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CSM126 wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:05 pm Tough Guys Don’t Dance is a complete piece of shit, but I have to give it to Vin Syn: their packaging looks gorgeous. If only they put that kind of effort towards good movies they’d be onto something.

Yes you've made it clear that you hate the film several times. Meanwhile, I'm preordering it.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:25 pm It's been confirmed on Twitter that Vinegar Syndrome will be releasing 'Flesh for Frankenstein' on 4K UHD and Real 3D.

Great news! I’ve long wanted to see this in 3D. Nice!

How are people watching 3D nowadays? i thought modern TVs were largely incapable of it.

I retained my old 3D OLED when buying a new OLED this year, and hook it up to my sound system when I want to watch a 3D disc (which obviously isn't very often, since they make up around 2% of my collection).

But yes you're right that since 2017, 3D has been unavailable on TVs and has become exclusively available on projectors only.

jindianajonz wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:04 pm How are people watching 3D nowadays? i thought modern TVs were largely incapable of it.

Projector. It's amazing, though the number of good titles is very limited.

I'm counting on each new Avatar film to renew the fad, which should leave me set for life

swo17 wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:25 pm I'm counting on each new Avatar film to renew the fad, which should leave me set for life

Good forbid. Though whatever it takes to get another Hugo.

Vinegar Syndrome is getting into the theatrical distribution business. Debut title is New York Ninja, filmed in 1984 but unfinished and missing its soundtrack. The overdub cast has some very familiar names. This will be followed by the Sundance-approved Censor, a new film set in the Video Nasty era.

September titles are:
Devil Story
Resurrection
Shallow Grave (1984)
Blades
Debbie Does Dallas Part II (Peekarama)

And from partner labels:
For Madmen Only (Utopia)
Kid Candidate (Gunpowder and Sky)
Wild Tigers I Have Known (Altered Innocence)
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (Saturn's Core)
What Really Happened to Baby Jane? / Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club (AGFA)
WNUF Halloween Special (Terror Vision)
Primetime Panic (Fun City) - contains Freedom, Dreams Don't Die, and Death Ride to Osaka

Devil Story sounds fascinating, these French semi-lost or hidden oddities are always a hoot.

Also looking forward to Resurrection, Russell Mulcahy is an interesting director. When might we see the insane Ricochet?

That's great to see Wild Tigers I Have Known coming from Altered Innocence. I never got to see it at the time despite loving a lot of the soundtrack musicians.

The latest Vinegar Syndrome newsletter confirms the pre-order date for UHD/BD of Flesh for Frankenstein.

And now for the details on the Flash Pre-Order: It begins Friday the 24th at 12:01 AM EST and runs through Sunday the 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
During the pre-order, you'll be able to lock in your copies of our entire, five release November VS package, which includes the worldwide UHD debut of Paul Morrissey's 1973 masterpiece, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN! Our UHD/BD combo pack edition will also include the original 3D version, presented for the first time ever on home video, in addition to the commonly seen Flat version.

Dual-format UHD/3D Blu-ray releases are very rare, and most welcome!

swo17 wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:00 pm Dual-format UHD/3D Blu-ray releases are very rare, and most welcome!

I'm psyched!

Black Friday pre-order package is up:
• FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN - 4K UHD/BD
• TRAUMA (English cut and Italian theatrical cut)- BD
• CREATURE (theatrical and Titan Find cut)- BD
• SECRET RELEASE #1 - 4K UHD/BD
• SECRET RELEASE #2 - BD
About the 2 secret releases

But that’s not even close to being all as there’s two more titles which we’re not gonna tell you about…perhaps the craziest of the bunch…the surprise titles, one of which will mark our first release of a film from a country known for producing some of the most incredible and unique (not to mention gory) horror of its period, which we're bringing to UHD, and the other, a long overlooked American horror supernatural gem that we're proudly bring to BD for the first time. We can basically guarantee that you're not gonna be disappointed

Japan?

There was a post in the Hong Kong cinema thread that said a cult label was going to start releasing Hong Kong titles before the end of the year. So I'm going with Hong Kong.

Fingers crossed for Chow Yun-Fat's regularly exploding kneecaps in The Seventh Curse!

I'm personally hoping that they are releasing 'Ebola Syndrome'.

Their release of Censor (first under the VSP label) is also available for preorder.

To pre-order or not to pre-order, even though I really only want Flesh for Frankenstein? Are the others worth it?

denti alligator wrote:To pre-order or not to pre-order, even though I really only want Flesh for Frankenstein? Are the others worth it?

I went for it; I can always sell the titles that aren’t to my taste. I’ve only ever seen Trauma in unsubtitled Italian, on its original release in its native country.

You can pre-order Flesh for Frankenstein by itself

dwk wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:46 am There was a post in the Hong Kong cinema thread that said a cult label was going to start releasing Hong Kong titles before the end of the year. So I'm going with Hong Kong.

That was me! I can confirm the label I heard about was NOT Vinegar Syndrome and the films were not gory ones, but were rare martial arts films. They’ll probably come out next year.

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:03 pm That was me! I can confirm the label I heard about was NOT Vinegar Syndrome and the films were not gory ones, but were rare martial arts films. They’ll probably come out next year.

Thanks for the clarification. (Severin is working on a Brucesploitation box set, but that is known, so I doubt if that is who you are talking about.)

I guess the VS mystery title could still be a Hong Kong title, but now I doubt that it is.

dwk wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:19 pm

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:03 pm That was me! I can confirm the label I heard about was NOT Vinegar Syndrome and the films were not gory ones, but were rare martial arts films. They’ll probably come out next year.

Thanks for the clarification. (Severin is working on a Brucesploitation box set, but that is known, so I doubt if that is who you are talking about.)

Unfortunately it IS that. I had no clue that was public knowledge. When was it mentioned? They’re doing the odd sequels to The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, which are frankly quite bad but fascinating.