Shout! Factory / Scream Factory

[ianthemovie]

January titles:

Let's Scare Jessica To Death
The Mummy's Shroud
Demons of the Mind

[Murdoch]

I've been meaning to revisit Let's Scare Jessica to Death. Thankfully many of Shout"s releases have been making their way to Amazon Prime.

[ianthemovie]

I've been meaning to revisit Let's Scare Jessica to Death. Thankfully many of Shout"s releases have been making their way to Amazon Prime.

It's long been a favorite of mine. Don't expect it to hit a lot of traditional horror-movie beats, though, if it's one you're not that familiar with. It might best be described as a modern retelling of Carmilla in the style of a slow-burn psychological thriller, and it's more atmospheric, eerie, and sad than it is scary.

[domino harvey]

Gerry is also coming in January— wasn’t this a Miramax title? Do they have access to that cache now?

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

Maybe, but it's also possible Miramax's rights expired (they only handled the video releases on behalf of Thinkfilm, which didn't have a video arm) and Shout! acquired them afterwards. It's already on Amazon Prime Video with Shout! listed as the studio; no idea how long that's been the case.

[flyonthewall2983]

I seem to remember some of Thinkfilm's releases being put out by New Line Home Video

[dwk]

A handful of Scream titles went OOP at the beginning of the month:
Blacula / Scream Blacula Scream Double Feature
Carrie (2002) / The Rage: Carrie II Double Feature
The Incredible Melting Man
Invaders from Mars (1986)
New Year's Evil
Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits Double Feature

[agnamaracs]

All MGM titles... can't say I like where this is headed.

[Grand Wazoo]

Has there ever been a comparison between the Eureka and Shout editions of Blacula? I always assumed Eureka's would look slightly better based on label history but never read anything definitive.

[tenia]

I don't believe there would be much. AFAIK, the HD masters used by Eureka are the only available ones. Shout released their set 6 months after Eureka, so I'd suppose they share the same sources. Both are quite light on extras, but they differ : Eureka offers trailers, film introductions by Kim Newman + a booklet, Shout has an audio commentary by David Walker, an interview with Richard Lawson and trailers. Both releases have all their content on a single BD-50 and IBF did Eureka's encoding.

[dwk]

Over at the Blu-ray.com forum, a Shout Factory employee posted a longer list of MGM titles that are OOP or will soon be OOP

Scream Factory
The Amityville Horror Trilogy
Blacula / Scream Blacula Scream
Carrie (2002) / Rage: Carrie 2
Dead Of Winter
Destroyer / Edge Of Sanity
Disturbing Behavior
Empire Of The Ants / Jaws Of Satan
The Food Of The Gods / Frogs
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (Collector's Edition)
Ghost Town
Ghoulies / Ghoulies II
Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf
I, Madman
The Incredible Melting Man
Invaders From Mars
Leviathan
New Year's Evil
Robot Jox
Scarecrows
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (Collector's Edition)
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (Collector's Edition)
Stigmata
Swamp Thing
Tentacles / Reptilicus
Troll / Troll 2
Vampire's Kiss / High Spirits
The Vincent Price Collection II
Without Warning

Shout Factory
Bagdad Cafe (DVD)
Breathless
Day Of The Outlaw (DVD)
Doc (DVD)
Easy Money / Men At Work
Escape From Grizzly Mountain (DVD)
Hackers (20th Anniversary Edition)
The Hills Run Red / Apache (DVD)
The Pope Of Greenwich Village / Desperate Hours
Science Fiction Theatre: The Complete Series (DVD)
The Sure Thing (30th Anniversary)
War Films Triple Feature (Attack / Attack On The Iron Coast / Beach Red) (DVD)

[dwk]

Blu-ray.com has the final specs for The Anne Bancroft Collection and it appears that The Graduate is just a direct port of Criterion's Blu-ray

[dwk]

More Scream Factory titles going OOP

- BLOOD AND LACE
- CURSE, THE / CURSE II: THE BITE double feature
- DARK HALF, THE
- DEMENTED
- DOLLS
- HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, THE / GHOST WARRIOR double feature
- JEEPERS CREEPERS
- JEEPERS CREEPERS 2
- LADY IN WHITE, THE
- LORD OF ILLUSIONS
- MILLENNIUM / R.O.T.O.R. double feature
- MONKEY SHINES
- MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / THE DUNWICH HORROR double feature
- NEST, THE
- PUMPKINHEAD II
- SONNY BOY
- SPECIES II
- SPECIES III / SPECIES: THE AWAKENING double feature
- SQUIRM

[captveg]

More Shout titles as well:

Action-Packed Movie Marathon: Vol. 2 (DVD)
Bad Influence
Bolero / Ghosts Can't Do It
Braddock: Missing In Action III
Chuck Norris: Triple Threat [The Missing In Action Trilogy] (DVD)
Grayeagle / Winterhawk
Lightning: The White Stallion (DVD)
No Way Out
The Sicilian (Director's Cut)
Ultimate Action Collection (DVD)

[isakorg2]

Question: UCLA is/has been working on a restoration of Murders in the Rue Morgue, which I recall reading was due in 2020. I also recall reading that the Shout Factory Murders in the Rue Morgue, scheduled for a December release, is, in fact, that restoration. You would think (or is it hope?) so. But I've seen nothing on the Shout Factory announcements that indicates this. Is there any definite word on this?

[Big Ben]

The House that Jack Built is coming February 4th from Scream Factory. Extras to be announced later.

[AfterTheRain]

Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) and X the Unknown (1956) are the latest Hammer titles to be released through the Scream Factory line; coming in February with special features to be announced later.

[Luke M]

The House that Jack Built is coming February 4th from Scream Factory. Extras to be announced later.

I imagine this is a big acquisition for Shout!

[CSM126]

The Wizard coming out in March

No word yet on whether it’s a new transfer or not (please be new). Extras not detailed either but director Todd Holland revealed on Instagram that he filmed an interview and recorded an audio commentary. They’re also offering a poster of the cute new cover art.

[dwk]

Some March 2020 Scream titles:
10th - Bug (1975), Inseminoid
31st - Bones (don't know if this is a new Warner deal or a holdover from their previous deal)

[Finch]

For a split second I was like, yay they've got the William Friedkin film with Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon until I saw the year! Is no one ever going to rescue this film??

[dwk]

That Bug is with Lionsgate in the US and UK. So no chance of a Blu-ray from any of the boutique labels.

[L.A.]

The idea of Friedkin’s Bug on Blu sounds just fab.

[dwk]

Shout Select is releasing Before the Devil Knows You're Dead in March.

[mfunk9786]

Thought for sure it would end up with Criterion at some juncture.