VINEGAR SYNDROME NEW RELEASES IN APRIL!

LITTLE MISS INNOCENCE (1972) / TEENAGE SEDUCTRESS (1975) DVD

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: April 14th 2015
Run Time: 155 Minutes
Color Widescreen 1.85:1
English Dolby Digital Mono Region 0
Director: Chris Warfield
Cast: Sandy Dempsey, Sondra Currie, Terri Johnson, John Alderman

Prolific producer and director Chris Warfield carved out a reputation as one of the most daring filmmakers on the exploitation scene.

These two early features represent the most hard hitting and shocking films from his extensive career.

LITTLE MISS INNOCENCE: Two beautiful teenage hitchhikers are picked up by a wealthy older man and brought to his mansion, with lustful intentions.

However, his erotic dream soon turns into a horrifying nightmare as the seemingly innocent girls begin to reveal their own deadly intentions...

Starring Sandy Dempsey in a career performance.

TEENAGE SEDUCTRESS: Sondra Currie stars as Terry, a young woman determined to find her estranged father, who abandoned her as a child. After arriving in the small New Mexico town where he lives, Terry sets about planning her revenge: seducing her loving father.

Bonus Features:
- New 2K restorations from 35mm negatives of the Uncut Versions
- Original Theatrical Trailers

NEW EROTIC ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA 1 (1977) / NEW EROTIC ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA 2 (1982) 

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: May 14th 2015
Run Time: 165 Minutes
Color Widescreen 1.85:1
English Dolby Digital Mono Region 0
Director: Carlos Tobalina
Cast: John Holmes, Danielle, Mimi Morgan, Blair Harris

CASANOVA 1: The great grandson of famous lover Casanova discovers his erotic charms and embarks on a sensual journey.

CASANOVA 2: Set in the renaissance era, this prequel to CASANOVA 1 finds the great lover battling villains and saving maidens in a variety of hilarious experiences.

Bonus Features:
- New 2K restorations from 35mm negatives of the Uncut Versions
- Original Theatrical Trailers

SUPERSOUL BROTHER (1978) DVD 

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: April 14th 2014
Run Time: 74 Minutes
Widescreen 1.85:1
English Dolby Digital Mono
Region 0
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rene Martinez
Cast: Wildman Steve, Jocelyn Norris, Benny Latimore

When a duo of criminals pay an evil doctor to create a serum that gives people superhuman strength, they fool a naive wino named Steve (Wildman Steve) into getting an injection to help them pull off a jewel heist. When Steve discovers that the serum kills whoever takes it within a few days of its ingestion, he hides the stolen jewels and begins a frantic quest to create an antidote as the thieving masterminds are in hot pursuit!

Part low-rent comedy/crime caper, part sci-fi weirdness, and all Miami shot regional filmmaking insanity, Rene Martinez' SUPERSOUL BROTHER blasts onto home video in its first ever authorized DVD release!

Austin's American Genre Film Archive houses one of the world's best collections of 35mm exploitation prints and now Vinegar Syndrome is digitally restoring and releasing the weirdest, rarest and most outrageous movies in their archive!

Bonus Features:
- New 2K scan from The American Genre Film Archive's 35mm print!

LITTLE SISTERS (1972) / POWDER BURNS (1973) DVD 

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: April 14th 2015
Run Time: 140 Minutes
Color Full Screen 1.33:1
English Dolby Digital Mono
Region 0
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex deRenzy
Cast: Clair Dia, Kandi Johnson, Tyler Horne, George McDonald

LITTLE SISTERS: Alex deRenzy's hippy themed fairy tale tells the story of Mom and her two young daughters who live in a trailer in the woods.

Although warned to stay out of the dark and dangerous forest, the sisters do not heed their mother's advice and are kidnapped by a gang of pirates who live in an abandoned swimming pool. When she discovers that her daughters are gone, Mom goes on a journey to find them, meeting singing cross-dressers, a lesbian gang, gay monks and an elf named Derek. Will she save the day and bring her daughters home safely? Find out in what may be the weirdest film deRenzy ever made.

POWDER BURNS: In Alex deRenzy's meta western, a trio of outlaws, The McNasty Brothers, wreak havoc on a frontier town in the desert.

With the help of the former sheriff, will a buxom go-go dancer be able to save the day?

Bonus Features:
- New 2K restorations from 16mm archival elemnts!
- Uncut versions of both films!

VINEGAR SYNDROME MARCH RELEASES BRING THE SLEAZE, SLASHERS AND NOIR!

