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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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99:41

Episode 21 - Kakabakaba ka ba? With Pearl from Kani!

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/06/04

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 21 we look at the OCN announcements in June for partner month. Pearl Chan, one of the co-founders of Kani Releasing, was a surprise guest and joined to help me gush about the wonderful work Kani is doing as I highlighted their label. To close us out Ryan and Jeremy rejoin for Merch Mates. It's a packed 97 minutes!I have a movie crush

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53:08

Episode 20 - From Finland! with Ville Lähde

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/05/25

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 20 we get to chat with the unofficial Vinegar Syndrome rep from Finland, Ville Lähde.Wille is the best, his YouTube channel @videotalkvideospace is a cornucopia of physical media discussion and unboxing, with a focus on VS and the wilder side of cinema. The dude has over 3,000 VHS tapes and is an encyclopedia of genre and exploitation

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50:35

Episode 19 - Special Features Producer Claudia Pretelin

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/05/19

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 19 I am joined by Special Features Producer extraordinaire, Claudia Pretelin!Claudia is a fascinating person. She is an international art curator, has worked with some very innovative contemporary artists such as Gary Baseman, and approaches disc production through the lens of wanting to know everything about the movie she just

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127:25

Episode 18 - May announcements with Oscar Becher,...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/05/03

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 18 I am joined by Oscar Becher, Archivist and Vault Manager at Vinegar Syndrome. We discuss around half of the May announcements that are part of the halfway to black friday flash pre-order, discuss why these were all ambitious projects for different reasons, and get to hear Oscar's passion for his first official producer credit.Ross

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227:53

Episode 17 - Street Trash! A Conversation with Ryan...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/04/17

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 17, Eli is back! to cover March releases with me and more Melusine titles with Celeste. We are lucky to get an extended session with Celeste that catches us up all the way to last months Melusine titles.And not to bury the lede, but I am thrilled to also be able to sit down with Ryan Kruger, an extremely prolific music video and shorts

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66:17

Episode 16 - Kurtis Spieler is back! to talk about...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/04/03

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 16 I am joined by Kurtis Spieler, restoration specialist at Vinegar Syndrome. We discuss the April titles, Vinegar Syndrome's 500th release, and get a glimpse into how many hours are put into an excellent restoration.Celeste de la Cabra is also back to discuss the hardcore titles in her recurring segment. If timing works out we'll be

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90:15

Episode 15 - Slashers! and February Releases with...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/03/19

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 15 I am joined by Ewan Cant, the Associate Director of content, acquisition, and licensing at Vinegar Syndrome. We discuss the underrated February releases and spend a good amount of time talking about Ewan's love for unique slashers.Before working at VS, Ewan worked at Arrow in a similar role. He is the producer behind iconic releases

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157:08

Episode 14 - March Announcements and Eugenio Ercolani

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/03/03

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 14 we cover the announcements from March 1st along with one of the absolute legends of critical thinking and special feature work around Italian cinema, Eugenio Ercolani.Eugenio has established himself within Vinegar Syndrome as an Italian expert and produces the special features for entire releases on several of their recent films. He

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168:37

Episode 13 - A Hardcore Valentine's

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2025/02/18

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 13 we mix it up a little bit and bring the hardcore titles front and center in a 90-minute segment with co-host Celeste de la Cabra and adult film expert, writer, and curator Eli Olsberg. We (but mostly they) cover the porn titles from November and December as well as a handy starter guide to dipping your toes into the Vinegar Syndrome

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62:44

Episode 12 - February Announcements

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2025/02/07

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 12 we cover the announcements from February 1st. The episode covers two lifetime TV directors that made a memorable splash with their feature films. It also covers an absolute stone cold genre legend who is getting one of his two cannibal films out. Between Cannibal! the Musical and the one this month it is cannibal season at

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232:37

Episode 11 - The Black Tar Heroin Effect

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2025/01/21

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 11 we meet Sam. That's the only name you need. Like Emanuelle or Madonna, Sam is a force in entertainment and most recently the genre film community. He's toured as a musician, done a good amount of voiceover work, has interviewed some amazing filmmakers in his own work, has been on a growing number of commentaries, has a podcast and a

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166:08

Episode 10 - 2024 End of Year Extravaganza

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2024/12/17

We did it y'all. 10 episodes in and we're still growing solidly with each one. Thank you to everyone who has listened to any of the episodes, and please seek me out if you've listened to all of them so I can thank you personally.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 Ryan and Jeremy wading through the merch jungle. And a

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124:13

Episode 9 - Partner Month Special Episode with...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/12/05

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 9 introduces Punk Vacation to one of the leading writers of esoteric and outre cinema, Heather Drain.We get to know Heather's and, in addition to so many titles she has worked on at Vinegar Syndrome, we get to speak about her amazing opportunity to collaborate with Umbrella on the recent Caligula mega-boxset. Heather's passion for all

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125:25

Episode 8 - October 2024 Releases with Sam Dunkley

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/11/19

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 8 introduces Punk Vacation to another great content creator and rabid fan, Sam Dunkley. He watches, discusses, and produces reviews on filmbloggersam and Let's Watch Two, and imports way more VS to the UK then he ever intended. We're also lucky enough to have Celeste back to discuss the most elaborate and artistic adult films ever made.We

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100:29

Episode 7 - November 2024 Announcements with Oscar...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/11/03

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 7 brought back another important member of the Vinegar Syndrome staff. Oscar Becher is the vault manager and archivist and has been on the VS team for about 3 1/2 years.In addition to going over the November announcements, we talk about the different ways Oscar gets involved in releases, who convinced him to sing for the Cannibal! promo,

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120:25

Episode 6 - Unas Vacaciones Punk - September 2024...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/10/20

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.Episode 6 was a great conversation with two humble giants of film history. Armando and Joey joined from Trash Mex Podcast. They are amazing ambassadors of Mexican cinema who spend a lot of time booking screenings and writing and promoting the movies they love.We introduce Armando and Joey, review the VS films from Mexico, and cover the September

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116:05

Episode 5 - October Announcements with Jaden Christopher

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/10/04

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 5 truly connects us with the VS community. Jaden Christopher joins to talk about the VS Discord and his journey down into the dark surreal alleys of Vinegar Syndrome horror.We cover announcements from October 1st and spend time at the end highlighting five horror titles from the catalog that are good for the season.Spend time as we dance

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87:20

Episode 4 - August 2024 Releases with Justin LaLiberty

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/09/15

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.Episode 4 brings in Justin LaLiberty to help us break down the August releases. This month gives us adults that don’t speak the way humans speak while being hunted by creepy kids, the best example of why women live longer than men ever filmed, and a very bloody bath. We see a father and son martial arts duo for the ages, and Garfield in a whole

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85:00

Episode 3: September 2024 Announcements with Brandon...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/09/02

THE Brandon Upson made time to join us for episode 3. Brandon, in addition to being one of the original VS team and co-founder of the archive, currently is an in-house restoration artist and the lead scanning technician. The man can do it all, and his passion for film shines through this entire episode.We cover the 5 films released over 3 mainline releases: Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, The Cruel Brittania set which includes Crucible of Terror, Penny Gold, and Craze, plus Lamberto Bava's

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77:53

Episode 2: July 2024 Releases!

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2024/08/15

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.Episode 2 brings back a prehistoric monster, some prehistoric torture, and some histrionic punks. We find out if Demme will stop making sense, give our blood to the cult of genre cinema, and discover the identity of a true macho woman! No Polish police force can stop us, we're using all Eight Eyes to tackle Vinegar Syndrome's July release slate

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