Vinegar Syndrome Reveals New Partner Label Releases
Posted January 2, 2023 05:55 PM by Webmaster
Vinegar Syndrome has revealed nine new upcoming partner label releases. They are: Actual People (2022), Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985), Brother's Keeper (2021), The First VCR + Cassettes Go Hi-Fi (2019), Inbetween Girl (2021), Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993), Lost Faith (1992), Undead (2003), and When I Consume You (2021).
Please note that this month's announcement introduces a brand new partner label: the veteran Australian boutique label Umbrella Entertainment. Its vast home entertainment catalogue features an extensive range of Australian classic, cult and exploitation films restored under the eyes of the original filmmakers. All sourced from national archives, underground collectors and local basements.
Description: On the precipice of her college graduation, Riley is frantically searching for connection. Jealous of the job offers her classmates are receiving—and desperate to regain control of something—she decides to win the affections of a boy from her hometown of Philadelphia. An exciting, honest film by and about a young woman of color, Kit Zauhar's feature debut captures Gen-Z's anxieties and hopes as they are launched into adulthood.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio commentary by Kit Zauhar
Two Short Films by Zauhar
Trailer
20-page booklet includes an essay by Kit Zauhar and an interview of Zauhar by A.S. Hamrah
English SDH subtitles
REGION-FREE
FROM PARTNER LABEL AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE (AGFA):
Description: A beloved regional horror vortex that was conjured in Connecticut, ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES is a triumph of low budget ingenuity. In an unknown galaxy, a group of travelers crash their boat on an island. At first, all is well. But when a man takes a dip in an acid lake and becomes a steaming pile of gloop, it's clear that there's trouble in paradise. That's when the cult of demon dolls reveal themselves . . . and their appetite for eating faces. Fueled by outrageous gore, a sublime synthesizer score, and jaw-dropping puppet effects, this is what happens when a mid-century creature feature collides with DIY surrealism and everyone wins. AGFA is honored to present ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES—originally known as HELL ISLAND—on disc for the first time, featuring a restoration from the original 16mm camera negative and an island full of bloodthirsty extras.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Restoration of the original theatrical version from the 16mm camera negative
Partial commentary with director Mike Stanley
Interviews with Mike Stanley and writer Robert Hutton
Test footage
Preservation of the VHS version from the 1" tape master
Description: Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.
Description: The First VCR: This is a documentary about the 1956 invention of the first VCR (video cassette recorder), which launched the home video revolution. Cassettes Go Hi Fi: CASSETTES GO HI FI - The story about the past, present and remarkable future of the compact audio-cassette tape.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
25-30 minutes of associated trailers, commercials & promotional videos
Description: After being blindsided by her parents' sudden divorce, 16-year-old artistic, sardonic Angie Chen turns to secret hookups with popular jock Liam behind the back of his adored social media influencer girlfriend Sheryl.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Two deleted scenes
Cast & crew interview with the Austin Film Society
Actor Auditions
English SDH subtitles
REGION-A "LOCKED"
FROM PARTNER LABEL CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES:
30th anniversary special edition. In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien'kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness. Pathbreaking filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin – at times with a small crew, at times alone – spent 78 days behind Kanien'kéhaka lines filming the armed standoff between protesters, the Quebec police, and the Canadian army. The result is a uniquely harrowing, unsettling, and impactful cinematic experience.
One of the most important Canadian films of all time, this landmark documentary has been seen around the world, winning over a dozen international awards and making history at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it became the first documentary ever to win the Best Canadian Feature award. In addition to Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, this disc includes the three subsequent films in Obomsawin's acclaimed Oka Crisis quartet – My Name Is Kahentiiosta, Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man, and the feature-length Rocks at Whiskey Trench – expanding on key incidents, characters, and themes from the original film.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEWLY RESTORED IN 2K FROM THE 16MM INTERPOSITIVE
Audio Commentary featuring director Alanis Obomsawin and professor Monika Kin Gagnon
My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995, 30 min.)
Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man (1997, 58 min.)
Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000, 106 min.)
Booklet featuring writing on Obomsawin's Oka Crisis series by Faye Ginsburg, Audra Simpson, and Robert Verrall
Description: Steve Nekoda (Joel D. Wynkoop) is a good guy having a bad day. After run-ins with both the corrupt local cops and a satanic biker gang, his world is turned upside down when his beautiful, model wife is kidnapped by an evil karate master (David Bardsley) and his nefarious henchmen; who keep a harem of abducted women confined in a jungle prison awaiting their sale into a white slavery ring. Nekoda soon realizes that it will require much more than just his heroic courage and martial arts expertise to defeat his enemies and rescue his wife. He must first reach deep down inside his soul and attempt to regain his Lost Faith!
Lost Faith is a brain melting, SOV martial arts/action passion project from B-movie luminary (and frequent Tim Ritter collaborator) Joel D. Wynkoop (Creep, Killing Spree), who wrote, produced, directed, edited, starred, and even sang the film's memorable theme song! Shot regionally in and around South Florida, Lost Faith delivers a high octane roundhouse kick of backyard karate hijinks, over the top amateur thespians, and a head-scratching dose of Christian moral overtones that lands somewhere between the bewildering, do-all antics of Champagne and Bullets and a poverty row Chuck Norris epic. Saturn's Core is proud to present Lost Faith in its definitive Blu-Ray edition, newly compiled with a treasure trove of over 8 hours of special features!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Newly unearthed extended director's cut (86 min.)
Introduction by director Joel D. Wynkoop
Original VHS cut of Lost Faith (80 min.) with optional audio commentary featuring director / star Joel D. Wynkoop & assistant director Sean McCarthy
"Stay Hungry: The Making of Lost Faith" - archival making-of documentary (60 min.)
90 minutes of rare dailies & behind the scenes footage from the making of Lost Faith!
Archival TV news interviews & appearances
Alternate "flashback" opening
Alternate "flashback" ending
"The Set Up" (1979) - early super 8mm film by Joel D. Wynkoop that inspired Lost Faith
"Nekoda" (2018) -sequel short starring Joel D. Wynkoop directed by Marcus Kempton
Description: An onslaught of meteorites crash-land in the small country town of Berkeley. The bombardment brings with it an otherworldly infection. The living dead are awoken and a small band of desperate survivors led by local beauty pageant winner René (Felicity Mason, Mortified), and town looney Marion (Mungo McKay, Daybreakers), fight for survival in a world gone mad. The Spierig Brothers' Undead is packed with action, loaded with laughs, and filled with wild twists and turns, defining it as an Aussie cult classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio Commentary with Directors Peter and Michael Spierig and Cinematographer Andy Strahorn
On the set of Undead
Attack of the Undead - Short Film
The making of Undead
Home made Dolly video
Undead camera and make-up tests
CD SOUNDTRACK
Booklet featuring an essay by BJ Colangelo, Poster with new art by Chris Barnes
Description: Siblings Daphne and Wilson Shaw practically raised one another. They've protected each other from everything life has thrown their way. Daphne's professional life is soaring and she's looking to adopt a child. Wilson is interviewing for a position at a local school, hoping to become a teacher. But Daphne has an unsettling, dangerous stalker whom she can't seem to shake, now threatening to destroy them both. They hunt for their tormentor through the shadowy streets of Brooklyn, honing their bodies and minds for a showdown. But this foe may prove to be more than they can handle. They will break and rebuild themselves if necessary to save each other, and protect the light they know is in this world for them... if only they can persevere.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Intro from director Perry Blackshear
Actor commentary track with Libby Ewing, Evan Dumouchel and MacLeod Andrews
Director commentary Track with Perry Blackshear
Behind the scenes featurette
Deleted scenes with commentaries from Perry Blackshear