THE MUTHERS (1976) DVD

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: March 10th 2015
Run Time: 83 Minutes
English Dolby Digital Mono
Color Widescreen 1.85:1 
Region 0
Rating: R
Director: Cirio Santiago
Cast: Jayne Kennedy, Rosanne Katon, Jeannie Bell

Climb aboard with THE MUTHERS. The meanest, toughest and most action packed pirate crew in the pacific. Join Jayne Kennedy, Rosanne Katon, Jeannie Bell and their crew on a daring rescue mission to save one of their own from the clutches of vicious white slavers.
Directed by the master of Filipino sleaze, Cirio Santiago, THE MUTHERS blasts onto DVD newly restored from its 35mm negative.

Bonus Features:
- Restored in 2k from 35mm negative
- Original Theatrical Trailer

HOT LEGS (1979) / CALIFORNIA GIGOLO (1979) DVD

Label: Vinegar SyndromeRelease Date: March 10th 2015 
Run Time: 151 Minutes
Color Widescreen 1.85:1 
English Dolby Digital Mono 

Region 0
Rating: NR
Director: Bob Chinn
Cast: John Holmes, Jesie St. James, Paul Thomas, Kandi Barbour

HOT LEGS: Meet the girls at Hot Legs: beautiful models who will do anything to please their photographers. As an important publication deadline approaches, everyone tries to focus on work, but will their lustful desires get in the way?

CALIFORNIA GIGOLO: John Holmes is the biggest stud in Hollywood. All the girls love him and can never get enough. Follow the California Gigolo John through the most star studded and erotic adventure of his life.

Bonus Features:
- Restored in 2k from 35mm negative
- Original Theatrical Trailers for Both Films

DIXIE RAY HOLLYWOOD STAR (1983) DVD

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: March 10th 2015 
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Color Widescreen 1.85:1

English Dolby Digital Mono Region 0
Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Spinelli
Cast: Lisa Deleeuw, Juliet Anderson, John Leslie, Cameron Mitchell

Private investigator Nick Popodopolis (John Leslie) has a problem: there's a corpse of a beautiful woman (Juliet Anderson) on the floor of his office. As he explains his case to an alcoholic lieutenant (Cameron Mitchell), a strange story of blackmail, mystery and murder unfolds, all centered on an enigmatic movie star, Dixie Ray (Lisa Deleeuw).

Anthony Spinelli's big budget WWII era set noir ranks as one of his most ambitious films ever made. With an all star cast that also features Kelly Nichols, Veronica Hart, and Samantha Fox, the film was released in two different versions (DIXIE RAY HOLLYWOOD STAR and IT'S CALLED MURDER BABY), both of which are presented here, fully restored from their original 35mm negatives.

Bonus Features:
- Includes two different cuts of the film, DIXIE RAY HOLLYWOOD STAR and  IT'S CALLED MURDER BABY
- Restored in 2k from 35mm negatives
- Original Theatrical Trailer

Don't Forget: Previously Announced From Vinegar Syndrome For March

DON'T GO IN THE WOODS (1981) BD/DVD Combo

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: March 10th 2015
Run Time: 82 Minutes
Color Widescreen 1.66:1 
English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono 
Region 0
Rating: NR
Director: James Bryan
Cast: Jack McClelland, Mary Gail Artz, James P. Hayden

In director James Bryan's 1981 cult classic, a group of obnoxious campers venture into the wilderness for what they assume will be a fun filled weekend. Unknown to them, a bloodthirsty maniac is hiding in the woods, watching their every move, and violently killing them, one by one, every chance he gets... Filled with low-fi gore effects and black humor, DON'T GO IN THE WOODS remains one of the quintessential regional slasher films of the early 80s, and is coming to Blu-ray for the very first time, newly restored in 2K from the 35mm Interpositive and loaded with extras.

Bonus Features:
- Director commentary
- Group commentary with Director, Star Mary Gail Arts & others
- Commentary with The Hysteria Continues!
- Cast and Crew Interviews
- Autograph signing party footage
- Pressbooks & artwork gallery
- Production still images
- TV promo
- Theatrical trailer
- And more!

'PRETTY PEACHES' and 'RIBALD TALES OF CANTERBURY' on DVD 1/13 from VINEGAR SYNDROME

PRETTY PEACHES (1978) 

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Run Time: 92 Minutes Original Language: English
Color Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1 Dolby Digital Mono Region 0
Genre: EROTICA Rating: NR
Director: Carlos Tobalina
Cast: John Holmes, Leslie Bovee, Annette Haven

After attending her father's wedding, innocent Peaches crashes her jeep in the forest only to wake up with complete amnesia. She is quickly rescued by two manipulative men who hope to sell her back to her family for a hefty ransom. Their adventures introduce Peaches to a crazy doctor with very unusual treatment methods, a sleazy sex show promoter and more, but nothing helps. Poor Peaches doesn't know what to do...until she remembers Daddy!

