TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

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:
Ÿ The Omen (1976)
o Special features content listed above
Ÿ Damien: Omen II
o Commentary by producer Harvey Bernhard
o Theatrical trailer
Ÿ Omen III: The Final Conflict
o Commentary by director Graham Baker
o Theatrical trailer
Ÿ 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:
Ÿ Commentary with director Timur Bekmambetov
Ÿ Subtitled commentary by novelist Sergei Lukyanenko (English, French & Spanish subtitles)
Ÿ Making of Night Watch featurette
Ÿ Characters, Story and Subtitles featurette
Ÿ Night Watch Trilogy featurette
Ÿ Seven deleted scenes with commentary by director Timur Bekmambetov
Ÿ Extended ending - “The Roof”
Ÿ Comic book still gallery
Ÿ Poster still gallery
Ÿ Theatrical trailer
Ÿ 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:
Ÿ Commentary with director Timur Bekmambetov
Ÿ The Making of Day Watch featurette
Ÿ Russian TV Spots
Ÿ Theatrical trailers
Ÿ D-Box capabilities


THE OMEN (1976) THE OMEN COLLECTION
BD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada BD Price: $129.98 U.S. / $159.98 Canada
Street Date: September 9, 2008 Street Date: September 9, 2008
Prebook Date: August 13, 2008 Prebook Date: August 13, 2008
Running Time: 111 min Running Time: 436 mins
Catalog #: 2253317 Catalog #: 2254055
Rating: R Rating: NR
Closed Captioned Closed Captioned

NIGHT WATCH DAY WATCH
BD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada BD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada
Street Date: September 9, 2008 Street Date: September 9, 2008
Prebook Date: August 13, 2008 Prebook Date: August 13, 2008
Running Time: 114 min Running Time: 142 mins
Catalog #: 2254573 Catalog #: 2254575
Rating: R Rating: R
Closed Captioned Closed Captioned

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Leave it to Fox to coin the term 'Boo-ray'. Hopefully, that term will not be as applicable to the above releases as it is to 'Patton' and 'The Longest Day'.

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Very nice to see more BD exclusive features though it's odd that the isolated score isn't DTS lossless. Did they max out the 50G on this disc I wonder?

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Wow. you scared me Ron.
For a second there I was thinking Fox was going to label that on the blu-ray packaging.
But it is funny though.

But now that I think about it Ron,
Someone or some small DVD distributor is going to see this and probally use it
for their horror line.
Better get that "Boo-ray" trademarked

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

BTW, thedigitalbits has the artwork up for these releases. I'm actually digging the one they used for The Omen:

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

I don't like the sound of that.

And where's Omen IV? I don't care if it's crap. I've never seen it before, but I'd like to.

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

I'm right there with you--it was part of the standard DVD set and should be part of this one. It's not a great piece of work by any means, but it has its virtues. I feel cheated by its absence--if it's not offered here, we may never see it on Blu-ray; conversely, if they dropped the 2006 remake that no one ever asked for, I wouldn't shed a tear.

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

For the original 2.0 stereo dvd release, and even the 5.1 special edition, has anyone else noticed that the music is NOT in true stereo?? It sounds more like broad mono with no noticible seperation. The menues and documentaries however use the original stereo tracks and sound great.

I hope the Blu-ray release has music in true stereo during the feature. After all isn't that what this oscar winning score deserves??

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Sounds like they are just repackaging the current release of Omen 06

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Wasn't Omen IV made-for-cable? Perhaps the original source materials aren't blu-ray worthy. It was likely shot on 16mm and edited in the analog video domain.

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Yes, it was made for the Fox network. And, as covered in the thread about THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Blu-ray thread, 16mm can look better than SD DVD resolution will allow for. Yes, they'd have to re-edit from scratch it from the original film master, but still...

re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Well, they could re-edit it up to a point. If special optical effects were done in the video domain, those would end up looking severely low-res compared to the rest of the feature. I've never seen it myself, so I can't say for sure if that would be an issue with this title or not. Considering its lack of popularity, I don't see Fox ponying up big money to digitally re-do all the special effects just to make it blu-ray worthy.

Re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

I'm working on full reviews of the BRs of Night Watch and Day Watch. They both exhibit excellent video and audio, but I wanted to post an early head's up for those familiar with these films from their U.S. theatrical runs.

Both films, which are in Russian, featured innovative and artful English subtitles woven into their visual fabric. The standard DVD of Night Watch had a version which kept those subs, but the DVD of Day Watch did not. Unfortunately, neither of the BR versions has them. They both have player-generated subs.

I'm still recommending the BRs for their otherwise superlative presentation. The lossless audio tracks sound better than what I remember from the theater. But in case the subtitle issue is a dealbreaker for anyone, I wanted to get the word out early.

M.

Re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH

Yep. It looks just fine, if I recall..

I have "Omen box set" on pre-order. Whatta hell. First two are just great (especially the 1st one, which is a small masterpiece).

Re: TCFHE Press Release: Halloween Favorites on "Boo-Ray" (OMEN/NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH)

Oh man!!! That is a total bummer about Night Watch and Day Watch!! I was actually hoping that Fox would ADD the animated subtitles to their Day Watch release.

I've already asked for these titles for my Birthday (next week). If I don't get them I'm crossing them off the list and going for that Omen box set instead (anyone want the crappy remake?).

TCFHE Releases OMEN ('76)

I'm SUPER happy too hear this cause I'm tried of picking up the BD "Omen".
Only too find its not w/Gregory Peck & Lee Remick; especially Lee Remick!
There was a time (B4 this movie) where she was my favorite screen starlet.