Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[jmat91]

Finally cracked open He knows your alone and wow....its in a "recycle"cut out cheap flimsy plastic case. If you are charging a premium, don't use these horrible cases. It already has a puncture on the front because of this. Really pathetic. Kino prices are half the cost and they use proper solid blue cases.

[anthony21879]

Love everyones hopeful picks for Scream Factory.

I was unfortunate enough to have had too much of a "snotty, high class" taste in films as a kid and missed out on anything non-big budget studio or franchise growing up.

So I miss out on joining in the conversation about most of these movies. But it also makes me fortunate to be able to discover them as all new movies now.

These are a few of my holy grails that I would really like to see Scream Factory tackle:







Kevin S. Tenney's Pinocchio's Revenge - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117342/

Pinocchio's Revenge Trailer 1996 - YouTube

Lars von Trier's The Kingdom - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108906

Lars von Trier's The Kingdom: Series One and Two Trailer - YouTube

Pascal Franchot's Milo - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167284

Milo Trailer 1998 - YouTube

[Arne Saknussemm]

Never heard of Pinocchio's Revenge before but after that preview I must now rectify that and see it immediately. Haha. Looks great.

[Donl1282]

Is it safe to assume at this point there is basically no hope of Scream Factory releasing Child’s Play 2 and 3 or the Jaws sequels? At least anytime soon?

[Michael24]

Pinocchio's Revenge is better than its gimmicky title (which wasn't the director's choice) suggests. I have a special fondness for direct-to-video horror of the '90s and would love to have that one on Blu-ray, but I believe it's with Lionsgate and thus something Scream would not be able to get.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

Is it safe to assume at this point there is basically no hope of Scream Factory releasing Child’s Play 2 and 3 or the Jaws sequels? At least anytime soon?

My collection feels incomplete without Collector's Editions of Jaws 2 and 3

[tylerc904]

I used to see Pinocchio's Revenge in the horror section of the video rental store as a child and think it was so terrifying. Conceptually it's absolutely ridiculous, but the trailer does make it seem like a fun straight-to-VHS horror.

[anthony21879]

Originally Posted by Michael24

Pinocchio's Revenge is better than its gimmicky title (which wasn't the director's choice) suggests. I have a special fondness for direct-to-video horror of the '90s and would love to have that one on Blu-ray, but I believe it's with Lionsgate and thus something Scream would not be able to get.

I saw that Lionsgate had the distribution rights to the dvd.. but the dvd was put out so long ago it's the "full screen" version. So most likely 20 years ago. I doubt they licensed for blu at that time. Of course "hoping".

[Nighthawk71]

I would love to see Scream put out the made for tv movies "Without Warning",the fake newscast with asteroids reaching earth and something like "Special Bulletin"..or maybe i guess this would be good for Shout!. Either way would be cool to see a making of or commentary about these rarely seen movies.

[happydood]

Originally Posted by Hellspawn28

Sony has let Shout Factory release some of their titles before (TCM4, The Blob remake, and Adaptation). I can see them letting Shout Factory releasing Wolf and Spider.

If that's the case, I'd love to see them get Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

[TripleHBK]

The Borrower has been removed from the Shout Factory Website at the moment. May be nothing but when things like this happen it usually signals either a problem with the elements or the license. Delay is likely incoming.

EDIT: Hmmm... it does still seem to be listed if a person clicks the "View All" button under new releases but it is not listed on the main page like it should be and when trying to use the search function it fails to show up as well. So maybe a site glitch?

On another note, I'm quite disappointed that we haven't gotten September's announcements yet. I get that making a big post about the new releases is more work than it is likely worth sometimes but sticking to some semblance of an announcement schedule would be nice as it's these announcements that help keep things fun and interesting while waiting for the next title to release. Scream Factory over the last year has given less and less of a crap about bothering to announce things and it's unfortunate. Before long things may end up looking like Lionsgate where random titles just pop up without rhyme or reason at any given moment.

[dubhousing]

Originally Posted by tylerc904

I used to see Pinocchio's Revenge in the horror section of the video rental store as a child and think it was so terrifying. Conceptually it's absolutely ridiculous, but the trailer does make it seem like a fun straight-to-VHS horror.

I remember watching it on HBO over twenty years ago (yikes), and really liking it. I thought it was better than what the silly title suggested. I haven't seen it since, though. Same director as Night of the Demons, Kevin Tenney.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Hellspawn28

I did my own Scream Factory wishlist. These are the titles that I want to see them pick up.

Edit: I forgot to add Carnosaur (1993)

Lionsgate had US video rights to Alligator (inherited from Lightning Video/Live/Artisan), but these rights had expired recently and reverted to the films producers (who reportedly want a large sum no one would be willing to shell out for).

