Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Mr. Thomsen]

Originally Posted by Ruemorgue10

There was also The Dark Half, Lord of Illusions, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and In the Mouth of Madness.

People tend to exaggerate how inferior the horror films of the 90's were, when in reality, some of them were damn brilliant!

But the fact that there were brilliant horror titles coming out does not negate the notion that the decade, as a whole, was rather bland.

You can look at any decade of the film history and find brilliant horror movies - perhaps with the exception of the first two (but then, you can discuss whether the horror film existed as a genre at all at that point) - that does not mean the decades as a whole were particularly good.

[KenHurd]

I think the 90s was a great decade for horror movies. I think that people look down on the decade because of the Scream clones that were released in the last part, but even the 80s wasn't without its subpar clones of the more successful films. The 80s were full of Halloween and Friday the 13th clones, and even Friday the 13th came because of the success of Halloween. And Halloween owes quite a bit to Black Christmas. Still, there were countless 80s slashers that tried to emulate the more successful films (He Knows You're Alone -- even though I love the movie -- completely ripped off Halloween, from the music to the shooting style). I think the biggest difference with the 80s is that there were just so many of them, but because there were so many, we also got plenty of classics. But for every classic, there were probably at least 10 clones that ripped it off.

Now, I love the 80s; I grew up watching those movies, so they hold a lot of nostalgic value to me. But I was 12 when Scream came out, so I was probably in the perfect target audience for those films. The Scream clones were also very short lived. Once the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake came out in 2003, that kind of signaled the death of the Scream clone and the birth of the remakes. We also had Saw in 2004 that spawned a different set of clones.

If anything, I think we're in the worst time for horror right now. The only thing saving us are labels like Scream Factory, Synapse, Blue Underground, etc., that are releasing all the classics we've loved for years. But horror movies in theaters have been few and far between. How many horror movies were released in theaters in 2013? The only ones I can think of are Texas Chainsaw 3D, Evil Dead, The Conjuring, Insidious 2, and Carrie. That's only one original horror movie, 2 sequels, and 2 remakes. I'm probably missing some. 2014 looks like even less. We've got 2 Paranormal Activity movies and Devil's Due.

[format916]

i wish the movies now were as memorable as the 90s ones.

[Metallix87]

Originally Posted by format916

i wish the movies now were as memorable as the 90s ones.

I think some of them are. Evil Dead, Insidious, Sinister, and The Conjuring were all amazingly excellent, IMO.

[redrunner97]

Movies are in a weird transitional period right now, I think everything is going to stop being so self aware and more traditional very soon. Films come in phases but now it seems to be the awkward phase of not having a phase.

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Now, I was thinking and with The Marked Ones being released, it would be cool to have Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night get a legit Region A release (with English subs so I can toss my bootleg!), maybe Scream Factory could get it from Blumhouse? (Unless the tie-in to PA means it would be super expensive to acquire).

[format916]

Originally Posted by Metallix87

I think some of them are. Evil Dead, Insidious, Sinister, and The Conjuring were all amazingly excellent, IMO.

well ill respectfully disagree with your choices; but ill throw in the devils rejects, wolf creek, high tension, eden lake, frontiers...so all is not a lost hope.

i think the conjuring was the best out of the ones you listed.

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by Metallix87

I think some of them are. Evil Dead, Insidious, Sinister, and The Conjuring were all amazingly excellent, IMO.

I agree. I quite liked these that you mention. Evil Dead, while using many elements from the original, felt more like a sequel than a remake to me.

Originally Posted by format916

well ill respectfully disagree with your choices; but ill throw in the devils rejects, wolf creek, high tension, eden lake, frontiers...so all is not a lost hope.

i think the conjuring was the best out of the ones you listed.

These are all great and memorable horror films, but the newest of these, Eden Lake, is already 6 years old, and High Tension came out 11 years ago.

