Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by Antemasque

Is that what Syngenor is? I have yet to see it but i have it on a HD somewhere. I also saw there was a blu ray available. I'm going to have to give it a watch tonight.

I watched scared to death a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it.

I watched Scared to Death awhile back on Prime Video & also liked it a lot. Yea Syngenor is it's sequel. The German BD for Syngenor is region free so I might grab that sometime or try to get the Synapse DVD for cheap.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Your loss.

Yup

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by mrtbonex

Hopefully. I don't buy from other labels. The only one I buy from is SF. They need to get everything.

[Mr. Thomsen]

Man, I could not limit myself that way.

I mean, I understand everyone has limited leisure time, and you always have to make active choices on what to spend it on and what not to. But personally, I could never limit myself to certain decades or sub-genres.

I guess it is the nerd in me: Whenever I am interested in something, I want to know as much as possible about it. Hence when I got interested in horror again back around 2006, I started to go back methodically and watch as much horror from every sub-genre and decade as I could get my hands on.

I can hardly count the many new favourites I found that way, plus it gave me a much larger appreciation and understanding of the genre, how it is today and how it came to be that way.

[JMDiaz718]

4 stars for The Brain??? LMAO

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-B...228691/#Review

[kraven]

So I'm the only one that thought there was audio issues with the Brain?

[mparisi]

Originally Posted by kraven

So I'm the only one that thought there was audio issues with the Brain?

I definitely noticed the volume was a bit low, but not nearly as bad as Valentine...

[kraven]

Originally Posted by mparisi

I definitely noticed the volume was a bit low, but not nearly as bad as Valentine...

Valentine was the entire movie. this just seemed to be any scene with the girlfriend or the crazy guy. It was definitely worse than the 4 1/2 stars the reviewer gave it.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Never going to buy any of those old 50's rubber suit monster flicks, though.

You know, some modern-day teenager would look back at the animatronics, practical makeup and stop-motion F/X from most 1980s movies and find them as primitive as those of our generation thought of movies from the '50s back then. How about a little respect, hah?

[kraven]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

You know, some modern-day teenager would look back at the animatronics, practical makeup and stop-motion F/X from most 1980s movies and find them as primitive as those of our generation thought of movies from the '50s back then. How about a little respect, hah?

Why can't he not be into them?

[jcole8882]

Originally Posted by kraven

Why can't he not be into them?

Same.. movies before 1970 just isnt my style.... except for a few.....I dont find them appealing... but I am happy for people who wanted them on bluray.. just like I'm happy when they come out with what I want... to each there own.... however I do looove the night of the living dead (1968) original and I did like the wasp woman that scream released.. really just depends on the movie.. now that I think about it actually.. I'm not opposed to giving every movie a chance... usually if I'm unsure I will watch it on YouTube or Amazon video...

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

You know, some modern-day teenager would look back at the animatronics, practical makeup and stop-motion F/X from most 1980s movies and find them as primitive as those of our generation thought of movies from the '50s back then. How about a little respect, hah?

I'm not disrespecting anything, just stating my preferences.

Everybody's picking on this one line and focusing too much on it. Why don't we all relax. We can't all be expected to like everything

[DukeTogo84]

Think they will start announcing August titles this week?

[1234567?]

Originally Posted by JMDiaz718

4 stars for The Brain??? LMAO

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-B...228691/#Review

Sounds about right to me, one of my fav's.

Edit: Love his review too. Finally a review that for once is overwhelmingly positive, they finally did Justice to this type of film.

[RedHarvest]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I'm not disrespecting anything, just stating my preferences.

