Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[darkness2918]

I was thinking about picking up Man's Best Friend on DVD recently, luckily I didn't.

[defile959]

Originally Posted by bruce holecheck

They updated their post to include:

That's strange - I worked in a movie theater when this came out, and we had a different poster for it. Thanks for the info!

[Blu-Dre]

Man’s Best Friend was long expected, but I’m pleased it’s finally revealed. Only a matter of time before we hear about Alone In The Dark 1982.

As for a potential Fox deal, just bring on Death Sentence. The only James Wan film to not have a BD release.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

The pessimist (realist?) in me says to look at the list of titles Fox has already released on Blu, and make predictions from there.

I’m hoping The Fly II is one of the releases in this new licensing deal though.

I'm surprised you guys wishing for the Fly 2 don't have the one from australia or the set that has all the Fly films. It's region free and looks nice and it has all the extras from the DVDs.

[RedHarvest]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

I can think of these, though not all of them may still be with Fox:

Dr Renault's Secret

The Unknown Terror
Back from the Dead
The Alligator People

Hand of Death
Witchcraft (if they can resolve the issues which nixed the Kino release)
Curse of the Fly
Devils of Darkness
The Nanny

Hex (if it's still with Fox)
The Norliss Tapes
The House on Skull Mountain

Savage Harvest (they tried before, doubt the music can be cleared)
The Vindicator
The Fly 2

Frankenstein Unbound
The Haunted
Omen IV: The Awakening
Ghost in the Machine
Strange Days (more a Shout Select title)
Quicksilver Highway

Club Dread
Incident at Loch Ness
Turistas
Joshua

Ghost in the Machine would be welcome. Strange Days has that awesome German release, but I'd welcome a new transfer.

[RedHarvest]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Scratch the Robert Rodriguez set. Just posted in the official thread.

But do we believe them?!?

[postmodel]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

If Anchor Bay have indeed lost the rights to their Fox titles, I'd be very happy to see The Entity given the CE treatment, the current transfer leaves a lot to be desired.

As for other Fox titles which might get the double dip treatment, here's a list of some possibilities:

The Omen
Big Trouble in Little China
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Freaked (if the rights have reverted to Fox)

Didn't the Omen get a 4K restoration that hasn't had a blu release yet? Maybe it'll finally come! And I'd love a stacked Buffy release with deleted scenes (Seth Green!).

Also, isn't there a version of Big Trouble that has better PQ that hasn't been released in the US or the UK yet? That's why I've been holding off on that one.

As for Freaked, I never picked up the Blu cause I still have that awesome DVD release. It's seems to be OOP so I can easily see it getting a new release, if possible.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by postmodel

Also, isn't there a version of Big Trouble that has better PQ that hasn't been released in the US or the UK yet? That's why I've been holding off on that one.

There was a new disc released in France of a "new" remaster but it looks terrible compared to the Fox/Arrow Blu.

[Tylur]

Big Trouble in Little China! Shout going after all the Carpenter titles. Very possible now that they could have all his films on their line now.

[SonnybytheSea]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

If Anchor Bay have indeed lost the rights to their Fox titles, I'd be very happy to see The Entity given the CE treatment, the current transfer leaves a lot to be desired.

As for other Fox titles which might get the double dip treatment, here's a list of some possibilities:

The Omen
Damien: The Omen II
Omen III: The Final Conflict
The Entity (if the rights have reverted to Fox)
Big Trouble in Little China
The Fly (1986)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Freaked (if the rights have reverted to Fox)
The X-Files: Fight the Future
From Hell
Joy Ride
28 Days Later
Wrong Turn
The Descent
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
The Omen (2006)
28 Weeks Later
Mr Brooks
The X-Files: I Want to Believe

You need to remember the go to for SF! John Carpenter, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Brian De Palma & Tom Holland etc. also genre classics!!
So I could see these in the near future:
The Omen (1976)
Damien: The Omen II (1978)
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
The Omen (2006)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
The Fly (1958)
Return of the Fly (1959)
Curse of the Fly (1965)
The Fly (1986)
The Fly II (1989)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
The Fury (1978)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

SF will never get their hands on Alien collection, Predator collection or X-Files!!

[jcole8882]

Wow. O.o three announcements in one day.. march may be a big month.. like january

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by Tylur

Big Trouble in Little China! Shout going after all the Carpenter titles. Very possible now that they could have all his films on their line now.

Even if they did get Christine, it'd be pointless with the 4K release out.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by captainron_howdy

Even if they did get Christine, it'd be pointless with the 4K release out.

A Sony UHD or a Shout encode? Decisions, decisions.

[Tylur]

Originally Posted by captainron_howdy

Even if they did get Christine, it'd be pointless with the 4K release out.

I agree with that. We all know they triple or quad dip if it means releasing more Carpenter probably. They'll give it sometime before they re release it I bet.

[Jobla]

Other Fox titles:

THE CABINET OF CALIGARI (1962)
THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH
HOUSE OF THE DAMNED
SPACEMASTER X-7 (never on home video)

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by davidthenikonuser

I'm surprised you guys wishing for the Fly 2 don't have the one from australia or the set that has all the Fly films. It's region free and looks nice and it has all the extras from the DVDs.

I got tired of waiting for The Fly II so I grabbed the region free Australian release a while ago. The only way I'd grab a SF release of it happens is if they add some great new special features.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by davidthenikonuser

I'm surprised you guys wishing for the Fly 2 don't have the one from australia or the set that has all the Fly films. It's region free and looks nice and it has all the extras from the DVDs.

I thought about picking it up before, but was thinking there would be a US release out by now.

[The Great Owl]

I realized, out of the clear blue today, that Sleepwalkers had not arrived yet. I checked the shipping notification from November 1, looked up the tracking number, and saw that it was still in pre-shipment waiting for a label. I sent an email to Shout Factory to inquire.

[BarnDoor]

Someone asked about Lust for a Vampire and Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, to which Scream responded:

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

Certainly on our radar!

The latter is hardly a surprise, and almost inevitable given their deal with Hammer, but the former is more interesting, given the strong possibility of a deal with StudioCanal. In any case, I'm looking forward to them getting to the unreleased Hammer titles.

Someone also mentioned them releasing a Hammer film a month, to which they responded:

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

Oh we have a lot more than one a month planned in our future!

Given the deals with Hammer and Warner, and possibly now SC, this is to be expected. Indeed, with these combined, it's not unthinkable that they could have somewhere between 20-25 more Hammer films in the pipeline.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

it's not unthinkable that they could have somewhere between 20-25 more Hammer films in the pipeline.

Hmm... I don't want to support their current behavior, but that's going to be hard to resist.