Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[bsend]

Isle of the Dead is a personal favorite of mine.

[BarnDoor]

It's no surprise, but Scream posted this in reply to someone asking about Hammer:

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

Trust us - we have A LOT more coming this year. Its definitely our "Hammer Time" lol

'A lot' probably suggests more than one a month.

[Member-222782]

I'm out. Oh, well.

[slasherdisc]

Less Hammer would be nice.

[Gacivory]

More Hammer is excellent!

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

It's no surprise, but Scream posted this in reply to someone asking about Hammer:



'A lot' probably suggests more than one a month.

Can't wait to see what else they have, can never have enough Hammer stuff on BD

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Can't wait to see what else they have, can never have enough Hammer stuff on BD

I would agree with you, but for the fact I already have almost all of what's come out in Region B territories. As such, the ones I'm looking forward to Quatermass II and Lust for a Vampire, plus a handful of titles that should be with Scream (X: The Unknown, Abominable Snowman, The Lost Continent, Crescendo).

[jcole8882]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I'm out. Oh, well.

Same! This is getting really aggravating... saves me alot of money... but damn I'd love to see some 80s 90s stuff.... also the way I see it... they get it all out of the way now.. then eventually they'll run out...

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by jcole8882

Same! This getting really aggravating... saves me alot of money... but damn I'd love to see some 80s 90s stuff.... also the way I see it... they get it all out of the way now.. then eventually they'll run out...

Kind of like how they've ran out of 80s 90s stuff?


It's about time someone releases these early horror films to Blu-ray. I haven't even seen many of these Warner ones. While I'm not in a hurry to buy all of them, I welcome each one.

[The Great Owl]

Isle of the Dead is huge news. I’ve always loved that one.

Keep the Val Lawton films coming! We need The Seventh Victim and I Walked with a Zombie.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by jcole8882

We will find out when they announce October titles and Sdcc titles whether or not they still have warner... I'm sure they are saving the goods for that time...

Like..

Beetlejuice
Mars Attacks
Thirteen Ghosts
House of Wax
Jawbreaker
Childs Play 2 and 3 (eventually/hopefully)
Ghost Ship
It (1990)
The Cell
Wrong Turn
Dreamcatcher
Dead Silence
Orphan
The Witches
Dont Tell Mom the Babsitters Dead
Interview with the Vampire
The Lost Boys
Stay Tuned
Deep Blue Sea
Twister
Wild Wild West
Selena
It Takes Two (1990)
Ladyhawke
Deadly Friend
The Witches of Eastwick
Dead Calm
Swordfish
Queen of the Damned
Murder by Numbers
Insomnia
Eight Legged Freaks
Blood Work
Fear.com
Gothika
Taking Lives
Girl, Interrupted
Constantine
One Missed Call
The Reaping
The Invasion
The Box
Happy Birthday to Me
Vampires
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Idle Hands
I Know What You Did Last Summer and 2
28 Days
Shaun of the Dead
The Glass House
Identity
Darkness Falls
Secret Window
The Fog (2005)
The Grudge

NO way i would have the piece of shit Fog remake in my collection! I'm sure in August they will announce a 2-disc Collector's Edition of IT to cash in on part 2 of the new adaptation and be uncut, remastered and with extras.

Beetlejuice i can see as a CE even Demolition Man CE and Vampires CE. Maybe even Chucky 2 and 3 CEs i'm thinking they are saving as comic con announcements.

[GasmaskAvenger]

I think Shout!'s current slate offers a little bit of everything for everyone.

Hammer Horror, much needed upgrades of nearly decade old HD masters, deep cuts in the Warner/Sony vaults and even newer films.

I say they're doing wonders right now.

[jcole8882]

It's not the movie itself.. it's that everyone who worked on these 40s 50s movies are most likely dead now... so there will be very little to no extras on any of these... I love extras more than anything..

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

It's no surprise, but Scream posted this in reply to someone asking about Hammer:



'A lot' probably suggests more than one a month.

Excellent! As someone who's really gotten into Hammer within the last few years or so, I am very excited to see what they have in store. Hammer rules and it's great to see more of their films finally getting released in the US.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

You know, some modern-day teenager would look back at the animatronics, practical makeup and stop-motion F/X from most 1980s movies and find them as primitive as those of our generation thought of movies from the '50s back then. How about a little respect, hah?

