Massacre At Central High (1976) - Coming Soon from Synapse Films!

[drownsoda]

Synapse puts out great product but I've never understood why they preemptively announce these things. They announced this title so long ago that I didn't even know it was supposed to happen. Five years? Really?

I remember back after they announced their Suspiria release, I'd see occasional comments from people inquiring about it on the Synapse Facebook page, and they'd respond to these people with really snide, sometimes outright rude comments. It kind of put me off of them as a company to be honest. Sorry, but if you're going to announce a release like this (especially of a beloved cult title), don't get miffed if the film's fanbase (aka virtually your only customers) starts asking questions.

They'd be better off shutting their mouths and not making the announcement until the restoration is finished, but they've never been able to do this it seems.

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by drownsoda

Synapse puts out great product but I've never understood why they preemptively announce these things. They announced this title so long ago that I didn't even know it was supposed to happen. Five years? Really?

I remember back after they announced their Suspiria release, I'd see occasional comments from people inquiring about it on the Synapse Facebook page, and they'd respond to these people with really snide, sometimes outright rude comments. It kind of put me off of them as a company to be honest. Sorry, but if you're going to announce a release like this (especially of a beloved cult title), don't get miffed if the film's fanbase (aka virtually your only customers) starts asking questions.

They'd be better off shutting their mouths and not making the announcement until the restoration is finished, but they've never been able to do this it seems.

It's especially cruel with this title because it's not like we have decent old DVD releases to fall back on.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by drownsoda

Synapse puts out great product but I've never understood why they preemptively announce these things. They announced this title so long ago that I didn't even know it was supposed to happen. Five years? Really?

I remember back after they announced their Suspiria release, I'd see occasional comments from people inquiring about it on the Synapse Facebook page, and they'd respond to these people with really snide, sometimes outright rude comments. It kind of put me off of them as a company to be honest. Sorry, but if you're going to announce a release like this (especially of a beloved cult title), don't get miffed if the film's fanbase (aka virtually your only customers) starts asking questions.

They'd be better off shutting their mouths and not making the announcement until the restoration is finished, but they've never been able to do this it seems.

What you're asking for is already happening right now. For all intents and purposes they haven't announced or provided any sort of a substantial update on anything they are working on since 2017. We know that work has been happening on Hot Dog the movie thanks to some recent instagram activity...



...but outside of that, we know that they moved offices in the later half of 2018, and were given a never ending stream of whatever theater their Suspiria master was playing in, but we really haven't heard anything regarding upcoming releases from them since the end of 2017.

[drownsoda]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

What you're asking for is already happening right now. For all intents and purposes they haven't announced or provided any sort of a substantial update on anything they are working on since 2017. We know that work has been happening on Hot Dog the movie thanks to some recent instagram activity...



...but outside of that, we know that they moved offices in the later half of 2018, and were given a never ending stream of whatever theater their Suspiria master was playing in, but we really haven't heard anything regarding upcoming releases from them since the end of 2017.

I guess that's true, but they've got plenty of catching up to do. I know the business is operated by only two guys, but it seems to me that they tend to bite off more than they could chew between new announcements, current projects, and shipping out all of their orders.