Vinegar Syndrome are back with another month of releases. Below you can check out what they have set for release this JULY 2018.
Order the July 2018 package and save 40% until the street date of 31st July 2018.
VS-234: 5 Film 5 Years: Volume #3 [BD Set] *Limited Edition of 2,500*
Over the past five years, Vinegar Syndrome have worked to find, restore, and re-issue some of the most eclectic, unique, and unjustly forgotten genre films from the greatest era for independent cinema, the 1960s through 80s. While their focus is always on preservation (and ALL of their restorations are archived in either 2k or 4k, depending on how the film was scanned), on some titles they couldn’t justify the expense of Blu-ray and as such, only DVD editions were issued.
However, to celebrate their fifth anniversary, they’ve assembled another limited edition 2-disc Blu-ray collection of five previously DVD only hardcore rarities, spanning the wide reaches of their archive. This set is limited to 2,500 units. Limit 1 copy per customer – strictly enforced.
DRACULA SUCKS: At an exclusive sanitarium, strange things are happening: patients are acting differently and are being found with mysterious bite marks in their necks. Visiting professor, Van Helsing believes it to be the work of Dracula!
Directed by: Phillip Marshak
1979 | 75min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Annette Haven, Kay Parker, Seka, Serena, John Holmes, Jamie Gillis
CORPORATE ASSETS: Enter the sinister world of corporate greed, where wealthy men use and abuse beautiful women for their sadistic and perverse pleasures.
Directed by: Thomas Paine
1985 | 104min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Eric Edwards, Tish Ambrose, Amber Lynn, Rachel Ashley, Sheri St. Claire, Jamie Gillis, Paul Thomas, Harry Reems, Herschel Savage, R. Bolla, Nick Random
VIXENS OF KUNG-FU: After being brutally assaulted by a group of men, a young prostitute is taken in by a secret sect of beautiful female kung-fu masters, who teach her about the erotic side of martial arts.
Directed by: Bill Milling
1975 | 70min | 1.33:1 OAR
Starring: Bree Anthony, C.J. Laing, Bobby Astyr, Jamie Gillis
TROPIC OF DESIRE: In director Bob Chinn’s lavish period melodrama, Georgina Spelvin stars as a madam at a tropical island-bound brothel, serving weary sailors at the close of WWII.
Directed by: Bob Chinn
1979 | 75min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Jesie St. James, Georgina Spelvin, Dorothy LeMay, Jon Martin
BABY ROSEMARY: After the death of her father, a beautiful, though sexually traumatized, young woman enters an erotic nightmare while awaiting his funeral. “Baby Rosemary” is a haunting adult film like no other.
Directed by: John Hayes
1980 | 76min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Sharon Thorpe, Leslie Bovee, Candida Royalle, John Leslie
Features Include:
• Region free Blu-ray (2-disc set)
• Scanned and restored in 2k from various film elements
• Brand new scan and restoration of VIXENS OF KUNG-FU!
• Limited edition of 2,500 units
VS-235: 5 Film 5 Years: Volume #4 [BD Set] *Limited Edition of 2,500*
Over the past five years, Vinegar Syndrome have worked to find, restore, and re-issue some of the most eclectic, unique, and unjustly forgotten genre films from the greatest era for independent cinema, the 1960s through 80s. While their focus is always on preservation (and ALL of their restorations are archived in either 2k or 4k, depending on how the film was scanned), on some titles they couldn’t justify the expense of Blu-ray and as such, only DVD editions were issued.
However, to celebrate their fifth anniversary, they’ve assembled another limited edition 2-disc Blu-ray collection of five previously DVD only Exploitation and Horror titles, spanning the wide reaches of their archive. This set is limited to 2,500 units. Limit 1 copy per customer – strictly enforced.
CRY WILDERNESS:
A young boy befriends Bigfoot, who instructs the boy to venture into the wilderness in order to save his father from impending danger.
Directed by: Jay Schlossberg-Cohen
1986 | 83min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Maurice Grandmaison, Eric Foster
VAMPIRE HOOKERS:
After their commanding officer goes missing, two American sailors discover a group of female vampires who pose as prostitutes to lure men into their secret lair.
Directed by: Cirio H. Santiago
1978 | 79min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: John Carradine, Vic Diaz, Bruce Fairbairn
EVIL COME, EVIL GO:
Traveling Evangelist preacher, Sister Sarah Jane (Cleo O’Hara), is hellbent on ridding the world of evil, sex-obsessed men. Taking to the streets of Los Angeles, she quickly befriends a gullible young woman and the two embark on a mad, sex-filled killing spree.
Directed by: Walt Davis
1972 | 73min | 1.33:1 OAR
Starring: Cleo O’Hara, Sandra Henderson, Jane Tsentas
THE CUT-THROATS: At the close of WWII, an elite squad of American soldiers infiltrates a remote Nazi outpost with the intention of stealing battle plans and ending the war early. Directed by John Hayes (Baby Rosemary, Grave of the Vampire), THE CUT-THROATS is an early hybrid of Nazisploitation and Sexploitation!
Directed by: John Hayes
1969 | 76min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Inga Maria, Uschi Digard, E.J. Walsh, Jay Scott
TEENAGE SEDUCTRESS: Sondra Currie stars as Terry, a young woman determined to find her estranged father, who abandoned her as a child. After arriving in the small New Mexico town where he lives, Terry sets about planning her revenge: seducing her loving father.
Directed by: Chris Warfield
1975 | 86min | 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Sondra Currie, Chris Warfield, Gwen Van Dam
Features Include:
• Region free Blu-ray (2-disc set)
• Scanned and restored in 2k from various film elements
• Brand new scan and restoration of VAMPIRE HOOKERS!
