"Cocky"... because they won't release what you want them to release?
Wow.
Just wow.
Wow yourself...
I think they are being cocky, no quotations around it, but do they not have the right to be? They are the best in the business and at some point you get cocky, when you are on top.
Any other studio would love to get their hands on any of the Poltergeist III, or Psycho 4, or Serpent and the Rainbow, or Prom Night II. All of which were turned down because "they don't like them", or at least that was the reason given.
[Show spoiler] Prom Night II was denied for this reason before, even though we now know it is no longer with MGM. Serpent was, as well, but I'm not sure if anything has changed in regards to that title.
Anything could change and they go back and pick these up, and in no way am I being ignorant. And when did I ever specifically say that these were the movies I wanted? I'm very thankful for all of their releases. As I stated in my original post...
Serpent and the Rainbow was turned down? It's sort of a relief, personally, to know this - I think there are better films that Shout could license. Come to think of it, People Under the Stairs wasn't so hot either IMO. Did Universal jump on the slasher bandwagon back in the day or is DEATH VALLEY the only one?
01) "Halloween II" - Collector's Edition - September 18, 2012
02) "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" - Collector's Edition - September 18, 2012
03) "Terror Train" - Collector's Edition - October 16, 2012
04) "The Funhouse" - Collector's Edition - October 16, 2012
05) "They Live" - Collector's Edition - November 6, 2012
06) "Death Valley" - December 11, 2012
07) "The Island" - December 11, 2012
08) "Deadly Blessing" - Collector's Edition - January 22, 2013
09) "The Nest" - February 19, 2013
10) "TerrorVision" / "The Video Dead" - Double Feature - February 19, 2013
11) "Prison" - Collector's Edition - February 19, 2013
12) "Phantasm II" - Collector's Edition - March 26, 2013
13) "From Beyond" - Collector's Edition - March 26, 2013
14) "The Vampire Lovers" - April 30, 2013
15) "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" w/ "The Evictors" - May 21, 2013
16) "The Burning"Collector's Edition - May 21, 2013
17) "Ninja III: The Domination" - June 11, 2013
18) "Lifeforce"Collector's Edition - June 18, 2013
19) "The Howling"Collector's Edition - June 18, 2013
20) "Dead Souls" - June 25, 2013
21) "The Fog"Collector's Edition - July 30, 2013
22) "The Incredible Melting Man" - July 30, 2013
23) "Swamp Thing" - August 6, 2013
24) "X-Ray" (aka "Hospital Massacre") / "Schizoid" Double Feature - August 20, 2013
25) "Dark Angel" (aka "I Come in Peace") - August 27, 2013
26) "Q: The Winged Serpent" - August 27, 2013
27) "Cockneys vs. Zombies" -September 3, 2013
28) "Scanners II" / "Scanners III"Double Feature - September 10, 2013
29) "Day of the Dead"Collector's Edition - September 17, 2013
30) "Prince of Darkness"Collector's Edition - Spetember 24, 2013
31) "Psycho II"Collector's Edition - September 24, 2013
32) "Psycho III"Collector's Edition - September 24, 2013
33) "The Amityville Horror" CollectionBox Set - October 1, 2013
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"The Amityville Horror"/ "Amityville II: The Possession" / "Amityville 3D"
34) Vincent Price CollectionBox Set - October 22, 2013
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" / "The Pit and the Pendulum" / "The Haunted Palace" / "The Masque of Red Death" / "Witchfinder General" (aka: "Conqueror Worm") / "The Abominable Dr. Phibes"
35) "Night of the Comet"Collector's Edition - November 2013
36) "The Horror Show" (aka: "House III") - November 2013
37) "Body Bags" - November 2013
38) "The Beast Within" - December 2013
39) "Crawlspace" - December 2013
DVD-ONLY RELEASES
01) 4 MOVIE HORROR MARATHON I - August 20, 2013
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"The Vagrant" / "The Godsend" / "The Outing" / "Schizoid" (aka: "Lizard in a Woman's Skin")
BLU-RAY REVIEWS
A list with links to all reviews on blu-ray.com, can be found below:
Non-Scream Factory Horror & Sci-Fi Releases by Shout! Factory:
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BD & COMBO PACK SHOUT RELEASES:
01) "Audition" - October 6, 2009
02) "The Stepfather" - June 15, 2010