Alex deRenzy's acclaimed classic, Pretty Peaches, ranks as one of the craziest, sexiest, and funniest X rated comedies ever made. Starring Desiree Cousteau and Juliet Anderson in their screen debuts, and co-starring Joey Silvera, John Leslie, and Paul Thomas, Pretty Peaches makes its official DVD debut uncut and fully restored in 2k.

Bonus Features:
- New 2k Scan and Restoration from 35mm Vault Elements
- Rare Archival Interview with Alex deRenzy
- Interview with Film Historian Ted Mcilvenna
- Original Theatrical Trailers for Three deRenzy Films

RIBALD TALES OF CANTERBURY - TASTY (1985)

Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Run Time: 167 Minutes Original Language: English
Color Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1 Dolby Digital Mono Region 0
Genre: EROTICA Rating: NR
Director: Bud Lee
Cast: Hyapatia Lee, Sharon Kelly, Peter North, Patti Petite, Gail Force

Screenwriter, photographer and husband of actress Hyapatia Lee, Bud Lee made his directorial debut with these 1985 features shot back-to-back. They represent two of the last big budget 35mm X rated films to receive a theatrical release. First, in RIBALD TALES OF CANTERBURY, a group of knights, journeying across the British countryside in the 15th century, share fantastic and absurd stories of sexual conquests. Hyapatia Lee and Coleen Brennan (aka Sharon Kelly) star. Then, in TASTY, struggling DJ Tasty Tastums realizes that what listeners really want to hear are the sounds of sex! Both RIBALD TALES and TASTY have been restored from their original 35mm negatives.

Bonus Features: - New 2k Scan and Restoration from 35mm Negative - Commentary Track with director Bud Lee on RIBALD TALES - Video Interview with Bud Lee - Original Theatrical Trailers for Both Films

Three New Filthy Titles from Vinegar Syndrome for January 2014

Evil Come, Evil Go / Oh! You Beautiful Doll / Widow Blue 2-Disc DVD Label: Vinegar Syndrome Streets: 01/07/2014 Total Run Time: 211 Minutes Original Language: English Color Full Screen 1.33:1 Dolby Digital Mono Region 0 Rating: NR Genre: Erotica / Horror Production years: 1972 / 1974 / 1970 Director: Walt Davis Stars: Cleo OíHara, Rick Cassidy, John Holmes, Sandy Dempsey, Susan Westcott Few sexploitation filmmakers were as bold, daring and bizarre as Walt Davis, the enigmatic auteur behind some of the wildest X rated films to come out of Hollywood. In EVIL COME, EVIL GO (1972), traveling Evangelist preacher, Sister Sarah Jane (Cleo O'Hara), is hellbent on ridding the world of evil, sex-obsessed men. Taking to the streets of Los Angeles, she quickly befriends a gullible young woman and the two embark on a mad, sex-filled killing spree. Cleo O'Hara returns in OH! YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL (1974), an almost surreal blend of madcap improvisation and low-rent thrills as over-the-hill film starlet Gaye Ramon lounges around her cluttered Hollywood home, molesting bananas and conning innocent men into taking her carnal acting courses. Meanwhile, a con-artist photographer manipulates beautiful hippies into revealing poses. Finally, in one of Davis' hardcore efforts, WIDOW BLUE (1970), a homosexual affair results in a gory decapitation and a living room orgy. But more bloodshed is afoot...Featuring an all-star cast, among them John Holmes and Sandy Dempsey, as well as gore effects straight out of H.G. Lewis' playbook, WIDOW BLUE is a demented masterpiece of sex and death, which is coming to home video fully uncut for the very first time! Vinegar Syndrome presents all three of these mind-numbing X rated classics newly transferred and restored in 2K from their original negatives. Bonus Features: Video interview with Producer Bob Chinn, Theatrical trailers for EVIL and DOLL, Outtake footage from WIDOW.

Abduction Of An American Playgirl + Winter Heat DVD Label: Vinegar Syndrome Streets: 01/07/2014 SRP: 17.98 Total Run Time: 141 Minutes Original Language: English Color Full Screen 1.33:1 Dolby Digital Mono Region 0 Rating: NR Genre: Erotica Production years: 1975 / 1976 Director: Claude Goddard Stars: Darby Lloyd Raines, Jamie Gillis, Eric Edwards, Jennifer Jordan, Helen Madigan In ABDUCTION OF AN AMERICAN PLAYGIRL (1975), two lonely men kidnap a beautiful woman and subject her to their shocking carnal desires. But much to their surprise, she loves every minute of it and soon the hapless men realize that they are incapable of satisfying her lustful urges! Next up, WINTER HEAT (1976). In this notorious roughie, a group of ex-cons terrorize and abuse a trio of helpless young women who are held hostage in a snowbound cabin. Bonus Features: Theatrical trailer for ABDUCTION OF AN AMERICAN PLAYGIRL

