Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by zeze

Thanks for the list. Will have to get Dead of Winter and Garbage Pail Kids asap. Already own everything else.

I think you can still get DEAD OF WINTER for under ten bucks at HAMILTON BOOKS....

[Hedji]

Is this list unconfirmed, or are these titles on the chopping block as well?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=66136

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by Hedji

Is this list unconfirmed, or are these titles on the chopping block as well?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=66136

That's just a list of MGM-licensed titles released before 2016. I'm guessing their rights are still good or have sold well enough to renew.

[Luke Dodge748]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

The first Amityville could certainly use a fresh remaster. Considering the film spawned a bunch of sequels, is fairly popular and people seem to eat up anything supernatural, chances are good a remaster will happen.

I think Vinegar Syndrome is releasing a boxset this month. Sorry if it's been mentioned

[ProfondoRosso]

Originally Posted by Luke Dodge748

I think Vinegar Syndrome is releasing a boxset this month. Sorry if it's been mentioned

Don’t think it’s been mentioned but the VS release is the 4 DTV sequels. Scream’s release covers the first three films. No overlap. I actually wasn’t terribly interested in the SF set before VS’s announcement (though I love Part 2). Considering you can pick up the first three now for pretty cheap and it’s going OOP, the completist in me couldn’t resist.

[Lacrimosa]

Thank you Antonio for giving us a list!

[starsteam]

I'm going to guess they're only letting the rights go for Tentacles for the double feature with Reptilicus . Reptilicus was used in one of the new MST3K seasons so it seems unlikely they would let that expire yet. Which basically means another company wouldn't be able to pick up the rights for a new release.

[zbinks]

The Sleepaway Camp sequels going OOP is probably the biggest surprise to me.

Originally Posted by Hedji

Is this list unconfirmed, or are these titles on the chopping block as well?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=66136

Kwyjibo's list is confirmed OOP / going OOP titles. My list was just titles that are past or closing in on 5 years post-release date and could be at-risk.

[KCota15]

Those Vincent Price movies have gotta end up somewhere else then. Arrow? Not sure if I should spend the $30 for Volume 2 if I’m only interested in House on Haunted Hill

[dwk]

Went ahead and just ordered Swamp Thing (I know the UK version has extra nudity, but the Scream disc is Craven's preferred cut and the internet is full of boobs) and last night I ordered Robot Jox and, even though it isn't on the list, The Dark Half as Craven, Gordon and Romero are all directors that I want to own their complete filmographies.

There are a few more titles on that OOP list that I think I'd like to own, but I think I'm going to start to narrow my collecting down to finishing collecting certain director's filmographies and if I miss out on some borderline titles, so be it.

[OceanBlue]

Think this was a Shout title, another I've been meaning to get, Zombie High. What's the transfer like?

[GrimJester]

Not that I'm eager to watch it again but I may finally buy Howling II incase one day I regret not having it in my Christopher Lee collection.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by redrunner97

I thought Kwyjibo's list was also just ones we should get sooner rather than later, not ones that are currently OOP?

Considering some of the titles are now sold out at various retail outlets I'd say they are pretty much out of print as we know no more are going to be pressed. There are a few titles I'd like to grab but thankfully I own close to 90% of the titles mentioned so I'm not in panic mode over this revelation myself. It still boggles my mind that we never once got Garbage Pail Kids for under $20. That and Scarecrows are really the two titles I may try to pick up.

I'm really really hoping someone else releases Ghoulies/Ghoulies II in their uncut varieties (on their own discs) in the US in the future. I like the current disc for what it is, but would love getting the extended/uncut edition of 2 on a Region a friendly edition.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Kwyjibo

Hey Scream/Shout fans. Here to help you out knowing what MGM titles are OOP or going OOP soon, so get them while you can. Just so you don't freak out, Shout and MGM still have a strong relationship. However, as it's been noted in previous posts, licensing periods for films end, and if the sales aren't strong enough to warrant licensing them again, they go out of print. So get them where you can before you have to pay exorbitant prices for them!

