Though they happen to be a US exclusive DVD and Blu-Ray distribution company, Vinegar Syndrome have an undoubtable influence on the world of cult film releasing across the world. Specialising in cheap grindhouse exploitation films, often on the more sleazy and erotic side, Vinegar Syndrome has become widely beloved, even receiving praise from high-class studios and publications! However, because of the X-rated nature of many of VS's films, there has barely ever been a comprehensive list on Letterboxd of the movies stored within their expansive vaults, so I'm gonna attempt to list all of the flicks which snuck through the cracks for your depraved entertainment! Grab some popcorn, and let's dive right into the sleazy roadside fleapit of Vinegar Syndrome's…
Though they happen to be a US exclusive DVD and Blu-Ray distribution company, Vinegar Syndrome have an undoubtable influence on the world of cult film releasing across the world. Specialising in cheap grindhouse exploitation films, often on the more sleazy and erotic side, Vinegar Syndrome has become widely beloved, even receiving praise from high-class studios and publications! However, because of the X-rated nature of many of VS's films, there has barely ever been a comprehensive list on Letterboxd of the movies stored within their expansive vaults, so I'm gonna attempt to list all of the flicks which snuck through the cracks for your depraved entertainment! Grab some popcorn, and let's dive right into the sleazy roadside fleapit of Vinegar Syndrome's sadistic cinema of delights!
Includes partner labels! Yes, even digital-only AGFA Releases! Although admittedly those ones will be explicitly marked if you look at the notes.
PARTNER LABELS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Altered Innocence
AGFA
Big World Pictures
Canadian International Pictures
Circle Collective
Command Cinema
Culture Shock
Dark Star
Deaf Crocodile
Dekanalog
ETR Media
Factory 25
The Film Desk
Fun City Editions
Gunpowder & Sky
Mélusine
Music Box Selects
Pulse Video
Quality X
Saturn's Core
Subkultur USA
Umbrella Entertainment
Utopia
VHShitfest
VSP
Yellow Veil
UPDATE: Adding all the "adult" titles I can find that were recently added to Letterboxd! It's awesome that, thanks in part to VS, adult titles are now being added to LBoxd! However, this will be a gradual process.
NOT ON LETTERBOXD (thankfully far less since the VS programme to add key adult titles to LBoxd):
Cemetery Sales (N/A) (AGFA)
Movie Day Urguay (N/A) (Dark Star)
Thank You For Your Visit (N/A) (Dark Star)
Popping Eyes (N/A) (Dark Star)
Fear (2001) (Dark Star)
Exhibition '79 (1979)
Child Psychology (2017) (Circle Collective)
The Phoenix and the Turtle (N/A) (Yellow Veil)
Comes Back (2014) (Dekanalog)
The Planet of the Oceans (1980) (Deaf Crocodile)
Failed Towing (1981) (Deaf Crocodile)
Radio Kiff (N/A) (Dark Star)
Naughty Little Peeptoe (2000) (Altered Innocence)
Practical Uses for Major Works of Modern Cinema (2014) (Factory 25)
The Making of Drop Dead Films (2023) (Saturn's Core)
The Pipe (2007) (Factory 25)
The Set Up (1979) (Saturn's Core)
All for One (2014) (Yellow Veil Pictures)
Open House (2020) (Saturn's Core)
Risto Jarva, My Colleague (1984) (Deaf Crocodile)
Pakasteet (1969) (Deaf Crocodile)
Puppy Time (N/A) (Factory 25)
Divided We Fall (1982)
Chronicle of the Pied Piper (1985) (Deaf Crocodile)
The Further Adventures of Father William Smoortser (N/A) (Factory 25)
Slopes Game Room: SEGA - The Complete History Vol. 1 (2023) (ETR Media)
Red Midnight (N/A)
Against the Grain (2023)