Late Night Classics Volume 1 - Virgin High & Hot Under The Collar from Culture Shock

[whiteberry]

Jerry Kaminski is a normal guy with normal desires, but he gets into more than the normal amount of trouble. After keeping his date Christy out too late one night, her parents send her off to Catholic school! Jerry isn't one to shy away from a challenge, so he impersonates a priest to get into Virgin High and back into Christy's good graces (and maybe more)! Then, when a hypnosis scheme goes awry, Jerry finds that he's not the only one Hot Under the Collar at the Convent of the Blessed Virgin. In a nun disguise, Jerry chases his hypnotized honey to save her from a life of celibacy, but first he has to deal with a crime syndicate's missing jewels.

After directing his popular shot-on-video Assault of the Party Nerds, Richard Gabai returned to sex comedies with the backing of the legendary Menahem Golan, this time on film! These charming, sexy romps feature cult favorites Linnea Quigley (Nightmare Sisters, Thrust), Melinda Clarke ("The O.C.", Return of the Living Dead 3), Burt Ward ("Batman"), Michelle Bauer (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, The Flesh Merchant), Daniel Friedman (Slashdance), and more. You're going to need an extra trip to the confessional after watching these!

Culture Shock Releasing is proud to present Richard Gabai's Virgin High and Hot Under the Collar, lovingly restored from new 2K transfers of the 35mm prints.

directed by: Richard Gabai
starring: Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer, Burt Ward, Melinda Clarke, Daniel Friedman
1991, 1992 / 177 min (combined) / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Introduction to the films by Richard Gabai
• Full-length commentary on Virgin High with Richard Gabai
• Virgin High remastered trailer
• Virgin High production still gallery
• Full-length commentary on Hot Under the Collar with Richard Gabai and Melinda Clarke
• Hot Under the Collar reconstructed trailer
• Hot Under the Collar production still gallery
• Uncut version of "Pray and Mediate" with introduction by Richard Gabai
• 2.5 hours of Hot Under the Collar behind the scenes footage
• The Checks "Those Days Are Gone" music video
• English SDH subtitles on both films
• Culture Shock Releasing trailers

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collecti...der-the-collar
https://www.cultureshockreleasing.co...pcover-edition

Virgin High trailer:

Virgin High (1990) Trailer - YouTube

Remastered trailers on Culture Shock Releasing's Vimeo account:

Virgin High
https://vimeo.com/787207223/b6b9f6322e

Hot Under The Collar
https://vimeo.com/787199286/fcaf3f23af

[russweiss1]

Glad to see another Linnea Quigley title.

[JoelGoodsen]

Can't wait to see what else they release. This new line of releases that will focus on video store and cable television favorites is right up my alley.

[whiteberry]

VHS releases:

[whiteberry]

The Rhonda Shear segments from a 1993 episode of USA Up All Night which featured Virgin High:

USA Up All Night 93 23 Rhonda Shear Young Virgin High Wimps - YouTube

[whiteberry]

Remastered trailers on Culture Shock Releasing's Vimeo account:

Virgin High
https://vimeo.com/787207223/b6b9f6322e

Hot Under The Collar
https://vimeo.com/787199286/fcaf3f23af

[Telemachus]

Wow this is gonna sell out for sure this weekend, only half left after I placed my order today. I love these USA Up All Night era films, this will go right next to Miracle Beach and Girlfriend From Hell.

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

Can't wait to see what else they release. This new line of releases that will focus on video store and cable television favorites is right up my alley.

Welcome back my boy

[whiteberry]

We did it!

Originally Posted by JBene

Due to the overwhelming success of VIRGIN HIGH / HOT UNDER THE COLLAR, we have fast tracked Volume 2 and will move it up on our schedule.

Thank you everyone!

[Telemachus]

The real heroes are the studios that release forgotten rental only VHS gems on Blu ray for the very first time, I will probably buy all of these. I love picking this stuff up rather than just upgrading a film for the 4th time because it got a 4k scan

[Alan T]

Fingers crossed they can somehow acquire Summer Job (1989). This has been my favorite summer/beach sex comedy since I first saw it on USA Up All Night. I still watch it regularly (VHS rip on DVD-R) on a late Saturday night and hope to someday see it in a nice HD presentation.

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Fingers crossed they can somehow acquire Summer Job (1989). This has been my favorite summer/beach sex comedy since I first saw it on USA Up All Night. I still watch it regularly (VHS rip on DVD-R) on a late Saturday night and hope to someday see it in a nice HD presentation.

Summer Job is a SVS Films production so it's with Sony (SVS = Sony Video Software).

Sony has shown it (in SD) on their Sony Movie Channel but that's about all they've done with it.

