Two of the most recognisable horror movies to come out of Asian cinema in the 2000s are getting a rather nice upgrade this month, with Carlotta Films releasing The Eye and The Eye 2 together in a new 4K UHD and Blu-ray box set on September 15, 2026.
The films, directed by Hong Kong filmmaking brothers Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, will be available together for the first time in new 4K restorations, although there is an important difference between the two formats – The Eye gets the full 4K UHD treatment, while The Eye 2 is included on Blu-ray only.
For horror fans who remember the wave of Asian supernatural movies that helped define the genre internationally during the early 2000s, this is a particularly welcome release – The Eye arrived in 2002 with a simple but brilliantly creepy idea – what if regaining your sight meant discovering that you could suddenly see things that were never supposed to be visible?
The result became one of the Pang brothers’ best-known films and one of the standout horror movies of its era.
The Eye Still Has One Hell of a Premise
The Eye follows Mann, who has been blind since she was two years old and receives an experimental cornea transplant eighteen years later, where the operation appears to be a success and she can finally see, but her new sight comes with an unexpected complication – Mann begins seeing strange figures and supernatural phenomena that everyone around her appears completely oblivious to.
The film runs for 99 minutes and will be presented on UHD with a new 4K master, with the UHD edition also supporting Dolby Vision and HDR10, and Carlotta are preserving the original presentation while including both the original-language and French versions with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 options.
The second film, The Eye 2: Rebirths, takes a different approach while retaining the supernatural connection – released in 2004, it follows Joey, who attempts to take her own life in a Bangkok hotel following a breakup, and when she wakes up, she discovers that she is pregnant, but that isn’t the only major change in her life – she has also acquired the ability to see the ghosts of the dead.
The sequel runs for 95 minutes and, while it won’t be appearing on a 4K UHD disc in this release, it has received a new high-definition restoration for its Blu-ray presentation.
Plenty of Extras for Horror Fans
The extras on this box set is farily good, with the more detailed edition currently listing an interview with producer Peter Ho-Sun Chan, who discusses his meeting with the Pang brothers and the production of the pan-Asian film, along with a visual essay by horror critic Heather Wixson examining vision, empathy and the female ghost story in The Eye, while there are also two making-of features, trailers and an alternative ending.
The set will be available as either a 4K UHD + Blu-ray box set or a two-Blu-ray box set, with the physical package presented in a rigid slipcase and Digipak.
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