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The Omen Collection Blu-ray
The Omen / Damien: Omen II / The Final Conflict / The Omen 66620th Century Fox | 1976-2006 | 436 mins | Rated R | Oct 07, 2008
The Omen Collection(1976-2006)Horror | Mystery | Thriller     This box set includes the following titles: The Omen 666 The Omen * Damien: Omen II The Final Conflict * BD-50 For more details about The Omen Collection on Blu-ray, see The Omen Collection Blu-ray Review The Omen Collection Blu-ray, Video Quality  The Omen Rating: 4/5 20th Century Fox presents The Omen on Blu-ray with a 1080p high definition, 2.35:1-framed transfer. Potential viewers need be aware that The Omen does not represent the pinnacle of high definition eye candy. The film offers a restrained, slightly bleak, somewhat flat, and grainy picture. Nevertheless, the film has never looked better; the grain structure is used to fine effect, particularly in the film's darker corners, and while the print showcases the occasional blemish, it has been cleaned up and offers audiences an image that represents the best The Omen has ever looked on home video. Black levels aren't extraordinarily deep or inky here, only moderately so, rather offering a hint of gray in some scenes. Detail is moderately good, be it the interior of the Thorn home, clothing, or various exterior settings, such as the zoo or Damien's birthday party near the beginning of the film. Look at a scene in chapter 22 as Mr. Thorn speaks with Mrs. Baylock in the kitchen. The dishes seen throughout, the wallpaper, and various knickknacks bring the scene alive, all benefitting from the improved resolution of the Blu-ray transfer. Facial detail is strong, and flesh tones never veer too far away from natural. Colors are strong; a yellow taxi seen in chapter 23, for example, is bright and clean but not harsh or overblown. The Omen is a film that offers a fine example of how a properly mastered Blu-ray can breathe new life into an old classic, and fans will be most pleased with the results. Damien: Omen II Rating: 3.5/5 20th Century Fox brings Damien: Omen II to Blu-ray in a faithful 1080p, 2.35:1-framed transfer. This disc reveals a nice level of detail. It looks like a 30-year-old film, but then again, it is displayed as intended, and the Blu-ray disc replicates its intended look nicely. Film grain is left intact and adds a nice film-like look to the presentation. Colors are a bit dull and washed out in the film's opening sequence, but spring to life later in the picture. Flesh tones generally look normal if not featuring just a hint of red to them. Despite some softness about the image, both in background and select foreground shots, detail is moderately high and colors are excellent; check out an outdoor scene in chapter six as Damien and Mark meet their new Sergeant. The color and detail on the uniforms look great. The sun glistens off the Stars and Stripes, and the image offers moderately good depth of field. Some colors seem a bit over saturated, like a bright red fur coat worn by a character as seen in chapter nine. Black levels hold up well throughout, never offering a deep, dark black, but never appearing too bright, gray, or blue, either. Damien: Omen II looks just fine, a solid presentation of a 30-year-old catalogue title. Omen III: The Final Conflict Rating: 3.5/5 Another fine looking catalogue title from Fox, Omen III: The Final Conflict retains a look similar to the previous film, right down to its 2.35:1 aspect ratio and, for the Blu-ray release, a 1080p high definition transfer. Grain swirls about the screen in many scenes and black levels are decent. The first time Damien Thorn is seen, during a screening of a proposed television commercial for his company, the image is bathed in black for several moments where grain is heavy and black levels look less than exemplary, but not too bad. Like the previous entries, The Final Conflict offers up a somewhat dull look with a slightly muted color palette, many scenes featuring a rather hazy appearance. Nevertheless, detail remains moderately high and colors are generally strong. There are some scenes that are particularly vibrant and nicely detailed; an outdoor sequence in chapter 12 stands out as a fine example. Flesh tones appear somewhat pale in several scenes. Omen III: The Final Conflict features a generally solid transfer that doesn't offer flashy visuals, but it does remain true to the source, which is all one can truly ask for. The Omen (666) Rating: 4/5 The Omen (666) makes its mark on Blu-ray with an above-average 1080p, 1.85:1 transfer. The image looks fairly good in its bright outdoor locales, best demonstrated by those scenes taking place in Jerusalem near the end of the film. The image is crystal-clear and highly detailed, not only in clothing and in faces, but in the surroundings as well, especially the earth-toned colors of the buildings and the ground. The goriest scene of the movie is set here, and it is a somewhat disturbing image that shows quite a bit of gruesome detail that can be seen in all its gory glory. Other fine details scattered throughout the film appear equally impressive, notably those seen immediately proceeding the ambassador's death in Italy early in the film. Viewers are privy to the individual bricks on the street, the grime on a tire well, the grooves in the tire itself, and all of it looks as real as if one were sitting a foot away from it in person. Detail in close-ups of faces is also fine, as every line, pit, blemish and strand of facial hair is clearly visible. Much of the color palette seen in The Omen (666) is slightly dulled. Many whites seem to have a slightly gray and blue tint to them, a fact seemingly due to directorial decisions for setting the lighting and mood of the film. Nevertheless, black levels are nearly perfect. Flesh tones appear to be a bit off, and some close-up shots appear soft and lack a defined sharpness. Film grain is retained throughout the picture, and it adds a depth and sense of dread to some scenes, as do some of the deliberately hazy-in-appearance