Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[WesReviews]

I really don't understand the hold-up on Humongous. Should be a relatively easy release. Scorpion's transfer was already gorgeous and really only needed that audio error fixed.

Unless maybe Shout has found elements with previously deleted gore?

Or maybe they're doing a new 4K scan from the ground up?

[Driver78]

Originally Posted by WesReviews

I really don't understand the hold-up on Humongous. Should be a relatively easy release. Scorpion's transfer was already gorgeous and really only needed that audio error fixed.

Unless maybe Shout has found elements with previously deleted gore?

Or maybe they're doing a new 4K scan from the ground up?

The hold up is it's not a John Carpenter title they can milk again and again. It's not HK and it wasn't made 10 years ago. I really hope them having the rights is just a rumor - so far I haven't seen or read anything that convinces me 100% they own the rights now. The thing is, I don't even see Vinegar Syndrome being interested in it either, sadly. Maybe Terror Vision. A year ago I wouldn't have given TV the time of day but now I think they're going to save the horror genre for us. Them and Red Shirt Pictures/Synapse.

[Resident Evil Labs]

Originally Posted by Driver78

The hold up is it's not a John Carpenter title they can milk again and again. It's not HK and it wasn't made 10 years ago. I really hope them having the rights is just a rumor - so far I haven't seen or read anything that convinces me 100% they own the rights now. The thing is, I don't even see Vinegar Syndrome being interested in it either, sadly. Maybe Terror Vision. A year ago I wouldn't have given TV the time of day but now I think they're going to save the horror genre for us. Them and Red Shirt Pictures/Synapse.

The problem is ,is all the good shit has been released by Scream Factory and Vinegar syndrome. Even Arrow back in the day, now all three of them are mostly only re releasing pre existing blu rays on 4k. And thats cool, but as far as never on disc or blu ray or 4k, its slim pickings. And I agree TerrorVision is awesome.

[Resident Evil Labs]

These are my most wanted never on blu ray ever wants, and no one is doing anything with these.....

The Clown At Midnight
Carnosaur 1 and 2
Pinocchios Revenge
Demon Warp
The Sleeping Car
Sleepstalker
Proteus
American Cyborg Steel Warrior
Apex
Digital Man
Cyborg Cop 1 and 2
Guyver 2 Dark Hero
Steel Frontier
The Kiss
Night Life
The Granny
Killer Tongue
Milo
Open House
Mars
DNA
The Club

And soo many more, im always gonna name these because these need attention too. But who knows could be a rights issue, could be lack of interest

[The hitcher]

Originally Posted by Cat III

Alright, fellas. I loved The Killer (finally saw it last week) and really liked Hard Boiled when I saw it years ago and am excited to catch up on Woo's other films. Let people have their opinions. Everyone has that supposed masterpiece they can't stand. I don't trust anybody who isn't at some point the voice of dissent.

Deatharcana even specified not liking gun-heavy action. What would you expect them to think of John Woo? You wouldn't put someone who isn't an ass-man in front of a Tinto Brass film and expect them to like it.

I don't like a lot of films, but if everybody is excited about an important release that's been in limbo for decades, I don't wander into the Deaf Crocodile thread all like "these eastern European films are so boooooring" and expect fans in their moment of triumph to be like "thank you for showing us what we had forgotten, oh sage"

If that's your version of "dissent", you are in a safe place and do not require backup

[deatharcana]

Originally Posted by The hitcher

I don't like a lot of films, but if everybody is excited about an important release that's been in limbo for decades, I don't wander into the Deaf Crocodile thread all like "these eastern European films are so boooooring" and expect fans in their moment of triumph to be like "thank you for showing us what we had forgotten, oh sage"

If that's your version of "dissent", you are in a safe place and do not require backup

Listen the reason I originally quoted it was because the person was in disbelief someone wasn't excited/happy about it or loved the movie or whatever. So I just added "yeah I'm not excited about it either". And then everyone got their feelings hurt because how dare I dislike the tiny indie film director known as John Woo(i'm sure he's fine, just again I don't like gun heavy action!) .

If THAT is too much, what part of that is abnormal from the average reaction after any announcement? Are you just ignoring the temper tantrums when VS releases a mildly well known movie and not Big Breasts of Blood Massacre IV? Hell I've seen posts in this thread recently about people whining about more recent "bad' horror movie being released instead of whatever SOV slasher they want. We're just here posting "I like this, I don't like that" in between people posting their wishlists for the 10th time this year in every other thread.

Just stating that: yes, there ARE people that don't care for that type of film. Also this is the SCREAM Factory thread. And I wasn't criticizing horror but action films, following your own logic we should move all non-Scream discussion to the Shout thread.

[The hitcher]

Originally Posted by deatharcana

Listen the reason I originally quoted it was because the person was in disbelief someone wasn't excited/happy about it or loved the movie or whatever. So I just added "yeah I'm not excited about it either". And then everyone got their feelings hurt because how dare I dislike the tiny indie film director known as John Woo(i'm sure he's fine, just again I don't like gun heavy action!) .

If THAT is too much, what part of that is abnormal from the average reaction after any announcement? Are you just ignoring the temper tantrums when VS releases a mildly well known movie and not Big Breasts of Blood Massacre IV? Hell I've seen posts in this thread recently about people whining about more recent "bad' horror movie being released instead of whatever SOV slasher they want. We're just here posting "I like this, I don't like that" in between people posting their wishlists for the 10th time this year in every other thread.

Just stating that: yes, there ARE people that don't care for that type of film. Also this is the SCREAM Factory thread. And I wasn't criticizing horror but action films, following your own logic we should move all non-Scream discussion to the Shout thread.

