Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[dsman71]

Per Scream Factory on Facebook - there is art but I don't know how to copy and paste it here. Ive never heard of this one

**SURPRISE TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT!**

Happy Friday guys! Fans of 80s horror, grindhouse and women-in-prison films are in for a special treat as we are releasing the rare and long-lost 1985 exploitation film HELLHOLE this Summer on Blu-ray & DVD for the very first time this Summer!

Those of you who have seen this film know what fun it is. And a great cast of cult film & TV favorites highlight the wild shenanigans including Mary Woronov (Rock n Roll High School, Night of the Comet), Ray Sharkey (The Idolmaker, Wiseguys), Marjoe Gortner (Earthquake, Starcrash, Food of the Gods) and Judy Landers (BJ & The Bear, Vega$, The Love Boat).

Pre-order links should go up in sometime in March. Any extras we may have will be announced sometime in April.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

[RandyK]

The innuendo in that title makes me

[returnofthemack]

Originally Posted by tommynorcal

im willing to fork the cash for better transfers all day every day

For some of the titles that scream has released I would be willing to pay upwards of $50 if it was truly a 5 star release ( Halloween 2&3, prince of darkness, They live). I wish those releases would have been definitive. But for he most part I'm happy with paying a decent price for mid-tier releases. I don't need 5 star $40 releases of terrorvision, the island, lifeforce and psycho 2. I know a lot of you would disagree but just look at synapses demons 1&2 (releases I bought). All the moaning people did bc they were $46 a piece. Most people aren't willing to spend whatever it takes unless they really love that movie.

Scream would either have to give it their all and do a lot of expensive work to every title they release and charge a lot more or figure out a way to single out titles that they think would sell for a high price and go for it on a case by case basis. The third option is to just continue to do what they are doing now which really seems to be working out for them. By all account it seems like he scream line has been a big success for them and there is really no reason to change what's proven to be a winning formula.

Scream will continue to have its ups and downs with the quality of their releases and I think the best that we can hope for is that once they get around to the next title that I really like that it's not as screwed up as phantasm 2 but more like the howling which I still think is their best over all release to date.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by dsman71

**SURPRISE TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT!**

BJ & The Bear

A man and his monkey. Now there's an idea I can't get enough of.

Nice. Never heard of it though. Too bad Synapse won today's announcements.

This must have been a long time coming too. This has the same rights holder as Q... (Or does it?)

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by The Peanut Monkey

Hmm... I still want The Burning but there's no guarantee of a slip (I know a user said they ordered in August but that's a long time ago). Has anyone bought since then and received one? If so, where? I never have much luck on Amazon when it comes to slips, anyway.

ImportCDs, bought The Fog and The Burning in their 10% off sale before Christmas, got the slipcovers on both in very good condition, except the sticker on the Fog was a ***** to get off

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by zbinks

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

Judy Landers

[HorrorBlu]

Originally Posted by returnofthemack

Are the little white bags that your talking about the ones that are caked with glue on the inside? Those suck bad. I think with my next batch of scream preorders I'm going to go with family video. I'll try to order in groups that are 2 titles per release date. Does anyone know if you can have them shipped to a local family video and do a in store pick up?

No, no glue. They're just bags. They're the same kind Family Video uses.

I guess I forgot that DeepDiscount / ImportCDs did that thing where they stick two sheets of white plastic to the DVD case and ship it.

[zbinks]

I'm guessing Hellhole comes from Samuel Z. Arkoff's estate? Anyone else thinking Scream Factory probably got the rights to

[Show spoiler]The Final Terror

as well?

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The Final terror / produced by Joe Roth ; directed by Andrew Davis.

Type of Work: Motion Picture
Registration Number / Date: PA0000210515 / 1984-03-26
Application Title: The Creeper; Three blind mice; Bump in the night; Campsite massacre.
Title: The Final terror / produced by Joe Roth ; directed by Andrew Davis.
Imprint: [LosAngeles] : S.Z. Arkoff, c1983.
Description: 4 film reels (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.
Cast: John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Daryl Hannah et al.
Credits: Screenplay by Jon George & Neill Hicks & Ronald Shusett; story by Jon George & Neill Hicks; co-produced by J. Stein Kaplan; music by Susan Justin; editors: Paul Rubell, Erica Flaum & Hannah Washonig; camera operator: Randy Robinson.
Copyright Claimant: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Date of Creation: 1983
Date of Publication: 1983-05-06
Authorship on Application: Samuel Z. Arkoff, employer for hire.
Previous Registration: Place of first publication stated on appl.: United Kingdom.
Copyright Note: C.O. correspondence.

Other Title: The Creeper
Three blind mice
Bump in the night
Campsite massacre
Names: Roth, Joe
Davis, Andrew
Kaplan, J. Stein
Arkoff, Samuel Z., 1918-

[dvdmrp]

That would be awesome if they did get the rights to The Final Terror. A great title that has never even been released to dvd. They did say that they acquired a few never before to dvd titles. Obviously Hellhole is one....wouldn't it be great if Final Terror is the other

[odriley]

Originally Posted by dvdmrp

That would be awesome if they did get the rights to The Final Terror. A great title that has never even been released to dvd. They did say that they acquired a few never before to dvd titles. Obviously Hellhole is one....wouldn't it be great if Final Terror is the other

The Final Terror did get a dvd release. It's just out of print now.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by odriley

The Final Terror did get a dvd release. It's just out of print now.

What if they got Abby as well? That hasn't had a DVD.

[Lucy Ashton]

Originally Posted by odriley

The Final Terror did get a dvd release. It's just out of print now.

If you can call that a dvd release - it looked like it had been ripped from a VHS source.

[odriley]

Originally Posted by Lucy Ashton

If you can call that a dvd release - it looked like it had been ripped from a VHS source.

I didn't say it was a GOOD dvd release.

[Member-222782]

I guess Columbia Pictures (and now Sony) only had home video distribution rights rights for HELLHOLE - I used to have the VHS and it had an RCA/Columbia logo. Nevertheless, great acquisition for Scream Factory! This was rumored to be coming soon but from Scorpion, not SF. And don't even joke about Final Terror. If that were to come out thru Scream I would probably have a heart attack. It's not listed among the titles produced by Arkoff, though (according to Imdb). One Arkoff Productions title that caught my attention was THE EARTHLING. This would be another holy grail acquisition for me.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by cine74

I guess Columbia Pictures (and now Sony) only had home video distribution rights rights for HELLHOLE - I used to have the VHS and it had an RCA/Columbia logo. Nevertheless, great acquisition for Scream Factory! This was rumored to be coming soon but from Scorpion, not SF. And don't even joke about Final Terror. If that were to come out thru Scream I would probably have a heart attack. It's not listed among the titles produced by Arkoff, though (according to Imdb). One Arkoff Productions title that caught my attention was THE EARTHLING. This would be another holy grail acquisition for me.

Originally Posted by IMDB

Samuel Z. Arkoff ... executive producer (uncredited)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082379/...=tt_cl_sm#cast

[Camp_Crystal_Lake]

Hellhole sounds like fun. But, the above discussion about The Final Terror makes me wish more than anything that Scream Factory could get this film and put out a Collector's Edition. I'd give a ridiculous amount of money for this on blu with great PQ.

[redrunner97]

Abby would be cool. So would The Final Terror.

Best to assume they got at least one other? Since they said they had two deals for two films? Or whatever, right?

[jmb1381]

Watched Hellhole earlier on YouTube and enjoyed the hell out of it! Sure its cheesy but damn if it wasn't entertaining. Its like a women in prison film but in a insane asylum.

[Ill_Be_Back]

I have never heard of Hellhole, not sure if it's worth the price.