Hey, everybody, it has been freaking ages since I've seen everybody. I am so so glad to be back home and hopefully spending some time with some of you today. I know that this is an odd time. I can't even remember if I've streamed around this time on a Monday before. Probably not, But hey, I got two weeks of reconnected to do this week, so what better time than as soon as possible to do this first one.
Once we get some people in here, we'll get started on that. And I just wanted to give a quick heads up that I've got some videos coming out going over the con. Everything that happened there, I get this tilted down slightly. And then also everything that happened around the con. There was so many activities, and not to sound weird about it, but just so much happened in the last week that it is it is going to be impossible to get into one video. So I am eager to share that from everybody,
and from everybody. How about with everybody? Eric, my friend, I've missed you on here. Anthony, glad you'd delayed your film to come hang out with us. Neil, what's up? Yeah, Brian did say he had a blast. I'm glad he liked it. It was an odd week with some random happenstances happening, but we got through it. Dustin is in Holland. Damn, that's a little bit further away than California. I hope you're having a good time. That's awesome, Couch, what's going on?
Scolder? Hey, you made it early this time. That's great. Hey, Hey, and Floyd's here? What's going on? Floyd? I hope everybody's had a good couple weeks. It has been weird not putting out a whole bunch of contents. The last thing I put out was the Giant Vinegar Syndrome and All Partner Labels video last week. Edit that edited that on the plane to California and got it up the next morning. It was it
was a wild week. I had planned on doing Reconnected a day early on Wednesday, but turns out that when I got there pretty much just a couple hours later. Every single moment of my trip was all planned, like schedule to the minute it has. It has been a very busy, like last ten days. I'm just glad to be back here with some of you guys. Let's see all that's man is here. What's going on? My friend Neil spoke to Rob. Jeanie said, we were lovely guys. That's awesome.
It was so great meeting up with him. He is a great, great person. Let's see. First, I wanted to give some shout outs, so while I was gone, I was giving some daily updates to all my patrons in the discord. It was insanity. I tried to get more out there, and I think I did like a day one update, Here's everything that happened today, and then I couldn't do it the rest of the time. Pretty much at the end of every day, I would hit a
pillow and then just absolutely crash. Jeff, good evening, it's afternoon. Here. Where are you? Because it could be different? Angel, You're here live? What's going on? Hey? Dave, what's going on? Man? I'm glad you hear Spaghetti, my friend, you made it working for the next forty minutes. Yeah. I Luckily I was able to take the last day. I got home yesterday, and then I took today off
just to recover. And then I got a family member that is moving into my house for a little while, so I had to help her with some things over the last well, gosh, just barely over twelve hours. She got in it two am last night, so even right after I got home, everything has even been scheduled. So yes, patrons, that's one of the things I wanted to shout out, everybody that has joined the community and
done what they could kept it going the entire time I was gone. I mean, I saw messages flying in while I was doing other things, and I wanted to jump in conversations, but it just wasn't feasible. It was again, so so busy. But the patrons, let me, let me share. I'm gonna probably do this twice tonight, but just a quick shout out to these guys, because all these guys that are in the discord genuinely have a community where we are talking to each other, hanging out with each
other, sharing movie recommendations, you know, looking for new shelves. That was a recent one. We we went through a whole Criterion discussion about bronzing on some of the older discs in the last day and a half, finding deals, talking about announcements, debating the zever and sale for this week that we're gonna talk about a little while. It's been it's been great being in that discord and the number of people that have joined are just magnificent. So
thank you. Guys. Wanted to shed some light on that because it was really cool being gone and that community continuing to grow while I was gone. But then on top of that, have those people that were growing be an active participant in the discord. So you guys have been amazing. I appreciate that. Welcome home, David, It's been busy, Ken, my friend. I'm glad you're here. I haven't spoken to you very much of the last couple of weeks like I usually do, so glad to pick that up
right back from the beginning. Yes, you were absolutely on your best behavior, Anthony, and I very much appreciate it. One other quick shout out before we get into the nuts and bolts of everything. There is a friend of ours that doesn't get to participate in a lot of the live stream aspects, but he watches these afterwards. He messaged me on Instagram because he wanted to share something, and it turns out he is a creator as well.
He is not a YouTuber, but he wanted to share some of his incredible work. And I just got the package today and I wanted you guys to be able to see this. We have somebody that watches as part of this community whose name I'm probably gonna mess this up. I told him I was going to do my best, but I think it's Joshua jab Kuga. And he is a writer. And one of the things he wanted to share was his work on the graphic novel Scarface Devil in Disguise, and he wrote this
and I can't wait to see this in the back of this. Essentially this is a prequel, So I wanted to share the two things that he sent and see if maybe you guys are interested as well. It says before Tony Montana came to America, he cut his teeth as a young military assassin in Cuba and rose up as a hustler in Havana. He knows the world is his and he craves the American dream. But first he's got to get out
from Castro im pos solitary confinement. Add to his Molotov cocktail mix the Cia Lakosa Nostra and the scumbag who gave Montana his infamous scar make a deal with the devil. Just know which devil you're dealing with first, and I gotta admit I thumbed through the art real quick because I literally just picked this up just a few minutes ago, and uh, let's see is this one? Yeah, this is a pretty decent one to share the art on. This is really well done and it seems to fit the tone of the film really
well. So I can't wait to read my way through this. He Yeah, that would have been a rough one to share. Again, it's just really well made and simply just for appreciating the channel. He wanted to get a copy of this in and I said I would share it with all of you guys. So this looks fantastic again, Thank you, Joshua. This is amazing. I will happily be reading that one and then the second one,
which might align with a lot of your interests as well. He also wrote Bubba Hotep and what is it Bubba Bubba ho Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers. Look at the art on this cover here and the story in here, It says, return the world of the cult classic film. In this prequel to the original story, President Nixon has discovered an alien threat, and he knows there's only one man he can reach out to for help. Elvis Presley,
But will Elvis be enough to defeat a horde of cosmic bloodsuckers? This all new story takes readers back to a world when Elvis truly was the King. Adapted from Joe R. Lansdale's novel by writer Joshua jab Couga, with artist Todd Galusha and Horatio Dimingez. And this looks fantastic again, let me find a decent Nope, can't cheer that page? Uh yeah, this one seems good again, fantastic art, like, look at that page alone.
I can't wait to read this. And that is a very naked Elvis Presley Bruce Campbell there, but you can't see anything, so hopefully YouTube's fine with that. These look good. I strongly suggest people look these up again. His name is Joshua jab Cuga. Bubba Hotep and Scarface I believe are available pretty much everywhere. Again, thank you Joshua for that. It looks incredible. I can't wait to read them, and I will let you know what I think. Startis. You are late, but that's okay. I'm just
glad you're here. I feel like I haven't spoke to you in forever, and I feel really bad because you were there on the live telecast from last week on the other channel, and I was like, hey, I'm gonna try to do Reconnected tomorrow, and then my whole trip fell apart, so it was amazing. Again, I apologize for not having Reconnected for a full week. As I go through a couple more of these comments, I was curious, do you guys want to go over the Vinegar Syndrome sale stuff again?
Because technically the last Reconnected was the night the sale went live, So my newest items are all from the sale, but I don't want to reiterate those if you know, still really have those fresh in your brain. I'm happy to go into what they offered, but I yeah, I don't necessarily need unless somebody wants to see them. Angel Pereira asks who is the publisher, and they are both through IDW IDW Publishing. Look at this, Dave
says heat that serially Midnight talks about Joshua all the time. That's awesome, Cerla, Midnight's a good dude. He's he's got a lot of stuff. But yeah, like I said, publisher is IDW Any opinions on Vinegar Syndrome? Should we start with Vinegar Syndrome. Or should we jump immediately to after the Vinegar Syndrome sale, Cause right after Vinegar Syndrome we had arrow just curious.
