[1] Synapse Films was owned and operated by Don May, Jr. and his business partners Jerry Chandler and Charles Fiedler, the catalyst being May's longstanding interest in and passion for TV and cinema.

I loved movies and the disc format and knew this was a business I wanted to be in.”[2] May became a part owner of Elite Entertainment after leaving his aforementioned job in laserdisc retail.

[2] The Synapse catalog ranges from European horror touchstones like Vampyros Lesbos, and Castle of Blood to important genre documentaries including Roy Frumkes' Document of the Dead, from drive-in favorites like The Brain That Wouldn't Die to Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi film Triumph of the Will.

A competing 4K UHD release by Vinegar Syndrome is set for later in 2022, raising questions as to which company has a current and valid license to the title.

Detroit film scholar Nicholas Schlegel released his documentary The Synapse Story in its entirety on YouTube.