Vinegar Syndrome has announced that it will add three new titles to its catalog later this month. They are: D.A.R.Y.L. (1985), The Prophecy 1-3 (1995-2000), and Vinegar Syndrome's Lost Picture Show (1967-2023).
While 10 year old Daryl might seem like your above-average junior high student, he is in fact a highly sophisticated robot developed by the government as a potential weapon! When Uncle Sam decides to terminate the project and de-activate him, the scientists responsible for his development make it their mission to save Daryl, setting into motion a battle of wits as the young cyborg uses all of his skills to outsmart his would be destroyers, resulting in a thrilling and action-packed display of incredible car chases and stunt work.
In Gregory Widen's landmark of indie horror, THE PROPHECY (1995), Christopher Walken and Eric Stoltz star as angels Gabriel (evil) and Simon (good); each determined to claim a tortured and violent soul, thus setting in motion - or preventing - the end times. In Greg Spence's thrilling sequel, THE PROPHECY II (1998), dark angel Gabriel returns from Hell so that he can try to kill and claim the soul of a nurse who, unbeknownst to her, is pregnant with an angel. In Patrick Lussier's THE PROPHECY III (2000), a murdered half angel/half human realizes his post mortem supernatural potential, only to be swayed by a set of demons to turn to the dark side…but Gabriel has other plans.
All three films have been newly and exclusively restored by Vinegar Syndrome specifically for this release and come loaded with all new and exclusive bonus features including director, cast, and crew interviews, providing the ultimate foray into good vs evil.
We are proud to present our most ambitious, audacious, and all around home video first, in honor of ten years of Vinegar Syndrome, we proudly present: VINEGAR SYNDROME'S LOST PICTURE SHOW, a ten-film collection of long-thought lost American genre films, all restored from their best-known and surviving elements. This wide-ranging collection covers genres from exploitation to horror to "kids" films to underground vanity projects, and a couple movies so weird they defy description!
Included are: Oliver Drake's forgotten proto-slasher, THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER (aka No Tears For the Damned), Larry Crane's murder mystery/nudie, BEWARE THE BLACK WIDOW, Joe Sarno's stirring seaside drama, DEEP INSIDE, Albert Zugsmith's notorious bad-taste thriller, VIOLATED!, Walter Burn's underground sexual freakout, BARBARA, James Newslow's nuclear holocaust scare film, RED MIDNIGHT, Titus Moede's ode to forgotten Americana, THE LAST OF THE AMERICAN HOBOES, Carlos Tobalina's "erotic" morality tale, WHAT'S LOVE?, Charles Nizet's sex and gore frenzy, THE SEX SERUM OF DR BLAKE (the original cut of Voodoo Heartbeat), and finally Donn Greer's jaw dropping and unnerving, "kiddie film" and musical, THE RARE BLUE APES OF CANNIBAL ISLE (aka The Pirates of Cannibal Isle).
What's more is that this release also includes Elijah Drenner's brand new, feature-length documentary AGAINST THE GRAIN, which examines how genre film focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise might have been lost to time.
This massive collection also comes complete with two thick, fully illustrated perfect bound books of newly written essays and historical analysis covering each of the included films.