Judy + The Night Hustlers DVD Label: Vinegar Syndrome Streets: 01/07/2014 SRP: 12.98 Total Run Time: 132 Minutes Original Language: English Color Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1 Dolby Digital Mono Region 0 Rating: NR Genre: Erotica/Thriller Production years: 1968 / 1969 Directors: David W. Hanson / Bobby O'Donald Stars: David Haller, Sandy OíHara, George Mead, China Valles, Joe Varo, Mike Douglas In JUDY (1969), a sex killer is on the loose, terrorizing working girls in Boston's seedy 'combat zone.' Will a rogue ex-detective solve the mystery before more buxom beauties meet an unfortunate demise? Next up, THE NIGHT HUSTLERS (1968). In this Florida lensed sexploitation oddity, a group of Vice cops trade stories of their sleazy, sex-filled busts.

DVD REVIEW: Aphrodisiac! The Sexual Secret of Marijauna (1971)

APHRODISIAC! THE SEXUAL SECRET OF MARIJUANA (1972) DVD

LABEL: Impulse Pictures
REGION: All Region
RATING: Unrated
DURATION: 76 mins
DIRECTOR: Dennis Van Zak
CAST: Harry J. Anslinger, John Holmes, Fiorello Laguardia, Billy Curtis, Levi Richards

SYNOPSIS: APHRODISIAC! THE SEXUAL SECRET OF MARIJUANA, is a tripped-out, sex-filled documentary “dramatization” about the benefits of using marijuana. Mixed in with the history of harvesting weed, the seedy side of drug trafficking, information on the medical benefits and even a recipe for pot brownies, are titillating sexual scenes sure to make you “high” with excitement. Shot with tongue planted firmly in cheek (and maybe elsewhere, too), this flick even features an early appearance by adult film actor John Holmes as a businessman who gives his secretary a bit of “dick-tation” in his wonderfully wood-paneled office. Heck, even midget Billy Curtis (THE WIZARD OF OZ, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER) shows up to give his thoughts on pot.

FILM: Can smoking weed turn you from three-pump chump to an everlasting gobstopper of love? Will getting a woman stoned turn a frigid femme into an inhibition free nympho with a predilection for fellatio? This crazed documentary definitely answers yes on all counts and sets out to prove the benefits of the leafy green as a stimulating sexual aid and social lubricant by delivering a ramshackle assortment of  hardcore sex vignettes interspersed with man-on-the-street interviews, weird reenactments, skewed factoids and some fantastically dry narration. The interviews are priceless and most will have you choking mid-toke with lines like "Marijuana is the greatest sexual stimulant since the 12" penis ...and easier to find". One of the four porno sequences features the departed genital giant John. C. Holmes while another features two college protesters on a college campus who take a moment to share a spliff. Sure 'nuff the two end up fucking as the woman looks back on her sexual experience with "my first black" and equates him to yummy chocolate and other candy goodies. There's so much to enjoy here, its got a bit of everything from pot brownie recipes to somehow managing to squeeze in footage of Jack Ruby assassinating Lee Harvey Oswald. Could weed have stopped that, too? I'm not sure but seeing the Munchkin City Father himself Billy Curtis get his cheek pinched by what seems like an anonymous passerby during one of the man on the street segments is just the one of many reasons you need to see this film for yourself for none of my meandering word strings can appropriately describe the pure unadulterated awesomeness that awaits you.

DVD: Impulse Pictures (a imprint of Synapse Films) offers the film in it's original 1.33:1 aspect ratio with English 2.0 mono audio and is the first time the film has been properly released uncut with all it's naughty explicit bits intact. The look of the print would appear as though it enjoyed a continuous run for several years at the local grindhouse cinema, it's a real warts n' all presentation with all manner of print damage. It's a scratched-up and dirty affair with an equally dismal audio track that snap, crackle and pops like an amplified bowl of rice krispies. No matter, the film benefits from a presentation that emulates a grindhouse  screening. No subtitles or supplemental materials or are included.

VERDICT: Wowie Zowie. APHRODISIAC! THE SEXUAL SECRET OF MARIJUANA(1971) is crammed with non-stop tokin' up, shitty 70's fashion, awesomely bad hairy 70's porno and a nearly endless parade of unintentionally hilarious dialogue - how can it not be awesome? Few films have elicited such laughter from me and I watched it straight. A must-see for fans of drugged-out stoner films, exploitation cinema and campy 70's porno. If this film isn't mentioned in the same breath as the unintentionally hilarious cautionary tale REEFER MADNESS (1936) it definitely should be.  3.5 outta 5