Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

So do these poorly-received horror remakes sell well on 4K for Shout? Genuine question, not a judgment of the films or their quality

This one was probably a no brainer. They released every other film in 4K. They know lots will get it just to have them all.

[DaiShuryou]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Did I miss Mifunefan leaking this? Or was this already announced and I totally missed it?

Child's Play (2019) 4K, March 19th release from Scream Factory.

OMFG, I LOVE this remake !!!!
Instant buy

[Resident Evil Labs]

Originally Posted by DaiShuryou

OMFG, I LOVE this remake !!!!
Instant buy

Me too, I like it way more than Cult and Seed. Underrated for sure.

[The Great Owl]

I like both the Carrie and Child's Play remakes, so I am probably in at some point.

During the past year, I have purchased most of my Scream Factory titles from Best Buy brick-and-mortar locations around here. Best Buy's removal of their physical media sections will force me to go somewhere else fun to buy the titles.

I will probably just go to DiabolikDVD like I do for almost everything else.


Also, I am a huge Stephen King fan, but his television version of The Shining is...not great.

[DaiShuryou]

Originally Posted by Resident Evil Labs

Me too, I like it way more than Cult and Seed. Underrated for sure.

The Buddi Song alone is already better than those movies ^^

[Skoobooz]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Very good month in terms of new acquisitions. 5 of the 6 titles are new to SF. The 4K releases also have a nice variety, and are coming from 3 different studios (MGM, Paramount, and Sony). And the two BD releases are Warner DVD upgrades, which is always great to see.

CARRIE is not from Sony.

[freddy=legend]

Excited to pickup The Shining. And may grab Carrie down the line during a sale. Child’s Play I actually watched for the first time over the weekend & felt like a movie with lots of good ideas & dreadfully awful execution. Only reason I’d have to pick up this is if I didn’t have a slip on my Blu to look nice on my shelf. So, happy to be able to skip it.

Overall, not a bad month especially when you factor in The Ring collection coming out then too.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Skoobooz

CARRIE is not from Sony.

Ah, my mistake. I see it was distributed by Sony, but MGM appears to be the one that released it on DVD.

[javy]

Originally Posted by vluppica

For lovers of 4K upgrades. All that remains of the Universal horror titles from the 80s and 90s.

Firestarter (1984)
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Shocker (1989)
The Guardian (1990)
Village of the Damned (1995)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Tales From The Crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996)
Psycho (1998)


The end is near

Would definitely take upgrades of Demon Knight, Bordello of Blood, and The Serpent and the Rainbow.

[steev210]

I'd still like to see 4K upgrades to:

Trick 'r Treat (Warner)
House on Haunted Hill (Warner)
House of Wax 2005 (Warner)
Ghost Ship (Warner)
Poltergeist II (MGM)
Poltergeist III (MGM)

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

What's left of Stephen King's works that have yet to make the jump to HD?

The Tommyknockers
The Langoliers
Storm of the Century
The Night Flier

What am I missing? Given Kino's comments on Storm of the Century, it's safe to assume that all but the Night Flier are held up for the same reasons. The Night Flier of course is a financial matter thanks to Rubinstein.

I assume Lionsgate still maintains control of the "Sometimes they Come Back" sequels as well correct? That would explain their absense from Blu Ray also.

I know Storm of the Century is likely an impossibility given the niche market that is blu-ray these days and costs required for redoing all of the special effects in HD (if even Star Trek the Next Generation caused CBS to give up on DS9 due to sales not being higher than costs, there's no way a forgotten Stephen King miniseries would be greenlighted), but I also wondered if The Langoliers and/or The Tommyknockers might be in the same boat. I haven't seen either in decades, but didn't they have some abysmal CGI, and weren't they both TV movies? If so they might be out of the question for the same reason. Though I guess The Stand didn't have the issue, for whatever reason (though I can't recall any CGI in that besides face morphing).

[MifuneFan]

March titles going up at SF

Child's Play (2019) 4K w/ Exclusive Poster

W/ slipcover:



Carrie (2013) 4K w/ Exclusive Poster

W/ slipcover:



K-19: The Widowmaker 4K

W/ slipcover:



Quigley Down Under 4K

The Shining (1997)

Over the Edge (1979)

[jcole8882]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

March titles going up at SF

Child's Play (2019) 4K w/ Exclusive Poster

W/ slipcover:



Carrie (2013) 4K w/ Exclusive Poster

W/ slipcover:



The Shining (1997)

Over the Edge (1979)

Nooo.... no new artwork??? 😞

[RillIris]

Originally Posted by jcole8882

Nooo.... no new artwork??? ��

Child’s Play does have an option within the listing to see other options available for the listing, but currently it’s just the one listing with poster that’s up, something else should be coming. Carrie does appear to just be the poster though, no similar link. I can’t remember which it was last year, but at least once the bundles went up like an hour or a little more after everything else.

Edit: Unless that’s just meant to advertise their other Child’s Play 4K releases, but if that was the case Carrie should have a link to pop up the original also. The link as it is, has been almost if not exclusively used for titles that have multiple bundles available.

[Bradsdadg]

I don't know why the stock numbers are so weird with their preorders~maybe they are always that way though?

[SpiderNerd09]

Originally Posted by jcole8882

Nooo.... no new artwork??? ��

Scream Factory have been primarily using Poster Art for their 4Ks with some exceptions (Alligator, Company of Wolves & Krampus) for a while now, Its Nothing new.

Besides I feel like people would've complained about new art judging by the way some of their new Commissed art get received.

Classic Poster Art seems to be the safest bet overall.

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by SpiderNerd09

Scream Factory have been primarily using Poster Art for their 4Ks with some exceptions (Alligator, Company of Wolves & Krampus) for a while now, Its Nothing new.

Besides I feel like people would've complained about new art judging by the way some of their new Commissed art get received.

Classic Poster Art seems to be the safest bet overall.

The other Chucky 4Ks had site exclusive alternative slips with new art. So it's disappointing that this one will stand out for those of us who went with those versions.

[philip74]

Originally Posted by jcole8882

Nooo.... no new artwork??? 😞

As a die hard Shout collector I will upgrade K-19 and was contemplating also getting Carrie and Child’s play, but I already have the Blu-rays with sleeves (Carrie even with lenticular)
and I’m not gonna upgrade everything just cause it’s 4K
I’m already double dipping way too much, at some point the insanity has to
slow down

On a side note I would also like to stare that I would be nice to have more first time to Blu-ray releases then constantly releasing the same movies over and over again! That goes for all labels.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Outside of DARKMAN 4K, SF's lineup first quarter of '24 is abysmal IMO.

I agree, Darkman and Funeral Home are the only ones I have interest in.

Seems to me Scream is pretty much a slowly dying label and scraping the bottom of the barrel for horror titles now and also just re-releasing stuff on 4k. They use to be my number one label. Hopefully they can get some better titles later this year.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Early thinking, but releases already announced through the first quarter, you gotta wonder what their plan is for September/October.

They've done Halloween, they've done Chucky.

I could imagine the psycho sequels, but with Arrows release, they'd probably be inferior.