SDCC 2016: Scream Factory Announces 13 Titles At Comic-Con!

There have been a lot of great of announcements that have come out of San Diego Comic Con this week, but if you’re a horror movie fan the one you’re most likely losing your collective shit over is the 13 movies that Scream Factory announced at their panel on Friday Night.

I’m going to attempt my best to break down these titles but some of them are films even I haven’t had a chance to look into. Let’s begin with the movies that are going to be getting official “COLLECTOR’S EDITION” treatment.

First up is the Don Coscarelli/Bruce Campbell masterpiece Bubba Ho-Tep. I remember when this movie was still a traveling title going from theater to theater. Over a two year period I saw it on three different occasions, and it has always been one of my all-time favorite horror-comedies. I know my mind is swimming with what type of amazing bonus features we will get on this release.

Next we can get excited for Black Christmas from 1974. This is to many people (myself included) the original Slasher movie and I’d argue one of the best. Without Black Christmas, there’s a good chance we’d have no Halloween. The original DVD’s had some pretty good special features so we can expect that not only will Scream Factory provide us with those features but I’m banking on some amazing new features as well.

In one of the more shocking announcements we’re getting individual collectors editions for Poltergeist II and III. Typically these films are most often found included in double feature releases with no bonus features so I’m excited to see what Scream Factory has been able to un-earth for us to justify these sequels with individual collector edition releases. If I’m placing bets I expect these two fan-favorite sequels to be the big sleeper hits of this list of releases.

Finally in the Collector’s Edition releases not one but TWO Cronenberg announcements, 1988’s Dead Ringers and 1977’s Rabid. I’ve heard good things about Dead Ringers but haven’t had the pleasure of seeing it yet but Rabid is a favorite of mine that has yet to find its way into my collection. I’m glad that Scream Factory is giving me an affordable collector’s edition to add to my wall.

Killer rat films Willard and Ben are going to be coming to DVD & Blu-Ray after years of being rare and hard to find. Ben is fantastic film that I was finally able to see after stumbling upon a used VHS years ago but I’m excited that I will finally have the opportunity to see the infamous 1971 Willard (as well as see how it compares to the Crispin Glover remake).

In the realm of double features Scream Factory is finally adding Slumber Party Massacre 2 and 3 to their roster. Not only should you make this a must-own (for the masterpiece that is Slumber Party Massacre 2 alone) but also get the stellar release of the original Slumber Party Massacre that was released a few years back by Scream Factory.

The last two films that I’m not familiar with are 1987’s Dead of Winter (starring Mary Steenburgen and Roddy McDowell) and 1970’s The House That Screamed. While I’m not familiar with either of these titles, last year Scream Factory introduced Blood & Lace into my life and it is now one of my favorite early slasher films. Since Scream Factory rarely disappoints I’m excited to see how fun these two films end up being.

Between the recent release of Bad Moon and the upcoming releases of titles like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Session 9 and Psycho IV it’s safe to say that Scream Factory is horror’s gift that just keeps on giving.

Matt Kelly is the longest contributing writer of Geekscape, mostly because no other sites what him. However Geekscape throws him an olive branch and allows him to host two podcasts The Saint Mort Show and Horror Movie Night. He also is an active blogger and loves wrestling, shitty horror movies, and writing mini-bios about himself.