Now available for pre-order, Vinegar Syndrome‘s February 2021 releases have been announced today, the fresh titles including 1995’s The Fear and 1989’s Hitcher in the Dark.

We’re also getting “Forgotten Gialli: Volume 3,” with the latest wave in the collection including Autopsy (1975), Murder Mansion (1972), and Crazy Desires of a Murderer (1977).

Read on for a full release breakdown.

In The Fear, “Richard is a college student who has decided to focus his attention on the study of fear and has invited a group of friends up to his family’s secluded mountain cabin for the weekend, during which they’ve agreed to participate in his project and share what terrifies them. While the experiment seems harmless at first, when it comes time for Richard to reveal what he’s afraid of, the answer comes in the form of a strange, lifelike, wooden carving of a man which has been in the cabin for generations and is named Morty. As the friends attempt to enjoy their wilderness seclusion, Morty comes to life and begins stalking and killing the youngsters in ways that go far beyond their most horrific nightmares.”

Special Features include:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original camera negative
• Brand new commentary track with director Vincent Robert
• Brand new commentary track with executive producer Greg H. Sims
• “Face to Face with The Fear” – a 50 minute making-of documentary, featuring interviews with the crew and cast
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles

In Hitcher in the Dark, “Young and handsome Mark Glazer roams around the southeastern United States in his decked out camper, picking up single female hitchhikers. Once he has the unsuspecting travelers trapped inside his RV, Mark savagely assaults and then murders them by slashing their throats, taking photos of the grisly aftermath to add into his macabre collection. But everything changes when he happens to meet Daniela, a spitting image for his deceased mother, who soon becomes the victim of his most savage torments…”

Special Features include:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original camera negative
• Commentary track with film historians and authors Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger
• Archival video interview with writer/director Umberto Lenzi
• Original theatrical trailer
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles

And here’s everything you need to know about “Forgotten Gialli: Volume 3″…

Autopsy:

A wave of sudden, violent suicides have gripped Rome and are being blamed on sun spots. Simona, a young pathologist with an unhealthy obsession with death, has become increasingly interested in this strange phenomenon. But with the discovery of the body of a young woman, an apparent victim of a self inflicted gunshot, Simona finds herself thrust into a terrifying mystery and conspiracy to cloak actual murders as suicides. And the nearer she comes to unraveling the truth, the more in danger she is to entering the sights of a deranged killer, who might be a lot closer to home than she realizes.

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its 35mm original camera negative
• Includes both the English and Italian language soundtracks
• Archival theatrical introduction with director Armando Crispino
• “Editing & Rhythm” – an interview with editor Daniele Alabiso
• “The Autopsy Papers” – an interview with Francesco Crispino, film historian & son of director Armando Crispino
• “Black Hole Sun” – a featurette on the career of director Armando Crispino
• Original theatrical trailer
• Alternate Italian titles & credits
• Reversible cover artwork
• Newly translated English SDH subtitles

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Murder Mansion:

On a dark and foggy night in the countryside, a group of apparent strangers all find themselves stranded at an old gothic mansion. Deciding to spend the night and look for help the following morning, the group pair off for bed. As the night wares on, increasingly strange events begin to occur, culminating in a murder. Tensions and suspicions rise, and fear mounts that the ghosts of the mansion have risen from the grave, especially when more bodies turn up…but is the explanation behind these ghastly events truly supernatural?

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original camera negative
• Includes the original Spanish language soundtrack with new English translations, as well as the English and Italian language dubs (Italian dub is not translated)
• “Lady of the Mansion” – an interview with actress Ida Galli aka Evelyn Stewart
• Reversible cover artwork
• Newly translated English SDH subtitles for the original Spanish soundtrack

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Crazy Desires of a Murderer:

The Countess Ileana has just returned to her family’s grand old castle, where her paralyzed father, an apparent clairvoyant, and strange younger brother, with an unhealthy interest in taxidermy, reside. Almost immediately after arriving, one of Ileana’s friends, who’s visiting the castle, is shockingly murdered and has her eyes plucked out of their sockets. While suspicion falls on Ileana’s brother, a curious police inspector (Sicilian character actor Corrado Gaipa of THE GODFATHER and MY DEAR KILLER) begins to investigate, believing there to be more to the killing than meets the eye. However, his sleuthing proves no match for this maniac, as the body count steadily rises…

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original camera negative
• “Crazy Memories of an Actor” – an interview with actor Giuseppe Colombo
• Reversible cover artwork
• Newly translated English SDH subtitles

Head over to Vinegar Syndrome to pre-order February 2021’s releases today!