Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

$400 from slips? How many slips was it?

400

[RedHarvest]

Should have Someone's Watching Me today, which will play for tonight's movie. Also used that code for the free Scream Factory pin, and it's arriving today, as well.

[slasherdisc]

Originally Posted by BrianJoynt

Should have Someone's Watching Me today, which will play for tonight's movie. Also used that code for the free Scream Factory pin, and it's arriving today, as well.

They charged me for The Unborn but not Someone’s Watching Me yet! And that was ordered well before The Unborn.

[NeMo_ET]

Whenever I get a slipcover I feel like I'm getting something a little extra for the same price but honestly don't really care. When I used to buy a lot more in store, if I saw one on the shelf with and another without, I'd grab the one with. Now almost all my purchasing is done on amazon and it's hit or miss. Doesn't bother me at all, just happy to have the movie. If anything, they're honestly more of a pain. Need to take off the slip and open the case to get to the disc. Plus, like someone else mentioned, my collection is all alphabetical so it's a giant slip/non-slip disaster anyways.

[Member-222782]

I'm not OCD about slipcovers or anything but I did something I'm not proud of. My dog somehow got ahold of my slip for The Gate (Vestron) and tore a good piece out of one corner and left little bite marks in different spots. It drove me crazy enough to buy another copy. But at least I didn't pay $30 for it - I grabbed one on sale at Best Buy. A lot of slipcovers are just meh but those Vestron ones are really special.

[RedHarvest]

Originally Posted by Cinema74

I'm not OCD about slipcovers or anything but I did something I'm not proud of. My dog somehow got ahold of my slip for The Gate (Vestron) and tore a good piece out of one corner and left little bite marks in different spots. It drove me crazy enough to buy another copy. But at least I didn't pay $30 for it - I grabbed one on sale at Best Buy. A lot of slipcovers are just meh but those Vestron ones are really special.

On the whole slipcover debate: there are some guys who only buy movies with slipcovers, regardless of whether they like or even if they're going to watch the films associated with them. There's a guy like that in a movie group I'm in on FB. He only collects SF CE's, because they come with slipcovers. Doesn't give one shit about the movies, or the other movies SF releases that are not CEs. I try to accept this because he's a slipcover collector, not a cinephile. It seems silly to me, but it's what he collects.

I have all the SF CEs, and I have them all with slipcovers. I like the slipcovers because it's part of the package. You're paying for that. It's a part of the product you're buying, so I'm not going to throw it away. With Scream Factory, the slipcover provides a nice alternative artwork if you switch the artwork in the case to the original.

It took me a while to realize that not everyone in a movie group is there because they love movies. Some just love slipcovers. Sounds strange, but it's very true.

[painiac]

i should start selling all my slipcovers

[RedHarvest]

Originally Posted by painiac

i should start selling all my slipcovers

I know a guy who dumped all the slipcovers from his SF CE collection; ended up with about $250 bucks.

[painiac]

Originally Posted by BrianJoynt

I know a guy who dumped all the slipcovers from his SF CE collection; ended up with about $250 bucks.

hot dog

[WKoA13]

Originally Posted by painiac

i should start selling all my slipcovers

I'm thinking the same thing. I had no idea some of them fetched damn near as much as the movies themselves.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by BrianJoynt

I know a guy who dumped all the slipcovers from his SF CE collection; ended up with about $250 bucks.

Holy Hell. That buys a LOT of actual movies. I'm seriously going to consider doing this. I prefer original artwork anyway and I've already tossed or given away at least 4 SF slips. Terror Train, The Fog and Squirm look SO much better with the original art in black cases.

[NeMo_ET]

I've debated selling my slipcovers and a bunch of steelbooks I have because I really don't care that much. Used to like steelbooks because I felt like I was getting something more for the same price (don't know if they're still released at the same price). Slipcovers I've never cared that much about. Actually have a pile of about 10 steelbooks I'm more than happy to offload but I'm just lazy. I really should though. Honestly my collection would look more uniform if I just got rid of all that stuff. Part of me likes the chaos I see when I look at my collection. When I started buying 4K I decided to stop the steelbook thing. I'm actually annoyed a couple of my 4Ks are steelbooks and would rather just have the regular version.

