Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by petrified-eye

Yeah, psychological horror would be my first choice with supernatural/ghost. Many great horror classics begin with the thought that there's something supernatural going on and in the end it's revealed that the main character was imagining things or someone had been playing games with him/her. Do those count as supernatural/ghost still? And I also enjoy horror films that leave the strings for the viewer to pull together after the movie has ended.

Psychological horror doesn't always have supernatural ties, so I would probably keep them separate. Basically any movie that attacks a characters fears, beliefs or mental stability can be considered psychological. The Wicker Man doesn't really have a strong supernatural aspect, but I would still consider it psychological horror.

[mattc]

Originally Posted by redrunner97

I like Hellraiser 3's vibe. It was the last Theatrically released Hellraiser film...

Hellraiser: Bloodline was released in theaters. I remember going to see it.

[Pete Rock]

Hellraiser 1 & 2 are classics that every horror fan should see at least once. Part 3 was ok. I like it mostly because it reminds me of the 90's. The rest of the Hellraiser series is sh!t.

[redrunner97]

Originally Posted by mattc

Hellraiser: Bloodline was released in theaters. I remember going to see it.

I'm sorry. I tend to block out traumatic experiences from my memory, which explains why I forgot that Bloodline was the last to be released in cinemas.

[rrpmpstck]

Originally Posted by redrunner97

I'm sorry. I tend to block out traumatic experiences from my memory, which explains why I forgot that Bloodline was the last to be released in cinemas.

Wow. No love for Hellraiser IV. I admit IV was not great but it was entertaining.

[Camp_Crystal_Lake]

Originally Posted by redrunner97

I like Hellraiser 3's vibe. It was the last Theatrically released Hellraiser film and imo, the American setting works to give an urban 90s edge to the story's more gothic elements. The acting was pretty good as well, particularly Kevin Bernhardt.

Hellraiser: Bloodlines? (The one that takes place in space on a ship that looks like the box) was also a theatrical release. I remember seeing it on its first Friday in release at my local Carmike Theater (at that time it still only had three screens). I remember the audience more than the film's plot. It was single-handedly the worst audience I've ever experienced. People were so bored by the movie they honestly started conversations out loud, and we're cutting up with each other. It's the only time I'd ever seen people told, by management,to leave a theater if they couldn't keep quiet.

[petrified-eye]

Originally Posted by zbinks

Psychological horror doesn't always have supernatural ties, so I would probably keep them separate. Basically any movie that attacks a characters fears, beliefs or mental stability can be considered psychological. The Wicker Man doesn't really have a strong supernatural aspect, but I would still consider it psychological horror.

Yeah, I didn't mean those two should be linked together. Just that I like both the same, and many times a film that begins as a ghost story ends with a reveal that there wasn't anything supernatural going on in the first place. And sometimes it's up to the viewer to decide. But I also like good supernatural thrillers, like The Changeling.

[Mr. Thomsen]

Originally Posted by zbinks

Psychological horror doesn't always have supernatural ties, so I would probably keep them separate. Basically any movie that attacks a characters fears, beliefs or mental stability can be considered psychological. The Wicker Man doesn't really have a strong supernatural aspect, but I would still consider it psychological horror.

The definition of psychological horror is always interesting to me, because if you go back, to the people who coined the term, it was meant to describe movies with a focus on psychological issues, i.e. movies where the monstrous was something inside of us instead of something coming from the outside.

'Psychological horror' was coined specifically to describe the new trend of mentally unstable killers in horror movies in the 1960's - 'Psycho', 'Repulsion' etc.

This, of course, is strict opposite of how most people use the term today, where it is mostly used to describe horror movies rich on atmosphere and low on violent and/ or graphical explicit content, i.e. movies that are primarily activating feelings of anxiety instead of the feelings of outright fear and/ or disgust that are activated by, say, the so-called 'torture porn' movies.

Personally, I think the latter definition and use is somewhat troublesome.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by Camp_Crystal_Lake

Hellraiser: Bloodlines? (The one that takes place in space on a ship that looks like the box) was also a theatrical release. I remember seeing it on its first Friday in release at my local Carmike Theater (at that time it still only had three screens). I remember the audience more than the film's plot. It was single-handedly the worst audience I've ever experienced. People were so bored by the movie they honestly started conversations out loud, and we're cutting up with each other. It's the only time I'd ever seen people told, by management,to leave a theater if they couldn't keep quiet.

I was asked that because my friend and I were riffing Ghost Rider 2. Meanwhile, the people who told management were being louder (they were drunk) than us. By the way, we were the only two groups in the theater.

[RandyK]

I watched Hellraiser III and Bloodline this weekend. I'd give III 3 stars and Bloodline 2 and a half. III was decent with some good kills. Bloodline didn't have much going for it except the ending which was pretty cool.

[SilentNight]

wow, no love for the direct to video sequels of the Hellraiser series? I actually thought Inferno was the third best in the series and I quite enjoyed Hellseeker as well. In fact, I enjoyed all of them including Hellworld and Deader. The latest one that had the different actor playing Pinhead was terrible but I've seen it several times now and at least it's gory and only 75 and some odd minutes long.

