Willard (1971) / Ben (1972)

[Oscar Rothman]

Willard Blu-ray



Ben Blu-ray

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***HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 13 UPCOMING TITLES!***

We just revealed the following upcoming Scream Factory blu-ray releases at our Comic Con panel this evening. Here's the exciting line-up:

1. BUBBA HO-TEP (2002) (Collector’s Edition) – Stars Bruce Campbell and directed by Don Coscarelli.

2 WILLARD (1971) – The rare 70s rat-revenge film is (finally) coming to DVD & Blu-ray!

3. BEN (1972) – The sequel to Willard.

4. BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) (Collector’s Edition) – The original slasher classic!

5. POLTERGEIST II (1986) (Collector’s Edition)– “They’re Back!”

6. POLTERGEIST III (1988) (Collector’s Edition) – “They’ve Found Her!”

7. DREAMSCAPE (1984) (Collector’s Edition) – The fantasy cult classic starring Dennis Quaid and Kate Capshaw.

8. RABID (1977) (Collector’s Edition) – The early Cronenberg classic!

9. DEAD RINGERS (1988) (Collector’s Editon) – Another Cronenberg favorite. Stars Jeremy Irons.

10 & 11. SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II (1987) & III (1990) double feature. – You asked for it (a lot) so make sure to buy it!

12. THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1970- Rare AIP early “slasher” film!

13. DEAD OF WINTER (1987) – Chilling thriller starring Mary Steenburgen and the late great Roddy McDowell.

We have no other details to report on this time. Expect though that some of these will be begin releasing in November.
We hope you are as excited as we are about these. Which ones are you looking forward to this most???

[kidglov3s]

Holy shit, this is the coup of the year so far, ha ha, at least for me. I was always baffled these never hit DVD/Blu-ray, and yet avoided the high-priced LDs.

[RodChester]

I've only seen the remake with Crispin Glover so I am looking forward to these. I wonder if it will be a double feature or two separate releases.

[tylerdurden10]

What the hell is Willard & Ben? It's not even listed in IMDB.

Or is this 2 separate movies?

Edit: Nevermind, 2 movies I have no interest in.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

What the hell is Willard & Ben? It's not even listed in IMDB.

Those are two separate movies..
Willard
Ben is the sequel

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by RodChester

I've only seen the remake with Crispin Glover so I am looking forward to these.

That's the one I want on BD, especially considering my double-sided DVD died on me years ago.

[RiFiFi1955]

Willard is a good movie and was in desperate need of a proper release. Bravo Scream!

[RiFiFi1955]

Never seen Ben though!

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

That's the one I want on BD, especially considering my double-sided DVD died on me years ago.

Yeah I'd like to have it too. Maybe if these do well we'll get it.

[Oscar Rothman]

talking about out of left field announcement. great surprise.

[kidglov3s]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Those are two separate movies..
Willard
Ben is the sequel

The fact that that needs to be explained is to the shame of whoever owned the rights to these films and so terribly mismanaged them over the past 20 years. And I haven't even seen the goddamn things!

But I of course know the MJ song for Ben:

Michael Jackson performing at the Oscars® - YouTube

[OneWayFilms]

Willard & Ben would make an EXCELLENT Double Feature.

[RiFiFi1955]

Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

Willard & Ben would make an EXCELLENT Double Feature.

Now we can make it happen!

[Kaiju]

Would have preferred the remake with Crispin Glover. The world needs more Crispin Glover!

[Dex Robinson]

I was losing faith in Scream but this is a huge announcement. I didn't see it coming and I'd long ago given up on seeing these two on BD. For that matter, these two movies are so rarely seen that I thought they must have fallen into some legal limbo.

So to log in and see this announcement is a stunner.

Good work Scream. My faith has been restored.

[dubious]

Originally Posted by Kaiju

Would have preferred the remake with Crispin Glover. The world needs more Crispin Glover!

... or less, depending on your taste for Glover. River's Edge sold me on the fact he was no-talent hack like Nic Cage.

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by Oscar Rothman

https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory/sta...97093092184064

***HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 13 UPCOMING TITLES!***

We just revealed the following upcoming Scream Factory blu-ray releases at our Comic Con panel this evening. Here's the exciting line-up:

1. BUBBA HO-TEP (2002) (Collector’s Edition) – Stars Bruce Campbell and directed by Don Coscarelli.

2 WILLARD (1971) – The rare 70s rat-revenge film is (finally) coming to DVD & Blu-ray!

3. BEN (1972) – The sequel to Willard.

4. BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) (Collector’s Edition) – The original slasher classic!

5. POLTERGEIST II (1986) (Collector’s Edition)– “They’re Back!”

6. POLTERGEIST III (1988) (Collector’s Edition) – “They’ve Found Her!”

7. DREAMSCAPE (1984) (Collector’s Edition) – The fantasy cult classic starring Dennis Quaid and Kate Capshaw.

8. RABID (1977) (Collector’s Edition) – The early Cronenberg classic!

9. DEAD RINGERS (1988) (Collector’s Editon) – Another Cronenberg favorite. Stars Jeremy Irons.

10 & 11. SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II (1987) & III (1990) double feature. – You asked for it (a lot) so make sure to buy it!

12. THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1970- Rare AIP early “slasher” film!

13. DEAD OF WINTER (1987) – Chilling thriller starring Mary Steenburgen and the late great Roddy McDowell.

We have no other details to report on this time. Expect though that some of these will be begin releasing in November.
We hope you are as excited as we are about these. Which ones are you looking forward to this most???

Im in for a lot of these, but super happy about Dreamscape, Dead Of Winter and the Slumber Party 2 pack (can dump my DVDs now)!

[baheidstu]

In for Willard, Ben, Dreamscape and possibly the two Cronenberg titles.

As for Crispin Glover, I've always thought he tries waaaay too hard to be "weird and wacky" to the point he's just insufferable.

[hasslein]

In for Willard & Ben. Once I saw those I was surprised Reincarnation of Peter Proud wasn't in there.

[kidglov3s]

Looking at these posts... if Blu-ray forum is so unfamiliar with these films then... yikes. I am so thankful they're being released. It was hard to pass up the early-80s LDs at $80 a piece at the LD store I frequented for over a decade but I did. Surely, they were due for a DVD any day now, right? I guess 14 years later it finally happened, ha ha.i