I love the soundtrack. My favorite songs from it:

Some Kind Of Magic - Orkestra ("Summer Job", 1989) - YouTube

You're All The Love I Need - Ike Stubblefield & Kevin Quigley ("Summer Job", 1989) - YouTube

[Metalbeast]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

Summer Job is a SVS Films production so it's with Sony (SVS = Sony Video Software).

Sony has shown it (in SD) on their Sony Movie Channel but that's about all they've done with it.

If it's with Sony it has no chance of coming out on Blu-ray. Kino had a hard time trying to release anything from their deal with them. Plus since Sony doesn't allow outside restorations they would have to create a HD master themselves. Something they've rarely done with older obscure titles. That's why Sony has a lot of titles still in SD limbo.

[whiteberry]

More good news:

Originally Posted by JBene

LNC can be anything: single, double feature, or box set!

Originally Posted by JBene

By the way, we have a box set coming!

LNC = Late Night Classics

[Alan T]

Yup, the soundtrack is one of the main reasons I enjoy Summer Job so much.

"You're All the Love I Need" playing over the opening ariel shots of Florida is very nostalgic and sets the mood perfectly.

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

The real heroes are the studios that release forgotten rental only VHS gems on Blu ray for the very first time, I will probably buy all of these. I love picking this stuff up rather than just upgrading a film for the 4th time because it got a 4k scan

I knew there was a reason I’ve always liked you! Couldn’t have put it better myself mate. Totally agree. First time on Blu stuff keeps me in love with the game. There are only so many re-releases of the same movies I can take.

Maybe the well for new to Blu titles is drier than we think? Take MVD Rewind line for example. Great line that started off strong with fresh stuff. I think out of their last 25 or so releases, maybe 5 titles have been fresh to Blu?

Anyway, as Telemachus said, labels like Culture Shock are the real heroes for giving us VHS gems on Blu for the first time.

[Metalbeast]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

Maybe the well for new to Blu titles is drier than we think? Take MVD Rewind line for example. Great line that started off strong with fresh stuff. I think out of their last 25 or so releases, maybe 5 titles have been fresh to Blu?

Actually there's a lot of titles still without a blu-ray release. The reason why some of them are still in limbo can be either cause of legal issues, lack of acceptable film elements to make a HD master from or other things.

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by Metalbeast

Actually there's a lot of titles still without a blu-ray release. The reason why some of them are still in limbo can be either cause of legal issues, lack of acceptable film elements to make a HD master from or other things.

That is what I am trying to say mate. There are tons upon tons of unreleased titles, but no one seems to be releasing them. I’m assuming that is because of legal/element reasons, hence the well must be running dry for legally cleared/element and rights issue free titles.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

That is what I am trying to say mate. There are tons upon tons of unreleased titles, but no one seems to be releasing them. I’m assuming that is because of legal/element reasons, hence the well must be running dry for legally cleared/element and rights issue free titles.

Look at Gleaming the Cube, same thing. It seems like VinSyn and partner labels are some of the only people putting out things for the first time, all the majors or bigger boutiques like Arrow/Shout/Criterion more or less are just triple dipping sure things at this point from DVD era for UHD.

[Metalbeast]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

That is what I am trying to say mate. There are tons upon tons of unreleased titles, but no one seems to be releasing them. I’m assuming that is because of legal/element reasons, hence the well must be running dry for legally cleared/element and rights issue free titles.

Also the possibility of the title not selling well to justify the cost of a new HD master is another factor. It's the reason why Code Red declined to release ''Monolith'' (1993) as part of their Universal deal.

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

Look at Gleaming the Cube, same thing. It seems like VinSyn and partner labels are some of the only people putting out things for the first time, all the majors or bigger boutiques like Arrow/Shout/Criterion more or less are just triple dipping sure things at this point from DVD era for UHD.

Totally agree mate. Something has to be going on for titles like Gleaming the Cube not getting a release. I never mind an upgrade of something that was only on DVD or a really poor Blu Ray, but these days, it is just triple dipping from the labels you mentioned. The ratio for new to disc stuff and upgrades is way off.

Originally Posted by Metalbeast

Also the possibility of the title not selling well to justify the cost of a new HD master is another factor. It's the reason why Code Red declined to release ''Monolith'' (1993) as part of their Universal deal.

Fair point. You would think the bigger labels would take more risks though, because they have the capital to create new HD masters. Especially Arrow. They shift titles just on their name alone. I fully get the business side of things, but there are only so many triple dips collectors can take. Thankfully Vinegar Syndrome and labels like Culture Shock + Terror Vision do seem to be pumping out some never on disc stuff.