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Horror and sci-fi veteran Lance Henriksen (Alien, Near Dark) takes you through a fascinating look at the history of the American horror film, examining the earliest monster movies of the silent era up to the scariest modern-day masterpieces. Highlights include interviews with genre masters Roger Corman, John Carpenter and George A. Romero, plus clips from classic films like The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Hostel, Rosemary's Baby and many more!

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The Best Documentary Of Its Kind in Years! --Fangoria

Insanely Informative and fascinating... a unique perspective on the rise of the American Horror film. --Classic-horror.com

Thoroughly Entertaining --Dread Central

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 9260132
Director ‏ : ‎ Andrew Monument
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Multiple Formats
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 36 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ September 28, 2010
Actors ‏ : ‎ Lance Henriksen, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Joe Dante, Dennis Fischer
Producers ‏ : ‎ Joseph Maddrey
Studio ‏ : ‎ Kino Lorber films
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003VWR1XS
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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DebO

EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY THAT REFLECTS LITERARY CRITICISM

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2020

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I'm an English professor who teaches a course in Gothic and horror literature. I had been teaching the course for several semesters when I happened on this documentary. I was floored because this film discusses many of the aspects of horror that literary critics discuss and that I had already been teaching in my course. We now watch this documentary the first week of class because it summarizes so well what we will discuss during the semester and demonstrates many of the concepts through films that the horror fans who take my course are often familiar with. Some of the best horror film directors -- aside from the incomparable Hitchcock, who we lost before this was filmed -- share their views with us. If you want to know what's behind horror films, these are the minds that create them.

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Lou

Highlights of the making of horror movies condensed very well

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2021

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John Carpenter, Wes Craven, George Romero, Stephen King...from Universal Horror monster days of Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff up to present day remakes and more...a great breakdown of where it all started, how in continued and evolved and how it will continue to grow. A great doc on the genre that included a lot of big names both directing and titles...a good watch for those who love the genre and appreciate all of it's aspects...watch, if you dare ;)

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Daniel R.

A great introduction into American horror

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019

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Spanning 100 years of American horror movies, this doc should be required viewing for every high school film class. I enjoyed how the director demonstrates how horror movies have changed throughout the years to reflect on what is happening in society. The commentary from the horror directors like Dante, Carpenter and Romero are both insightful and funny. Had it gone deeper into each decade, it would have been four or five hours long. Highly recommended!

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Mudda Goose

Great Ideas to consider, but taken with a grain of salt; Good History on Horror movies

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020

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Overall the commentary went from things about where our horror stories and movies derived from in human nature, all the way to now conveying either harsh realities and socio-political ideals/falsities.

To my own personal experience, I can say that sometimes the commentary feels accredited well, particularly covering the history and era shifts for the movies. However, eventually it turns into a curveball of back and forths about societal views on political beliefs, which on the one hand is conveyed with much inquiry, but ultimately feels either misplaced or simply false-narratives that these filmmakers/directors feel they have a say in what goes on in the world.

Part of me is intrigued and encouraging the idea of filmmakers pushing for any sort of political or societal views to be challenged or brought forth in all movies (not just horror). Another part of me, and this is the predominant part of me, hates it. Movies shouldn't be trying to brainwash you into a belief, but rather open up your mind to many possibilities. Psycho for example, is a movie that challenges our perception of what the real evil and monsters are in the world, and the answer is bleak but on point: it is us, when our feral and sadistic nature takes hold. It is when the sickened end up embracing their loss or over-abundance for humanity that drives them to do either the unspoken, or the unthinkable. That is a dissection of just 1 movie out of MANY to cover. I understand the time constraint, but I'll be damned if they didn't gloss over a bunch of movies that were well worth mention that never made even an appearance. Partially because it felt like the Directors' flexes, partially to drive the narrative of violence=bad (which is fine), and another to take political ideals to the front seats.

To put it bluntly: a good historical reference on horror movies that changed its genre of American Cinema; not a good EXPLORATION on what the directors were conceiving for their movies, nor the movies they talk about. But, definitely a start...and that's what a documentary is: a feature film that is meant to inform, invest, and take you into a new exploratory realm of thought.

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Love horror films, but hate hypocritical propaganda

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2020

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Wasn't expecting to get a lecture on how evil American capitalism is from guys living in mansions and driving Ferraris . Not the appropriate forum for the political commentary. Regret the time I spent watching.

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angel g.

Very Intriging!

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2021

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I watched this film for a class that I'm taking, but I actually enjoyed the content overall. Being introduced to older horror films that had both never heard of and was familiar with and to hear the interpretations of those films from other perspectives felt like I was having an indirect conversation with the speakers. Very interesting to hear their different perspectives.

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2022

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Was a very grate documentary.

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