The time has come to announce our 6th(!) 4K UHD release... VIGILANTE hits the streets on December 15th!
There’s Only One Way To Stop Them…
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar® nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge. Now there’s a new breed of marauder loose on the city streets, enforcing his own kind of law. His justice is swift. His methods are violent. He is the VIGILANTE.
Fred Williamson (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN), Richard Bright (THE GODFATHER), Rutanya Alda (AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION), Carol Lynley (THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE), Woody Strode (SPARTACUS), Joe Spinell (MANIAC) and Salsa legend Willie Colón co-star in this hard-hitting exploitation classic from director William Lustig (MANIAC COP 2) that many critics consider to be better – and more shocking – than the original DEATH WISH. Now Blue Underground is thrilled to present VIGILANTE in a pristine new restoration, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm camera negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, fully loaded with exclusive new and archival Extras!
Extras:
• Audio Commentary #1 with Co-Producer/Director William Lustig and Co-Producer Andrew Garroni
• Audio Commentary #2 with Co-Producer/Director William Lustig and Stars Robert Forster, Fred Williamson and Frank Pesce
• NEW! Audio Commentary #3 with Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• NEW! Blue Collar DEATH WISH – Interviews with Writer Richard Vetere, Star Rutanya Alda, Associate Producer/First A.D./Actor Randy Jurgensen, and others
• NEW! Urban Western - Interview with Composer Jay Chattaway
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
• Radio Spot
• Promotional Reel
• Poster & Still Galleries
• BONUS! Collectible Booklet with new essay by Michael Gingold
• Audio: English (Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD, 2.0 DTS-HD); French (Dolby Digital 2.0); Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0); German (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English SDH, Français, Español, Português
• Region Free
• Limited Collector’s Edition includes 4K UHD, Remastered Blu-ray, collectible booklet, reversible sleeve, and 3D lenticular slipcover (First Pressing Only)!
Pre-Orders coming soon...
*Unfortunately there's no soundtrack available for VIGILANTE. Jay Chattaway explains why in his new interview on the disc.

A dazzling mix of thriller, action, and horror, and long rumored to be the unofficial inspiration for one of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of the 90s, René Manzor’s DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS (aka 3615 code Père Noël aka Deadly Games aka Game Over) is a would-be cult sensation that sadly never was. Featuring ultra stylized cinematography from Michel Gaffier which highlights the often dream-like production design, Vinegar Syndrome is honored to present your next holiday favorite, DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS, in its U.S. disc debut and worldwide 4k Ultra HD debut, from a brand new 4K restoration of its original 35mm camera negative!

Directed by: René Manzor
Starring: Alain Lalanne, Patrick Floersheim, Louis Ducreux, Brigitte Fossey
1989 / 88 min / 1.85:1 / French (with English subtitles)

Additional info:
• Region Free 4k Ultra HD / Blu-ray combo
• Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original negative
• Interview with director René Manzor (Jouets Interdits/Forbidden Toys) - 88 mins
• Interview with actor Alain Musy (To Become a Man) - 40 mins
• Extensive still gallery with director commentary - 18 mins
• Multiple storyboards & scene comparisons
• Behind the scenes featurette (Simon Says Roll Sound) - 8 mins
• “Synapse" - short film by René Manzor - 5 mins
• Pre-trailer model shots - 2 mins.
• Bonnie Tyler music video (Merry Christmas)
• French, English and Italian trailers
• French teaser trailer & TV spots
• Reversible cover artwork
• Newly translated English SDH subtitles

Indies Go 4K

As the 4K Ultra HD market has expanded, independents have jumped in as well.

In early 2016, Shout! Factory was one of the first independents to offer movies in the 4K Ultra HD format with a slate of family-friendly releases shot in Imax technology, including Journey to Space, narrated by Patrick Stewart; Humpback Whales, narrated by Ewan McGregor; Wonders of the Arctic, narrated by Victor Garber, The Last Reef: Cities Beneath the Sea Flight of the Butterflies, and Rocky Moun- tain Express. The Imax releases continued with Mysteries of China (2017); We, the Marines, narrated by Gene Hackman (2018); Dream Big: Engineering Our World, narrated by Jeff Bridges (2018); National Parks Adventure. narrated by Robert Redford (2018); and Guardians of the Seas (2019), among others.

In May of this year, Shout! released D-Day: Normandy 1944 — 75th Anniversary Edition and The Deer Hunter: Collector's Edition. There are several titles slated for later this year and early 2021, including the Japanese animated Weathering With You: Collector's Edition (Nov. 17) and John Carpenter's sci-fi horror classic They Live (Dec. 8). "For the most part, action is the best genre for the format," says Jeff Nelson, senior marketing director at Shout! Factory's horror im- print, Scream Factory. "Since Scream Factory is such a big brand for us, we will be looking to our catalog for some horror and sci-fi titles."

While most of the titles Scream Factory's Nelson and Cliff Mac-Millan have been working on have existing 4K masters, "we will be doing Army of Darkness early next year, which will be the first title we have done from scratch," Nelson says. "We will need to do more res-toration on the new 4K title to make sure the picture looks its best." At Well Go USA Entertainment, executives watched the 4K market share of tentpole releases closely and jumped in with their first 4K Ultra HD release, the martial arts action film Shadow, in August 2019. Well Go has released three titles in the past 12 months, with two more planned for the fourth quarter, including the complete "Ip Man" collection.

"We look for new releases that our growing fan base will appreciate and embrace on 4K." says Well Go EVP Tony Vandeveerdonk. "We like action films that are visually stunning with a high production value. In the case of the Ip Man 44K release back in April, the decision to release a 4K was easy. 'Ip Man' is one of our most successful film franchises and has been touted as the best martial arts film franchise of all time. The [sellthrough] on this 4K SKU has been terrific." Blue Underground, too, watched the growing sales in the 4K mar- ket and took the plunge.

"My company likes to be forward thinking," says William Lustig, president of the indie that distributes through MVD Entertainment Group.

"Maniac and Zombie [released in May] were our first titles, as they are both historically strong sellers and, as we own them in perpetuity, we have a long time to recoup the costs if we misjudged the market," he says. "Both sold well above expectations."

In choosing titles to release in 4K, "we look for our best sellers," he says.

Among the 4K projects the company is working on are Daughters of Darkness, Vigilante, Maniac Cop 2 and 3, Dead & Buried, The Final Countdown and Fire and Ice.