Imaginary appears in an aspect ratio of 2.39:1 on this Blu-ray Disc. This was a positive presentation.
Sharpness looked solid. A few shots were slightly soft, but not to a substantial degree, so most of the movie seemed accurate and concise.
No jagged edges or shimmering occurred, and I saw no edge haloes. Source flaws were a non-factor, as the movie stayed clean.
We found a palette that favored amber/orange, with the usual blue along for the scary scenes. Within their generally dingy parameters, the colors appeared solid.
Blacks seemed deep and tight, while shadows were smooth and well-delineated. In the end, the transfer proved to be appealing.
Downconverted to Dolby TrueHD 7.1, I also felt positive about the pretty good Dolby Atmos soundtrack of Imaginary. Given the nature of the story, moody environmental information dominated the mix.
These elements filled out the speakers in a fairly involving manner. The movie didn’t become a constant whiz-bang soundfield, but it created a decent sense of place.
The more active “scare moments” used the spectrum in the most dynamic manner, but they failed to appear on a frequent basis. Instead, music and moody ambience became the most prominent components.
Audio quality was fine, as speech seemed natural and concise. Effects depicted the elements with acceptable accuracy and boasted pleasing low-end when necessary.
Music showed positive clarity and range, and they also packed solid bass response at times. This was a perfectly positive mix for the material.
When we shift to extras, we get an audio commentary from writer/director Jeff Wadlow and actor DeWanda Wise. Both sit together for this running, screen-specific look at story/characters, cast and performances, sets, locations and visual design, various effects, deleted/alternate scenes, and connected domains.
This turns into a fairly informative chat. Despite more than a few dollops of the usual happy talk, we get enough worthwhile material to make this a pretty good discussion.
Under Exploring the Never Ever, we get four featurettes with a total running time of 18 minutes, 53 seconds. Across these, we hear from Wadlow, Wise, producer Jason Blum, costume designer Eulyn Collette Hufkie, line producers Paige Pemberton and Paul B. Uddo, puppet supervisor Mark Viniello, fabricator/puppeteer Claire Frewin, mechanical designer Richard Landon, production designer Meghan Rogers, and actors Betty Buckley, Pyper Braun, Taegan Burns, Samuel Salary, Tom Payne, Dane DiLiegro, and Michael Bekemeier.
“Ever” looks at the premise and story/characters, costumes, various effects and set design. After a slow first segment, the featurettes bring us some good info.
A second disc offers a DVD copy of Imaginary. It provides the same extras as the Blu-ray.
Given a fairly intriguing premise, I hoped Imaginary would provide a better than average horror flick. Instead, it fails to explore its concept in a creative manner and becomes another predictable and tedious attempt at scares. The Blu-ray comes with positive picture and audio as well as a few bonus materials. Don’t expect much from this forgettable project.