Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

An apparent Paramount deal has made October (and indeed SDCC, and the future in general) infinitely more exciting. That said, it may be for a handful of titles, it may be for one title, who knows? At the very least, it seems like a foot in the door.

Oh my my, please let this be true.

[sonny gaunt]

With all the recent studio(US) connections Scream has, they could assemble a BR collection of Hammer's catalogue that would DEFINE studio catalogue releases.

I would guess the Mill Creek films "could be had"?

[Member-222782]

Salivating for an April Fool's Day Blu-ray! But Let's Scare Jessica To Death is a pretty awesome start.

[slasherdisc]

I’d love to see Scream release FIRE IN THE SKY if they did indeed make a deal with Paramount.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by sonny gaunt

With all the recent studio(US) connections Scream has, they could assemble a BR collection of Hammer's catalogue that would DEFINE studio catalogue releases.

I would guess the Mill Creek films "could be had"?

Yes, just what everyone has been asking for from a Paramount deal. More Hammer films. Can't say that we haven't had enough of those in recent months.

If you want to see a meltdown of Code Red proportions on this board, Scream Factory just needs to announce a couple of Hammer titles from Paramount and nothing else for October/SDCC.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by Boggle

Yes. Shout Factory's customer service is extremely poor. I ordered from a sale in May and I'm still waiting for part of the order to be fulfilled. I've contacted them twice and their replies are terse and vague. It's frustrating and I'm not the type of person who usually freaks out over stuff like this. A friend of mine ordered from them recently and had the same experience. It's strange, I would expect more from a larger company like them. I've actually had better experiences ordering directly from Bananaman. I'm probably in the minority there, but that's been my experience.

I recently had to deal with an issue with an order being shipped to a different address than I had given (a fictional one, no less, which resulted in it getting shipped back to the warehouse), and had to deal with less-than-ideal customer service in getting it fixed ("You should stop using fictional addresses for online orders." was the opening line in one of the e-mails they sent me). To their credit, I did finally get a hold of someone whom tried to fix it without coming across as condescending or rude, and everything did get straightened out. It was just a headache overall.

Originally Posted by critterdvd

The thing is I don't see Warners releasing any of the sequels in 4K. I wouldn't be surprised if they released their original (and maybe Wes Craven's Nightmare) and license the sequel's out.

Unlike Halloween and Friday the 13th, I feel like their is opportunity for a lot of new special features on the NOES franchise. Heck none of the sequels even have a commentary...

I could see the original and the remake, but yeah, outside of that, I really don't see the sequels getting the 4K treatment. That said, I don't feel like the series is really lacking in extra content, especially if you have the Never Sleep Again release. Not saying that there isn't room for more (again, I'd be OK with a set like the Halloween set), but it's not exactly bare bones, either.

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

I'm of the mindset that I don't understand why Warner wouldn't pursue both options, personally. They already have their cheap box set and a handful of individual releases that are all years old. Why not release a 4k set on their own, carrying over the old supplements, but ALSO license out the films for standard Blu Ray to Scream Factory, thereby making even more money. I have no doubt that they'd rope me in for both... the idea of a Halloween inspired Nightmare set is FAR too enticing for me to pass up, and 4k presentations of the films will be something I inevitably am interested in as well.

If that happened, I'd probably do what I did with my Halloween set, and just switch out the cases, so I could include the 4K disc in the deluxe box set as well.

[VeronicaSawyer]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Salivating for an April Fool's Day Blu-ray! But Let's Scare Jessica To Death is a pretty awesome start.

Me too, man. It's the top of my list. I would love to see what kind of collector's edition Scream could put out. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but fingers crossed it's a possibility! And yes, Let's Scare Jessica to Death IS an awesome start.

[Vandal Savage]

If they get Paramount, I'd totally be down for Fire in the Sky and Prophecy.

[sancho]

Paramount = April Fool's Day, My Bloody Valentine, & Prophecy, would be nice.

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Scream needs to do AMERICAN PSYCHO.

[zbinks]

There are a number of Paramount DVDs that, like Let's Scare Jessica to Death, are currently OOP and/or weren't reissued since the Warner distribution deal ended. My guess is that those might be the titles that are being made available to Shout! Factory, at this time. I think the people looking for a new F13 boxset are likely to be disappointed, but the title selection could be fairly strong.

Targets (1967)
Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Bug (1975)
The Tenant (1976)
Orca: The Killer Whale (1977)
Prophecy (1979)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
The Fan (1981)
April Fool's Day (1986)
Graveyard Shift (1990)
Body Parts (1991)
Fire in the Sky (1993)

There's probably others, but that's what I'm coming up with, at this time.

[seamus11]

Originally Posted by zbinks

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Oh, I totally forgot about that one - it would be great to have it released with restored cut scenes...

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by sonny gaunt

With all the recent studio(US) connections Scream has, they could assemble a BR collection of Hammer's catalogue that would DEFINE studio catalogue releases.

I would guess the Mill Creek films "could be had"?

Unless I'm mistaken, they can now - in theory of course - do a gigantic box-set containing every Hammer film (or at least, the genre ones). Between Hammer, Warner, Sony, Fox, StudioCanal, Universal and now Paramount (just two btw folks: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell and the great Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter), I'm pretty sure that's everything. And I don't know how many films that would be (50ish?), but it would be something truly awesome to behold.

Of course, it will almost certainly never happen (I doubt those who've bought the single releases would be pleased, then there's the practicalities and logistics to consider), but an interesting thought nonetheless.

[Hedji]

King Kong 1976
Young Sherlock Holmes
Explorers
Dragonslayer

are at the top of my Paramount wants

[NeMo_ET]

A Paramount deal would bring quite a few great opportunities. More importantly, of unreleased or OOP titles. My Bloody Valentine probably being the biggest in my opinion but would also buy stuff like Orca!

[RedHarvest]

So how is Scream Factory going to punish us for the leak of Let's Scare Jessica to Death? Delay it six months? Drop it all together?

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by RedHarvest

So how is Scream Factory going to punish us for the leak of Let's Scare Jessica to Death? Delay it six months? Drop it all together?

They'll deny there's a deal, of course, then raise MSRPs to $39.99

[ryanmj1993]

A Paramount deal would be amazing. So many things for the Scream line. I hope they try and get Foul Play. Love that movie.

[ditcin]

If in deed Paramount is now in the deal, and they do KING KONG. It would be nice if 2 versions were released - the original theatrical, and the longer Network edition; in widescreen.
Now, that would be nice.

[DrCushing]

A complete Dracula and Frankenstein set would be nice to have. The Universal Hammers could use some updated bonus features such as including the TV versions, not just the extra scenes, but the entire cut. Evil of Frankenstein plays a little differently with it all together.