This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Haunt Love) is limited to 3,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Welcome Vinegar Syndrome Labs (VSL) to the VS Sub-Label family! As with each of our sub-labels we are hoping to expand and defy expectations with the diversity of films we restore and release. 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.
Mexican director Enrique Gómez Vadillo is one of the country’s forgotten cult cinema notables. Responsible for a series of genre films, gritty melodramas, and erotic works throughout the ‘80s, ‘90s, and early ‘00s, Vadillo’s films have been largely unavailable for English language audiences until now. Notable as much for their beautiful landscapes as for their perverse subversion of Telenovela storytelling by wildly upping the volume of sexual debauchery, homoeroticism, and general sleaze, Vadillo’s films represent a rare transgressive subset of Mexican genre cinema. Vinegar Syndrome Labs is proud to present this collection of his key features.
VERANO SALVAGE aka Savage Summer (1980) is an erotic exploration of an illicit threesome at the beach besieged by violence, and is a notable representation of Vadillo’s typical blend of sexually confrontational storytelling and traditional melodrama. Ostensibly following a woman (Ana Martín) on her journey of sexual discovery, but rife with homoerotic imagery, VERANO SALVAGE is an outlier in hypersexualized Mexican genre filmmaking where men’s bodies are the focus of objectification. JOHNNY CHICANO (1981) updates the tropes of classical Hollywood melodrama to sweaty, working class, early ‘80s Mexico. Poor young land worker Johnny (Fernando Allende) falls in love with the daughter of his wealthy American employer (Verónica Castro), setting into play chaos in his family and community, which ultimately leads to violence. MUERTA EN EL PLAYA aka Death on the Beach (1991) returns to a sunny beach setting with this homoerotic tale of a serial killer. David, a disturbed young man who has been molested by his teacher, begins murdering all those around him who he sees as responsible for his trauma, while trying to overcome his own homosexual desires.
directed by: Enrique Gómez Vadillo
starring: Sonia Infante, Andrés Bonfiglio, Fernando Allende, Verónica Castro, Silvia Pasquel, Ana Martín, Jorge Rivero, Orlando Urdaneta
1980-1991 / 257 min (combined) / 1.85:1 / Spanish 1.0 Mono
Program Content © 1981,1989,1991 Producciones Acuario
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Overall rating: 4.4101124 / 5 from 178 reviews.
This limited edition Blu-ray set features a collection of restored films by Mexican director Enrique Gómez Vadillo. Customers appreciate the excellent restoration, fantastic transfer, and the unique discovery of these rare movies. The set includes notable titles like 'Savage Summer' and 'Death on the Beach', praised for their amazing transfer and restoration by Vinegar Syndrome.
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"The Films of Enrique Gómez Vadillo is a unique three-film collection that showcases the director's distinct storytelling and thoughtful approach to filmmaking. Each movie has its own identity, making the set an interesting watch from beginning to end. Vinegar Syndrome also delivers a strong transfer, giving these lesser-known films the care and presentation they deserve."
"I’ve had my eye on this one for a while and had to snatch it up when it was on sale recently. The package is beautiful and the films are all really interesting."
"Pretty good collection of films and the transfers are nice too. I'm gonna try seeking out more of this director's work, nothing here was that incredibly impressive or overtly sleazy based on the write ups of the films but they're all technically sound and have a delightful melodramatic vibe to them that make them chill, easy watches."
"If you're looking for pulpy, exploitative and a little queer this is top notch stuff."
"I wasn’t expecting the to be this good they kind of feel like gialli. Especially death on the beach, go figure with a title like that"
"Highly recommended VS release of this 3 film collection set. Highly recommended for genre fans! 4/5 stars!"
"Haven’t seen these yet but thank you for putting them out!"
"Great trio of movies and transfer"
"As a collection, it’s an interesting look at an obscure filmmaker’s style and fixations. No individual film was particularly memorable on their own, though."
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