Everybody's picking on this one line and focusing too much on it. Why don't we all relax. We can't all be expected to like everything

You're not in the minority. They can't be selling many of the 50s titles. There's no way. Just because two or three people on here say they like them and have purchased them, that's not the majority. The typical SF collector wants the movies the label made a name for themselves releasing: the good stuff from the 80s and 90s, and we all know what those titles are. Not saying I don't like movies from the 60s and 70s; I do, a lot. Rosemary's Baby (1967) is my favorite horror film. But the thing is, most of the good titles have already come to Blu-ray. Sure, there's still the usual holdouts, and the Paramount stuff, but at this stage, if it's not out yet, we have to consider that it's not coming. Scream Factory's heyday has come and gone. There's no way they can maintain the level of quality film output they've released in years past, because they have to be running out of quality films. Unless they strike that Paramount deal, of course. Aside from the minor surprise here and there, I think Scream Factory is coming to an end. Maybe they will get more Warner titles, or some obscure stuff from Sony, like Outpost. And hopefully they can go out big with a new box set of ANoES. But I'm not counting on it.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by mparisi

I definitely noticed the volume was a bit low, but not nearly as bad as Valentine...

Oh wonderful. So after Shout's! low audio issue with the 5.1 track on 8mm it's becoming a more common issue now?!

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by RedHarvest

You're not in the minority. They can't be selling many of the 50s titles. There's no way. Just because two or three people on here say they like them and have purchased them, that's not the majority.

*I don't really think that's a fair statement. There's plenty of collector's that like the older stuff-- they wouldn't be releasing them otherwise


The typical SF collector wants the movies the label made a name for themselves releasing: the good stuff from the 80s and 90s, and we all know what those titles are.

* I love that stuff too but what makes you think that's what the "typical collector" wants?


Not saying I don't like movies from the 60s and 70s; I do, a lot. Rosemary's Baby (1967) is my favorite horror film. But the thing is, most of the good titles have already come to Blu-ray. Sure, there's still the usual holdouts, and the Paramount stuff, but at this stage, if it's not out yet, we have to consider that it's not coming. Scream Factory's heyday has come and gone. There's no way they can maintain the level of quality film output they've released in years past, because they have to be running out of quality films. Unless they strike that Paramount deal, of course. Aside from the minor surprise here and there, I think Scream Factory is coming to an end. Maybe they will get more Warner titles, or some obscure stuff from Sony, like Outpost. And hopefully they can go out big with a new box set of ANoES. But I'm not counting on it.

*well, yes it's been a decade plus now of blu ray titles being released so of course tons of good stuff has already been released. Perhaps that's why we're seeing some of the older B-grade classics being offered. It's also why so many double and triple dips are coming out. If Scream Factory is "coming to and end" then we might as well jump directly to the numerous end of physical media threads....

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by RedHarvest

The typical SF collector wants the movies the label made a name for themselves releasing: the good stuff from the 80s and 90s, and we all know what those titles are.

Gee, that isn't condescending at all. And Scream Factory has released a TON of absolute garbage from those decades. It may be "nostalgic" garbage for those who grew up watching these movies on VHS and cable, but it's still crap. When I see a dreadful slasher movie like Graduation Day, Final Exam or Urban Legend receiving a lavish special edition treatment, with the people who happily snap them up denigrating 50s or 60s sci-fi/horror flicks as "cheesy rubber-suit" movies, it does stick in my craw. I'm an 80s kid, I didn't see a lot of those formative horror flicks from the Fangoria era back then, and getting around to them now...a lot of them are terrible.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

When I see a dreadful slasher movie like Graduation Day, Final Exam or Urban Legend receiving a lavish special edition treatment

Now hold on just one minute. Final Exam didn't receive a "lavish special edition", but it is a decent little slasher.

[Monterey Jack]

Expending even a modicum of effort recording new interviews or commentaries for those bottom-feeding early-80s slashers is too much. I think I can count on the fingers of one hand how many could be considered authentically "good". I you grew up with them and found them scary when you caught a forbidden glimpse of them on HBO at age 10, fine, but they do not hold up in any way, shape or form today. No style, no good acting, no suspense, just witless gore and T&A. At least the cheesiest of 50s sci-fi and horror cinema had some actual craft and charm to them.