#SDCC San Diego Comic Con - Scream Factory Panel

By Adam Ruhl

Shout Factory announced it's slate of Scream Factory titles for the next year at it's SDCC panel on Friday. Director of marketing Jeff Nelson was on hand to reveal ten new titles. 

Starting in November the following titles will come from Scream Factory:

The Dark Half 

Monkey Shines

Candyman 2 farewell to the flesh

Scarecrows

Phantom of the opera starring Robert Englund

New Years evil

Invaders from Mars 1986

Dolls

Mad max

Escape from New York

More titles for 2015 will be announced in the fall.

Also Shout Factory will be putting out UHF!

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#SDCC - San Diego Comic Con - more exhibit hall photos!

By Adam Ruhl

It's Friday at comic con and the place is now an over crowded mess. Here's some of the best stuff from the floor!

American Werewolf in London prop

Close Encounters of the Third Kind prop

Scream Factory booth

Neca booth

They have an Alien Isolation game playing station inside a giant egg.

Convention goers!

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@AchorBayEnt and @Scream_Factory's Halloween Complete Set Extras Revealed! #MichaelisComingHome

We finally have the full details of the extras included in the EPIC upcoming Halloween Complete Collection which is coming in a 10 disc and deluxe 15 disc set on September 23.

I for one cannot wait for this. I've supremely excited and hope it's a monster success so we can get more releases like this.

Highlights include a high def transfer for the holy grail of Halloween lore, the Producer's Cut of Halloween 6!

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Halloween Complete Collection Artwork! #MichaelIsComingHome

This September, Anchor Bay and Scream Factory are teaming up to deliver a complete box set of all things Halloween.  Above is our first look at the set in all its glory.

I cannot wait to get my hands on this.

The Halloween Complete Collection box set arrives September 23.

More details to come.

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Anchor Bay and @Scream_Factory Team Up for #Halloween Mega Set!

After a weekend of speculation, we can announce that it is true, Anchor Bay and Scream Factory have come together to release a gigantic franchise spanning mega box set of the Halloween franchise.

The set will feature every single Halloween film, theatrical, unrated, and in some cases TV versions of the films. Also included is the holy grail of this franchise, the Producers Cut of Halloween 6!

The set also includes all new bonus features, commentaries, documentaries, and more. I can barely contain  my excitement.

There will be two versions of this set available on September 23. A 10-disc and a 15-disc limited edition.

This is crazy awesome. I'm pretty much jumping for joy right now.

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Blu-Ray Review: Cat People & Die Monster Die

Our favorite genre label, Scream Factory,  is back to release two more classics on blu-ray today.   One of them goes back to 1965 and features horror legend Boris Karloff.  The other is a cult classic from the 80s which I don't really think is a horror film.

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Holiday Guide: Movie Lovers!

We're just days away from christmas and why not give you guys some last minute gift idea for the people you might have left to shop for.

First up we have some excellent recent offerings from the fine folks over at Criterion.

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@Scream_Factory Is Going To Camp!

Our friends at Scream Factory are kicking Halloween off with a bang, or a slice, with this huge announcement.

They are releasing the horror classic, and much demanded, Sleepaway Camp on Blu-ray for the first time!  UNCUT.

Read below for their post on their official Facebook page.

Happy Halloween everyone! We are super excited to announce to you on this special day that we will be releasing the original uncut SLEEPAWAY CAMP film on Blu-ray for the first time next Spring! 

This will most definitely be a Collector's Edition (new art is being worked on it as we type) and is planned to come loaded with great extras that will be announced at a later date. We love this film and will certainly aim to please fans of Angela, Aunt Martha, cussing cousin Ricky, Judy, Meg and the rest of Camp Arawak's memorable counselors and campers.


We'll post more info as it is released.

Happy Halloween everyone!

