Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

I think Kino might do Bloody Valentine and April Fools Day. Pin is with Arrow and i believe they are gonna do a BD.

Shivers is with Lionsgate so i think Vestron might have plans to do a BD.

Christine, Starman and Vampires are contenders.

I like your optimism but Kino putting out MBV or AFD is.a long shot. For starters, I think anything that has had a DVD release previously is off limits (or am I confusing details of Kino's deal with Disney?). Pin may see a Blu-ray release but probably only in the UK. Arrow's last two Lakeshore titles were region B locked.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by Cinema74

I like your optimism but Kino putting out MBV or AFD is.a long shot. For starters, I think anything that has had a DVD release previously is off limits (or am I confusing details of Kino's deal with Disney?). Pin may see a Blu-ray release but probably only in the UK. Arrow's last two Lakeshore titles were region B locked.

Arrow USA has Lakeshore stuff and i'm sure both UK/US Arrow will do Pin this year.

Kino has a paramount deal, remember?

[dwk]

Originally Posted by SonnybytheSea

Here's a list of what I would want for future SF releases:

Pick up the region free Arrow releases of these two

Obsession (1976)
Shivers (1975)

Pick up the region free Indicator/Powerhouse releases of these. Even if the limited edition versions with the booklets (which are great) are OOP, the standard disc release is the same disc as the limited edition:

Originally Posted by SonnybytheSea

Body Double (1984)
Christine (1983)
Vampires (1998)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

[theEXORCIST]

What about a collecters edition of Audition with a new scan from the ocn but I would rather see arrow or criterion put it out

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Arrow USA has Lakeshore stuff and i'm sure both UK/US Arrow will do Pin this year.

Kino has a paramount deal, remember?

Kino said they can only release Paramount titles that have never had a DVD release, which tremendously limits what Paramount stuff they can release.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

Kino said they can only release Paramount titles that have never had a DVD release, which tremendously limits what Paramount stuff they can release.

Oh never mind then, guess no blu-ray of April Fools Day from them.

Maybe Kino might do The Keep.

[Damonstein]

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Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Oh never mind then, guess no blu-ray of April Fools Day from them.

Maybe Kino might do The Keep.

They said that they were going to recently but something they couldn't talk about stopped them from doing it.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by dwk

Pick up the region free Arrow releases of these two


Pick up the region free Indicator/Powerhouse releases of these. Even if the limited edition versions with the booklets (which are great) are OOP, the standard disc release is the same disc as the limited edition:

are you 100% certain that SHIVERS and OBSESSION are region free? According to Amazon UK as well as this site, they aren't.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by dwk

Pick up the region free Arrow releases of these two


Pick up the region free Indicator/Powerhouse releases of these. Even if the limited edition versions with the booklets (which are great) are OOP, the standard disc release is the same disc as the limited edition:

are you 100% certain that SHIVERS and OBSESSION are region free? According to Amazon UK they aren't.

[Donl1282]

Does Scream Factory still have rights to Universal titles?

[themp3000]

Originally Posted by Damonstein

They said that they were going to recently but something they couldn't tall about stopped them from doing it.

Music rights. They’ve been under dispute for over 30 years.

And there’s the factor of Mann himself doesn’t want it released.

[tomkatholic]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

are you 100% certain that SHIVERS and OBSESSION are region free? According to Amazon UK they aren't.

Obsession is def region free, I have it

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

are you 100% certain that SHIVERS and OBSESSION are region free? According to Amazon UK they aren't.

Shivers was released initially as a Region B locked disc but had problems in much the same way that Army of Darkness, Child's Play, and others had issues in the US for Scream Factory. A replacement program was put into place and the resulting second pressing/replacement discs was confirmed as Region Free by everyone that purchased it. In theory purchasing it now should get you a region free disc, however since the release was initially locked, it's hard to say with 100% certainty whether they have continued to press region free discs with each subsequent pressing.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

are you 100% certain that SHIVERS and OBSESSION are region free? According to Amazon UK they aren't.

Amazon is not a reliable source for region coding.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

Does Scream Factory still have rights to Universal titles?

I believe so and they might announce more Universal titles this month or next month or in July

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Shivers was released initially as a Region B locked disc but had problems in much the same way that Army of Darkness, Child's Play, and others had issues in the US for Scream Factory. A replacement program was put into place and the resulting second pressing/replacement discs was confirmed as Region Free by everyone that purchased it. In theory purchasing it now should get you a region free disc, however since the release was initially locked, it's hard to say with 100% certainty whether they have continued to press region free discs with each subsequent pressing.

.....and that's too risky for me. Thanks for the info, I'll wait for an inevitable US release.

[blusfromthebasement]

From Roger Corman:
Carnosaur Trilogy
The Wasp Woman
Sorority House Massacre 2
Hard to Die

From Warner Bros:
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Critters
Critters 2
Wes Craven’s Deadly Friend
Deep Blue Sea
The Exorcist
Gremlins
Poltergeist
The Shining
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
3000 Mile to Graceland (Shout Select)
Ready to Rumble (Shout Select)
Dennis the Menace (Shout Select)
Big Bully (Shout Select)

Fox:
Big Trouble in Little China
Bushwhacked (Shout Select)

From MGM:
Robocop
The Terminator

From Sony:
Anaconda
The Blob (1988)
Candyman
Fright Night
I Know What you did Last Summer
Christine
Vampires
Ghosts of Mars

From Universal:
Child’s Play 2
Child’s Play 3
Fear
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Tremors

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by blusfromthebasement

From Roger Corman:
Carnosaur Trilogy
The Wasp Woman
Sorority House Massacre 2
Hard to Die

From Warner Bros:
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Critters
Critters 2
Wes Craven’s Deadly Friend
Deep Blue Sea
The Exorcist
Gremlins
Poltergeist
The Shining
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
3000 Mile to Graceland (Shout Select)
Ready to Rumble (Shout Select)
Dennis the Menace (Shout Select)
Big Bully (Shout Select)

Fox:
Big Trouble in Little China
Bushwhacked (Shout Select)

From MGM:
Robocop
The Terminator

From Sony:
Anaconda
The Blob (1988)
Candyman
Fright Night
I Know What you did Last Summer
Christine
Vampires
Ghosts of Mars

From Universal:
Child’s Play 2
Child’s Play 3
Fear
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Tremors

Highly doubt they are gonna have Exorcist since the BD is already has a fantastic restoration and extras galore and is big with Warner.

But Poltergeist can use a CE with extras even a commentary by a Poltergeist historian even interviews with the stars on a featurette with history and all plus 2K remastering.

The other WB titles i can see along with MGM, Universal and Sony and Corman.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by blusfromthebasement

From Warner Bros:
Critters
Gremlins
Poltergeist
The Shining
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
3000 Mile to Graceland (Shout Select)

Fox:
Big Trouble in Little China

From Sony:
Anaconda
Fright Night
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Christine
Vampires
Ghosts of Mars

From Universal:
Child's Play 2
Jaws 2
Tremors

I'd be down for any of these.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

are you 100% certain that SHIVERS and OBSESSION are region free? According to Amazon UK as well as this site, they aren't.

I ordered SHIVERS the other day, so I'll confirm when it arrives. I have the first printing of OBSESSION, with the screenplay, and it is region free and I assume the current release is the same disc.