Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[deepbreathsanddeath]

Originally Posted by surfinhank

In the international forum, Psycho II has been announced for Germany (on May 8). Hopefully that's a good sign for a U.S. release.

That would be wonderful news. I watched a HD broadcast on television a while back and it looked darn good. What I saw on television easily gets a 3.5/5 from me. A really solid upgrade from the DVD overall. A little bit inconsistant as most television broadcasts tend to be.

It was a little bit of a weird one. First of all, it looked great almost the whole time but it also had a kind of smooth appearence. Very little grain. The initial assumption would be DNR but there was plenty of detail to be found in hair, clothing, grass, tree's and faces most of the time. It was as if it was shot on a professional digital camera, but not as high end as the ones shooting films today, obviously.

It was just very clean and slick in appearence, like a modern film shot on an old digital camera. There were plenty of times where grain was visable and very healthy, but when it wasn't visable, it was basically nowhere to be found. And yet it didn't look scrubbed, smeary or necessarily bad in any way.

It's obvious that something was done to it and it didn't look much at all like my dvd copy that I checked afterwards which was grainy from start to finish and looked just right.

[cropsy]

come on cliff,start up with some more scream anoucments.whether it be artwork,bonus features or new titles.this thread is quickly becoming a non-horror zone.

[deepbreathsanddeath]

Originally Posted by cropsy

come on cliff,start up with some more scream anoucments.whether it be artwork,bonus features or new titles.this thread is quickly becoming a non-horror zone.

If we don't get new announcements soon, this thread will turn into a Doctor Who thread hahaha

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I feel pretty good about my Dungeonmaster guess. It's fresh in my mind from watching Trailer War

Dungeonmaster also has a special appearance by one of the greatest metal bands of all time W.A.S.P.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by jaws3dfan

Dungeonmaster also has a special appearance by one of the greatest metal bands of all time W.A.S.P.

Per Horrorhound's recent Full Moon/Empire retrospective, Empire had a (short-lived) deal with Capitol Records, so WASP also appear on the soundtracks of Ghoulies II, Enemy Territory and TerrorVision (OD also sports a WASP t-shirt in the latter film).

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I feel pretty good about my Dungeonmaster guess. It's fresh in my mind from watching Trailer War:

DUNGEONMASTER (1985) movie trailer - YouTube

Thats one of the movies I missed back in the day. Looks fun.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Regarding Night of the Demons (mentioned earlier as a potential MGM Blu-ray later this year), I watched the HD broadcast last night, and - man! - was the acting and dialog brutal. Now, I generally have pragmatically lowered expectations regarding these elements in low-budget genre films, but the performances and script were truly at a Robot Monster/Teenagers from Outer Space level. In fact, I actually felt like I was watching a filmed high-school play - each moldy joke (no matter how corny or nonsensical the quip, the character's 'friends' all chuckle weakly, like some watered-down laugh track) or robotically intoned bit of clunky exposition is delivered flatly and unconvincingly by a non-actor with little, if any, genuine interaction with the people standing stiffly around him. It was like watching a collection of dialog scenes from porno films. Sure, there are some solidly-executed bits of gore, but the other 99% is a major chore to sit through, and had me literally cringing and wincing in my seat. I mean, there's bad acting, and then there's non-acting. I'm hoping/assuming the sequel is at minimum a minor step up, to the point where I can at least feel like I'm watching an actual movie.

HaHa.

I just watched Night of the Demons the other night and yes, it's pretty bad. But it's had some fun moments and the later 30 mins where the best.

I actually think the remake was better and enjoyed it more.

[dressedtokill]

Originally Posted by davidthenikonuser

HaHa.

I just watched Night of the Demons the other night and yes, it's pretty bad. But it's had some fun moments and the later 30 mins where the best.

I actually think the remake was better and enjoyed it more.

Travesty!

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

Travesty!

[dsman71]

I thought the first one was ok, nothing great but the 2nd one I like and own
I wish they would announce their sci fi set soon ...some great possibilities there

[spawningblue]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I feel pretty good about my Dungeonmaster guess. It's fresh in my mind from watching Trailer War:

DUNGEONMASTER (1985) movie trailer - YouTube

haha That looks great, I'd be down with a Bluray release of this!

[spawningblue]

Originally Posted by cropsy

come on cliff,start up with some more scream anoucments.whether it be artwork,bonus features or new titles.this thread is quickly becoming a non-horror zone.

Yeah they definitely need to throw out some announcements.

I don't get why they are releasing the excellent Cold Prey 2 on DVD only? It's considered one of the best slasher franchises of the last 10 years. I'm sure they could have gotten the rights for part 3 as well since it has never been released in NA, and with some wrangling if they could get the first movie from Anchor Bay they could have released the trilogy on Bluray. If this franchise got more notice I can guarantee it would sell well!

[spawningblue]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

From the Scream Factory FB page:

**LIFEFORCE - RELEASE DATE NOW 6/18/13**

We're sorry to report that there's a slight delay for the release of the DVD & Blu-ray combo Collector's Edition of LIFEFORCE. The original street date was 4/30 and it will now be 6/18.

Some unforeseen production challenges required us to need more time than originally planned in order to create the kind of worthy bonus content you've come to expect on our Collector's Editions. We did not want to compromise our standards on this (much-loved) film and so we hope that you understand why we needed to move it. We're confident the end-result will be worth the wait.

As always, thank you guys for your support.

This was posted yesterday by Noirfan.

[cropsy]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

Yeah they definitely need to throw out some announcements.

I don't get why they are releasing the excellent Cold Prey 2 on DVD only? It's considered one of the best slasher franchises of the last 10 years. I'm sure they could have gotten the rights for part 3 as well since it has never been released in NA, and with some wrangling if they could get the first movie from Anchor Bay they could have released the trilogy on Bluray. If this franchise got more notice I can guarantee it would sell well!

i bought the firsrt 2 cold prey movies not long ago,not got round to them yet.you make them sound really good though,gonna check em out soon.

[dressedtokill]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

This was posted yesterday by Noirfan.

My bad, I couldn't find it at the time...

[Kap6289]

And there it is : )

From Scream Factory's Facebook page...

**EXCLUSIVE NEW KEY ART REVEAL!!**

Artist Nathan Thomas Milliner (who designed our key art for The Burning, Halloween III and several others) wows us again with his werewolf-filled and ferocious interpretation of 1981's THE HOWLING which is coming soon to DVD & Blu-ray this Summer. We even showed this to Director Joe Dante who said "Wow! Cool! I'd go see that picture!"

More details on THE HOWLING (specific release date, etc.) will be coming soon in March. Stay tuned!

[Undeadcow]

Amazing looking Howling artwork!

Originally Posted by cropsy

i bought the firsrt 2 cold prey movies not long ago,not got round to them yet.you make them sound really good though,gonna check em out soon.

Definitely check out the Cold Prey movies; part 2 is the strongest in my opinion but I agree there are some riffs on Halloween II. Really the series is a near continuous trilogy so should be released as such in my opinion. Bring on a long overdue trilogy blu-ray set, Scream Factory!

[Beast]

Wow. The Howling art is purty. Can't wait to see what kinda awesome extras they get for this.

I bet it'll blow away the last DVD release. And that one had quite a lot of great stuff, IIRC.

Just checked the web. Here's what was on the Special Edition DVD....

Special Features

Fullscreen and Widescreen versions of the film
Audio Commentary by Director Joe Dante and actors Dee Wallace Stone, Christopher Stone, Robert Picardo
Dick Miller: Thespian Featurette (Easter Egg)
Unleashing The Beast: Making The Howling Featurette (45 Mins)
Making A Monster Movie: Inside The Howling Featurette (8 Mins)
Deleted Scenes (10 Mins)
Outtakes (5 Mins)
Theatrical Trailers
Publicity Campaign Photos
Production Photos

[Frightener22]

Definitely digging "The Howling" design! Love the atmosphere and especially the werewolves which I think Nathan nailed. Can't wait to see the full list of extras.

[frightism]

I think this is one of the best cover artworks out of all of the Scream Factory releases yet! Fantastic! It will look beautiful as a slipcover.