Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[cropsy]

Originally Posted by RiFiFi1955

I was thinking that too

Alright i'll start off-"Fright Night part 2" perhaps

[Akubrick1]

Just got back from Wally World and they have their Halloween endcaps up. What do I find? Scream Factory dvds of The Fog, Halloween 2, Day of the Dead. Nice to see them getting some B&M exposure... but no blu-ray of course. In fact.. no Halloween blu-ray on display at all. Hmmmmm....

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by Akubrick1

Just got back from Wally World and they have their Halloween endcaps up. What do I find? Scream Factory dvds of The Fog, Halloween 2, Day of the Dead. Nice to see them getting some B&M exposure... but no blu-ray of course. In fact.. no Halloween blu-ray on display at all. Hmmmmm....

How was Marty Moose?

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by Akubrick1

Just got back from Wally World and they have their Halloween endcaps up. What do I find? Scream Factory dvds of The Fog, Halloween 2, Day of the Dead. Nice to see them getting some B&M exposure... but no blu-ray of course. In fact.. no Halloween blu-ray on display at all. Hmmmmm....

Man that sucks, because I'd sure as hell buy The Fog from there if it was on blu-ray.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by cropsy

[/SPOILER]

Notice they said "start off today"-maybe a surprise announcement later?

Our just generally saying starting our Friday off ..

I would love a new announcement to go into the weekend with...that would be a good way to end the weekend. But I wont go off my rocker wondering if anything is being announced today

[Akubrick1]

How was Marty Moose?

Strangely enough... his snout was caved in.

[cropsy]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Our just generally saying starting our Friday off ..

I would love a new announcement to go into the weekend with...that would be a good way to end the weekend. But I wont go off my rocker wondering if anything is being announced today

We all know your sat there,fingers crossed chanting "Without Warning" "Without Warning"

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by cropsy

We all know your sat there,fingers crossed chanting "Without Warning" "Without Warning"

Yes ! Yes ! Yes ! Yes !

They still haven't announced their 3rd *blockbuster* title.

Pet peeve from Scream and Synapse - they hint and hint and say nothing lol
I know there are reasons for that but still..

[Catastrophe]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Pet peeve from Scream and Synapse - they hint and hint and say nothing lol

Oh I don't think that's true. The only reason we still haven't heard about the third title is most likely because the deal still hasn't been completed.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by Catastrophe

Oh I don't think that's true. The only reason we still haven't heard about the third title is most likely because the deal still hasn't been completed.

Yes those were the *reasons* I was referring to under my hint hint
Reasons including not completed deals...

[Chet Desmond]

Originally Posted by demonknight

I like the ending it has. Come on. The guy kills the monkey with his bare teeth. That is hilarious.

That part of the ending never changed. Originally it had a different coda.

[Undeadcow]

Originally Posted by Catastrophe

...The only reason we still haven't heard about the third title is most likely because the deal still hasn't been completed.

If Don May of Synape Films is to be believed Scream Factory has completed a deal for a desirable title. It's reasonable to assume Scream Factory has a marketing strategy of announcing titles as meets there benefit versus just immediately announcing all acquisitions.

[TripleHBK]

Well even though it was quite a ways down on my list of Scream titles to buy, I picked up The Fog today at Best Buy. Seeing as it's the only Scream Factory title I've ever seen there (Besides Cockney's vs Zombies ) I felt I should pick it up as I didn't want to miss out on it later on. Not sure when I'll get around to watching it, but that's one less Scream title to worry about for the future I suppose.

While there, I also noticed the Horror section seemed a tad bit fuller. I can say with some certainty that when the Horror sales finally start,

-Interview with the vampire
-Misery
-I Spit on Your Grave (Original)

Will likely be included in the sale. Neither of these titles were at my Best Buy a week ago, and now they suddenly had 3-4 copies. That's usually a pretty safe bet that they'll be going on sale soon around here.

[demonknight]

I went to a local store, Newbury Comics today... And, on display, I found Ninja 3, Day of the Dead, and The Fog on BD. On DVD, I found Deadly Blessing (no slip) and Halloween II (with slip). In the past, I have seen Terror Train, The Funhouse, TV/TVD, and They Live. I saw Halloween 3 there last week (must have sold, been there for a year).

[The Great Owl]

I'm surely not the first person to post this here, but...

Scream Factory should pick up Tobe Hooper's 1979 televised miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot.

