Vinegar Syndrome has announced that it will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog in July. They are:
Perfect Strangers (1984),
The Naughty Victorians (1975), and
The Eleventh Commandment (1987).
Perfect Strangers
Synopsis: Johnny, a mafia contract killer, has just completed his latest hit. However, as he's preparing to leave the scene of the crime, he notices that someone is watching. The witness turns out to be a young child, but Johnny is uncertain as to how much he's seen - and how much he'll be able to describe. Proceeding cautiously, he begins a dangerous seduction of the child's single mother, but soon discovers that his budding affair puts both himself and his new lover in ever increasing danger.
A stylish neo-noir from acclaimed filmmaker Larry Cohen (The Stuff, God Told Me To), PERFECT STRANGERS is set in the neon-tinged grit and squalor of early 80s, working class New York and features a gripping performance from Anne Carlisle (Liquid Sky), along side Brad Rijn (Smithereens) and Stephen Lack (Scanners). Photographed by Paul Glickman (Special Effects) and edited by Armond Leibowitz (Ladybug, Ladybug), Vinegar Syndrome presents this under seen thriller in a new 2K restoration and on Blu-ray for the first time.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE 35MM INTERPOSITIVE
- "A True Artist" - an interview with actress Anne Carlisle
- "Shadow in the City" - an archival interview with director Larry Cohen
- Promotional still gallery
- Reversible cover artwork
- Optional English SHD subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-A "LOCKED"
The Naughty Victorians
Synopsis: Jack (Beerbohm Tree) is a wealthy society man with a perverse secret: in the basement of his stately London home, he has constructed an elaborate series of contraptions which he uses to bind and have his way with unsuspecting young women. However, his first conquest, Alice, discovers that she enjoys her 'torments' and soon becomes Jack's willing accomplice in luring other ladies into his house of forbidden pleasures...
Adapted from the famed and anonymously authored Victorian novella "The Way of a Man With a Maid," THE NAUGHTY VICTORIANS was the filmmaking debut of acclaimed theatre director, Robert Sickinger. Featuring elaborate production design and glossy cinematography by Joe Mangine (Squirm, Mother's Day) along with a cast including Sarah Nicholson (A Woman's Torment), Susan Sloan (The Passions of Carol), and Angel Barrett (Alice in Wonderland), Vinegar Syndrome presents this bawdy erotic comedy on Blu-ray, newly restored from its 35mm negative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Historical commentary track by author & professor, Dr. Laura Helen Marks
- Multiple original theatrical trailers
- Alternate French title sequence
- Archival still and article gallery
- Reversible cover artwork
- Optional English SHD subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-FREE
The Eleventh Commandment
Synopsis: Robert Knight has been committed to an insane asylum by his greedy and potentially murderous Uncle Charles, as a means of depriving him of his rightful inheritance. But his time in the asylum has indeed turned Robert into a violent lunatic; fashioning himself a priestly avenger due to his years at the seminary. After murdering a nurse and orderly, Robert escapes from the asylum and begins slashing his way through anyone who stands between his avenging the actions of his uncle. But Uncle Charles has some deadly tricks up his sleeve as well...
A seedy and perverse slasher-soap opera as only exploitation auteur Paul Leder (I Dismember Mama) and co-writer William Norton Sr. (Night of the Juggler) could achieve, THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT bounces between gratuitous stabbings and squabbling relatives. Starring Bernard White (The Matrix Reloaded) and Dick Sargent (Bewitched), Vinegar Syndrome brings this trashy rarity to Blu-ray for the first time, newly restored in 2K from its 35mm interpositive.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE 35MM INTERPOSITIVE
- "A Lifetime of Preparation" - an interview with actor Bernard White
- "Through the Eyes of a Child" - an interview with actress Lauren Woodland
- Promotional still gallery
- Reversible cover artwork
- Optional English SHD subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-A "LOCKED"