Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast

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Episode 55 - October Announcements with Dino...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/10/03

October and November have consistently been some of the best months for Vinegar Syndrome across mainilne and sublabels, and 2026 is no exception. We are joined by the very hard working and passionate Dino Proserpio to review all of the October announcements. Dino's encyclopedic knowldge of Italian and German cinema is on display as he breaks down some of what he has been working on and gives a stirring history of Krimi films that would make Edgar Wallace proud. After Dino we quickly transition to

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Episode 54 - Special Features & Audio Commentaries...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/09/15

One of this month's releases includes a commentary by a regular contributor to VinSyn's disc releases, so we're thrilled to welcome Erica Shultz, co-host of the Unsung Horrors podcast and author of The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide to Child Kills in Film! We chat with Erica about the work that goes into recording audio commentaries, video essays, and booklet essays for releases. We also highlight one of our favorite annual fundraising events set up by Erica through her podcast, Horror Gives

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Episode 53 - September Announcements, Labor Day Sale,...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/09/03

September is here with an absolutely wild lineup of new release titles and the Labor Day sale which is going on for a full week this time! Chris and Eli are joined by our most returning guest, Lead Archivist at VS, Oscar Becher! Reviver 4 was part of the new release schedule and being one of our favorite new sublabels, we had to bring Oscar back to discuss rescuing a lost film and putting together a feature length documentary included on the disc about saving the movie and restoring it. If you love

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Episode 52 - July Titles and April Melusine Slate

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/08/24

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.In Episode 52, we have reached singularity. Eli is not on PV exactly as many episodes as he has not been on. To celebrate, we put him through a grueling exercise of all of the July VS and select OCN titles with Chris and all of the April Melusine titles with Celeste. Thank you Eli! This podcast has improved with you on it, and we're lucky to have

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Episode 51 - April Announcements & Iconoscope...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/08/03

It's August, which means there's a new slate of releases and we were so excited to see Iconoscope return with TWO new titles, so we had to bring back Iconoscope founder and lead scanning tech at VS, Brandon Upson and we're thrilled to welcome a first time guest on the show: film and tv historian - and Iconoscope co-producer(!) - Amanda Reyes!! Amanda does incredible archival work in the film world, especially when it comes to made-for-TV movies, we talk with about the history and cultural impact of

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Episode 50 w/Director of Theatrical & Special Events...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/07/26

This week, We're stoked to bring you a first time guest on the show, director of theatrical and special events for Vinegar Syndrome, Theresa Mercado! She's been with the company from their west coast beginnings in Brighton, Colorado and we get to spotlight the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at the warehouse, the opening of The Archive (now Vinegar Syndrome Denver) and the various events they throw at all their locations, and finally taking a deep dive into Vinegar Syndrome's ever-growing

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Episode 49 - Summer Subscriber Week w/Oscar Becher

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/07/08

Summer subscriber week just wrapped up with a terrific mainline slate and some exciting sublabel announcements, including one of our new favorites, Reviver. So, who better to have on than friend of the show and VinSyn's lead archivist, Oscar Becher. After multiple delays, The Lady in White is finally here and we talk with Oscar about the painstaking work of restoring three different version of the film (it really did take a village)! We also discuss the rest of the VS lineup, which includes two

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Episode 48 - Kani Releasing w/Ariel Esteban Cayer

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/07/02

While Vinegar Syndrome's Halfway Subscriber Week has officially kicked off, we'll be talking about that in full next week with a special guest, so in the meantime we thought we'd spotlight one more OCN partner label with another one of our favorites, Kani Releasing! Co-founder Ariel Esteban Cayer joins Chris and Eli to talk about Kani's incredibly diverse catalogue, highlighting some the best in underseen Asian cinema, and how they've grown from their start as a blu-ray label to theatrical

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Episode 47 - Muscle Distribution w/Liz Purchell

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/06/26

It's Episode 47 and we're continuing are focus on partner labels with another one of our favorites and a newcomer to OCN, Muscle Distribution, with founder Elizabeth Purchell! We talk with Liz about her work in film preservation, distribution, and a Kickstarter Muscle Distribution has launched to preserve and restore 4 films that have been long out of circulation! We highly encourage you to check out the details on the Kickstarter page and donate if you can and sign up for Muscle's newsletter that

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Episode 46 - Canadian International Pictures...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/06/19

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 46, we're going up north and chatting with the co-founders of Canadian International Pictures, Jonathan Doyle and David Marriott! CIP has been a partner label for over 4 years and we talk about the company's formation, how they select titles, and the process of restoring and releasing them! We also highlight some of our favorite titles

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Episode 45 - Saturn's Core Audio & Video w/Ross Snyder

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/06/13

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.On Episode 45, we're kicking off our first of a few partner label interviews for this month by welcoming back friend of the show Ross Snyder, co-founder of Saturn's Core Audio & Video! We talk about all things SOV, from preserving and restoring titles from tape masters, to highlighting some past releases and of course, discuss this month's

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Episode 44 - The Mountain of April Releases and...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/06/02

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 44 we get our wings up, our scentific mondo clipboards out, pop on a classical piano nocturne and lock in on an epic journey through 7 VSL releases in April, 2 other sublabels, 2 mainline, and the OCN titles we could get to. We begin by reviewing the partner label titles that we bought during the first day of the sale and quickly pivot

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Episode 43 - HWtBF Surprise Announcements with VS...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/05/22

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 43 we sit down with Kurtis Spieler. Kurtis is a key member of the restoration team at Vinegar Syndrome, but also is involved in many parts of behind the scenes production and even finds time to be a filmmaker. We talk about the Halfway to Black Friday surprise announcements, including a few that Kurtis played a major role in getting

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Episode 42 - May Announcements with Casey and Gentry...

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

2026/05/08

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.Episode 42 is reviewing the May announcements that we know. In preparation for Halfway to Black Friday, VS has released a portion of their slate in addition to a new slate of OCN partner titles. We are joined by film historian Casey Scott and film and culture writer Gentry Austin who run the amazing Sin Syndicate podcast. Casey is on record

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

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

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast ·

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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