If someone had to guess, what are the most valuable SF slipcovers? Maybe I have some!

[slasherdisc]

I’ve sold a whole bunch of my SF slips two years ago, made a pretty good penny but prob would’ve got more now. I’ve since acquired more slips that i would sell again to whoever is interested.

[WesReviews]

Originally Posted by jthefrank

Which dude was it that was caught using others' work? I was always surprised that they kept him onboard, but maybe there was a contract to fulfill.

That was Justin Osbourne of Slasher Design. And he still gets tons of work, so the people hiring him must not care about the plagiarism stuff at all, sadly.

[RedHarvest]

Originally Posted by WesReviews

That was Justin Osbourne of Slasher Design. And he still gets tons of work, so the people hiring him must not care about the plagiarism stuff at all, sadly.

Yeah, Justin Osbourne is a big rip-off artist and plagiarizer.

[NightKing]

I'll be the sucker buying all your slips on eBay

[FForFake]

If I get a CE without a slip, it feels "incomplete" to me, because I know it had one at one point. Luckily it's only happened once or twice, as I was an early adopter on Scream, and have most of the flicks I wanted. I slept on TCM 2 and am now having to consider paying way too much for a copy with a slip. Haven't bit the bullet yet, as I'm hoping I'll eventually find one in the wild.

I missed the slip on Assault on Precinct 13, which was the only Carpenter flick that I was missing a slip on. One was finally listed on eBay, and I finally dropped out of bidding on it around, I want to say $50 or so? Just for the slip! At some point I had to tell myself "It's just cardboard, it doesn't matter!"

Then, when they announced the SB's, I sold all of my Carpenters with slips so I could buy the steels. Now I have the steels...and wish I had the slipcovered regular discs back. I just don't like the art on the steels that much. Should have kept what I had. Oh well.

[slasherdisc]

Odd, I received The Unborn today but i never received tracking for it only saw the charge.

[WKoA13]

Originally Posted by slasherdisc

Odd, I received The Unborn today but i never received tracking for it only saw the charge.

Did you order it as part of a larger order? And did you not even get a tracking number in your order history?

I noticed several months (maybe even a year or more) ago that I stopped getting EMAIL tracking numbers from Shout/Scream, BUT if I go into my account and look at the details of my order number, a tracking number shows up there whenever part of it ships. Dunno why the email alerts stopped but...

[OldManInTheCave]

Originally Posted by MortimerBrewstr

Did you just throw them in a box to sell them together as a lot, or did you sell 'em all individually?

Individually. Initially I figured that selling them as a lot would be the way to go, but quickly realized that I'd get a ton of messages from potential buyers asking to break them up. It was a little bit of a pain, but I recently moved across the country and, until a week ago, was unemployed for a month, so it was a nice project. I also had a ton of bubble wrap and cardboard piling up, so it helped get rid of a ton of it.

For those curious about which ones fetched the most: The Burning ($23), Darkman ($22), TCM 2 ($31!!!), Day Of The Dead ($18), and Dolls ($17). Most of the Carpenter stuff averaged around fifteen bucks each, and I averaged $10-15 for films released over the last couple of years (Childs Play, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, etc). The Vestron slips averaged around $10-15 as well, and not a single Code Red or Vinegar Syndrome slip garnished any interest whatsoever, let alone sold (Spasms, One Dark Night, Psycho Cop Returns, The Undertaker).

All in all, while I like the way they looked and will miss the artwork, I like the way my new TV looks, too. I have no issues with collectors tossing them in the trash out of spite for anal-retentitive types, but my situation shows that you're shooting yourself in the foot sometimes.