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Vinegar Syndrome’s October Lineup Includes Holiday Gem ‘Dial Code Santa Claus’ on 4K Ultra HD!

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It was just last year that many horror fans (yours truly included) discovered the French ’80s film Dial Code Santa Claus (aka Deadly Games) thanks to Shudder, and this year we’ll soon be able to own the film on a 4K Ultra HD disc courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome!

The company announced their October lineup over the weekend, detailed below…

Headlining the month is our first 4k UHD release since May, with René Manzor’s spellbinding action/thriller/horror/fantasy masterpiece, DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS (aka 3615 code Père Noël aka Deadly Games aka Game Over). If you haven’t already experienced this truly stunning film, which involves an escaped mental patient Santa terrorizing an action movie obsessed boy who’s ‘home alone’ on Christmas eve, let our extras packed 4k UHD/Blu-ray combo be your introduction.

Next, a never-on-disc slasher that we’ve been excited to bring you for months: William T. Naud’s gory (and appropriately titled murder mystery) WHODUNIT? (aka ISLAND OF BLOOD and SCARED ALIVE). This trashy take on And Then There Were None looks better than you could ever imagine, thanks to our brand new 4K restoration of its original negative!

Continuing our tribute to Mexico’s top splatter master, Rubén Galindo Jr., we’re proud to present the Blu-ray debut of his first film, CEMETERY OF TERROR, in which an undead satanist disembowels rule breaking teens before unleashing a bunch of fellow zombies, which results in some of the most gruesome gore you’re likely to find in a ‘south of the border’ production.

And at last, the José Ramón Larraz film we’ve been promising for almost a year now, his wacky and thoroughly befuddling 1987 feature, REST IN PIECES, which looks fantastic thanks to our fresh 4K restoration of its original negative.

Plus we have ANOTHER VSA title in the form of Dusty Nelson’s black magic rape n’ revenge saga, NECROMANCER!

You can pre-order all of Vinegar Syndrome’s October titles over on their website today.

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Gateway Horror Classic ‘The Gate’ Returns to Life With Blu-ray SteelBook in May

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One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!

The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.

Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…

  • Audio Commentaries
    • Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
    • Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
  • Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
  • Featurettes:
    • The Gate: Unlocked
    • Minion Maker
    • From Hell It Came
    • The Workman Speaks!
    • Made in Canada
    • From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
    • The Gatekeepers
    • Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot
  • Storyboard Gallery
  • Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery

When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it’s now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it’s not too late.

If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.

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