In for Pumpkinhead for sure!

If it was made in the 80's or 90's, it has a lot better shot at getting their attention than if it was a 'better' film released in the 60's or 70's.
Not making a comment specifically at D,D- just the overall observation that the demographic Scream wants to service is a 25-40 yr old male- someone whose frame of reference is built on VHS viewed material from the 80s-thru the 90's.

I'm pretty sure Dellamorte was brought up in the past. Can't remember what they said- though it's probably meaningless since they've released other titles whose requests were nixed in the past. Going to their facebook page and putting in another request for it wouldn't hurt I suppose.

Didn't want to start a new thread since we're still talking about Werner Herzog and Nosferatu but for those in the L.A. area Cinefamily will be presenting a new 35 mm version of the GERMAN language version of Nosferatu, with Herzog in person for the opening night festivities.

http://www.cinefamily.org/films/herz...w-restoration/

I just fucking renewed my membership!

Fuck me, that sounds awesome. I seriously wish there was a real transporter so that I could go to all of these things.

Can't wait for Pumpkinhead!

As for the sequels, part 2 is fairly lame. But 3 and 4 are Sharknado bad.

I just hope they fix one shot toward the end of the film:

When Pumpkinhead picks up a kid by the leg, you can clearly see the cable attached to the kid's leg. Even worse, you can see that Pumpkinhead is wearing sneakers!

Thanks Blu! I'm going to one of these screenings now. I've never seen Nosferatu but always wanted to. What a better way to check it out.

Well, the first show is sold out - the one with Herzog in person.

Oh, and this site has just reviewed the Blu-ray of Nosferatu on Blu-ray:


http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/63300...u-the-vampyre/

Sweet. This is my #1 anticipated Blu-ray.

mine too. But if this is actually the case with Shouts release, I'm going to be fucking livid.
We waited years to titles like The Howling and Cat People on RA Bd, long after they'd been made availbe in other regions or formats, and in both cases all Shout did was use previous off the shelf masters that werevastly inferior. DvdBeaver just posted it's review of the new BFI Release of this and it's beautiful, whereas the older German release was widely seen as disappointingly scrubbed with DNR.
If that's the case, Shout/Scream is finally going on my shit list, and I'll finally start looking into getting a region free player and importing.

I'm keeping my pre-order for now. Even at a 3 out of 5 rating - that's still very good. I'll be checking out other sites' reviews as well.

Here is the German release From Studio-Canal.
Does anyone here remember when Shout originally nixed the idea of releasing The Howling (before they started the Scream sub lable) because all that was available was, in their estimation, an inferior master? That master was the Studio-Canal master...and it's the same one they eventually did use on the Scream release. And projected large, it IS noticeably weak. Since they already have a history of using Studio-canal sourced masters, I would say it's more likely than not that is the source of their Nosferatu.

I hope i'm wrong, but I'll reading up on region free players tonight and probably picking one up by the end of the week.

I thought all of these films were owned by and being remastered under the supervision of Herzog's company? I don't think Studio Canal has anything to do with this.

If it walks like a duck...
Ian Jane, who did the DVDTalk review has screen caps of the Shout disc and compares them with the BFI caps from Beaver on his own site here

It's clearly visible on my monitor that the Shout is inferior and hews closer to the German S-C release than the new BFI.

This was easily one of the most anticipated titles for me for the entire year and while it's better than the DVD I fortunately sold off last year, it's still going to be a second rate effort.

And trying to find a good recommended region free player looks to be a real PITA. May just go with a cheap disposable one for the time being. HMDI quirks and firmware updates make me leery of investing too much in a better, more expensive hacked player.

Hmmmmm. Yeah, I'm gonna wait until there's a direct comparison.

cancelled my NOSFERATU pre-order. dvdbeaver review is up with comparisons...looks like SHIT.

they better not fuck up GINGER SNAPS.

cancelled mine too yesterday.
And then ordered a region-free modded Oppo. My first "B" locked titles just shipped from Amazon.uk yesterday also.

I'm a bit surprised to read on other forums so many similar reactions and people now seriously looking to go region free because of this one title.
Hopefully when the dust settles, Shout dropping the ball with this may turn out to have been a blessing in disguise.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film4/blu-r...re_blu-ray.htm

I just watched the trailer for EvilSpeak and it looks pretty interesting. Is it just as weird and tripppy as the trailer suggests? I'm all about weird vector display graphics.

Pretty excited for Sleepaway Camp as the reviews for the Blu-ray are all sounding pretty great so far. Hopefully eventually Scream will release the sequels too.

It's like "Carrie" for boys... but with a motherfucker of a finale. I reviewed it here if you want to know more.

preordered yesterday. can't wait.

DVDTalk Review...

The trouble seems to be with Shout's encoder software and / or encoding person, not necessarly with their source materials. They've dropped the ball before on other titles (like the new SLEEPAWAY CAMP and PSYCHO 3). They were given good sources, but ruined them with bad compression artefacts. I've almost given up hope on them. They refuse to even acknowledge the encoding problems, let alone try to MAN UP to solve them. As excited as I am about most of their releases, this problem puts a huge damper on my respect for them as a company.

Never thought I'd say, Twilight Time is looking to do overall better jobs on their releases. As it is now, I'll simply import from Arrow or BFI on principle. At a minimum, I'll be waiting for reviews and comments before taking the plunge on any future Shout! release.

Sleepaway Camp seems to be getting good reviews, though... I don't know anything about Psycho 3 though.

What? That's the first I've heard about quality issues with either of those titles. Both seemed to get pretty good reviews and I think Scream/Shout Factory generally does a good job with their titles.