[dsman71]

I liked the Woman In Black , the first SAW film, Insidious 1 and 2 , The Devils Rejects, Bait, Land of the Dead, Zombieland as far as recent horror goes

1990s horrors that I enjoy include From Dusk Till Dawn, Tremors, Night of the Living Dead remake, Exorcist III, Tales from the Darkside, DEMON KNIGHT (not Bordello of Blood meh) Puppet Master II, III , Scanners II and III, Omen IV, Alligator II, Demonic Toys, Army of Darkness, Body Bags, Ticks , Village of the Damned, Jason Goes to Hell, The Faculty, Body Snatchers, End of Days, Mosquito ! ....etc etc
So it wasnt such a bad decade at all

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by Metallix87

I think some of them are. Evil Dead, Insidious, Sinister, and The Conjuring were all amazingly excellent, IMO.

I'm really scared, so I have not seen Evil Dead yet. I have heard from many saying it was great, but people who have views very close to mine have said it is awful. I'm going to grab it sometime next month.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by dsman71

I liked the Woman In Black , the first SAW film, Insidious 1 and 2 , The Devils Rejects, Bait, Land of the Dead, Zombieland as far as recent horror goes

1990s horrors that I enjoy include From Dusk Till Dawn, Tremors, Night of the Living Dead remake, Exorcist III, Tales from the Darkside, Bordello of Blood, Puppet Master II, III , Scanners II and III, Omen IV, Alligator II, Demonic Toys, Army of Darkness, Body Bags, Ticks , Village of the Damned, Jason Goes to Hell, The Faculty, Body Snatchers, End of Days....etc etc
So it wasnt such a bad decade at all

Why am I not on the 1990s list?

[neoz]

In case you guys didn't know and are interested. Dxtra30 posted that Target has Night Of The Comet for $18.99.

http://www.target.com/p/night-of-the...5_201312110217

While cheap, I'm going to hold out on another Scream Factory sale. In the distant future.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by demonknight

Why am I not on the 1990s list?

You know what, I meant Demon Knight, not Bordello of Blood...
Watch this edit !!

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by dsman71

You know what, I meant Demon Knight, not Bordello of Blood...
Watch this edit !!

I thought Bordello of Blood was okay... Better than Ritual.

[neoz]

Per Facebook

*BREAKING!* We know you guys have been hungry for a new title announcement from us for awhile...so here's one to satisfy your appetite...

RAVENOUS - the 1999 cannibal film starring Guy Pearce, David Arquette and directed by Antonia Bird - will be coming to blu-ray for the first time come this June with all-new extras planned!

No other details to report at this time. But check back here in next few months for more updates on this exciting project. The original theatrical poster key art will be used as artwork (as seen here).

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by zbinks

I'm a little surprised nobody's mentioned:

[Show spoiler]Brain Dead (1990)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Dust Devil (1992)
Cronos (1993)
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
Cemetery Man (1994)
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (1994)
The Frighteners (1996)
Mimic (1997)
The Night Flier (1997)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Stir of Echoes (1999)

I thought all ranged from good to excellent.

I haven't seen them, but Flatliners (1990), Fire in the Sky (1993) and Tesis (1996) are supposed to have fairly good reputations too.

I bolded the ones I like..Mimic is just awesome. I didn't want to go on and on about 90s films Im into

[Talyn]

I've brought up Warlock (both films, definitely not the third though)....sadly, Lionsgate has a lock on those. I'd say The Frighteners bluray is pretty good though, not sure we'd really need another one....

[nerdy916]

How come no one has mentioned Event Horizon. I would love for scream to release an unrated cut for this film

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by nerdy916

How come no one has mentioned Event Horizon. I would love for scream to release an unrated cut for this film

Oh yes that one we need. Would hate if a certain german label get their hands on it and release another movie with inserted scenes with vhs quality like they did Slinger (Cyborg) and Punisher.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by nerdy916

How come no one has mentioned Event Horizon. I would love for scream to release an unrated cut for this film

It is with Warner through Paramount. In other words, never going to happen.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by demonknight

It is with Warner through Paramount. In other words, never going to happen.

But wouldn't be surprising to see Warner release it within the next couple years.