U.S. label Vinegar Syndrome has detailed four upcoming Blu-ray release:
Murder Weapon/Deadly Embrace,
Deathrow Gameshow,
Nightmare Sisters, and
Hobgoblins.
Murder Weapon / Deadly Embrace Double Feature
Never released theatrically, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to have restored these nudity and blood filled direct to video classics from their long lost 16mm camera negatives and bring them to Blu-ray for the first time.
Murder Weapon
Synopsis: Two daughters of mobsters get out of the sanitarium after having killed a boyfriend in the shower, supposedly cured and on the right track. They hold a party and invite all their old boyfriends, making all of them think there is still hope for a relationship. Then the boyfriends start disappearing one by one. Starring Linnea Quigley, Lyle Waggoner, Karen Russell, Stephen Steward, Mike Jacobs Jr., Allen First, and Victoria Nesbitt. NEW 2K RESTORATION.
Deadly Embrace
Synopsis: A beautiful but horny and neglected Beverly Hills wife hires a hot young stud as a gardener. It eventually gets through to her husband that some hanky-panky may possibly be going on, and he begins to spy on her. Complications, and murder, ensue. Starring Linnea Quigley, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jack Carter, Mindi Miller, Michelle Bauer, and Ruth Collins. NEW 2K RESTORATION.
Special Features:
- Scanned, restored & preserved in 2K from 16mm original camera negatives
- Audio Commentary track with director David DeCoteau & actress Linnea Quigley on both films
- Director introduction for both films
- Video trailer for Murder Weapon
- Outtakes for Deadly Embrace
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH Subtitles
- Region-Free
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
Nightmare Sisters
Synopsis: Immortal 80s scream queens Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens bare more than their souls in this choice cut of blood-spattered, sex-soaked cheesecake. The sultry starlets portray an unlikely trio of socially inept Ivy League losers who become possessed by a sex-starved succubus, turning them into mean, hungry monsters.
Throw in a whack of truly demented tunes from cult band Haunted Garage, and inspired, brain dead dialogue that makes Ed Wood seem like Orson Welles and you have the B movie genius that is
Nightmare Sisters, the perfect midnight flick for perverts and lonely boys everywhere! NEW 2K RESTORATION.
Special Features:
- Scanned, restored & preserved in 2K from 35mm original camera negative
- Audio Commentary track with director David DeCoteau & actress Linnea Quigley
- Director introduction
- Alternate feature length TV version
- Interview with writer / associate producer Kenneth J. Hall
- Bloopers/outtakes
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH Subtitles
- Region-Free
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
Deathrow Gameshow
Synopsis: Chuck Toedan hosts the most controversial show on TV: Live or Die, where deathrow inmates compete against each other for a chance to beat the executioner. However, when he accidentally kills a mob boss of the most feared mafia in the city, a hit man tries to put an end to him and his show once and for all. As a battle of wits and survival ensues, Chuck is forced to engage in the very tactics he uses on his contestants, or die trying.
From acclaimed independent filmmaker Mark Pirro,
Deathrow Gameshow is a playful assault against good taste, featuring outrageous kills and non-stop screwball comedy. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present this under seen piece of late 80s camp newly restored in 2K and on Blu-ray for the first time.
Special Features:
- Scanned, restored & preserved in 2K from 35mm original camera negative
- Audio Commentary track with director Mark Pirro, John McCafferty (actor) & Robyn Blythe (actress)
- "Revisiting Deathrow Gameshow" - 32 minute making-of documentary
- 2015 director's cut of Deathrow Gameshow
- Multiple director introductions
- "Buns" 1978 (short film directed by Mark Pirro)
- "The Spy Who Did it Better" 1979 (short film directed by Mark Pirro)
- Original theatrical trailer
- TV spot
- Image gallery
- Director bio
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH Subtitles
- Region-Free
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
Hobgoblins
Synopsis: Kevin just got hired to be the assistant night watchman at an old film vault. Warned to stay out of one mysterious chamber, the rookie guard can't help but satisfy his curiosity and unwittingly unleashes a group of hobgoblins: furry aliens who grant people wishes only to kill them in the process. As the body count starts to rise, Kevin, with the help of his friends, decide to track down the deadly creatures before they wreak havoc on the city.
Director Rick Sloane's cult classic and Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan favorite is a sleazy, low rent tribute to creature features and drive-in fare. Long available only in tape-sourced editions, Vinegar Syndrome presents
Hobgoblins on Blu-ray newly restored from its original 35mm camera negative.
Special Features:
- Scanned, restored & preserved in 2k from 35mm original camera negative
- Archival commentary track with director Rick Sloane
- "Hobgoblins Revisited" brand new making-of featurette
- Brand new interview with hobgoblin creature fabricator, Kenneth J. Hall
- "Hobgoblins: The Making of a Disasterpiece" featurette
- "Hobgoblins Invade Comic-Con" featurette
- Trailer
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH Subtitles
- Region-Free
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
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DVD ONLY RELEASE
Storefront Theatre Collection: Volume #2
In this second volume of The Storefront Theatre Collection, we journey to Pittsburgh to spend an eerie night at the Bizarre Art Theatre, for 12 of the weirdest, wildest and most unsettling films ever unspooled through a 16mm projector. (Volume 1 can be purchased
here).
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.