U.S. label Vinegar Syndrome has announced that it will add three new Blu-ray titles and two new DVD titles to its catalog. Amongst them are
Snapshot a.k.a.
The Day After Halloween and
Throat... 12 Years After.
Snapshot
Synopsis: Angela (Sigrid Thornton) is a young hair-dresser having a hard time making ends meet. Looking for a fast way to earn some extra money, she accepts a job working as a model. Soon, however, she gets the feeling that someone is watching her; following her…stalking her. Is it her deranged ice cream truck driving ex boyfriend? A psychotic admirer? Or someone more sinister… As Angela delves further into her new and sordid lifestyle, she finds herself growing closer and closer to the deadly truth.
Director Simon Wincer's (
Quigley Down Under) slow burn psychological thriller, SNAPSHOT, melds character drama with moments of shocking violence and nail biting suspense. Featuring atmospheric scope photography by Vincent Monton (
Road Games) and a pounding soundtrack from Brian May (
Mad Max),
Snapshot is a forgotten piece of Ozploitation and is proudly presented on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, newly restored from its original 35mm camera negative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION from the 35mm original camera negative
- Audio Commentary track with: Simon Wincer (director), Tony Ginnane (producer), Sigrid Thornton (lead actress), Vincent Monton (cinematographer)
- Alternate feature length Australian cut
- "Producing SNAPSHOT" – interview with Tony Ginnane
- "Not Quite Hollywood – Interviews" – extended interviews from the NQH documentary
- Multiple tv spots
- Behind-the-scenes still gallery
- Original cover artwork by Speed Blur
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH Subtitles
STREET DATE: AUGUST 29.
Throat... 12 Years After
Synopsis: In 1972, director Gerard Damiano made one of the most significant erotic films of the decade:
Deep Throat. 12 years later, the master of sensual filmmaking crafted this personal story of love, marriage, desire, and reflection, exploring the lives of two young married couples.
Michelle and Walter (Michelle Maren and George Payne) are a monogamous couple who have never made love to anyone but each other and are burning to try new experiences. Meanwhile their friends Louise and Andy (Sharon Kane and Joey Silvera) are seasoned swingers who routinely explore and enjoy new fantasies.
Damiano carefully contrasts their intertwined lives in this thoughtful and sensual drama, expertly photographed by Larry Revene (
Corruption) and featuring supporting performances from Sharon Mitchell, Eric Edwards, and Joanna Storm and Jerry Butler.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION from the 35mm original camera negative
- "Making Michelle" – video interview with lead actress Michelle Maren
- "Filming Throat" – video interview with cinematographer Larry Revene
- Extensive audio interview with supporting actress Sharon Kane, moderated by Casey Scott
- Original theatrical trailer
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH Subtitles
- REGION-FREE Blu-ray/DVD combo pack
STREET DATE: AUGUST 29.
Red Roses of Passion
Synopsis: From the mind of erotic auteur Joe Sarno comes
Red Roses of Passion, a lurid tale of lust and violence.
Carla is fed up with her dull home life, living a prudish existence with her spinster aunt. After being introduced to a tarot reader, Carla quickly finds herself involved with a mysterious sect known as The Cult of Pan, who have learned to harness the carnal powers of roses to entrap men into sexual liaisons. But as Carla delves deeper into the occult world, the true and much more sinister motives of the cult start to become apparent.
Lauded as one of Sarno's finest films,
Red Roses of Passion is a grim melodrama, punctuated by sequences of torrid eroticism.
Starring Sarno regular actors Patricia McNair and Judson Todd and lensed in contrast heavy black and white by future arthouse auteur Tony Lover,
Red Roses is a distinctly original sexploitation classic and has been fully restored by Vinegar Syndrome from its recently unearthed camera negative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION from the 35mm original camera negative
- Video interview with Sarno historian Michael Bowen
- English SDH Subtitles
- Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo pack
STREET DATE: AUGUST 29.
UPCOMING DVD ONLY RELEASES:
The Intrusion
Synopsis: A young housewife (Kim Pope) is accosted and held hostage in her home by a deranged man (Michael Gaunt), impersonating a door to door salesman. Her terror and abuse intensifies when a friend unexpectedly arrives at her home for a visit.
A long time staple of the underground film trading world,
The Intrusion is is a tense and disturbing portrait of assault, complemented by haunting leading performances from Kim Pope and Michael Gaunt, in his debut screen role. The film, the production of which continues to be shrouded in mystery,
The Intrusion is unlike almost any other sex film of the era in its unflinching brutality. Vinegar Syndrome presents this notorious shocker fully uncut and newly restored from negative elements.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the 35mm archival elements
- "Becoming the Intruder" – video interview w/ Michael Gaunt
- Original theatrical trailer
- REGION-FREE release
STREET DATE: AUGUST 29.
Sunny/More Than Sisters
Synopsis: From the devious mind of filmmaker Shaun Costello comes these two rarities of gritty Times Square sleaze.
Sunny: Director Shaun Costello's glossy society drama drama follows high class prostitute, Sunny (Candida Royalle), who has been hired to manipulate a young society man to marry her as part of an inheritance scheme.
More Than Sisters: In Shaun Costello's tribute to Vertigo and Sisters, a young woman has been experiencing terrifying nightmares set in an asylum. Her husband, powerless to help her, enlists the aid of a detective to investigate her past, hoping for a clue to her present visions, but what he uncovers is more shocking than anyone could imagine.
Combined cast: Candida Royalle, Marlene Willoughby, Rick Iverson, Lynn Stevens, Jamie Gillis, Colleen Anderson, Eric Edwards, Robert Kerman
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Both films scanned and restored in 2K from 35mm archival elements
- Both films feature a commentary track with director, Shaun Costello
- Theatrical trailer for Sunny
- REGION-FREE release