Midway Subscription [Subscriber Week Exclusive]

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Flash Pre-order customers: check your email! You should have received a $20 coupon code to become a 2024 Midway Subscriber. If you have any issues, or have not received a coupon, place an order normally, send us an email and we'll issue a refund after the sale.

By becoming a 2024 Vinegar Syndrome Midway Subscriber during our second annual Summer Subscriber Week event, you'll be receiving a fresh batch of lovingly restored and beautifully packaged exploitation, horror, and sleaze cinema delivered to your door every month starting in July. Welcome to the club!

This year has been another whirlwind selection of impeccably restored exploitation and horror deep cuts and classics. We’ve presented new installments in both the FORGOTTEN GIALLI and HOME GROWN HORRORS series along with a Spanish sidebar (SPANISH BLOOD BATH), presented ultimate UHD editions of PHASE IV, THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK, DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORRORS, and INVASION USA, while mining the wilds of exploitation weirdness with Blu-ray debuts of CRIMINALLY INSANE + SATAN’S BLACK WEDDING and PLAYGIRLS & THE VAMPIRE.

If you’re still catching your breath from the first half of 2024, wait till you see what the rest of the year has in store! This July we are proudly presenting the world UHD debut of REPTILICUS (1961), the notorious American International giant monster epic which we’ve exclusively restored from its 35mm original negative and are offering alongside its never on Blu-ray alternate Danish version. Plus, after years in the works, we’re delighted to finally present the world disc debuts of two of the most wildest Mexican exploitation films ever produced, INTRÉPIDOS PUNKS (1988) paired with its even crazier sequel, VENGEANCE OF THE PUNKS (1991). Both are presented newly restored and fully uncut and are packed with dynamite new extras. And last up for July, another astonishing double feature of Cat III classics with the pairing of A CHINESE TORTURE CHAMBER STORY 1&2 (1994 & 1998) which pile on brutality, absurdity, and downright perversity guaranteed to exceed your wildest expectations.

And that’s just 1/5 of this year’s remaining lineup… Looking ahead to August, we’ve finally completed restoring another long demanded bit of Mexican horror with Pedro Galindo III’s notorious slasher, HELL’S TRAP, which we’ll be debuting on Blu along with a British-produced Vincent Price rarity, plus a UHD upgrade of another staple of brain-bending 70s horror. 

September will unleash a real beast of a UHD debut from “down under,” not to be outdone by the UHD debut of another star-studded 80s giallo hitting 4K for the first time and finally a three-disc set of rare, never-on-Blu early 70s British murder thrillers, including Freddie Francis’ wild Jack Palance-starring vehicle, CRAZE (1973)!

October will be another memorable feast of horrific delicacies, including the maggot-filled Shaw Bros. giallo, CORPSE MANIA (1981) on UHD, our next FORGOTTEN GIALLI collection which will assemble three deeper cut and highly stylized genres entries from the 80s (all Blu-ray debuts), plus another entry in our ongoing quest to unearth and release every never-on-disc 80s slasher, and finally a world UHD debut of an unquestionable masterpiece of macabre 70s cinema. 

Finally, this November we’ve prepared a Black Friday lineup unlike any other in our history, featuring two never-on-disc UHD debuts, one multi-version UHD debut, and a long demanded horror BD debut. We don’t dare say more...

As a Subscriber, you'll not only get every single VS branded release (including all slipcover and hardbox editions, mystery and surprise titles, etc) at 50% off SRP, but your orders will ship before everyone else's! And we're not done yet: All Subscribers will receive exclusive 50% off SRP discounts on each and every title released by our Sub-Labels*: Cinématographe, VSA, VSU, VSL, VSP and Degausser Video! (* excludes VHS releases)

As you hopefully know, we’ve spun off our sexploitation releases to our sister site, Melusine.com, and have been churning them out this year, featuring works directed by Chuck Vincent, Joe Sarno, Suze Randall, and more. You won’t wanna miss the remaining 2024 selection which will include lost sexploitation from Ron Sullivan (presented in collaboration with our friends at Something Weird), a double feature of demented Greek efforts, one of which offers what might be the highest (and bloodiest) kill count in hardcore film history, plus a 4K UHD debut of a genre landmark that many of you have been waiting for. Just as with all VS Sub-Labels, Subscribers receive 50% off SRP on every 2024 disc release available through the Melusine site, including titles from Pulse Video. 

