FEBRUARY 27
V/H/S 85 [2023]
Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone, Jordan Belfi, Kelli Garner
DIRECTOR: David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Natasha Kermani
SYNOPSIS: An ominous mixtape blends never before seen snuff footage with nightmarish newscasts and disturbing home video to create a surreal, analog mashup of the forgotten 80s.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: TV-MA
RUN TIME: 111 Minutes
STUDIO: Shudder
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https://www.amazon.com/V-H-S-85-Blu-Ray/dp/B0CP68SWY2/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22640398/
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Camp Pleasant Lake [2024]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jonathan Lipnicki, Bonnie Aarons, Michael Paré, Robert LaSardo
DIRECTOR: Thomas Walton
SYNOPSIS: In Camp Pleasant Lake; a couple breathes life into the eerie remnants of an old campsite; unaware of its dark past. Strange occurrences haunt the camp; mirroring the tragedies of the old camp; where two decades earlier; a young girl was kidnapped, and her parents brutally murdered. Amidst chilling atmospheres and long-forgotten secrets, the couple grapples with a horrifying revelation they are entwined with the camp’s history. As the shadows of the past collide with the present, Camp Pleasant Lake becomes a terrifying and suspenseful journey where the couple must confront the haunting histories of a sinister crime.
TAGLINE: Smile more
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
STUDIO: Desktop Entertainment
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSS5ZC8Q/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20864606/
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What Goes Around [2020]
Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Catherine Morvell, Jesse Bouma, Gabrielle Pearson
DIRECTOR: Sam Hamilton
SYNOPSIS: A timid college student discovers that her crush could be a notorious serial killer.
TAGLINE: Secrets can bind. Karma can be KILLER.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 78 Minutes
STUDIO: Allied Vaughn
https://www.amazon.com/What-Goes-Around-Blu-ray-Hamilton/dp/B0CS6K4ZB5/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11362734/
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The Black Mass [2023]
Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Andrew Sykes, Eva Hamilton, Michelle Romano, Chelsea Gibson, Nicky Whelan, Jeremy London, Kathleen Kinmont
DIRECTOR: Devanny Pinn
SYNOPSIS: A true-crime thriller inspired by real events; The Black Mass is set over a 24-hour period in Florida during the winter of 1978. The film follows a serial killer in the days leading up to his final, unhinged rampage, providing a disturbing and terrifying look into the warped psyche of a notorious murderer, as well as the ramifications of his violence for those who fell victim to it, and for those who survived.
An all-star cast headline’s this gripping horror thriller including Nicky Whelan (Hall Pass), Jeremy London (Mallrats), Kathleen Kinmont (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers), Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master), Jennifer Wenger (Tales of Halloween), Chelsea Gilson (Dolemite is My Name), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), Eileen Dietz (David Holzman’s Diary) and Susan Lanier (The Hills Have Eyes) in the feature directorial debut from Devanny Pinn (Frost, The Dawn, Breakout).
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GENRE: Horror, Crime, Biography
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 82 Minutes
STUDIO: Cleopatra Entertainment
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https://www.amazon.com/Black-Mass-Andrew-Sykes/dp/B0CKTN65W6/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26628567/
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The Strangler [1970]
Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jacques Perrin, Julien Guiomar, Eva Simonet, Paul Barge, Jacqueline Danno
DIRECTOR: Paul Vecchiali
SYNOPSIS: An unconventional French giallo released before the subgenre’s popularity boom resulting from filmmakers like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, THE STRANGLER centers on Émile (Jacques Perrin, The Young Girls of Rochefort), a handsome young man targeting women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple women fall to Émile’s suffocating white scarf, inspector Simon Dangret, the detective assigned to track down the killer, resorts to seriously unorthodox and even unethical methods to get his man with the assistance of Anna, a beautiful woman who believes herself to be a potential victim.
Praised as a “complex, melancholic meditation on isolation as well as a portrait of collective hysteria” by the New York Film Festival, the film equally subverts and indulges in the conventions of the giallo with unexpected beauty and refinement. Director Paul Vecchiali has been hailed as an “icon of a rebellious, reflexive, and emotionally excessive cinema” by Le Monde and celebrated for his prolific filmography and decades-spanning career as a critic, director, and producer.
