Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[SonnybytheSea]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

The Isle of the Dead thing is interesting. What if Shout actually did have a release planned but Warner yanked it at the last minute so they could do it? If that's the case, what else have they yanked from under Shout? Deadly Friend? The Hand? We'll know for sure if Deadly Friend turns up on Warner Archive in the near future. Maybe Warner have had a change of heart with regards to licensing.

Originally Posted by zbinks

I tend to think it was more of a Shout! Factory decision not to proceed with Isle of the Dead. I don't recall exactly when or where, but I do recall Jeff Nelson mentioning that the Lewton titles had not sold well for them.

Originally Posted by iamnoone

I thought Scream implied (or maybe it was some other insider?) that the previous Lewtons Scream put out did so poorly that they let IOTD go back to Warner - maybe exchanged it for something else, or got a refund. Who knows what their contract stated and if that were even allowed? But it was definitely out there that Scream's Lewtons did poorly.

I seriously doubt Warner wanted IOTD back themselves, especially as IOTD is lower tier Lewton (which is still good), but no where near the top tier as The Body Snatcher was. And TBS did poorly for Scream, maybe because of the high price to recoup mastering costs? And so why continue on with a much lesser title like IOTD where you will lose even more money? And there are no other interested parties in these Lewtons, it seems, outside of Kino who has no WB deal.

The two top tier Lewtons left are I Walked With a Zombie and the excellent Bedlam. Ghost Ship and The 7th Victim are both terrific, too, but no where on the same level, at least in my eyes.

I hope WAC can get the other 4 Lewtons out, so everybody buy up IOTD and show some love!!! I won't wait for the 4/$44 to pick up IOTD this time, to show some support.

Originally Posted by Cinema84

So if Isle of the Dead is lower-tier and Lewton generally didn't sell well for Shout, this means that Warner is just randomly picking what to release on Blu-ray without conducting much research. Because if they researched, they'd know that something like Deadly Friend will probably outsell an old Lewton film and should've been released on Blu-ay ages ago.

Wasn't it on Shock Waves Podcast (I think) that SF said the Lewton films under sold and that Isle of the Dead still had restoration work needed and WB wanted SF to front some of the cost if they wanted to release it on Blu. SF bulked because the cost of restoring Isle of the Dead would never be recouped if it under sold like the other Lewton films...

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

Since 88 Films released a I Know What You Did Last Summer set, is Scream Factory likely to release one too either on BD or UHD?

Sony might put the original out on 4K themselves. If I remember correctly, their questionnaire for potential 4K releases for 2021 had I Know What You Did Last Summer on it, along with other horror titles like Fright Night and Night of the Living Dead (1990).

[BarnDoor]

A reply to a Facebook comment yesterday confirms new announcements are coming next week:

Originally Posted by Scream Factory

Nothing new in April unfortunately but we’ll be announcing some exciting new May titles next week!

So I guess we can all relax for a little while now.

[Member-222782]

Please be new stuff. I don't care from what studio, just that it's new stuff.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Please be new stuff. I don't care from what studio, just that it's new stuff.

That's what I'm hoping for.

[DetroitSportsFan]

New on Blu-ray in the US, please.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Please be new stuff. I don't care from what studio, just that it's new stuff.

You'd better not complain if the slate turns out to be all IFC Midnight releases. You asked for it.

[DaveyJoe]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Please be new stuff. I don't care from what studio, just that it's new stuff.

Here comes a Prince of Darkness UHD Steelbook with Donald Pleasance NECA doll.

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe

Here comes a Prince of Darkness UHD Steelbook with Donald Pleasance NECA doll.

F13 UHD set

[chad1231]

Originally Posted by gbm82

F13 UHD set

you know people would buy it tho

[DukeTogo84]

Hoping for Dead Zone, King Kong '76, and Alone in the Dark.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by zbinks

You'd better not complain if the slate turns out to be all IFC Midnight releases. You asked for it.

I mean, I'm sure they're going to release Hunter Hunter, which i hear is quite good.
If hat's a title they announce, I won't complain.

But for real, I hope it's more older films that are new to blu.

[chad1231]

im hoping for Dead Zone to been holding off, was temped to get the multipack

[Lacrimosa]

Originally Posted by chad1231

im hoping for Dead Zone to been holding off, was temped to get the multipack

They have apparently had The Dead Zone for months if that FB comment was any indication. By waiting so long to announce it though, that multi-pack could end up cutting into their sales.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

Sony might put the original out on 4K themselves. If I remember correctly, their questionnaire for potential 4K releases for 2021 had I Know What You Did Last Summer on it, along with other horror titles like Fright Night and Night of the Living Dead (1990).

Oh wow, Night of the living dead 1990 on UHD would be awesome (and fright night too!). I do wish Scream or especially Arrow could pick those up and give them better packages and extras than Sony ever could. Still, i'll take whatever new release of Night 1990 comes out.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Hoping for Dead Zone, King Kong '76, and Alone in the Dark.

Kong 76 would be very welcome, can't believe Paramount skip the blu ray area for it, what a waste of money that was.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by Lacrimosa

They have apparently had The Dead Zone for months if that FB comment was any indication. By waiting so long to announce it though, that multi-pack could end up cutting into their sales.

Unless there's a new scan and some meaty extras, which could help the movies sales chances.

[chad1231]

im sure even with out a new scan a collector's edition will sell well, but hoping we get a new scan

[Luke Dodge748]

I'm happy for the time to breathe, last year they released all the titles I had requested:

Graveyard Shift
Tales From the Darkside Movie
Silver Bullet
Big Trouble in Little China
And the big one, the F13 set. After all of the Hammer films, man, that was a great year for Scream! The only two things that would surprise me, and really I don't see it happening, would be a Nightmare on Elm Street bluray boxset or a UHD Halloween boxset, since I missed out on the first one...

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by Luke Dodge748

I'm happy for the time to breathe, last

[Show spoiler]year they released all the titles I had requested:

Graveyard Shift
Tales From the Darkside Movie
Silver Bullet
Big Trouble in Little China
And the big one, the F13 set. After all of the Hammer films, man, that was a great year for Scream!

The only two things that would surprise me, and really I don't see it happening, would be a Nightmare on Elm Street bluray boxset or a UHD Halloween boxset, since I missed out on the first one...

If they do a Nightmare Box Set I hope they convert the 3-D to Real 3-D for 3-D TV's and not the Red/Blue they used in the theaters.