Clash of the Titans appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this Blu-ray Disc. The nature of the source made this a good but erratic image.
Sharpness seemed inconsistent but usually appeared positive. Most of the movie presented a reasonably crisp and detailed image despite sporadic soft shots.
I noted no problems related to jagged edges or shimmering, and I also detected no signs of edge haloes. Grain felt natural – albeit heavy thanks to all the effects work involved – and I witnessed no print flaws.
For the most part, colors looked vibrant and distinct. Titans featured a somewhat hazy look that fit the mythological setting and all that grain took a toll, but the hues usually seemed fairly clear and accurate.
Black levels came across with fairly solid depth and outside of the inevitable murkiness in day for night shots, low-light elements felt clear. No one will view this as a visual showcase but the Blu-ray did well with a challenging source.
Downconverted to Dolby TrueHD 7.1, the remixed Dolby Atmos soundtrack of Clash of the Titans provided a positive affair. The soundfield seemed active and involving.
Music showed nice stereo imaging, while effects spread smoothly across the forward spectrum. In addition to some localized speech, the effects seemed accurately placed and they blended together neatly and efficiently.
The surrounds added a nice sense of environment, especially during the action sequences. The material moved nicely around the spectrum and provided a fairly convincing setting.
Audio quality seemed a bit more average for the era but the sound still worked well. Speech seemed somewhat flat but the lines always remained intelligible, and the lines demonstrated no problems related to edginess.
Effects came across as moderately thin with some boomy bass, but those elements sounded fine for an older flick. The effects offered no significant distortion, and most of the material appeared acceptably vivid and clean.
Music fared best of all, as the movie presented a nicely bright and rich score. Overall, the audio for Clash of the Titans has held up nicely over the decades.
How did this 2026 Arrow Blu-ray compare to the prior BD from 2010? The Arrow’s Atmos track became a bit more involving but I thought it offered only moderate expansion compared to the 2010 version’s DTS-HD MA 5.1.
As for visual quality, the Arrow Blu-ray lacked the 2010’s print flaws and it felt more accurate and clear. The nature of the grainy source restricted improvements but this still turned into the more satisfying of the pair.
This 2026 Arrow release mixes old and new extras, and we find Ray Harryhausen & Charles Schneer at the BFI, an audio recording that plays along with the film for its initial one hour, 33 minutes, five seconds. Recorded in 1970, it combines creature effects creator Ray Harryhausen with longtime producer Charles Schneer.
They dig into the history of stop-motion animation as well as their work. On the negative side, it can become tough to hear audience questions, and some of the material relates to visuals we can’t see.
Still, we get a good look at the topics. Harryhausen covers the technical side of filmmaking while Schneer takes the bigger picture in this informative piece.
In the same vein, we get Ray Harryhausen at the BFI. Taped in 1981, it gives us an audio reel that runs alongside the first one hour, 23 minutes, three seconds of Clash.
A session that took place after a screening of Clash, creature effects creator Harryhausen gives a live chat that covers domains similar to those in the 1970 recording but with the addition of notes related to Clash.
Inevitably, we find some repeated facts and stories. However, Harryhausen brings enough new material to make this a good session.
We get more extras on a separate Blu-ray, the first two of which also appeared on the prior BD. A Conversation with Ray Harryhausen offers exactly what one might expect: a 12-minute, 14-second program in which the special effects legend discusses his work.
Harryhausen briefly goes over his early career and also ends with his thoughts about fantasy films in general, but mostly he covers his efforts for Titans. He provides some good general notes about the flick as well as some specifics about his creations during this reasonably interesting piece.
Myths and Monsters allows us to learn more about the film’s creatures so we get short discussions of Calibos, Bubo, Pegasus, the scorpions, Medusa, the Kraken, and Dioskilos. Each of these segments offers quick notes from Harryhausen about the different characters.
The segments run between 41 seconds and 113 seconds for a total of eight minutes, 35 seconds of footage. Some of Harryhausen’s comments seem bland – such as his quick discussion of Bubo – but most appear quite useful. He explains topics like the inclusion of the live actor for Calibos and covers a number of other nice details.
New to the Arrow release, we find a documentary entitled Courage & Imagination. It spans one hour, 48 minutes, seven seconds and brings info from film scholars David Cairns and Fiona Watson, filmmakers Joe Dante and John Landis, special effects artist Randall William Cook, Harryhausen’s daughter Vanessa, and Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation collections manager Connor Heaney. Archival remarks from Ray Harryhausen also appear.
“Courage” examines the participants’ interest in Ray Harryhausen’s work and its impact on them as well as Harryhausen’s career, with some emphasis on Clash. With so much else about Harryhausen’s life elsewhere in the set, we don’t get a ton of new information here, but “Courage” still offers an enjoyable enough overview and the elements specific to Clash add value.
Along with two trailers, we locate six image galleries that cover “Costume Designs” (20), “Behind the Scenes” (3), “Pressbook” (8), “Posters” (13), “Color Stills” (133) and “Black & White Stills” (70). These create a good collection of elements.
As the final work from effects legend Ray Harryhausen, Clash of the Titans merits notice for historical reasons, but the movie itself seems fairly lackluster. To be sure, it provides a moderate amount of entertainment, but the whole feels like less than the sum of its parts. The Blu-ray offers appropriate visuals along with surprisingly positive audio and a strong roster of extras. Arrow makes this a quality release for an inconsistent film.
