I apologize for being a little lax on updating this weekly column, but I’ve been busy putting the final touches on the upcoming EM Book. But wow, what a way to come back. The folks at Fox Home Vide are bringing a slew of their Horror classics to Blu-ray (or as they call it Boo-ray, cute) September 9th. It seems weird that they don’t release these titles on, oh, I don’t know…Halloween? They are bringing out the complete Omen Collection – which includes the bad 2006 remake with the goofy (not scary) looking kid (Damn you Fox! I just bought that collection off of Amazon last week) and the Russian Horror series Night Watch and Day Watch. I don’t know if I would classify those two as horror, even though it is about things that go bump in the night. We may try and convince Fox to let us do a giveaway. These are some great titles. Check out the full press release after the break, jump, whatever….
WE DARE YOU TO WATCH!
SPINE-TINGLING HI-DEF SCARES ARRIVE ON
BLU-RAY DISC JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN
THE OMEN (1976), THE OMEN COLLECTION,
NIGHT WATCH and DAY WATCH
Frightful Favorites From Fox Home Entertainment
Unearthed On “Boo-Ray” September 9th
**Highlighted By All-New BD Exclusive Content On The Omen
Including New On-Camera Interview With Director Richard Donner**
LOS ANGELES, CA – You’ll see and get goosebumps as Fox Home Entertainment dares you to watch several horror classics as you’ve never seen them before with four new Blu-ray Disc (BD) releases debuting on September 9th.
Prepare to scream as the dark terror of Damien is unleashed in high-definition with the Collector’s Edition BD release of the infamous horror film THE OMEN (1976) starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, highlighted with never-before-seen content including an all-new interview with director Richard Donner and special isolated score track featuring the haunting Academy Award®-winning music. Also available on BD will be the pulse-pounding THE OMEN COLLECTION four-disc set featuring all three of the original chilling films (The Omen, Damien: Omen II and Omen III: Final Conflict), as well as the terrifying 2006 blockbuster remake of The Omen that spooked audiences and critics alike.
The high-def terror continues on Blu-ray with the release of the visually stunning Russian horror/fantasy epics NIGHT WATCH and DAY WATCH from acclaimed director Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”) about the ultimate apocalyptic battle between the forces of Light and Darkness unlike any the world has ever known!
THE OMEN (1976) BD will be authored in AVC (MPEG 4) compression on a dual layer 50GB disc; presented in widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio plus English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin & Cantonese subtitles. Bonus features content includes:
· BD Exclusive – Richard Donner on The Omen interview featurette
· BD Exclusive – The Omen Revelations BonusView with Trivia Track
· BD Exclusive – Commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs, Nick Redman and Jeff Bond
· BD Exclusive – Isolated score track (Dolby Surround 5.1 audio)
· Introduction by director Richard Donner
· Commentary by director Richard Donner and editor Stuart Baird
· Commentary by director Richard Donner and screenwriter Brian Helgeland
· “Dog Attack” Deleted Scene with optional commentary by director Richard Donner and screenwriter Brian Helgeland
· 666: The Omen Revealed featurette
· The Omen Legacy featurette
· Curse or Coincidence? featurette
· An Appreciation: Wes Craven On The Omen featurette
· Jerry Goldsmith on The Omen Score featurette
· Screenwriters Notebook featurette
· Theatrical trailer
· Still gallery
THE OMEN COLLECTION four-disc BD set includes The Omen (1976), Damien: Omen II and Omen III: Final Conflict authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression on dual-layer 50GB discs presented in widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio plus English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin & Cantonese subtitles; The Omen (2006) is authored in MPEG2 compression on a single-layer 25GB disc presented in widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio and Spanish/French 5.1 Dolby Surround with English/Spanish subtitles only. Individual disc content as follows:
The Omen (1976)
o Special features content listed above
Damien: Omen II
o Commentary by producer Harvey Bernhard
o Theatrical trailer
Omen III: The Final Conflict
o Commentary by director Graham Baker
o Theatrical trailer
The Omen (2006)
o BD Exclusive – The Devil’s Footnotes Trivia Track
o Commentary with director John Moore, producer Glen Williamson and editor Dan Zimmerman
o Revelations 666 featurette
o Abbey Road Sessions featurette
o Extended scenes
NIGHT WATCH BD will be authored in HDMV with MPEG 4 compression on a dual-layer 50GB disc; presented in widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with Russian/English 5.1 Dolby TruHD amd English/French 5.1 Dolby Surround plus English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin & Cantonese subtitles. Bonus features include:
Commentary with director Timur Bekmambetov
Subtitled commentary by novelist Sergei Lukyanenko (English, French & Spanish subtitles)
Making of Night Watch featurette
Characters, Story and Subtitles featurette
Night Watch Trilogy featurette
Seven deleted scenes with commentary by director Timur Bekmambetov
Extended ending – “The Roof”
Comic book still gallery
Poster still gallery
Theatrical trailer
D-Box capabilities
DAY WATCH BD will be authored in HDMV with MPEG 4 compression on dual-layer 50GB disc; presented in widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio, Russian 5.1 Dolby TruHD and French/Spanish 5.1 Dolby Surround plus English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin & Cantonese subtitles. Bonus features include:
Commentary with director Timur Bekmambetov
The Making of Day Watch featurette
Russian TV Spots
Theatrical trailers
D-Box capabilities
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