03) "Death Race 2000" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - June 22, 2010
04) "Forbidden World" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - July 20, 2010
05) "Galaxy of Terror" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - July 20, 2010
06) "Humanoids from the Deep" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - August 3, 2010
07) "Piranha" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - August 3, 2010
08) "StarCrash" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - September 14, 2010
09) "Damnation Alley" - July 11, 2011
10) "Battle Beyond the Stars" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - July 11, 2011
11) "Dead Cert" - September 27, 2011
12) "Sector 7" - Blu-Ray 3D + Blu-Ray - June 26, 2012
13) "Remains" - August 7, 2012
14) "Death Watch" - August 28, 2012
15) "Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann" - March 19, 2013
16) "Futureworld" - March 26, 2013
17) "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" / "Race with the Devil" - Double Feature - May 28, 2013
18) "A Boy and His Dog" (aka" Apocalypse 2024") - August 6, 2013
DVD-ONLY SHOUT RELEASES
01) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Count Dracula's Great Love" - September 19, 2006
02) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks" - September 19, 2006
03) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "The Devil's Wedding Night" - September 19, 2006
04) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Legacy Of Blood" - September 19, 2006
05) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "The Werewolf Of Washington" - September 19, 2006
06) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "The Doomsday Machine" - September 19, 2006
07) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Blue Sunshine" / "Monstroid" - September 25, 2007
08) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Gamera, Super Monster" / "They Came From Beyond Space" - September 25, 2007
09) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Maneater of Hydra" / "The House That Screamed" - September 25, 2007
10) "Swamp Thing: The Series"- January 22, 2008
11) "Swamp Thing: The Series" Vol. 2- January 22, 2008
12) "Kingdom of the Spiders" - January 19, 2010
13) "Gamera, Gamera, The Giant Monster" - May 18, 2010
14) "Swamp Thing: The Series" Vol. 3- Shout! Select - June 22, 2010
15) "Gamera Vs. Barugon" - July 6, 2010
16) "The Lost Skeleton Returns Again" - August 17, 2010
17) "Dark And Stormy Night"- August 17, 2010
18) "Gamera Vs. Guiron" / "Gamera Vs. Jiger" - Gamera Double Feature - September 21, 2010
19) "Gamera Vs. Gyaos" / "Gamera Vs. Viras " - Gamera Double Feature - September 21, 2010
20) "The Evil" / "Twice Dead"- Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature - October 5, 2010
21) The Slumber Party Massacre Collection - Roger Corman's Cult Classics 3 Pack - October 5, 2010
[Show spoiler]"The Slumber Party Massacre" / "The Slumber Party Massacre, Part 2" / "The Slumber Party Massacre, Part 2"
22) "Cannibal Girls"- October 26, 2010
22) "The Terror Within" /" Dead Space" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature - November 2, 2010
23) "Not of this Earth" (1988) - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - November 2, 2010
24) "Gamera Vs. Zigra" / "Gamera: The Super Monster" - Gamera Double Feature - March 15, 2011
25) "Up From The Depths" / "Demon Of Paradise"- Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature - January 18, 2011
26) Giant Robot Action Pack- Double Feature - June 14, 2011
[Show spoiler]"Crash And Burn" / "Robot Wars"
27) Sci-Fi Classics- Roger Corman's Cult Classics Triple Feature - January 18, 2011
[Show spoiler]"Attack of the Crab Monsters" / "Not of this Earth" (1957) / "War of the Satellites"
28) "Oblivion"- July 5, 2011
29) Trailers From Hell! Volume Two / Trailers From Hell! Volume One- July 5, 2011
[Show spoiler]"Little Shop Of Horrors" / "The Vampire Bat"
30) "Bad Dreams" / "Visiting Hours"- Killer Double Feature - September 13, 2011
31) Vampires, Mummies & Monsters Set - Roger Corman's Cult Classics 4 Pack - September 27, 2011
Cliff has already said "no" to the following titles (please review before asking about a potantial release).
