Vinegar Syndrome: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie and Timecrimes Prepped for 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 2, 2025 08:10 PM by Webmaster
Vinegar Syndrome is preparing 4K Blu-ray releases of Rod Amateau's The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) and Nacho Vigalondo's Timecrimes (2007). The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market later this year.
Dodger (Mackenzie Astin) finds himself in Captain Manzini's (Anthony Newley) antique shop, seeking refuge from a group of bullies. Manzini, a friend and protector of Dodger, provides him a safe haven while warning Dodger not to touch a grimy-looking garbage can crusted with slime. When the bullies find Dodger, a fight breaks out, and the garbage can topples over, releasing a bevy of pint-sized, grotesque aliens known as the Garbage Pail Kids®. The kids – Ali Gator, Nat Nerd, Greaser Greg, Foul Phil, Messy Tessie, and Valerie Vomit – befriend Dodger and help him get revenge against his bullies, defying the laws of good taste in the process!
Based on the popular Topps trading cards, THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE captures the irreverence and gross-out humor of its source, mixing obnoxious gags with painstakingly disgusting make-up effects courtesy of John Carl Buechler (Re-Animator, Tammy and the T-Rex). Vinegar Syndrome Ultra is proud to present the world 4K Blu-ray premiere of one of the grossest movies ever made for children, from a new 4K scan of its original 35mm camera negative, giving every ounce of fluid and every wrinkle of latex the resolution it has always deserved
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Special Features and Technical Specs:
TWO-DISC (4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY) COMBO PACK
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE CAMERA NEGATIVE
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Audio Commentary track with lead actors Katie Barberi and Mackenzie Astin, moderated by film programmer William Morris
"Tangerine's Dreams" (27 min) - a brand new interview with actress Katie Barberi
"Anything is Possible" (26 min) - a brand new interview with special effects & animatronics artist Hal Miles
"The Effects of the Garbage Pail Kids Movie" (12 min) - an archival interview with special makeup effects creator John Carl Buechler and makeup effects artist Gino Crognale
"On the Set" (6 min) - an archival interview with first assistant director Thomas A. Irvine
"The Artful Dodger" (27 min) - an archival interview with actor Mackenzie Astin
"The Kids Aren't Alright" (21 min) - archival interviews with actors Arturo Gil (Windy Winston) and Kevin Thompson (Ali Gator)
Original trailer
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Austin Trunick, Chris Shields, Walter Chaw
Héctor (Karra Elejalde) lives with his wife Clara (Candela Fernández) in the peaceful Spanish countryside. One day, while relaxing in their backyard, Héctor spies a woman removing her clothes in a nearby forest via his binoculars. Once alone, he travels to her location to find the woman naked and presumably dead. He is attacked by an unknown, bandaged man, causing him to run further into the forest, where he stumbles upon a top-secret research facility, which happens to be home to a time machine. Upon meeting El Joven (played by director Nacho Vigalondo), a scientist in control of the facility and its machine, Héctor travels back in time one hour. Operating against El Joven's wishes, Héctor leaves the facility, setting off a series of events with increasingly dark consequences.
The feature film debut of writer/director Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal, Open Windows), TIMECRIMES is an audacious mash-up of science fiction, horror, and murder mystery. Shot entirely on Super 16mm film by Spanish cinematographer Flavio Martínez Labiano (The Day of the Beast), a frequent collaborator of Álex de la Iglesia, and featuring almost entirely analog effects, TIMECRIMES is a lovingly old-fashioned throwback to the sci-fi films of the 60s and 70s while retaining much of the expected excesses of the genre films of the 2000s. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present Nacho Vigalondo's impeccably crafted, often very nasty, journey through time in a brand new 4K restoration of its 35mm DI negative for its world 4K Blu-ray premiere.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
TWO-DISC (4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY) COMBO PACK
NEW 4K REMASTER
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Brand new commentary track with writer/director/actor Nacho Vigalondo, moderated by Justin Laliberty
Brand new commentary track with writer and podcaster Alexandra West
Archival commentary track with Nacho Vigalondo
"Bigger than Me" (18 min) - a brand new interview with Nacho Vigalondo
"Rewind. Repeat. Revisit." (13 min) - a brand new video essay by film scholar Dr. Valeria Villegas Lindvall and EmeErre
Alternate chronological edit of Timecrimes (69 min)
"The Making of Timecrimes" (44 min) - an archival documentary from 2008
"The Makeup of Timecrimes" (6 min) - an archival featurette from 2008
Archival cast & crew interviews (10 min)
Footage from the Timecrimes promotional internet game (33 min)
"7:35 de la mañana" (8 min) - an Oscar® Nominated short film from 2003, directed by Nacho Vigalondo
Spanish trailer
English trailer
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Charles Bramesco, Mary Beth McAndrews, Katie Rife