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Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast

They Live By Film

Punk Vacation - An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.

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227:58

Episode 41 - The inimitable Scooter McCrae and March...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/04/24

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.Episode 41 is Eli and I covering March titles in depth but most importantly it is sitting down with one of our heroes. Moviemaker, raconteur, philosopher, and now available on Shudder, Scooter McCrae joined Punk Vacation.Scooter is the actual best. Get this man into any discussion of the Mount Rushmore of moviemakers from history. He is takes the

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175:05

Episode 40 - April Announcements with VS Subtitle...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/04/05

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.Episode 40 is one of the most in-depth and interesting conversations Punk Vacation has had on the language of physical media. That is not meant metaphorically, literally the subtitling and the importance of language and copywriting. Dino Proserpio does most of the subtitling work for VS and a lot of the copywriting. He's a polyglot and film

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170:14

Episode 39 - VSP Director Kansas Bowling and February...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/03/20

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 39 Eli and I cover the Feburary announcements and determine if this Feb was better than last years. But before all of that, we are joined by one of the most exciting young filmmakers in the US, Kansas Bowling.I dare you to find anyone under 30 who loves film and loves talking about film as much as Kansas. She's obsessed, and her

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150:11

Episode 38 - March Releases with Brian Saur of Pure...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/03/12

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.Before kicking off episode 38, we've unearthed a lost discussion from the Punk Vacation archives, restored for your listening pleasure: Chris and Eli are joined by the lead archivist from Vinegar Syndrome, Oscar Becher, to talk about the second release from his new sublabel, Reviver! Like the releases themselves, we won't spoil anything here,

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86:35

Episode 37 - Valentine's Special: Part 2

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/03/07

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 37, Eli and Chris are back for Part 2 of the Valentine's Day special of Celeste's world famous "15 Minutes With You" segment. This will also be available on Celeste's YT channel if you want to see the video.Celeste can now say they are done with 2025. Jan and Feb titles will be featured on upcoming episodes of 15 Minutes With You

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158:45

Episode 36 - Alex Phillips, Director/Writer of New...

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2026/02/27

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 36 we are fortunate to be able to sit down with one of the most exciting new voices in exploitation and horror, Alex Phillips. This dude loves genre movies, and we dig into All Jacked Up and Full of Worms and his new feature, Anything That Moves. I think everyone will enjoy hearing from this creative and darkly funny filmmaker. He gave

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132:38

Episode 33 - Valentine's Special: Part 1

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/02/11

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 33 we are going to try something slightly different. Eli and Chris recorded an extended "15 Minutes With You" segment live on Celeste's YT channel back in December and we are going to use that as Part 1 of a 2-Part Valentine's Day Melusine special. Both Valentine's Day episodes will focus on the Melusine side of the house, and next

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123:07

Episode 35 - February Announcements With THE Ryan...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/02/06

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 35 we finally sit down with the esteemed stepfather of the boutique physical media community, the most connected man on the internet, and future playgirl model, Ryan Verrill. In addition to the incredible community Ryan has built with the Disc-Connected, the podcast network and special features consortium he has established and grown

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112:04

Episode 34 - Black Friday Releases with Jay from A...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/01/26

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 34 we welcome one of the giants of horror on IG, Jay Blake from A Fistful of Horrors. Jay is many things to the community of horror lovers online, but he is also complete on the VS mainline dating all the way back their initial Indiegogo campaign.I don't know whether to call him the Daiseke Beppu of horror and exploitation, or perhaps

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114:02

Episode 32 - Subscriber Week with Brandon Upson

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/01/08

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 32, we welcome back Brandon Upson. In addition to being employee #1 at Vinegar Syndrome, Brandon is the Lead scanning technician, Restoration Artist, and director / producer of the newly announced Iconoscope sublabel.It's clear Brandon loves movies, and throughout this interview I believe his passion for restoring and releasing so many

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164:46

Episode 31 - 2025 End of Year Extravaganza

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/12/29

We did it y'all. 30 episodes in our second Christmas together. Thank you to everyone who has listened to any of the episodes, and please seek us out if there is anything you want to hear more about.We wouldn't look this good without the amazing art of Adam Danbury (https://www.adamdanbury.com/film). We wouldn't sound this good without the regular segments from Celeste de la Cabra discussing the hardcore titles and all of the guest who add depth and weight to our discussions.For the final episode of

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178:49

Episode 30 - Bret Berg from AGFA

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/12/06

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 30, we celebrate Eli's first booking on the show with one of the coolest people in the business. Bret Berg, Director of Theatrical Sales for AGFA.Bret is the guy behind the guy for theatrical distribution of almost every boutique label on your shelf, and it's a conversation I really loved. He talks about AGFA's mission, Museum of Home

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167:15

Episode 29 - Creation of a Closed Circle Family

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/11/22

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 29, We were lucky to be able to sit down with Austin Jennings, Director of Eight Eyes which got a VSP release. We also review the September and October releases from the mainline plus subs.Off the top I just have to say, holy shit, Austin was an incredible interview. His day job is being a co-founder and director of The Last Drive-In

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104:39

Episode 28 - A Massive Film Archive: A Conversation...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/11/01

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 28, We were lucky to be able to sit down with Joe, one of the co-founders of Vinegar Syndrome, as well as three-time VS champion podcaster Oscar Becher. He wants to always stay at least one episode ahead of Kurtis.Joe and Oscar were extremely candid, as always, and have the old married couple routine nailed down perfectly. They had Eli

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133:53

Episode 27 - Sleazy and Repellent: The VS Back...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/10/28

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 27, Eli, Chris, and Celeste walk through a tour of some VS horror that cannot be forgotten. Going all the way back to some of the first 15 releases, we call out some horror that is worth revisiting during the next sale or maybe streaming if its sold out. We end by going over the August releases and should be caught up by mid

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114:32

Episode 26: Wes Craven's Pornographic Fireworks

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/10/09

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 26, Eli Oslberg joins as the official co-host of Punk Vacation, I'm beyond excited to move this to a co-host situation, as Eli puts the 'we' in weird and wet and wendigo.This is a long time coming and I could not feel better about having him join up and help Celeste and I take Punk Vacation to new heights.Eli can be found on most

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147:56

Episode 25: Lolita Vibrator Torture

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/09/15

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 25, Eli comes back to help break down September announcements and we geek out over the new Pinku line from VS. Celeste brings us home with another 15 minutes of you where they catch us up to being current for the year.I titled the episode this way because of the conversation we had around the crazy titles that exist within the pinku

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89:34

Episode 24 - Celebrating a full Year of PV! With...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/08/20

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 24, Celeste de la Cabra and I reflect back on the crazy first year of Punk Vacation!We do go over August announcements as well, and we end the episode with Celeste doing a great job during the next installment of 15 Minutes With You.I want to say thank you to every guest, co-host, and champion of fringe creativity that has come along

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155:34

Episode 23 - Is it Giallo? With Sam Panico

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/07/16

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 23 we welcome back Sam Panico who can now say he is a contributor to a VS release! In addition to his look into 5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas, Sam is a frequent collaborator with Visual Vengeance, has his own podcast bandsaboutmovies and co-hosts a YT show called Drive-In Asylum.You'll hear this in the episode, but Sam has a deep

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169:44

Episode 22 - Love, Hate, and Incest: A Vinegar...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/06/16

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 22 we are joined by a fantastic group of panelists to attempt a roundtable discussion and figure out what Vinegar Syndrome is in 2025.I did my best to find a diverse set of interests and backgrounds for the show, but this is very much meant as an open discussion and I would love to hear from anyone!The structure of the episode

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