Former Rhino Records executives started this Los Angeles company in 2002, and it has traded as Shout! Studios since 2023. Its disc imprints are Scream Factory (horror, since 2012) and Shout Select, which put out new 2K and 4K scans with commissioned extras, plus TV box sets and the North American discs for GKIDS and Studio Ghibli. The online store moved to Universal's GRUV.com in November 2025.
Shout! Factory
163 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 121 in 4K40 in HD2 in SD10 more for audio only4 more announced
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent49
- Solid18
- Disappointing4
- Worse Than BD2
Films where Shout! Factory's release is the pick. How picks are made
Also known as: Scream Factory
Films where Shout! Factory's release is the pick. How picks are made
121 in 4K
Best video release on UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Director: Joel Coen
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Upcoming Release:
Arrow 4K Blu-ray scheduled for November 2026 release
Best Audio:
All the same
Director: John Woo
Best English-Friendly:
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Upcoming Release:
Best Video:
Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Arrow has a different grade and a better encode, though the difference in either is not major.
Best Audio:
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Audio Notes:
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Director: Alexander Payne
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory US 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
> Dazzler UK
Director: Martin Brest
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=19061&d2=5224&c=2138
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Best Audio:
R1 DVD
Audio Notes:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is poor, Paramount Blu-ray is better, R1 DVD is best
Best Video:
Laika / Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Sturges
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Best English-Friendly:
Arrow 4K UHD
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Arrow or Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Seems to be the same transfer see Finch's review
caps for the new Arrow/Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray upgrade compared to previous BDs
Arrow has better subtitles
Additional Info:
Arrow UHD has much better English subtitles and additional extras making it the far superior release to the Shout version of the same master.
Best English-Friendly:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray review
Director: Joe Dante
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
40 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Werner Herzog
Director: Steve Binder
Best English-Friendly:
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
Best Video:
US Shout! Factory vs BFI vs StudioCanal Germany
Video Notes:
No comparison
Director: Robert Luketic
Director: Mel Brooks
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Eclair new 4k resto,
StudioCanal UK lower bitrate and yellow tint,
Kino Lorber did color correction on top of that, but maybe the old Shout! Factory/MoC 2k transfer with better color but worse details is better overall
Check caps-a-holic, and discussion https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=217927&page=7
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Also free on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH5x6ol3Pzc but censored
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:
US Shout! Factory The Complete Cracking Collection 4K
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2 in SD
Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating
TV series
6 with a weaker 4K
Best 4K release rated Disappointing or Worse Than BD · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Hal Ashby
Best English-Friendly:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Best Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray disappointing
Director: Andrew Fleming
Best Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray poor encode, HBO MAX stream doesn't have the sudden bitrate drops issue, remastered Shout! Factory Blu-ray included with the 4K maybe better?
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Shout! Factory has good PQ, mediocre compression
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Best English-Friendly & Audio:
Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Best Video:
4K Blu-ray: DNR is strong in places; editing error introduced where the prologue no longer fades to white; HDR is messed up.
BDs: 2021 Paramount Blu-ray has better encode than Shout! Factory but is 1.78:1 instead of 1.85:1 and doesn't have the mono track
Director: Paul Schrader
Best English-Friendly:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Additional Info:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has DNR applied and encoding could be better. Possible issues in Dolby Vision
Great source, poorly encoded but it does look significantly better than the Blu-Rays.
10 for audio only
The best audio is Shout! Factory's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Director: John Carpenter
Best Audio:
1997? Signature Collection LD
Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout! Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.
Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)
Audio Notes:
the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Director: Nick Park
Best Audio:
Shout! Factory 4K
Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Audio Notes:
5.1 track for The Wrong Trousers is in its correct pitch both in music and voices https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21535755&postcount=103
Unaltered track with the original music cues is on the LaserDisc.
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Best Audio:
5.1 mix is flawed on Shout! Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes of that track.
2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great, very close to the original 70mm mix, only with split surround.
2001 DVD has the original mix as 4.1 and matrixed 2.0.
Imprint 4K has a 4.0 track. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has a different 5.1, unclear if it's the same as Fox BD.
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Video Notes:
UK ICON 4K Blu-ray (caps)
UK 4K Blu-ray has a slightly better encode than US Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray and Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray
Director: Blake Edwards
Best English-Friendly:
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray with audio issues
Best Video:
Additional Info:
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray introduces pitch issues on the mono mix. LaserDisc mono is from worn element but sounds mostly natural with possibly some attempts at noise reduction. MGM 2004 DVD mono transfer is higher quality without the wear but may have some processing applied. Shout! Factory Blu-ray is the same MGM mono now in lossless but seems to be EQ'd a bit differently. LaserDisc, DVD or Blu-ray is a toss up but those are your three options. The Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is useless due to the pitch issues. The remixes are very poor.
Director: Arthur Lubin
Director: Steve Miner
Best Audio:
Original Mono is included in the Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Video Notes:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray captures more grain in image 6&24, but Shout! Factory Blu-ray is very good see caps
Director: Takashi Miike
Best Audio:
Original matrixed DTS Stereo mix: 2026 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
5.0 surround remix: 2009 Shout! Factory US Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Audio Notes:
Arrow includes three audio tracks, matrixed stereo, discrete 4.0, and a 5.0 surround remix. Unfortunately, only the first one is usable. The 4.0 desyncs partway through. The 5.0 has incorrect (lower) pitch. Fortunately, the matrixed stereo track sounds great, but it is still a major disappointment.
There has been no replacement disc announced. See nicwood's BR post.
Best English-Friendly & Video:
2026 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Upcoming Release:
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray possibly teased?
Audio Notes:
1990 CBS/Fox LaserDisc: Original Ultra Stereo mix on the Shout Factory 4K is sourced directly from the 1990 Laserdisc
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Video Notes:
> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
4 announced
Shout! Factory's release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Oliver Stone
Upcoming Release:
A improved Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray teased by Oliver Stone
Sources: hometheaterforum.com (opens in a new tab) · x.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Better than 2022 Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray due to poor encode and heavy DNR (review)
Upcoming Release:
Shout! Factory releasing 4k soon https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=32091
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Director: Richard Rush
Upcoming Release:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
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