• Limited edition of 2,500 units
VS-236: House of the Dead [aka Alien Zone] [BD/DVD Combo] *Limited Slipcover Edition of 1,500*
This special limited edition embossed slipcover (designed by Earl Kessler Jr.) is limited to just 1,500 units and is only available at VinegarSyndrome.com!
Four tales of intrigue and horror await anyone brave enough to enter the HOUSE OF THE DEAD… When a philandering husband accidentally finds himself lost during a rainstorm, he’s taken in by an elderly mortician and is forced to learn the ghastly origins of four freshly arrived corpses: a scornful teacher whose students teach her a fatal lesson, an amateur filmmaker with a deadly muse, two dueling detectives attempting to solve a mysterious murder, and a bitter man whose arrogance costs him everything…
Directed by Sharron Miller (AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS) and featuring atmospheric photography by Ken Gibb (DRIVE-IN MASSACRE), this low budget, Oklahoma made horror anthology features a collection of ghoulish vignettes ranging from wryly comedic to genuinely grim and unsettling. Barely released theatrically and only available in murky video sourced editions, Vinegar Syndrome presents HOUSE OF THE DEAD (originally released as ALIEN ZONE) newly restored from its original 35mm negative and on Blu-ray for the first time!
Directed by: Sharron Miller
1978 / 80 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 OAR
Combined cast: John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod, Bernard Fox
Features Include:
• Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo
• Newly scanned and restored in 2k from 35mm camera negative
• Audio interview with director Sharron Miller
• Audio interview with writer David O’Malley
• Reversible ALIEN ZONE cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles
VS-237: Buddies [BD/DVD Combo]
David (David Schachter), a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a ‘buddy’ for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert (Geoff Edholm), a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David’s inner activist awakens and Robert’s need for emotional release is fulfilled.
The first narrative feature film made about AIDS, acclaimed independent filmmaker Arthur Bressan Jr’s (PASSING STRANGERS, ABUSE) BUDDIES is an intensely personal study of love, death, and the need for activism during the earliest years of the AIDS crisis. Structured like a filmed play, BUDDIES would be Bressan’s final film, as he too would fall victim to AIDS barely two years after its completion. Nearly impossible to see following its brief theatrical release and never officially released on home video, BUDDIES makes its home video debut, newly restored from its long lost 16mm negative, from Vinegar Syndrome.
Directed by: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
1985 / 79 minutes / Color / 1.33:1 OAR
Starring: Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Damon Hairston, Joyce Korn
Features Include:
• Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo
• Newly scanned and restored in 2k from 16mm camera negative
• Video interview with Co-Star David Schachter
• Video interview with Film Historian Thomas Waugh
• Original theatrical trailer
• Archival still/production article gallery
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles
VS-238: Liquid Assets [BD/DVD Combo]
Mr. Cashbox (Bobby Astyr) has a money problem…He’s got too much of it and runs the risk of being hit with a huge tax bill. On the advice of his tax lawyer (Ron Jeremy), he decides to fund a sure-to-flop play titled ‘Piece & War;’ the dream project of narcissistic director Stan Slavsky, in the hope of being able to use its failings to get a tax write off. But soon, Cashbox realizes that he might be in over his head, as Broadway starlet Tootsie Lamarr (Veronica Hart) wants in on the production and Stable girl turned hopeful starlet, Suzy, catches the romantic eye of the smug Slavsky…
A broad minded comedy from the filmmaking team of Roberta Findlay and Walter Sear, LIQUID A$$ETS blends burlesque styled comedy schtick with humorous and sensual eroticism. Featuring an all star cast of supporting players, including Samatha Fox, Sharon Kane, Richard Bolla, Lisa B., Fred Lincoln, and more, and with a side splitting screenplay by R. Allen Leider, Vinegar Syndrome brings LIQUID A$$ETS to Blu-ray, uncut and newly restored from its original 35mm negative.
Directed by: Walter Sear
1982 / 82 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 OAR
Starring: Veronica Hart, Samatha Fox, Ron Jeremy, Sharon Kane, Bobby Astyr, Richard Bolla
Features Include:
• Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo
• Newly scanned and restored in 2k from 35mm camera negative
• Audio commentary with cinematographer/producer/editor Roberta Findlay
• Video interview with co-star Veronica Hart
• Audio interview with writer R. Allen Leider
• Original theatrical trailer
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles
Off somewhere in the middle of the desert sits the Bar None Dude Ranch, a cathouse for all men…and women. With the law in their pocket and a carefree daily lifestyle, their on-site working girls have it pretty easy. The only problem is a shortage of clients. But when a trio of dim-witted city folk arrive at the ranch, hoping for a more conventional western getaway experience, they quickly find themselves in the midst of a carnal getaway, the likes of which they could never have expected, all the while the new girl, Jennie, whose husband wants her to give up her life at the brothel, is starting to have doubts on her chosen profession, but can’t decide if she’s ready to give up easy money for the prospect of true love.
A wry blending of low key comedy and light romantic drama, SHOWDOWN is a forgotten treat of late-period theatrical erotica from acclaimed director Henri Pachard. Featuring the talents of Gina Carerra, Sharon Mitchell, Shanna McCollough, Nina Hartley, Patti Petit, Jamie Gillis, Joey Silvera, and Herschel Savage, Vinegar Syndrome presents SHOWDOWN newly restored from its original 35mm negative!
Directed by: Henri Pachard
1985 / 82 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 OAR
Cast: Sharon Mitchell, Gina Carerra, Nina Hartley, Shanna McCollough, Jamie Gillis, Joey Silvera
Features Include:
• Region free DVD
• Scanned & restored in 2k from the 35mm original camera negative
• Original theatrical trailer