Good God! I swear I feel like I need to beat some respect into some people..especially when it comes to older cinema. Just because it's older doesn't give you the right to rag on it. Especially for it's special effects of all things..

These are real comments from a real person on IMDB regarding the original RoboCop.

"so everyone was saying to watch the original but it was so bad! The effects are so choppy and unrealistic. this one is way better! Like i can't believe people fell for those effects back then.."

First off, I have to say it..This guy or gal or whatever the hell is a frickin' MORON!

I am all for having a different opinion. If you don't like a film cool. But to think like this? HELL no. It's unacceptable to me to be this stupid. If there is one person that thinks like this there are most definitely more. And the majority of them are kids and tweens. What the hell happened to kids braincells lately? I mean this isn't even a valid criticism.

Sure the effects don't look like CGI eye candy. It also didn't have a 100 million dollar budget either. I honestly think the effects for RoboCop looked fantastic for their time and still do. Key word..For their time!

Talking about how the effects were "choppy and unrealistic" in a film from the 80's is nuts. People fell for the effects back then the dimwit from 2014 on IMDB because that was some top of the line special effects back then. It may not be now. But for back then it was spectacular. And people bought it. Get a fricking clue. Seriously. Does he criticize the Wizard Of Oz's effects like this too? I don't dislike the 50's Blob because the effects suck. I dislike it because it wasn't my cup of tea and I personally found it boring. That's a valid criticism. If I was a braindead dimwit from mars like this doofus who made that comment in 2014 on IMDB I would condemn the film because it's effects weren't realistic enough. Which would be stupid since it's a film from the 1950's!

Here's more quotes from this idiot back in 2014 on Robocop 1987 to raise your blood pressure...

"but it was clearly choppy and looked like crap. people that grew up with the original and see this one. their minds will be blown! therefore, this one is better.

remakes ALWAYS outcast originals due to better effects."

That last quote made my blood boil. It really did. The Blob 1988 has some great effects, but it is also a new take on the original story and is able to stand on it's own merits as a great movie. This argument of "Remakes ALWAYS outcast originals due to better effects." Is flawed at best, and dumb at worst! And the people that grew up with the original will have their minds blown? Yeah after I put a bullet through my brain to ease the pain of how shitty the remake is.

As for realistic effects? How the hell is it possible now for CGI to be considered more realistic than practical effects? Tell me how? Because I can't for the life of me see how this is fricking possible.

Here's even more from this buckethead. This is a reply to a comment I left on IMDB back in 2014 as i had it saved on a paper before IMDB went down on messageboards telling him about what he expected from the 1987 film. I even brought up Gravity in the conversation, as the film that he might have expected the effects to look like..

"no but when they make a remake it is always better than the original due to the better effects. and plus gravity was boring."

It's bad enough he said that stupid shit about remakes always being better than the original due to better effects once..but he did it again. And Gravity is boring? I understand some people feel the same way..but I can and will never understand how anyone could find that film boring. I was on the edge of my seat during the whole film. Boring my ass. I'd like to use a magical spell to become a living vapor to go into his ear, Maybe it might make him a little bit smarter in the process. Let all the air out.

The internet is a resource for learning as well as it is for candy crush. Use it to do some research and learn about cinema and the history of special effects before you start talking out of your nose. Educate yourself, kids of modern day America. Because us adults? We don't want to continue to see you embarrass yourself in front of the entire internet anymore. It's for your own good.

If this type of thinking spreads to later generations, film and the quality of it will be degraded. After people like me and others like me who share my sentiments pass away, all that will be left will be these same dumb kids, grown up who were never taught to appreciate or to respect elder cinema. And if this does get too out of hand? The classics we hold near and dear will be forgotten and disrespected for years to come. For stupid reasons like the effects weren't realistic enough. This is not ok. It's a scary thought, and a bad omen for the future of cinema. I know if I have any kids they will learn to respect and understand how to properly critique cinema. I don't want to see a future where classics like the original RoboCop are only in topics of conversation as that old "cheesy" (a hate that i despise) movie from the 80's, and the 2014 film will be held in high regard. I shudder at the thought.