Side note...I got a copy of Slumber Party Massacre early and while it is no masterpiece it certainly is entertaining enough at only 77 minutes. Transfer is good enough as is the sound and I quite enjoyed the 23 minute making of. The weirdest thing on the disc is an interview with the guy that plays the neighbor in the movie. Now much older he's a strange fellow. Most of the interview does't make much sense and he goes into some weird poem reading sound effects making tirade that's so embarrassing I almost couldn't sit through the whole thing. Still, this was well worth the $14.99 from Family Video

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by SilentNight

Transfer is good enough as is the sound and I quite enjoyed the 23 minute making of. The weirdest thing on the disc is an interview with the guy that plays the neighbor in the movie. Now much older he's a strange fellow. Most of the interview does't make much sense and he goes into some weird poem reading sound effects making tirade that's so embarrassing I almost couldn't sit through the whole thing

It won't be long before they start interviewing the caterers and the guy that holds the microphone . Is Red Shirt Pictures still the outfit that's producing these extras? Some of these interviews just seem to be quickly slapped together, featuring people with bored looks on their faces just jabbering on.

[thompsonjohn]

"Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth" is really the last enjoyable of the bunch, which is sad since it is the successor to the best entry of the series, "Hellbound: Hellraiser II." It would be incredibly awesome, maybe even release of the year-worthy if "Scream Factory" put a package together containing all the proper cuts (unrated/uncut) of the first 3 films and at least porting over all the Anchor Bay-produced extras for the first two classics and porting over whatever extras exist for "Hell on Earth" from studios in other territories and maybe some newly produced stuff.

"Hellraiser: Bloodline" had all the makings of being a fairly decent sequel/prequel, but somewhere along the way all that went awry, which is an incredible shame because it got Miramax/Dimension off on the wrong foot and they've never been able to find the right footing ever since.

[Mystic]

Would love to see Scream Factory issue a BD of the "Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" with Jodie Foster.

[demonknight]

So... What do youse guys want from the new MGM deal, other than Pumpkinhead and some more Price flicks?
Myself-
Howling II (maybe in a double with Shout owned Howling III)
Invaders from Mars
Phantom of the Opera w/ Dance Macabre as a bonus feature
Troll
Vampire's Kiss
Without Warning

[rickah88]

Escape From New York! Clearly MGM doesn't know what to do with this film, except release a barebone disc each time.
I know it will never happen, but it's nice to think about.

[SilentNight]

Originally Posted by demonknight

So... What do youse guys want from the new MGM deal, other than Pumpkinhead and some more Price flicks?
Myself-
Howling II (maybe in a double with Shout owned Howling III)
Invaders from Mars
Phantom of the Opera w/ Dance Macabre as a bonus feature
Troll
Vampire's Kiss
Without Warning

Scarecrows Unrated please

[dsman71]

[QUOTE=demonknight;8939041]So... What do youse guys want from the new MGM deal, other than Pumpkinhead and some more Price flicks?
Myself-
Howling II (maybe in a double with Shout owned Howling III)
Invaders from Mars
Phantom of the Opera w/ Dance Macabre as a bonus feature
Troll
Vampire's Kiss
Without Warning[/QUOTE]

The ones in bold plus
From A Whisper to A Scream
Burn Witch Burn
Curse of the Faceless Man
The Quatermass Experiment
Konga
Yongary

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by demonknight

So... What do youse guys want from the new MGM deal, other than Pumpkinhead and some more Price flicks?
Myself-
Howling II (maybe in a double with Shout owned Howling III)
Invaders from Mars
Phantom of the Opera w/ Dance Macabre as a bonus feature
Troll
Vampire's Kiss
Without Warning

Price films and Pumkinhead excepted:

[Show spoiler]Breeders
Bubba Ho-Tep
Burn, Witch, Burn!
Count Yorga, Vampire / The Return of Count Yorga
Creature (Titan Find)
Crimson Cult
Deranged
Dolls
Ghost Town
Ghoulies / Ghoulies II
Howling II
Invaders from Mars
It! The Terror From Beyond Space
Leviathan
Monster Dog
Needful Things
New Year's Evil
Planet of the Vampires
Premature Burial
Raw Meat
Robot Jox
Savage Weekend
Scarecrows
Sometimes They Come Back
Spellbinder
Spellcaster
Stigmata
The Dark Half
The Dunwich Horror
The Immortalizer
To All a Goodnight
Without Warning
X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes
Zone Troopers

Short list in bold.

[Camp_Crystal_Lake]

Originally Posted by zbinks

Price films and Pumkinhead excepted:

[Show spoiler]Breeders
Bubba Ho-Tep
Burn, Witch, Burn!
Count Yorga, Vampire / The Return of Count Yorga
Creature (Titan Find)
Crimson Cult
Deranged
Dolls
Ghost Town
Ghoulies / Ghoulies II
Howling II
Invaders from Mars
It! The Terror From Beyond Space
Leviathan
Monster Dog
Needful Things
New Year's Evil
Planet of the Vampires
Premature Burial
Raw Meat
Robot Jox
Savage Weekend
Scarecrows
Sometimes They Come Back
Spellbinder
Spellcaster
Stigmata
The Dark Half
The Dunwich Horror
The Immortalizer
To All a Goodnight
Without Warning
X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes
Zone Troopers

Short list in bold.

Love your list! Would also love to see Savage Weekend make the jump to Blu.