All right, Angel wants to go through VS and so does Jeff Sarta says, I bought two hundred and sixty dollars a partner title new releases. Still waiting on halfway stuff. You're not the only one, my friend. I've not received a shipping notice and a lot of people have already gotten their shipments. It's been very quick for some of these people. Partner labels, the brand new ones we're gonna be talking about this Thursday night, so plan
on that being another big show on Thursday. But let's dive in to everything that was announced during the Vinegar Syndrome sale. Let me get my screen shared and this whole time. If you've got anything up that you want to ask, by all means ask, even if it's about the trip or California, the convention, anything crazy like that. If it's about any of the releases,
go into it. That is fine by me. I'm gonna try to do one full week of announcements just like we normally would, and then save everything else from the following week which started last Friday, now to we're gonna save those for this coming Thursday night. Dustin says, I became halfways. It's very nice. I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like I've seen a lot more people than normal saying that they became a halfway sub this year, and I think that's a testament to how good of a
year Vinegar Syndrome is having. It seems like a lot of people were not really stoked with the first half of twenty twenty one for Vinegar Syndrome, but this year has been a completely different feeling like they've got some amazing titles coming out, so I really think that they've done great. Eric got a shipping notice but just label created that stinks. Sartis has got a shipping notice of
Vampier, which he ordered months ago. I just got in Vampire, But I'm going to be showing that to my patrons on one of our videos probably. I think that's gonna be on Wednesday, when I'm be doing a pickup stream with them, which I haven't announced yet. So hello, that's my secret announcement to all of them. I believe I'm going to be doing a pickup stream on Wednesday of everything that came in and everything that I got at the con which is not very much. I didn't buy a whole lot at
the convention. Sadly, the whole trip was very expensive, so I did not have a giant budget of buying trinkets. Not to mention, my bag was very full when I got home, so that would have been rough. All right, Let's jump in to the Vinegar Syndrome sale and everything that got announced. So first up, we had the mystery titles. Now, this is the one I'd been alluding to for months. This is one that I kind of knew was coming, and I was not surprised at all, and
this got announced. So this is Scared to Death from William Malone, who also did Creature. This is from nineteen eighty and this is the one that they were talking about the what was their exact hand I think it was Creature
Feature in the California Sun, something like that. And this is coming with a two disc region free blue ray set, newly scanned and restored in four K from the sixteen millimeters commentary track with the writer, director and actor Bryce Kermit Eller and actress Diana Davidson Rise of the Sinnginer or I think that's how
it's pronounced. Haven't heard it? In Ages, A brand new making of documentary featuring interviews with writer director William Alone, Bryce Kermit, Eller, Diana Davidson, the makeup supervisor, a effects artist, another actor, well, a few more actors and this again, this is the exact type of special feature that I adore. So I can't wait to have this in hand, this artists. Unfortunately I did not make it to the museum. This is
how crazy that museum is in terms of busy level. You and I we spoke on Tuesday night, and Tuesday night it was booked out for every single time until the following Monday, so I was already going to be gone before I could even get tickets ordered. They I didn't think it was going to be that bad, but it was. It was so booked solid that I
it was going to be late afternoon of the following Tuesday. So they had ticket spot for a full week block of time frames and they they are I think it was every thirty minutes that they do brand new times, so it's not like it was just a handful of open spots or anything. It is just that many people attending. The friend the patron from the channel that I met up with, he was able to go and he said it was just absolutely stupendous. He had tickets bought previously and he went. I believe he
went on Friday and yeah, said it was magnificent. So shout out to John for that one. This is the front of the slip for Scared to Death. This is the back. Let's only show the front there, whoops. Next one, This is the other mystery title. This is a voyage of the Rock Aliens. Now, a lot of people did not seem to know much about this one, and I sadly am included. I've never seen this. However, this sounds amazingly cheesy. So yes, it does sound
cheesy. It does sound like your classic vinegar syndrome. Like over hyped title. A lot of people were very excited for the mystery titles, and this is probably a slightly overhyped, but it seems like something I'm gonna love. The back of the slip here says the story of a guy, a girl and an alien and the one night they will always remember. And just going
over this. This is from nineteen eighty four, a group of aliens and a guitar shaped spaceship are on the hunt to find the true source of rock and roll after spotting teenage Dedie and her boyfriend Frankie, each of whom are vying to become the top rocker in the small town of Spielberg Lol. The aliens land, only to set off an increasingly strange series of events and musical
mayhem that threatens the very existence of the town itself. Amazing. So this stars Pia Zadora, who's in Hairspray and Butterfly and what might be the wildest and wackiest role of her career, James Fargo. James Fargo, who did every which way but loose did. Voyage of Rock Aliens is a nearly unclassifiable smorgas board made up of one part rock musical, one part sci fi insanity,
and one part fifties kitch through an eighties glam lens. Now it does sound cheesy, I'm not gonna argue with that, but it also sounds amazing.
This Yes, I cannot wait to see this brand new two K restoration jam, packed with comprehensive and newly produced extras, including embarking on a voyage The Making of an Alien Dance Rock Opera, an extended again making of documentary featuring interviews with the Michael Berryman from the Hills Have Eyes, executive producer Max Keller, producer Michelin Keller, wardrobe assistant don Zilee Abernathy, co screenwriter and
co producer Charles hairston, special effects artist and miniatures artists. And that is great and then pulled off. Where are they now? Reuniting the band Rima in the twenty first century? An extended featurette with members of the band that is featured in the film. I mean, come on, doesn't that sound incredible? Yes? I was gonna say this very much sounds like a s artist title. It's got something sci fi related. He's got to see it. This looks great. I mean a guitar shaped spaceship. How do you?
How do you not immediately click by? Now? Next up, we got two VSA's. The first one is arguably the bigger title based on who is in it. This is Red Surf from nineteen eighty nine. Really dig this artwork to nice front and back on this one. Remar, who is played by George Clooney, and Attila are best friends living in California. They spend their days surfing, partying, and running drugs for a ruth gangster named
Calavera. After finding out his girlfriend is pregnant, Remar must choose between living life and the fast lane or settling down to take care of his family. Struggling to come to terms with his new future, Remar decides to set up one last big score before retiring from his life of crime. However, things get complicated for him and Attila when one of their crew betrays them. Very cliche storyline, now, but I mean this came out in eighty nine.
I'm sure this was still pretty exciting. Now. Remar Attila have to figure out how to make it out alive before Calavera tracks them down and literally feeds them to the wolves. Overflowing with drugs, boozing guns, Redsurf is a violent look at nineteen eighty surfing culture in California. So I wasn't fully sold until I read that first line, and that sounds amazing, So I yeah,
this sounds great. Featuring a surprise early performance from George Clooney as the drug addicted Remar and one of his first leading roles, as well as Strong Strong performances from Doug s event from Teenwolf, Eighties heart Throb, Dde Pfeiffer from Vamp and Kiss, singer bass player gene Fen Simmons. Vinegar Center Marchive is proud to present this piece of punk rock cinema for the first time on
Blu ray, scanned and restored in four K from the OCN Now. This has a commentary track with the producer Greg H. Simms Putting People Together, an interview with Sims again, interview with Dedee Pheiffer, interview with casting director Ronnie Eskell, and unfortunately no sit down, comprehensive making up documentary featuring George Clooney or anything. How amazing would that have been if Vinegar Syndrome could get Clooney to sit down for new extras for Red Surf from nineteen eighty nine,
that would have Yeah, that would have been amazing. But obviously that is probably a very expensive ask in a year when people are already complaining about prices. So Red from nineteen eighty nine is one of the two v essays. Thanks for streaming early, says buyer. And you know, I normally can't because my kids are at home and busy and keeping me on my toes.
But they're at summer school for now, although they're probably about to get home, so trying to get this through as much as I can before they start terrorizing everything. It's ten thirty PM when I sign on on Thursdays. That's yeah, that's late. I agree, that makes perfect sense that you're not able to watch then. I honestly don't know how I'm able to stay up so late on some of these nights. The show on Tuesdays is even later. We don't start that one until nine here, which means it would be
eleven where you are. Yeah, it gets very late. I made a cameo appearance in Chaos's Monster plusa video. I haven't even seen it yet. I've been busy all day today helping that family member moving in. Yeah, I met up with Chaos. It was a good time. We were supposed to go get some dinner but did not work out unfortunately. Yeah, I got to meet his whole family. The other vsay is the one that got
a lot of complaints from people. This is Expect No Mercy featuring Jela Mary and Billy Blanks, which clearly they got some sort of package deal for the last few vsays. That they've put out, and I understand it to a point. But at the same time, you know, twenty how much I think this was twenty seven ninety nine during the sale something like that, twenty eight dollars for three different vssays featuring Jeel Mary and Billy Blanks. I feel
like they could have made that a box set. And maybe I am maybe I'm being a little cynical there, but it seems like a lot of money for jelaw Mary and Billy Blank's titles. Now that being said, this one does sound better than the other two, I must admit. The plot here.
This is from nineteen ninety five, by the way. Justin Vinier played by Billy Blanks is a highly trained and deadly agent for an elite police force known as the Federal Security Bureau. After a fellow undercover agent turns up dead, Justin is recruited to infiltrate a high tech martial arts training facility known as the Virtual Arts Academy, where students are trained in combat situations using virtual reality.
Oh right. Once inside the facility, Justin is to make contact with another undercover agent named Eric played by Jeelaul Mary, who believes that the Academy is really a front for a team of hired assassins run by their power hungry leader Warbeck. With fear of their covers getting blown. Justin and Eric must face off with computer generated opponents and a series of simulated fights that have real
life consequences. This is again a four K scan from the thirty five millimeter OCN region Free Coming, with a commentary track with joelaul Mary, another commentary track with the director Zale Dalen, an interview with Billy Blanks and jelall Mary, interview with a director, and then another interview with actor Anthony the Longest, and then Expect No Mercy the video game trailer, intro and playthrough for the Windows three point one video game based on the movie. Which is wild
to me that this got a tie in video game. This is so odd that that is on there. I like it. I'm very curious in seeing it, especially for a Windows three point one game. Anthony says, fingers Cross vs. Releases Tibo in the future, Dear God. Thankfully, I think it is probably tied to jelal Mary instead of Billy Blanks, so unfortunately, I think the odds of Tabo ironically or unironically are probably not in our
future. Jeff wants to hear more about Crimes of the Future, So, uh, Friday night, Yeah, Friday night, I went to Universal CityWalk with my friend Jeremy Long, the comedian that has been on the channel a couple times, and my other friend who watches Brian Michael vander Ahey, and we went to see Kronenberg's Crimes of the Future. Now full disclosure, I was exhausted from a very, very long day and I fell asleep for like fifteen minutes in the first half, maybe slightly a little more I was.
