Vinegar Syndrome Ends DVD Only Releases, Confirms All Future Catalog Titles Will Be Released on Blu-ray

U.S. label Vinegar Syndrome announced today that it will discontinue its practice of producing DVD only releases for select catalog titles. In 2019, the label will begin releasing Blu-ray combo packs of all upcoming restored titles.

While detailing its Black Friday plans, the label also revealed that next year it will bring to Blu-ray a variety of new titles, ranging from '70s Euro sleaze to '80s slashers.

Here's the segment from the announcement that addresses the upcoming change(s):

"As we close out our 6th year, we've seen a lot of changes in what you like, dislike, buy and don't buy. As such, to adapt to those changes, we're trying something new in 2019: ALL BLU-RAY (combo packs). Yes, starting in January, every single title we release will be issued on Blu, in combo pack form with a matching DVD. So, in case there's any lingering confusion, we will no longer be doing any DVD-only releases of anything...

So, with that in mind, we have also made some changes to our yearly packages. Due to the overwhelming number of requests for this as an option, we've decided to offer yearly subscribers the ability to purchase our regular 'Completionist' package (48 releases), which will include every title we release, or a 'Horror and Exploration Only' package (38 releases), which will exclude all hardcore titles planned for 2019.

Despite receiving countless requests over the last few years to offer a non-hardcore package, we've never felt entirely comfortable with separating our releases simply based on content. We've always prided ourselves on placing all forms of genre film side-by-side and exploring the wide creative reaches encompassed in this cinema. We are also firmly committed to never cease restoring and releasing hardcore features and in our first year of Blu-ray only releases, are proud to continue bringing works from directors such as Gerard Damiano, Lee Frost, Roberta Findlay, Henri Pachard, Roger Watkins, Gary Graver and others to Blu. Furthermore, we've acquired a long lost hardcore gem from a notorious exploitation maverick, which we will be debuting on home video in 2019!"

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"We are delighted to confirm that 2019 will also be our most horror heavy year ever, with most months featuring at least two horror Blus (sometimes more!), ranging from 70s Euro sleaze to 80s slashers! In fact, at current count, we'll likely be including over a dozen 'straight' slashers, photo-slashers, and supernatural slashers in the lineup!"