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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077533/

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Faces of Death II [1981]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Conan Le Cilaire (aka John Alan Schwartz)

PRINCIPAL CAST: Michael Carr, James Brady, Mickey Crowe

SYNOPSIS:

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s.

Following a well-needed two-year hiatus, the erudite Dr. Francis B. Gröss returns to further ponder and expose the mysteries of death. Hardly content with his initial morbid surveys of the forbidden, rarely discussed topic of how life ends, he pushes further to show nature’s wintry grasp on life, how finality arrives in the boxing ring, and other lethal sights so shockingly primal they beg to be seen. Enthusiastically expanding his sweeping investigations on crime and human atrocities, Gröss paints a shattering and unparalleled portrait of mortality.

Following the unprecedented success of its shocking predecessor, the filmmakers behind Faces of Death created a film even more unsettling in its stark and unflinching realism, offering an even deeper descent into the depravity and savagery of humanity with FACES OF DEATH II (1981). From fatal accidents to the unspeakable cruelty of war, medical experiments, and other abominable acts too heinous to describe, no facet of man’s destruction of his fellow man is left unexplored. Vinegar Syndrome Archive reluctantly brings this even more notorious sequel to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, presented in its fully uncut and uncensored original theatrical version, available for the first time on video in the US, newly restored from its 35mm negative.

Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
2. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original negative elements
4. Alternate 78-minute U.S. Video Version of FACES OF DEATH II (sourced from video)
5. A never-before-seen deleted scene from FACES OF DEATH II (5 min)
6. Footage from the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, which was included in some home video versions of FACES OF DEATH II (3 min)
7. Video trailer
8. Reversible sleeve artwork
9. English SDH subtitles

TAGLINES:

The Reality of Death and Violence
When Make Believe Is Just Not Enough!

GENRE: Horror, Documentary

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 103 Minutes

STUDIO: Vinegar Syndrome Archive

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085518/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLT9GRMW/

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Faces of Death III [1985]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: John Alan Schwartz

WRITER: John Alan Schwartz, Veronica Lakewood

SYNOPSIS:

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s.

The shocking analysis of death in full color continues in the expanded, ambitious FACES OF DEATH III! Amid the ongoing success of their appalling series of video-rental favorites, the makers of Faces of Death decided to branch out and make a more conventional “mondo movie.” The result was FEAR, an exploration of fears, superstitions, urban legends, and the real-life carnage that so often accompanies them. Despite having had a brief release in Europe, by the time a US debut was ready, the runaway demand for Faces of Death sequels was so overwhelming that FEAR was re-tooled and re-titled to FACES OF DEATH 3, which featured the return of the erudite Dr. Francis B. Gröss (Michael Carr) in video-only hosting segments.

Even with the enduring popularity (and wild notoriety) of the Faces of Death series on home video, audiences have been deprived for over forty years of the opportunity to see what is easily the most unusual and unexpected release from the Faces of Death universe. Vinegar Syndrome Archive is very proud to bring this wild and original mondo production to 4K UHD, painstakingly restored to its initial theatrical version as FEAR, in addition to its much more commonly seen FACES OF DEATH III video version, and packaged with an array of extra features.

Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
2. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 16mm original camera negative
4. Alternate Faces of Death III video version, sourced from standard definition tape
5. Isolated music track
6. Reversible sleeve artwork
7. English SDH subtitles

GENRE: Horror, Documentary

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 105 Minutes

STUDIO: Vinegar Syndrome Archive

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121261/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLTCB6J1/

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Faces of Death IV [1990]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: John Alan Schwartz, Susumu Saegusa, Andrew Theopolis

WRITER: James B. Schwartz

PRINCIPAL CAST: James B. Schwartz, John Zimmerman, John Alan Schwartz

SYNOPSIS:

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s.

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.

Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
2. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
3. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
4. Scarred for Life (17 min) – the history and cultural legacy of Faces of Death
5. Isolated music track
6. Reversible cover artwork
7. English SDH captions

GENRE: Horror, Documentary

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 93 Minutes

STUDIO: Vinegar Syndrome Archive

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121262/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLTBQMHQ/

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Cannibal Holocaust [1980]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Ruggero Deodato

WRITER: Gianfranco Clerici, Giorgio Stegani

PRINCIPAL CAST: Francesca Ciardi, Gabriel Yorke, Luca Barbareschi, Paolo Paoloni, Robert Kerman, Perry Pirkanen

SYNOPSIS:

One of the most notorious and controversial horror films ever made, here is the cult classic video store shocker that surpasses its reputation as a shot-gun blast to the senses…

Legendary director Ruggero Deodato’s CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST presents the “found footage” of a group of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. This footage is so intense, so graphic and so unflinching in its realism that the filmmakers of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST were arrested upon its original release and the film seized!

Nothing you have seen before will prepare you for this uncompromising masterpiece of horror that continues to inspire filmmakers today. Grindhouse Releasing proudly presents the ULTIMATE release of the most controversial movie ever made!

