Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[JackForrester]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I think the majority of people would wake $10 bare bones discs that look good over $20+ editions with special features. Not saying either is right or wrong, but Warner's strategy isn't exactly weird, and they release a ton of catalog stuff compared to everyone else, which is why it's odd when people act like they're "sitting on" their library.

I think they have a lot of catalog titles that deserve better than just a Theatrical Trailer (especially now that they bought everyone's catalog).
If they don't feel like giving better treatment to smaller cult films, I don't see the logic in refusing to let others do so, especially since by sublicensing, there will be money for them as well.

But yeah, in the end it's a matter of opinion.

[Catastrophe]

If anyone is "just sitting" on a goldmine of catalog titles, it's Lionsgate.

[schlock]

Originally Posted by Mr. Thomsen

MGM pulled Clownhouse because they did not want the negative publicity associated with it. The actor/ victim did not sue but launched a public campaign against the release.

I really can't see any company touching this. At least not in the USA.

I don't recall the actor/victim launching any 'public' campaign against Clownhouse, although you're probably right that he or his people contacted MGM and threatened that he would launch a campaign unless they pulled the DVD off the release schedule. The actor DID launch a very public campaign against Disney when they theatrically released Salva's later film Powder which had some homosexual imagery. But his protest against Clownhouse was most likely all behind the scenes, and considering it was the actual film where he was molested in, MGM was smart to cancel the title weeks before its streetdate (it was one of several MGM horror titles all streeting on the same date). Some copies of Clownhouse did leak out at the time, though, and fetch big $$$ now.

[Mughi]

Originally Posted by Catastrophe

If anyone is "just sitting" on a goldmine of catalog titles, it's Lionsgate.

Don't forget the Weinsteins, who have locked away most of the best Asian movies of the past three decades.

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by JackForrester

I think they have a lot of catalog titles that deserve better than just a Theatrical Trailer (especially now that they bought everyone's catalog).
If they don't feel like giving better treatment to smaller cult films, I don't see the logic in refusing to let others do so, especially since by sublicensing, there will be money for them as well.

But yeah, in the end it's a matter of opinion.

Thank you for stating the obvious.

[JackForrester]

Originally Posted by Mystic

Thank you for stating the obvious.

Don't mention it

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by JackForrester

I think they have a lot of catalog titles that deserve better than just a Theatrical Trailer (especially now that they bought everyone's catalog).
If they don't feel like giving better treatment to smaller cult films, I don't see the logic in refusing to let others do so, especially since by sublicensing, there will be money for them as well.

But yeah, in the end it's a matter of opinion.

Sure. I'm just saying if you're going to refuse licensing things out at least Warner is actually releasing catalog stuff. As mentioned by others, Lionsgate both refuses to license and then release jack-shit.

[JackForrester]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Sure. I'm just saying if you're going to refuse licensing things out at least Warner is actually releasing catalog stuff. As mentioned by others, Lionsgate both refuses to license and then release jack-shit.

Oh yeah, Lionsgate is definitely a worse case scenario. I'm just not the biggest fan of WB either.

[GasmaskAvenger]

If you ask me, there's only one movie Warner Bros. is legitimately keeping away from release on purpose and we all know what it is.

Everything else getting screwed over in their library, however, is a combination of laziness and incompetence.


Also, thanks a lot for bringing "Clownhouse" to my attention, guys. Getting it through dodgy, cash free means now.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

If you ask me, there's only one movie Warner Bros. is legitimately keeping away from release on purpose and we all know what it is.

#‎freethedevils

[demonknight]

I suppose Scream could contact a couple of frequent contributors and ask them to beg WB if the want is bad enough.

Tobe Hooper could ask for The Mangler / Night Terrors.
Wes Craven would be a tad difficult, as he doesn't like Deadly Friend or Vampire in Brooklyn.
Carpenter could go for Somebody's Watching Me / Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
Romero for Creepshow, maybe.
Any more I'm missing, not counting the ANOES movies, Poltergeist and ITMOM.
Jeff Burr could go for Leatherface: TCM 3.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by frakking toaster

Any chance of them getting escape from la?

I hope so, as I would finally buy this great comedy!

[JackForrester]

Originally Posted by demonknight

Wes Craven would be a tad difficult, as he doesn't like Deadly Friend or Vampire in Brooklyn.

Wes Craven only cares about his most profitable movies: the Scream franchise and Nightmare on Elm Street.
I wouldn't say he dislikes Deadly Friend, he just doesn't care enough to go after WB to ask for a nice release. But I don't think he would oppose to it if he knows there's enough fan intere$$t.

[JackForrester]

Originally Posted by rickah88

I hope so, as I would finally buy this great comedy!

I'm not a big fan of Escape from LA, but I don't think it's the train wreck many say it is. There are a few parts that I like, and I still think it's better than the remake of Village of the Damned, my least favorite Carpenter feature.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Originally Posted by JackForrester

I'm not a big fan of Escape from LA, but I don't think it's the train wreck many say it is. There are a few parts that I like, and I still think it's better than the remake of Village of the Damned, my least favorite Carpenter feature.

Less than Memoirs? Or Ghosts of Mars?

[JackForrester]

Originally Posted by Mateo Sanboval

Less than Memoirs? Or Ghosts of Mars?

It's been a long time since I saw Memoirs and Ghosts. Not a big fan either, but the Village remake is so campy and badly acted. Way worse than I remembered. But from the amount of requests for a Scream release here I see most Carpenter fans like it.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Originally Posted by JackForrester

It's been a long time since I saw Memoirs and Ghosts. Not a big fan either, but the Village remake is so campy and badly acted. Way worse than I remembered. But from the amount of requests for a Scream release here I see most Carpenter fans like it.

I like it about as much as In the Mouth of Madness. I think the only Carpenter film I've never seen is The Ward and I've only seen Ghosts of Mars the once.

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by JackForrester

It's been a long time since I saw Memoirs and Ghosts. Not a big fan either, but the Village remake is so campy and badly acted. Way worse than I remembered. But from the amount of requests for a Scream release here I see most Carpenter fans like it.

The Village remake is definitely one of Carpenter's lesser films. I remember seeing it in the theater, and being less then impressed. I've always felt that In the Mouth of Madness was the last good film that he made. I never liked anything he did after that. I recently watched the Ward again, and if his name wasn't in the credits, I would have never known it was one of his films. All of his signature touches seemed to be absent from that film. It's understandable why he's in retirement now.

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by Mateo Sanboval

I like it about as much as In the Mouth of Madness. I think the only Carpenter film I've never seen is The Ward and I've only seen Ghosts of Mars the once.

In the Mouth of Madness is a pretty cool movie. Scream could dig up some behind the scenes footage for sure.

I remember seeing some on a weekly show called Movie Magic years and years ago.. specifically the scene of the monsters running down the hallway.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Do folks in here consider Body Bags a Carpenter film? I tend to ignore it because of the presence of two other directors and, well, I don't like it very much. Not that it's terrible or anything, but it feels like they lifted three so-so unused Tales from the Crypt story ideas made a failed pilot for a TFTC knockoff with them.