Vinegar Syndrome Announces September Titles
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Posted August 14, 2018 11:00 PM by Webmaster
Vinegar Syndrome has announced that it will release three new catalog titles on Blu-ray: Philip Brophy's Body Melt (1993), James Riffel's The House on Tombstone Hill a.k.a. Dead Dudes in the House (1989), and Gerard Damiano's Memories Within Miss Aggie (1974).
Body Melt
Synopsis: Residents of the placid suburban cul-de-sac of Pebbles Court have started receiving unexpected samples of a new and experimental vitamin, manufactured by a strange health spa named Vimuville. However, shortly after adding the mysterious green powder to their diets, users begin to experience strange and increasingly macabre visions, and worse, their bodies start to mutate, ooze, and eventually melt! As visits from the coroner to the sleepy street become a nearly daily experience, Detective Sam Phillips becomes increasingly suspicious of the goings on at Vimuville, but will he be able to uncover its diabolical motives before the whole of Australia is subjected to Body Melt?
Writer/director/composer Philip Brophy's notorious slime-filled cult classic Body Melt remains one of the last great Ozploitation films. Packed with gross-out gore effects, biting black comedy, and a throbbing techno-esque score, Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents Body Melt on Blu-ray for the first time in North America, and in an all new 2K restoration sourced from the original 16mm negative, exclusive to this release.
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The House on Tombstone Hill
Synopsis: A group of friends have decided to repair and renovate an old house located in the middle of nowhere in the hope of turning it into their 'cool' crash pad. But shortly after arriving, a strange and seemingly senile old woman is found to be lurking around the premises. Uncertain of her intentions, the group of trendy homesteaders go about their business but soon find themselves up against a very unexpected geriatric evil, hell-bent on keeping them as permanent residents in 'her' house, dispatching them in a series of creatively gruesome ways. But to make matters even worse, shortly after meeting their demise, their mutilated corpses return from the dead, determined to help their elderly assassin and her fiendish daughter finish off the others…
Absurdly gory and filled with top-notch kills, courtesy of effects wizards Ed French and Bruce Spaulding Fuller, James Riffel's cynical blend of slasher and zombie film (and late 80s late-night cable classic), THE HOUSE ON TOMBSTONE HILL (aka THE DEAD COME HOME and DEAD DUDES IN THE HOUSE), makes its Blu-ray debut from Vinegar Syndrome, newly restored from its original camera negative and looking better than you ever thought possible.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Memories Within Miss Aggie
Synopsis: The only thing missing from Aggie's life…was Aggie. In the middle of nowhere lives middle aged Aggie, with her wheelchair bound companion Richard. As snow falls outside, Aggie tries desperately to remember the circumstances under which they met. As she plays through in her mind a series of possible scenarios, only to dismiss each as a false past, she inadvertently begins to reveal an increasingly dark portrait of her true self, leading to the unexpected and shocking reality of her relationship with Richard.
A chilling study of loneliness and religiously based sexual repression, Gerard Damiano's magnum opus, Memories Within Miss Aggie ranks among the strongest and most unsettling psychological character studies in the history of erotic cinema. Featuring Kim Pope, Mary Stuart, and Darby Lloyd Raines as Aggie's fictitious past selves, along with supporting performances from Eric Edwards and Harry Reems, underpinned by a haunting screenplay by Ron Wertheim (Through the Looking Glass), Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents this unique and important work of classic erotica on Blu-ray for the first time.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UPCOMING DVD ONLY RELEASES
The Sexorcist/Deviates in Love
Ray Dennis Steckler was no stranger to the world of horror films or sex films and often combined elements of both in his schizoid X rated offerings. Presented here are two of his rarest and most absurd.
The Sexorcist aka Undressed to Kill: A young investigative journalist attempts to go undercover to expose a local cult but ends up facing an evil much stronger than she'd expected.
Deviates in Love aka Fade to Red: A psychiatrist discusses various case histories with a young female patient, detailing all sorts of fetishes and perversions from simple bondage to murder!
Technical Specs:
School Girl Reunion/The Sensuous Fly Girls
Made at the tail end of Shaun Costello's one-day-wonder period, we present two of his hardest to see early full-length features.
School Girl Reunion: Two former classmates reunite at their school's athletic stadium to reminisce about their youths, but the discussion, and ensuing flashbacks, soon take them back to shocking and perverse memories.
The Sensuous Fly Girls: As a group of astronauts prepare for the world's first space trip to mars, a group of 'comfort women' are hired to aid in their journey and satisfy their carnal desires along the way.
Technical Specs:
Body Melt
Synopsis: Residents of the placid suburban cul-de-sac of Pebbles Court have started receiving unexpected samples of a new and experimental vitamin, manufactured by a strange health spa named Vimuville. However, shortly after adding the mysterious green powder to their diets, users begin to experience strange and increasingly macabre visions, and worse, their bodies start to mutate, ooze, and eventually melt! As visits from the coroner to the sleepy street become a nearly daily experience, Detective Sam Phillips becomes increasingly suspicious of the goings on at Vimuville, but will he be able to uncover its diabolical motives before the whole of Australia is subjected to Body Melt?