Bonus Materials

6-Disc Deluxe Edition! Includes 1 UHD, 4 Blu-rays PLUS a soundtrack CD!
Spectacular new 4K restoration from the original 35mm and 16mm camera negatives presented in Dolby Vision UHD
3 different versions – original UNCENSORED theatrical version – new SPECIAL EDITION (the GREEN INFERNO documentary footage presented from the original 16mm camera negative in 1.37:1 for the very first time ) – and never-before-released UNSEEN version
Animal cruelty-free viewing option
Archival stereo DTS-HD Master Audio re-mix and original mono mix
2 feature-length commentary tracks – with director Ruggero Deodato and star Robert Kerman, and with stars Carl Yorke and Francesca Ciardi
SEARCHING FOR CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST – new feature-length documentary by Calum Waddell
IN THE JUNGLE – The Making of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST – directed by Michele De Angelis
In-depth interviews with director Ruggero Deodato, director of photography Sergio D’Offizi, production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng, camera operator Roberto Forges Davanzati, composer Riz Ortolani, assistant director/co-star Salvatore Basile
In-depth interviews with stars Robert Kerman, Carl Yorke, Francesca Ciardi and Luca Barbareschi
Extensive still galleries and theatrical trailers
100 page book by Eurohorror expert Martin Beine
BONUS CD – soundtrack album by Riz Ortolani, remastered and expanded with ten additional tracks, including three never-before-released cues
Super-deluxe rigid slipcover with banned artwork from the original 42nd Street release by Marcus Boas
Inner cover featuring beautiful, specially-commissioned painting by NYC underground artist Winter Anders Fiddes, printed on Japanese art paper
PLUS – over TWO and a half HOURS of incredibly entertaining EASTER EGGS scattered throughout!
AND OTHER SURPRISES!

TAGLINES:

Ripout! Barbeque! Devour! How long can you take it?
The most controversial movie of all-time
They eat and they are eaten!
The most savage and brutal film in modern history
Cruel * Barbaric * Authentic
You won’t believe that what you’re seeing could have happened!
The one that goes all the way!
Don’t turn away! Look at it! These are men, men like you!
The men you will see eaten alive, are the same who filmed these incredible sequences
Better to rest in peace in the warm body of a friend than in the cold ground
The most controversial movie ever made
Can a movie go too far?
The film they did not want you to see!
This is not an imitation, this is the original, the one that goes all the way
In 1979 four documentary filmmakers disappeared in the jungles of South America while shooting a film about cannibalism… Six months later, their footage was found
The film that can’t be shown on television (France re-release)
Welcome to the jungle
Those who filmed it were devoured alive by cannibals!
Savage! * Terrifying! * True!
Eaten Alive! The Ultimate Terror Movie
The most grueling film ever made.
The mother of all cannibal films.

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GENRE: Horror, Adventure

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 96 Minutes

STUDIO: Grindhouse Releasing

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078935/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHP4BL33/

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Nadja [1994]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Michael Almereyda

WRITER: Michael Almereyda, Bram Stoker

PRINCIPAL CAST: ‎Elina Löwensohn, Galaxy Craze, Karl Geary, Martin Donovan, Peter Fonda, Nic Ratner

SYNOPSIS:

Following their father’s death at the hands of Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda), New York-based vampire Nadja (Elina Löwensohn) and her devoted companion Renfield (Karl Geary) are drawn close to her estranged and ailing twin brother Edgar (Jared Harris). As Van Helsing pursues this “fiend” from Manhattan to Transylvania, his nephew Jim (Martin Donovan), Jim’s wife Lucy (Galaxy Craze), and Edgar’s private nurse Cassandra (Suzy Amis) are all drawn into an escalating battle between bloodlines.

Merging elements from Lambert Hillyer’s DRACULA’S DAUGHTER (1936) with André Breton’s landmark surrealist novel Nadja (1928), writer-director Michael Almereyda conjures a rare vampire film steeped in many genres, yet beholden to none. Executive produced by David Lynch, NADJA fuses shimmering black-and-white 35mm with hallucinatory Pixelvision video, creating one of the most inspired visions to emerge from the 90s independent cinema movement.

Special Features:

New 4K restoration by Arbelos and Grasshopper Film.
Option to watch two alternate cuts: 1994 festival version, and 1995 theatrical version.
Original 2.0 stereo audio (for both versions, unrestored for 1995 theatrical version) and 5.1
Dolby Surround mix (for 1994 festival version).
New video interview with star Elina Löwensohn.
New video interview with producer Mary Sweeney.
New video interview with producer Amy Hobby.
New video interview with cinematographer Jim Denault.
New interview with composer Simon Fisher-Turner.
New interview with filmmaker Bertrand Mandico.
Booklet featuring writing by writer-director Michael Almereyda.
Five films directed by Almereyda shot in Pixelvision: ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET (1992), ALIENS (1993), AT SUNDANCE (1995, co-directed with Hobby) THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER (1997) and WHAT IS CINEMA? (2012).
S. theatrical re-release trailer.

TAGLINES:

Unforgiving. Undead.
Hurry, The Dead Travel Fast!

GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 97 Minutes

STUDIO: The Criterion Collection

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110620/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HC7Y5WPS/

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Highway Hypnosis [1984]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Ken Camp

PRINCIPAL CAST: Curtis Hill, James Robert Baker, Leonard Lumpkin, Wes Christiansen, Elan Lanier

SYNOPSIS:

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

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 nascent AIDS epidemic.

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

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 120 Minutes

STUDIO: Muscle Distribution

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38017964/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLTTX77Z/

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Ogroff [1983]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Norbert Moutier

PRINCIPAL CAST: France Danielle, Howard Vernon, Norbert Moutier, Robert Alaux,, Françoise Deniel, Pierre Pattin

SYNOPSIS:

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

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.

Bonus Features:
1. Restoration from the original U-matic tape masters, as the Super 8 film elements are lost
2. In French with optional English subtitles
3. Commentary with Bleeding Skull’s Annie Choi & Joseph A. Ziemba
4. NIGHTMARE USA author Stephen Thrower on OGROFF
5. Deleted scene
6. Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
7. Bootleg VHS version
8. Zine with Cynthia Moutier interview by Ziemba and essay by author Vincent Albarano

GENRE: Horror (French)

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 89 Minutes

STUDIO: Bleeding Skull/Vinegar Syndrome

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