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PfR73 wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 10:12 pm No, their releases of the Greydon Clark films Wacko and Uninvited were region-locked. Their recent release of Pale Blood states "Region A" on the website & cover, but it is actually region-free, which is almost certainly a mistake and was supposed to be Region A-locked, but who knows if any of the upcoming releases will have that same mistake.

PfR73 wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:45 pm Rad is also sold-out now.

Grand Wazoo wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:53 pmI never would have thought they'd strike gold with a Rad UHD, but here we are.

VSU

VSU...You've probably been wondering what in the hell it means. We've seen some pretty wild and creative guesses but in anticipation of our Black Friday 2020 Flash Pre-order, coming this Friday, we think we need to kill the rumors and unveil the truth.

VSU = Vinegar Syndrome Ultra...as in UHD. Each VSU release will be an extra special edition UHD/Blu-ray combo pack, beginning with an internationally beloved early 80s, genre blending classic.

So you might be asking yourself "why another sub-label or spin-off?" Well, similar to VSA, these releases will not have a set frequency or yearly quantity. They'll happen as they happen. We have a couple more that we're working on, but no set plans for when they'll drop. However, just as significant, these titles might not 100% gel with the 'deeper cuts' and 'trashier' offerings many VS devotees expect and demand.

We want VSU to be a home for future RAD type titles. We saw an unexpected amount of diversity in responses to that release, ranging from excitement, to confusion, to disappointment. And we get it. Over our 8 years, VS has morphed and evolved to satisfy audience demands, while also trying to stay true to our original intention of being a home for genre films of all types (as long as they were shot on film) that were at the risk of being overlooked, forgotten, and lost, or that we simply decided needed love that they wouldn't get elsewhere. But not every film is for everyone. VSU titles are not, for the most part, going to be focused on sex and violence, which is not to say they won't include it. They're not necessarily going to be 'art' films or 'mainstream' movies either, but instead films that straddle and bend those lines a bit more than what's come to be expected with VS titles.

For subscribers (Yearly and those who picked up a Halfway package), the inaugural VSU release WILL BE INCLUDED in your subscription (and no matter what you thought of RAD, the pedigree(s) on this one should have you smiling from ear-to-ear).

Future VSU titles, whenever they might emerge, will not be included in future packages but subscribers will receive exclusive discount codes (as with VSA) if they choose to pick any up.

Ribs wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:00 pmOne person's list of possible titles on Blu-ray.com included A Passage to India, which is extremely funny to me as a movie that's *extremely* not in keeping with the general curation going on at this label.

Ribs wrote:Again, it's extremely odd the way the economics seem to have worked out that releasing movies like Dial code Santa Claus on UHD is feasible and likely to sell out its first printing before release but studios and larger specialty labels still hold back on many of their biggest titles due to the economics of a full release.

Cash Flagg wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:52 pm

Ribs wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:00 pmOne person's list of possible titles on Blu-ray.com included A Passage to India, which is extremely funny to me as a movie that's *extremely* not in keeping with the general curation going on at this label.

Unless there's an X-rated film with the same title!

Buttery Jeb wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:26 pm And the first VSU release will be... Don Coscarelli’s The Beastmaster! Looks like they used an interpositive, after failing to track down the OCN.

domino harvey wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:17 am Fade to Black (Vernon Zimmerman 1980) Lonely movie lover loses his mind after a Marilyn Monroe lookalike stands him up for a date, proceeds to kill everyone who's ever wronged him via films he's seen-- He Widmarks his elderly aunt down a flight of stairs, Lugosis a prostitute, Cagneys a pompous Peter Fonda-type, &c. The elements are there for this to be a great self-reflexive treat, but then again, the same could be said for Last Action Hero. And this one's more of that school-- poorly thought-out and not nearly as clever as its premise, this just isn't a very good film. Minor points awarded for the sick joke of the protagonist slipping his Marilyn Monroe lookalike a constant stream of pills in the finale, though.

We regret to inform everyone that Blu-ray #2 of The Beastmaster had a manufacturing related issue (the UHD and Blu-ray #1 are fine). Our replicator has re-pressed the affected Blu-ray disc, and beginning tomorrow, all Black Friday order shipments will contain the fixed disc.

Customers that received the faulty Blu-ray disc will be sent a replacement disc AUTOMATICALLY. Replacement discs will begin shipping out late December. There is no need to contact us.

We are putting additional steps in place with our disc replicator to hopefully prevent this issue from happening again in the future. Thank you all for understanding!

~ Team VS

Ribs wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:48 am The following titles will be going out of print soon:

Disco Godfather
Dolemite
Human Tornado
Petey Wheatstraw
Penitentiary
Penitentiary II
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Welcome Home Brother Charles / Emma Mae