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When I was first approached about reviewing Vinegar Syndrome’s 2K restoration of James Fargo’s Voyage of the Rock Aliens, my initial reaction was, “No chance.” I watched the trailer and just could not imagine a world where this ends in anything other than me saying mean things about it. So I …

We’re back with some more Vinegar Syndrome goodness! Let’s take a look at William Malone’s (Masters of Horror: The Fair-Haired Child – our retro review) 1980 film, Scared to Death, now restored back to health with a 4k restoration.   Scared to Death was directed by filmmaker William Malone (our interview) …

Wild Eye Releasing has a new sister company called Visual Vengeance, and they’re already releasing some pretty awesome stuff! They’ve got both David Wascavage’s Suburban Sasquatch (2004) and Drew Godderis’ L.A. AIDs Jabber (1994) set to release this summer. Read on to find out more! From the press release: Wild …

It’s a new year, so that means new Vin Syn releases! Today, we’re talking about Director Mark Goldblatt’s Dead Heat (1988). This action comedy starts off like every other buddy cop movie but quickly turns into quite a disgusting supernatural thrill ride. Dead Heat was directed by Oscar nominee Mark …

Now, I have seen some weird movies in my Vinegar Syndrome travels, but I think Bernard Launois’s 1986 French film, Devil Story/Once Upon A Time… The Devil/Il Etait Une Fois… Le Diable, may just take the cake. Let me explain. Devil Story was written and directed by Bernard Launois (Pigalle …

It’s time for another Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray release! Today, we’re talking about Thomas R. Rondinella’s 1989 horror comedy, Blades. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Blades, huh? Must be about knives… a slasher! Or maybe about ice skates… a hack ’em up hockey team! Ooh or maybe it’s about …

Next up from Vinegar Syndrome’s August 2021 releases is John P. Finnegan’s movie, Girls School Screamers, from Troma Entertainment. Despite the Troma label, this isn’t a typical Lloyd Kaufman puke and poop adventure. This film is an out-and-out slasher with beautiful girls, stereotypical characters, and maybe a gallon of blood. …

Let’s travel back to 1987 and talk about the genre flick, The Lamp/The Outing, Director Tom Daley’s only foray into the world of feature film. The script was written by Warren Chaney (Behind The Mask 1992), whose wife, Deborah Winters (The Winds Of War 19983), was cast in the film …

Along with my most recent delivery from Vinegar Syndrome of Surf II: The End Of The Trilogy (1983 – read my review here) came Alien From L.A., a 1988 sci-fi adventure film directed by Albert Pyun (Nemesis 1992) from a script co-written by Pyun, Debra Ricci (Journey to the Center …

When I was still in school, I couldn’t wait to go to college. I thought that was where the cool shit would finally start to happen in my life. Everyone would be beautiful with perfect skin… they would all get along… only women who wanted to be treated as sex …