It was a rough afternoon, but I was up for most of the film, and Crimes of the Future was. It was well made for the most part, but I think that this was probably my least favorite Kronenberg film. Did not like it. The effects in the film obviously well done. Like a lot of people are talking about Earman and I think I think I saw Neon as even selling a little like ear patch that you can put another ear on your body somewhere. But it was just I don't know what I was
talking to the guys about afterwards. Is it felt like he had ideas for some really good special effects and made a movie around the special effects, and because of that, the story took a back seat and it just didn't work. And then the other side of it, I've never liked Vigo Mortenson, and for some reason, I had it in my head that the person's starring
in Crimes of the Future was a British actor that wasn't Vigo Mortensen. And when I saw it was Vigo Mortenson in the film, I was rather disappointed. Kristen Stewart did very well when she was on screen, but she was not on screen enough. She only had like two or three very short scenes. Overall. Yes, I think that it was an interesting idea that ultimately
failed to deliver a story that I was anywhere near interested in. And the second half that I saw wide awake and just flabbergasted with what I was seeing, was certainly not for me. It was just the film might may have a demographic, but I was not a part of it, that's for sure. Next up from Vininger Syndrome, we got a catalog slip cover for the
Bees featuring some very prominent actor and actress on the front. Here I really dig the back of this slip with the bee on the camera obscuring part of it, but overall, the Bees, in my opinion, is not really top tier Vininger syndrome. It's more lower middle tier. It's an okay movie, but I'm glad we finally got a slip for it. And then we also got a slip for or I guess, a box set for Taboo for Taboo one, two, three, and four, which is in three different
Blu ray cases. And this is an adult film box set, which is a kind of It is surprising that they released this for the halfway sale, which means they have a lot of other adult titles that are gonna be needing catalog slip covers eventually, so we may be seeing some of those during the Black Friday Sale this coming year, and then we'll probably see at least one more during the Valentine's Day sale if they have it again. The next one, there was another catalog slip. Did I miss it? Oh? I
just didn't go far enough. Hello Hobgoblins. Now, this is one that people have been waiting for for a long time. Hobgoblins catalog slip. And I think this art is great. Unfortunately, the art is probably better than the film, but it's a fun film, and most people had this or at least wanted it, so I think, if anything, this will potentially get some people who had it on their wish list for eventually it probably got them to buy it. Hobgoblins is one that really didn't need any help being
sold, but this art alone, we'll certainly move some copies. And then they released a couple of new shirts. This is the logo tea that they've had previously, and it's on this nice red color on black. I'm certainly very curious about how this is going to look actually worn and how much you're gonna be able to see the red because that red is very dark. I've been digging some of their color ways that have been popping more over the last
few months. You know that the green and gold was really great for March, and then we had that really bright blue and pink shirt that was amazing. I do really dig this design, which they've used previously of a film reel. It looks very nice, very very nice. I can't wait to see what some of these look like. They released a New York Ninja shirt that is just the logo of the tea on gray, and then a Thriller shirt I was kind of surprised that this is the full design that they went
through for a thriller. I expected a little more merch for that, entering it such a big title. Especially, I'm kind of surprised we didn't get a thriller eye patch with the Vinegar Syndrome logo on the eye patch. I think that would have been perfect. Couch says, I wish the Fun City shirt was black, not pink. It's a nice shirt, it's decent, but I kind of agree with you there. I think it would look a little bit better, maybe not black. I don't know. Maybe it's just
me. I'm as I wear one right now, I'm very black tied out. I think that there's a lot of T shirts printed on black lately and more other diverse colors. Is a nice choice. I think. Let's see. Then we got a really interesting development, and I have seen a couple of people complain about the price on it, so I wanted to bring this up. They released New York Ninja and The Scary of Sixty first as thirty
five millimeter film trailers. Now, sest thing thing about this is that if you look and I don't have the clearest picture of it, I took the first one that they have. Let me see if I can zoom in at all for you. There we go. So this says thirty five millimeter trailer one. They are giving catalog numbers to both of these thirty five milimeter trailers, so I imagine if those sold well, which it appeared that they did
pretty well, that they may come out with some more. These are also printed on film that is not going to be as able to be damaged as other standard thirty five millimeter film. I can't remember the material that they were actually printing these on, but they look nice, nice little box that you can store on the shelf with the movies. If you happen to have a projector you can easily play this if you really want to go out of your
way and do something very cool. If you have a theater that still plays film, a lot of those theaters will happily play some of your film if you come in at an off time, or you know, you rent out the theater for a little while. What you could do is rent it out for like a birthday, and a lot of the theaters have been doing like two hundred dollars and you get a whole theater for yourself and you get to
pick the film. So if you got somewhere that can do that, you can probably go through and play your trailer or trailers if you happen to get both of them, and then choose a film for afterwards, and I bet they'd be willing to work with you, Sartis says, who has a thirty five millimeter projector at hand? I agree. I don't think that this is something for everybody. I don't think that this is a piece that they expect
to be used widely. I think that this is one of the examples of people, Sorry, I think this is one of the examples of vinegar syndrome falling into the collector mentality. And I do understand that some people have brought that up about other aspects of vinegar syndrome. Now I don't always agree with their take on that, but with this one it certainly seems to be the case. I don't think that's necessarily a negative thing. If you want to buy it, buy it. If not, speak with your dollars and don't
buy it, and they don't do it anymore. But there are some people that buy literally everything that vinegar centrome puts out, so I don't remember if these sold out before the end of the sale, but yeah, these look nice, at least in the hand. It's something like I don't have a projector, and I think they did a hundred of each of these, and you know, maybe there are one hundred people that have thirty five millimeter projectors that they still use, maybe some more, who knows. Next item,
we finally got a view master reel for Flesh for Frankenstein. Now, last November I brought up where is the view master reel for Flesh for Frankenstein. They had previously done one of those for the other three D title, and that was one of the reasons that they said they were doing it. Glad that they did it for this one. It just feels like it's late. They should have done it back in November. And then they started putting out some enamel pins, which look really nice. I love enamel pins. I've
got hundreds of them myself. Yeah, these look really great, really good designs, especially this one. We got a drive in collection set of pins. A lot of people again complained about the prices on the pins, but good enamel pins are very expensive. They're usually twelve to fifteen dollars ish and these were seemingly properly priced. It's about all I could really offer for those.
Then we got a lot of hints for the second half of twenty twenty two, which, again, as I just mentioned, a lot of people have subscribed to Vinegar Syndrome for the second half, So let's go through some of these and the first half. Sorry, if the first half of twenty twenty two is mind blowing, wait till you see what else is in store this July. So we already have our entire package for July. Here's what
it is. We are proudly presenting Michael and Roberta. Finley's legendary Bigfoot horror Shriek of the Mutilated on Blu Ray for the first time and fully uncensored from a new four K restoration of its long lost OCN. Plus, we're dipping our toes into Jess Franco's vast filmography with the Blu Ray debut of the Red Lips films Kiss Me Monster and Two Undercover Angels, both exclusively restored from their thirty five millimeter negatives, And around out the month, we're bringing the Cynthia
Rothrock classic Riding Wrongs to Blu Ray, presented in multiple cuts. It's the first of several Hong Kong genre picks we have in store for later this year. I know a friend of the channel Foo for Thought or Sean was very excited for that one. He expected that during the halfway sale. I did not expect that one yet Planet Monosa. Did I go over the seven titles yet? Not yet? We are We are still behind, very behind. Actually this is still from two thursdays ago. So we will get to some
of the seven titles, promise. And I actually have the Severn site ups so that we can go over some of the sale titles. Because unfortunately, even though all of May was dedicated to vinegar syndrome, my time has been shorter than expected, and some of the things that I planned for Severn are probably not going to pan out for this month, and I feel really bad. But I do plan on getting some seven things out at least before the sale, but it's coming up this week, so I'm gonna have to be
quick, that's for sure. What's going on, Sam, How you doing? Jeff says that pen is more expensive than gas by a little oh Man, speaking of gas in California is wild. That was one of the first pictures I took just because I could not believe it. Here in here in Kansas City, It's it's bad, but it's not California bad. Still just under five dollars a gallon here, and I saw a price in California that
started with the seven, and I could not believe that at all. Okay, so the big thing they just said there are several several Hong Kong genre picks in store for later this year that is incredibly exciting to me. Then, our fifth Forgotten Jolly set will be unveiled in August, along with the
four k uhd debut of a studio owned seventies drive in horror classic. In September, we'll be unveiling the world four k uhd debut of an iconic seventies horror film, along with world blu ray debuts of a couple eighties deep cuts. And then in October we're going all out and presenting Toby Hooper's Texas Chainsawmascar Part two on four K that one says, alongside a diverse trio of horror gems, including euroclassics from the seventies and eighties, and another major four K
upgrade which I mean that is gonna be a huge October. And if they are putting Texas Chainsawn Maascer two in four K in October, November is gonna be massive, massive this year, then it says Finally, in November, we're working on another colossal collection of horror and exploitation classics, including our second installment in the Homegrown Horror series, which we'll have Moonstalker, which was previously released by Code rett I believe, and two other deep cut slashers, along
with four other major gets, among them several Blu Ray and four K debuts. It's sure to be a whirlwind of cinematic to lights. Now. If this does not get you excited for the second half of the year, there is not much that can because the amount of things that they are putting out
is absolutely ridiculous. And that's why I fully stand by the subscription. If I know it's a lot of money, I know that it's a lot to pop down at once, but if you can swing it, it is such a worthwhile time to literally get everything at the sale price when it's released, and even cheaper technically because you're getting box sets for the same price of a regular Blu Ray release, and it has been worth it for every year that I've done it, and I just can't wait to see and the growth that
they've had this year. It does sort of scare me for what the subscription might cost for twenty twenty three, but again, the growth has been monumental. The type I mean, they're putting out Texas Chainsaw Mask for two in four K, that is huge plus everything else. But obviously a Tooby Hooper film like that that took some money to license. I guarantee Sarta says, I'd rather spend that money in partner titles, and this is the only thing
that I can't really argue with. I fully agree. And the hard part is to get the partner titles. The titles. The cheapest is to be a subscriber. So obviously, if you're only gonna get partner titles, it doesn't make any sense to be a subscriber and get that discount because you're still gonna be spending more on the subscription than you would saving. But it really is nice to get everything at the even the partner labels literally sale price the
day that it's announced. It's fantastic. Oh and the partner label Slate by the way, incredible, completely incredible. They have been as exciting for me as Vinegar Syndrome, and some months even more so. And that's kind of hard to do with lately, with how much Vinegar Syndrome is pumping out of just incredible, incredible titles. Let's see, I think that's all Vinegar Syndrome. It is so imprint head a sale, it's over, so we're gonna skip right over it. Arrow put out Flatliners in four K. This is
coming August second, and this is no surprise. They had the most obvious clue in the world for this one, and I yeah, pretty much everybody knew that they were doing. This is a movie that is no secret. We knew that this was coming last year because somebody got a postcard on one of their releases. This is another Kevin Bacon film, so, but also Julia roberts Key for Sutherland gonna be a decent looking release. It's not a title that I'm going to be clamoring for, sadly. It looks good,
but it's not mind blowing good for me. And they are also putting out the Running Out of Time one and two set that we had heard was going to be getting a US release, So this is the US and Canadian release of this, since Eureka is putting it out in the UK. This is from nineteen ninety nine in two thousand and one, and there is also an Aerosite exclusive version which is here with this very I think really good artwork.
