The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection [Blu-ray]

In a nutshell I love the 4K restorations, probably the best these classic movies have ever looked. I give the restorations themselves an A+, hence the five stars. But read on. On the other hand, the packaging is about the worst I've ever encountered and yes I've literally bought thousands of Blu-rays. Although good looking (that's not the problem), the packaging suffers in the most basic function which actually is protecting the discs. It is so hard to get the discs out of the packaging that you can't help but get fingerprints all over the disc meaning they often won't play without cleaning them. I give the packaging an F for that reason. Whoever the package designer was and the quality control person, they failed their jobs miserably. So beware this horrible fault.

Rear Window looks better than ever. But the real star of this box set for me is Vertigo. The 4k transfer of Vertigo is well worth the upgrade from 1080p. Incredible sharpness and detail (thanks to the VistaVision process) and wonderful rich colors. Just a gorgeous film, in addition to its merit as one of the greatest films ever made. For me personally, The Birds and Psycho (which I have not watched in 4K yet) are nice to have but not essential. Very happy to have this set in my collection.

Such an amazing collection of imo the best Hitchcock movies. Comes with a gorgeous box and an awesome booklet of info on the movie

A great collection of the more well known Hitchcock movies. Definitely worth it!

Recently purchased a high end 4k Blu Ray player, and have been going back to buying physical media. This Box set alone is exactly why streaming with never compete. First off, the picture quality is unmatched, Audio is uncompressed, and the boxset itself is just incredible. The touch, the feel, the colors, the overall experience of "owning" this is just great. Can't wait to buy more!

Item was well packed and arrived in good condition and as advertised. Great movie collection

This is one good set of 4 of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movies. If you haven't seen THE BIRDS, PSYCHO, REAR WINDOW, or VERTIGO in UHD 4K, now is the time. Overall, a better improvement over the previous blu-rays. However, there seems to be an issue with the PSYCHO 4K discs with the audio not having the "original sound mix" for an audio selection. The Blu-rays in this set are the exact same in content, audio and menu design. The movies look good, probably the best they ever have been before. The set also comes with a nice outer sleeve and embossed lettering. The discs and artwork are fabulous and come in their own sleeves. Universal has this book sleeve style going for a few of their sets. With any of these types, you are probably going to have to grasp the disc by your finger tips, thus fingerprints may be present before playing. Handle with care as always. It looks like all previous special features were brought over from other releases prior to this and they look good as well. The menu designs are good and easy to select from. For best picture and sound, I suggest you play these back on the 4K player and 4K TV with HDR. If your equipment is not fairly new, you may not notice the improvements. This DOES include the UNCUT version of PSYCHO on the 4K plus the edited down version we all saw on Video, DVD, Blu-ray, TV broadcasts over the past 60 years. The extended scenes seem to be in the parlor discussion, the stabbing of the private investigator, and perhaps when Norman was spying on Marion into the bathroom. All in all, a good set to own, but with the audio issue of PSYCHO not having the original sound mix to select from the menu, I have to subtract a star for the whole set. It appears Universal is aware of this and are working on a replacement. If and when they do that remains to be seen as of this review. As far as picture quality, these are superior to previous blu-ray releases by Universal. THE BIRDS and the others have never looked so good. The same 4K disc and Blu-ray are in the new black PSYCHO Steelbook release as in this set.

Love this boxed set! The weakest is "Birds" -- I wanted to strangle the protagonists most of the time--but all four of these are classic thrillers. NO OTHER movies in the current pablum approximate grabbing the viewer by the scruff of the neck and make it IMPOSSIBLE to disengage. We did pause Vertigo and Rear Window a few times to catch our breath, but these are delicious treats of the genre. James Stewart and Kim Novak are great in Vertigo and what a plot! WE watched the Blu-Ray and not the 4K version, and the picture was still great in 1080p. HAVE TO COMMENT on the AUDIO: so impressed by how the soundstage was anchored to our 12ft screen and the scene ambiance of our theater room; this was uncannily apparent in dialog between actors: voices popped out of their mouths on the screen, all the while surrounding ambiance was maintained. MOST far more modern and high-tech-endowed movies do not approximate this level of realism. Rear Window was another suspense classic. Soundstage not quite so good as in Vertigo. But James Stewart's performance, and the PLOT (whatever happened to plots?) drove this without sex, violence, explosions, "special effects" to a pitch we could not ignore. Wow! We'd enjoyed James Stewart in Flight of the Phoenix (another MUST WATCH if you enjoy drama and great acting) and It's Wonderful Life. Want more of that quality. We will look for more of Mr. Hitchcock's work.

Llegó en perfecto estado y sin daños. La colección incluye las 4 películas mejor valoradas del Maestro del Suspenso. La calidad de la imagen es muy buena. Trae inglés DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono así como español latino Digital Surround 2.0 mono, con el doblaje clásico original que se distribuyó en México. Los códigos digitales son válidos para USA.

Excelente adição para minha coleção! O Box é perfeito, a remasterização dos filmes ficou ótima e a arte dos estojos trouxe aquele ar de nostalgia da época das locadoras. Super indico! O mestre do suspense merece ser visto e revisto!

The 4K upgrade to these movies are a remarkable transformation, almost like new films and a worthwhile leap from the standard Blu-ray . VERTIGO,REAR WINDOW , PSYCHO and THE BIRDS are stunning. Here we are some sixty plus years later still talking about Hitchcock’s mastery and the influence he made on the genre . An absolute must for serious fans from the Grandmaster of suspense and true collectors items

Beautiful 4K transfers.

This 4K compilation is must-buy for Hitchcock fans. All four movies are excellent classics with great cast performances, dialogues and tension, quality picture and many extras telling the development stories of movies, which I always welcome, because I'm always interested how movies were made and how they were accepted back in their release date time. I really enjoyed all four movies in the package and thanks to good quality they don't seem like outdated too old pictures and Hitchock style of serving the story to audience feels fresh and worked perfectly on me again, even if I saw the movies some decades ago already. Package itself looks very good and language and subtitle variety is perfect. That's what I would call final definitive release and perfect presentation for all movies. Only small negative is probably confusing menu navigation.