Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by postmodel

Shivers, but that was Arrow not Scream.

Thanks. So the Vestron edition of Shivers is the correct version?

[Jacques Souvenir]

If anyone else is curious about them re-releasing My Bloody Valentine in 4k, I e-mailed them about it and received this reply:


Hi,

I wouldn't be surprised if that's in the works. We don't have anything to announce right now but we've been working on releasing some of our most popular titles on 4k with new artwork. We did Army of Darkness, The Fog, and a bunch of others. My Bloody Valentine may well be on the way! I suspect that if we do it, we'll release it in February like we did the last release as part of our Valentine's Day celebration.

All the best,

Shout!

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

One of the things that someone taught me early in life is to never apologize for your thoughts/opinions. Either own them and share them or withold them and don't.
Popular or not, they are yours to share if you wish. I hate seeing folks use the "I'm sorry but..." phrase as the person using it isn't sorry enough to withhold the opinion nor in most instances is the opinion even worthy of apologizing for.

I'm in 100% agreement with your sentiments here and find the idea of a 4k (or blu ray or dvd) purist absurd since so much content is still available across all formats (vhs/dvd/blu ray/4k and yes even digital hd).

[gj217]

Originally Posted by Smegma

So you won't even consider 99.5% of movies. LOL.

Not on disc, no. If something isn’t available on UHD, I simply buy it on iTunes. On a 150” screen, 1080p looks awfully pixelated.

Oh… yeah there’s also that. I don’t own a TV at all. Only a 4K projector and large format screen.

[xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx]

Originally Posted by gj217

Not on disc, no. If something isn’t available on UHD, I simply buy it on iTunes. On a 150” screen, 1080p looks awfully pixelated.

Oh… yeah there’s also that. I don’t own a TV at all. Only a 4K projector and large format screen.

So a good BD looks pixelated yet a low bitrate 4k itunes copy looks good? Lol.

[gj217]

Originally Posted by xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx

So a good BD looks pixelated yet a low bitrate 4k itunes copy looks good? Lol.

Eh, there tends to be some banding and macroblocking but I rarely buy movies on iTunes either. I’m actually picky about which movies I’ll own anyway. For example, Friday the 13th or Halloween II (don’t get me started on my hatred for that abhorrent piece of shit… siblings? So stupid.)? I’d never own that garbage, no matter the quality.

[jshaide]

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Pretty much how I feel. I'm ok with 4K releases, as long as there is balance between new titles and upgrades. Thankfully their November slate included a decent amount of new to Blu-ray titles.

Same here. I’ll very rarely upgrade a BD to 4K. It has to really be a favorite of mine. Like I’ve said before at some point I simply have to stop rebuying the same movies over & over again. For the vast majority of my collection BD will be it.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by Jacques Souvenir

If anyone else is curious about them re-releasing My Bloody Valentine in 4k, I e-mailed them about it and received this reply:


Hi,

I wouldn't be surprised if that's in the works. We don't have anything to announce right now but we've been working on releasing some of our most popular titles on 4k with new artwork. We did Army of Darkness, The Fog, and a bunch of others. My Bloody Valentine may well be on the way! I suspect that if we do it, we'll release it in February like we did the last release as part of our Valentine's Day celebration.

All the best,

Shout!

Judging by AOD and Lifeforce we will only get the theatrical version unless they discovered the negative for the cut scenes.

[sancho]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Same here. I’ll very rarely upgrade a BD to 4K. It has to really be a favorite of mine. Like I’ve said before at some point I simply have to stop rebuying the same movies over & over again. For the vast majority of my collection BD will be it.

+1. Blu is pretty much the end of the party for me.

[lildemon666]

I was hoping we get Night of the demons, Trick r Treat, and Creepshow on 4K for this Halloween season.

Fingers crossed Black Christmas and silent night deadly night part 1/2 hit 4K for the Christmas season.

[Jacques Souvenir]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Judging by AOD and Lifeforce we will only get the theatrical version unless they discovered the negative for the cut scenes.

Their previous release used the original negative for the uncut version, so hopefully the 4k should, too.

