Vinegar Syndrome announced a short window for its next film restoration release package. Three new Blu-ray product offerings will be ready for genre fans to enjoy on Feb. 23.
Leading the quick-turn-around selection is Italian giallo, action and horror filmmaker Umberto Lenzi’s (aka: Humphrey Humbert; aka: Harry Kirkpatrick) 1989 serial killer flick, Hitcher in the Dark , starring Joe Balogh (Monstrosity, Black Demons) as a serial killer on wheels — he has a motorhome and cruises the Virginia Beach area looking for victims.
This is a new 4K film restoration from the original 35mm camera negative.
The opening sequence sets the tone as Mark (Joe Balogh) picks up a lovely young thing, chats it up with her and then slashes her throat, takes a few snapshots to memorialize the kill and then dumps the body for the critters to munch on. Nice guy.
Things change however, when the next victim, Daniela (Josie Bissett — perhaps best known as Jane from the Melrose Place television series), reminds him of his mother (there is a bit of a backstory about how this well-off kid saw mommy walk out on the family). He decides to toy with her for a while … and Daniela does her best to keep him interested to buy time for her desperate boyfriend, Kevin (Jason Saucier), to find her and rescue her.
Of course, things don’t go well, for either the boyfriend, or, ultimately Daniela, but a twist ending sees an eventual end to Mark’s road-rage killing spree … and a slice of revenge.
Bonus features include commentary by Diabolique Magazine’s Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger, plus a vintage video session with filmmaker Umberto Lenzi.
Also on the Feb. 23 release calendar from Vinegar Syndrome are director Robert Vincent’s 1995 horror tale, The Fear (4K restoration from the original 35MM negative … commentary from Vincent and a feature-length documentary titled Face to Face with The Fear) and Forgotten Gialli: Volume 3, featuring three Italian-language giallo flicks — Autopsy, Murder Mansion and Crazy Desires of a Murderer.
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