Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[Hellraiserfan]

Originally Posted by rickah88

I've been waiting for Lake Placid, Dog Soldiers and Ginger Snaps to appear on AmazonUS...c'mon guys I'm getting a bit antsy already!

Same here.

I started entering in my email address on Blu-ray.com when I search for a movie I'm waiting to pre-order. Blu-ray.com sends out an email the day they have a link from Amazon to pre-order.

[BJ Blazkowicz]

Any chance of Jaws 2 getting a release?

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by BJ Blazkowicz

Any chance of Jaws 2 getting a release?

Not this year since its with Universal and there are no deals with them in 2014

[S.D. Bob Plissken]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Not this year since its with Universal and there are no deals with them in 2014

Have we ever gotten any kind of reason as to why Universal wouldn't license to them this year?

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by S.D. Bob Plissken

Have we ever gotten any kind of reason as to why Universal wouldn't license to them this year?

Nope...probably privileged information ...or budget ..or a combo of a few things

[deadhatetheliving]

Ordered 3 SF titles in the past few days...Night of the Demons, Witchboard, Night of the Comet.

[BillWatkins]

Originally Posted by S.D. Bob Plissken

Have we ever gotten any kind of reason as to why Universal wouldn't license to them this year?

It's the other way around...Scream won't license from Universal. It's obviously because of the negative reception they've received for the PQ of the masters that Universal has provided them for almost all of the titles they've licensed from them.

[dsman71]

Tentacles, Tinotera and Kingdom of the Spiders were shot down in today's
*No department* news
And now back to our regular postings...this has been a special report from dsman71..Without Warning

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by BillWatkins

It's the other way around...Scream won't license from Universal. It's obviously because of the negative reception they've received for the PQ of the masters that Universal has provided them for almost all of the titles they've licensed from them.

Source?

[BillWatkins]

I compiled a list of frequently-to-sometimes requested horror movies around here that have never been released on DVD or Blu-ray in North America.

Titles in Red are with Universal
Titles in Green was with MGM
Titles in Orange are with Fox
Titles in Blue are with Paramount
Titles in Purple are with Lionsgate
Titles in Pink are with Warner Bros.
Titles in Black are with Unknown rightsholders

• Buried Alive (1990) d. Frank Darabont
• Buried Alive II (1997) d. Tim Matheson
• Island of Terror (1966) d. Terence Fisher
• Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) d. Gordon Hessler
• The Addiction (1995) d. Abel Ferrara
• The Savage Bees (1976) d. Bruce Geller
• The Screaming Woman (1972) d. Jack Smight
• The Shadow of the Cat (1961) (Hammer film) d. John Gilling
  
• Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991) d. Sean Barton
• Full Moon High (1981) d. Larry Cohen
• Jennifer (1978) d. Brice Mack
• Rockula (1990) d. Luca Bercovici
• The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) d. Piers Haggard
• The House of Usher (1989) d. Alan Birkinshaw
• The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) d. John Erick Dowdle
  
• The Haunted (1991) d. Robert Mandel
  
• Phobia: A Descent into Terror (1980) d. John Huston
• Scissors (1991) d. Frank De Felitta
• The Keep (1983) d. Michael Mann
• The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) d. J. Lee Thompson
• Trilogy of Terror II (1996) d. Dan Curtis
• Willard (1971) d. Daniel Mann
• Ben (1972) d. Phil Karlson
  
• Daughter of Darkness (1990) d. Stuart Gordon
• Nightkill (1980) d. Ted Post
• Stepfather III (1992) d. Guy Magar
• The Amityville Curse (1989) d. Tom Berry
• The Dark Side of the Moon (1990) d. D.J. Webster
• The Day of the Beast (1995) d. Alex de la Iglesia
• The Rift a.k.a. Endless Descent (1990) d. Juan Piquer Simon
  
• Alligator II: The Mutation (1991) d. Jon Hess
• House IV (1992) d. Lewis Abernathy
• Night Terrors (1993) d. Tobe Hooper
• Scream for Help (1984) d. Michael Winner
• The Borrower (1991) d. John McNaughton
• Wicked, Wicked (1973) d. Richard L. Bare
• Angst (1983) d. Gerald Kargl
• Blood Beach (1980) d. Jeffrey Bloom
• Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) d. Ray Cameron
• Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985) d. Mark Blair
• Curse of the Black Widow (1977) d. Dan Curtis
• Dark Age (1987) d. Arch Nicholson
• Death Weekend a.k.a. The House by the Lake (1976) d. William Fruet
• Grim Prairie Tales (1990) d. Wayne Coe
• Real Killers (1996) d. Mike Mendez
• Mister Frost (1990) d. Philip Setbon
• Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993) d. Christophe Gans & Shusuke Kaneko
• Next of Kin (1982) d. Tony Williams
• Something Evil (1972) d. Steven Spielberg
• Spasms (1983) d. William Fruet
• The Forgotten One (1989) d. Phillip Badger
• The Haunting of Julia a.k.a. Full Circle (1977) d. Richard Loncraine
• The Shout (1978) d. Jerzy Skolimowski
• The Uncanny (1977) d. Denis Heroux
• White of the Eye (1987) d. Donald Cammell

