The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo, and Psycho are coming your way in new 4K (and more) boxed set

Universal Studios is at last releasing a boxed set of the best of director Alfred Hitchcock in the highest quality yet. The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection is a new 4K Ultra HD library that will include The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo, and Psycho. Psycho fans take note: The set includes two versions of the film, including the original uncut release that did not air anywhere for decades. With hours of extra features, the downside is the audio commentary doesn’t include any of the many actors discussing the film that are still available all these years later. But each disc does include contemporary interviews with the master of suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock. Each film is a classic, and each a recurring favorite on the American Film Institute lists of top films. Check out the details for the 4k release below. You can pre-order the collection now here at Amazon.

Rear Window special features:

Audio commentary by Hitchcock’s Rear Window: The Well-Made Film author
Rear Window Ethics – 2000 documentary
Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Masters of Cinema
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Rear Window
Production photo gallery
Theatrical trailer
Re-release trailer narrated by Jimmy Stewart

Vertigo special features:

Audio commentary by filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist)
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock’s Masterpiece
Partners In Crime: Hitchcock’s Collaborators
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Edith Head: Dressing the Master’s Movies
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock’s Maestro
Alma: The Master’s Muse
Foreign censorship ending
100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Vertigo
Theatrical trailer
Restoration theatrical trailer

Psycho special features:

Original uncut and standard re-releases version of the film
The Making of Psycho
The Making of Psycho audio commentary with Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho author
Psycho Sound
In The Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy
Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
The Psycho Archives
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Psycho
Posters and ad gallery
Lobby card gallery
Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
Production photo gallery
Psycho theatrical trailers
Psycho re-release trailer

The Birds special features:

The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie
All About The Birds
Original ending
Deleted scene
Tippi Hedren’s screen test
The Birds is coming (Universal International Newsreel)
Suspense Story: National Press Club hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
100 Years of Universal: The Lot
Theatrical trailer