Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[GrimJester]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Demons of the Mind
Rasputin the Mad Monk
The Mummy's Shroud
Curse of Frankenstein (WB) (Rumour persists they have this)
Crescendo (WB) (Rumour has it they have this also)
She (WB)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (Paramount)
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (Paramount)
The Nanny (Fox)
The Anniversary (Fox)
Shadow of the Cat (Universal)

I can see myself buying at least 30 more titles from Hammer filmography post 2019 releases but these plus Shatter is what I hope to see next year if worse case scenario we get one Hammer a month. And Devil Ship Pirates I'd like to see next year but probably will be from another label. We know the rest of the Sonys are coming from Indicator so I crossed those off my wishlist.

[oilers73]

Variety is, like, the spice of life, or something. I hope Scream continues to give us a little bit of everything.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by GrimJester

I can see myself buying at least 30 more titles from Hammer filmography post 2019 releases but these plus Shatter is what I hope to see next year if worse case scenario we get one Hammer a month. And Devil Ship Pirates I'd like to see next year but probably will be from another label. We know the rest of the Sonys are coming from Indicator so I crossed those off my wishlist.

Shout should have the rights to Shatter, though I didn't list it as I can't really see how it could be included in the Scream line (though that's not to say they might release it under the Shout Select or just standard Shout banner).

It's worth bearing in mind that the rights to Devil Ship Pirates, Crimson Blade and Brigand of Kandahar aren't with Sony in the UK (they're with StudioCanal), so they won't be coming from Indicator unfortunately.

[colbyco82]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

It's worth noting however that on the recent podcast Cliff mentioned them now going in chronological order, which might mean that they don't have the following:

Murder by the Clock
Secret of the Blue Room
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Missing Guest
Night Key
The Cat and the Canary

It could be that Kino have Cat and the Canary, or perhaps Scream do and plan on a single release. But of these, I'm surprised they don't appear to have Night Key - admittedly it's not strictly horror, but it does star Karloff.
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Maybe they will go back and do a 1930s set? I think you could also Double Door (1934) on this list. Very creepy film.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by RICKBONDOO7

Inner Sanctum Mysteries and The Black Castle I want very bad ! I Love those movies I hope they get released soon.

add me to the list!! The INNER SANCTUM series is wonderfully entertaining and I so want to upgrade my dvd set!!!!

[jimqk]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

and The Thing That Couldn't Die.

I want this one more than anything.

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by jimqk

I want this one more than anything.

With the figurine?

[Show spoiler]

[Jobla]

A long-missing Hammer title is THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND, which was a putative sequel to CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND.

SECRET was theatrically released in the US by Universal-International, but has since disappeared.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Are The Sentinel and From Beyond worth $15 a pop? Never seen either, but I'm a fan of their respective directors' other work.

I appreciate everybody who responded to this. Both titles are in my Amazon cart, but I'm hesitant to press play with October lurking and a Scream sale probable...

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

I appreciate everybody who responded to this. Both titles are in my Amazon cart, but I'm hesitant to press play with October lurking and a Scream sale probable...

From Beyond is fantastic.




The Sentinel is decent.

[Michael24]

I need to see The Sentinel again. First saw it almost ten years ago and remember not caring much for it, but I'm always open to revisiting a movie after some time to see if my opinion changes. It did practically drip with that '70s horror atmosphere I love so much.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Michael24

I need to see The Sentinel again. First saw it almost ten years ago and remember not caring much for it, but I'm always open to revisiting a movie after some time to see if my opinion changes. It did practically drip with that '70s horror atmosphere I love so much.

I like THE SENTINEL a lot... it's a bit on the sleazy side, but the mood, atmosphere, and creepiness level are off the charts! It's one of my favorite SCREAM factory releases!

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Are The Sentinel and From Beyond worth $15 a pop? Never seen either, but I'm a fan of their respective directors' other work.

Haven’t seen The Sentinel but From Beyond is great & is absolutely worth $15.

