Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[TripleHBK]

The Army of Darkness Steelbook is also now out of print.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I would suggest doing so for MGM titles released in 2015 or earlier.

Does anyone have a list of these possible titles?

[HenryHill]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Does anyone have a list of these possible titles?

Looks like you shouldn't sleep on these titles:
Motel Hell
Leviathan
Pumpkinhead
Squirm
Lord of Illusions
Supernova
Love at First Bite
Nightbreed

[Lacrimosa]

Why couldn't Scream just alert us of titles soon going OOP?



Not too difficult a concept really.

Make an announcement on FB. See an uptick in sales. They benefit. We benefit.

Is there more to this and I'm just oversimplifying???

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Does anyone have a list of these possible titles?

1. TerrorVision / The Video Dead - February 19, 2013 - Double Feature Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
2. Prison - February 19, 2013 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
3. From Beyond - March 26, 2013 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
4. The Vampire Lovers - April 30, 2013
5. The Town That Dreaded Sundown - May 21, 2013 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack featuring The Evictors
6. The Burning - May 21, 2013 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
7. Ninja III: The Domination - June 11, 2013 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
8. The Howling - June 18, 2013 - Collector's Edition
9. The Fog - July 30, 2013 - Collector's Edition
10. X-Ray (aka Hospital Massacre) / Schizoid - August 20, 2013 - Double Feature Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
11. Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace) - August 27, 2013
12. The Amityville Horror Collection - October 1, 2013 - Box Set featuring The Amityville Horror / Amityville II: The Possession / Amityville 3D
13. Night of the Comet - November 19, 2013 - Collector's Edition
14. Eve of Destruction - November 19, 2013
15. The Horror Show (aka: House III) - November 26, 2013 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
16. The Beast Within - December 17, 2013
17. Crawlspace - December 17, 2013
18. Die Monster Die - January 21, 2014
19. Beast of Hollow Mountain / Neanderthal Man - January 28, 2014 - Double Feature Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
20. Motel Hell - August 12, 2014 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
21. Leviathan - August 19, 2014
22. Pumpkinhead - September 9, 2014 - Collector's Edition
23. Lifeforce - September 9, 2014 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
24. Vincent Price Collection II - October 21, 2014 - Box Set featuring The Last Man on Earth / The Comedy of Terrors / Dr. Phibes Rises Again / Tomb of Ligeia / The Raven / Return of the Fly / The House on Haunted Hill
25. Squirm - October 28, 2014 - Collector's Edition
26. Dolls - November 11, 2014 - Collector's Edition
27. The Dark Half - November 18, 2014
28. Monkey Shines - November 18, 2014
29. Lord of Illusions - December 16, 2014 - Collector's Edition
30. Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh - January 6, 2015
31. Supernova - January 13, 2015
32. Love at First Bite / Once Bitten - February 10, 2015 - Double Feature [COLOR="Red"]
33. Phantom of the Opera - February 17, 2015
34. Ghoulies / Ghoulies II - April 21, 2015 - Double Feature
35. Escape from New York - April 21, 2015 - Collector's Edition
36. From a Whisper to a Scream - April 28, 2015
37. Mad Max - May 5, 2015 - Collector's Edition
38. Stigmata - May 12, 2015
39. Food of the Gods / Frogs - May 26, 2015 - Double Feature
40. Empire of the Ants / Jaws of Satan - May 26, 2015 - Double Feature
41. Scarecrows - June 2, 2015
42. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers - June 9, 2015 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
43. Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland - June 9, 2015 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
44. Tentacles / Reptilicus - June 16, 2015 - Double Feature
45. Robot Jox - July 7, 2015
46. Howling II - July 14, 2015
47. The Outing / The Godsend - July 14, 2015 - Double Feature
48. Cellar Dweller / Catacombs - July 14, 2015 - Double Feature
49. I, Madman - July 21, 2015
50. Ghost Town - July 28, 2015
51. The Return of Count Yorga - October 13, 2015
52. Blood and Lace - November 24, 2015 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
53. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie - December 8, 2015 - Collector's Edition
54. The Dungeonmaster / Eliminators - December 15, 2015 - Double Feature
55. The Brain that Wouldn’t Die - December 22, 2015

[darkness2918]

Thankfully I have most of the ones I really care about but will probably grab a couple I’ve been only mildly interested in just in case.

[The Great Owl]

Amanda, a young college student played by Susan George (Straw Dogs), arrives at the secluded Lloyd house, and, after a short introduction to the mother, played by Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), settles in for the night to babysit the couple's three year-old son. As soon as she and the child are alone, however, she begins to hear strange noises all around. In due time, she will see a mysterious face peering through a window. The Lloyd family has a terrifying secret, and that secret has finally come home.

The atmospheric 1971 British psychological thriller, Fright, which was directed by Peter Collinson (The Italian Job), is an effectively unnerving proto-slasher which paved the way for the babysitter-in-danger subgenre that would flourish later that decade with films like Halloween (1978) and When a Stranger Calls (1979). Contemporary moviegoers may roll their eyes at the now-familiar conventions of eerie sounds and false jump scares during the first half of this feature, but I cannot imagine anyone not being captivated by the subsequent exploration of a twisted mind that guides us to an amazingly tense conclusion.

Ian Bannen (The Flight of the Phoenix) ushers in some narrative curveballs as a man who comes to the aid of our unsettled heroine around the halfway point. George Cole (Cleopatra), along with Blackman, lends some classic prestige to the picture. Susan George, however, owns this dark endeavor as one of cinema's most underrated scream queens, and her ability to convey terror through her eyes sells us on the most mercilessly bleak moments. Her final scene is a marvelously convincing depiction of trauma and frayed sanity.

Fright incorporates several unexpected nuances into its 87-minute run time. If you are at alone at home and looking for a chiller that will have you hitting the pause button with each normal household sound, then this slice of 1970s mayhem hits all of the right notes.

I am hesitant to embrace hyperbole, but I feel secure in my statement that this Scream Factory Blu-ray presents us with one of the best-looking Blu-ray transfers in my collection. This is what high definition is all about, and it is a solid example of this label really stepping up its game. British historian Kim Newman delivers a fine analysis in a supplementary interview about the film's place in British horror.

[Michael24]

A handful of titles in that list I was interested in, but I've been buying a lot recently. So for now I snagged the two I'd most hate to miss out on, Leviathan and The Town That Dreaded Sundown.

[SeanJoyce]

I've done a pretty stellar job of amassing my Scream titles during sales over the years, so Dolls is really the only one from that list I need to grab (which I was hoping to do anyways this month...just might not wait too long for that $15 sweet spot.)

[SpaceBlackKnight]

I have a feeling that ether MGM ended their deal with Shout (possibly from dropping too many lesser titles in required packages, similar to what happened with Twilight Time). Or SF feels the MGM catalog is all tapped out of well known titles and cult classics, and as part of not renewing deals with them are letting the lesser titles and poor sellers go OOP, while keeping the bigger ones and best sellers until their 5-8 year licences run out.

Otherwise we've would've seen new MGM title announcements from them like we had prior to last year. If they did have Terminator, it would've been too big to hold back during their SDCC announcement slate. Something tells me things happened behind the scenes are silently listing titles as OOP instead of making a big deal about on FB and leak things that shouldn't have been said.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by zbinks

[Show spoiler]

1. TerrorVision / The Video Dead - February 19, 2013 - Double Feature Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
2. Prison - February 19, 2013 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
3. From Beyond - March 26, 2013 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
4. The Vampire Lovers - April 30, 2013
5. The Town That Dreaded Sundown - May 21, 2013 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack featuring The Evictors
6. The Burning - May 21, 2013 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
7. Ninja III: The Domination - June 11, 2013 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
8. The Howling - June 18, 2013 - Collector's Edition
9. The Fog - July 30, 2013 - Collector's Edition
10. X-Ray (aka Hospital Massacre) / Schizoid - August 20, 2013 - Double Feature Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
11. Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace) - August 27, 2013
12. The Amityville Horror Collection - October 1, 2013 - Box Set featuring The Amityville Horror / Amityville II: The Possession / Amityville 3D
13. Night of the Comet - November 19, 2013 - Collector's Edition
14. Eve of Destruction - November 19, 2013
15. The Horror Show (aka: House III) - November 26, 2013 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
16. The Beast Within - December 17, 2013
17. Crawlspace - December 17, 2013
18. Die Monster Die - January 21, 2014
19. Beast of Hollow Mountain / Neanderthal Man - January 28, 2014 - Double Feature Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
20. Motel Hell - August 12, 2014 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
21. Leviathan - August 19, 2014
22. Pumpkinhead - September 9, 2014 - Collector's Edition
23. Lifeforce - September 9, 2014 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
24. Vincent Price Collection II - October 21, 2014 - Box Set featuring The Last Man on Earth / The Comedy of Terrors / Dr. Phibes Rises Again / Tomb of Ligeia / The Raven / Return of the Fly / The House on Haunted Hill
25. Squirm - October 28, 2014 - Collector's Edition
26. Dolls - November 11, 2014 - Collector's Edition
27. The Dark Half - November 18, 2014
28. Monkey Shines - November 18, 2014
29. Lord of Illusions - December 16, 2014 - Collector's Edition
30. Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh - January 6, 2015
31. Supernova - January 13, 2015
32. Love at First Bite / Once Bitten - February 10, 2015 - Double Feature [COLOR="Red"]
33. Phantom of the Opera - February 17, 2015
34. Ghoulies / Ghoulies II - April 21, 2015 - Double Feature
35. Escape from New York - April 21, 2015 - Collector's Edition
36. From a Whisper to a Scream - April 28, 2015
37. Mad Max - May 5, 2015 - Collector's Edition
38. Stigmata - May 12, 2015
39. Food of the Gods / Frogs - May 26, 2015 - Double Feature
40. Empire of the Ants / Jaws of Satan - May 26, 2015 - Double Feature
41. Scarecrows - June 2, 2015
42. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers - June 9, 2015 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
43. Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland - June 9, 2015 - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
44. Tentacles / Reptilicus - June 16, 2015 - Double Feature
45. Robot Jox - July 7, 2015
46. Howling II - July 14, 2015
47. The Outing / The Godsend - July 14, 2015 - Double Feature
48. Cellar Dweller / Catacombs - July 14, 2015 - Double Feature
49. I, Madman - July 21, 2015
50. Ghost Town - July 28, 2015
51. The Return of Count Yorga - October 13, 2015
52. Blood and Lace - November 24, 2015 - Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack
53. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie - December 8, 2015 - Collector's Edition
54. The Dungeonmaster / Eliminators - December 15, 2015 - Double Feature
55. The Brain that Wouldn’t Die - December 22, 2015

