Synapse films
| Synapse films
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1997 |
| Seat |
PO Box 351, Novi MI , United States |
| management | Don May, Jr., owner Jerry Chandler, partner Charles Fiedler, partner |
| Branch | Media company |
| Website | www.synapse-films.com |
Synapse films is an American DVD label founded and operated by Don May, Jr. Jerry Chandler and Charles Fiedler are co-founders and partners. The company was founded in 1997 with the aim of presenting horror and science fiction films in perfect digital quality.
The main focus is therefore on the restoration and video transfer of genre films that only received a very poor video evaluation , or none at all, in the past. Don May, Jr. had a lot of experience in the field of film restoration at his previous company Elite Entertainment - he was only a partner - and Laserdisc releases from Elite Entertainment were considered the best in horror at the time. This experience naturally benefits him and his company today.
Synapse films' catalog ranges from euro horror films and documentaries to Japanese exploitation films from the 1960s and 1970s .
In 2004 Synapse Films released the controversial thriller - a ruthless film on DVD . The release of the film, however, was no less controversial than the film itself. The notorious director Bo Arne Vibenius spread everywhere that Synapse films had simply stolen the film from him and wrote threatening letters, e-mails and faxes under false names. In 2002, Synapse Films bought Chrome Entertainment's worldwide distribution rights for $ 10,000. The reasons why Vibenius took action against the DVD label are unknown.
Synapse films works closely with other small US DVD companies. The Legends Of The Poisonous Seductress series was released in collaboration with Panik House Entertainment. Synapse films also helps Impulse pictures to bring their DVD videos to larger shopping chains via Ryko Distribution.
The from Detroit native filmmaker Nicholas Schlegel his documentary The Story Synapse divided into 4 parts on YouTube released. The documentation offers a very good insight into the genesis of Synapse films.
Program list
| Catalog number | medium | title | Version |
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| SFD0001 |
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Document of the Dead | The Special Edition |
| SFD0002 |
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Dario Argento's World of Horror | |
| SFD0003 |
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Vampyros Lesbos | Widescreen Edition |
| SFD0004 |
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Deadbeat at Dawn | Special edition |
| SFD0005 |
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Brain damage | |
| SFD0006 |
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organ | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0007 |
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die | Special edition |
| SFD0008 |
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A better place | Special edition |
| SFD0009 |
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Evil Dead Trap | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0010 |
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She Killed in Ecstasy | |
| SFD0011 |
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Beast from Haunted Cave | Special Extended Version |
| SFD0012 |
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Fatal frames | Special edition |
| SFD0013 |
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Six Days in Roswell | Special edition |
| SFD0014 |
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Exorcism | Special edition |
| SFD0015 |
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Triumph Of The Will | Special edition |
| SFD0016 |
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The Grapes of Death | Special edition |
| SFD0017 |
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The Image | Widescreen Edition |
| SFD0018 |
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Invasion, USA | Atomic Special Edition |
| SFD0019 |
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Star Warp'd | Special edition |
| SFD0020 |
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Castle of Blood | Uncensored International Version |
| SFD0021 |
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Cold Hearts | Widescreen Edition |
| SFD0022 |
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Bacchanal sexual | Widescreen Edition |
| SFD0023 |
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Blue Sunshine | limited edition |
| SFD0024 |
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Flavia the Heretic | Uncensored International Version |
| SFD0025 |
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Night train | Special edition |
| SFD0026 |
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Stacy | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0027 |
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Brain damage | Special limited edition |
| SFD0028 |
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Brutes and Savages | The Uncivilized Version |
| SFD0029 |
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Wild Zero | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0030 |
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Entrails of a Virgin | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0031 |
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The Deli | Special edition |
| SFD0032 |
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Entrails of a Beautiful Woman | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0033 |
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Lemora | |
| SFD0034 |
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Thriller - A Cruel Picture | limited edition |
| SFD0035 |
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God Has a Rap Sheet | Special edition |
| SFD0036 |
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The Deadly Spawn | Special edition |
| SFD0037 |
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Fantasm | Widescreen Edition |
| SFD0038 |
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Fantasm Comes Again | Widescreen Edition |
| SFD0039 |
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Budo - The Art of Killing | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0040 |
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Olga's Girls | Special edition |
| SFD0041 |
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Asian Cult Cinema | Extreme Horror Limited 4 Disc Box Set |
| SFD0042 |
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Bizarre | Special edition |
| SFD0043 |
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Street trash | |
| SFD0044 |
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Thriller - They Call Her One Eye | Vengeance Edition |
| SFD0045 |
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Long weekend | Special edition |
| SFD0046 |
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Nail Gun Massacre | Special edition |
| SFD0047 |
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Effects | |
| SFD0048 |
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Cyclone | |
| SFD0049 |
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42nd Street Forever Volume 1 | Weird, wild and crazy |
| SFD0050 |
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Stillwater | |
| SFD0051 |
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Let Me Die A Woman | Transgendred Edition |
