Shout! Studios · Collector&#39;s Edition

S-Tier from Shout Factory. There are multiple packaging options but the discs are identical across the standard edition, steelbook, and collector's edition. If you're new to this one and the black levels look crushed, that's normal. It was shot almost entirely at night on a low budget, and Carpenter himself has said that's just how it looks. The Eagle Pictures Italian release is a better-looking transfer for anyone willing to import. The steelbook art is a love-it-or-hate-it situation, some people think it looks more Mad Max than Snake Plissken.

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Matinee(1993)

6.7/10

dir. Joe Dante

Joe Dante's love letter to William Castle and atomic-age creature features getting a 4K from Shout Factory. S-Tier transfer and the early response is all positive. One of those films that never had a bad word said about it but somehow never got a proper release until now.

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Streets of Fire(1984)

6.9/10

dir. Walter Hill

Shout Factory S-Tier 4K. Walter Hill's neon-soaked rock-and-roll action film with Michael Paré and Diane Lane. People who got it early describe a strong upgrade from the Blu-ray, with the Dolby Vision doing great work on the rain-soaked streets and neon lighting. It's a Collector's Edition but surprisingly shipped without a slipcover.

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Vampires(1998)

6.3/10

dir. John Carpenter

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.

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Clue(1985)

7.2/10

dir. Jonathan Lynn

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Tim Curry in a board game adaptation. The fact that this film has a cult following strong enough to warrant an S-Tier 4K from Shout Factory says everything about where physical media is right now.

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Hush(2016)

6.7/10

dir. Mike Flanagan

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

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Lord of Illusions(1995)

6.0/10

dir. Clive Barker

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Clive Barker's detective horror from 1995. Thin current signal, but the original pressing has become an OOP target for people who missed it.

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Natural Born Killers(1994)

7.1/10

dir. Oliver Stone

Shout Factory 4K with a solid transfer, but the 4K disc is Director's Cut only. If you prefer the Theatrical cut you're stuck with the included Blu-ray. People mis-file it as a Tarantino film even though Oliver Stone directed it.

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The Holdovers(2023)

7.6/10

dir. Alexander Payne

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

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The Magnificent Seven(1960)

7.5/10

dir. John Sturges

Shout! Select's 4K dropped February 2023, the first time the Sturges original made the format. Bronson plays Bernardo O'Reilly, one of the seven, and the role still anchors his connection to the western genre for collectors. A German Magnificent Seven Collection also exists if you want Return of and the rest of the franchise packaged together.

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The Man in the Iron Mask(1998)

6.6/10

dir. Randall Wallace

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

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They Live(1988)

7.3/10

dir. John Carpenter

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

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Red Dawn(1984)

6.3/10

dir. John Milius

Shout! Studios put John Milius's 1984 Cold War survival fantasy on 4K in 2022 with a strong A-Tier transfer. Best Buy got an exclusive Steelbook the same year and collectors who bought the standard Shout pressing first felt the usual burn. The old DVD was famously soft, so this is the first time the Colorado mountains and the school-bus invasion footage have looked sharp. The cast runs deep past Swayze and Sheen, with Powers Boothe, Lea Thompson, and a brief Harry Dean Stanton appearance most people forget about.

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God(1972)

7.5/10

dir. Werner Herzog

A-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Werner Herzog dragging a cast through the Amazon jungle, now in HDR. The behind-the-scenes stories are almost as famous as the film itself.

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Midnight Run(1988)

7.2/10

dir. Martin Brest

A-Tier Shout Factory 4K. De Niro and Charles Grodin's buddy road movie. Shout Factory's transfer got decent reviews with good Dolby Vision and consistent grain. Some mixed word of mouth before release had people setting low expectations, which the disc cleared.

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Riddick(2013)

6.3/10

dir. David Twohy

Shout Factory's 4K landed with a censorship controversy. The theatrical cut had a scene edited out, which Shout acknowledged publicly. Comments split between people defending the director's choice and people arguing the theatrical version should match the original theatrical release. The Chronicles of Riddick 4K from Arrow also circulates in the same collector circles. Disc quality itself is strong.

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Halloween(1978)

7.6/10

dir. John Carpenter

Rob Zombie's reimagining, not the Carpenter original. Imprint limited edition steelbook announced at a price people called a great deal. A-Tier transfer from a film that's more divisive than the disc quality would suggest.

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988)

6.2/10

dir. Dwight H. Little

C-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Michael Myers returns. The Halloween franchise on 4K from Shout Factory has been comprehensive if not always well-transferred.

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers(1989)

5.3/10

dir. Dominique Othenin-Girard

C-Tier Shout Factory 4K. More Michael Myers.

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Halloween II(1981)

6.6/10

dir. Rick Rosenthal

C-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The hospital sequel. Same transfer debate as the first Halloween.

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Halloween III: Season of the Witch(1982)

5.2/10

dir. Tommy Lee Wallace