Home video label Vinegar Syndrome is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, and today brings along with it the launch of a brand new sub-label from the company.
Titled Vinegar Syndrome Labs (VSL), the aim of the sub-label is to expand and defy expectations with the diversity of films the company restores and releases. The team explains, “As the name implies, VSL will serve as a kind of testing area for releasing genres and eras of film that one might not immediately expect to come from VS.
“The ultimate objective of VSL will be to see if these types of films will find an audience, and if so, pursue and release more of them…and even if not, still serve as a means of restoring more of the weird, rare, and unusual movies you might not expect from Vinegar Syndrome.”
The first release from the new label, now available for pre-order, is 1943’s Flesh and Fantasy, which is one of the first horror anthology films made by an American studio.
Award-winning director Julien Duvivier (PÉPÉ LE MOKO) delivers three strange and at times surreal stories of the supernatural with an all-star cast that includes Edward G. Robinson (Soylent Green), Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity), and Charles Boyer (Gaslight), who also co-produced. Stunningly photographed by Oscar® winner Stanley Cortez (THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER) and lushly scored by Oscar® nominee Alexander Tansman, Vinegar Syndrome Labs presents the Blu-ray debut of this landmark in 1940s genre filmmaking, newly restored in 2K and featuring insightful critical appreciations along with rare archival materials.
Special Features include…
- Region A Blu-ray
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm dupe negative
- Brand new commentary track with film historian / author Barry Forshaw and film critic / author Kim Newman
- “Fate News or The Dark world of Julien Duvivier” – a featurette with French film director Christophe Gans
- Video trailer
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Watch the trailer below and head over to Vinegar Syndrome’s website to grab your copy.
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