Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[bright75]

I locked in a sweet pre-order price with amazon.ca. I have a feeling it won't be honoured now with the changes. It'll probably be considered a new item.

Great that there will be a volume II though!

[GrimJester]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Here we are:



So that's one of July's reveals confirmed. I could see it being another Lugosi/Karloff-themed set, something like this for example:

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Night Key
Night Monster
The Black Castle

And while we're throwing out ideas, that would leave room for a few more sets (I'm feeling optimistic today):

[Show spoiler]Volume 3

Secret of the Blue Room
Tower of London
The Black Cat (1941)
The Climax

Volume 4

Horror Island
Man-Made Monster
The Mad Ghoul
House of Horrors

Volume 5

Captive Wild Woman
Jungle Woman
The Jungle Captive
The Spider Woman Strikes Back

I think that leaves 4-6 more titles for a sixth volume if they so wish

I hope they do your proposed volume 5, all the titles that are VHS/MOD only I'd like to see.

I'm looking at Tom Weavers book and there seem to be enough for at least 10 of these sets but I doubt Shout would be interested in the obscure stuff.

[fnvmaster]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

I think you hit the nail on the head. Based on the way the facebook announcement regarding the name change read, I expect that the issue was a likeness one as you stated.

Seems pretty stupid on Shout's part to get artwork made without having likeness rights secured.

[Gacivory]

Woah! Volume 2 next month! Heck yes!!!!!

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by fnvmaster

Seems pretty stupid on Shout's part to get artwork made without having likeness rights secured.

They’ve done it before.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Woah! Volume 2 next month! Heck yes!!!!!

Can't approve artwork that hasn't been created. It's part of the process unfortunately.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Can't approve artwork that hasn't been created. It's part of the process unfortunately.

I was more excited that they already have a second one ready to go next month.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I was more excited that they already have a second one ready to go next month.

That was surprising for sure. I'd expected a few month wait (if a 2nd set ever came along at all) so that was a neat surprise.

[atlantajoseph]

I loved that Karloff/Lugosi artwork, not loving the 4-pack vibe as much. Glad there will be further volumes though.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by fnvmaster

Seems pretty stupid on Shout's part to get artwork made without having likeness rights secured.

It's happened before. The artwork for Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation had to be changed to remove McConaughey and Zellweger's likenesses.

[darkness2918]

Looking forward to SF announcing more Hammer titles.

[Pete Rock]

Watched 10 to Midnight the other night and was pleasantly surprised with how much I actually enjoyed it. It wasn't even really a Bronson movie. It was basically a slasher that Charles Bronson just happened to be in. It was a blind buy for me that I would recommend to anyone on the fence about it. Hopefully Shout Factory is looking into more of those OOP Twilight Time titles like The Driver, The Mechanic, Enemy Mine, etc.

Deadly Force was another blind buy for me that I did not enjoy as much. I usually love these kind of rogue cop movies, but the plot just seemed too incoherent for some reason. I just couldn't take Wings Hauser seriously as some kind of tough guy super cop. He wasn't believable and has a face made for playing a maniacal 80's villain. I'm sure I'll find Vice Squad much more to my liking.

[atlantajoseph]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Looking forward to SF announcing more Hammer titles.

It would be nice if they could acquire more of the titles and bring some semblance of order to the filmography. Collections similar to Universal Monsters would be fantastic.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Looking forward to SF announcing more Hammer titles.

I'm hoping for Scars of Dracula.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

I'm hoping for Scars of Dracula.

Me too. I looked up the DVD & it was released by Anchor Bay so id say theres a good chance SF releases it on BD. All of their Hammer BD releases so far have been released on DVD by Anchor Bay.

[MJD64]

Hoping a SCARS OF DRACULA Blu will include the self-hosted "The Many Faces of Christopher Lee" documentary that was included as a separate DVD on the Anchor Bay release. Despite not having the best reputation, SCARS is an often visually lush entry which gives Lee's Dracula more screen time (and dialogue) than any other Hammer Dracula film; very much looking forward to its release, which will complete the availability of the Dracula series here in America.