Bonus Features:
1. “Lost Boys and Sad Girls”: A Video Essay by Alexandra-Heller Nicholas
2. New Trailer
3. Other Trailers
GENRE: Horror, Crime, Drama
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 96 Minutes
STUDIO: Altered Innocence
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https://www.amazon.com/Strangler-Blu-ray-Jacques-Perrin/dp/B0CR9GT2V4/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199175/
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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock [1962]
4K UHD/Blu-ray
PRINCIPAL CAST: Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli, Harriet Medin, Maria Teresa Vianello
DIRECTOR: Riccardo Freda
SYNOPSIS: Brilliant scientist, Professor Bernard Hichcock, harbors a secret fascination with the corpses of beautiful young women. His perverse desires are so strong that he has developed a unique serum capable of placing people into a death-like state; a drug he has decided to experiment with on his wife, Margaretha. However, after accidentally giving her a lethal dose, the doctor panics and covers up his wife’s death. Hichcock soon remarries, this time to the orphaned Cynthia, whom he brings to live with him at his isolated castle. Shortly after her arrival, Cynthia begins to experience increasingly strange and ghastly goings-on. While her new husband dismisses these seemingly supernatural occurrences, Cynthia becomes convinced that someone – or something – is lurking in the castle and her loving husband might know more than he’s letting on…
A crucial early work in the Italian gothic horror canon, THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK, from director Riccardo Freda (Tragic Ceremony) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh), is a macabre period chiller which stars Barbara Steele (Black Sabbath) alongside Robert Flemyng (The Blood Beast Terror), Silvano Tranquilli (So Sweet, So Dead), and Harriet Medin (Blood and Black Lace). Graced with eye-poppingly colorful cinematography from Raffaele Masciocchi (The Ghost), Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents the UHD debut of this twisted and suspenseful classic in a brand new and exclusive 4K restoration of its original negative and loaded with fresh extras including interviews with second assistant director Marcello Avallone and star Barbara Steele!
Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (UHD100) / Region A Blu-ray
2. 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
4. The 87-minute Italian cut features both its Italian and English language tracks and is available on both the UHD and Blu-ray discs
5. The 76-minute American cut with its English language track and is available on both the UHD and Blu-ray discs
6. Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
7. “The Horrible Dr. Freda” – an interview with second assistant director Marcello Avallone
8. “The Most Honorable Julyan Perry” – an interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
9. “Necropolises and Necrophiliacs” – filmmaker Marcello Avallone on Italian horror and his experiences of working within the genre
10. Scene select commentary track with actress Barbara Steele, moderated by Barbara Steele archivist Russ Lanier
11. English “Raptus” title sequence
12. Italian trailer
13. Still gallery
14. Reversible sleeve artwork
15. Newly translated English subtitles
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
TAGLINES:
- A monstrous, terrifying story of black madness!
- The candle of his lust burnt brightest in the shadow of the grave!
- His secret was a coffin named DESIRE!
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 87 Minutes
STUDIO: Vinegar Syndrome
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https://www.amazon.com/Horrible-Dr-Hichcock-Ultra-Blu-ray/dp/B0CRWNXLKS/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056315/
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Santet 1 & 2
Blu-ray
PRINCIPAL CAST: Suzzanna, Joice Erna, K. Arief Raduma, Busiti, Dorman Borisman
DIRECTOR: Sisworo Gautama Putra
SYNOPSIS: Indonesia’s beloved scream queen, Suzzanna, stars in this decidedly demented duo of supernatural revenge thrillers, SANTET and SANTET 2, which boast not just over-the-top gore set-pieces, but an abundance of slimy creatures, wild plot twists, and even impromptu musical numbers! Vinegar Syndrome presents this hugely popular set of Southeast Asian horror classics on disc for the first time in the United States, both newly restored from their 35mm camera negatives!
SANTET (94 min): After poisoning his wife, local gangster Bisman blames her death on the village cleric and instigates an outraged mob to burn down his hut, killing him in the process. The cleric’s wife Katemi (Suzzanna) escapes into the jungle, eventually meeting Nyi Angker, a half-crocodile half-witch who gives Katemi diabolical powers, thus allowing her to commence a bloody revenge…
SANTET 2 (92 min): Katemi is trying to live a pious life in her village, but most of the villagers shun and curse her on account of her previous murderous deeds. When the mentor of Nyi Angker finds Katemi and curses her, the madness in the village starts anew as Katemi turns into a vicious tiger every night, ripping the townspeople from limb to limb!
Bonus Features:
1. Region Free Blu-ray
2. Newly scanned & restored in 2K from their 35mm original camera negative
3. Commentary track with film historian Dr. Ekky Imanjaya for SANTET
4. 16-page booklet with an essay by Thomas Barker
5. Reversible sleeve artwork
6. Newly translated English subtitles
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 186 Minutes
STUDIO: Vinegar Syndrome
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031673/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045248/
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The Lonesome Room [2021]
Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Gabby Carbon, Clare Patricia Hayes, Paige Joustra
DIRECTOR: Zeke Dixon-Kitt
SYNOPSIS: The Lonesome Room is a one-location thriller filled with claustrophobia, heart, and a bizarre text adventure. Reed Monroe, a fairly prolific young writer, wakes up tied to a chair in a room ripped right out of one her more horrifying books, with no real way out.
GENRE: Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 82 Minutes
STUDIO: Allied Vaugn
https://www.amazon.com/Lonesome-Room-Blu-ray-Tricky-Dixon-Kitt/dp/B0CS5ZX4S7/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12794528/
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