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 SD11 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
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Films where Shout! Factory's release is the pick. How picks are made
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)
Director: Mike Figgis
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Upcoming Release:
British StudioCanal 4K Blu-Ray upcoming
Best English-Friendly:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Best Video:
Video Notes:
> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Shout! Factory has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
Best Audio:
2.0: Shout! Factory
Audio Notes:
> StudioCanal. Italy Eagle Pictures doesn't have it.
Best English-Friendly:
Arrow/Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Arrow/Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray review
Director: Ken Russell
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Audio Notes:
Includes original quintaphonic (5.0) mix as well as a modernized 5.1 remix.
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