When it comes to buying horror movies on Blu-ray, we have one issue; we already own so many horror movies on DVD, that upgrading them all to Blu-ray would cost a small fortune. There are some titles that we have to own in the best format available however, and so we open to you our Blu-ray Archives which consist of what we consider to be Must Own Horror & Genre Blu-ray's.
Alien (1979)
Director's Cut & Theatrical Version20th Century Fox
Price: $15.95+
Discs: 1 50 GB Blu-ray Disc
Video: 1080p
MPEG-4 AVC
2.35:1 AR
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: DTS 5.1
Spanish/Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese.
Region Free
With Alien and Blade Runner, Ridley Scott helped to change the validity of Sci-Fi movies forever. It also helped to legitimize the horror genre, giving audiences a monster movie that wasn't cheesy and that didn't feel fake. Many have tried to reproduce Alien's Gothic horror in the years since its release, but it still stands in a class all by itself.
Ooh, an Engineer! |
Giger's Xenomorph is truly breathtaking to behold in HD.
...and the Chestburster scene is a thing of exquisite beauty on Blu-ray. |
He can't hear much of anything. |
- 1979 Theatrical Version
- 2003 Director's Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction
- 2003 Audio Commentary with Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O'Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, and Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skeritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Hurt
- Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott
- Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Composer's Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Deleted and Extended Scenes (1080p, 6:39)
"All those features..." |
The Movie |
The Blu-ray Experience |
This movie rocks; one of the best ever in any genre.
ReplyDeleteI saw it when at college, iirc; I walked home afterwards along the sea front to the digs I was staying in; it was dark, and raining - I neely died from fright when I saw black tenticles fluttering in the wind - it was a shredded, black plastic bag. :D