[Mr. Thomsen]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Curse of Frankenstein (WB) (Rumour persists they have this)

I have been thinking, if the rumor turns out to be true, wouldn't that also open the door for a Collector's Edition of Horror of Dracula?

Yes, it has already been released by WAC, but it would not be the first time Scream released an existing title in a better edition, would it?

If they could make a new transfer, it would of course be a sensation. But even if they "only" managed to combine the better color timing of the WAC release with the longer cut featured on the UK and Anolis releases, I would think most Hammer fans would happily double-dip (or even triple-dip).

What I am getting at is, *if* Scream really have CoF, I would think chances are at least decent they will also have gone after getting HoD. From a business point of view, I think it makes sense.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by Mr. Thomsen

I have been thinking, if the rumor turns out to be true, wouldn't that also open the door for a Collector's Edition of Horror of Dracula?

Yes, it has already been released by WAC, but it would not be the first time Scream released an existing title in a better edition, would it?

If they could make a new transfer, it would of course be a sensation. But even if they "only" managed to combine the better color timing of the WAC release with the longer cut featured on the UK and Anolis releases, I would think most Hammer fans would happily double-dip (or even triple-dip).

What I am getting at is, *if* Scream really have CoF, I would think chances are at least decent they will also have gone after getting HoD. From a business point of view, I think it makes sense.

It's possible, though the timing might argue against it. Scream announced their first Warner title for May 2018, so we can presume that the deal was concluded in early 2018 (certainly not in time to stop a WA release of Leatherface, a title Scream would no doubt have loved). Obviously Warner Archive announced their Horror of Dracula Blu-ray in October 2018, so one would think that it wasn't part of the deal for various reasons. Now of course agreements can change, and titles can be added, but we haven't seen any Warner titles of the non-Lewton variety since March this year IIRC, so I'm inclined to think that aside from more Lewton and the rumoured Hammers, the first deal is done. It's logical to surmise that Warner were happy to licence out Curse of Frankenstein due to the expensive nature of the restoration, whereas with Dracula they elected to release it themselves as they simply went down the revised colour-timing route, no doubt far cheaper.

If Scream can agree another deal with Warner (and for all we know such a thing may be complicated by the aforementioned hypothetical remaining titles from the first deal), perhaps they might consider licencing Horror of Dracula (if available) and giving it the CE treatment (as you say, there's certainly room for improvement). The same may be true of some of Warner's other Hammer titles already on Blu, but then Scream might be wary of the ultimately limited sales potential for some of these, given they've already been out a few years, and also the trouble of creating new extras (if they aren't able to licence the UK extras for The Mummy, for example).

[Member-222782]

Is Shout still shipping early? Hoping to have that Omen set in-hand in the next couple of weeks.

[Donl1282]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Is Shout still shipping early? Hoping to have that Omen set in-hand in the next couple of weeks.

I asked the same question recently and was told some did get their preorders early before release date. You will get The Omen set in the next couple of weeks since we are 3 weeks from release date.

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Is Shout still shipping early? Hoping to have that Omen set in-hand in the next couple of weeks.

Originally Posted by Donl1282

I asked the same question recently and was told some did get their preorders early before release date. You will get The Omen set in the next couple of weeks since we are 3 weeks from release date.

All of my orders lately have shipped one week early and arrived the Thursday before release date. I haven't received any titles 3 weeks early since the April releases.

[WKoA13]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

I asked the same question recently and was told some did get their preorders early before release date. You will get The Omen set in the next couple of weeks since we are 3 weeks from release date.

Related to this.... has anyone ordered Scream/Shout titles from DiabolikDVD in the last year? How early do SF titles seem to ship from them?

I just realized THE BLOB CE is the first SF title I've pre-ordered through them. All of my other orders have been Arrow or other labels in the past, which have arrived 3-5 weeks ahead of time.

Just curious if the Scream releases are similar through them, or if it's closer to street date/SF doesn't ship to Diabolik early.

[Donl1282]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

All of my orders lately have shipped one week early and arrived the Thursday before release date. I haven't received any titles 3 weeks early since the April releases.

To clarify, I meant we are 3 weeks from October 15, the release date of The Omen set.