Darkman is not a very good film,so I'll stick with my Universal disc.
I enjoy Darkman, but I also own the Universal disc and rarely watch it. Even though I'm sure the extras will be great, I just don't see myself upgrading.
I'm really in a bit of disbelief and kind of scratching my head.. I honestly think we got TOO spoiled this year, too many INCREDIBLE titles to come. "Day of the Dead", "The Fog", "Prince of Darkness", "Psycho II & III", "Vincent Price Collection", "The Amityville Horror Trilogy" and "Night of the Comet."
Holy shit.
How could any announcement trump that line-up? Well it could've been possible, but I'm totally baffled as to why they picked these titles..
"Darkman" - Hell yeah, I'll bite, the Universal disc has NOTHING on it. Can't wait to see what kind of extras they come up with here.
"Nightbreed" - Still in the works, but that's a total hell yeah as well.
"Assault on Precinct 13" - WHY? I just got the blu-ray because, well it seemed good enough for me, I don't see anything wrong with the current disc and it would take a lot to make me double dip this one.
"Cat People" - Haven't seen it so I won't rule it out yet.
"Eve of Destruction" - Huh? Really?
"Saturn 3" - Same reaction as above. Except this one has 3 big name actors in it. Maybe I need to re-evaluate this one.
They truly should've tried for "Army of Darkness", a proper version, both cuts, commentaries, behind the scenes, you know the score. How great would it have been to say we got not one, but two Raimi cult classics, not to mention both Universal titles and the current "Army" disc is totally devoid of any special features unlike any of the multiple Anchor Bay releases.
I enjoy Darkman, but I also own the Universal disc and rarely watch it. Even though I'm sure the extras will be great, I just don't see myself upgrading.
Come on. It was made during the Raimi Renaissance (1987-1997)
They truly should've tried for "Army of Darkness", a proper version, both cuts, commentaries, behind the scenes, you know the score. How great would it have been to say we got not one, but two Raimi cult classics, not to mention both Universal titles and the current "Army" disc is totally devoid of any special features unlike any of the multiple Anchor Bay releases.
While Army of Darkness would have been fantastic, the current disc does have two features: Alternate Ending and Designing the Deadites.
Come on. It was made during the Raimi Renaissance (1987-1997)
They really should have fought hard to get "Army of Darkness" to release along side "Darkman." "Army of Darkness" needs a proper release with all the cuts and bonus features. Not to mention they were both filmed one after another.
01) "Halloween II" - Collector's Edition - September 18, 2012
02) "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" - Collector's Edition - September 18, 2012
03) "Terror Train" - Collector's Edition - October 16, 2012
04) "The Funhouse" - Collector's Edition - October 16, 2012
05) "They Live" - Collector's Edition - November 6, 2012
06) "Death Valley" - December 11, 2012
07) "The Island" - December 11, 2012
08) "Deadly Blessing" - Collector's Edition - January 22, 2013
09) "The Nest" - February 19, 2013
10) "TerrorVision" / "The Video Dead" - Double Feature - February 19, 2013
11) "Prison" - Collector's Edition - February 19, 2013
12) "Phantasm II" - Collector's Edition - March 26, 2013
13) "From Beyond" - Collector's Edition - March 26, 2013
14) "The Vampire Lovers" - April 30, 2013
15) "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" w/ "The Evictors" - May 21, 2013
16) "The Burning"Collector's Edition - May 21, 2013
17) "Ninja III: The Domination" - June 11, 2013
18) "Lifeforce"Collector's Edition - June 18, 2013
19) "The Howling"Collector's Edition - June 18, 2013
20) "Dead Souls" - June 25, 2013
21) "The Fog"Collector's Edition - July 30, 2013
22) "The Incredible Melting Man" - July 30, 2013
23) "Swamp Thing" - August 6, 2013
24) "X-Ray" (aka "Hospital Massacre") / "Schizoid" Double Feature - August 20, 2013
25) "Dark Angel" (aka "I Come in Peace") - August 27, 2013
26) "Q: The Winged Serpent" - August 27, 2013
27) "Cockneys vs. Zombies" -September 3, 2013
28) "Scanners II" / "Scanners III"Double Feature - September 10, 2013
29) "Day of the Dead"Collector's Edition - September 17, 2013
