Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by mfan1986

Amazing, I wonder if they can get a 4K scan of the OCN for part 2. I believe the current UHD is from an IP?


“ Was CGI even a thing yet in 1993? I don't remember any computer effects in Army of Darkness. Maybe I'm misremembering.
Shooting”

Terminator 2 was 1991.

https://boords.com/blog/filmmaking-1...-and-animation

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by mfan1986

Amazing, I wonder if they can get a 4K scan of the OCN for part 2. I believe the current UHD is from an IP?


“ Was CGI even a thing yet in 1993? I don't remember any computer effects in Army of Darkness. Maybe I'm misremembering.
Shooting”

Terminator 2 was 1991.

Actually, the revolutionary morphing effect first surfaced 2 years earlier, in 1989, in The Abyss. But these were super early - and expensive - effects that wouldn’t become more common until the mid 90’s. Like I said, I don’t recall seeing anything resembling CGI in Army of Darkness but maybe I’m just misremembering

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by mfan1986

Amazing, I wonder if they can get a 4K scan of the OCN for part 2. I believe the current UHD is from an IP?

Pretty sure it's from the negative.

[NeonStreetMelt]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Actually, the revolutionary morphing effect first surfaced 2 years earlier, in 1989, in The Abyss. But these were super early - and expensive - effects that wouldn’t become more common until the mid 90’s. Like I said, I don’t recall seeing anything resembling CGI in Army of Darkness but maybe I’m just misremembering

Theres CGI in Jurassic Park and many other films going back to the early 80s. I think Young Sherlock Holmes may have been the first ILM worked on. Last Starfighter, Tron, etc

[sonicyogurt]

Originally Posted by NeonStreetMelt

Theres CGI in Jurassic Park and many other films going back to the early 80s. I think Young Sherlock Holmes may have been the first ILM worked on.

Young Sherlock Holmes is the first with a human-ish character, but ILM had done CGI prior to that, most notably the Genesis sequence in Wrath of Khan.

[Taylor3978]

Maybe we should distinguish between computer-generated as in looking like a computer game, and computer-generated as in life-like. Tron was the film that got a lot of attention for the former. I'd put the Genesis sequence in Wrath of Kahn in that category. The Abyss (1989) was the first film with morphing, which then became a cliche from overuse in subsequent films. The first film where I really noticed CGI as in life-like, that later enabled superhero films, was the launch sequence in Apollo 13 (1995).

The special effects in Army of Darkness (1992) looked like stop-motion animation to me.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Not exactly Scream Factory related, more adjacent.

Rob Zombie's Halloween I & II Blu-ray from ViaVision

Both films with Both Cuts.
4 Discs, All Region
Pretty much all previous extras ported over.
$35 Bucks

https://diabolikdvd.com/product/rob-...gion-preorder/

Not the biggest fan of the RZ films, but for 35 bucks for both cuts of both films, I'm in.

[Nosferatu31]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Not exactly Scream Factory related, more adjacent.

Rob Zombie's Halloween I & II Blu-ray from ViaVision

Both films with Both Cuts.
4 Discs, All Region
Pretty much all previous extras ported over.
$35 Bucks

https://diabolikdvd.com/product/rob-...gion-preorder/

Not the biggest fan of the RZ films, but for 35 bucks for both cuts of both films, I'm in.

I thought about ordering this but i have the directors cuts with the 15-disc box set and the Canadian double feature of the theatrical cuts. Unless there's any new features i'll probably pass on it.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu31

I thought about ordering this but i have the directors cuts with the 15-disc box set and the Canadian double feature of the theatrical cuts. Unless there's any new features i'll probably pass on it.

No new extras. Just throwing it out there because I know lots of folks don't have the previous releases, and this is a nice cheap compact package.

[Donl1282]

If SF was able to obtain rights to Jaws 3 and 4, will they likely announce them for release this year?

[sancho]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

If SF was able to obtain rights to Jaws 3 and 4, will they likely announce them for release this year?

[BarnDoor]

On the subject of Universal titles, I am expecting to see End of Days from SF, since the Kino Insider confirmed it was with a label, and it feels more like a SF title than an Arrow or VS one.

Other than that and the Jaws sequels, I don't see many pre-2010 titles left that Scream Factory or another label haven't already double-dipped on (so I'm not talking 4K upgrades of Universal titles already released by SF):

Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer (there was a rumour Arrow had these)
Cape Fear (1991) (this is apparently with someone; maybe Criterion?)
The Bone Collector
The Skeleton Key

There are a few others but only these seem like realistic CE or even 4K UHD options.

[starsteam]

Mill Creek recently released End of Days in a multipack. While Sony seems to allow multiple labels to license the same movie, I'm not sure if that's the case with Universal.

Mill Creek released The Skeleton Key too.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by starsteam

Mill Creek recently released End of Days in a multipack. While Sony seems to allow multiple labels to license the same movie, I'm not sure if that's the case with Universal.

Mill Creek released The Skeleton Key too.

There was some discussion about this when the Insider made the comment, but since the Mill Creek set was already out, I don't see why they wouldn't have just said Mill Creek rather than the usual cryptic comment. I hope so anyway. Be a desperate shame if it was relegated to Mill Creek oblivion.

I didn't know they'd released The Skeleton Key. Fear is another one I'd like to see get the special edition treatment.

[jcole8882]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

On the subject of Universal titles, I am expecting to see End of Days from SF, since the Kino Insider confirmed it was with a label, and it feels more like a SF title than an Arrow or VS one.

Other than that and the Jaws sequels, I don't see many pre-2010 titles left that Scream Factory or another label haven't already double-dipped on (so I'm not talking 4K upgrades of Universal titles already released by SF):

Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer (there was a rumour Arrow had these)
Cape Fear (1991) (this is apparently with someone; maybe Criterion?)
The Bone Collector
The Skeleton Key

There are a few others but only these seem like realistic CE or even 4K UHD options.

Last House on the Left (2009)

[steev210]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

If SF was able to obtain rights to Jaws 3 and 4, will they likely announce them for release this year?

The ideal window to release them this year is coming to a close. June, July or August are the prime months to release shark themed movies. If Shout has them, it's possible they could be part of their August lineup. But if they don't announce them for August, I would think they'd hold them until summer 2024.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

On the subject of Universal titles, I am expecting to see End of Days from SF, since the Kino Insider confirmed it was with a label, and it feels more like a SF title than an Arrow or VS one.

Other than that and the Jaws sequels, I don't see many pre-2010 titles left that Scream Factory or another label haven't already double-dipped on (so I'm not talking 4K upgrades of Universal titles already released by SF):

Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer (there was a rumour Arrow had these)
Cape Fear (1991) (this is apparently with someone; maybe Criterion?)
The Bone Collector
The Skeleton Key

There are a few others but only these seem like realistic CE or even 4K UHD options.

Please God No on the Conan films. Really hope Arrow does have them. My guess is the delay is the same issues that affected Legend: The Mouse.

[Jlouisbarrett]

The Skeleton Key and The Bone Collector are both HIGHLY underrated films; I’d buy them in an instant. And Cape Fear on 4K would obviously be a day 1 purchase.

[filmlover22]

another shout out to the Skeleton Key. Very underrated, imho

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Was CGI even a thing yet in 1993? I don't remember any computer effects in Army of Darkness. Maybe I'm misremembering.

there was this little film.....