Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

Child’s Olay 2

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

There was a post I found somewhere a while back that Child’s Olay 2 has an alternate opening scene of the investigators going into the apartment to pick up Chucky’s burnt remains. Has anyone heard of or seen such footage?

Originally Posted by JackForrester

Child's Play 2 and 3 already have great transfers. I'm more interested in the supplemental materials Scream would come up with since these films have been released with nothing but a trailer so far.

Yes the CP 2 and 3 BDs are bareboned and no extras, we need documentaries, featurettes, commentaries, deleted scenes, CP 2 TV extended version, poster and still galleries, trailers, TV spots, interviews and all the right stuff to make quality CEs to please fans.

[The Great Owl]

I decided to have some fun with the new sale, so I went to the Shout Factory website just now and pre-ordered...

Return of the Living Dead Part II
The Unborn
Pyewacket
Brainscan

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by rocknblues81

The Thing has been outed as not having a great transfer. A lot of people also seem to believe the transfers for Dawn and Land are inferior to the original release. I'm pretty sure people have had issues Dead Ringers also.

Inferior only in the unrated cuts to Land and Dawn yet theatrical cuts look great. The Thing looks excellent and better than Universal's BD.

[rocknblues81]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Inferior only in the unrated cuts to Land and Dawn yet theatrical cuts look great. The Thing looks excellent and better than Universal's BD.

Not better than Arrow's release of The Thing it appears.

[AKORIS]

I've seen THE THING countless times and Scream's release is the best I've ever seen it look.

Don't have the Arrow and probably never will (not going region free) but I really don't care..... the next release of interest will be in 4k.

[Tylur]

No announcements today? Bummer, Scream always wait til the very last second to announce anything!

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

There are a few (like the Halloween disc) which are no longer active but from what I've seen Shout's still offering replacements on most of the titles that had issues of which they still have the license to. I actually just went through the process for Child's Play and Stigmata a few weeks back.

I requested replacements (Stigmata and Dead Ringers) within the last week and Shout was really responsive. I sent an email with the required information last Friday evening and I received a response from Shout early Monday morning. I just received the replacements today and it appears the replacements went out on Monday.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

I requested replacements (Stigmata and Dead Ringers) within the last week and Shout was really responsive. I sent an email with the required information last Friday evening and I received a response from Shout early Monday morning. I just received the replacements today and it appears the replacements went out on Monday.

That was my experience as well. Shouts customer service has really impressed me time and time again and is to be commended.

[rocknblues81]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

I've seen THE THING countless times and Scream's release is the best I've ever seen it look.

Don't have the Arrow and probably never will (not going region free) but I really don't care..... the next release of interest will be in 4k.

I don't want to be too hard on Scream or some of their releases, but I still don't think transfers are their strong point. Surely not strong enough that I would expect it to look much better than what we have already.

I like Scream and I'm satisfied with most of their releases that I buy, but I don't really expect more than solid transfers from them. It's normally the special features and other such things that they do well at. Plus you never know what kind of flaws their releases might have. They just pushed back the release date of Wild at Heart for instance. Their no Kino mediocrity in terms of PQ, but sometimes they could do a bit better.

[Clue]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

well ok maybe not that but the others i mentioned have great ones.

I'm sure Child's Play 2 and 3 will be announced at the end of this month or next month or at the comic con, most likely comic con.

how sure? I'm not getting my hopes up anymore for these happening any time tbh.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

I'm sure Child's Play 2 and 3 will be announced at the end of this month or next month or at the comic con, most likely comic con.

Originally Posted by Clue

how sure? I'm not getting my hopes up anymore for these happening any time tbh.

You would think Child's Play 2 and 3 CE would've been released by now; I still believe they may make an appearance at some point but I suspect these may get "backburnered" by Shout for now - they have bigger fish to fry. Right now they got Warner to give them access to their vault. Plus, it appears they've also made some sort of deal with Sony so they're gonna be pretty busy with those two. I wouldn't be surprised if Kino picks up the Chucky sequels themselves. They just made another MGM deal for 50 titles.

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by Cinema74

I wouldn't be surprised if Kino picks up the Chucky sequels themselves. They just made another MGM deal for 50 titles.

Child's Play 2 and 3 are Universal.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Child's Play 2 and 3 are Universal.

Um, you're right. I forgot

[theEXORCIST]

Originally Posted by rocknblues81

The Thing has been outed as not having a great transfer. A lot of people also seem to believe the transfers for Dawn and Land are inferior to the original release. I'm pretty sure people have had issues Dead Ringers also.

What were the complaints on the Thing transfer I thought it looked better than the old release at least

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by theEXORCIST

What were the complaints on the Thing transfer I thought it looked better than the old release at least

Sharpening. Questionable use of the color blue.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

I've seen THE THING countless times and Scream's release is the best I've ever seen it look.

Don't have the Arrow and probably never will (not going region free) but I really don't care..... the next release of interest will be in 4k.

I agree i seen The Thing on BD by Scream Factory and is a great transfer better than Universal's no doubt.

Originally Posted by Tylur

No announcements today? Bummer, Scream always wait til the very last second to announce anything!

Next week

Originally Posted by rocknblues81

I don't want to be too hard on Scream or some of their releases, but I still don't think transfers are their strong point. Surely not strong enough that I would expect it to look much better than what we have already.

I like Scream and I'm satisfied with most of their releases that I buy, but I don't really expect more than solid transfers from them. It's normally the special features and other such things that they do well at. Plus you never know what kind of flaws their releases might have. They just pushed back the release date of Wild at Heart for instance. Their no Kino mediocrity in terms of PQ, but sometimes they could do a bit better.

What about the other titles i mentioned like Sleepaway Camp, It's Alive, Of Unknown origin, Nightbreed to all the way to Carrie? i mean Carrie, Exorcist 3, Child's Play etc. look better than their previous BDs.

Originally Posted by Cinema74

You would think Child's Play 2 and 3 CE would've been released by now; I still believe they may make an appearance at some point but I suspect these may get "backburnered" by Shout for now - they have bigger fish to fry. Right now they got Warner to give them access to their vault. Plus, it appears they've also made some sort of deal with Sony so they're gonna be pretty busy with those two. I wouldn't be surprised if Kino picks up the Chucky sequels themselves. They just made another MGM deal for 50 titles.

Well i'm sure they are still gonna do more Universal titles besides WB/Sony/ITC/Corman/MGM/Fox stuff and i'm sure in my theory they are saving Child's Play 2 and 3 CE announcements for comic con as a big surprise, it's a guess.

And what if they announced also End of Days CE and Tremors CE next week or next month or at the comic con? would that be something especially Snow White a Tale of Terror?

[rocknblues81]

What about the other titles i mentioned like Sleepaway Camp, It's Alive, Of Unknown origin, Nightbreed to all the way to Carrie? i mean Carrie, Exorcist 3, Child's Play etc. look better than their previous BDs.

I declined to buy the It's Alive Trio, I don't have Nightbreed and I haven't bought the Scream editions of Exorcist 3 or Child's Play. Carrie does look great. I haven't watched my copy of Sleepaway Camp as of yet.

I think that most of their transfers range from 3.5 t0 4 on PQ. Which is good, but I don't expect big upgrades from them in that department.

[Jay Mammoth]

Scream Factory’s The Thing release looks amazing on my oled, great release.

[Michael24]

Yeah, Scream's The Thing looks absolutely fantastic. Easily one of their best releases ever.