30) "Prince of Darkness"Collector's Edition - Spetember 24, 2013
31) "Psycho II"Collector's Edition - September 24, 2013
32) "Psycho III"Collector's Edition - September 24, 2013
33) "The Amityville Horror" CollectionBox Set - October 1, 2013
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"The Amityville Horror"/ "Amityville II: The Possession" / "Amityville 3D"
34) Vincent Price CollectionBox Set - October 22, 2013
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" / "The Pit and the Pendulum" / "The Haunted Palace" / "The Masque of Red Death" / "Witchfinder General" (aka: "Conqueror Worm") / "The Abominable Dr. Phibes"
35) "Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear" - October 22nd, 2013
36) "Night of the Comet"Collector's Edition - November 2013
37) "Assault on Precinct 13"Collector's Edition - November, 2013
38) "The Horror Show" (aka: "House III") - November 2013
39) "Body Bags" - November 2013
40) "Eve of Destruction" - November, 2013
41) "DarkMan"Collector's Edition - December, 2013
42) "Saturn 3" - December, 2013
43) "The Beast Within" - December 2013
44) "Crawlspace" - December 2013
45) "Cat People"Collector's Edition - 2014
46) "Nightbreed" (Cabal Cut)Collector's Edition - 2014
BLU-RAY REVIEWS
A list with links to all reviews on blu-ray.com, can be found below:
Non-Scream Factory Horror & Sci-Fi Releases by Shout! Factory:
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BD & COMBO PACK SHOUT RELEASES:
01) "Audition" - October 6, 2009
02) "The Stepfather" - June 15, 2010
03) "Death Race 2000" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - June 22, 2010
04) "Forbidden World" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - July 20, 2010
05) "Galaxy of Terror" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - July 20, 2010
06) "Humanoids from the Deep" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - August 3, 2010
07) "Piranha" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - August 3, 2010
08) "StarCrash" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - September 14, 2010
09) "Damnation Alley" - July 11, 2011
10) "Battle Beyond the Stars" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - July 11, 2011
11) "Dead Cert" - September 27, 2011
12) "Sector 7" - Blu-Ray 3D + Blu-Ray - June 26, 2012
13) "Remains" - August 7, 2012
14) "Death Watch" - August 28, 2012
15) "Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann" - March 19, 2013
16) "Futureworld" - March 26, 2013
17) "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" / "Race with the Devil" - Double Feature - May 28, 2013
18) "A Boy and His Dog" (aka" Apocalypse 2024") - August 6, 2013
DVD-ONLY SHOUT RELEASES
01) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Count Dracula's Great Love" - September 19, 2006
02) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks" - September 19, 2006
03) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "The Devil's Wedding Night" - September 19, 2006
04) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Legacy Of Blood" - September 19, 2006
05) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "The Werewolf Of Washington" - September 19, 2006
06) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "The Doomsday Machine" - September 19, 2006
07) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Blue Sunshine" / "Monstroid" - September 25, 2007
08) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Gamera, Super Monster" / "They Came From Beyond Space" - September 25, 2007
09) Elvira's Movie Macabre: "Maneater of Hydra" / "The House That Screamed" - September 25, 2007
10) "Swamp Thing: The Series"- January 22, 2008
11) "Swamp Thing: The Series" Vol. 2- January 22, 2008
12) "Kingdom of the Spiders" - January 19, 2010
13) "Gamera, Gamera, The Giant Monster" - May 18, 2010
14) "Swamp Thing: The Series" Vol. 3- Shout! Select - June 22, 2010
15) "Gamera Vs. Barugon" - July 6, 2010
16) "The Lost Skeleton Returns Again" - August 17, 2010
17) "Dark And Stormy Night"- August 17, 2010
18) "Gamera Vs. Guiron" / "Gamera Vs. Jiger" - Gamera Double Feature - September 21, 2010
19) "Gamera Vs. Gyaos" / "Gamera Vs. Viras " - Gamera Double Feature - September 21, 2010
20) "The Evil" / "Twice Dead"- Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature - October 5, 2010
21) The Slumber Party Massacre Collection - Roger Corman's Cult Classics 3 Pack - October 5, 2010
[Show spoiler]"The Slumber Party Massacre" / "The Slumber Party Massacre, Part 2" / "The Slumber Party Massacre, Part 2"
22) "Cannibal Girls"- October 26, 2010
22) "The Terror Within" /" Dead Space" - Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature - November 2, 2010
23) "Not of this Earth" (1988) - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - November 2, 2010
24) "Gamera Vs. Zigra" / "Gamera: The Super Monster" - Gamera Double Feature - March 15, 2011
25) "Up From The Depths" / "Demon Of Paradise"- Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature - January 18, 2011
26) Giant Robot Action Pack- Double Feature - June 14, 2011
[Show spoiler]"Crash And Burn" / "Robot Wars"
27) Sci-Fi Classics- Roger Corman's Cult Classics Triple Feature - January 18, 2011
[Show spoiler]"Attack of the Crab Monsters" / "Not of this Earth" (1957) / "War of the Satellites"
28) "Oblivion"- July 5, 2011
29) Trailers From Hell! Volume Two / Trailers From Hell! Volume One- July 5, 2011
[Show spoiler]"Little Shop Of Horrors" / "The Vampire Bat"
30) "Bad Dreams" / "Visiting Hours"- Killer Double Feature - September 13, 2011
31) Vampires, Mummies & Monsters Set - Roger Corman's Cult Classics 4 Pack - September 27, 2011
Cliff has already said "no" to the following titles (please review before asking about a potantial release).
Special thanks to zbinks for compiling the list and to NoirFan for requesting that it be added to the OP.
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Update:
Since the start of 2013 Cliff has said "No" to:
More Roger Corman Cult Classics releases
cartoons (Blu-Ray)
blaxploitation flix
Steelbooks / Digibooks
Albert Pyun's Films Other Than Captain America
American Ninja 1 and 2
April Fool's Day
At Play In The Fields Of The Lord
Autopsie
Barbarian Queen 1&2
Bells
Best Little *****House In Texas, The
Biker Mice From Mars
Blood Diner
Blood Games
Brain Damage
Brain Dead (1990)
Candyman 2
Career Opportunities
Carrie
Charles Bronson Flicks
Child's Play Sequels
Chopping Mall
Class of 1984
Cold Comfort Farm
Coldblooded
Commandments
Creepshow 2
Critters 1-4
Curtains
Dawn of the Dead
Death Spa
Death Wish
Deathstalker 1&2
Demonic Toys
Dolls
Dolly Dearest
Dracula (1979)
Dream Team, The
Eaten Alive
Eliminators (Blu-Ray)
Enemy Territory
Escape From New York
Fire Starter
Foxy Brown
Ghost Story
Ghosthouse
Ghoul, The
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Halloween 6
Heart And Souls
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
House
House II
Iceman
In the Mouth of Madness
Jesus' Son
John Woo's Hard Boiled
John Woo's The Killer
Leaving Normal
Legend of the Werewolf, The
Les Demons
Leviathan
Lorenzo's Oil
Mad Dog And Glory
Melvin And Howard
Milagro Beanfield War, The
Motel Hell
Mr. Mom
Ms. 45
My Bloody Valentine
My Little Pony (Blu-Ray)
Needful Things
New Year's Evil
No Retreat, No Surrender
Pam Grier Collection
Parents
Petticoat Junction: Season 3
Phantasm II: Workprint
Phantom Of The Opera (1988)
Pinocchio's Revenge
Prom Night II
Psycho IV
Pumpkinhead
Radioland Murders
Razorback
Return of the Living Dead Parts 2 and 3
Rollerball (1975)
Rolling Vengeance
Savage Streets
Serpent And The Rainbow
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Simon & Simon: Seasons 5 thru 8
Six String Samurai
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
Snow Falling On Cedars
Sonny Boy
The Terror Within
Splitting Heirs
Squirm
Stone Cold
Street Sharks
Suspiria
Tag: The Assassination Game
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tank
The Dead Pit
The Death Angel
The Evil
The Golden Child
The Howling II
The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
The Taking Of Beverly Hills
The Terror Within 1 and 2
The Vampire Lovers (DVD)
The Wicker Man
Trancers
Trespass
Trigger Effect, The
Two Family House
UHF
Underneath, The
Vamp
Waking The Dead
Wet Hot American Summer
Without Warning
He has also indicated "Probably Not / Unlikely" to:
Any Echo Bridge/Miramax titles
Euro Horror Cult movies
Casper Films
Head of the Class
Jack's Back
The other Howling sequels
Troma Filma
Full Moon Titles
On a sidenote, titles from Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony and Lionsgate should be presumed to be "No's" until/unless Cliff says otherwise.