Why in the holy hell should I respect this IMDB guy's opinion? It doesn't make any sense. If he had any valid criticisms of the orginal film. Fine, I could understand. But this crap about the effects sucking is not a valid one. No excuses. I also lived through the CGI era as well. And I know kids that at least have an understanding of the limitation film had in terms of effects back in the days before CGI. Condemmning an older film because it's effects don't look realistic or as good as today's is asinine and stupid. And kids like this need to go find a wikipedia article or read a god damn book about the history of hollywood and special effects. Because this isn't one of those instances where it's what we are brought up on comes in to play..and least in my opinion. No excuses for refusing or not knowing the history of film. This is like if the same person saw a silent film like A Trip To The Moon and talked how the acting sucked, it has no sound, and it looks crappy compared to the effects of today. It's the same ridiculous argument and there should be no excuses or support given to this kind of inanity.

Please take heed to my warning. Otherwise kids of the future won't even know what Citizen Kane is. Or The Godfather, or The Exorcist or be able to understand why they were so beloved in the first place. So continue to speak your mind my friends, and call out these morons on their ridiculously off base opinions. They may not respect or understand what your attempts are to help, but if that is the case they're hopeless anyway, and are too far gone to be saved.

If I had one word for kids today regarding the realm of cinema, it would be as follows...

Please, try to put things into perspective, do your research and respect your elder cinema (90s and above). If you don't, you look like a total idiot to all the adults around you, and to some of your fellow peers. It's like with the Tim Burton movies compared to the Nolan films, if you love the Nolan films, cool but please respect give certain respect to the Burton films and for other films, please give certain respect to those that came before. You respect your grandparents right? so please respect or appreciate those that came before any new Batman film or any new version of a film, and respect for your elder films, you don't have to love the Burton films like i do, but give them a certain respect, respect your elder films. Go ahead and look forward to a new film, but please appreciate or respect your elder films that came before them, respect people like me and our opinions on the new films.

[rickah88]

Everyone has their own opinion. They aren’t right or wrong, they are personal opinions. Get over it, and move on. The whole opinion thing has been beaten into the ground.
Here’s another newsflash: times change.

[RICKBONDOO7]

The Black Castle (1952) Universal is the one I'm waiting for. More Hammer Films please.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Everyone has their own opinion. They aren’t right or wrong, they are personal opinions. Get over it, and move on. The whole opinion thing has been beaten into the ground.
Here’s another newsflash: times change.

I'm just a person with a passion for film and cinema and just saying it's important to appreciate or respect elder cinema from the 90s and above. Like i said if there was any new version of Batman even Nolan's Batman, they should appreciate/respect the other Batman films (not the Schumacher films as those can rot for all i care) like the Burton films and 1966's film for what they were and how they succeeded.

For example, it's ok if someone likes the new Robocop but not me, i call the new Robocop film as Robocrap (i refuse to call the new film by the name Robocop as i'm a hardcore fan of 1 and 2 and i'm not calling the new film by the name Robocop as it doesn't deserve the name Robocop) as i totally despise it and one of the shittiest remakes i've seen and even as horrid as Robocopout 3, the lame live action syndicated TV show and lousy mini-series as i felt they keep watering down Robocop since 3 and i felt 2 was the last worthwhile film as i will defend part 2 but continue to pan 3, the mini-series, live-action TV show and remake. Same for Ghostbusters, like any new film all you want, but i felt Ghostbusters 2 was the last GB film worth a look and GB the game is the real GB 3 but as a game while 2016's Assbusters (i'm not calling it Ghostbusters as it doesn't deserve the name since the movie was godawful in my view as it busted my ass and the film was ass itself) i pan as the film deserves to be thrown in the garbage with all the other horrid remakes of the last 9 years like A Nightmare on Braindead Street, Pultzergeist, Blight Night, Point Break and some others to be forgotten where the originals stand above them.

But there is 2 good horror remakes of this decade like Maniac which i found to be on par with the original film and a worthy one and The Crazies which i found better than the original which i thought was one of Romero's worst and inferior to the dead trilogy, Creepshow, Martin, Monkey Shines and Dark Half. Suspiria was a enjoyable remake. And i don't consider IT to be a "remake" of the 1990 mini-series which i enjoy both versions but consider it to be a separate adaptation of the novel.

[rocknblues81]

I wish Scream could get fortress (1992).

[RalphoR]

If Scream does have The Abominable Snowman please let it be the unedited version. I love the transfer of the Japanese blu-ray but I just can't get over those missing 6 minutes they cut out