Slipcover on this is I'm assuming the original poster art and this release looks great, although it looks exactly the same as the Eureka release. So it's just a matter of what region you're in and who you want to buy from. At least we have options. Now that is it for Arrow. You'll see we had two titles. That is it for August. Now. Arrow had a reason for that, and unfortunately they had to share that via Twitter. Well I guess they really didn't. One of their employees, James Flower,
shared a thread on Twitter and I'm gonna share that with you. But one of the other things that happened that same day was Franz Semioni from Arrow announced that he was stepping down. He left Arrow and he is now starting his own venture, which I believe is called the Radiance Films. Let me make sure I got that right. Radiance Films, And now they are going to be doing the Yes, that's what it's called is Radiance Films. They're going
to be doing very arrowesque type of work. They're going to be distributing films. They are going to be putting out as many releases as they can. They've got some stuff coming. They've already anound some of the people they're working with, and it all sounds great. I do wish Fran all the luck in the world, and I think he's going to do amazing because he's got
the right frame of mind. But speaking of the right frame of mind, a lot of people have complained about replacement discs over the last year or two, and James Flower shared this thread so that he could discuss them. So let's go over this a little bit. He says. Hello, So you might be wondering why this month's Aero video announcements are looking much slimmer than usual. Don't worry. It's not a signal that things are going down the tubes
at Arrow Headquarters. Quite the opposite. I'm going to zoom this in just so you can see it a little clear, he says. As you may be aware, we've had a few QC issues recently that have necessitated replacement programs, as well as some embarrassing errors on our packaging. The packaging error that he's talking about was the art that looked just like the Criterion release A Man on a Wire, and they fixed that. There's a brand new slip coming
for that totally new artwork. It's not something that is stuck out there. It is just they're fixing it. Once it was brought to their attention, they fixed it immediately. This has not gone without note at arrowheadquarters, and we've been discussing ways to prevent it in the future. While the majority of these issues have been unanticipated and we've acted as quickly as possible to correct them, we are well aware that it only takes a handful of mistakes to endanger
some fans confidence in US, especially when replacement programs are involved. Which I don't know. Maybe I'm too much of an optimist on this side, but I don't see how this really should affect people as much as it has. There is a slight inconvenience obviously with getting a replacement disc, but unless you were planning on watching that on day one, they're not charging you anything. You just wait for another piece of mail. It's just another replacement program.
It's not super big of a deal. It's not like they're telling you, we know there's AIRRS and you just have to deal with this, so it's false advertising or something. Then he says, with that in mind, we've decided to only release two titles each in August and September in order to discuss and implement an even more rigorous QC process, as well as giving us the space to finish work on some especially demanding projects. Hello Shoscope Volume two.
So that answers a few questions there. Some people have been asking why are they not doing more for QC. They are now this is something that they are trying to do to make sure that they are not doing this again and again and again, which has been a problem. Obviously. The other question people have been asking where is Shoscope Volume two? But it turns out they
just weren't ready for it. They were trying to They were probably trying to rush it a little bit, but with all of the mistakes, they realized they should not be rushing it. So they're not going to be putting that out when they had expected, which I believe was June, and we're in June now, So that was on the hints that was put out last December for this year, so obviously that's not happening in June, but we should be getting it probably by the end of the year. I'm assuming it'll probably
be another December release. Then he goes on to say this circuit breaker will also give us the opportunity to restructure the team following some sad departures like Franz Simioni that I just talked about. With these aims in mind, we're also on the lookout for QC freelancers. Please send your cvs to infoderofilms dot co dot uk to be considered. This was actually a really cool thing for me
to see. He was willing to point out there that there is a lot of talent in the community that likes these pieces that they're putting out, and they would be willing to pay people to q see their work. That is that's big of them to be able to say it like this, So I liked that. Jeff says, I can be a tad optimistic. Unfortunately, you are very correct. My dog is ye happen at somebody allowed. Will this mean that we'll promise that there will never be any mistakes or replacement programs.
Ever, again, of course not, and they shouldn't do so I'm glad that they did it. Sometimes these things are truly beyond our control, but we recognize that there are weaknesses in our current workflow and are doing what we can to fix this. That's probably the best thing they could say about it. We hope this goes some way to repairing any damage to our reputation and customer goodwill. We care very deeply about our releases, providing the best
experience from top to bottom, and take it seriously. When we fall short of this aim, we'll be back to our usual size schedule in October, which work is already well underway on the coming year should be our most exciting yet. I mean they kind of had to say that, of course, otherwise people are gonna walk away anyways with something to please everyone, including some
of our most requested titles. And then he included a hell raiser gift, which don't know if that was meant as a clue, but some people definitely took it as a clue, and that is all that he said. Now, So yeah, I feel good about this, but at the same time, I hate that they feel led to say something like this. It does show that we have enough people in the community hounding them, saying things that
are truly very, very negative to lead to something like this. I'm willing to bet most people watching this are probably not those types of people, So thank you for not being that type of person. But it does suck that we have other people associated that love physical media that can be that sort of vocal and not great about it. So I don't know what I'm going there. I do think that they are looking to have a very good next eighteen months, and I first has take my eyes open. I'm a QC for
free. While I agree they were looking for some very specific pieces of experience that you could point out, like actual QC that you are either familiar with or you know the equipment that you use, the way that you could give very technical information. So I think that it's far above my capabilities. I can look at a screen and say this looks very good. That's about all that I can do. I can say this four K looks better than that four K, but in the grand scheme, it doesn't mean a whole whole
lot. That being said, I do think that they are well on their way to fixing some of this, and I sincerely hope that they really overcome it and come back stronger than ever. Now that being said, I do think there is a big elephant in the room, and that is the fact that they were still majority of their shares bought by the Hut Group, and I think that that alone has caused a lot of people to lose trust in Errow Video. And they can't fix that because the Hut Group's not going to
sell them now. Of course, they are either making them enough money or they think that turning this around is going to be a big enough deal for them that they will make enough money. And yeah, they're not going to invest into the infrastructure of merchandising on the back end using the same manufacturing process and then get rid of it. So I completely understand why they wouldn't. So that's about That's about where we're at. So let's get back to sharing
the announcements. Any questions about the Arrow, you know, comments or anything like that, let me know. But yes, for two months, we are only getting those those two titles. And that's again, I don't think it's a bad thing at all. I don't think it's something that anybody should be upset about I think that it is gonna do well for them. I think that they are probably going to come out of this looking better to a lot of people. And clearly there's been some people that have lost a lot
of faith in them. So we shall see. John. John is here, just popping in to say, Hi, I'm glad to see you back in business. I had to be man, it's been too long. Thanks for spending time with me again. In la Jeff says, would Criterion have addressed their QC issues and what seemed a transparent manner? I don't. This is where the argument is going to become that a lot of these labels are facing these things, and that's why part of me doesn't think that this is
really all Arrow's fault. Behind the scenes, I still think that the pandemic has a large bit of of the pandemic probably still has a large bit of an effect here because they can't test everything from home on every system, so it makes it a little more difficult to put out titles when you're working with you know, your acquisitions team based in one state, your manufacturing team maybe based in another country, your employees working on marketing in one area, and
people that are getting these in and putting all these things together and testing them. It's hard when they only have one system at home and they you know, maybe they're not as technical, so maybe they should be having different people do that. But there are some of these items that were problems, like the al Adamson disk that was released with the original set, well not the original set because we only printed once. So the disc that was presented with
that set for I think it was Disc eight. I want to say it just plaine didn't work. You put it in your player and it did nothing. It didn't run, it didn't do anything. That's not Severn's fault. Whoever manufactured that which for them at the time it was cav They either didn't test that disc, they put a different file on the disc than they were supposed to, or something happened. But Severn themselves they didn't look at that
disc and say yep, good to go. Something happened there. So that is still happening on a lot of these There are other things that are maybe more egregious, like what title was it. There's an Errow title recently that had a bonus feature that was listed on the back of the case, and when you go to the disc itself. It was not there. However, if your player had a search function, you could still find it because it
is on the desk. It's our disc. It's just not presented, which is an odd one, and you would think that that's something they would look for. So it's gonna be a toss up on some of these, of course. Anyways, that is aero. Let's go to the next one. This is Keno Lorber releasing another Chuck Norris film, A Force of One. This is from nineteen seventy nine Chuck Norris Brandy two K master new audio commentary by action film historians Brandon Bentley and Mike Leader. And I don't really love
Chuck Norris. I know a lot of people do. I yeah, don't really care too much about this one. If anybody has any opinions, please share them in the comments. Jeff says they addressed it, though not all labels can do, and Will agreed. I mean, Keino is on the screen now. They have royally messed up some QCY things in the past, like when bring Me the head of Alfredo Garcia came out and people responded and
said, this is not a brand new four K remaster. This is the old Master and they said, nuhuh, nope, this is what you're getting. And at first they denied it and said that's all we're going to do, and then they were caught. Essentially enough people complained and they had to replace it. So yeah, it can be a good thing to do. I completely agree, Jeff. Next one, we got an exclusive for Screen Factory, which is an odd one to me. This is the ninth configuration.
