Ice Cream Man

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This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Robert Sammelin), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 6,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Gregory Tudor spent years in a mental hospital after the trauma of witnessing the cold-blooded killing of his beloved childhood ice cream man, Butch Brickle. Eventually released to the alleged care of the vapid Nurse Wharton, and still entirely consumed with the art of frozen confections, Gregory takes over Butch’s ice cream business and, of course, his iconic truck. But Gregory's secret recipes for Rocky Road and Pistachio have improved upon those of his idol, as he adds selected bits of human corpses for an extra tasty treat. But when a few neighborhood kids get a bit too nosy and arouse the interest (and hunger) of the police, Gregory has little choice but to make sure they end up in the next batch of his popular ice cream.

A deliciously twisted horror confection of the direct-to-video era, Norman Apstein’s ICE CREAM MAN offers an outrageous starring turn from master character actor Clint Howard (Evilspeak, Apollo 13) as Gregory, in addition to memorable supporting performances from Olivia Hussey (Black Christmas), David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London), Jan-Michael Vincent (The Mechanic, TV's Airwolf), and David Warner (In the Mouth of Madness). Vinegar Syndrome is excited to dish out this absurdly gory and darkly humorous cult favorite to 4K UHD, newly restored from its original negative and offering an extensive selection of extras.

directed by: Norman Apstein
starring: Clint Howard, Olivia Hussey, David Naughton, Jan-Michael Vincent, David Warner
1995 / 86 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Commentary track with director Norman Apstein
• Ice Cream Man: Monstervision Summer School Edition (120 min) - with Joe Bob Briggs & Clint Howard
• A One in a Million Shot (11 min) - a brand new interview with actor Karl Makinen
• Happy Happy Days (19 min) - a brand new interview with special make-up fx artist Bryan Blair
• What’s the Scoop? (20 min) - an archival interview with actor Clint Howard
• Directing Ice Cream Man (15 min) - an archival interview with director Norman Apstein
• Recalling Ice Cream Man (7 min) - an archival interview with producer David M. Goldstein
• 40-page perfect bound book with essays by film historians Patrick Dahl, BJ Colangelo, and JA Kerswell (limited edition only)
• Still gallery
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles