Red Dawn 4K UHD (1984) (Shout! Select)

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Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Not after the remake died on it's arse

Plenty of legacy sequels are successful after failed or divisive remakes. Halloween 2018 and Ghostbusters: Afterlife being prime examples. It's kind of the whole point: Ignore everything except the well-loved original. But it's a moot point anyway, without Swayze.

Originally Posted by houseca

I can just see the Shout Factory meetings when Russia invaded Ukraine back in February: "Guys! We need to get Red Dawn out on 4K, top priority! Now get to work, and hurry! Time is of the essence!!!"

That's one of the things that's great about them, and some other smaller labels. They still have that element of hucksterism that the big studios have lost. New movies, and real-world events, give a boost to older titles. Contagion shot up the streaming charts early in the pandemic. But did WB do anything special with the title on physical media? Nope.