Shout may be sitting on The Relic 1997 from a prior Paramount deal, though I suspect Paramount might also put it out themselves.

Wolf I can see coming from Mill Creek, though Shout would be the better choice due to better, but not great compression.

I can see Shout releasing Lost Souls and Skeeter, maybe Xtro using Warner's elements. Shout may have Dr Giggles and more if Warner were also licencing out the Largo/Alcon titles.

Ghost in The Machine, along with Shock Treatment, Alien Nation, The Nanny, were allegedly with Twilight Time at some point but had dropped them for unknown reasons. Shout might have some of these, depending on if they're sitting on more Fox titles that were agreed upon before the Disney merger.

The Hitcher didn't happen as Warner weren't licencing out HBO titles. Cast a Deadly Spell is in the same boat.

Tales from the Crypt: Ritual and Office Killer are Miramax titles that now reside with Paramount. Paramount aren't licensing out Miramax/Dimension titles.

End of Days might be with Kino.

The Keep will never happen due to Michael Mann blocking circulation of "the studio cut created by nervous old suits" and wanted to restore his preferred version before it was discovered the cut film elements were discarded by Paramount long ago.

Shout were offered Razorback at some point, but declined because Warner didn't have elements for the legendary uncut version and a new 2k scan of Warner's 35mm IP wouldn't look much different than Umbrella's 4k scan and loaded release.

[ShellBeacher]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

End of Days might be with Kino.

The KL insider over in the KL Studio Classics thread today indicated that no Schwarzy titles were in the offing, but who knows?

I'd see this one more likely ending up with Shout/Scream, if at all.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by ShellBeacher

The KL insider over in the KL Studio Classics thread today indicated that no Schwarzy titles were in the offing, but who knows?

I'd see this one more likely ending up with Shout/Scream, if at all.

Maybe Arrow since they've been putting out Universal 4ks.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

The Hitcher didn't happen as Warner weren't licencing out HBO titles. Cast a Deadly Spell is in the same boat.

I guess that also explains why Rasputin with Alan Rickman has never been released.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

Lionsgate had US video rights to Alligator (inherited from Lightning Video/Live/Artisan), but these rights had expired recently and reverted to the films producers (who reportedly want a large sum no one would be willing to shell out for).

Shout may be sitting on The Relic 1997 from a prior Paramount deal, though I suspect Paramount might also put it out themselves.

Wolf I can see coming from Mill Creek, though Shout would be the better choice due to better, but not great compression.

I can see Shout releasing Lost Souls and Skeeter, maybe Xtro using Warner's elements. Shout may have Dr Giggles and more if Warner were also licencing out the Largo/Alcon titles.

Ghost in The Machine, along with Shock Treatment, Alien Nation, The Nanny, were allegedly with Twilight Time at some point but had dropped them for unknown reasons. Shout might have some of these, depending on if they're sitting on more Fox titles that were agreed upon before the Disney merger.

The Hitcher didn't happen as Warner weren't licencing out HBO titles. Cast a Deadly Spell is in the same boat.

Tales from the Crypt: Ritual and Office Killer are Miramax titles that now reside with Paramount. Paramount aren't licensing out Miramax/Dimension titles.

End of Days might be with Kino.

The Keep will never happen due to Michael Mann blocking circulation of "the studio cut created by nervous old suits" and wanted to restore his preferred version before it was discovered the cut film elements were discarded by Paramount long ago.

Shout were offered Razorback at some point, but declined because Warner didn't have elements for the legendary uncut version and a new 2k scan of Warner's 35mm IP wouldn't look much different than Umbrella's 4k scan and loaded release.

So Mann and Paramount made a legitimate effort to locate the cut footage and found nothing?

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

So Mann and Paramount made a legitimate effort to locate the cut footage and found nothing?

Paramount didn't have the cut 35mm footage in their archives. Some of the deleted footage is present on a 4:3 TV version (which only exists as a SD print and where some of the YT clips originate from).

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

Lionsgate had US video rights to Alligator (inherited from Lightning Video/Live/Artisan), but these rights had expired recently and reverted to the films producers (who reportedly want a large sum no one would be willing to shell out for).

Shout were offered Razorback at some point, but declined because Warner didn't have elements for the legendary uncut version and a new 2k scan of Warner's 35mm IP wouldn't look much different than Umbrella's 4k scan and loaded release.

I was holding out to see if Shout or someone else would release Razorback in the US but now I guess I can track down the Aussie BD.

As for Alligator, if the Producers' asking price is too high I guess that means UK label Second Sight will be releasing it

EDIT: Just purchased the French Razorback steelbook. Artwork is the same as the Umbrella BD from 2019 so I assume the French disc contains the same scan. PQ got a 4.0 rating here so that's good.

[Hubunkey]

Anyone in need of slips for Misery or Silver Bullet?