Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Worship.my.wreck]

Originally Posted by jt839

You're probably right but dear god I hope you're not.

I mean I’m surprised it took them this long to release the 4K’s on steelbooks so I’m somewhat surprised and not surprised at the same time if that makes any sense lol. I think they’ll do the rest of them in steelbooks. At least up to Halloween 5. Would be interesting to see if they’re able to release H6, H20, and Resurrection though, might have to be a steelbook boxset for those due to licensing.

[Donl1282]

Originally Posted by BudtheChud

MGM doesn't want to license them out, sad to say.

MGM licensed the first Amityville to Vinegar Syndrome. It came out on UHD 3 years ago. It’s weird why 2 and 3 didn’t follow. Did the first film on UHD sell poorly?

[Driver78]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

MGM licensed the first Amityville to Vinegar Syndrome. It came out on UHD 3 years ago. It’s weird why 2 and 3 didn’t follow. Did the first film on UHD sell poorly?

They were just selling a new slipcover for it so I'd say it was fairly popular.

[BudtheChud]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

MGM licensed the first Amityville to Vinegar Syndrome. It came out on UHD 3 years ago. It’s weird why 2 and 3 didn’t follow. Did the first film on UHD sell poorly?

Likely was licensed prior to Amazon buying it. Seems they aren't as open as MGM used to be.

[jt839]

Almost all labels still have MGM deals...

[Nosferatu31]

Someone in the Severin thread posted that Severin has done a 4K restoration for Bava's A Bay of Blood. Was that one included in Shout's box set?

[El Sleezo]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu31

Someone in the Severin thread posted that Severin has done a 4K restoration for Bava's A Bay of Blood. Was that one included in Shout's box set?

It is. Perhaps possible Shout may not have 4K rights? I also think Severin has done a UK release or two.

[TV2693]

Not popular, but I hope Scream does an upgrade to Franco’s ‘The Rental’ to 4K.

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by Driver78

@ShoutFactoryOfficial, are you able to say whether or not Poltergeist III, Robocop 3, Amityville II or III have some kind of rights issue that is preventing them from being licensed? Not asking to confirm whether or not Shout has plans for these, just to shed a bit of light on their baffling absence on 4K so fans can confidently source releases of these titles elsewhere if a available

I’m also baffled that Scream hasn’t released Psychos 2-4 on 4K. They clearly still have Blu-ray rights, and they’ve been available on UHD from Arrow UK for over a year (and I’m very close to pulling the trigger on those).

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by BudtheChud

Likely was licensed prior to Amazon buying it. Seems they aren't as open as MGM used to be.

There's been a steady stream of MGM-owned licensed titles since the 2022 buyout.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I’m also baffled that Scream hasn’t released Psychos 2-4 on 4K. They clearly still have Blu-ray rights, and they’ve been available on UHD from Arrow UK for over a year (and I’m very close to pulling the trigger on those).

Yeah, that's another odd one.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I’m also baffled that Scream hasn’t released Psychos 2-4 on 4K. They clearly still have Blu-ray rights, and they’ve been available on UHD from Arrow UK for over a year (and I’m very close to pulling the trigger on those).

Mother won’t let them.

[Amiibro121]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I’m also baffled that Scream hasn’t released Psychos 2-4 on 4K. They clearly still have Blu-ray rights, and they’ve been available on UHD from Arrow UK for over a year (and I’m very close to pulling the trigger on those).

Yeah im still waiting to just get a standalone psycho 2 release, I want to check that movie out

[critterdvd]

Originally Posted by TV2693

Not popular, but I hope Scream does an upgrade to Franco’s ‘The Rental’ to 4K.

I’d buy a special edition of that.

[HorrorBlu]

I believe many users reported that their Scream Factory Psycho II blu-ray rotted.

You'd think Scream Factory would want to get their 4K out there to replace it before more fans notice their blu-rays have bricked.

Originally Posted by Ernane

My Psycho II disc from Scream Factory just DIED on me. I still can't believe it. I bought it with Psycho III, years ago, at Amazon, still with the slipcover. I believe I got it as soon as it was released.
The disc BRONZED. It's a Sony fabricated disc, BVDL, I've never seen this happen with a Sony disc. Psycho III is fine.
The player identifies it as a BD disc, but it's blank, as it seems. It doesn't load, nothing happens. I tried it in 2 different players.

Anyone else here had this problem with this possible bad pressing?

Originally Posted by BluFan24

Decided to give Psycho II a watch today and it played to the 109.41 mark and freeze's. Tried to skip ahead and nothing all the way to the end like the data's just gone. I might hit Shout up and see if they'll replace it, but I doubt they will after all these years.

Originally Posted by surfinhank

Didn't realize these first reports were over a year old. I don't remember if I saw them and checked my disc back then, but I just checked it now and had the exact same thing: freezes at 109.41 and is dead. Checked the Arrow version out of paranoia, but it plays fine.

Originally Posted by JRob

Mine freezes and eventually skips about 40 minutes worth of the movie. Guess I will be buying the 4K set after all....

[GeoffOliver]

I should probably test my copy, but I did get a later printing (in 2021, no slip).

[TV2693]

Originally Posted by critterdvd

I’d buy a special edition of that.

It would actually benefit from a 4K. First-Rate photography there.

[BudtheChud]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

There's been a steady stream of MGM-owned licensed titles since the 2022 buyout.

They are definitely still licensing out stuff, they are just being more selective on what the do, it seems.

[sancho]

Originally Posted by ShoutFactoryOfficial

Announcing 14 titles on 8/4.

(Hopefully this doesn't get misinterpreted.)

[Jacques Souvenir]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I’m also baffled that Scream hasn’t released Psychos 2-4 on 4K. They clearly still have Blu-ray rights, and they’ve been available on UHD from Arrow UK for over a year (and I’m very close to pulling the trigger on those).

At the very least, they need to address what's going on with these. I hate how they creep on these replies, but never answer when someone asks them a question they don't want to answer.