Special thanks to zbinks for compiling the list and to NoirFan for requesting that it be added to the OP.
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Update:
Since the start of 2013 Cliff has said "No" to:
More Roger Corman Cult Classics releases
cartoons (Blu-Ray)
blaxploitation flix
Steelbooks / Digibooks
Albert Pyun's Films Other Than Captain America
American Ninja 1 and 2
April Fool's Day
At Play In The Fields Of The Lord
Autopsie
Barbarian Queen 1&2
Bells
Best Little *****House In Texas, The
Biker Mice From Mars
Blood Diner
Blood Games
Brain Damage
Brain Dead (1990)
Candyman 2
Career Opportunities
Carrie
Charles Bronson Flicks
Child's Play Sequels
Chopping Mall
Class of 1984
Cold Comfort Farm
Coldblooded
Commandments
Creepshow 2
Critters 1-4
Curtains
Dawn of the Dead
Death Spa
Death Wish
Deathstalker 1&2
Demonic Toys
Dolls
Dolly Dearest
Dracula (1979)
Dream Team, The
Eaten Alive
Eliminators (Blu-Ray)
Enemy Territory
Escape From New York
Fire Starter
Foxy Brown
Ghost Story
Ghosthouse
Ghoul, The
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Halloween 6
Heart And Souls
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
House
House II
Iceman
In the Mouth of Madness
Jesus' Son
John Woo's Hard Boiled
John Woo's The Killer
Leaving Normal
Legend of the Werewolf, The
Les Demons
Leviathan
Lorenzo's Oil
Mad Dog And Glory
Melvin And Howard
Milagro Beanfield War, The
Motel Hell
Mr. Mom
Ms. 45
My Bloody Valentine
My Little Pony (Blu-Ray)
Needful Things
New Year's Evil
Nightbreed (Cabal cut or otherwise)
No Retreat, No Surrender
Pam Grier Collection
Parents
Petticoat Junction: Season 3
Phantasm II: Workprint
Phantom Of The Opera (1988)
Pinocchio's Revenge
Prom Night II
Psycho IV
Pumpkinhead
Radioland Murders
Razorback
Return of the Living Dead Parts 2 and 3
Rollerball (1975)
Rolling Vengeance
Savage Streets
Serpent And The Rainbow
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Simon & Simon: Seasons 5 thru 8
Six String Samurai
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
Snow Falling On Cedars
Sonny Boy
The Terror Within
Splitting Heirs
Squirm
Stone Cold
Street Sharks
Suspiria
Tag: The Assassination Game
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tank
The Dead Pit
The Death Angel
The Evil
The Golden Child
The Howling II
The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
The Taking Of Beverly Hills
The Terror Within 1 and 2
The Vampire Lovers (DVD)
The Wicker Man
Trancers
Trespass
Trigger Effect, The
Two Family House
UHF
Underneath, The
Vamp
Waking The Dead
Wet Hot American Summer
Without Warning
He has also indicated "Probably Not / Unlikely" to:
Any Echo Bridge/Miramax titles
Euro Horror Cult movies
Casper Films
Head of the Class
Jack's Back
The other Howling sequels
Troma Filma
Full Moon Titles
On a sidenote, titles from Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony and Lionsgate should be presumed to be "No's" until/unless Cliff says otherwise.
Any other studio would love to get their hands on any of the Poltergeist III, or Psycho 4, or Serpent and the Rainbow, or Prom Night II. All of which were turned down because "they don't like them", or at least that was the reason given.
Poltergeist III wasn't turned down because of a dislike for the film (but I wouldn't blame them). They just probably couldn't find a way to make the blu ray what we've come to expect.
Poltergeist III wasn't turned down because of a dislike for the film (but I wouldn't blame them). They just probably couldn't find a way to make the blu ray what we've come to expect.
I just assumed that they didn't like it.
I think they'd have a heck of a time creating extras for Poltergeist III. Gary Sherman still adamantly claims (i.e. lies) that the original ending was never shot, yet a slew of people involved with the film say that it was. So many involved seem to have tight lips about it, but throw a few bucks toward Lara Flynn Boyle and I'm sure she'll open up for another injection into hers.
