Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Member-682067]

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 actually preferred Psycho II to the original. It's the best performance of Anthony Perkins's career, at least to this viewer.

[Member-222782]

I used to be in the "I mainly want new-to-Blu titles to be announced" camp but now not so much. I mean, I still want never-before-released stuff but I've become so enamored of 4K that I no longer mind if the majority of announcements today are 4K upgrades. I'm no 4K "purist", mind you, just a guy who wants the absolute best in picture quality regardless of the film. Newer Hollywood blockbusters and stuff shot on film, not so much, but anything shot on film will be enough of a noticeable uptick that I think is worth spending money on. I should note that I just got a new OLED TV and that it is fueling my 4K fire more than ever before so maybe I'm biased

Going back to the never-before-released or movies that need an upgrade topic, there's a lot of stuff out there that just isn't available or is being tied up by labels who are just sitting on the films. For instance, I asked the Kino Insider years ago about the 2000 Michael Winterbottom Western The Claim. He said someone else had picked up the rights. I don't even remember when I asked but it's gotta be at least 3 years now and still no sign of the film. This is why I don't want to sit around wishing for new stuff, I'd just rather enjoy the upgrades and get the best out of my new TV now.

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I used to be in the "I mainly want new-to-Blu titles to be announced" camp but now not so much. I mean, I still want never-before-released stuff but I've become so enamored of 4K that I no longer mind if the majority of announcements today are 4K upgrades. I'm no 4K "purist", mind you, just a guy who wants the absolute best in picture quality regardless of the film. Newer Hollywood blockbusters and stuff shot on film, not so much, but anything shot on film will be enough of a noticeable uptick that I think is worth spending money on. I should note that I just got a new OLED TV and that it is fueling my 4K fire more than ever before so maybe I'm biased

Going back to the never-before-released or movies that need an upgrade topic, there's a lot of stuff out there that just isn't available or is being tied up by labels who are just sitting on the films. For instance, I asked the Kino Insider years ago about the 2000 Michael Winterbottom Western The Claim. He said someone else had picked up the rights. I don't even remember when I asked but it's gotta be at least 3 years now and still no sign of the film. This is why I don't want to sit around wishing for new stuff, I'd just rather enjoy the upgrades and get the best out of my new TV now.

I’m firmly in the ‘I want a nice even balance of new, never on disc stuff and 4K upgrades’ camp.

Give us a new to disc flick and a Sleepaway Camp, Psycho 2 4K upgrade in the same announcement. Scratches everyone’s itch then.

[hungrywives]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

Give us a new to disc flick and a Sleepaway Camp, Psycho 2 4K upgrade in the same announcement. Scratches everyone’s itch then.

You're definitely right about the scratches.

[Member-222782]

I've never gotten a new Bu-ray with scratches on them. Grease? Yes. My copy of The Funhouse just arrived gunk-free. Maybe it's one of those made in Germany.

[Topher76]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I've never gotten a new Bu-ray with scratches on them. Grease? Yes. My copy of The Funhouse just arrived gunk-free. Maybe it's one of those made in Germany.

I haven’t gotten any scratches yet. Just a light bit of residue in the cases but nothing on the discs.

By saying that, I’m pretty sure my Halloween 4K set is going to be scratched and gunky now.

My last two oversized packages from Shout were in bad shape though - an envelope that was completely waterlogged and ripped open (missing one product) and the other looked like it had been crushed and two of the cases inside damaged (discs and inserts were fine). USPS stickers said they were received damaged.

[sancho]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

Give us a new to disc flick and a Sleepaway Camp, Psycho 2 4K upgrade in the same announcement. Scratches everyone’s itch then.

Originally Posted by hungrywives

You're definitely right about the scratches.

[dubhousing]

I'm probably not changing anyone's mind is mentioning this, but, one of the brilliant aspects of Peeping Tom, a brilliant movie, is the killer as the protagonist. He is a stand-in for the film-goer. Powell and Pressburger subversively question the pleasure of watching a movie by suggesting that it's voyeurism. That was a step too far even for audiences who weren't offended by Hitchcock's film. It took decades for the movie's reputation to be repaired. I think it's brilliant. The whole film works on multiple levels in relation to the acts of watching or making a film.

