LOS ANGELES, California -
Scream Factory, the company known for their Collector's Editions of horror and B-movies, announced today that they have secured the rights to Ryan Nicholson's
Gutterballs 2, which was supposed to have come out years ago, but never did due to a mix of legal and other "unknown issues."
"We're excited to be able to put this out, and we have packed the disc with special features," said Scream Factory in their Facebook post. "The cover art is TBD, but will be coming from Devon Whitehead. The planned release date is October 3rd. We will have more information soon!"
Although many people who are casual fans of Nicholson's say they are excited to see the movie, there is still a huge controversy that was not resolved in the post from Scream Factory.
"I already dropped $200 on this movie during the campaign, and I didn't get shit," said angry fan Marc Dyer. "I am not going to fucking pay another cent for this movie, and I better get a free copy of the Scream version."
Nicholson allegedly took in nearly $20,000 in an online funding campaign for
Gutterballs 2, but no product ever surfaced. That campaign ended in December of 2014. As of this writing, all contributors have just been patiently waiting, hoping for a glimmer of light at the end of a never-ending tunnel, but even with this announcement, the light has gotten dimmer.
Horrorable News reached out to Scream Factory about their reaction to fan backlash, but they said they "didn't know anything about it."
"If there are copies that are owed from a previous purchase, that has nothing to do with us," said Scream Factory. "They will have to take that up with Ryan Nicholson. We will not be handing out free copies to anyone from a prior purchase. That said, after
Gutterballs 2 we do plan to release his entire back catalog, as well as some other never-before-released films. We're really stoked!"
"Man, this is total bullshit," said another frustrated campaign purchaser, Robert Thomas. "I threw down hundreds in anticipation of getting blu-rays of not just
Gutterballs and
Gutterballs 2, but also there was an announcement for
Gutterballs 3! Fuck all of this shit."
Horrorable News also tried reaching out to Ryan Nicholson to find out more about his plans regarding getting copies of the movie to people who'd paid years ago, but he blocked us on social media.