Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12806377)

There's really a hold up with the Scream Factory Blu-rays that were on sale. I've only gotten two of the six I ordered.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12806398)

Both of the two I've received (Cat People and Shocker) have had slip covers. I normally don't care about slip covers as I tend to throw them away generally but I keep the Scream ones because of the new art and then usually will flip the artwork on the case to the original artwork.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12806398)

Both of the two I've received (Cat People and Shocker) have had slip covers. I normally don't care about slip covers as I tend to throw them away generally but I keep the Scream ones because of the new art and then usually will flip the artwork on the case to the original artwork.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12806377)

There's really a hold up with the Scream Factory Blu-rays that were on sale. I've only gotten two of the six I ordered.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12806377)

There's really a hold up with the Scream Factory Blu-rays that were on sale. I've only gotten two of the six I ordered.

Originally Posted by BSTNFAN (Post 12806787)

I made a fairly large order and only 1 has shipped.

Originally Posted by dsa_shea (Post 12806928)

2 out of 6 SF titles so far. At this rate, I will get about one a week.

Originally Posted by Brian T (Post 12807076)

You'd think Shout could learn something about their own sale pricing (not to mention their regular pricing) from a situation like this . . .

Originally Posted by Brian T (Post 12807076)

You'd think Shout could learn something about their own sale pricing (not to mention their regular pricing) from a situation like this . . .

Originally Posted by izatright (Post 12807208)

That's why sales are infrequent. You don't want that $13 if you can get $30.

Originally Posted by hdnmickey (Post 12807235)

Are you sure they were not involved? Seems like maybe this is the beginning of a new norm similar to the sales we see on Criterion and other labels a few times a year. Only bummer was so many are no longer in their first print run and no longer have slip covers.

Originally Posted by Brian T (Post 12807284)

But once people know about the sales -- and in this case word clearly got around because titles went out of stock very fast -- they're a lot less likely to spend that $30 except in cases of limited runs. I'd especially love to see the sales figures for Criterion and Twilight Time, too, now that they've conditioned their fan bases to expect sales once or twice a year. I'd bet good money that both of them now make the larger chunk of their revenue from their sales. Once they started the ball rolling, well . . . :)



I'd be surprised if they weren't involved. Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this is the second time Amazon has marked down Shout titles for a limited time (first was last year, I think, maybe earlier?), and I'm confident that this too will become something of an annual occurrence based on the popular response. Even Amazon Canada has had at least two prior deals on certain Shout titles in the set couple of years, so it's definitely becoming more common. I don't doubt lots of less-informed people still pay the going rate for these discs, which is reason enough for the companies not to consider lowering their "regular" pricing, I suppose. A blow-out here and there is certainly wise because it has the potential to bring new fans into the fold and build brand awareness, so for that I'm grateful. Now if only Kino would repeat that excellent Amazon sale they had last year -- which they openly promoted on their own site and via email blasts -- because I'd grab about 25 titles released since then!

Originally Posted by DWilson (Post 12807386)

I'm "informed", but I'll still buy the titles that I'm strongly interested in and I'll get the best deal at the time that I can. I can't count on these sales.

Originally Posted by Brian T (Post 12808394)

Whatever works, of course! With the exception of Army of Darkness -- and really, even that had a VERY reasonable pre-order price of $17.99 as I recall -- I'm hard pressed to think of a Shout title that I didn't get in a sale (even those early Corman SE's), either via Amazon deals, or in Shout's own sales (where the prices for certain items are still pretty decent if you can wrangle free shipping or some 'bonus' discount). In cases of their truly limited editions I suppose we don't often have the luxury of waiting for a sale, although I did luck out last year on a good one that they snuck in under the radar when they offered some "magically found in the warehouse" copies of the already OOP Nightbreed box in one of their '...of Fear' sales. Beyond that, I guess they're no different than any other company in that everything goes on sale eventually. It's just a matter of patience. With mountains of unwatched discs here already, I don't mind waiting it out. The interest will always be there. :)

Originally Posted by bacigalup (Post 12808641)

Evil Dead 2 (25th Anniversary Edition) - $3.99:

http://www.amazon.com/Evil-Dead-25th...ds=evil+dead+2

Originally Posted by Cardsfan111 (Post 12808681)

Blind buy for me. I haven't seen the first film.

Originally Posted by DWilson (Post 12809828)

This is such a good deal I think it just might be a mistake. According to Blu-Ray.com: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition" is $7.82.

Originally Posted by DWilson (Post 12809828)

This is such a good deal I think it just might be a mistake. According to Blu-Ray.com: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition" is $7.82.