Here's hoping the much-maligned HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (I've always enjoyed it for the campy black comedy and leering schoolboy sexuality presided over by a deadpan Ralph Bates; it can't compete with the Cushing entries, but it's fun for what it is) gets a release as well.

While I'm being greedy, BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB (despite the lurid title, an intelligently wrought little shocker and my favorite of the Mummy sequels), DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE (provocative to say the least, and the physical resemblance between Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick remains uncanny) and LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (which I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit I've never seen). It's a great time to be a Hammer fan, no?

[BarnDoor]

From DawnoftheDiscs on Facebook

***FEAR NO EVIL UPDATE***

I posted earlier this week that Michael Felsher had mentioned that "Fear No Evil" (1981) had been licensed for a home video release. While Michael didn't mention who licensed the film, I think we all had a pretty good idea who it might be.

Today, Director Frank LaLoggia has confirmed via his personal Facebook page that Shout!/Scream Factory will be releasing the film on Blu-ray in the near future. LaLoggia also mentions that the previous Anchor Bay audio commentary will be used on the disc and that Shout has reached out for an on-camera interview with the director!

So with July's announcements imminent (and Universal Classic Horror Volume 2 among them), seems a good time to recap the list of confirmed and rumoured titles:

Fear No Evil
Vice Squad (confirmed by Gary Sherman, will be a CE)
Freaked (Alex Winter has said a 'better' release is coming, has to be Scream given their active Fox deal; will surely be a CE)
Fade to Black (according to Irwin Yablans)

The Terminator (we know it's been licenced and it's not with Kino or Arrow, which essentially leaves Scream or Criterion)
Curse of Frankenstein & Crescendo (both strongly hinted at by George Reis on the Hammer Horror on Blu-ray Facebook group)
Hard to Die/Sorority House Massacre II (apparent Jim Wynorski leak but has yet to materialize)


Not to mention the probable raft of titles remaining in the deal with the Hammer estate. While they won't release everything, these six seem very likely, materials permitting in the case of the last two:

The Mummy's Shroud
The Reptile
Rasputin, the Mad Monk
The Devil Rides Out
The Abominable Snowman
X The Unknown

[Slob]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Can't approve artwork that hasn't been created. It's part of the process unfortunately.

Permission to use a likeness is always required. They should know that.

[BarnDoor]

I was thinking that we haven't seen a Warner title on the schedule since The Body Snatcher (released in a few days). So that's 3 months since then without a Warner title. There's some speculation that the deal might be over. So far we've seen a grand total of 32 Shout titles licenced from Warner by my count. That's a nice even number for a deal, but something tells me there's more to come, mainly for two reasons:

1) George Reis' hints that Curse of Frankenstein and Crescendo are coming, but NOT from Warner Archive

2) The release of two Val Lewton titles. A while back Robert Harris said something to the effect that between Criterion and Scream, Val Lewton's films were in good hands. I can't see Scream licencing The Body Snatcher and not at least getting the other two Karloff titles, Isle of the Dead and Bedlam. I could see Criterion having I Walked With A Zombie, but The Leopard Man, The Seventh Victim, The Ghost Ship? I'm not sure but I'm not convinced we've seen the last of Val Lewton from Scream.

And in any case, of course there's always the prospect of a second deal...

(I saw our old friend dsman on Facebook the other day speculate that the deal 'was for about 2 dozen titles, it was a small deal, but better than none.' I've no idea where he got this info from (as we've seen, it's already well above two dozen titles). I remember when Criterion first started announcing Warner titles on a regular basis, and people were realizing that there was something go on there, but he still maintained that it was still just a case of special arrangements, and that Warner weren't licencing out. Down the years I've seen nothing to suggest he has any insider knowledge.)

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Slob

Permission to use a likeness is always required. They should know that.

They do. They had to create the artwork in order for it to be submitted for approval. If Scream Factory are guilty of anything it's A) Announcing the project before the art was approved or B) Publically showing the artwork before it was approved. Either way, we still got high quality images of the artwork of which people could create their own covers if they really wanted.