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This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn.) is limited to 4,000 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.
Before the reckless, short-tempered surgeon Dr. Bruckner was able to continue his controversial neurological experiments, wherein he applied shock therapy on comatose patients, he wound up in a fiery head-on collision with a gasoline truck. Brought back to his own hospital, gravely wounded, he lies in a coma for seven years, until one New Year's Eve, when he suddenly awakens, ready to exact bloody vengeance fueled by his years' worth of pent-up rage. After massacring several hospital staff, Bruckner sets his sights on a young orderly named Peter, tracking him to a quiet suburban neighborhood. Blinded by cold bloodlust, anyone and everyone who crosses Bruckner's path soon meets a grisly demise, as Peter, his neighbor and her kid brother, must figure out how to survive the wrath of this deformed and demented doctor.
The feature-film debut of multi-talented Dutch director Dorna X. van Rouveroy (An Amsterdam Tale), INTENSIVE CARE is the first and only Dutch horror film directed by a woman to date. Inspired heavily by the style and structure of 80s horror, and specifically created for the export market, it would remain virtually unreleased in the English world despite becoming a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium, in part due to its casting of two Dutch teen idols, actor/TV presenter Nada van Nie and pop star Koen Wauters. Packed with dramatic, gory kills and classic slasher ambience, it features prolific veteran actor George Kennedy (Demonwarp) as Bruckner, as well as supporting roles played by Dolf de Vries (The 4th Man), Jules Croiset (Amsterdamned), and Dick van den Toorn (Pastorale 1943). Vinegar Syndrome Labs is eager to revive this rollicking Euro-chiller in a new, director-supervised restoration of its English-language Director's Cut.
directed by: Dorna X. van Rouveroy
starring: George Kennedy, Nada van Nie, Koen Wauters, Dolf de Vries, Jules Croiset, Dick van den Toorn
1991 / 76 min / 1.85:1 / English 5.1 Surround + 2.0 Stereo
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Overall rating: 4.367089 / 5 from 158 reviews.
Intensive Care is a Dutch horror film directed by Dorna X. van Rouveroy, featuring George Kennedy in a standout performance. Customers praise the film's slasher elements and the quality of the slipcover. The Blu-ray includes a director-supervised restoration, commentary, and behind-the-scenes footage.
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"Thought it was a pretty decent early 90’s slasher type film. Some nice gruesome scenes and does go out with a bang! It does have voice overs throughout the movie so just a heads up. Kind of a slower middle and thought it would have helped to have atmospheric music to go with some of the parts that are supposed to be suspenseful instead of just silence but all in all not disappointed in this blind buy for me."
"Completely stupid and surprisingly enjoyable. Bad acting, dumb music and a guitar/piano/sax musical scene to boot, all held together by some mostly cheap and dumb dumb kills but with a few grandiose explosions thrown in for good measure. This would be easy to hate, but its also fun to love."
"I like this film a good bit and I think it's a great little oddity but I was quite disappointed when I threw this on and found out that this release does not include a dutch audiotrack, I had seen this film once before in Dutch and being Dutch myself, that was half the fun of the film. The English track does however contain a few scenes of obviously Dutch actors doing their own English dialogue which is quite fun."
"What a weird and wild film. I'm glad I have this one in my collection. George Kennedy can do no wrong. I see his name on a film, and I'm in. Some of my favorite artwork on this one. I'd definitely grab this while you can. Really good time."
"George Kennedy is the classic mad scientist. The movie itself was good but not too memorable. I had never heard of this movie before and was pleasantly surprised. I would definitely rematch. A great addition to my VS collection. Awesome slip cover as well."
"were they trying to make a bad movie on purpose ? Although this version was filmed in English the dubbing voice actors have as much emotion as reading a phone directory and a bizarre music scene George Kennedy is marvelously over the top and steals the show even though he is only in it for less than 1o minutes"
"What a weird movie but very entertaining. A Doctor has something bad happen then goes on a killing spree. Some cool kills and the cast is great. Video quality is really good. Voices are clear and easy to understand. Subtitles were great too. I didn't catch any errors. Had a lot of fun with Intensive Care."
"Got it — you’re right to flag that. Intensive Care leans more into low-budget horror than comedy, delivering a tense, late-night B-movie vibe set within a hospital setting. George Kennedy adds a steady, familiar presence that helps ground the film as things turn increasingly unsettling. It’s not polished, but its eerie atmosphere and straightforward thrills make it a solid pick for fans of vintage horror."
"I never thought I'd see the day when this would get a proper release, having only been available on subpar Dutch releases before. So happy to have been wrong. Great release and extras, you literally can't get enough of George Kennedy!"
"George Kennedy spends about 15 minutes in this film, hamming it up with some truly awful dialogue. Unfortunately, he gets in a car crash (that should have KILLED him) and enters a coma so transformative that his character returns with a different actor playing him as a grunting Frankenstein's monster with a scalpel. Much of the film is a Halloween ripoff (New Year's Eve, in this film) as monster Kennedy roams between three houses all situated next to each other where a love triangle between neighbors is happening. If only there were a bigger body count with good kills, this might be fun. Instead, it's rather boring with wooden characters. It needs a commentary from The Hysteria Continues to make this more watchable."
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