And speaking of replacements, the spine on this one is actually misspelled and it says the ninth coin figuration. Of course, couch. I'm sorry. If this is the straw that makes you leave, I apologize. I really don't like Invasion USA. I don't know what it is. I can't grab on to Chuck Norris. I don't like John Wayne. I don't like a couple of the real big ones, even Clint Eastwood. I'm cold on a lot of Clint Eastwood films. A couple of the big ones are great,
obviously, but yeah, I don't know what it is. So this exclusive is fifteen hundred units. This is done by William Peter Bladdie, who did The Exorcist and Exorcist three. Of course, this one I am kind of confused why this was an exclusive release. It really should not have been. This is this probably could have been just a standard release and not been a
collector's edition and been great. The ninth configuration is a big film. But then they have actual features here, new two K scan of the negative, audio commentary by William Peter Bladdie, interview with William Peter Bladdie, Confessions of Kine interview with Stacy Keach. I don't know why all of a sudden, my throat is making me want to cough. All kinds of interviews on here, and this really had to be an exclusive. I mean, none of these are new, A lot of these are, in fact all of them
are archival extras. But still this is a pretty big title. I'm really confused why this one was not a standard release. And this is why a lot of people have, you know, come out and completely Lambassid Shout Factory for their exclusive releases. This seems like just employed to sell fifteen hundred titles quickly, and they're still in stock, so if you want it, it's out there. Here we go. So this is probably the biggest announcement from
seven over the last few months. This is the incredibly strange films of Ray Dennis Steckler. This is another one of their big giant director filmography box sets that gets almost everything that they've worked on. And this looks genuinely enticing. And I've never even seen a Ray Dennis Steckler film, so I'm gonna go
through this a little bit. This has twenty incredibly strange films scanned in four K or two K from the best existing thirty five millimeter and sixteen millimeter vault elements, soul remaining prints and video masters, including several rarely seen, thought lost or never before on disc, plus all new special features, audio commentaries, a full color book, and more that smashes the fun barrier. So the films in this go from all the way back in nineteen sixty two all
the way up through two thousand and eight. They include and We're gonna go through this a little bit more because I'm gonna go to the Severn site. But this this box set looks incredible. Disc one Wild Guitar. Disc two the incredibly Strange Creatures who stopped living and became mixed up zombies. This three
The thrill Killers. Disc four Rat Pink. I think this one's actually Rat Fink, a Boo Boo and the Lemon Grove Kids Disc five, Body Fever and Cynthia the Devil's Doll Disc six, Bloodshack, Disc seven, The Hollywood Strangler Meets the skid Row Slasher and the Las Vegas serial Killer. Disc eight, The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire, Nazi Brothel, Love Life of Hitler's Nazis, count I'll Outcome Disc nine, Doctor cock Love, The sex Orcist, Devil, Red Heat Disc ten, Summer Fun Reading Pennsylvania and
One More Time Now. One of the cool things is they were able to get some of the archival commentaries that Joe Bob Briggs did on some of these. We're gonna go through some of these and I wanted to share some of the details. But I will say, like I said, I've never seen any of these titles. I don't know if they are good. I don't know if they're worth checking out. I don't know if they are anything.
But I will say the seven podcast for this box set was an incredibly deep dive, an incredibly useful deep dive into Steckler, into the type of film that they were getting into. And after all that, it sounded like it wasn't for me. I have not purchased this, but I strongly suggest that if you are into this sort of thing, you will probably really enjoy this box set because it sounds like, again, they put a lot of love
and attention into this, and they really did some great work. And some of the stuff that they were able to track down, I mean we're talking like short films from you know, the one called Reading Pennsylvania. It was just him essentially in Reading Pennsylvania. It's some weird, random things and that's just sort of the way that Steckler was and you find that out when you go through the podcast. And again, perfect companion piece for this announcement.
So let's go through the actual website for this real quick new book in this is called The Incredibly Strange Filmmaker Who Stopped Living and became a mixed up Legend, written by Zach Carlson, who also did Destroy All Movies and Bleeding Skull,
a nineteen nineties trash hor odyssey with contributions by Charles Devlin. Some special features that I wanted to bring out on some of these for Wild Guitar Budd Eagle Rock's interview with an actor The Incredible Strange Film Show, Season one, episode two on Ray Dennis Steckler, Master of the Grind, an old interview
with Ray Dennis Steckler. Then on the second disc we get an introduction by Joe Bob Briggs with the commentary by Joe Bob, commentary from Ray Dennis Steckler himself, an interview with Ray Dennis Steckler, and then another interview with Carolyn Brandt. Then we got some trailers, all kinds of stuff. I'm not
going to bring those up because they're on most of these. Just going through these some great stuff like on disc three, audio commentary with Christopher Wayne Curry, who did the He's the author of the incredibly Strange Features of Ray Dennis Steckler. Then Confessions of a thrill Killer interview with actor Gary Kent Q and a at the York Theater in San Francisco. There's an alternate cut on this disc behind the scenes footage with commentary by Ray Dennis Steckler. There's just so
much in here. This is another one that has an absolute unending list of films and features and everything. What's going on. Mike DVD of Blu Ray there you go buy versus seven movies featuring Ray Dennis Steckler are on two B TV right now for free. You can try it and see if it's something that you're interested in. I will hopefully be able to watch one of those in while I work during working hours over the next couple weeks and make a
decision. They do have a couple classic several packages for this with some wild things like a mask and all kinds of other stuff. But some of these other features, I mean, more commentaries with Ray Dennis Steckler, Audio commentary with Aaron Abuchan Webster University Professor of Film Studies, which is kind of cool.
Mondo Psychotronic, interview with Mando Movies label and Psychotronic Video store owner Bal croachin Friends B Movies and rock and roll filmmaker Don glutt On, Ray, Ron Haydock and Ray Dennis Steckler. So much on here, The Lemon Grove Kids, We got commentary with Ray Dennis Steckler, interview with Ray, We got interview with daughter Laura Steckler. Text card for the live show that they did. An unreleased fourth segment is shown here. Parade footage and if you
listen to the podcast when they're talking about the Lemon Grove kids. They actually went down to a parade in California and just got in the parade without getting any permission and filmed it and then got kicked out. So that sort of thing is very interesting to me, and I love things like that, so again super enticing, but I need to see at least one of those films before I jump in, because it's expensive for sure. Disc five we're getting.
Let's see audio commentary with Dark Eyes of London's David Dent, some more archival interviews. Interview with Ray Dennisteckler at the York Theater in San Francisco. Workprint footage from Bloody Jack, an unfinished film started after Body Fever, and then Bloodshack, which is only fifty five minutes long. Audio commentary with Ray Dennis Steckler, the alternate cut called The Trooper, which is only seventy minutes. Introduction by Joe Bob, audio commentary. Again, just all kinds of
stuff getting added on here. Some more Joe Bob commentaries and intros. Archival interview with Carolyn Brandt by Ray Dennis Steckler, Hollywood Strangler in Las Vegas, trailer and more. Let's see audio commentary with actor Ron Jason, moderated by Seven Films David Gregory and Vinegar Syndromes Joe Rubin himself. That's for the Las
Vegas Serial Killer. There's an interview with the actor Ron Jason, interview with Glenda Savage Steckler locations tour of Los Angeles and Las Vegas with Vinegar Syndromes Joe Rubin. That's another thing on that podcast. Joe Rubin is there for almost the entire time and has a lot to say and really goes to show how
much these companies really work together. So it's just genuinely a great collaboration piece between so many wonderful people that keep delivering us things that they just desperately want our money for. On Doctor Cocklove interview with actress Lovey Goldmine, Lost Film's
production digest versions of Face of Evil and Slashed. And then on this ten summer fund reading Pennsylvania one more Time, we get American Grindhouse Extended interview interview with Elijah Drenner, director of American Grindhouse who is now the man behind the
catalog one of the Vinegar Centdrome partner labels. And Natasha Diacoba screen test for One More Time, Ray Dennis Steckler talks b movie filmmaking at a Vegas high school, and then Johnny Legend's final interview with Ray denist Deckler and behind the
scenes footage from One More Time. Lots of stuff on here. I will say this promo here that is sort of a trailer for the set, but it's long, it's like seven and a half minutes, and it is a very good eye into the type of film that these are going to be, and you get an eye on some of the extras too, So that should give you a very very interesting look into the type of person that Raydentisteckler was
and clue you in on of it's something you want to purchase. Highly suggest the trailer followed by the podcast and that should be enough to really get you
caught up. Now. There are two bundles. The first one this is limited to three hundred and this one is one hundred and seventy one dollars and it includes zoom in here for you, the box set, of course, a sell sheet signed by Carolyn Brant from the Incredibly Strange Creatures, a Hall of Fame and Animal pin of Raydentisteckler and then this really cool thrill Killer's T
shirt. Now, considering that this costs one hundred and seventy one dollars, when you compare that to the price of the box set by itself, that is one fifty, that's actually not a bad deal if you were really wanting to go in. It seems like twenty one dollars more would get you a lot more for your money than just the one fifty, just my opinion. But then you can go all in on Ray Dennis Steckler and you have the Hallucinogenic hypno Vision bundle. This one was only one hundred and they are not
sold out yet, but they will be soon. I think they said they only had like twenty of these left earlier, or maybe it was even down to like five. This has the box set, the pin, the T shirt, the signed press kit, but then we also, oh sorry, we have the sign sell sheet. Then there is the vintage press kit, you get a Steckler movie's hat, and then the big thing is this cash flag mask, which they only had one hundred of them made. And this
bundle is two hundred and eighty eight dollars. So you have to wonder if the three little bonus items here that are not in the other bundle are worth one hundred and seventeen dollars to you, Maybe this is the one you want by Fur says not to Ray Dentisteckler, saving my money for shoscope. I get that I do have at least one friend. Flickering Waves is huge, huge into Ray Dentisteckler, so I know that this is a big one for
him, and he has been championing Ray Dennisteckler for a while. As soon as we got that this was coming, this was certainly on his radar, so Ray Dennis Steckler as his fans. That's as much as I'll say. I have never really been even been able to see anything, so I can't really make an opinion either way. But from what I see, I don't know that it's something that is going to entice me enough before it goes away.
And by the way, speaking of it going away, I don't see anything listing it as being limited like the Adamson box set was, so I don't think if you are interested in this, I don't think think you have to jump on this now. If this is a half price in a sale like next May or sorry, next June, that could be worth it, although the MSRP on it is two twenty, so it's still gonna be one ten. If it's ever fifty percent off, it's still a lot. But
you know, Sarta says not for everyone. If you like campy films, they are entertaining. I don't want to recommend anyone on one hundred and fifty dollars purchase. Probably check out too B before you decide completely agree there, all right, I think we got at least a few more the sea don't even know what I was saying there. Let's see. Oh wow, we still have a lot more from this first week. It's been busy, all right. From Keno, we are getting a lonely Hearts. This is with
Montgomery or sorry, Cliff Montgomery, Robert Ryan. Did I read that wrong? Yes? I did. Montgomery, Cliff Robert Ryan, Myrna, Lloyd, Delores Heart, Jackie Coogan, Maureen Stapleton. This is from nineteen fifty eight and I've never seen it again. Blank spot on a lot of these classics. Unfortunately, a lot of these Keno discs are the way I'm seeing these for the first time. But what I have seen which I love is Leviathan from nineteen eighty nine the best year for aquatic hor ever, and we
are getting Leviathan in four K from Keno coming here pretty soon. This stars, of course, Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Mannipe's Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, and Meg Foster. This is gonna be a big one. This is directed by George P. Cosmados, who also did Tombstone and Rambo First Blood Part two. Of course Leviathan. If you haven't seen it, the screen Factory disc has been out of print for like a year or two now. At this point, I see this one doing very well for Keno.
This is a great movie. Highly recommend it, highly highly recommended. Coming in the fall of twenty twenty two from Disco Tech is Showguns Samurai from nineteen seventy eight. This bloody Kinji Fukusaku period drama classic starring Sunny Chiba as Jubei Yagyu, will be released in Japanese with English subtitles newly retranslated subtitles improved over the earlier releases. This is gonna have a trailer and that's it. Not a whole lot on there, and this will be again fall of twenty twenty
two. Anytime we can get more Kinji Fukusaku, I am in all right. Then we got a day that may a day that made some people very upset because we got some very big Shout and Screen Factory announcements. So let's go into some of these. We got Bell and four K coming from Shout Factory on August thirtieth. Suzu is a shy, every day high school student
living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself, but when she enters you, a massive virtual world, she escapes into the online persona a bell, a gorgeous and globally beloved singer. One day, our concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Susu embarks on an emotional and epic quest to uncover the identity of this of this mysterious beast, and to discover her true self
in a world where you can be anyone. Now, I read that synopsis because a lot of people are loving this one, and this is one that many people just are not talking about, so I want to make sure it gots more love. It sounds like it's going to be a hell of her release and the bigger thing, you can get the film elsewhere. I get that, but limited on this exclusive collector's edition release. Sixty page book, a poster, six art cards, a sticker, promo events with Hosda and
cast. There is behind the Japanese dub cast interviews, the making of Bell, and then some other art archival features that are on some of the other releases. This looks great, and then by First says Bell is like Ready Player one and Beauty and the Beast had a baby. That's actually kind of a cool description. Nice. Then we are getting The Bionic Woman the complete series. This is coming on Blu Ray, not just DVD. This is
gonna have extras in progress and announced at a later date. I don't see them going too deep on extras, maybe, you know, like a couple hours worth. I don't see this getting you know, thirty commentary tracks or anything like that. This seems to be the way that they're doing, like The six Million Dollar Man. So this looks like a decent release, and fans of The Bionic Woman can rejoice because not all of these get great Blu Ray releases. Glad this is coming out. But let's dive into the old
out of print titles that are now coming out from Screen Factory. So we are getting Child's Play two in four K. This is nineteen ninety This one just says extras in progress. Will be confirmed at a later date. This is a collector's edition, so it will come with hopefully a slew of extras. We are getting a Child's Play in four K. This will They did confirm this will have at least all of the extras from their first release when it was on Blu Ray, and there may be some new extras because it
does say extras in progress and will be confirmed at a later date. And we are getting Child's Play three in a four K collector's edition release. Again, extras in progress, will find out later. This one's from nineteen ninety
one. I love that they're putting all three of these out. I've wanted Child's Play two in a collector's edition from anyone for a very long time, and now I just hope we get the rest of the series in four K because Child's Play is one of the ones that genuinely holds up for most of the entire series. I think that it's fairly well done and one that a lot of people would be happy with. But if that wasn't enough, they're also putting out red Don from Shout Select and four K. This is coming
with a set of those enamel pins that they've been doing. When I said but if that wasn't enough, I was gonna talk about the bundle, But we'll talk about that in a second. Uh, red Don, great title. This is from nineteen eighty four. This has a new four K scan, but all of the other features are exactly the same from the original release.
The big way that they're enticing people is with the poster and those pins, and of course that it's in four K. I'm sure this is gonna look great in four K, but this is probably what I'm not gonna upgrade. It's got a great cast and it's a It's a pretty good movie if you've never seen it. Highly suggested. Okay, let's talk about this bundle. So coming on August sixteenth from Shout Factory, we're getting a bundle with Child's Play one through three on four K, plus a Neca figure, plus
five posters. That's gonna be their new r that they put out for the Blu ray for Part one. Two of the original poster arts for Part two and three, and then their new art for Part two and three. You can see all five of them down here below. Or sorry, I said it was their new art. I guess it's the original art, which is nice. It'll be nice to have all three of those together. Then on top of that, this will also include a bundle of enamel pins and a
very cool necka figure here for a Charred Chucky. Now what's interesting is the Charred Chucky by itself is already sold out. It was limited to four thousand, and it's sold out already. That is kind of crazy to me. It sold out like that very first day, so interesting release strategy. You can still get it as part of the bundle if you want it, but it's gonna cost you. This giant bundle is two hundred and ten dollars in ninety three cents. It also includes this little post card set. I forgot
to mention that. Now these Part two and three will also have alternative slipcover, so you're gonna get five slipcovers total. So the price here, A lot of people seem to be upset with the price. Now, I do not think that this is grossly overpriced when you start looking at their original prices for individual items. Just the first three films, you're looking at about one hundred and ten ish dollars. The necka figure is another forty, so that's
one fifty. You get these exclusive postcards and the posters and so, you know, put in another five or eight dollars this pin set. A lot of people don't understand that enamel pins, like I talked about earlier, the good ones are usually somewhere between twelve and five dollars. So fifty bucks for an exclusive enamel pin set of five pins. It's kind of a decent price.