Wasn't expecting Saturn 3, happy to see some more sci-fi/horror. Darkman could use a new transfer, but I'm assuming it'll be the same one. Nice to get some extras though. I just saw Cat People recently for the first time in a while, and although it does have its dated moments, I found the visuals really impressed. Obviously not a 'hair' on the original, but an enjoyable experience anyway. Very happy for Nightbreed, but still curious as to what the assembled cut will look like. Thought they might announce US versions of The Car and Motel Hell though.
the only 'horror" in SATURN 3 is seeing Kirk Douglas' backside.... but it's a fun, cheesy flick that I'll enjoy seeing again. Too bad Farrah Fawcett isn't still around to talk about it....
Assault on Precinct 13 - Maybe for me
Eve of Destruction - hell no
Saturn 3 - probably not. Honestly never heard of this before. Cast is impressive though
Darkman - if the extras are good then hell yes
Nightbreed - F*!@ to the yes . Has the possibility to be one of the best genre Blu-rays the format has given us
Cat People - Pretty darn happy with my DVD. Extras are really good on that but if they add more good extras then maybe. David Bowie interview would seal the deal for me. Love that Putting out Fire song!
Scream and Shout are doing so much better work than Criterion these days. Just wish there prices were just a little cheaper and I would buy so much more.
They really should have numbered their releases like Criterion and Oscilloscope do
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the only 'horror" in SATURN 3 is seeing Kirk Douglas' backside.... but it's a fun, cheesy flick that I'll enjoy seeing again. Too bad Farrah Fawcett isn't still around to talk about it....
Isn't Assault a Shout title and not a Scream one? Akoris, doesn't Saturn 3 have a killer robot that goes around killing people? I've only seen a few bits, but it sounds like horror to me. Unfortunately, Kirk Douglas' contract stated that he would appear shirtless in every film. Seriously.
That's hardly anything compared to what Anchor Bay was putting on the discs. Universal didn't care at all and it shows.
I didn't own any of the Anchor Bay discs. I wanted Boomstick Edition, but I draw the line at $20 new for a DVD, and people were asking for $75+ on Amazon. I ended up picking the Universal disc up at Walmart for $5.
Isn't Assault a Shout title and not a Scream one? Akoris, doesn't Saturn 3 have a killer robot that goes around killing people? I've only seen a few bits, but it sounds like horror to me. Unfortunately, Kirk Douglas' contract stated that he would appear shirtless in every film. Seriously.
yeah, Saturn 3 is about a killer robot but it's not very threatening until towards the end of the picture...it's been like 30 years since I've seen it but if memory serves there's only 3 cast members in this film (Douglas, Fawcett, and Keitel) so there's not much opportunity to go around killing people...
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.... but it's a fun, cheesy flick that I'll enjoy seeing again. Too bad Farrah Fawcett isn't still around to talk about it....
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