by writer Isaac Feldberg

Slaves

⍟ DELIRIUM HOME VIDEO ⍟

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1976 / 76 min / 1.85:1 / German DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Directed by Jess Franco
Starring: Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Esther Moser, Aida Vargas

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 1,500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Also known as Swedish Nympho Slaves (aka Die Sklavinnen), Jess Franco’s Slaves stars the director’s wife and muse, the inimitable Lina Romay (Doriana Gray, Rolls Royce Baby) in a rare villainous role as Madame Arminda, the owner of a notorious high end brothel called The Pagoda, who oversees the kidnapping and sexual torture and humiliation of a young society girl (Martine Stedil, Barbed Wire Dolls). When the girl’s father pays the ransom but doesn’t get his daughter back, he and his nasty manservant (played by Franco himself) raid The Pagoda and enslave Arminda, subjecting her to untold indignities while trying to find out what happened to his child.

As with all of Franco’s collaborations with producer Erwin C. Dietrich, Slaves packs a sleazy wallop but its grimy doses of sex and violence are juxtaposed by rich production values, gorgeous cinematography by Peter Baumgartner and lush music by Walter Baumgartner. Filled with salacious deeds and bolstered by Romay’s intense performance, Slaves is classic piece of Franco-philia that needs to be seen and Delirium Home Video is thrilled to be presenting the picture here totally uncut and gorgeously remastered in high-definition.

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