Vinegar Syndrome violates TABOO II/TABOO III (review)

The story of TABOO continues in this pair of linked sequels.  In TABOO II, Paul's girlfriend Sherry is shocked to learn about her boyfriend's relationship with his mother until her brother tries to get into her pants and she tries to get into dad's.  In TABOO III, Paul runs out on his mother Barbara and she finds herself getting jealous and possessive of her younger son Jimmy.  Kay Parker, Honey Wilder, Blake Palmer, Kevin James, Dorothy LeMay, Eric Edwards, and Jerry Butler star.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

TABOO II/TABOO III Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Interview with actor Blake Palmer
• Theatrical Trailer for TABOO III
• Kay Parker's Personal Script

Vinegar Syndrome arms DEATH MACHINES (review)

Madame Lee trains three unstoppable assassins as DEATH MACHINES to horn in on the professional mob hit business on the West Coast.  Using them to take out other assassins, she makes the mob an offer they cannot refuse but soon the killers are out of her control.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

DEATH MACHINES Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD: 
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Director's Introduction
• Audio Commentary by director Paul Kyriazi
• Interview with actor Michael Chong
• Audio Interview with actor Joshua Johnson
• Trims/Outtakes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Teaser Trailer
• Reversible Cover

Black Friday at Vinegar Syndrome: Joe Spinell is THE UNDERTAKER (review)

Joe Spinell's real "last horror film" was the little-seen THE UNDERTAKER (released previously on DVD in a vastly different cut called THE DEATH MERCHANT) in which Spinell stars as Uncle Roscoe, the local undertaker who murders a series of young women for his necrophilic needs.  When his nephew confides his suspicions to his anthropology professor, they are next on his hit list.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

THE UNDERTAKER Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/co-director/actor William James Kennedy
• Interview with writer/co-director/actor William James Kennedy
• Rough Cut Outtakes
• Promotional Video
• Still Gallery 
• Liner Notes Booklet by Michael Gingold

Available directly from Vinegar Syndrome.

Black Friday at Vinegar Syndrome: Joe Sarno's ALL THE SINS OF SODOM (review)

The "Ingmar Bergman of Porn" Joseph Sarno spins another web of erotic predation.  The son of a preacher man, Henning has become obsessed with capturing the wickedness of women and is looking for a model who is "Eve, Salome, the priestesses of Bala, the princesses of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Babylon all rolled up into one."  He tries to get what he wants from Leslie but the naive seeming Joyce who he lets stay in his back room may be the real "daughter of Satan.'

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

ALL THE SINS OF SODOM Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Available exclusively from Vinegar Syndrome.

Scream Factory is infected by RABID (review)

Marilyn Chambers is "insatiable" again as the carrier of a deadly strain of rabies in David Cronenberg's RABID.  When a motrocycling couple are in an accident, an experimental skin grafting procedure on the woman causes her to develop a bloodsucking organ that turns her victims into rabid killers.

REVIEW LINK: Scream Factory/Shout! Factory (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

RABID Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by director David Cronenberg
• Audio Commentary by Cronenberg book author William Beard
• Audio Commentary by "Golden Goddess" author Jill Nelson and Marilyn Chambers' personal appearances manager Ken Leicht
• Interview with David Cronenberg
• "Independent Spirit" interview with executive producer Ivan Reitman
• "Northern Exposure" interview with co-producer Don Carmody
• "Young And Rabid" interview with actress Susan Roman
• "From Stereo to Video" video essay
• Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• 3 Radio Spots
• Reversible Cover
• Collector's Slipcover

Hutson Ranch taps into THE ID (review)

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET's Amanda Wyss stars in this horror-tinged drama as a woman whose life has wasted away taking care of a sadistic and abusive invalid father.  The sudden reappearance of her high school crush in her life plunges father and daughter into a deadly game of emotional manipulation and physical abuse that can only culminate in murder and madness.  From the producers of NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY.

REVIEW LINK: Hutson Ranch Media (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE ID Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 stereo
• Audio Commentary by director/producer Timothy Hutson and actress Amanda Wyss
• Trailer
• Photo Gallery
• Audition Clips
• Behind the Scenes
• "Needs, Wants & Desires" featurette
• Deleted and Alternate Scenes
• Start-up Trailers

Breaking Glass Pictures commits HARA KIRI (review)

Having just met and decided they are not meant for this world, skaters Beto and August decide to go out like kings.  On their planned last day of existence, Beto starts seeing the world anew while August continues to pine for something better and pushes Beto to take the next step with him.

REVIEW LINK: Breaking Glass Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

HARA KIRI DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• English Closed Captioning
• QA with director Henry Alberto
• Deleted Scenes
• Alternate Takes
• Auditions
• Trailer
• Previews