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Vinegar Syndrome

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Alicia has been receiving strange phone calls in which loud and ghastly sounds echo through the receiver. Her relationship with her boyfriend, Mike, has hit a dead end and Alicia fears he's having an affair with her twin sister, Barbara Ann. And all the while, a psychotic slasher is murdering young women with the police powerless to stop him. But then Alicia meets kind and nerdy Franklin. Will he be the man she's been searching for, or will his own dark secrets destroy their newfound happiness?

Gorman Bechard's (PSYCHOS IN LOVE) directorial debut, DISCONNECTED is a low budget, regional slasher oddity that subverts genre expectations, leading to a brutal and unsettling finale. Never officially released on DVD, Vinegar Syndrome brings this under seen gem of early 80s horror to Blu-ray, newly restored from original 16mm elements and loaded with extras including a rare short film directed by Bechard.

directed by: Gorman Bechard
starring: Frances Raines, Mark Walker, Carmine Capobianco, Gorman Bechard
1984 / 84 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 OAR

Additional info:

  • Region free Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned and restored in 2k from 16mm vault elements
  • Commentary track with: Gorman Bechard (writer / director) and Carmine Capobianco (actor)
  • "Dissecting Disconnected" - Interview with Gorman Bechard
  • "Getting Disconnected" - Interview with Carmine Capobianco
  • Director introduction
  • "Twenty Questions" - Short film directed by Bechard
  • "Twenty Questions" Introduction & Q&A from a 2017 festival screening
  • Cover designed by Derek Gabryszak
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.0569105 / 5 from 123 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Disconnected is a low-budget, regional slasher film from the early 80s, featuring a creepy storyline, a fantastic transfer, and a great soundtrack. Customers have mixed opinions about the film itself, but appreciate the extras and the overall package.

Summary topics

  • Budget: 9%
  • Thriller Experience: 6%
  • Video Transfer Quality: 7%
  • Extras Quality: 7%
  • Soundtrack Quality: 11%

Review topics: [looks, cover, quality, picture, packaging, film, movie, slasher, soundtrack, budget, thriller, call, transfer, restoration, psycho, release, low-budget thriller, scenes, women, title, art, addition, features, flick, watch, story, gem, atmosphere, questions, find].

Review highlights

  • "Super fun slasher with an excellent soundtrack and a man that walks very slowly down steps." — Blake K.
  • "A fun little slasher/thriller early 80s movie." — Robert S.
  • "This movie looks great and features many memorable moments." — Antoine P.

Reviews

Disconnected

"Great classic VS title. Restoration is great. Nice house complexity, I guess"

— Joseph K. (5/5)

Disconnect-ED

"Pretty good mostly unknown horror thriller. The movie is mysterious with some creepy scenes, a good soundtrack (if you like the 80's) and a good performance from Frances Sherman (aka Frances Raines). The commentary track by the director and one of the actors isn't very illuminating. I wish they had talked more about the original story, what the writer intended, and what they changed. Not that EVERYTHING needs to be explained, I'm okay with the movie as is. But would have liked some discussion about the concept. Mostly they just made sarcastic jokes back and forth at each other. I tried to watch the hour long short film "Twenty Questions", but just couldn't get into it. I have the standard edition only, so missed out on the booklet with the original release, unfortunately."

— Adam C. (3/5)

It's OK. Shame about the ending

"Creepy film let down by a really weak ending and very weird story structure. Print isn't great from the grainy 16mm source. But glad I saw it. the bonus movie was interesting as well."

— Michael L. (3/5)

Worth it Only For Twenty Questions

"Movie: Disappointing. The first two thirds of the movie are _fine_, but then the main plot gets resolved and the movie is just aimlessly continuing until it has an abrupt ending where it's really not clear what happened. Carmine Capobianco is the main draw of the movie even though he's only in a handful of scenes. Once his character goes on vacation there's nothing but ~30 minutes of boredom punctuated intermittently by screeching sounds coming out of a phone. Extras: Twenty Questions: Starts off as an interesting time capsule, and as it goes on you hit some really fascinating questions & answers. A few of them even get surprisingly emotional, and the editing kicks it up just enough to amplify the emotions. Other extras: The interviews are solid, and it's nice to get the Q&A for Twenty Questions. Packaging: Bonus points for reversible cover. It's nice to get the original artwork, even if the new artwork is better."

— Gideon M. (3/5)

Disconnect!

"I picked this Blu-ray up based upon a recommendation from a Vinegar Syndrome employee at the Pittsburgh store. Made by the director of psychos and love this flick is a low budget slasher featuring great scenes. The transfer is perfect and it’s full of great special features."

— Dustin G. (5/5)

Not as good as Psychos In Love

"Often get this one confused with Deadline. Directed by Gorman Bechard, who also did Psychos In Love, which is more comedic and enjoyable than this. Had a bit too much drag for me, budget is very low. Has a few suspenseful scenes, nothing mind-blowing."

— Ian F. (2/5)

Kind of boring

"This movie was pretty disappointing. I loved the first 20 minutes or so. Tense and interesting. Then at a certain point it just gets really boring. I love the low budget look and feel. It just kind of lost me. I wish the momentum had continued. Strong start and then it fizzles"

— Sue S. (2/5)

Gorman Bechard made a "serious" thriller?!?!

"I enjoy this sort of regional, independent, no-budget film. It's slow and moody. And the story doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But I see a lot of energy and fun happening behind the scenes. That's what's fun to watch."

— Dan W. (5/5)

Fun

"Great little film. VS brings it again"

— Michael P. (5/5)

Slight bias

"So I loved this mostly because it was filmed in the tragic part of central CT i grew up in. Amazing soundtrack even if you're from a nicer part of the world."

— Joshua G. (5/5)

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