| SFD0052 |
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Triumph Of The Will | Remastered Special Edition |
| SFD0053 |
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Stalingrad | |
| SFD0054 |
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Singapore Sling | |
| SFD0055 |
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Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare | Special edition |
| SFD0056 |
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Small Gauge Trauma - 13 Shorts From The Fantasia Film Festival | |
| SFD0057 |
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Street trash | Special Meltdown Edition |
| SFD0058 |
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42nd Street Forever Volume 2 | The Deuce |
| SFD0059 |
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Maniac cop | Special edition |
| SFD0060 |
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Christmas Evil | Special edition |
| SFD0061 |
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42nd Street Forever | XXX-Treme Special Edition |
| SFD0062 | |||
| SFD0063 |
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Snake Woman's Curse | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0064 |
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Horrors Of Malformed Men | Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0065 |
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Legends Of The Poisonous Seductress Volume 1 - Female Demon Ohyaku | The Pinky Violence Collection |
| SFD0066 |
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Legends Of The Poisonous Seductress Volume 2 - Quick Draw Okatsu | The Pinky Violence Collection |
| SFD0067 |
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Legends Of The Poisonous Seductress Volume 3 - Okatsu The Fugitive | The Pinky Violence Collection |
| SFD0068 |
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Madame O | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0069 |
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Thirst | |
| SFD0070 |
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Black Roses | |
| SFD0071 |
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Basket Case 2 | |
| SFD0072 |
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Dark Forces | Special edition |
| SFD0073 |
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Strange Behavior | Special edition |
| SFD0074 |
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The rug cop | The Minoru Kawasaki Collection |
| SFD0075 |
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Syngenor | Special edition |
| SFD0076 |
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Executive koala | The Minoru Kawasaki Collection |
| SFD0077 |
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Karaoke Terror - The Complete Japanese Showa Songbook | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0078 |
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Party 7 | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0079 |
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The World Sinks Except Japan | The Minoru Kawasaki Collection |
| SFD0080 |
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Patrick | Special edition |
| SFD0081 |
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Exposed | |
| SFD0082 |
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The Booby Hatch | |
| SFD0083 |
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42nd Street Forever Volume 3 | Exploitation explosion |
| SFD0084 |
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Home sick | Special edition |
| SFD0085 |
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Lucker the Necrophagous | Director's Cut |
| SFD0086 |
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0087 |
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2 - She-Cat Gambler | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0088 |
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Header | |
| SFD0089 |
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42nd Street Forever Volume 4 | Cooled by Refrigeration |
| SFD0090 |
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Rosarigasinos - Gangs From Rosario | |
| SFD0091 |
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Animalda | |
| SFD0092 |
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Sick girl | |
| SFD0093 |
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42nd Street Forever Volume 5 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema |
| SFD0094 |
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Stepfather II | Special edition |
| SFD0095 |
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Night of Death | |
| SFD0096 |
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Battle Girl: The Living Dead In Tokyo Bay | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0097 |
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Graphic sexual horror | Special edition |
| SFD0098 |
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Secrets Of Sex | |
| SFD0099 |
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Death Of A Snowman | |
| SFD0100 |
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Vampire Circus | The Hammer Horror Collection |
| SFD0101 |
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Resonnances | |
| SFD0102 |
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Embodiment of Evil | |
| SFD0103 |
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The Dorm That Dripped Blood | Uncensored Director's Cut |
| SFD0104 |
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The Image | Remastered Special Edition |
| SFD0105 |
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The Image | Remastered Special Edition |
| SFD0106 |
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The Sweet Life | |
| SFD0107 |
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Frat House Massacre | |
| SFD0108 |
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The Exterminator | Unrated Director's Cut |
| SFD0109 |
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South of Heaven | |
| SFD0110 |
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Maniac cop | |
| SFD0111 |
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Frankenhooker | |
| SFD0112 |
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Hammer House of Horror (5 DVD Collector's Edition) | The Hammer Horror Collection |
| SFD0113 |
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Gurozuka | The Asian Cult Cinema Collection |
| SFD0114 |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill ... Except | |
| SFD0115 |
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Red Scorpion | |
| SFD0116 |
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42nd Street Forever | The Blu-ray Edition |
| SFD0117 |
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Twins of Evil | The Hammer Horror Collection |
| SFD0129 |
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Hands of the ripper | The Hammer Horror Collection |
Web links
- Synapse films - Official website
- Synapse films, Inc. in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Synapse films, Inc. in the online Movies Database
- Synapse films at Criterion Dungeon (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ DVD Maniacs - A Message From Synapse ... dvdmaniacs.net, August 26, 2004, archived from the original on August 29, 2004 ; Retrieved March 23, 2010 .
- ^ Nicholas Schlegel: YouTube - ChauncyUpper's Channel. 2007, accessed March 23, 2010 .