Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[ingmog]

Just grabbed the last one of Invaders from Mars off Amazon... here's hoping they actually ship it...

By the way, really wish Shout would give more of a heads up, as had been done in the past.

Edit: Looked at the item again, and see that it still shows as "1 left in stock". Now I'm really nervous it won't ship.

[BarnDoor]

Some other MGM titles are now OOP according to Shout's site:

Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits
Swamp Thing
The Incredible Melting Man
New Year's Evil

I don't know if this is a case of losing the rights (if so, other MGM titles will surely follow), or if it is because Scream have now sold out of the latest (only?) pressing and don't see the need to print any more due to low sales. I certainly can't imagine any of these are going to be revisited, with the possible exception of Swamp Thing.

[ingmog]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Some other MGM titles are now OOP according to Shout's site:

Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits
Swamp Thing
The Incredible Melting Man
New Year's Evil

I don't know if this is a case of losing the rights (if so, other MGM titles will surely follow), or if it is because Scream have now sold out of the latest (only?) pressing and don't see the need to print any more due to low sales. I certainly can't imagine any of these are going to be revisited, with the possible exception of Swamp Thing.

Thanks for the heads up! Really surprised by Swamp Thing, especially since it was directed by Wes Craven.

[Luke Dodge748]

Man, Scream Factory is probably one of my favorite labels. I just love the older horror and Sci Fi, and I'd hate to lose out on a few titles, but it's so damn hard trying to get them all without missing a couple.

That being said, gotta pick up Vampire's Kiss immediately! Fun movie and it's Nick Cage. I'm sore to lose Invaders From Mars; that's been in my Amazon cart a long time now. That's on me.

[BarnDoor]

Great, another StudioCanal title previously thought not to be with them in the US - The Final Programme coming 7th January:



And Body Parts confirmed for 28th January:

[Michael24]

Got an email this morning from Bull Moose alerting me that the release date for The Abominable Snowman has been pushed back to December 10.

[Hellhound]

Originally Posted by ingmog

Thanks for the heads up! Really surprised by Swamp Thing, especially since it was directed by Wes Craven.

Probably didn't help that they released an edited version.

[Member-222782]

I grabbed the 88 Films edition of Swamp Thing, which supposedly is uncut. Haven't even checked it out yet so can't confirm

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Some other MGM titles are now OOP according to Shout's site:

Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits
Swamp Thing
The Incredible Melting Man
New Year's Evil

I don't know if this is a case of losing the rights (if so, other MGM titles will surely follow), or if it is because Scream have now sold out of the latest (only?) pressing and don't see the need to print any more due to low sales. I certainly can't imagine any of these are going to be revisited, with the possible exception of Swamp Thing.

Where does Shout/Scream post that titles are going OOP? I can't locate it on their websites.

Kino also has stated that about 200 of their titles will be going OOP over the next year due to low sales.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by AnthonyGG

Where does Shout/Scream post that titles are going OOP? I can't locate it on their websites.

Kino also has stated that about 200 of their titles will be going OOP over the next year due to low sales.

They don't post the news anywhere - I just had a look on their website through the Scream titles, and you'll see some are grayed out with 'Not Available' or something like that. If you click on them, it will say they went OOP on 3rd October.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by AnthonyGG

Where does Shout/Scream post that titles are going OOP? I can't locate it on their websites.

Kino also has stated that about 200 of their titles will be going OOP over the next year due to low sales.

this may become the new normal in the years ahead as physical media starts it's slow ( hopefully very, very slow) death.... especially in the way of catalog titles.

It's been debated over and over again but the bottom line is if you want a movie badly, then ante up and buy it. No, you don't have to get it the first week it comes out. Yes, there most likely will be a better price with a sale or promotion.... but people waiting for 3 to 5 (sometimes 10!) years to buy a title-- and then complaining about losing their opportunity to buy it are going to have to face reality.

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

this may become the new normal in the years ahead as physical media starts it's slow ( hopefully very, very slow) death.... especially in the way of catalog titles.

It's been debated over and over again but the bottom line is if you want a movie badly, then ante up and buy it. No, you don't have to get it the first week it comes out. Yes, there most likely will be a better price with a sale or promotion.... but people waiting for 3 to 5 (sometimes 10!) years to buy a title-- and then complaining about losing their opportunity to buy it are going to have to face reality.

Yep! That was my exact same assessment of the physical media issue when I read Kino's statement about the number of titles going OOP due to sales. I'm sure all 2-300 will remain on streaming for all eternity but if one wants to own a physical copy of the film, pick it up during their upcoming "titles on moratorium" sale coming up. Same with some of these Scream titles. Luckily, I grabbed the Blacula double feature two Halloween sales ago.

[goodnitesteve]

And Body Parts confirmed for 28th January:

Nice to see this Brad Dourif film coming to Scream Factory Bluray. You know what else Scream Factory should release? Child's Play 2 and 3.

[Michael24]

It would be nice if the labels (or at least more of them, since I think some actually do) could alert you to pending sell outs and looming "OOP after this date" titles, rather than just letting you randomly find out a title has gone OOP when you go to order it. Some of the soundtrack boutique labels do that. La-La Land Records will include low stock alerts in their emails when they have some to report, showing which titles have fewer than 100, 50, 25, etc. copies left.

[GasmaskAvenger]

If Incredible Melting Man is now OOP, that could mean Arrow might have a chance to port their UK release to the US now.

[WKoA13]

Originally Posted by Michael24

It would be nice if the labels (or at least more of them, since I think some actually do) could alert you to pending sell outs and looming "OOP after this date" titles, rather than just letting you randomly find out a title has gone OOP when you go to order it. Some of the soundtrack boutique labels do that. La-La Land Records will include low stock alerts in their emails when they have some to report, showing which titles have fewer than 100, 50, 25, etc. copies left.

Scream USED to do this on their social media accounts. But, it's been quite a while since I've seen them make any such post. Last one I remember was TERROR TRAIN a couple years back.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by WKoA13

Scream USED to do this on their social media accounts. But, it's been quite a while since I've seen them make any such post. Last one I remember was TERROR TRAIN a couple years back.

I remember they did this with their Bruce Lee releases as well.

[ponytail]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Some other MGM titles are now OOP according to Shout's site:

Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits
Swamp Thing
The Incredible Melting Man
New Year's Evil

I don't know if this is a case of losing the rights (if so, other MGM titles will surely follow), or if it is because Scream have now sold out of the latest (only?) pressing and don't see the need to print any more due to low sales. I certainly can't imagine any of these are going to be revisited, with the possible exception of Swamp Thing.

good look, I’ve been meaning to pick up New Year’s Evil

[OceanBlue]

New Year's Evil has been long on my list of titles to get (no sign of a UK release), along with The Final Terror.

Body Parts I was going to ask about recently in another label thread, but then I saw Paramount mentioned on it's IMDb company credits page.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Some other MGM titles are now OOP according to Shout's site:

Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits
Swamp Thing
The Incredible Melting Man
New Year's Evil

I don't know if this is a case of losing the rights (if so, other MGM titles will surely follow), or if it is because Scream have now sold out of the latest (only?) pressing and don't see the need to print any more due to low sales. I certainly can't imagine any of these are going to be revisited, with the possible exception of Swamp Thing.

Really surprised they’re letting Swamp Thing go OOP.