In addition to Dial Code Santa Claus, Vinegar Syndrome’s October lineup includes Whodunit, Cemetery of Terror, Rest in Pieces, and Necromancers. They will be released on Blu-ray on October 27.
Whodunit (also known as Island of Blood) is a 1982 slasher written and directed by William T. Naud (Ricky 1). Marie-Alise Recasner, Terence Goodman, Rick Dean, and Ron Gardner star.
Cemetery of Terror is a 1985 Mexican zombie film written and directed by Rubén Galindo Jr. (Don’t Panic). Hugo Stiglitz, José Gómez Parcero, René Cardona III, Leo Villanueva, and Andrés García Jr. star.
Rest in Pieces is a 1987 Spanish horror film directed by José Ramón Larraz (Edge of the Axe) and written by Santiago Moncada (Hatchet for the Honeymoon). Patty Shepard, Scott Thompson Baker, Lorin Jean Vail, Dorothy Malone, and Jack Taylor star.
Necromancer is a 1988 horror film directed by Dusty Nelson (Effects) and written by William T. Naud (Island of Blood). Elizabeth Kaitan, John Tyler, Rhonda Dorton, Stan Hurwitz, Edward A. Wright, Shawn Eisner, and Russ Tamblyn star.
Special features and additional details for each title can be found below.
What They Can’t Do With Badges, They Do With Torches
Fascists are not the opposite of police. They are not lawless; on the contrary, the hope to intensify the violence with which laws are enforced. They count on police to protect them from the wrath of the public as they recruit new members and encourage them to carry out attacks. They hope that these attacks will give the police the excuse to clamp down further on the general population. Their aim is to normalize bigotry and violence, so there will be less outcry when the police intensify the discriminatory and violent ways that they enforce the laws.
Police are not the opposite of fascists. They harass, kidnap, incarcerate, deport, and murder more people of color, women, and queer people every year than any fascist group; they do more to advance the white supremacist agenda than any independent far-right organization. It was police who enforced the segregation laws of the Jim Crow era, police who cracked down on civil rights demonstrations, police who killed Michael Brown and Freddie Gray. Throughout history, longstanding informal relationships have frequently existed between police and white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan in many parts of the United States and other parts of the world. But these relationships are not essential for the police as an institution to continuing playing a structural role maintaining the fundamental disparities of our society.
Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection will be released on November 17 via Mill Creek Entertainment. It’s available to pre-order for $72.99 via Amazon. The Blu-ray box set collects 20 films from British production company Hammer Films.
It includes: The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Snorkel (1958), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), Yesterday’s Enemy (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Never Take Candy From A Stranger (1960), The Stranglers of Bombay (1960), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), Scream of Fear (1961), Stop Me Before I Kill! (1961), Cash On Demand (1961), These Are The Damned (1962), The Pirates of Blood River (1962), The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1963), Maniac (1963), The Old Dark House (1963), The Gorgon (1964), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), Die! Die! My Darling (1965), and Creatures the World Forgot (1971).
The set marks the high definition debut for several of the titles. Special features are not detailed, but Mill Creek confirms that new extras are being produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures.
