Dead Heat, Hellraiser, The Stuff, I’ve seen most of the big classic output of New World Pictures of the mid to late 80’s, but Reform School Girls has always eluded me until now, with this feature packed blu from Vinegar Syndrome, from a new 2K scan of the interpositive Reform School Girls is follows a…
Blu-ray Review Hard Rock Zombies/Slaughterhouse Rock – Vinegar Syndrome
The 80’s were a time of big hair and even bigger music, roaring guitar, pounding synth, and even larger hair. Vinegar Syndrome brings two of the 80’s most wild and loud music centric horror joints in a double feature Blu-Ray package sourced from brand spanking new scans. First up is HARD ROCK ZOMBIES, a completely…
Blu-ray Review – Sister, Sister – Vinegar Syndrome
Lucy Bonnard (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her older sister Charlotte (Judith Ivey) live in one of the fine old houses in Louisiana and come from one of the fine old families. Things haven’t been all that great for the pair of them since their parents died and they were forced to turn their mansion into…
Blu-ray Review – Beware! Children at Play – Vinegar Syndrome
The town of Ellenburg has probably faced harder times before, but nothing as bad as when their children started disappearing. A couple dozen youngsters have just vanished into the woods and rumors of goblins AKA “woodies” and strange sounds in the trees are the only clues that Sheriff Hamilton has got to go on. When…
UHD Review – X-Ray Schizoid – Vinegar Syndrome
Review by Bobby Morgan 2022 4K Notes by Scott MacDonald X-RAY Among the many psycho-on-the-loose horror flicks pumped out of Hollywood and independent studios during the early 1980’s – and there were a literal ton of them – Boaz Davidson’s X-Ray, released by youngish Cannon Films in 1982, was neither the best of the widely-loathed…
Blu-ray Review – The Monster of Camp Sunshine – AGFA/Vinegar Syndrome
BFFs Claire and Marta are a pair of fun, independent ladies. Marta works in a laboratory that exclusively experiments on animals and Claire is one of them there fashion models. When the weekend comes, these two gals ditch the big city and head out to Camp Sunshine. That’s right, these ladies are a pair of…
Blu-ray Review – Master of the World – Vinegar Syndrome
Two hundred thousand years ago, a somewhat more smarter than the average caveperson named Bok runs afoul of not one, but two warring tribes. One group are a bunch of murderous dickweeds, and the other are a bunch of murderous dickweeds who also eat the brains of their foes. There’s some romance between Bok and…
Blu-ray Review – Curfew – Vinegar Syndrome
Two convict brothers, Bob and Ray Perkins, have escaped from prison and are on a bit of a madcap adventure. While staging a local talent show to earn enough money to save an orphanage full of sick kids, the two discover the true meaning of brotherhood. I’m just kidding! They’re going after the men who…
Blu-ray Review – The Laughing Dead – Vinegar Syndrome
A bunch of knuckleheads led by Father O’Sullivan (Tim Sullivan) are heading down to Mexico for an archeological fieldtrip. Along the way, the bus stops off to pick up single mom Tessie and her son Ivan (the terrible) who are also along for the ride. This makes things just a bit awkward as she and…
Blu-ray Review – Ticks – Vinegar Syndrome
Jarvis (Clint Howard) is growing a very special marijuana crop using an experimental steroid he’s concocted. Unfortunately, the machine he uses to produce this particularly volatile chemical is all kinds of leaky and it drips on some tick eggs in his cellar. Now the surrounding forest is chock full of super ticks just in time…