Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

**SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW UPDATE**

Sorry guys but we need to report an unforeseen delay for the blu-ray release of Wes Craven’s classic voodoo shocker.

Last week we reported the planned Collector’s Edition would land in August. It will now land either at the end of the year (or possibly early 2016). We’ll keep you posted with any updates as soon as we can confirm.

We apologize again for the move but the additional time will allow us to make sure we have bases covered when it comes to creating the extras. Thank you for understanding.

https://www.facebook.com/ScreamFacto...type=1&theater

[donidarko]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Scream Factory in August:

The People Under The Stairs - August 11
Nomads - August 18
The Sentinel - August 18
Metamorphosis / Beyond Darkness - August 25
The Legacy - August 25

They're all available for pre-order over at Shout's site.

I love the original art for THE SENTINEL and THE LEGACY......day1

[RandyK]

The prices for the Universal titles are higher than normal. Wonder if Universal is charging them more for licensing than they did before?

[nerdy916]

Originally Posted by RandyK

Which one of the double creature features should I watch first when I get them (next week most likely): Food of the Gods / Frogs or Empire of the Ants / Jaws of Satan?

Oh, hard choice, my pick would be empire of the ants and frogs but they are separate discs.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by RandyK

The prices for the Universal titles are higher than normal. Wonder if Universal is charging them more for licensing than they did before?

Probably.

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Scream Factory in August:

The People Under The Stairs - August 11
Nomads - August 18
The Sentinel - August 18
Metamorphosis / Beyond Darkness - August 25
The Legacy - August 25

They're all available for pre-order over at Shout's site.

Looks good. Hope these will be good transfers from Scream.

[returnofthemack]

Some sharp covers for the legacy and the sentinel. If these are the kinds of movies scream will be releasing on while they are scraping the bottom of the barrel (as many claim) then I'm going to be a happy customer.

[dsman71]

Update - Scream has shot down these titles from their FB page
The Thing (still cant pry it from Universal it seems)
Demon Seed (Warner)
Maximum Overdrive (rights issues)
Return of the Living Dead (doesnt this have a good blu ray release ? )
The Stuff - Image
The Blob remake (with Twilight Time; I cant believe someone would request this title)

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Update - Scream has shot down these titles from their FB page
The Thing (still cant pry it from Universal it seems)
Demon Seed (Warner)
Maximum Overdrive (rights issues)
Return of the Living Dead (doesnt this have a good blu ray release ? )
The Stuff - Image
The Blob remake (with Twilight Time; I cant believe someone would request this title)

This is why I don't like facebook - a bunch of clueless people making random requests

Second Sight's ROTLD BD is perfect in every sense. The only thing missing is the workprint cut, which features mostly scene extensions. I have a bootleg disc of it but I'd really love an official release.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Mystic

Looks good. Hope these will be good transfers from Scream.

The German NSM Records release for The Sentinel is pretty ugly looking judging by the screencaps at http://caps-a-holic.com. I think the existing master could look quite a bit better with less extreme contrast settings. Hopefully those issues aren't baked into the master. A new HD-master would be ideal.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by zbinks

The German NSM Records release for The Sentinel is pretty ugly looking judging by the screencaps at http://caps-a-holic.com. I think the existing master could look quite a bit better with less extreme contrast settings. Hopefully those issues aren't baked into the master. A new HD-master would be ideal.

I might be reading too much into things, but I noticed that in the post listing their pre-orders for August, while The People Under the Stairs, The Legacy and Nomads had just 'extras to be announced in...', The Sentinel had 'full specs and extras to be announced'. Suggests there may be something worthwhile to announce other than extras perhaps?

Also, will we hear the final specs and extras for Dog Soldiers this week?

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by returnofthemack

Some sharp covers for the legacy and the sentinel. If these are the kinds of movies scream will be releasing on while they are scraping the bottom of the barrel (as many claim) then I'm going to be a happy customer.

The bottom of the barrel claims came before the universal announcements. They were in reference to the mgm catalog and are quite valid. I don't believe anyone has made these claims since it was revealed a new agreement with Universal was reached.

[frakking toaster]

They just announced via Twitter that The Toolbox Murders 2 is joining the summer of fear lineup in August. https://www.shoutfactory.com/film/fi...lbox-murders-2

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Probably.

Or SF is putting more work/effort into these releases or at least one can hope.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Update - Scream has shot down these titles from their FB page
The Thing (still cant pry it from Universal it seems)

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

Would be great to get if we could. But if we were fortunate enough to, we'd set out to make it special of course.

https://www.facebook.com/ScreamFacto...13168378820177

That wording seems ever so slightly open-ended. There's probably nothing to read into here, but that doesn't read like a typical Scream Factory shoot-down.

[Gardenofstone10]

So excited about The People Under the Stairs...but too bad about Serpent and the Rainbow. Just received my Mad Max in the mail and looking great!

[ryanmj1993]

Kinda getting the feeling Psycho 4 isn't getting a release. I wonder how many movies they acquired from Universal.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Update - Scream has shot down these titles from their FB page
The Thing (still cant pry it from Universal it seems)
Maximum Overdrive (rights issues)
The Stuff - Image

Well shit, shit, and double shit.

[StingingVelvet]

I'd rather Universal re-release The Thing, honestly. It really deserves a better looking transfer and I don't trust Shout to give us that. Universal ain't great either but they've been better recently.

[returnofthemack]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

The bottom of the barrel claims came before the universal announcements. They were in reference to the mgm catalog and are quite valid. I don't believe anyone has made these claims since it was revealed a new agreement with Universal was reached.

Many were predicting that scream factory was yesterday's news because of the announcements they made. People were acting like scream was a dying label because they ran through the MGM catalog.

What did everyone say when the folks were complaining about the bottom of the barrel? There would be new deals and other avenues. That's exactly what happened.