Want even more? Subscribers also receive 50% off SRP on every title released by our exploding number of Partner Labels*! From AGFA to Shudder to Canadian International to Yellow Veil, and everywhere in between, our (currently) 30 such Partners offer a unique, diverse, and completely unparalleled mix of cinema from all eras, genres, regions, and mediums, each with a distinct curatorial approach. (* excludes VHS releases). And that roster is only expanding in the second half of 2024! This month we welcome new Partner Label, Cartuna, who will bring their curatorial eye for all things animation to physical media and this fall will see the addition of four new labels to the OCN roster, including one that has been years in the works and will offer blu-ray and UHD upgrades of some of the finest indie, foreign and genre films of the past twenty years.

That’s our pitch, but we also hope you keep in mind that VS is one of the only film distributors in the world that is also an active film archive, holding perhaps the largest single collection of film materials related to U.S. genre, cult, erotic, and exploitation cinema. Purchasing the Subscription doesn't just get you a great deal on dozens of rare, forgotten, and under-loved pieces of genre cinema but also helps us with the extremely costly endeavor of acquiring, maintaining, and preserving films that would otherwise be ignored and left to rot. And that's not an exaggeration considering how many times we’ve saved films from imminent destruction...

So, now that you’re properly enticed...here is a more detailed look at the 2024 Midway Subscription:

Important note:
If you are looking to become a Subscriber during this Summer Subscriber Week event, you should do that first before purchasing anything else. Immediately after completing checkout on a Subscription, qualifying products will automatically be discounted to 50% off SRP and future orders will automatically be added to your first Subscription package shipping later in July. Qualifying products = anything on disc released by a VS Sub-Label or Partner Label in July 2024 through end of year.

SHIPPING INFO:
• U.S. = Free Standard Shipping or $60 for Deluxe Shipping
• Canada = $60
• International = $100

Offer will cease to exist after Sunday, July 7th.

We don't have a 100% locked down release schedule, but we can approximate (release schedule below is subject to change). If we put out fewer releases than predicted, we will issue coupons for the difference. If we release more, congratulations, you win!

July 2024:
3 VS releases totaling $154.94 (MSRP)
Includes: REPTILICUS (UHD+BD combo w/ two cuts of the film), INTRÉPIDOS PUNKS + VENGEANCE OF THE PUNKS (BD double feature), A CHINESE TORTURE CHAMBER STORY 1&2 (BD double feature)

August 2024:
3 VS releases totaling $144.94 (MSRP)
Includes: HELL’S TRAP (BD), 4K UHD debut of 70s drive-in horror classic, BD debut of British Vincent Price starring rarity

September 2024:
3 VS releases totaling $169.94 (MSRP)
Includes: 4K UHD debut of gory 80s studio horror, 4K UHD debut of star studded 80s giallo, 3-BD set of British murder thrillers featuring CRAZE

October 2024:
4 VS releases totaling $249.92 (MSRP)
Includes: 4K UHD debut of CORPSE MANIA, FORGOTTEN GIALLI Vol. 7 feat. 3 never on Blu 80s gialli, 4K UHD debut of 70s masterpiece, BD debut of never-on-disc early 80s slasher.

November 2024:
4 VS releases totaling $234.92 (MSRP)
Includes: 2x 4K UHD debuts of never-on-disc films, 1x UHD debut (and “unrated” version BD/UHD debut), one BD debut of highly demanded horror.