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - The Amityville Horror Trilogy

By Adam Ruhl

Happy Halloween Scream fans! Tonight is the night for dressing up, getting candy, drinking (for the adults), and watching scary movies with your loved ones. For many of you, it’s your favorite night of the year, as it is for us too and we’re going out with a bang. Thank you for following us on this strange and terrifying journey through a lot of great horror films (and, with all due love to Scream Factory, a couple of appalling bad ones). We’ve covered 30 Scream Factory films and now it’s time for the grand finale, our review of the Scream Factory’s The Amityville Horror Trilogy. This film has been a household name for almost 35 years; it has spawned numerous sequels and remakes and continues to scare the hell out of us. Did it really happen? Was it faked? Only the people involved know for sure, but one thing is certain, it captivated us and chilled us to the bone and continues to do so. Fire up the Jack-O-Lanterns and turn out the lights as we explore review 31, The Amityville Horror Trilogy.

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - Halloween III

By David Massey

 

One of the more baffling choices made in 1980’s Hollywood was to release a movie about witch toymakers combining computers with pieces of Stonehenge as a weapon to kill children under the title ‘Halloween 3’. Sure, from one perspective, associating this one-off horror flick with a tried and true franchise must have seemed like easy money but the deception reviled audiences and, regardless of the films many qualities, it was a total flop. Now, 30 years later, the film has finally found its cult and Scream Factory has given the unique ‘Halloween 3 – Season of the Witch’ the stand-alone credit it deserves in a 30^th Anniversary “Silver Shamrock” Edition Blu-Ray.

 

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - Halloween II

By Adam Ruhl

John Carpenter’s Halloween is a classic among the genre. It routinely tops number one lists and is generally credited with getting the ball rolling on the franchise monsters of the 80’s. Halloween 2 is lesser known, but should not be confused with any of the other sequels (certainly not Halloween 3 where Michael Myers doesn’t even appear). Unlike the later installments, Halloween 2 was written by Carpenter to form the second half of a larger story with his original.  There’s something charming and offbeat about this follow up that distinguishes it from its predecessor and over the years it’s become a guilty pleasure favorite of mine. I am tickled orange to be reviewing Scream Factory’s Halloween II Blu-ray Collector’s Edition. Let’s dive right in.

 

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - Scanners 2 & 3 Double Feature

By David Massey

Telekinesis is the subject of today’s double-feature Blu-ray release from Scream Factory. ‘Scanners 2: The New Order’ & ‘Scanners 3: The Takeover’ are more stand-alone interpretations of the themes and scenarios introduced by Cronenberg’s 1981 classic than actual sequels. By all rights, it’s no surprise that few have seen these; they are oozing with an early-1990’s, straight-to-video feel but, as a couple, there is some genuine weight here and both films definitely have their merits.

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - Dead Souls

By Garon Cockrell

Scream Factory isn’t just about the classics.  They’ve also brought us some more contemporary titles.    Well two so far.  The first of which is a film that first aired on Chiller called Dead Souls.    Don’t let that scare you off (like it almost did me) though.

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - Lifeforce

By Garon Cockrell

Space….Vampires.  Those two words should be enough to sell you on this movie but if they aren’t here are two more:  Tobe Hooper.  He of Funhouse (another Scream Factory title), Poltergeist, Invaders from Mars, and a little movie called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame.

This is another of those horror titles I missed; in fact, I’d never heard of this one, which made me all the more thrilled for it to be a Collector’s Edition.  Even better?  A longer, director approved cut.

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - The Howling

By Adam Ruhl

 

There’s no chance you haven’t already seen The Howling. If you enjoy horror films enough to read a month’s worth of reviews and somehow missed this movie stop right now, add it to your bucket list, and get to it. While that one reader watches the film (hopefully an older version so they have a good basis of comparison), we’ll proceed to talk about Joe Dante’s classic 1981 horror film that Scream Factory has brought screaming ‘howling’ back to life with their new Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release.

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31 Days of Scream-O-Ween! - Cockneys vs. Zombies

By Adam Ruhl

 

Today’s film is the newest of all the Scream Factory offerings we’re reviewing and it’s also the most British, East London British to be precise. Cockneys vs. Zombies is the greatest English Horror-Comedy zombie movie since Shaun of the Dead and manages to completely distinguish itself from similar films. I first saw it a year ago at Fantastic Fest 2012 where it was a festival darling and now Scream Factory has given it the royal treatment and brought it to America.

 

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