shots scattered throughout the film. The Omen (666) isn't the pinnacle of Blu-ray high definition imagery, but it is solid enough, and one that shouldn't disappoint viewers. The Omen Collection Blu-ray, Audio Quality  The Omen Rating: 3.5/5 The Omen haunts Blu-ray with a lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack, and the disc also retains the film's original monaural mix. The lossless rendition of the score and all of the film's dialogue and effects provide solid presence, adequate in both volume and fidelity, though it remains focused primarily across the front with only the occasional rear channel presence. Sound effects are loud and somewhat undefined, such as the sound of shattering glass as the Thorn's first nanny hangs herself and crashes through a window. Though the lack of surround activity is palpable, the back channels come alive in support of the primaries on several occasions. The first time they work with any sort of vitality is during the film's zoo scene in chapter 13 as the animals cause quite the ruckus in reaction to Damien's visit. The soundtrack does provide some punch in the form of lows in a few scenes, an example being the smashing of a headstone in chapter 26. Dialogue is rendered adequately throughout. The Omen's audio quality, much like that of its video, is not of modern-day reference quality, but it does benefit a great deal from its reproduction on Blu-ray. Damien: Omen II Rating: 3/5 20th Century Fox brings Damien: Omen II to Blu-ray with an adequate DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The original monaural soundtrack is also included. Dialogue, in particular, is reproduced nicely. Sound effects are loud but feature a nice up-front presence, particularly louder effects like a collapse in an underground chamber in chapter three. Surround speakers are rarely employed, and sound doesn't spread far from the center channel. Even the film's score remains focused up the middle, the left and right front channels carrying only a hint of the accompaniment. Still, the lossless 5.1 mix offers a fuller, richer experience over the mono mix, which is flatter and features less vitality in all areas. Damien: Omen II won't wow listeners with a robust, full-fledged lossless 5.1 surround sound experience, but it remains faithful to the source and adds a bit of oomph and clarity over the mono mix. Omen III: The Final Conflict Rating: 3.5/5 Omen III: The Final Conflict, like its predecessors, is offered with a DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Certainly the most satisfying of the original Omen films in terms of room-filling presence and sound placement across the front, The Final Conflict offers a generally robust, though still reserved, front-heavy mix. The sound does flow effortlessly as it spreads across the front, the film's title theme music playing nicely all across the front soundstage. Still, like the previous films, there is a lack of a rear channel presence. The back speakers offer nary a note or effect, and if they do, it's whisper-quiet or completely inaudible. Several times throughout the film, the soundtrack picks up to a powerful, room-filling experience. Damien's speech to throngs of followers in chapter 13, and the growing, reverberating chant of "we hear" in response, is chilling. While not an extravagant track, this one suits the film well, is in-line with the presentation of the previous two films, and is never a hinderance to the presentation. The Omen (666) Rating: 4.5/5 The Omen (666) presents listeners with a devilishly good DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack. This is a solid, well-rounded soundtrack where dialogue is crisp and natural and the action and atmospherics of the film are let loose and sometimes stretch the limits of any sound system. There are several instances of loud, devastating explosions, each one enough to scatter pets and leave ears ringing. There are other pounding moments, such as when a gorilla attempts to escape from a cage in the zoo. Every beat of its hand against the glass causes a rumbling tremor throughout the listening area as the repeated thumps emanate from the subwoofer. Bass rumbles in chapter 12 with a low, tight, powerful effect. Nevertheless, those less-than-exciting moments of the film present listeners with a sometimes flat soundtrack. There isn't much in the way of rear channel presence (save for the blending of the score into the rear) or ambience outside of the louder, more raucous scenes. In chapter 13, a rainstorm offers a nice and complete rear-channel presence, and the thunder in the scene booms and the wind ravages the soundstage, as well as the locale on-screen, with effective realism. Add to that some of those generic, "scary" howls, screams, moans, chants, and the like that sound good here but don't really add anything to the movie, and the soundtrack that accompanies The Omen (666) just might be the only reason to watch the movie. The Omen Collection Blu-ray, News and Updates• Omen Blu-ray Collection in Gold Box Today - October 24, 2009 Amazon's Gold Box deal-of-the-day is a Blu-ray special offer on 'The Omen Collection' (comprised of 'The Omen', 'Damien: Omen II', 'Omen III: The Final Conflict' and 'The Omen 666'), which today can be bought on Blu-ray for only $44.99, or just over $11 each title ... • Today on Blu-ray - October 7th - October 7, 2008 Since the early days of the format, Disney has been at the forefront of Blu-ray support, ensuring that consumers were able to purchase the best high definition home theater experience possible. Their critically acclaimed releases for films such as 'Pirates of the ... • Fox Announces The Omen Collection for Blu-ray - June 30, 2008 Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'The Omen Collection' to Blu-ray on September 9th. The four disc set will feature the three original Omen films ('The Omen' (1976), 'Damien: Omen II', and 'Omen III: Final Conflict') as well as the 2006 ... The Omen Collection Blu-ray, Forum Discussions
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