Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

About 10 days ago on their Facebook page someone asked Scream if there were any new announcements forthcoming, and they responded thus:



Whatever Shout have in store for February is due to be revealed imminently, though given the tone of this and the lack of Halloween announcements I'm not expecting anything, save for perhaps a UHD upgrade. Hopefully March fares better for SF.

If Shout doesn't have anything to release, they shouldn't blame COVID for it. Every other label is doing just fine

[KenHurd]

According to information that was posted in the UHD thread, the UHD of Army of Darkness is supposed to come out on February 16. So if that date holds, we should be getting more information about that release this week.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

If Shout doesn't have anything to release, they shouldn't blame COVID for it. Every other label is doing just fine

They may have been more directly impacted; I imagine there's a lot going on we don't know anything about.

[hudson4k]

Originally Posted by RRL

I had no idea that people were going crazy over these slip covers. I used to want to throw them away. I think I may have done it on a few years ago, I’m not sure. I don’t care much fir them. I just discovered people selling them on eBay. I don’t care what they look like on display. The same thing happened to me years ago with the digital content codes. I didn’t know what they were and never used them until I saw people selling them on eBay. I think I sold all I had to one guy for close to $100. I had some for so long that they had expired. I’m a very simple guy.

I love slipcovers. If it's a movie I really want but missed out on because I wasn't collecting when it was released, I'll pay up to $25-30 more on ebay to get one. Other than that, I'll take my chances with them, they're not that important. I do redeem all of my digital codes because the movies are nice to have anywhere for airplanes or any travel. I'll download the one I want to watch on my laptop before the trip and I can keep myself entertained.

[classicmaterial]

Originally Posted by Cruel Angel

It really is amazing what can generate 'a market'.

Slipcovers are nice, but I rarely end up getting them since my priority is cost and I wait until good sales. By the time that happens, usually the initial print run that would include slips is already over.

I've never used digital codes at all, to me they are rather redundant. If I wanted it digitally I wouldn't be getting a physical disc. My video library is filled with tons of unused / expired codes.

Never understood the expiration either. If the disc is still in print and can be purchased, the digital should be active as well.

I also had no use for digital codes until I got the Batman Animated Series blu-ray set and realized it was way easier to watch those with my kid when we could just browse around Vudu instead of constantly switching discs

I then went and "redeemed" every digital code I had. They pretty much all still worked (the oldest one I remember was 2012's The Raid)

Now it's cool cause if I travel I can just log in to my Vudu account and have something like 100 movies to pick from

I still watch the blu-rays at home but it's convenient to at least have that option to stream a handful of titles I own. I'd never buy a movie digitally though. I only redeem codes from blus

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Cruel Angel

I've never used digital codes at all, to me they are rather redundant. If I wanted it digitally I wouldn't be getting a physical disc. My video library is filled with tons of unused / expired codes.

Why not sell them here and make money back to purchase more physical discs?

[Xtrem3]

I live in sweden and i think i have over 500 digital codes i can never use.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by hudson4k

I do redeem all of my digital codes because the movies are nice to have anywhere for airplanes or any travel. I'll download the one I want to watch on my laptop before the trip and I can keep myself entertained.

I just read a book.

[hudson4k]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

I just read a book.

That's a good option too. On longer flights (2.5+ hours) I watch a movie and bring a book to read for the rest of the time. On trains I try not to read because it makes me sick (I've always found it odd that I get motion sick from reading but not watching a movie, but I have no idea how the brain works).

[Monterey Jack]

I just watch screens for so many hours a day (whether my TV or laptop) that, when I go out, I prefer a book just to stimulate a different section of my brain. Plus, it's the only time I can get any good reading in, when on a train that'll bring me out to shop or see a movie or whatever.

[deltatauhobbit]

Originally Posted by hudson4k

That's a good option too. On longer flights (2.5+ hours) I watch a movie and bring a book to read for the rest of the time. On trains I try not to read because it makes me sick (I've always found it odd that I get motion sick from reading but not watching a movie, but I have no idea how the brain works).

Maybe you need to watch a Paul Greengrass film while traveling on a flight. The shaking in real life + his quick-cut handheld style should put your motion sickness into overdrive .

In all seriousness, it's probably because we're conditioned for movement in movies. Train rides also tend to be more bumpy than flights in my experience, other than the occasional pocket of turbulence.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by deltatauhobbit

In all seriousness, it's probably because we're conditioned for movement in movies. Train rides also tend to be more bumpy than flights in my experience, other than the occasional pocket of turbulence.

I've never had a problem reading on trains, but then again, even my longest typical train ride is only about 45 minutes if I'm going all the way into Boston. Having that much time (both ways) with a good book allows me to sink into it and get large chunks of it finished a lot better than when I'm at home, when movies, music and the internet are calling out to me...

Now, long car trips will give me eyestrain if I try reading too long, so I typically only read in short bursts then rest my eyes looking at scenery or whatever.

[DukeTogo84]

So are we getting February titles?

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

So are we getting February titles?

Yes.

My Bloody Valentine '81 (steelbook)
Sputnik (russian sci-fi)

That's it.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Yes.

My Bloody Valentine '81 (steelbook)
Sputnik (russian sci-fi)

That's it.

Did I miss an announcement? Or did I miss sarcasm?

[starsteam]

They just released MBV earlier this year... c'mon Shout, this is a low on reissuing even for you.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Spooked

Did I miss an announcement? Or did I miss sarcasm?

Yeah, I'm not sure if this is a joke or not.

[BarnDoor]

Guess we were right about February being a write-off...

[starsteam]

https://www.shoutfactory.com/product...roduct_id=7527


https://www.shoutfactory.com/product...roduct_id=7536

[Spooked]

I guess this makes sense. It's a cool figure, and yet it'll be like all of the other NECA retro figures and need a doll stand just to remain upright. Kind of a let down. (Two peg holes in the feet would go a long ways...)