Vinegar Syndrome, one of the finest cult home video labels around, is set to jump into the world of streaming with the launch of Exploitation.tv on August 20th, 2015. The launch will begin on the web and Roku with iOS and Android apps to follow later this year. The doors will open with over 250 feature films, including all of Vinegar Syndrome’s current home video catalogue and 80 titles never before released.
Personally, I’m stoked about this. As I’ve stated many times before, I’m definitely a fan of physical media over streaming, but with that said there is a place for streaming. This is a great opportunity for Vinegar Syndrome to expand their brand, which will result in more amazing releases to DVD and Blu-ray and that’s never bad news!
For more information check out Facebook.com/ExploitationTV.
Proving the foray into streaming won’t negatively impact their physical media brand, Vinegar Syndrome also announced a handful of upcoming releases for August, a few of which I think will greatly appeal to Bloody Disgusting readers.
Coming August 18th to DVD is the fantastically titled Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things. I’ve never heard of this movie, but the title pretty much sells me on it. The synopsis Vinegar Syndrome provides only grows my excitement more.
Synopsis:
While on the run from the law, two criminals decide to hide out in a small Florida town. The ringleader, Paul, concocts a plan to pretend to be his child-like accomplice Stanley’s estranged Aunt Martha. Taking over a large old house, Paul and Stanley attempt to lay low, but trouble soon arises when a local girl takes a liking to Stanley and invites him out with her friends. Paul, becoming increasingly paranoid, decides that the only way they can maintain their cover is by murdering everyone who has even the slightest suspicion of what’s really going on, but Stanley isn’t so sure he wants to keep on hiding…
This bizarre, Florida shot regional film made by one-time director Thomas Casey is less a horror movie than a hybrid of crime thriller and vaguely homoerotic relationship drama, with some bloody death scenes and moments of T&A thrown in for good measure. Nearly impossible to see for years, Vinegar Syndrome and AGFA bring this totally unique piece of low-rent trash to DVD, in its proper aspect ratio for the very first time. Also featuring a new commentary track with cult filmmaker David DeCoteau (rapidheart.com) and film historian Nathaniel Thompson (mondo-digital.com).
Also joining the DVD ranks on August 18th is Flesh and Bullets, another movie that is new to me. The description basically describes it as a sex-infused Strangers on a Train with Robert Z’Dar so I’m not sure how this could possible disappoint.
Synopsis:
In director Carlos Tobalina’s sex-filled re-imagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, a duo of unhappily married men, both of whom have bloody pasts, meet in Las Vegas and hatch a scheme to murder each other’s ex wives. However, in the process of preparing for their deadly plot, they begin to become romantically attached to each of their targets. Will they be able to pull off the perfect murders or will love get in the way?
One of the few non-X rated films Tobalina directed, FLESH AND BULLETS is a sleazy mash up of grindhouse trash and melodrama, featuring X rated stars Mai Lin, Sharon Kelly, and Bill Margold. Also B-movie greats, Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, and even Robert Z’Dar in one of his first roles!
