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From the Scream Factory Facebook feed:

Expect a significant update on our long-awaited release of NIGHTBREED: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT sometime next week!

Extras? Packaging? Baphomet willing, a release date?

Packaging reveal for their second Vincent Price collection:

Shout Factory is rereleasing the Robert Mitchum version of the Big Sleep on DVD only in September

Shout has confirmed an October release date for the Blu-ray Pee Wee's Playhouse set

domino harvey wrote:Shout Factory is rereleasing the Robert Mitchum version of the Big Sleep on DVD only in September

I wonder if there's any chance of seeing a re-issue (and remaster) of Farewell My Lovely...

In my case, I actually pre-ordered the deluxe edition of the Halloween: Complete Collection Blu-Ray set. It's just that, well, when else will I ever have an opportunity to own something like all 10 Halloween films including the Producer's Cut of Halloween 6?

Titles announced during the Shout/Scream panel at SDCC:
UHF
The Dark Half
Monkey Shines
Dolls
invaders From Mars
Mad Max
Escape From New York
Phantom of the Opera
New Years Evil
Candyman 2
Scarecrows

Definitely on board for UHF.

Interesting that MGM would license Mad Max after allowing their disc to be reissued in the Warner set just last year, but does make sense to capitalize on the new film coming out in May.

Escape from New York is in definite need of an upgrade after the underwhelming MGM blu-ray from 5-6 years ago.

Great to see Escape From New York. Finally! Hopefully Scream Factory give the AV a much needed overhaul.
Though yeah, Mad Max is unexpected and seems a bit out of left field.
I guess I can add Dolls to a frustratingly growing list of films I bought in one BD edition thinking this'll be it only to have one on the other side of the pond get announced shortly after. It's hard to find that even balance between wait-and-see, and buying before it falls out of print.

Oh, and Scarecrows. I'd be very curious to see this given a decent transfer. I remember seeing this several times on late night TV years ago, with an image so dark you could barely tell what was going on throughout the entire film. It was still a lot of fun, though the YouTube trailer makes it look a lot trashier than my memories of it.

I actually own Scarecrows on DVD, not a bad film last I saw it. I guess it's time to upgrade; actually their recent line of Scream Factory titles is pretty much a goldmine for me. A few slasher films, supernatural Horror, animal attack and a few dystopian future films. I'm sold.

I bought Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome separately at good sale prices on Amazon, so I'll be glad to hold out for Shout Factory's new Mad Max...and I'll sure buy a fourth copy of EFNY.

captveg wrote:Definitely on board for UHF.

They're also releasing The Compleat Al, which I rented from Movietime Video in Jenks, OK about every three days in the summer of 1986 and haven't seen since.

I am surprised I didn't see it as a kid (I've never even heard of it), as I loved Weird Al and definitely knew UHF by heart. "Fond" memories of my mom buying me a VHS of all of Weird Al's music videos for Christmas and then insisting we sit down and watch them together so she can see what she bought me (Not for content, I've established before my mom had horrible sensors for that kind of thing, but just to see if she got her money's worth)-- it was like watching the coolest thing in the world while sitting next to the sister of the guy who was murdered by the coolest thing in the world. To this day I'm not sure why she sat through the whole thing. Maybe, like some of us now, so that she could complain about it with impunity!

I somehow never heard of it either, presumably because Jeff kept the only copy in Oklahoma to himself. And I was a big enough fan that my Weird Al inspired antidrug a cappella group was asked to perform at multiple school assemblies, so...

Just a few months ago here in Tulsa, there was a 25th anniversary screening of UHF with Weird Al in attendance. I found it amusing that about half the audience was in the film. During the Q&A, people would get up with the microphone and say things like, "I was the lady in the oatmeal."

Any reviews of their Phantom of the Paradise release yet?

Release dates announced for the following titles (from the Scream Factory FB page):

11/4 - The Doctor and the Devils
11/11 - Dolls (Collector's Edition)
11/18 - The Dark Half & Monkey Shines

Also, Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions is set for December release while New Years Evil and Dog Soldiers are planned for 2015. In addition, Hellhole is still stuck in a quagmire of legal issues and usable elements problems needed to be sorted out before a release date can be announced.

AfterTheRain wrote:Also, Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions is set for December release

\:D/ HELL* yes

Seems odd to use white instead of black for the background space, but it looks great.

***NEW ARTWORK REVEAL: DOLLS***

Happy Friday everyone! Check out the new artwork Artist Nathan Thomas Milliner stitched up for our upcoming Collector's Edition Blu-ray release of DOLLS. Creepy stuff!

Extras are in development and will be announced at a later date. National street date is 11/11 but...we will be selling it early (before Halloween) directly on our site at http://www.screamfactory.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; plus you will also receive a limited edition 18" x 24" poster of the newly-commissioned art you see here. (While supplies last.) Look for pre-order links to pop up next week.

perkizitore wrote:Any reviews of their Phantom of the Paradise release yet?

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Phantom-o ... 57/#Review

11/18/2014 - The Jimmy Wang Yu Collection

Get ready for four high-octane films featuring martial arts sensation Jimmy Wang Yu (Master Of The Flying Guillotine, The One-Armed Swordsman)! Also starring James Tien (Fist Of Fury), Lung Fei (Master Of The Flying Guillotine), Sylvia Chang (Twin Dragons, Mad Mission), Feng Tien (A Better Tomorrow) and Maria Yi (The Big Boss), this exhilarating set delivers four of Jimmy Wang Yu’s most celebrated and action-packed performances!

This Four Movie set includes:
ONE-ARMED BOXER (1972)
THE TATTOOED DRAGON (1973)
BEACH OF THE WAR GODS (1973)
MAN CALLED TIGER (1973)

Discs: 2
Format: NTSC
Video region: Region 1
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Language: English, Mandarin
Subtitles: English

Shout releasing Sgt Bilko Complete Series this fall

Lifeforce is being reissued to remove the behind the scenes featurette due to legal reasons. They're now calling the original release a "Limited Edition," which is is, but inadvertently. Still, might as well pick it up now because you know people will pay twice MSRP for this since it'll be OOP