You're right, this is the wrong thread. And yes I am ignoring the VS discussion for those very reasons. I guess I just thought you were being a little hard on Woo on his big day and I got excited. Sorry.

Now what do you say we go grab some ice cream?

[smoothbutter]

Guys I'm hot as a cheetahs ass running through the wilderness in the summertime today. What's a good horror movie to watch that will cool me down?

[therealjondoe]

Originally Posted by smoothbutter

Guys I'm hot as a cheetahs ass running through the wilderness in the summertime today. What's a good horror movie to watch that will cool me down?

The Damned (2024)

[surfinhank]

Originally Posted by smoothbutter

Guys I'm hot as a cheetahs ass running through the wilderness in the summertime today. What's a good horror movie to watch that will cool me down?

Frozen (2010)

[sancho]

Originally Posted by smoothbutter

Guys I'm hot as a cheetahs ass running through the wilderness in the summertime today. What's a good horror movie to watch that will cool me down?

The Thing (1982)

[Thomas Veil]

Originally Posted by smoothbutter

Guys I'm hot as a cheetahs ass running through the wilderness in the summertime today. What's a good horror movie to watch that will cool me down?

The Shining (1980)

We Are Still Here (2015)

[skinjob69]

Jack Frost

[NeonStreetMelt]

Originally Posted by WesReviews

I really don't understand the hold-up on Humongous. Should be a relatively easy release. Scorpion's transfer was already gorgeous and really only needed that audio error fixed.

Unless maybe Shout has found elements with previously deleted gore?

Or maybe they're doing a new 4K scan from the ground up?

What makes you so sure they have the license? Never heard Shout is holding Humongous. It would sell like shit first of all, and isn't well regarded. Is the blu watchable? Cause I saw it on VHS and it was so dark you can't make out much.

[NeonStreetMelt]

Originally Posted by Resident Evil Labs

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 74 is a perfect horror movie imo. And i have met legit people who have said that it sucks in their opinion.

One can become perfectly deaf by the end from Burns' incessantly obnoxious screaming. Noone in real life acts like this when held hostage or threatened with violence, even if theres initial screaming they dont carry on and on. How about this for imperfection...what do we learn of Sally, by the end of the film, and I mean, about her as a person prior to the day we meet her? One memory, good or bad, one hobby, anything at all? You can't, because Hooper only bothered to put her in a skimpy tank top and told her to scream nonstop...the character isn't written as Carpenter wrote Laurie Strode. Laurie Strode is a relatable empathetic fleshed out character. Sally is a broken 70's pullstring toy thats stuck on "scream" wearing a purple tanktop. You could say about the same for all the other protagonists and argue Sally is the worst final girl of the entire TCM franchise. Sally isn't even likeable on a surface level, as she's cruel to her disabled brother....there, is your imperfection.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by NeonStreetMelt

Noone in real life acts like this when held hostage or threatened with violence, even if theres initial screaming they dont carry on and on.

[citation needed]

[Blu Balls]

The Faculty 4K Steelbook Please.

[postmodel]

Originally Posted by NeonStreetMelt

[Show spoiler]One can become perfectly deaf by the end from Burns' incessantly obnoxious screaming. Noone in real life acts like this when held hostage or threatened with violence, even if theres initial screaming they dont carry on and on. How about this for imperfection...what do we learn of Sally, by the end of the film, and I mean, about her as a person prior to the day we meet her? One memory, good or bad, one hobby, anything at all? You can't, because Hooper only bothered to put her in a skimpy tank top and told her to scream nonstop...the character isn't written as Carpenter wrote Laurie Strode. Laurie Strode is a relatable empathetic fleshed out character. Sally is a broken 70's pullstring toy thats stuck on "scream" wearing a purple tanktop. You could say about the same for all the other protagonists and argue Sally is the worst final girl of the entire TCM franchise. Sally isn't even likeable on a surface level, as she's cruel to her disabled brother....there, is your imperfection.

Well, she certainly changes from the beginning compared to the end. All she wanted to do after all was to check on behalf of her family if her grandfather’s grave was desecrated….

Before events:


During:


After:


Hooper showed us how she changed. We didn’t need to know much beyond that.

[locomotive]

Originally Posted by NeonStreetMelt

One can become perfectly deaf by the end from Burns' incessantly obnoxious screaming. Noone in real life acts like this when held hostage or threatened with violence, even if theres initial screaming they dont carry on and on. How about this for imperfection...what do we learn of Sally, by the end of the film, and I mean, about her as a person prior to the day we meet her? One memory, good or bad, one hobby, anything at all? You can't, because Hooper only bothered to put her in a skimpy tank top and told her to scream nonstop...the character isn't written as Carpenter wrote Laurie Strode. Laurie Strode is a relatable empathetic fleshed out character. Sally is a broken 70's pullstring toy thats stuck on "scream" wearing a purple tanktop. You could say about the same for all the other protagonists and argue Sally is the worst final girl of the entire TCM franchise. Sally isn't even likeable on a surface level, as she's cruel to her disabled brother....there, is your imperfection.

I was always glad that that wheelchair franklin got the saw what a whiney obnoxious piece of shit it was.
If he was my brother i cut his tires and leave him down the road in the beginning whining piece of shit.

[concolt]

Originally Posted by locomotive

I was always glad that that wheelchair franklin got the saw what a whiney obnoxious piece of shit it was.
If he was my brother i cut his tires and leave him down the road in the beginning whining piece of shit.

Franklin rolling down the hill makes me laugh everytime I watch the movie.