On December 2, Fox Home Video will issue the Alien Quadrilogy, a nine-disc set featuring all four Alien films, a bonus disc to accompany each film, plus a ninth disc of further extras for $99.98.

From bonus-laden special editions of venerable movie franchises to an accelerating release schedule of TV series boxed sets, multi-disc collector’s packages were the key for DVDs in 2003. Fox’s “Alien ...