The Outing/The Godsend coming from Scream Factory

[jthefrank]

How is there no thread? Seems like tons of people were throwing fits because The Outing was previously only SD.

[The Great Owl]

I've never seen The Outing, but I saw The Godsend a couple of times on Elvira's Movie Macabre when I was a kid in the early 1980s, and I'd love to see it again. That was such a mean little girl, and she reminded me at the time of this one girl at my elementary school who used to push people off of swing sets.

I'm not sure how The Godsend will hold up these days, but I might be in for this disc if the price is right.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by jthefrank

How is there no thread? Seems like tons of people were throwing fits because The Outing was previously only SD.

I'd say it's pretty obvious that those "tons of people" were clearly a vocal minority. Today's releases are about as far down on my list of films to buy as they can be and yet still register on my radar.

[fallofparadise]

Great Owl... I saw the Godsend on Elvira's show too! I'm actually pretty excited for this release. I don't even think it was released on standard dvd.

[Seymour]

Excited for The Outing, but wish it was paired with something else (like Destroyer).

[jthefrank]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I've never seen The Outing, but I saw The Godsend a couple of times on Elvira's Movie Macabre when I was a kid in the early 1980s, and I'd love to see it again. That was such a mean little girl, and she reminded me at the time of this one girl at my elementary school who used to push people off of swing sets.

I'm not sure how The Godsend will hold up these days, but I might be in for this disc if the price is right.

It's good. Arguably one of the stronger Scream releases actually.

Originally Posted by fallofparadise

Great Owl... I saw the Godsend on Elvira's show too! I'm actually pretty excited for this release. I don't even think it was released on standard dvd.

Shout released it in 2013

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by jthefrank

How is there no thread? Seems like tons of people were throwing fits because The Outing was previously only SD.

Probably because there is a Scream thread and they are talking about the release in it.

[omenboy]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I've never seen The Outing, but I saw The Godsend a couple of times on Elvira's Movie Macabre when I was a kid in the early 1980s, and I'd love to see it again. That was such a mean little girl, and she reminded me at the time of this one girl at my elementary school who used to push people off of swing sets.

I'm not sure how The Godsend will hold up these days, but I might be in for this disc if the price is right.

The girl wasn't just mean for the heck of it - The Godsend is actually based on the sinister ways of the cuckoo bird, which will lay it's eggs in another bird's nest. When the cuckoo chick hatches, it will destroy all the other eggs or chicks in the nest. When you watch the movie again knowing this, it puts a whole new perspective on it.

[FarewelltotheFlesh]

I was actually really impressed with the announcements this time around. I think it's great they're releasing many of the largely forgotten films. They can't all be Sleepaway Camp and Escape from New York.

The Outing is wicked little film with lots of gory violence and T&A. It has a bit of a mean streak though with some rather unsettling elements. I'm really happy this is getting the HD treatment as I was very disappointed with the DVD.

Cellar Dweller is just pure awesomeness and 100% cheese.

The Curse IV aka Catacombs was surprisingly enjoyable. I remember the VHS cover so well. I've attached a pic of it for those interested in a bit of nostalgia.

Haven't seen Godsend yet but looking forward to it.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by BrianS

The Outing is better than probably half of their releases, yet people choose this release to complain.

The Outing seriously ranks among my favorite horror movie guilty pleasures. I used to literally rent it all the time on VHS when I was younger. I'm stoked that it's coming out in HD.

I'll still hold on to my UK DVD of The Lamp though, which includes the rare ship intro sequence missing from the US cut.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by omenboy

The girl wasn't just mean for the heck of it - The Godsend is actually based on the sinister ways of the cuckoo bird, which will lay it's eggs in another bird's nest. When the cuckoo chick hatches, it will destroy all the other eggs or chicks in the nest. When you watch the movie again knowing this, it puts a whole new perspective on it.

I realized this even while I was watching The Godsend during my childhood, and the father even goes so far as to state the parallel when he is trying to reason with his wife during one scene. Still, I think that the little girl is mean, mean, mean.



The way that you people are talking about The Outing really makes me want to check it out.

[klauswhereareyou]

I'll have to pick up The Outing since it's one of those movies I never got a chance to see when it came out, and I don't think it's ever been on DVD.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

I'll have to pick up The Outing since it's one of those movies I never got a chance to see when it came out, and I don't think it's ever been on DVD.

Shout Factory released it previously in a 4-Pack DVD set in 2013, but it utilized an old video master for the transfer on that.

It's also been released in the UK with the alternate "The Lamp" version of the film.

[Member-222782]

Personally, I wouldn't mind if Shout had a release slate of just titles like The Outing and Catacombs. Eurohorror as well but I prefer some effort going into these. I wasn't too impressed with Shout's transfer for Exterminators of the Year 3000, although, to be fair, these movies will never really look pristine unless expensive restorations are done. But, yeah, I prefer these little gems over "big fish" titles that may have already received multiple releases.

[FarewelltotheFlesh]

Originally Posted by BrianS

I'm with you.

The Outing is better than probably half of their releases, yet people choose this release to complain.

And what's also odd is that they've already released it under the Scream banner, but on a crappy DVD, so people are actually complaining about them upgrading something that has already been a part of their catalog.

Very confusing indeed! I think it's wonderful these films are getting HD transfers! I'm happy these movies are getting some love. We need companies like Scream to release these films or else they'll never see the light of HD. Actually, the only film out of the 4 I'm not really excited about is The Godsend but even that film I'm happy about. Cellar Dweller in HD? Awesome. Curse IV aka Catacombs in HD? Love it.

[dsman71]

I ordered from Shouts site so Ill have this by the end of the month along with the Cellar Dweller/Catacombs release. These might be bare bones releases, I havent heard anything for extras.

[bb8977]

Originally Posted by dsman71

I ordered from Shouts site so Ill have this by the end of the month along with the Cellar Dweller/Catacombs release. These might be bare bones releases, I havent heard anything for extras.

They are bare bones discs, Scream have already said that the budget went to creating the HD transfers.

[zombiesdontrundotnet]

Popped in my review copy tonight. The Godsend looks pretty good while I'd say the Outing is hit and miss, leaning towards soft.

At the start of some scenes there is a little stutter in the picture during The Outing. Not sure if that is just how that is or an issue with the disc.

[Member-320773]

Could you check the running time of THE OUTING please? Thank you.

[dsman71]

Its the Lamp version according to Shout