Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[nathanashby]

Originally Posted by TXMoviebuff77

they don’t even have the 2 weeks early on their site now, which is no big deal as long as it’s on or before street date & so far even with the delays all the orders have arrived before street date.

This is not true. Have you read the complaints on here and on Facebook?

There are a lot of people still waiting on their Creepshow and Night of the Demons pre-orders to show up in their mailboxes. Those both had street dates of October 23. 22 days ago.

[HorrorBlu]

Originally Posted by TXMoviebuff77

they don’t even have the 2 weeks early on their site now, which is no big deal as long as it’s on or before street date & so far even with the delays all the orders have arrived before street date. .

My Night Of The Demons didn't arrive until November 10th. Street date was October 23rd.

I was not contacted about any delay, and people who ordered from Amazon had it on the street date.

[kraven]

Yeah creepshow and notd was late, and still don't have trick r treat.

[TripleHBK]

I pre-ordered Creepshow from a retailer other than Scream Factory back on 9/16 (plenty of time for Scream Factory to ensure that this retailer had enough stock to cover all pre-orders) and still haven't received it yet. It's bad enough that the number of retailers in which you can purchase titles from has dwindled... it's even worse when you place a pre-order and have no reasonable time frame in which you can expect it to be delivered.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

With all due respect to Vinegar Syndrome, I think a deal with a major studio like StudioCanal might be a little out of reach for them. Moreover, it's not really their MO.

The Kino Insider has confirmed at least that the following titles are indeed with StudioCanal in the US:

And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Homebodies
The Manitou
Zoltan: Hound of Dracula
Parasite
Superstition
Link

It remains to be seen which ones will be licenced by Scream, but in any case Kino also have some horror titles so between them we should be covered.

Does StudioCanal still have Near Dark?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Does StudioCanal still have Near Dark?

They should. It’s inherited from the same distributor that did Evil Dead 2 and Maximum Overdrive.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

With all due respect to Vinegar Syndrome, I think a deal with a major studio like StudioCanal might be a little out of reach for them. Moreover, it's not really their MO.

The Kino Insider has confirmed at least that the following titles are indeed with StudioCanal in the US:

And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Homebodies
The Manitou
Zoltan: Hound of Dracula
Parasite
Superstition
Link

It remains to be seen which ones will be licenced by Scream, but in any case Kino also have some horror titles so between them we should be covered.

I hope Kino gets all of those so I get them for $12-15.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by fitprod

As has the standard, "That cost too much, I'm waiting until it's $10 to $15! They're screwing us over."

Thus inventory becomes stagnant, media sales plummet, plants close, and then we have replication capacity issues.

Be grateful we're getting anything at this point and that specialty labels are actually keeping physical media alive.

fitprod

We have replication capacity issues due to too many companies (over time) outsourcing to one supplier. Technicolor also purchased the Cinram disc manufacturing business and then closed the NA plants and moved production over to Mexico in favor of lower costs. Now they're shifting production back to NA and aren't prepared for the demand. Sounds like shortsightedness then followed by poor planning to me.

[mca213]

Originally Posted by babybreese

Wow, the crybabies are out in force.

Scream has just announced extensive Hammer holdings, deals with more than company to get them, and has RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE coming, and on and on.

They are likely to have their best year ever in 2019...and all I see here is tears.
There is a comical side to this but I am not laughing.

The entitled, uninformed speculation is what's most disheartening.
Shout! will do just fine without your $$, trust me.

Calling the kettle black.. nice

you were crying, whining and trolling about Severins blood island collection for 5 plus pages... guess what, Severin won’t miss your money either

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by TXMoviebuff77

they don’t even have the 2 weeks early on their site now, which is no big deal as long as it’s on or before street date & so far even with the delays all the orders have arrived before street date. Complaining about prices is just silly & the majority of the titles minus Creepshow, Candyman & Critters are under $30 on the site. I honestly don’t care what some other schmuck says in some video rant. It’s the same people complaining & all others are just sheep. Mock me all you want but I’ve had no issues with orders since the delays & have been emailed on Candyman & Urban Legend arriving late, which is good enough & to me it’s
Progress.