Writer/director/composer Philip Brophy's notorious slime-filled cult classic Body Melt remains one of the last great Ozploitation films. Packed with gross-out gore effects, biting black comedy, and a throbbing techno-esque score, Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents Body Melt on Blu-ray for the first time in North America, and in an all new 2K restoration sourced from the original 16mm negative, exclusive to this release.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Audio Commentary with writer/director/composer Philip Brophy, writer/producer Rod Bishop and producer Daniel Scharf
- Audio Commentary with Philip Brophy, focused on the sound design and film score
- "Melting Away: The Deconstruction of Body Melt" – 2018 featurette with Philip Brophy and Rod Bishop
- "Body Building: The Making of Body Melt" – 2018 interview with Daniel Scharf
- "Adrenal Glands" – 2018 interview with actor Neil Foley
- "Making Bodies Melt: The Making of Body Melt"
- "Behind-the-Scenes Featurette"
- Extensive behind-the-scenes stills and prop gallery
- Complete storyboard gallery
- Original theatrical trailer
- English SDH subtitles
- REGION-FREE
The House on Tombstone Hill
Synopsis: A group of friends have decided to repair and renovate an old house located in the middle of nowhere in the hope of turning it into their 'cool' crash pad. But shortly after arriving, a strange and seemingly senile old woman is found to be lurking around the premises. Uncertain of her intentions, the group of trendy homesteaders go about their business but soon find themselves up against a very unexpected geriatric evil, hell-bent on keeping them as permanent residents in 'her' house, dispatching them in a series of creatively gruesome ways. But to make matters even worse, shortly after meeting their demise, their mutilated corpses return from the dead, determined to help their elderly assassin and her fiendish daughter finish off the others…
Absurdly gory and filled with top-notch kills, courtesy of effects wizards Ed French and Bruce Spaulding Fuller, James Riffel's cynical blend of slasher and zombie film (and late 80s late-night cable classic), THE HOUSE ON TOMBSTONE HILL (aka THE DEAD COME HOME and DEAD DUDES IN THE HOUSE), makes its Blu-ray debut from Vinegar Syndrome, newly restored from its original camera negative and looking better than you ever thought possible.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- "Three Dead Dudes" – featurette with actors: Mark Zobian, Victor Verhaeghe and Douglas Gibson
- Audio interview with director James Riffel, moderated by Chris Poggiali
- Extensive behind-the-scenes still gallery
- English SDH subtitles
- REGION-FREE
Memories Within Miss Aggie
Synopsis: The only thing missing from Aggie's life…was Aggie. In the middle of nowhere lives middle aged Aggie, with her wheelchair bound companion Richard. As snow falls outside, Aggie tries desperately to remember the circumstances under which they met. As she plays through in her mind a series of possible scenarios, only to dismiss each as a false past, she inadvertently begins to reveal an increasingly dark portrait of her true self, leading to the unexpected and shocking reality of her relationship with Richard.
A chilling study of loneliness and religiously based sexual repression, Gerard Damiano's magnum opus, Memories Within Miss Aggie ranks among the strongest and most unsettling psychological character studies in the history of erotic cinema. Featuring Kim Pope, Mary Stuart, and Darby Lloyd Raines as Aggie's fictitious past selves, along with supporting performances from Eric Edwards and Harry Reems, underpinned by a haunting screenplay by Ron Wertheim (Through the Looking Glass), Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents this unique and important work of classic erotica on Blu-ray for the first time.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Promotional still and article gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- English SDH subtitles
- REGION-FREE
UPCOMING DVD ONLY RELEASES
The Sexorcist/Deviates in Love
Ray Dennis Steckler was no stranger to the world of horror films or sex films and often combined elements of both in his schizoid X rated offerings. Presented here are two of his rarest and most absurd.
The Sexorcist aka Undressed to Kill: A young investigative journalist attempts to go undercover to expose a local cult but ends up facing an evil much stronger than she'd expected.
Deviates in Love aka Fade to Red: A psychiatrist discusses various case histories with a young female patient, detailing all sorts of fetishes and perversions from simple bondage to murder!
Technical Specs:
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from 16mm archival elements
- REGION-FREE
School Girl Reunion/The Sensuous Fly Girls
Made at the tail end of Shaun Costello's one-day-wonder period, we present two of his hardest to see early full-length features.
School Girl Reunion: Two former classmates reunite at their school's athletic stadium to reminisce about their youths, but the discussion, and ensuing flashbacks, soon take them back to shocking and perverse memories.
The Sensuous Fly Girls: As a group of astronauts prepare for the world's first space trip to mars, a group of 'comfort women' are hired to aid in their journey and satisfy their carnal desires along the way.
Technical Specs:
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from 35mm negative elements
- REGION-FREE