[barsalou]

Finally started picking up the Universal Horror Collections and have to say I am disappointed with the packaging, absolutely no thought went into these. Same artwork is repeated on the cover, insert and booklet... seems like a missed opportunity to at least have full page artwork for the posters somewhere in there. I know the market for these movies probably isn't great and I am happy to have them each on their own disc, but for the asking price I feel like a little more could have been done on the packaging side of things which is extremely bland...

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Jacques Souvenir

If anyone else is curious about them re-releasing My Bloody Valentine in 4k, I e-mailed them about it and received this reply:


Hi,

I wouldn't be surprised if that's in the works. We don't have anything to announce right now but we've been working on releasing some of our most popular titles on 4k with new artwork. We did Army of Darkness, The Fog, and a bunch of others. My Bloody Valentine may well be on the way! I suspect that if we do it, we'll release it in February like we did the last release as part of our Valentine's Day celebration.

All the best,

Shout!

They’re not going to tell anyone anything about future releases until they’re ready to announce them. They’ve been like this since the beginning.

[postmodel]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Thanks. So the Vestron edition of Shivers is the correct version?

Correct! The Vestron release is the Unrated cut.

[Topher76]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Same here. I’ll very rarely upgrade a BD to 4K. It has to really be a favorite of mine. Like I’ve said before at some point I simply have to stop rebuying the same movies over & over again. For the vast majority of my collection BD will be it.

I’m in about the same place. BD is largely going to be the end for me - I’m not going out of my way to upgrade to UHD from there.

Ironically, I did just order a 4K player but that is more due to the growing number of UHD/BD combo packs of new releases and a handful of import UHD titles I’d like to pick up that I’ve never had on BD (or DVD for that matter). I don’t even have a 4K television at this point

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

They’re not going to tell anyone anything about future releases until they’re ready to announce them. They’ve been like this since the beginning.

...and the people responding to their emails don't seem to work all that closely with their production teams.

[RickDalton19]

Originally Posted by gj217

Some of us are only interested in 4K UHD. And if some drivel like “Peeping Tom” gets a UHD and not, say, Psycho II, that just won’t do at all.

Personally I won’t even buy standard BD anymore. If a movie isn’t available on UHD I simply won’t own it.

Calling Peeping Tom (1960) "drivel" and then asking for Psycho II (1983)? Nothing against Psycho II, but there are a lot of people who want more Michael Powell movies on UHD and Peeping Tom is the father of all slashers. Psycho (1960) is the mother.

[gj217]

Originally Posted by RickDalton19

Calling Peeping Tom (1960) "drivel" and then asking for Psycho II (1983)? Nothing against Psycho II, but there are a lot of people who want more Michael Powell movies on UHD and Peeping Tom is the father of all slashers. Psycho (1960) is the mother.

I saw it once about ten years ago and hated it. I don’t care for movies that place the killer in the protagonist’s role. So I suppose that is more personal preference than the film’s quality. Also, I generally do not like slashers. I love Halloween (‘78) and Psycho (‘60)… but Generally speaking, I can’t sit through a slasher movie. I find them boring and schlocky. Outside of those, the closest thing one would find to a slasher on my shelf is RoboCop… which doesn’t resemble a slasher in, really any way.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Same here. I’ll very rarely upgrade a BD to 4K. It has to really be a favorite of mine. Like I’ve said before at some point I simply have to stop rebuying the same movies over & over again. For the vast majority of my collection BD will be it.

I started buying 4K UHD Blu-ray + standard Blu-ray combo packs right from the beginning, long before I owned an actual 4K UHD player, because it was worth spending the extra five dollars each time to "future-proof" my purchases while watching the standard BD from each pack in the meantime. When I finally got a 4K player and 4K television at the beginning of the pandemic, I had over 150 4K discs to choose from in my collection.

I am pretty much caught up with 4K UHD upgrades to existing Blu-rays in my collection, but the new 4K releases are coming out so hard and fast right now that I will not be able to keep up for much longer.

I will have to make some tough decisions in the future about priorities for upgrades. Poltergeist on 4K? Definitely! Trancers on 4K? Hmmm...we'll see.

Standard Blu-rays hit the sweet spot for me as far as home video viewing, but 4K UHD Blu-rays do have an added "oomph" that makes them worthwhile. Plus, in the case of several releases (Cat People, for example), the 4K UHD remedies problematic standard Blu-ray presentations.