I have Escape From New York. The only one I really need to get is that Vincent Price Collection Vol 2.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

I have a feeling that ether MGM ended their deal with Shout (possibly from dropping too many lesser titles in required packages, similar to what happened with Twilight Time). Or SF feels the MGM catalog is all tapped out of well known titles and cult classics, and as part of not renewing deals with them are letting the lesser titles and poor sellers go OOP, while keeping the bigger ones and best sellers until their 5-8 year licences run out.

Otherwise we've would've seen new MGM title announcements from them like we had prior to last year. If they did have Terminator, it would've been too big to hold back during their SDCC announcement slate. Something tells me things happened behind the scenes are silently listing titles as OOP instead of making a big deal about on FB and leak things that shouldn't have been said.

I don't know. I think they are just letting slow sellers go, as they most likely renewed the titles that they double dipped on: Ninja III, The Howling and Lifeforce. And they keep saying that Vincent Price Vol. 1 is likely to return in 2020.

However, the lack of new MGM title likely has to do with Scream focusing on rushing out their recent Fox pickups and the StudioCanal titles, dwindling selection of MGM titles and an increased competition from other labels for those MGM titles.

[crikan]

Originally Posted by Lacrimosa

Why couldn't Scream just alert us of titles soon going OOP?

Why would Shout Factory make it easier for you all to sit on your wallets and not buy titles your interested in for a 5 years then bail you out? If you miss out, then you deserve it.

[Sleazeaddict]

Ok bought some 10 titles to avoid dealing with scalpers, good luck to them too!

[FelixFlankin]

Originally Posted by crikan

Why would Shout Factory make it easier for you all to sit on your wallets and not buy titles your interested in for a 5 years then bail you out? If you miss out, then you deserve it.

I don't think that's a fair point considering the almost 500 things they have released. Not to mention you have other studio releases in that time frame, too. When we have 15-20 new Blu-rays drop almost ever week, it's difficult to keep up sometimes.

[Lacrimosa]

Originally Posted by crikan

Why would Shout Factory make it easier for you all to sit on your wallets and not buy titles your interested in for a 5 years then bail you out? If you miss out, then you deserve it.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by crikan

Why would Shout Factory make it easier for you all to sit on your wallets and not buy titles your interested in for a 5 years then bail you out? If you miss out, then you deserve it.

Yeah, because people don't have other releases to consider or bills in the material world to worry about...their wallets exist solely for acquiring SF product.

Putz.

[postmodel]

Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't announce they were going OOP and then keep them full priced on their site forcing everyone to really feel the burn of not grabbing them at lower prices.

QUICK EDIT: For real though, why should Shout or any company care what other companies are doing? You are not forced to buy anything at all. For all we know the number of stock was already ridiculously low that there was no point in announcing anything.

[crikan]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Yeah, because people don't have other releases to consider or bills in the material world to worry about...their wallets exist solely for acquiring SF product.

Putz.

Shout Factory is a business that exists to make money. It's not concerned about fairness or being your friend. They make a product and you can choose to buy it or not. That's where the relationship begins and ends. It's not in their best interest to allow customers to wait 4+ years for the right time to buy their product. They need to recoup initial expenses and continued storage of unsold product costs money. They need their customers to be concerned that a title could go OOP at anytime or people would wait years to buy titles they are interested in (as you and the chorus boo hoo'ers have shown). Myself, I prioritize the smaller labels over Shout Factory, Kino and Arrow because I know I have years before I need to be concerned. But I do get to purchasing with a year or so. The lack of business sense by forum members here is astonishing. And you with the name calling SeanJoyce. Grow up.

[FelixFlankin]

It's because in the past, they have been very good about updating consumers with the information. Lifeforce, Terror Train, etc. They don't owe us that courtesy, but it's always nice to know. Scream used to be a lot more customer oriented. Not so much these days.

Personally, I grab what I want when I can. If I really want a title, it's not usually five years later. But it's not a good look to mock other forum members because they don't want to miss out on a title they didn't get. I thought this place was about collecting and enjoying movies, not tearing each other down over business practices of these companies and other's buying habits.