It's not really that off the deep end. It's maybe a little high for a bundle like this, But I think the big chunk of that is the four K because each of those on their site alone is almost thirty seven dollars, which that's a lot. Believe me, you know, one hundred and ten dollars for three four K films is a lot. And sartist points out seventy dollars a film. Extra stuff sounds like the shopping channel, and that's for certain people. I agree, they don't need all that extra stuff.
Here's a close up of that top of the doll I got a better picture coming, but yeah, that bundle is wild. They're also putting out Fern Goalie The Last Rainforest, and then I wanted to point out too, Let's see I should not have gone onto the Fern Goalie one. They do have a smaller bundle that is one fifty three that has all three films, the posters and the Necka figure without the pins, and that one is one one ninety, so it's still a lot, but it's significantly less. And
that bundle is also available. Still it's not sold out, so you got two different bundles that you can still get the Necka figure as a part of. And yeah, if you want it, it's still kind of available. It's just a lot more money to get. But Meka collectors get wild again. Shout select all kinds of titles coming out this month. This seems to be a huge month for Shout Factory. They're putting out Last Days in the Desert from twenty fifteen. I've not seen this one, but I heard it's
really great. And then they also announced Learning to Drive with Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson. This is from twenty fourteen. I don't know anybody that's seen this one. I also shared already that they're doing Red Dawn, so that was three titles, but no, they're putting out a fourth title from Shout Select A Walk in the Woods with Robert Redford, Nick Nolty, and Emma Thompson. This is from twenty fifteen and I did not even know this existed.
This is an interesting one. We'll see if any of these get extras. I don't really count on them getting new extras, so we'll see. Here is that really good close up? Let me zoom in a little for you of that Chucky figure. If you've seen the movie, this is a pretty iconic looking shot for the figure. I'm kind of surprised this has never been released by Neca before. The figure is an interesting take, and I
don't think the pictures are going to do this one justice. The only thing I will point out is that it's a Neca figure and it's not that big. These are not you know, ten inch figures or anything like that. This is like a five and a half inch figure, So keep in mind when you're purchasing it. The original Chucky figure that they did for Child's Play one, it's very small, so five and a half inches, I mean you're talking like the height of my phone. I mean, that's that's about
it, and then in a little box. So I'm sure the detail will be great, but yeah, it's not gonna be massive. They're also putting out Nadia The Secret of Blue Water the complete series. I know nothing about this one, but this is from the creator of Neon Genesis, Evangelian. Then we got some really interesting Umbrella announcements and this is getting close to when
we're gonna be cutting it off, I believe. So. Umbrella is putting out as part of their Beyond genres line, Mega Force from nineteen eighty two, and this is a big title. This is one that a lot of people have wanted for a long long time. Let's see. That is the front of the slip. This is the back, and then they've got this big bundle that they're putting out with it including a hat and everything. Here is the inner art. This is with Barry Bostwick and Mega Force is an
elite multinational military unit that does the jobs that individual governments will not. When the peaceful Republic of Sardoune An under threat, sorry is under threat from their more aggressive neighbor, the beautiful Major Zera and General Burn White see the help of Ace Hunter and Mega Force. That was poorly written copy. I think that they need to edit that. There are some exclusives on here. Ace Speaks, an all new forty minute interview with Barry Bostwick, which is really
cool, audio commentary with author and megafan Stephen Wagg. Exclusive Life After Mega Force, upcoming documentary interview with Barry Bostwick and filmmaker Rob linden Mayer. There's a new trailer for that documentary. There is Hal Needham trailer role, an old audio commentary with Barry Boswick and Rob linden Mayer, and just a bunch
of other stuff. And then this cult collector Cult Classic Collector's Edition limited to only two hundred and fifty I'm storming into the Beyond Genre's collection with a reversible poster, embroidered cap, eight poster postcards, holographic Stigger membership card, and exclusive extras. So much in there. Sartis asks is this animated? It
is not. This is a real live action film. You can see some of the see some of the shots here at the top of the back of the slip and from what I hear, let's see from the director of Smoking in the Bandit and the producer of the Godfather comes the ultimate futuristic tongue in cheek action adventure about an elite combo fighting force armed with the most sophisticated weapons science can devise. Their mission is to preserve freedom and justice and battle the
forces of evil. And this has never been released on Blu Ray except for in a German media book. A German media book, I believe, so this is probably going to do very well for them. This is one that a lot of people have wont When I shared this on Twitter, a lot of people were sharing that post and it went to some like some bigger names. Some directors in the US are big fans of this one, and I genuinely I think Umbrella is going to do very well with this release. They're
also putting out money movers as part of their Osploitation Classics line. This is from nineteen seventy eight and it has a full size replica day bill if for the first one hundred orders that are direct from Umbrella. Here is the back of the slip and then here is the inner art. Twenty million dollars is enough to test anyone's honesty. This is going to have some exclusive extras on
here. We got a round table discussion with the director and cast members, interview with producer, and then a making up featurette with a lot of people that were involved from two thousand and four and their Osploitation Classics line is just great. They've done some really really strong work with all of their osploitation films and that's good. I mean their Umbrella. They're from Australia. I'm glad that they're able to put hard work into their nation's releases for US. I
believe this is pronounced bilitis. This was also put out by Fun City Additions. This is coming to their Sensual Cinema line for Umbrella. This is from nineteen seventy seven and this is limited to a thousand on the slip here. The artwork will come uncensored, but they wanted to show you this art is so they can hide the nipple here again. This was put out by Fun City Editions and has not gotten great reviews from a lot of people. Most
people I know think that this is the worst Fun City film. But even then it's not saying a whole lot because all of theirs are pretty good. I need to watch this one for sure. I did get this one in. I need to see it. They're also putting out Doctor Cyclops and Cults of the Cobra as a retro horror double feature, no extras. What they've been doing for their retro horror features. Let's see that one's about the coupon that Vinegar Syndrome announced as part of their sale. This is kind of a
cool one. This is a really low quality picture of the cover. But Quentin Tarantino is releasing his first book of nonfiction. The long awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the number one New York Times best selling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is putting out a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema
book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino. Now, just in case you want a closer look at it, because I didn't copy everything over, here is the link in the chat to the Amazon posting for this. So this says. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films now a cinema speculation. The time has come and the results are everything his passionate fans and all movie lovers could have hoped for.
Organized around key American films from the nineteen seventies, all of which he first saw as a moviegoer at the time. This book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. Now once film criticism, Film thirty a feat of reporting and wonderful personal history. It is all written in the singular voice, recognizable immediately as QTS, and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the art form ever. This
is one that I can't wait to see. He's also doing a podcast, like Couch said here, and it sounds like it's going to be great. It's going to be a very obviously Quentin Tarantino podcast. He's got a singular voice, and when he does stuff like this again, kind of like the copy said here, you can tell that it's him. And I'm very curious to see how good this does for him, And if it does well, I imagine he may make that turn to doing books. I just hope he
keeps making movies. I know he said he's only going to do ten, and a lot of people say he's got one left. Well man, I really hope he goes longer than that. Keino is putting out Electric Glide in Blue. We've talked about this previously, but we got some new details. This is gonna have a new four K master, new audio commentary by screenwriter
Robert Boris, moderated by Alex van Nine. Sorry Alex van Dine. There's a new interview with Mitchell Ryan, new interview with screenwriter Robert Boris, and it's going to have this slip cover and then the inner art has a reversible cover. This is the other side Electric Glide in Blue. Keena Lober is also putting out don't tell her it's me, but this is coming from code
read through Keno. This is also called The Boyfriend School. This is from nineteen ninety new two K Master starring Steve Gutenberg and Shelley Long is also in this, as you can probably see there, so is Jamie Gertz. I'm curious about this one. I don't I don't think I've seen this, but it's also got a young Kyle McLaughlin. I really want to see it. All right, then, just four short days ago on I think this was on Friday, So maybe let me take a look at this. We may
not be going over these. This might be the ones that we wait on till Thursday. And we got so many partner label releases this last week it is hard to track down everything. No, these were on These were on Thursday, that's right. So yeah, we're gonna talk about Mondo and then that's gonna be it. So we are getting from Monto Micabre. You can pre order this on June thirtieth. The Other Side of the Mirror from nineteen
seventy three. This is a Jess Franco film which seems to be all the rage right now that with Vinegar Syndrome putting it out, Pulse Video putting one out, Monta Micabre putting one out, and seven Films putting out Like twelve as part of their mid year sale. This is the Other Side of the Mirror. Anna, a young songwriter and piano player, lives alone with her father in a large house on the island of Madera. She meets a boy
and they plan to marry. However, when she tells her father of their intentions, he tries to persuade her to call off the wedding and then it turns bad. From there. You can read the further information there, but the actual details on this that are important. Brand new digitally restored four K scan of the OCN Spanish audio with the optional English subs, brand new hour long interview with author Stephen Thrower, The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Stephen Thrower, a new audio commentary by Robert Mannel and Rodney Barnett. And then if you go to Mondo and you get the red case limited edition, you'll get a reversible sleeve of the brand new art shown here by justin Coffee on one side, an original ad art on side b. This is the original twenty page full color booklet with brand new writing on the film by Francisco Sassari and Roberto Curdie. Twelve hundred numbered copies in the usual red case.
