Terror in the Aisles
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of horror films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to cre…
Terror in the Aisles
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of horror films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-induced effects. Horror genre legends Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" (Dressed to Kill (1980), Klute (1971), Ms .45 (1981), The Seduction (1982), Cat People (1982)), loathsome villains (Marathon Man (1976), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Nighthawks (1981), Vice Squad (1982)), "natural terror" (The Birds (1963), Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Nightwing (1979), Alligator (1980)), the occult (Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), The Omen (1976), Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), The Fog (1980), The Howling (1981), Poltergeist (1982), The Thing (1982), The Shining (1980)). In one segment of the anthology, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock presents his concepts of how to create suspense in a clip from Alfred Hitchcock: Men Who Made The Movies (1973). The advertising specifically mentions the movies that clips are taken from as "terror films" instead of "horror films", and some of the movies used here (such as Marathon Man (1976) and Nighthawks (1981)) are not considered horror films but were included because their villains were considered horrifying. The most recent movie used for the 1984 release was Videodrome (1983), which David Cronenberg introduced to theaters in February 1983; the attempts of getting rights to and assembling clips was so extensive that no movie released after that were considered for usage by the documentarians.
Terror in the Aisles
Documentary,Drama,Horror
Film Details
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of horror films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-induced effects. Horror genre legends Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" (Dressed to Kill (1980), Klute (1971), Ms .45 (1981), The Seduction (1982), Cat People (1982)), loathsome villains (Marathon Man (1976), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Nighthawks (1981), Vice Squad (1982)), "natural terror" (The Birds (1963), Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Nightwing (1979), Alligator (1980)), the occult (Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), The Omen (1976), Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), The Fog (1980), The Howling (1981), Poltergeist (1982), The Thing (1982), The Shining (1980)).
In one segment of the anthology, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock presents his concepts of how to create suspense in a clip from Alfred Hitchcock: Men Who Made The Movies (1973). The advertising specifically mentions the movies that clips are taken from as "terror films" instead of "horror films", and some of the movies used here (such as Marathon Man (1976) and Nighthawks (1981)) are not considered horror films but were included because their villains were considered horrifying. The most recent movie used for the 1984 release was Videodrome (1983), which David Cronenberg introduced to theaters in February 1983; the attempts of getting rights to and assembling clips was so extensive that no movie released after that were considered for usage by the documentarians..