Physical Media Forever: Celebrating Collections and Fans' Favorite Items

We here at Shout! are proud of our varied collections of 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, and more. We've shared a few of our shelves and insights into our collections below, and we'd love to know: what's the most prized item in your collection? 

Michael K.

The Universal Classic Monsters Complete Collection has to be a favorite. I would love to upgrade the entire box set to 4K UHD at some point, but for now the towering 24-disc Blu-ray box set will more than suffice. Runners up would be Lou Grant on DVD, an underseen drama today that rightfully stands alongside the other best dramas from MTM: Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere, and Gravity Falls on Blu-ray. Sorry to see the latter go out of print, but I will treasure my copy until every disc has been worn out.

Adam P.

Favorite item in the collection is my original Eraserhead VHS. It's rare, sure, but my copy is the rental copy from The Hut Video, a small independent video store I worked at in Iowa City, IA in high school. Either that or my original Killer Klowns VHS with the Dickies music video after the credits!

Elliot R.

I’ll go with my DVD box set for Mr. Show (pictured), which over a few years I was able to get signed by a lot of the supporting cast. David Cross and Bob Odenkirk still remain the white whales.

Joey G.

My two favorite pieces from my collection are Brain Donors (Kino Lorber), the most important comedy film of the last 100 years, and Les Blank: Always for Pleasure (Criterion), a boxset which showcases a collection of the director’s documentaries and short films, BECAUSE I’M SMART.

AJ

It’s certainly not the biggest collection, but I’ll gladly die on the hill of every last Blu-ray that I own.

It’d take an army plus Mike Tyson to pry The F8 of the Furious out of my cold, dead hands. 

Emily H.

I have an "all movies" set of shelves and also my "work" set of shelves which are Shout! and Scream Factory releases, many of which were purchased long before I ever started working here! A couple of my favorite pieces on the big shelf are the Vinegar Syndrome 4K of Tammy And The T-Rex and Arrow's Wild Things 4K SteelBook with slipcase. From Scream Factory, I adore the Urban Legend and Valentine releases because of how rad the extras and behind-the-scenes pieces are!