I think they are being cocky, no quotations around it, but do they not have the right to be? They are the best in the business and at some point you get cocky, when you are on top.
Any other studio would love to get their hands on any of the Poltergeist III, or Psycho 4, or Serpent and the Rainbow, or Prom Night II. All of which were turned down because "they don't like them", or at least that was the reason given.
[Show spoiler] Prom Night II was denied for this reason before, even though we now know it is no longer with MGM. Serpent was, as well, but I'm not sure if anything has changed in regards to that title.
Anything could change and they go back and pick these up, and in no way am I being ignorant. And when did I ever specifically say that these were the movies I wanted? I'm very thankful for all of their releases. As I stated in my original post...
I wouldn't trade Scream Factory for the world.
I agree with what your saying here. People are just reacting wrong to the word "cocky" which is stupid. What the dude is saying and I agree with, is when it comes to genre titles and releasing, we all have certain titles we love and we all want them to have the best home video release possible. Now we have "Scream" aka the best release possible currently for genre titles, but we have certain titles that, to them, don't make the cut.
A lot of arguments can be made like why this title vs. this title, but at the end of the day, it's all up to "Scream" to say yes or no and also rights availability comes into play.
Now me, I love "The Howling" but boy would I kill for a "Howling II" special edition release, but I can see where or why "Scream" might say no.
Is there evidence of the original ending? Just curious.
Tons. The film finished filming in June of '87, was rated PG by the MPAA in November of that year, then the ending was reshot in March of '88, more than a month after O'Rourke died in February. MGM supposedly rejected the original ending for having bad effects and essentially being dissatisfying, so they had made plans to reshoot it before O'Rourke died. There are pictures out there of Kane's cracking face from the original ending, Sherman admits (with a bit of a PR spin) to a new ending in the July '88 issue of Cinefantastique, people who saw rough cut screenings claim the original ending was included, and it's rumored that the ending exists within one of the approx. 100 boxes of footage MGM has of the film in their vaults. The reshoot was so rushed and cheap that the actor who played Scott wasn't asked back and only found out about the new ending at the premiere.
Hey Scream, you did a great job on Lifeforce so far with a crisp transfer and great sound plus fantastic extras, a huge improvement on MGM's bareboned DVD.
All this talk of Poltergeist III and original endings has piqued my interest, on top of my high interest over the making of the film, the sadness of O'Rourke's passing, this is the stuff of legend and why I'm a big film buff. It would all make for a fascinating special edition if it ever came to pass.
that's was the start of the convo where I got the specific answer.
I could not find the actual post, but yeah thats it.
To be fair, though, that conversation was early in the year, back when the deal they had with Universal was only for Halloween II and III, The Funhouse, They Live and Phantasm II. If you asked them then if Prince Of Darkness was coming out soon, Cliff would have said no. With the new Universal deal in place, it's certainly plausible that The Serpent and the Rainbow is a potential release.
I think they are being cocky, no quotations around it, but do they not have the right to be? They are the best in the business and at some point you get cocky, when you are on top.
Any other studio would love to get their hands on any of the Poltergeist III, or Psycho 4, or Serpent and the Rainbow, or Prom Night II. All of which were turned down because "they don't like them", or at least that was the reason given.
[Show spoiler] Prom Night II was denied for this reason before, even though we now know it is no longer with MGM. Serpent was, as well, but I'm not sure if anything has changed in regards to that title.
Anything could change and they go back and pick these up, and in no way am I being ignorant. And when did I ever specifically say that these were the movies I wanted? I'm very thankful for all of their releases. As I stated in my original post...
I wouldn't trade Scream Factory for the world.
If I misunderstood you, then I apologize. But to me 'cocky' has clear negative connotations. And I find nothing cocky about SF choosing not to release parts of franchises because they either a) don't think they will get their investment back, or b) don't care for the title enough to invest their time and money in it.
Lol. Who cares that they want to release a couple titles from franchises and not others. Would anyone ahead a tear if they passed on Halloween: Resurrection if it was a possibility, even though they released Halloween II and III. I hardly think that's worth complaining about. Plus you never know, once they're huge, they may come back and give these crappy titles some of you are so desperate for a decent a release.
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