This will be available to purchase on June thirtieth at nine am Pacific time, and that will be only at Mondomicabro dot Big Cartel dot com. Couch says, interesting month from Mondo Micabro. It really is. And then their second title is Love Brides of the Blood Mummy from nineteen seventy two. Let's read just the first paragraph of the synopsis here. In ancient Egypt, the son of a high priest is sentenced to death for the murder and mutilation of young
women. His father uses his influence to have a son placed in a cataleptic I think that is spelled wrong. Maybe I'm wrong cataleptic state and sealed intact in a grand sarcophagus thousands of years later and a castle in remote nineteenth century Cornwall. Lord Dartmoor, an eccentric practitioner of the Black Arts, opens the sarcophagus and bring the body back to life through the power of electricity. Available for the first time on home video anywhere in the world, first time on
home video anywhere in the world. Amazing. I love when they do stuff like that. Comes the complete and uncut version of this legendary rarity from nineteen seventy three. The film contains extended scenes of sex and violence that are among the most intense and shocking of any film from this period. This is going to be a region free release, brand new, digitally rescored excuse me, restored four K scan of the OCN English or French audio with optional English subs
choice of two different cuts of the film. Brand new audio commentary by David Flint, Super eight millimeter cutdown version, alternate scenes, gallery of publicity materials, and then the limited red case copy will have a reversible cover sleeve. This is the other art that they are showing, twenty four page full color booklet by Pete Tooms Setifi. I've double sided art cards, twelve hundred numbered copies, and the usual case. Thanks Maximus man, it has been a
long time. John is late. Hey, that's fine, this is not the normal time. I completely get it. Mitchell is looking forward to Mondo. They always do something interesting at least, and I think more people would like them if they give him the time of day, but I fear so many people just overlook them for some reason. And then the final title, The Horrible Sexy Vampire, and they wanted to note please note this addition will come with a slipcover that we will be unveiling at a later date, which
is kind of cool. They've only released I think two slips. Oh sorry, they've released three slipcovers. That's right, Yeah, just three slipcovers on their red cases. Now, this one, a series of murders is being committed. Both men and women are victims of a mystery assassin. The police think it is the work of a serial killer. The coroner is not sure it is so simple. He has been studying the case and has discovered that for nearly one hundred years in the same district, people have been killed in
the same way and according to a very distinct time pattern. So the features on this one, or actually, let me read this paragraph because it's really cool. Something of a holy grail for fans of euro horror cinema, and notorious for its frequent scenes of nudity, the film has been unavailable for many years. This is a world premiere Blu Ray release filmed in Germany and the
snowy winter of nineteen sixty nine. The film has a unique and morbid atmosphere and features an astonishing performance from Jess Franco favorite wal Davis as both vampire and victim. This is going to be a region free release, brand new four K scan again of the thirty five millimeter Vault material, choice of English or Spanish audio with the English subs, new audio commentary by David Flint and Adrian J. Smith, an animated press book in publicity stills and then a limited
edition will have a slipcover art coming later. Twenty four page full color booklet by Ismael Fernandez set up five double sided art cards twelve hundred numbered copies in the usual red case. John says, these are certainly better than the last batch. I think that these are incredibly unique compared to that last batch too. That last batch it wasn't bad. I don't think I need to watch let's see. I think I've watched one of them. Yep, it's an
interesting one. And then it doesn't help that one of the ones from the last batch we're already getting from Altered Innocence because it was a dual release and that was planned all along and we knew that, but I don't know it was an on group last time. I agree, all right, that's all that we're gonna go over this time, and then on Thursday, we're gonna come back and start with the next Kenolover announcement and go over everything from this
last week because there was a lot Partner Labels Alone. Partner Labels Alone is going to take a while to discuss because they had I think thirteen releases, one of which has already sold out and another witch has already had a slipcover sellout, So there's a lot there to talk about. We talked about the Ray Dentisteckler set. We talked about Scream Factory, We talked about all of that. Are there any questions anything I can help with before we go again?
Thank you everybody for tuning in. I know this is an odd time. I just wanted to get a week coverage so that we can be ready for Thursday, just to get back into the normal swing of things. It is nice to be back. I appreciate all of the welcome homes from everybody and the messages while I was gone. I certainly felt odd not updating everybody consistently. It was such a busy period and primarily my discord for those patrons.
I felt bad not being able to speak up. But man, being literally from minute one like eight am through midnight every single day at the very least, is just crazy. And then coming home to shower afterwards. John
asked which partner label sold out its slip that was. Let me see, I believe it was a pot Yeah, it was Apocalypse After It was the one that we were just talking about that Mondo had released previously, and that was because there was only five hundred units for that slipcover, which is weirdly low. Any opinion about the Thriller Anger. Oh uh, that's a good question, and I didn't post anything about it. I think the Thriller anger
is completely unfounded and ridiculous. They were the only thing that they were not transparent about is how many that they were going to release. But they warned everybody, even in the back, you know, in the p of the Sorry, I should probably say what the anger was about from everybody, so
those that didn't pay attention. Viniger Syndrome released Thriller in four K and they sold through ten thousand copies of the limited box set that is going to come in one of their you know, two slip covers in a slip box with all of the cuts of the film and four K and everything. It was wild. It's going to be a beautiful set, and some people are already raving about it, the ones that have got it. Now. During the sale, they sold out of the limited edition, of which they had ten
thousand, and they immediately started selling a standard edition. Now, the people that were seeing that and were getting upset seemed to be upset that they they may have waited to purchase if they knew that there was a standard edition coming. We knew that there was a standard edition coming. They told us that it was coming. It's not something that was a surprise to anybody. I think the only reason they were surprised is that it was up for sale immediately,
which I think is kind of an odd take. If something sells out and they have another version of it, why would they wait. The only reason logically that you should be upset about that is if you were looking to make money on that first release, which if there were ten thousand copies of it sold, most people that are going to be wanting that film probably got a copy of it, and the ones that don't are going to be okay getting that standard release later. So I don't see why there's so much vitriol
over things like this vinegar syndrome. You know, they put out this wonderful release and that made everybody happy, and they said the four K cut of both cuts are sorry, both cuts are only going to be in four K on this limited edition release, and there will be a standard release to follow the standard release followed. I don't understand what there is to be upset about. I think it comes to it's I don't even know the right way to
say it. That was like five sentences starting at once. I feel like it's just coming from a state of privilege and it doesn't make any sense. Anthony says, you were on vacation, so to speak. Kind of enjoy it. The discord will be okay while you were away. By the way, if you haven't joined the Patreon discord, do it. I appreciate that, Anthony. Yes, the Patreon and discord is genuinely one of my favorite
places to spend my time lately. Everybody you know, posting reviews of things they're watching, sharing what they're about to watch, discussing, you know, deals we're finding, complaining of all the good releases and no money. It's hard speaking of that, John says, I still got to order my partner labels that I want. Only grabbed the Franco because of how fast it's sold. That thing sold ridiculously fast, I think if I remember, it was
under two hours. We'll talk about that more on Thursday. But there's a lot of people pissed off about that one too. I mean, that's some of these deals. They're limited to sell a very specific number of them in the US, and Pulse Video is not from the US originally, kind of like subculture, and they still have their own copy available which they can sell more of. So yeah, I don't understand all the anger that just comes from collecting. For a lot of these people is wild. It's uh,
I don't know. It's about spreading you know, respect and love for film, and again I don't know a lot of people. The only thing I can get being mad about is that it was limited to a thousand, and I guarantee some of those one to people who are going to put it up on eBay for three times the price or more. I think it's already sold for more than one hundred dollars and people don't even have it in hand yet,
which is ridiculous. But I don't know that is That is as far as I'll go for that one until Thursday, at least, any of the questions. Once again, I want to just give a shout out and thank my friend Joshua jeb Kuga who sent me a Scarface Devil in Disguise and Bubba Hotep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers Jacob Or Joshua is the writer for both of these and literally just wanted to share some of the work that he has helped create.
So strongly suggest checking him out. I guess he is featured on Cereal at midnight sometimes by Heath, so it seems like he's getting a lot of love out there. I appreciate him watching, I appreciate you watching, and if there's no other questions, I think we're gonna give this odd Reconnected a little early out today and everybody can get back to their evening. I appreciate your time, appreciate you watching. Thank you guys, and once again,
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