[prkchopexpress]

Originally Posted by dubhousing

I'm probably not changing anyone's mind is mentioning this, but, one of the brilliant aspects of Peeping Tom, a brilliant movie, is the killer as the protagonist. He is a stand-in for the film-goer. Powell and Pressburger subversively question the pleasure of watching a movie by suggesting that it's voyeurism. That was a step too far even for audiences who weren't offended by Hitchcock's film. It took decades for the movie's reputation to be repaired. I think it's brilliant. The whole film works on multiple levels in relation to the acts of watching or making a film.

i think it’s weird when there are so many people who love slashers, which all put you in the eyes of the killer and that becomes the only reason people see the movie in the sequels… don’t like or don’t want to watch peeping tom. it even comes out the same as psycho, which has a voyeuristic killer.

norman bates and the killer from peeping tom really aren’t that different. just the killer from peeping tom doesn’t have a hacky, backstory. i haven’t seen if in forever, but i think he only does it for pleasure? but don’t quote me.

too much for audiences in the 1960s, but standard fare all through the 1980s. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[skinjob69]

For me the best part of 4k is that it pushes companies to re-scan films in higher quality than the dated masters used for many blu rays.

[Mushi Minion]

Originally Posted by TV2693

I actually preferred Psycho II to the original. It's the best performance of Anthony Perkins's career, at least to this viewer.

You’re not alone, brother.

[LanceL]

Watching Nightmare at Noon and have noticed the aspect ratio changes a few times. Anyone notice that on this Blu-ray?

[Topher76]

Originally Posted by LanceL

Watching Nightmare at Noon and have noticed the aspect ratio changes a few times. Anyone notice that on this Blu-ray?

Those are the scenes shot for IMAX.

[dubhousing]

Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

norman bates and the killer from peeping tom really aren’t that different. just the killer from peeping tom doesn’t have a hacky, backstory. i haven’t seen if in forever, but i think he only does it for pleasure? but don’t quote me.

He has a backstory. His father was a psychologist, who subjected Mark in childhood to various experiments that measured his response to frightening stimuli. It's implied that Mark never had a moment growing up where he wasn't a subject of the film camera. He never had the experience to know the difference between reality and life in front of a camera, because his reality was life in front of a camera.

One of the great conceits of Peeping Tom is the suggestion that Mark's suicide on (and by) camera at the end of the film is also the end of the movie his father started filming, with Mark as the subject.

[NeonStreetMelt]

Originally Posted by gj217

Some of us are only interested in 4K UHD. And if some drivel like “Trick or Treat” (the bad 80s movie, not the Dougherty flick) or “Peeping Tom” gets a UHD and not, say, Psycho II or A Nightmare on Elm Street, 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.

Then your not a film fan, your a format/pixel count stalwart. Your also limiting and cutting yourself off from tons of great catalog releases that will never get a 4k, and I read your other posts and not everything is available on iTunes.
You could easily buy a 50-60 in TV for 1080p content if you think it looks terrible on your projection screen. I'm a big supporter of labels like Kino that release tons of great cheap blus of stuff that will never get a 4k. I watch them on an 85" and they look good to me. I also own some DVDs and VHS of content that has never been released on blu.

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by Topher76

Those are the scenes shot for IMAX.

Indeed.

[Damonstein]

Really starting to worry that they'll release silent night deadly night in 4k this year but only the cut version.....

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by RickDalton19

Peeping Tom is the father of all slashers. Psycho (1960) is the mother.

And A Bay Of Blood is the step-parent who actually raised him and made the child what he is today.

[Show spoiler](yes, I may have woke up and decided to choose violence today...)

[DenOfEarth]

Who's up for a UHD 4K/blu combo Collector's Edition of Night of the Living Dead (1990) with new restoration and new extras abound?

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Who's up for a UHD 4K/blu combo Collector's Edition of Night of the Living Dead (1990) with new restoration and new extras abound?

VinSyn got this one.