I put an expanded list on IMDb that can be found here:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058300096/

[cakefactory]

I just watched Blood on Satan's Claw yesterday, that is a truly awesome little horror flick. It deserves to be held up with The Wicker Man and Witchfinder General as one of the pinnacles of that kind of odd British folk-horror. It is VERY richly deserving of a special edition in this country. The anchor bay UK dvd had some good extras but a non-anamorphic transfer. If stunningly average movies from the period like Countess Dracula or The Vampire Lovers are getting lavish remasters I wish a minor classic like that would get some love. Seems like more of a candidate for a Synapse or Grindhouse release, though, they seem to be bigger on the actual classics of the genre than Scream Factory (with the exception of their Vincent Price set).

I also watched White of the Eye recently and think that's another richly deserving movie, I don't feel so bad about that one cause the new Arrow disc of it gave it all the attention it deserved and more. I might have to import it, but unlike with PAL DVDs at least foreign blurays will play on my TV

[demonknight]

List is missing Howling 7, which is WB.

[thompsonjohn]

Haven't bought a "Scream Factory" title in awhile, on my "blind-buy out now wish list" is the follwing..

- "Crawlspace"
- "Witchboard"
- "The Beast Within"
- (not a blind-buy, but..) "Slumber Party Massacre"

Had store credit at a 'mom & pop shop' so I had them order me "Crawlspace" for which I'll end up paying like $5 for. I'm really skeptical about "The Beast Within" how does it rank with most of you?

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by thompsonjohn

Haven't bought a "Scream Factory" title in awhile, on my "blind-buy out now wish list" is the follwing..

- "Crawlspace"
- "Witchboard"
- "The Beast Within"
- (not a blind-buy, but..) "Slumber Party Massacre"

Had store credit at a 'mom & pop shop' so I had them order me "Crawlspace" for which I'll end up paying like $5 for. I'm really skeptical about "The Beast Within" how does it rank with most of you?

Beast Within has its moments but it doesn't deliver on its potential. If you are into films from that time period, it is passable. I have the Blu Ray and will probably only watch it one or two more times in my life.

I would suggest Witchboard as a blind buy before Beast Within. Not a great film by any means, but it is a lot of fun.

[franken_psycho1990]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Tentacles, Tinotera and Kingdom of the Spiders were shot down in today's
*No department* news
And now back to our regular postings...this has been a special report from dsman71..Without Warning

Damn, Kingdom Of The Spiders is a great movie. Anyone ever notice it has some music from The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man"? haha

[rrpmpstck]

Originally Posted by thompsonjohn

- "Crawlspace"
- "Witchboard"
- "The Beast Within"
- (not a blind-buy, but..) "Slumber Party Massacre"

All excellent in my opinion. Really enjoyed Crawlspace.

[thompsonjohn]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Beast Within has its moments but it doesn't deliver on its potential. If you are into films from that time period, it is passable. I have the Blu Ray and will probably only watch it one or two more times in my life.

I would suggest Witchboard as a blind buy before Beast Within. Not a great film by any means, but it is a lot of fun.

I might just axe "The Beast Within" all together then. Those were all just my first-tier blind-buy options, I own every Collector's Edition and a fair amount of regular "Scream Factory" releases..

My second-tier potential blind-buys would be the following..
- "Swamp Thing"
- "Eve Of Destruction"
- "Saturn 3" (which I can't imagine ever owning unless reviews were phenomenal)
- "The Incredible Melting Man" (see above comment for "Saturn 3")
- "Scanners II/Scanners III" (I've heard part III sucks, and no extras is a major red flag)

I do have a desire to own the "Vincent Price" set, I just haven't had the disposable income lately. Everything else, if I didn't mention it I own it, or just don't like it or even consider blind-buying it. I've seen "Death Valley", "The Island" and "The Nest", I just haven't figured out if I like 'em enough to purchase 'em.

[Lyle_JP]

Wait... Michael Mann's "The Keep" has never received even a DVD release?

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by thompsonjohn

I might just axe "The Beast Within" all together then. Those were all just my first-tier blind-buy options, I own every Collector's Edition and a fair amount of regular "Scream Factory" releases..

My second-tier potential blind-buys would be the following..
- "Swamp Thing"

I don't have the Blu Ray, but Swamp Thing is a lot better overall that Beast Within.

[balthazar_bee]

Originally Posted by Mateo Sanboval

Eye of the God Damn Tiger.

Though there's plenty to love about Exterminator 2 (despite the absence of Christopher George).