Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Blu-Dre]

I must implore my fellow fright fans that are underwhelmed by the two latest announcements to imagine what would have been announced right now if Shout/Scream weren't able to crack Warner and Sony...

Probably an upgrade to CE of Incredible Melting Man and a steelbook of Deadly Eyes.

So I'm thankful for Seventh Sign and even The Bride. With that said, no way am I paying for The Bride. Nostalgia is never enough.

[bb8977]

Originally Posted by Blu-Dre

I must implore my fellow fright fans that are underwhelmed by the two latest announcements to imagine what would have been announced right now if Shout/Scream weren't able to crack Warner and Sony...

Probably an upgrade to CE of Incredible Melting Man and a steelbook of Deadly Eyes.

So I'm thankful for Seventh Sign and even The Bride. With that said, no way am I paying for The Bride. Nostalgia is never enough.

But if they have indeed cracked sony & Warner why are they releasing such crappy films ?

[Blu-Dre]

Originally Posted by bb8977

But if they have indeed cracked sony & Warner why are they releasing such crappy films ?

One of two reasons....

1. They were only able to get a mediocre track of titles with the few gems they really wanted.

or

2. They're saving the heavy hitters for Comic Con and 4th Quarter. And possibly even saving some for 2019 as to not shoot the load too quick and be back in the rut they were in before the Warner and Sony deals.

I choose to believe the latter.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

On their Facebook page, Shout Select are teasing a 'BIG, EXCITING, FUN, '80'S ANNOUNCEMENT' next week.

Let the speculation begin......

Just one of the Guys or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie or Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

From the Seventh Sign announcement....



Perhaps a hint of a future announcement?

Originally Posted by Thomas Veil

Saving me money so far...Deep Rising still beats both titles combined. And still undefeated champ!

Both Deep rising and Seventh Sign are great announcements as Seventh Sign never had a BD release in the USA and i can retire my old DVDs of both films.

[MJD64]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

On their Facebook page, Shout Select are teasing a 'BIG, EXCITING, FUN, '80'S ANNOUNCEMENT' next week.

Let the speculation begin......

Flash! Aaaahhh! He'll save every one of us!

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

From the Seventh Sign announcement....



Perhaps a hint of a future announcement?

Maybe at comic con a CE of End of Days might be a big announcement for more WB, Sony and Universal titles.

[Member-222782]

People's ideas of "big" titles sure vary wildly, from Chucky sequels (meh) to flops like End of Days. You guys need to think bigger. I think this year's big announcement will be a fancy Nightmare On Elm Street box set. I don't know to what extent Warner is willing to let Shout dig around for extras but the hope is that some of those deleted scenes from the Elm Street sequels will be found and included in an extras package. I think it's too much to hope for Director's Cuts. As definitive as the old DVD set was for it's time, most of the extras were spread around as Easter eggs. I'd like a more traditional (and updated) definitive set.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Blu-Dre

One of two reasons....

1. They were only able to get a mediocre track of titles with the few gems they really wanted.

or

2. They're saving the heavy hitters for Comic Con and 4th Quarter. And possibly even saving some for 2019 as to not shoot the load too quick and be back in the rut they were in before the Warner and Sony deals.

I choose to believe the latter.

It’s probably both.

[JoelGoodsen]

I like seeing stuff like The Seventh Sign getting a release. I will be picking it up.

[travisbickle]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

From the Seventh Sign announcement....



Perhaps a hint of a future announcement?

Let's hope not.

[NewAgeYankee]

Originally Posted by Cinema74

People's ideas of "big" titles sure vary wildly, from Chucky sequels (meh) to flops like End of Days. You guys need to think bigger. I think this year's big announcement will be a fancy Nightmare On Elm Street box set. I don't know to what extent Warner is willing to let Shout dig around for extras but the hope is that some of those deleted scenes from the Elm Street sequels will be found and included in an extras package. I think it's too much to hope for Director's Cuts. As definitive as the old DVD set was for it's time, most of the extras were spread around as Easter eggs. I'd like a more traditional (and updated) definitive set.

The Nightmare films remastered from a 4k scan would alone make them worth while. Outside the original film the rest of the films in the current set leave alot to be desired. It would be nice to finally get the original films deleted scenes on a modern format so people can finally retire the old Elite LD. I imagine that they still have the uncut negatives for 5 and the 102 minute theatrical cut of 6. I know rumors are abound about Part 4’s mythic workprint with the mpaa decoy kills but I doubt thats the case. Renny Harlin and the Dream Master cast are pretty notoriius for having loose lips so I think someone would have blabbed if that was coming by now. Unless they have something planned for its 30th anniversary in August.



I’d imagine Shout would probably manage some good extras and it would be great if they managed to get some holdouts from Never Sleep Again to do interviews. Unless he literally pulled an Everett McGill and literally disappeared off the map, I still dont get why the hell Craig Wasson thinks he is above doing any interviews. Its not like he has much else to hang his hat on aside from Body Double.

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

On their Facebook page, Shout Select are teasing a 'BIG, EXCITING, FUN, '80'S ANNOUNCEMENT' next week.

Let the speculation begin......

Beetlejuice: 30th Anniversary, maybe?

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by Majin Blu

Beetlejuice: 30th Anniversary, maybe?

That would be amazing for the Scream line.

Originally Posted by Cinema74

People's ideas of "big" titles sure vary wildly, from Chucky sequels (meh) to flops like End of Days. You guys need to think bigger. I think this year's big announcement will be a fancy Nightmare On Elm Street box set. I don't know to what extent Warner is willing to let Shout dig around for extras but the hope is that some of those deleted scenes from the Elm Street sequels will be found and included in an extras package. I think it's too much to hope for Director's Cuts. As definitive as the old DVD set was for it's time, most of the extras were spread around as Easter eggs. I'd like a more traditional (and updated) definitive set.

I thought End of Days is a lot of fun and i enjoyed it since i saw it in theaters, it can use a 2K restored CE with extras galore and all. Since the current BD has mediocre PQ and bareboned with only one extra.

Child's Play 2 and 3 need CE BDs with extras galore and 2 is the best sequel in the franchise no doubt as the current BDs are bareboned.

Elm Street movies in CEs would be nice with new PQ restoration and extras galore even deleted scenes.

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

September's announcements begin with another Sony title - and a pretty awful one: The Bride. Out 25th September:

I like it.
I like The Bride and I don't care who knows it.
Surprised by the hostility here for this film.
All things considered, its virtues are enough to overcome its problems.
I haven't seen The Bride since it was released theatrically and will give it another look in September.
I had hoped that director Franc Roddam would continue making films in the genre, but he didn't. He had done Quadrophenia, and I liked very much his miniseries Cleopatra.

[Donl1282]

Are they announcing one title per day this week?

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

Are they announcing one title per day this week?

If they are it's likely we'll know within the hour.

[BarnDoor]

This should please quite a few people: The Evil, coming 18th September:



Hopefully Twice Dead isn't far away, it would be nice to get upgrades of the remaining Corman DVD-only titles.

[Member-222782]

THE EVIL on Blu pleases me more than it should

[BarnDoor]

More details from Facebook:

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

Extras will be ported over from the prior DVD release. And we’ll be doing a new high-definition film transfer taken from the only surviving archival print.

I'm pleased with this announcement, but the fact that September remains relatively low-key given the Sony and Warner deals (thus far anyway) is surprising. Maybe they are indeed saving the bigger titles for October and beyond (thus allowing them to be announced at SDCC). It's also possible that they might release more titles than usual in September (they did say a lot was coming later in the year).

[jthefrank]

I'm down for the last two. Never seen Seventh Sign.