They used to be under $30 on all the other sites also. If you only order 1 title from the SF site it's $7 shipping, even with 2 titles at $23.99-$24.93 they made sure it adds to less then $50 for free shipping so you'd have to order 3 titles to get free shipping, 2 if they both include posters at $28.43. Some people prefer to order from Amazon, Best Buy ect.. & until recently were able to do at reasonable prices. Money isn't an issue for me since I mostly collect horror movies & very little else but that doesn't make price manipulation right.

On a side note I really hope SF are paying you for all the shilling you do for them cause if not

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

They used to be under $30 on all the other sites also. If you only order 1 title from the SF site it's $7 shipping, even with 2 titles at $23.99-$24.93 they made sure it adds to less then $50 for free shipping so you'd have to order 3 titles to get free shipping, 2 if they both include posters at $28.43. Some people prefer to order from Amazon, Best Buy ect.. & under recently were able to do at reasonable prices. Money isn't an issue for me since I mostly collect horror movies & very little else but that doesn't make price manipulation right.

On a side note I really hope SF are paying you for all the shilling you do for them cause if not

The #1 reason why I rarely order from Shout directly is the absolutely ridiculous $7 shipping charge. Along with that though is the fact that I often earn gift cards to places like Wal-mart/Amazon/Best buy through online surveys and these cards are specifically saved for pre-orders on new films.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Originally Posted by TXMoviebuff77

they don’t even have the 2 weeks early on their site now, which is no big deal as long as it’s on or before street date & so far even with the delays all the orders have arrived before street date. Complaining about prices is just silly & the majority of the titles minus Creepshow, Candyman & Critters are under $30 on the site. I honestly don’t care what some other schmuck says in some video rant. It’s the same people complaining & all others are just sheep. Mock me all you want but I’ve had no issues with orders since the delays & have been emailed on Candyman & Urban Legend arriving late, which is good enough & to me it’s
Progress.

Stop white knighting Shout!...unless you happen to be an employee of theirs, which would put your die hard shilling into context.

That said, I'm still keeping my orders for TCM 4 and SNDN 2...but I always wanted them in the first place, so dealing with the devil were necessary evils in that situation and I dropped the money long before the Grindhouse Video dude's issue arose.

Future orders will be a harder sell, though.

[drb124]

Looking through the releases up through February, the only ones I will definitely buy are the Urban Legend releases and Valentine because of the lengthy doc on UL and the fact that I have been wanting Valentine for about 10 years. Most others I don’t have to have or I have previous or foreign releases that will suffice.

[GilaFilms]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Does StudioCanal still have Near Dark?

I've heard this actually reverted back to the producers, who also own The Hitcher.

[Donye]

Originally Posted by TXMoviebuff77

they don’t even have the 2 weeks early on their site now, which is no big deal as long as it’s on or before street date & so far even with the delays all the orders have arrived before street date. Complaining about prices is just silly & the majority of the titles minus Creepshow, Candyman & Critters are under $30 on the site. I honestly don’t care what some other schmuck says in some video rant. It’s the same people complaining & all others are just sheep. Mock me all you want but I’ve had no issues with orders since the delays & have been emailed on Candyman & Urban Legend arriving late, which is good enough & to me it’s
Progress.

Pushing harder than the Chewlies Gum guy from Clerks

[Antemasque]

New Starman special feature is just under 30mins long. Sounds pretty sweet since Jeff is involved.

[Tylur]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

Stop white knighting Shout!

That said, I'm still keeping my orders for TCM 4 and SNDN 2...

Originally Posted by BrianJoynt

I've stopped purchasing from Scream Factory. And that's how you can get them to understand you're not happy. Of course we're going to purchase essential titles. Of course I've bought Creepshow, and of course I've purchased Critters.

You guys are hilarious. Pointing fingers at others for what they think about Shout Factory yet you're still willing to do business with them? Smells a little hypocritical to me...

[GasmaskAvenger]

Originally Posted by Tylur

You guys are hilarious. Pointing fingers at others for what they think about Shout Factory yet you're still willing to do business with them? Smells a little hypocritical to me...

My "business" are holdovers from months ago and I used PayPal at the time, so it's not like I ordered stuff from 'em recently.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by GilaFilms

I've heard this actually reverted back to the producers, who also own The Hitcher.

Are they aware they can MAKE MONEY by licensing the rights? Sitting on a film library does NOBODY any good.

[RedHarvest]

Doesn't Studio Canal own some Miramax titles?