I have the DVD here at home, but I'm not satisfied. It's not a completely faithful adaptation by any stretch, since Hooper took a Nosferatu homage and ran with it, but it captures the spirit of the King novel quite well. David Soul makes a great Ben Mears, Bonnie Bedelia (Bruce Willis's wife in Die Hard) is perfect in the film, James Mason is wonderfully menacing, Fred Willard is a trip, and it's great to see Elisha Cook Jr. and Marie Windsor pair up again after their roles in Kubrick's The Killing.
When the kid sits up in the coffin...oh, man.

[tommynorcal]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm surely not the first person to post this here, but...

Scream Factory should pick up Tobe Hooper's 1979 televised miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot.

I have the DVD here at home, but I'm not satisfied. It's not a completely faithful adaptation by any stretch, since Hooper took a Nosferatu homage and ran with it, but it captures the spirit of the King novel quite well. David Soul makes a great Ben Mears, Bonnie Bedelia (Bruce Willis's wife in Die Hard) is perfect in the film, James Mason is wonderfully menacing, Fred Willard is a trip, and it's great to see Elisha Cook Jr. and Marie Windsor pair up again after their roles in Kubrick's The Killing.
When the kid sits up in the coffin...oh, man.

This would be seriously awesome! I love this film, although it runs a bit long, and want to see it in HD with the usual Scream Factory attention to artwork and extras.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm surely not the first person to post this here, but...

Scream Factory should pick up Tobe Hooper's 1979 televised miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot.

I have the DVD here at home, but I'm not satisfied. It's not a completely faithful adaptation by any stretch, since Hooper took a Nosferatu homage and ran with it, but it captures the spirit of the King novel quite well. David Soul makes a great Ben Mears, Bonnie Bedelia (Bruce Willis's wife in Die Hard) is perfect in the film, James Mason is wonderfully menacing, Fred Willard is a trip, and it's great to see Elisha Cook Jr. and Marie Windsor pair up again after their roles in Kubrick's The Killing.
When the kid sits up in the coffin...oh, man.

The release page at High-Def Digest has that listed as "Release Dates Pending". I'm not sure if that site is that reliable or if that means anything but I got really excited, anyway. I LOVE this movie.

I've read a lot of this thread over the past couple months, but was wondering if someone could explain or clarify something.

Regarding Scream's transfers - they are limited somewhat by the quality of the 'masters' they're supplied, is that right? So if they buy the distribution rights of a film from say Warner Brothers, Warner Brothers...what? Mails them a copy of the film? Releases it from their vault on 'loan'? Are we saying that if the film's owners don't take care of the original film properly, that could seriously hamper some of Scream's efforts?

I know Scream isn't a huge company and doesn't have a lot of money, but could poor condition originals be responsible for some of the subpar transfers people have mentioned?

How does this whole process work?

[Frightener22]

Knee deep in "The Amityville Horror Trilogy" set, planning on doing an unboxing / review next week. The original film still just feels dated and mostly uninteresting, really looking forward to revisiting the sequel and checking out the 3D on part 3. Stay tuned!

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm surely not the first person to post this here, but...

Scream Factory should pick up Tobe Hooper's 1979 televised miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot.

I have the DVD here at home, but I'm not satisfied. It's not a completely faithful adaptation by any stretch, since Hooper took a Nosferatu homage and ran with it, but it captures the spirit of the King novel quite well. David Soul makes a great Ben Mears, Bonnie Bedelia (Bruce Willis's wife in Die Hard) is perfect in the film, James Mason is wonderfully menacing, Fred Willard is a trip, and it's great to see Elisha Cook Jr. and Marie Windsor pair up again after their roles in Kubrick's The Killing.
When the kid sits up in the coffin...oh, man.

It's Warner, so it's an unlikely title at best. I'm not sure if it's considered part of their TV division or their film division since there was a theatrical release. I wish someone would release this again. The DVD has been OOP for years.

[thompsonjohn]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm surely not the first person to post this here, but...

Scream Factory should pick up Tobe Hooper's 1979 televised miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot.

Cliff? Are you guys listening? Has it already been discussed? I'm dying for this one as well, the original one, not that remake with Rob Lowe, obviously. Maybe throw in the sequel to the original as a DVD bonus disc for good measure, and there you go, perfecto!

I'd also love to see a blu-ray release of "It" while we're on this topic.