Scream Factory
The Amityville Horror Trilogy
Blacula / Scream Blacula Scream
Carrie (2002) / Rage: Carrie 2
Dead Of Winter
Destroyer / Edge Of Sanity
Disturbing Behavior
Empire Of The Ants / Jaws Of Satan
The Food Of The Gods / Frogs
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (Collector's Edition)
Ghost Town
Ghoulies / Ghoulies II
Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf
I, Madman
The Incredible Melting Man
Invaders From Mars
Leviathan
New Year's Evil
Robot Jox
Scarecrows
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (Collector's Edition)
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (Collector's Edition)
Stigmata
Swamp Thing
Tentacles / Reptilicus
Troll / Troll 2
Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits
The Vincent Price Collection II
Without Warning

Shout Factory
Bagdad Cafe (DVD)
Breathless
Day Of The Outlaw (DVD)
Doc (DVD)
Easy Money / Men At Work
Escape From Grizzly Mountain (DVD)
Hackers (20th Anniversary Edition)
The Hills Run Red / Apache (DVD)
The Pope Of Greenwich Village / Desperate Hours
Science Fiction Theatre: The Complete Series (DVD)
The Sure Thing (30th Anniversary)
War Films Triple Feature (Attack / Attack On The Iron Coast / Beach Red) (DVD)

Thanks for the info!

Do you know if there are other MGM titles released under the Shout Factory and Shout Selects names slated to be going OOP soon? I'm curious to know if the other StudioCanal/Embassy titles licensed to MGM will be also expiring and having Shout's releases going OOP with it such as Escape from New York, The Fog, The Howling, and The Producers?

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Michael24

I've been wanting The Amityville Horror but don't care for the box set because I only want the first movie. I know Scream has what looks like some nice bonus features but is there any difference in PQ between Scream's disc and MGM's own or is it the same transfer?

The Amityville Horror 1978 is the same transfer as on the 2008 BD. Amityville II and 3D are also MGM HD transfers.

[exzachary]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

I do wonder if they might do restorations of at least the first two films, and release steelbooks, either separate ones or a new trilogy set. I'd be surprised if they let them go entirely.

Here’s to hoping Arrow picks up the trilogy and does a new transfer for the first two.

[Zygmunt22]

Originally Posted by KCota15

Those Vincent Price movies have gotta end up somewhere else then. Arrow? Not sure if I should spend the $30 for Volume 2 if I’m only interested in House on Haunted Hill

It should be noted that the second Vincent Price Collection is a mixture of titles from Fox (Return of the Fly), Warner Bros. (House on Haunted Hill), and MGM (everything else). Return of the Fly will see new life in Scream!'s The Fly Collection. Since all these OOP titles are MGM, House on Haunted Hill could get a standalone re-release from Scream! For that matter, perhaps not all of the MGM titles in this set are being let go by the label...maybe only certain ones.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Considering some of the titles are now sold out at various retail outlets I'd say they are pretty much out of print as we know no more are going to be pressed. There are a few titles I'd like to grab but thankfully I own close to 90% of the titles mentioned so I'm not in panic mode over this revelation myself. It still boggles my mind that we never once got Garbage Pail Kids for under $20. That and Scarecrows are really the two titles I may try to pick up.

I'm really really hoping someone else releases Ghoulies/Ghoulies II in their uncut varieties (on their own discs) in the US in the future. I like the current disc for what it is, but would love getting the extended/uncut edition of 2 on a Region a friendly edition.

Scarecrows is one I really enjoyed & would gladly recommend you pick up.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by KCota15

Those Vincent Price movies have gotta end up somewhere else then. Arrow? Not sure if I should spend the $30 for Volume 2 if I’m only interested in House on Haunted Hill

The Raven, The Comedy of Terrors, and Tomb of Ligeia are all fun. It's also the only way to get the proper edition of The Last Man on Earth. I actually got the set mainly for The Raven and House on Haunted Hill.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Target shipped my copy of the Carrie double feature, thankfully.