The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

This special limited edition deluxe magnet box + slipcover set (designed by Brent Engstrom and Michael DeForge), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 8,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Dodger (Mackenzie Astin) finds himself in Captain Manzini’s (Anthony Newley) antique shop, seeking refuge from a group of bullies. Manzini, a friend and protector of Dodger, provides him a safe haven while warning Dodger not to touch a grimy-looking garbage can crusted with slime. When the bullies find Dodger, a fight breaks out, and the garbage can topples over, releasing a bevy of pint-sized, grotesque aliens known as the Garbage Pail Kids®. The kids – Ali Gator, Nat Nerd, Greaser Greg, Foul Phil, Messy Tessie, and Valerie Vomit – befriend Dodger and help him get revenge against his bullies, defying the laws of good taste in the process!

Based on the popular Topps trading cards, THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS® MOVIE captures the irreverence and gross-out humor of its source, mixing obnoxious gags with painstakingly disgusting make-up effects courtesy of John Carl Buechler (Re-Animator, Tammy and the T-Rex). Vinegar Syndrome Ultra is proud to present the world UHD premiere of one of the grossest movies ever made for children, from a new 4K scan of its original 35mm camera negative, giving every ounce of fluid and every wrinkle of latex the resolution it has always deserved.

directed by: Rod Amateau
starring: Mackenzie Astin, Katie Barberi, Phil Fondacaro, Anthony Newley, Ron MacLachlan, Arturo Gil
1987 / 96 min / 1.85:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Commentary track with lead actors Katie Barberi and Mackenzie Astin, moderated by film programmer William Morris
• "Tangerine's Dreams" (27 min) - a brand new interview with actress Katie Barberi
• "Anything is Possible" (26 min) - a brand new interview with special effects & animatronics artist Hal Miles
• "The Effects of the Garbage Pail Kids Movie" (12 min) - an archival interview with special makeup effects creator John Carl Buechler and makeup effects artist Gino Crognale
• "On the Set" (6 min) - an archival interview with first assistant director Thomas A. Irvine
• "The Artful Dodger" (27 min) - an archival interview with actor Mackenzie Astin
• "The Kids Aren't Alright" (21 min) - archival interviews with actors Arturo Gil (Windy Winston) and Kevin Thompson (Ali Gator)
• Original trailer
• 40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Austin Trunick, Chris Shields, Walter Chaw
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles